Ashburton Guardian Megna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 10, 1894. DEEP LEVEL MINING.

Most men in the colony, whatever may be their opinion of the value and ex tent of the knowledge and scientific attainments of the Hon. R. J. Seddon, will allo<v that if he have any exten sive knowledge at all of any particular subject, that particular subject ought to be mining. Most of us in Canter, bury would look askance at any public speaker who quoted Mr Seddon as an authority on agriculture, but we can hardly deny his claim to a knowledge of mining matters. He has had ample opportunity to be well posted up in these, and is it evidence against his possession of fair mining knowledge that a wholly mining electorate has regularly returned him to Parliament, and at last election sent him back to the House unopposed? Mr Seddon knows the value to the colony that the gold mining industry has been in the past, and is not without a belief that the golden treasure is still a long way from being exhausted. The depart ment of the industry of gold getting which has been most profitable as yet, has been alluvial mining, but it is a well known fact that in the quartz measures lies untold wealth, only re quiring proper methods in working to be brought to the surface. Mr Seddon is qaite alive to this, and desires that the miners of the colony should have all the advantage that the best expert knowledge available can give them. "With this view he has obtained a loan of the services of the Victorian Geologist, Mr Merry, to inspect our quartz country and report. He managed to secure this experts services when the Honorable Mr Melntyre, the Victorian Minister for Lands, was recently on a tour through New Zealand, investi gating the village settlement sys tem of the colony, and the Victorian Government, In response to Mr Mclntyre's representation, granted the request of our Premier. There are those who think that the visit of Mr Merry to our quartz country will be of no advantage to the miner, and cannot possibly bring to him any further knowledge of quartz mining than he already possesses. We can hardly see this. Even supposing that our own { mining experts were well up in the knowledge of their work, it stands to reason that a geologist of the standing of Mr Merry, who has had so wide a range of experience as the Vicborian quartz reefing districts can giv c, must be able to tell them at least a little thab is worth knowing. There are thousands of reefs of gold-bearing quartz in this colony, but only a very few of them have been found capable of profitable working. Can it be that all these reefs? are so poor that they will not pay ? This is the question Mr Seddon seeks to solve. He desires to know whether the reefs are so poor in themselves as to be worthless as an industry, or whether the fault lies in the modes adopted to make them yield their gold. In Victoria, notably in the Sandhurst district, quartz lodes have been worked at a depth of some thing less than half a mile, and worked profitably, and that great depth is not by any means the limit at which a lode may be worked; but it is also a well known fact that at any moment the miners may find the stone they are working has suddenly become barren, although the lodo up to the barren point had been a perfect El Dorado. Plucky miners keap on until they have bridged the fault, and regained the gold at a further distance, although often they toil away without doing so, and hava to cease because they do not possess sinews of war. There are reefs on the "West Coast that have yielded to the shareholders of the companies that worked them handsome dividends for years, and one we know, worked at a depth of over 800 feet, paid dividends for a dozen years, and en ! riched the colony to the tuneof £100,000 clear of working expenses. The lede fell oft in richness after 500 feet, and has not been so profitable of late years, simply for that reason—that is, so far as the mining knowledge employed can account for it. The same thing hap pened on other lodes, and on the Thames well known rich lodes have to be left unworked because the celebrated big pump has ceased to be effective at the depth to which it has been sunk, and must be carried to a greater depth before it can drain the auriferous rock. It may be that Mr Merry can suggest improved modes of testing for gold bearing stone, improved modes of work ing the reefs or combatting the diffi culty of water in the lode with which the Thames miners have to contend. If he cannot—well, he cannot, and there is no harm done. If he can—. then so much the better for the industry, and one feather more will be added to Mr Seddon's cap for shrewd ness and foresight.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Kufner and Dobson were charged at the Dunedin Police Court on Tuesday with the ( murder of Mudge, and with the wounding of Ashfcon with intent, but on the applica tion of Mr Hanlon, who defends them, were remanded till this day week. Two or three cases of burglary have occurred at Rangiora during the last few I days. On Monday night the premises of 'Mr G-. Jones, watchmaker and jeweller, 1 were broken into. The burglar got nothing, i however, though an ineffectual attempt to destroy the lock of a safe containing valu- j ablea was made by means of gunpowder. j Afc the Police Court this morning, before j Messrs A. Harrisonand W.Gtßees, justicesof the peace, Robert Todd, a laborer, was charged with having been drunk and using threatening language on the ra'lway station. He was fined 5s in each case. John I McLennon was sentenced to a fortnight's imprisonment for using obscene language in Tancred street. A horrible discovery has been made at Angerburg in the coarse of some excavations which are being carried on beneath a church i there. The workmen came across a small i walled-in-space, in which