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Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1894. THE STANDING ORDERS.

Tub whirligig of time, which brings about, its revenges, places the Hon. the Premier in a remarkable position. The hon gentleman has in times past been credited with wonderful staying power as an obstructionist and* stonewaller for his party, and no member stood up more valiantly for the "privileges" and the rights of members to speak at any length they chose, or were able 10, on any subject on which they thought they had anything to say. Now vt& find the Premier bringing down a new act of Standing Orders for the House which will render obstruction and stonewalling impossible. The new Orders, if passed, will prevent any new business being taken after midnight, and this in itself will go a long way to wards shortening the sittings and avoiding night work, and with this provision of the new orders before them members will probably try to get as much business through in the after noon as possible. Special facilities are provided for expediting the passage of unopposed local Bills, which will not under the new orders be blocked by the dis cussion of opposed local Bills, which must give place to those that are not opposed. Questions are prohibited on Thursdays, private members'days, and thus a clear way is made for petting on with local business. Provision is also made for the prevention of a " count out," which means really the reduction of the quorum, and the House will take power to deal with members by suspension for breaches of discipline. Questions asked of Minis ters and answered must be free alto gether from argument,. and here time will be largely saved. The " motion for adjournment" has in the past afforded opportunities for obstruction, which were only too largely taken advantage of, but it is proposed now that when a motion for adjournment is proposed the speaking on it trust be confined to alleging a reason for adjournment un less seven members support the mover j in a wish to discuss a specific question. In that case the one question may be referred to but no other. Power is given to the Speaker or Chairman of Committee to stop any member whose j speech is irrelevant to the subject in hand and persistently so. Motions ta report progress and for the Chairman to leave the chair are to be confined in

their discussion simply to the reasons j for these things being done, and other matter than such reasons is not in order. But among the mass of minor but necessary improvements j stands out prominently the impor- 1 tant feature of the closure, which the new Orders introduce. Tt can be I moved at any stage of a debate, provided ten members support the mover of it, and it has to be carried by a two-thirds majority if moved in the words " That the vote be now taken.'' But should the closure be opposed and a motion be put to negative the closure, thus " That the question be not now put," and lost by a bare majority—the closure will be applied. This, however, will probably be altered before the Orders are finally adopted. In a free country, the closure is surely an anomaly, but the members of the House know their own business best, and if they cannot get along without the closure by all means let it be applied, just in the same way that if they cannot get along with an open Bellamy's let them try to do so with a closed one.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

White horses are to he barred from mili tary service in Germany. The Emperor has ordered that no more shall be purchased for the army, and those now in use are to be sold. He thinks that in war white horses would be especially conspicuous, because of the use of smokeless powder, and would afford an easy mark for the enemy. A Victorian surfaceman was killed the other morning while riding along his length on a tricycle. One of those low-lying banks of fog that float about at day break obscured an approaching train from the unfortunate man, who drove right into the engine at the bottom of an incline, and was cut to pieces. The Lawrence people do not appear to have taken Mr Scobie Mackenzie's rejection by Tuapeka well. On Monday night they would not give Mr Larnach a heating, sal uting him with cries of "Kennel up." Mr Mackenzie made a manly speech calling'on his upporters to forget the late turmoil and extend the right hand of fellowship to Mr Larnach and assist him to work for the bene. fit of the constituency. It is understood that the block Catholic vote, nearly 800, was cast or Mr Larnach. It gives! an impressive idea what subter ranean London is fast becoming (says the ' Daily News') to learn that, on emerging from the river, the new City and Waterloo line will, in its passage up Queen Victoria street, run for a part of the way underneath the low-level main sewer, which, in its turn, runs along beneath the District Underground Railway. So at this point in the city we shall have first a busy main thoroughfare, below that a steam railway, than a huge metropolitan sewer, than an electric rail way, reaching its terminus at a depth of about Bixty-three feet below the streets, and here it will cooimunicate with another line —the Central London—which will lie at a depth of eighty feet. A diver who went down to work on a sunken steamship recently had a gruesome experience. It was a difficult job, so two divers were sent down, one of them to remain on deck in sixty feet, of water to act as second tender to tho other diver who went below. The latter hid been below but a few minutes when he saw moving towards him from the further end of the saloon two dead men. In mortal terror of this ghostly appearance he gave three jerks on the life-line as a signal for help- When he had been hauled up on ' to the deck of the sunken vessel, he was so unnerved that he forgot that he was still in sixty feet of water, and signalled to have his helmet removed. When both men were brought to the surface, he described how, while he was working through a gangway^ he had seen two huge objects coming toward him, and nothing could dissuade him from the belief that he had seen two submarine ghosts. The other diver then went down and discovered that there was a mirror ac the end of the gangway, and that the diver had seen the reflection of his own two legs, vastly enlarged, coming towards him. A man named George Qualey was burnt to death in his tent on Friday night last on the Hakateramea station, where he was em ployed as a rabbiter. Major Keddeil, dis trict coroner, held an inquest at the Terminus Hotel, when evidence adduced showed that the.deceased was between forty and fifty years of age, and had friends at Baldhill Flat. On Friday he came down to get stores, etc , at Sandhurst, and, on returning, stopped and had tea at a tent occupied by two men, and pitched about 200 yards from his own, leaving later on for his own tent. Next morning these two men heard the deceased's dogs barking unusually loud, and smelt smoke which aroused suspicion that some thing was wrong. Going towards deceased's tent they found it burnt, and the charred body of deceased lying near what had been the entrance. Dr Stevens performed a post mortem examination, and found no marks of violence. It is supposed that deceased was reading by candle light and fell asleep, and that the candle set fire to his bedding, and | that when deceased woke he attempted to crawl out and caught his head against a piece of fencing wire which steadied the ridge pole. It was also elicited that the deceased was subject to fit?, and might have been burnt while in one. The jury returned a verdict of • Accidental death.'—' Oamaru Mail.' Afc the Invercargill Police Court recently the proprietor of the Brisbane Gaiety Com. pany was fined £1 and costs 7s, for having kept the theatre open on Sunday last " for the purpose of transacting business." The defendant pleaded guilty, but said he h»d not been aware that in giving the Sunday evening concert he was breaking the law. It was true, he admitted, that those who at. tended the concert had been shown to dif ferent parts of the house in accordance with the amounts they contributed towards the collection, but ib was only done because otherwise larrikins and objectionable per. sons might be intermingled with the more respectable part of Jthe audienc—emight have had seats close to and even alongside of ladies. The company, he stated, had given similar concerts in Wellington, Ohristchurch and Dunedin, and the authorities had made no objection.—Sergeant Macdonell said the concert had been advertised as a " rational •' one, the management reserving the right, with the avowed object of preventing row dyism, to refu&e admission to whom they pleased. The only persona excluded, how ever, had been those who tendered smalj coins. It was the firßb case of the kind that he knew of, and he wished to point out what seemed to him an absurdity in the law— namely, that the greatest fine the court could inflict was £1. Such a penalty would not prevent an infringement of the law.—The Bench in imposing the maximum fine, agreed with the Sergeant that some amendment of the law should be made,

PARLIAMENTARY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Wellington, July 10 The Council m<*t at 2.30.

FIB ST. HEADING.