they found a human skeleton, a broken chair and the remains of & helmet and a pair of boots. The Walls bore marks as of finger-nail scratches, and there was only too much evidence that some I person had been walled in alive. The poisoning at Wellington of Bezar, the Permanent Artillery man, tarns out not to be accidental! He took rat poison pur posely in the hope that his father, Sergeant* Major Bazar, of Wairarapa, a drill in structor, who has been recently retrenched, might be enabled to draw the amount of his life policy. This was ascertained from letters he had written in anticipation of death. The young man is now out of danger. In reply to the request of the Westport Harbour Board that the Government should guarantee a loan of £200,000 to complete the harbour works, the Premier told the Board that the Government would not borrow either for colonial or local requirements. That was the Government policy, and it would not be departed from. Other Harbour Boards wanted money, and it would take about 15 millions to satisfy them. With regard to finding people work, it was not the business of the Government to do this. An extraordinary occurrence (says the " Hawera Star") took place on Thursday afternoon. Mrs Faulkner, who keeps a fruit shop in Hawera, and who has been ailing for a week past, sank into a lethargio state, which was mistaken by those attend ing her for death. The usual arrangements following a death were made; but about twenty minutes after the supposed decease, her son was surprised to see her recover consciousness. Mrs Faulkner has now greatly improved, and hopes are entertained of her recovery. We understand that Mrs Faulkner was somewhat similarly affected some years ago. Blood poisoning in lambs after cutting and tailing has lately caused severe losses to settlers in Otago. Mr Gilruth, Government veterinary, has furnished a report of his examination ot the disease, which he traces to micro-organisms infecting the wounds when the land is dirty. Swampy land, aod boggy, untrained waterhotes greatly facilit ate the spread of the disease. He recom mends great cleanliness, the use of anti aeptioised instruments, and anti-septic applications to the wounds. Limbs dying from the disease should nor. be allowed to decay, and thus prevent the propagation of the micro-organisms which cause the blood poisoning. la the Well'ngton Magistrate's Court on Tue3day J. D. Morrison, tailor, was charged under the Factory Act with permitting hie female employees to work after one o'clock on Siturday afternoon. The girls in ques tion gave evidence that they were working on piece work. For the defence it was con tended that the Saturday half-holiday only applied to those on daily and weekly wages and not to piece workers. Counsel for the luspector of Factories admitted that this objection took him by surprise, and the case was adjourned until the 16th for further argument. Two Dunedin street shopkeepers will be charged on Thursday with breacbe 8 of the Shops Act in failing to allow some of their employees a legal half-holiday. Mr Gladstone is not; the only wonderful old man in a public position in England at the present time. His friend the Bishop of Chioheeter (Dr Durnford) is seven years older, being in his ninety-second year j and concerning this right reverend nonagenarian Mr Labouchere, who loves not bishops, writes :—" The Bishop of Chichester was in high form at the diocesan conference the other day summing up the various debates with admirable lucidity, and delivering a moßt forcible impromptu defence of Freetrader All Bishop Durnford's remarks throughout the conference were pervaded by the strong common sense for which he has always been so eminently distinguished among his epis copal brethren." 1 An interesting case of a man aged fifty years who lost his right eye at the battle of Sedan has jusb been recorded (says the London correspondent of the " Manchester Guardian). Complaining of some tenderness in the orbit, the man applied to a surgeon, who found inflammatory symptoms pointing to some source of irritation; Ihe symptoms were such as to call for surgical interference, and the patient was accordingly placed under the influence of an antithetic. Upon exam ination of the orbit a metallic substance was discovered at the apex, which afterwards proved to be a leaden bullet almost an inch *n length, and weighing more than an ounce, After the removal of this foreign body, where it had been located for twenty-three years, all the symptoms rapidly subsided, and the patient quickly recovered his health. The sight in the other eye was nor mal and had been in no way affected by the injury. Tradesmen who supply customers with goods on what is known as "the hire system" must not take too absolute a view of their rights and privileges, or they may find themselves described by a judge as guilty of conduct that "amounts to housebreak ing." Such is the moral of a case that has been decided in the Birmingham County Court. Mr Washbourne, a Birmingham furniture dealer, had a customer named Smith, who, having obtained a piano on these terms, neglected to pay his instalments, whereupon Mr Washbourne claimed the return of the instrument under the terms of their agreement. But Smith's landlord, Mr Blakemore, having a claim for rent, refused to allow the piano to be removed, and locked up the house. Thereupon Mr Wash, bourne—strong in his conviction of hia right to his property, and forgetful of the maxim that an Englishnmn's house is his castle broke a wiudow, entered the house, and carried off the piano in triumph. Unfortu nately for him the triumph is now the other way ; for the judge, having delivered him self of some severe observations on people who take the law into thei: own hands, has has awarded Mr Blakemore damages to the amount of seven guineas, with costs on the highest (scale,

Baron Hirsch has intimated that it is his intention to confciaue to distribute amongst I the English charities the stake money won by his horses. In 1893 the Loadon hospitals benefitted to the extent of £35,444 by the benevolent spirit of the Austrian baron. A woman named Koaenbaeh, of New York, has brought an extraordinary suit against her husband, claiming that he married her under false pretences. She alleges that he represented himself to be a rich noble man, and on tkat account only did she marry him. The Dunedin Ornithological Society flew off a race from Ashburton oa Saturday (the direct distance being 150 miles), with the following result;—Mr J. Hay's Rainbow and Freedom first, with a velosity of 1079yd8 per minute ; Messrs Croßbie and Lawrence's Black Pine was second, with a velocity of 1012 yds per minute and Messrs Kay and Ings's Smuggler third, with a velocity of 979yda per minute. Is was with much regret (says the "Timaru Herald") that residents of Timaru heard on Tuesday that Mr E. Timaru Rhodes • was lying dangerously ill at his residence. Hadlow. Mr Khcdea had bsen suffering from quinsey, for which an operation wai performed. Subsequently blood-poisoning set in, and the case became so serious that a consultation of medical men wae held late on Tuesday afternoon. Up to a late hour last night Mr Bhodea' condition had nob im proved. Advice received at Oamuru from Dunedin on Monday afternoon stated that as antici pated the rushing of the market with heavy supplies of potatoes for auction has resulted in a glut, and prices have been knocked back to from £3 to £5 ss, the latter price for any thing very special only. In fact good tresh kidneys in many cases brought only £4 5j to £4 10s. Growers should (says the " Oamaru Mail") be warned by this to regulate the supply « little better, if only for the sake of their own pockets. The "Daily News" Paris correspondent tells us that chemistry is offering a means to oblige would-be dynamiters to betray themselves should they try to carry about hand grenade and cartridges. It is to mix dynamite with certain salts that give out a stench, and to plunge cartridges into a solu tion of these chemicals The fetid smell thus caused is not to be got rid of and is communicable. A person carrying'an infer nal machine, or who had carried or handled one, unless with leather glove 3 which had been taken off with great care, would at once be detected by the smell. Nature warns us in this manner of the presence of mice, foxes, of musk rats, of wild felines, and of different species of snakes.

Primitive Methodist Conterence.