A Bill to amend the law concerning illegitimate children, so as to enable them to bo legitimised upon the marriage of their parents, was read a first time on Mr McGregor's motion. The Council then adjourned.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The House met at 2.30. ELEOTOKAX BIGHTS. Mr Thomas McKenzie u»ve notice to move on going int« Committee of Supply thai electoral rights be granted to the woman of the colony, REPLIES TO QUESTIONS. Replying to questions it was stated that an investigation was being made as to the best oure or prevention of parasitic diseases of sheep ; that the question of the amend ment- of the Custom* tariff would be re ferred to the Tariff Committee which it w»3 proposed to appoint ; that special in' abruptions had been sent to the forest rangers to use their utmost endeavours to preserve forest reserves from destruction by fire, THE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND. Replying to Mr Bell, the Premier said that there was no necessity for the share holders of the Bank of New Zealand pass ing resolutions instructing the directors of the Bank to petition Parliamenc dur ing the present session for leave to intro duce a private Act confirming the several i provisions affecting the ohareholders. i Mr Ball moved the adjournment of the House, and held that the colony should be absolutely safe and protected in this matter, and if a private Bill were intro duced there would be no shadow of doubt in this respect. They Bhould leave no possibility for shareholders to say. that the Act; passed by the House was hurried i legislation, introduced for the sake saving the colony from disaster. The Premier said that the whole question had been gone into most care fully, and they were advised that there was no necessity whatever for taking »n action of this kind. He hoped that no thing would be done to undo the work that had been accomplished, After further discussion the Premier paid that he had no objection to show Mr Bell or any other member the advice under which the Government acted over the matter. The motion for the adjournment was lost. CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES. The Premier moved that Mr A. R. Guinness, member for Greyoaouth, be appointed Chairman of Committees. He spoke of the great ability shown by that hon. member in the position last session. He also mentioned that the Government had offered the appointment to Major Steward, but he had declined it, Mr Mitchols"ii offered no objection to Mr Guinness' appointment, but he hoped that that gentleman wo aid act more impartially in the ch%ir than he had done last session. The motion was agreed to. Mr Guinness, in thanking the House for the high honor it had conferred upon him, said thab he had always endeavoured to be strictly impartial in his rulings. With respect to the chief matter complained of by Mr Mitchelson he contended that his ruling on that occa&ion had been in accordance with Parli»raentary practice: THE POM4HAKA BLOCK. On the motion of the Minister of Lands it was decided that the whole transactions in connection with the purchase of the Pomabaka block under the Lund for Settlements Act, 1892, be referred to the Waste Landa Committee for investigation. Bellamy's. Mr George Hutchison moved that the House agree with the report of the Joint House Committee to tho effect that the sale of liquor be allowed in Bellamy's for the present session\only. Sir Robert Stout submitted that the resolution of the House should have been carried out by the Joint House Com mittoe. It was neibher desirable nor nec« jsary to have intoxicating liquors sold in i he Parliamentary, buildings. <Mr Mitchelson said that the proper course for Government to adopt was to bring in a bill which would set the ques tion a f rest at ones and for ever. If the House passed the present resolution the same difficulty would crop up again. He considered that come members were most inconsistent, for although they voted for the aboliton <>f the sale of liquor at Be'lamy's they still continued to patronise that establishment. The Premier said that if the House desired to prohibit the sale of liquor at Bellamy's it should pass the bill of which be had already given notice. Theoovert ver chamber had to be considered, but he thought it desirable that a final decision should be come to on the matter. It was quite immaterial to him whether liquors were allowed to be sold at Bellamy's or not; but as arrangements had been made by the steward of that establishment frr the whob session, he though it advisable to adopt the recommendation of the Joint Committee. The motion was discussed at great lensrth, Mr Hutchison in redying, said that when the stock and effects in Bellamy's came to be realised, the House Com mittee thanks to the careful mana?einant of the last few years, wouli probably be able to repay to the country the amount that had been advanced to the establish ment about three years ago. On a division the motion was carried by 34 to 23. The House adjourned at 5.30 p.m. The House resumed at 7 SO p.m. THE NEW STANDING ORDERS. The House went into Committee to con sider the proposed new standing orders which the Speaker explained at length. A very long discussion arose on an amendment proposed by Mr G. Hutchison to the effect that on every alternate Wed ■ nesday opposed motions should take pre cedence of the orders of the day. Several members complained that Ministers refused to supply raturtis asked for, but the Premier and Mr McKenzie denied this, and explained that returns were only refused when they conld not be prepared or were of too costly a character. Mr Hutchison's amendment eventually resulted in a tie—Ayes 31, noes 31 The Chairman gave hia casting vote with the noes, and declared the amendment lost. The clause relating to order of business was altered so that no fresh business can be taken after midnight instead of 12"30. Mr Smith (Ohristchurch) moved an amendment that; no business be transacted after one o'clock in the morning except in the case of a money Bill. The Premier opposed this, pointing out that ib would be altogether impracticable, especially at the end of the session. " The amendment was losb by 41 to 19, At clause 93 progress was reported. Tha House rose at 12 15 a.m.

Talmage on the Scotch.