New Plymotjth. January 10. The Primitive Methodist Jubilee Conference opened afc ten o'clock to-day. Over fifty delegates were present from all parts of the colony. The jubilee of the church is being held here because the firafc services of the church in New Zealand, fifty years ago, were held by the Rev R. Ward in New Plymouth.

WESLEYAN CHURCH.

The quarterly meeting of officebearers of the Wesleyan Church in the Ashburton circuit met last Wednesday evening, when there was a fair attendance of representa tives from different parts of the circuit. I'he number of church members was re ported as being about the same as the pre ceding quarter. The finances received a good deal of attention, for although ihe ordinary receipts are on the whole larger now. than formerly, the grant fcom the Home Mission fund has beea gradually reduced, until it has now ceaaed altogether. In connection with the finances a return was laid on the table, showing the total income and expendture for all purposes in the circuit for the year ending September 30, 1893. From this it appears that the total income from all sources was £1,755, and the total expenditure £1,852. The ex penditure was on the following items :— General working expenses of the circuit, including two ministers' stipends, £495 j On property account including alterations to church in Ashburton, enlargement of church a"i Wiltowby, new church at Green stresfc and reduction of debts, £1206 ;on Sunday sjhool work, £72; for Home and and Foreign missions, £78. Shillings and pence are in each casa omitted. It was decided to make a special effort to wipe off the circuit debt after harvest. After some discussion it was resolved to ask conference to appoint Rev J. S. Smalley to succeed Rev S. Lawry, whose term expires next April. Measrs W. H. Collins and W. Harding were elected lay representives to the conference to be held in Chrietohurch next March.

DCOMMERCIAL.

GRAIN AKD PRODUCE.

(Reoeived January 10, 11 a.m.) Sydney, January 7. Wheat, chick, 3s ; milling, new crop, 3s ; old, nominally 3s 6d; flour, beet roller, £8 12a 6d to £8 15a. Onto, firm ; prime feeding, 2a 7d. Bran, 7sd ; pollard, 9d, Peas, Prussian blue, 4s 9i so 4a 10d. Potatoes, locally grown, £3 108 to £315 a. Onionsj Victorian grown, £5 to £7 f Butter, dairy made, 6d; factory, 8d ; butter has a slow sale, the market being plentifully suppled Cheese, 3£d to 4d. Bacon, beat quality, 7a. Melbourne, January 10 I Wheat is firm j prim*, 2s 7£d to 2s 8d ; flour, stone made, £6 10s ; roller, £6 17s 6d Oats, prime Algerian, Is 7< \ stout white in good demand, 2s 2d to 2s 3d. Bran and pollard, 6f J. Potatoes, £2 10s to £2 15a. Onioi.s £5 Adelaide, January 10, Wheat, 2s 81; flour, roller, £7 10s. Bran and pollard, B|d to 9d.

The Intanticide Cases.

Mblboubne, January 9. Jones, the assistant hangman, will probably undertake Mrs Knorr'a exe cution. Only press and gaol officials will be present. A petition for the commutation of the sentence has been presented by Mr Marshall Lyle, bar rister.

CRICKET.

NEW SOUTH WALES V SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Sydney, January 9. Owing to heavy rain last night the South Australians had to bat agaia upon a treacherous wicket, and were al? out for 118, New South Wales thus winning; man innings with 188 to spare. G. Giffen scored 22, A. Jaivis 22, and Raedman 37. Tamer took five wickets for 70 and Oon ingham five for 46. The fielding of tne local men was munificent.

AUCKLAND V. WELLINGTON.

Whlmngton, January 10. The match Auckland v. Wellington began on the Basin Reserve this morning on an excellent wicket, and in magnificent | weather. Wellington won the toss and went in, and at the end of the first hours' play had lost one wicket far seventy runs. Later. At the luncheon adjournment Welling ton had lost six wickets for 145, Gore made BQ, Holdship ?Q, A, BlaaUook 16, |

America and Hawaii.

FIGHTTNG AT HONOLULU.

London, January 5. A telegrabam received by Dalziel'a ; agency from Washington reports that the United States troops have landed in Honolulu. They ipet with some re* | sistance and fighting, with loss of life. ]

SPORTING

HORORATA RACING CLOB'S ANNUAL MEETING.

The following acceptances have been re* cciv d:— Bangor Plate, of 35 soys. One mile. —Vogengang 9 7, Dunoon 7-12, Busybody 7 5, The" Winchman 7,2, Bernardo 7.1, Clarence 7-0, Gardenia 6,12. Farmers 8 Plate, of 25 nors. Six fur longs—Frivolity 90, Manilla 8.8, Chaos 7.12, Mattei 7.X0, Jess 7.7, Johnny Martin, Acceber 6.7. Horobata Cup, of 55 sots. One mile and a half.—Vogengans? 9.3, Palliser 8.9, My Jack 8.7, Flinders 7.10, Cajolery 7.4, Tn z 6.10, Gardenia 6 7. • Welter Handicap, of 30 sow* Ont\ mile and a quarter.—Manilla 11.5, Bar' nardo 10.13, Mattel 10.9, Much Ado 10.2, Sporting Grove, Malachi 10.0. ' New Year's Gift, of 40 rots. Six fur- I longs.—My Jack 8.13, Flinders, Frivolity I 8.1, Manilla 7.9, Persuasion 7.8, Inez 7.6, 1 Busybody 7.5, Winchman 7.2, Gardenia 1 6.12, Acceber 6 7, I Trot, of 25 soys. Two miles.—Nilreb I 8«oc, Wooloomooloo, Home Bale 30sec, m Moses, Ooralie 33iec, Seadale, Bodney, m Judy 40aee, Cass 42sec, Agar 45sec,J Grimaldy 50sec. m The following nominations were re«fl chived .— fl Novel Back, of 20 sots. Weight 98bH Six furlongs. -'Fishhook, Coliaa, EllaA Wetsail, White Squall, Jess, OamaraS Perkin. _' h

W.R.C. SUMMER MEETING.

The following are the weights for thel principal event at the Wellington Bacingfl Club Summer Meeting: — M Anniversary Handicap, of 100 eovs fl one mile.—Liberator 9 3, Dreamland 9.2fl Johnny Faa 8.4, Lady Zetland 7.11^1 Yogengang 7.10, Swordbeife 7.10, Kxinifl ?.9, Reynard 7.8, Pinrose 7.8, ZanelUfl 7.8, Queen of Tramps 7.8, 8t« Laura 7.5^ My Jack 7-5. Prince Cole 74, King JohnM 7.3- Senacor 7.2, Violence 7.2. Tahikntfl 6.8, Sedition 6.8, King Harry 6 7. "M

Wetmngton, January 9. S Skirmisher and Dilemma, have b««lH scratched for all engagements at thfl Wellington Summer Meeting. S

The Premier on the Situation.

The Inangahua " Times " says .'—ln oo^H versation with the Premier on Tuesday hj^| reiterated the opinions expressed in tho^H columns that th»re was little danger to b^H anticipated by the present Ministerial part^H from a coalition of Sir Robert Stout and ti^H prohibitionists and a section of the Oppos^H tion. Mr Seddon rightly thinks tho^H " direct veto" is a platform term upo^H which too many interpretations have bet^H placed, and as his cabinet have conceded tl^H principle of one adult person one vote, orabs^H lute control of the liquor trade by the peoplflH the adjustment of the proportionates majority to carry the var'ous issues Bttj^H mitted is merely a matter of detail. TJ^H Government have a strong lever in havir^H granted the female franchise, and have V^H fear of arguments adduced by the Oppos^H tion side to support a bare majority. A^H Seddon admits that amendments may q^M required to vary the boundaries of distric^M so as to give fair-sized towns and area^H where there is a community of interest cox^H rrol of their licensing affairs, bat in eve^^J direction necessary alterations partake detail and not of principle. The MinißtrJM have no apprehension of any complicatiowV arising out of the local option polls on J March 31, and Parliament will meet in the otdinary time, say about June, as a late date after the election permits members to 1 recuperate from their hustings outlay. The j proposed measure of local government will j be on the linea of the Westland county, j giving local bodies supreme control of all J matters within their territories. On the 1 subjects of improved revenue-rawing I machinery and subsidies, the Premier was J

Bankers and Traders.