At Danedin on Monday night Dr Talmage lecturing on "Scottish character istica " hit off the men of the north this way: —"One of the many reasons I like Danedin is because of the Scotch who make up so large a part of the population. This is natural, because I have such a ssrong tide of Scotch blood in my veins. My grandmother was Scotch. And there is much about the Scotch character, whether I meet it in New York, or London, or Edinburgh, dr New Zealand that thrills me through and through. The Scotch are in such downright earnest. There is such a roar in their mirth like a tempest in the Troßsachs. They are not ashamad to cry, with their broad palms wiping away the tears, and they make no attempt at suppression of glee. They do not simper or snicker cr chuckle. Throw a joke into a Scotchman's ear and it rolls down to the centre of his diaphragm, and then spreads out both ways towards foot and brow until the emotion becomes volcanic, and from the largest hair on the crown of his head to the tip end of the nail on the big toe there is paroxysm of cachinnation. No half-and-half about the Scotch character. What he hates, he hates ; what he likes, he likes. And he lets you know it, right away His politics decided, his religion decided. Get him right, and he is magnificently right; get him wrong and he is awfully wrong. A Scotchman seldom changes. By the time he has fairly landed on his feet in this world he has made up his mind, and ne keeps it made up. If he dislikes a fiddle in church, you cannot smuggle it in under the name of- a bass viol. We like persistence. Life is so short that a man cannot afford very often to change his mind. If the Israelites in the wilderness had had a few Scotch leaders, instead of wanderkg about for forty years, they would in three weeks have got to the Promised Land or some where else iust as decided. The Scotch believe in something, and it is almost always something good they believe in. No country is well started that has not felt the influence of the Scotsh. One night when I was in the centre of Eng land, five minutes before I was to take tbe train, a young Scotchman came in and said I must baptize his child, for he had, with his wife, come down from Scotland for that purpose. I said • I have but five minutes. Get the water quickly.' The mother unrolled from her Scotch plaid a prophecy of Rhoderick Dhu. * What is to be the mame % ' I asked. She replied, * Douglas.' As I pronounced it, 'Doug lags.' the water flashed upon the lad's forehead quick and bright as a gleam of Fitz-James' bl»de at Inverlocby. As we had but little time to pray at the baptism, I now ejaculate the wish that the subject unrolled that night from tbe smiling Scotch mother's plaid may have the conrage of a John Knox, the romance of a Walter Scott, the naturalness of the Ettrick Shepherd, the self-sacrifice of a Hugh M 'Kail, the physical strength of a Christopher N»rth, the goodness ot a Robert M'Cbeyne, and be able, like Robert Burns, to realise that' a man's a man for a' that.'"

Q-MARA.

"Hansard."

• Captain Rusaell—l never knew him to take any interest in the Native question. Tn all probability, up to the day ho took office [as Native Minister] no man in the Parliament of New Zealand had ever thought or cared less about tho Native race or NaMve policy than the Premier. Mr Heddon—l was on the Native Affairs Committee the first year I came into Parliament, Captain Russell—That may be, but I venture to say now thab he could not pronounce the simplest word in Maori. Mr Ward-—Hecan pronounce' 'Kuiriara." Captain Russell—No, he cannot; ho calls it " Q-mara."

COMMERCIAL.

London, July 9, A rise in the beef market is expected, owing to the stoppage of American supplies. At the wool auction? competition is brisk and prices are fully maintained, with an upward tendency for sorts best suitable for America. New Zealand wools generally brought 9d ; tne " Willis and Swanston " clips, 9£d ; and " Brauce peth," ?fi. (Received July 11, 11.45 a.m.) Sydney, July 11. Wheat, chick, 2s 8d to 2s 9d ; milling, i 3s 4d ; flour, roller brands, £7 5s to £7 : 103. Oats, prime feeding, 2s 2d to 2* 3d ; seed, 2*4dto 2s sd. Barley, Cape, 3s to 33 3d. Bran 7£d ; pollard 7d. Peas, Prussian |blue, 3s. Potatoes, locally grown, £2 15s to £3 ; Circalar Heads, £2 15s to £2 17s 6d. Onions, £10 JO*. Butter, dairy made, 91 to lid ; factory, lid to Is. Cheese, prime, 3£d to 4d, Bacon, prime cured, 5&. Melbourne, July 11. Wheat, 2s 3£d. Oats are in good demand ; Algerian milling, Is 7£i to Is 9d ; prime stout, Is 10£ d, Barley, Cape, 2s 4d ; malting, 4s 3d to 5%. Bran, 6£d ; pollard, 7*d. Potatoes, £2 12s 61 to £2 17s 6d. Adelaide, July 11. Wheat dull, at 2s 2U; flour, roller brands, £5 15i. Bran, 7d; pollard, 7sd.