A late issue of the Melbourne t( Age' ■ gives the following quotations of the citr9 bank rates :— Discounts—3 months, 7£ tofl 8 per cent; 4 manths, 8 to 9 per cent jH overdrafts, Bto 9 per cent. Deposits—-■ 3 months, 3 per centj 6 months, 4 perfl cent; 12 months, 5 per cent. The finan^ cial article, commenting on these figuret^M says :-— |H The existing high price demanded foifl money acts prejudicially against the BXj^H pansion of trade. Indeed, it may be fairljH said that under existing rates it is almoa^J impossible fer those In a large degree d|^H p endenb on banking facilities to oondo^H tkeir business and make a legitimafl^J profit. Now it is very evident that tbi^J is neither conducive to the interests « the community nor to the banks thendH , s Ives. A fair turnover at low rates i^M far preferable to a restricted business afl high ones. The latter must always carrfl far greater risks than the former, *Q^| though the terms may for the mome^H extract a big price for aooGxninoda'ion,^H the long lun it generally means ruin^H the borrower and loss to the lender. is becoming painfully evident jj^H our entire banking system wanta^^H modelling on lines suitable to i^^H new conditions. At the present are moving on the old linesH which have been in existence almost fronfl ihe commencement of our limited finan^J cUI history, and so far no new iiea^H have been promulgated to meet an m^M tirely altered condition of affairs. Th^H late crisis affords, it may be said, uaH answerable evidence that high rates to^M money and temporary big dividends t^M shareholders are not too conducive t^M permanent security and stability. If ov^M banking business ia the tuture is to b^H built up on a solid basis, a departure froi^| the old lines will have to be mad^H Traders and others who require mon^H for legitimate demands nroafc be treated a more liberal fashion and allowed soj^H small percentage at least of the profits f^H a reasonable and wholesome venture. <4H it is, unless by some unforeseen stroke o^fl luck, the profits, if any, go the bank. It is really admifcte«M that it requires a capable as wall as courageous banker to effect any re^J form, and the fear is that Victoria m%y^ not be in possession of the wanted re-J former. It must, however, be patent toY the veriest tyro in finance that matter^B cmnot go on as they are if our trade is tojH ba reconstructed on a sound basis. Atfl the moment the position reflects thai^H che Israelites in Egypt. Traders s^^H called upon to make money, bub the^H task masters resolutely decline to supp^H one of the essential factors for its P^j^H duction. Whether it is straw for/t^H making of bricks, or accommodation f^^k reasonable rates to make monejrthe resd^H to the unfortunate trader is the Mfl^^f Naturally, the fiwfc step is to reduce *^^| interest paid on fixed deposits. A per cent rate even at the present mome^^H can attract little to the banks, and it m^^| be said that as far as the reconstroot^^B institutions are concerned, the account is sufficiently high for ftue^^H Reducing the rate to three per cent wou^^l make lit'le differance, whilst; it *!/^^R enable money to be utilised at *J^^^H which would attract good cust^^^^H whose accounts would be souno^^^H apsculatJTe,

Deb Asfißtm'roft qoAitDi&H ; Wednesday, jamarit 10, 1894



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For Christmas A Mew Year €Jifis, PAY A VISIT TO THE JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT 8. SAIjEK,. PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, MANUFACTURING JEWELLER, AND OCULIST-OPTICIAN. SQ Is now showing the Largest and Choicest Stock of High-class •O" Goods in Gold and Silver Jewellery, Silver and Electro-plated Ware ever seen in the district, and very suitable for Christmas & Stew Yes^r I»re»eiits, WEDDING PRESENTS, BIRTHDAY PRESENTS, AND PRESENTATIONS. Special attention is drawn to the Magnificent Stock of Ladies' Hinga A Glold Brooches. These are in plain gold and set with diamonds, rubies, pearls, sapphires, etc., At prices ranging for GOLD BROOCHES from 12s 6d upwards, RINGS from a guinea upwards. The Stock of ENGAGEMENT RINGS is very choice. PLEAS fii NOTE—Gooda are now marked in plain figures, at prices that compare favorably with Ohristchurch. No necessity now to go to Ohrisfcchurch, when at I You can get such a Large und Choice Selection of High-class Goods at REASONABLE PRICES. 8. 13ALEK, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER. AGENT FOR LAZARUS' •« SPEOIALITE " SPECTACLES, And System of Sight Testing, Ensuring Comfort and Correcb Sight.' THE WATCH, CLOCK, AND JEWELLERY REPAIRING DEPARTMENT is very complete in its arrangements, and every description of work is turned oub only In a First«olass manner, at charges as low as is consistent with. SOUND AND RELIABLE WORKMANSHIP. S. SALEK, EAST STREET.



Wdnxea WANTED Known.—Half aa much again ia presents given to each purchaser during Christmas and New Year, H. C. Segbhs, Melford Houae. WANTED Known—All Accounts due to S. W. Alcorn & Co. must be Paid on or before December 30. 12 181 ANT E~D~Known—loo Ladies Fashionable Sunshades at Andrew Obr's. 11172 WANTED Known—Forfars, 4|d ; Tick ings, 4M ; Brown Hollands, 4£d.— Andrew Oer^ 11175 SUITS to measure, during the sale, 49s 555, 60s, 70s, and 755. Fit and workmanship guaranteed.—R. Amorn, ISaunders' Buildings. DON'T Forget to send your Bicycles along to the Old Kindergarten to oe repaired, at moderate rates. W" ANTED Known—That you can buy Good Slippers for children from Is a pair ; Women's, all sizes, ls9d. —-MircHKMi & Turner. WANTED Known—" The Corner " is showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothiag.—W. H. Collier. TiTaNTED Known.—Extra value in VV presents now being given away for Christmas and New Year. Cheapest House in Town.—H O. Sbgeks, Melford House. WANTED, tin Public to know that Haudley'B Tanks am givir-g univer sal satisfaction. Testimonials if required. Fow is the- time for Baths and Tanks, from 30^ upwards. WANTED all and sundry to know that Hardley is still to the front with all classes of Tinware. Repairs promptly executed. Spouting and Ridging made and fixed at unheard of rates. QOMERSET Meat Mart. The oldest ■ j the largest, tha best, and the cheap est Small »3oods a specialty. Full weights guaranteed. A trial solicited* —W, J. Silcock. GRAPHIC Xmas No., Pears' Annual, and Lady's Pictorial—all with beau tiful colored supplements. JSevr vols. of Sunday at Home, JbeisureHou^, Bo Peep, Little Dots, and others, l^ew Books for Prizes and Presentation. —L. F. A ndkewes & Co., Stationers' Hall.



W anted. riTANTED, a Boy about 15 years old, * » used to hcrses.—A. G. Steatfoed, Chief Agent the Mutual of Victoria. 161 GOOD Kidney Potatoes, by sack or cwt, for sale cheap.—Apply, A. W. RandeUi, Ashburton. 1 47 I VT ANTED, a respectable Girl to assist VV in housework and mind children. Apply Mks William Bryant, Wills street, Ashburton. 1 57 MRS JAMES has Removed into East Street, next to Miss Adams, Cole man's Buildings. Raspberries at od per 1b n any qnantity. 12 41 /"CHOICE Ornaments, Folding Screens, \J Own make in ladies' and children's underclothing, Aprons and Pinafores. Mrs Alcoek, Saunders' Building. RS~ ALCORN has on sale for the Holidays varied assortment of Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goo Is and Christmas Presents. Saunders' Buildings. / Oto Mrs Whithngton's for Mar * "5" malaie. Half a dozen Bottles for 4j 6d. t|7AHTED Known—Spectacies, eye V'V protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical line at S, SALBK'B, Optician. ■iH \T which brings most light and -i- hope to poorest homes is Titan Soap I _J_ 11 183 IF yoc want fiist-class fruit go to Adams' for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc.. : . . Coils made and repaired on the shortest notice at easy prices at A. J. Walker's, Old Kinder garten. WANTED Known—6o Pieces Fashion able Prints at 4£* ; 50 doz^i Towels from 4|d ; White Counterpanes, 30 per cent under usual price.—As drew Obr. 11 174 WANTED Known—Wow offering Men's Leather Shirts, 2s 9d ; Men's All-wool Suits, 253 6d; Mens Heavy Merino Pants, 2s lid.—Mitchell AND TURXEE. RAILWAY Book Stall. — Country Libraries supplied at cost price. Parcels of cheap reading made up to order.—John Maesden. DON'T wash yourself. Titan Soap doea the work. No rubbing. No machines. H 1^ W.~"__~TiD~Known-W. Cohuaß>R noted four-olasp Kid Gloves, 2s 6d, have just arrived in all sizes. W"~ iNTED Known—That A. J. Walker repairs Bicycles, Sewing Machines, Lawn Mowera, Medical Coils, and all descriptions of light machinery. WANTED Known -A manufacturer's Stock of Shot Silk tlack and colored Sunshades and Umbrellas at half pricc—AWDKEW Okb. 11173 WANTED Known—6o Pieces black and colored French Merinos and Cashmeres at Is 4|d to Is 6d.—Andbbw Oer. n 176 WANTED, Everybody to use Titan Soap, greatest marvel of the age. fl. Zander, Sole Agent. 11 181 X\T ANT E D Known—For Election VV Week, 100 Pairs Boots, 2s 6d per pair.—Andkew Ob». H 177 OOKS. — Picture Books in great variety. Books suitable for presents. Great Reduction in Prices.—Railway and Arcade Buokstalls. W~" ANTED Known-Colonial Tweeds at very low prices ; Colonial Tweed Trousers, all Men's Sizes, three pairs for £I^_~I(IITCHJELL AND TuBNEK. "txTaNI'ED Known.—To make room YV for Spring Boots I will give ten per cent for cash. Repairs done at once cheaper than ever to stay bad times over at J. Moisgn, Premier Bootmaker. 8 18 ANTED, all Farmers to reduce Hakdlky's Large Stock of this Season's Oil, which he is selling at his usual ridiculous low pnee by the Gallon or Case. ________ W ~ANTBD Known.—Melford House cheapest shop in town, extra value in presents now being given to each purchaser till further notice.-H. 0. Segkks. Stationery lS Fancy Goods, Music, etc., Fivq Screens Pictures, Glass Ornaments, ChrSas Cards, Cricket and Lawn Tennis Material, Photo Albums and iCU and hundreds of other articles I™S be sold a great saenfice for Cash during this month , only, at L. F. i irpuvw & Co. BtatfcmWi Hall Jfl . J 4



i NEW ZEALAND Clotiiimg* Factory. i ■ij — SEASONABLE GOODS. FOR HARVESTING, 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. Tho new Soft Hat—Land and Water Tennis Hats—art shades A good holiday Hat for Is lid THE LARGEST STOCK OF HATS IN ASHBURTOX TO CHOOSE FROM. Tennis Shirts in silk, erfipe and cash mere Bojs' Washing Suits from 4s 9d. Boys' and Souths' Summer coats 2s 6d, Men's Summer Coats in silk, alpaca and sateen BOOTS BOOTS J! BOOTS!!! Canvas Shoes for Men Canvas Shoes for Women Canvas Shoes for Children Just opened this week, 13 pairs Women s CWf Shoes for 6s 6d. Wonderfu value. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY HALLENSTEIN BROS., ALEX. HENDRY, Manager " £1000 to Lend on First-class Freehold Security at current rate of interest. Apply to iy * T. BULLOCK^ ~TilFw ALD. — Cheap Property, Centrally situated, being not far from the Railway Station T.B. 150, contain ing 1 rood 6 perches with well-built four yoomed cottage thereon. Must be soldi



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