An Ingenieus Schoolboy.

A little boy ran into a grocer's shop at Brixton and s»id, looking at a pieoe of paper in his hands, " Please, sir. if I buy two pounds of tea at one and eight, three of lump sugar at twopence halfpenny, one and a half of moist at a penny three farthings, one of muscatels at eleven pence halfpenny, three quarters of arrow root at> sixpence three fvthings, a tin of sardines at threepence farthing, two < pounds of soap at threepence farthing, lan ounoe of caraways at three farthings, and six brackets at fcurpence halfpenny a dozen, a penny'orth of chocolates, and a farthings worth of all sorts, how much change shall 1 get out of h*!f-a-sovereign V The grocer having slated all the items, and totted them up, replied— "You will have exactly three and elevenpence change. Can I send them for you, my little man?" "No, thank you," replied the ingenious youth. " I don't want to buy anything. It's only a sum I have to do for the School Board." :

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ovirseives responsible tor tho opinions expressed by our correspondents.)

THE ASHBURTON BRIDGE.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —I should like to suggest through your paper that something should be done to the approach on tbe town side of the Ashburton foot bridge. The state of the footway, if there be such a thing, haß been for some months past the subject of general complaint, and rightly so, too. I Foot passengers have to fairly wade through the mud to get on the bridge. It is a wonder that the acthorities have allowed such a state of things to exist for so long, as it is nothing less than a ! disgrace to the town,—l am, etc., I Citizen. Ashburton, July 11,

The Bank of New Zea. land.

New Zetland Times (the Wellington Ministerial journal.) Seriously, the Bank of New Zealand owes its position to itself. There never yet was man cr institution who failed, without throwing the blame on to some . boJy else, or on to something absurdly irrelevant. That is only human nature. No doubt the ptetence that the Govern ment is in some way to blame, though not raised by a friend, wiil be eagerly seizad upon by the shareholders, clients and friends of the Bank. But we da not want the emotions of human nature in this matter. We want facts. The fact is that the evil days of the Bank have been brought about by the men to whom its interests were committed. In other words, the worst enemies of the Bank have left their names on the register or the Bank's directory. In the first year of its existence this great institution was prudently managed. Its promoters were quick to discern the value of the colonial position which they sought to establish. They appealed to the patriotism of a growing people, they asked why any profits should be permitted to leave the country, knowing these profits to be enormous—in those days they were absolutely inordinate—they strove for recognition as the colonial institution par excellence, the representative Bank of a country of limitleas resources. After a time the directors had to do what the directors of all new institutions have to do, viz., to accept a large number of the worst accounts. In plain words they had to take over a Urge proportion of the hard cases of the other Institution!. That trouble, however, they got over fairly well, for the country was young and its growth was phenomenal. Their next trouble was that its directors and managers were too sanguine about the Colony's future. One result waa that advances were granted to trading firms and manufacturing con cerns to amounts proved subsequently to be extravagantly unreasonable, Theie errors, though grave, the Bank would have survived without too much difficulty but for the insane policy it fell into of enormous dividends and fab bonuses. These as the cash complements of glowing annual reports deceived the public, whioh rushed headlong to disaster in the share market-, where the Bank's shares were re* garded as unassailable. The bank ruled everybody and everything ; it commanded Governments ; subservient majorities de filed in obedient review before its repre sentative setted in a favored spot close to the Speaker's chair. Of one of these, more subservient than the rest of the nook, it is recorded that he cried oat as he passed, " We're all here." Lows passed through the coffers by the million; State policies wore studied only in their effects upon the Bank's operations; business was pushed across the seas ; dazzling projects, of South Sea bubbles involving the Em* pire, of Native land acquisition by gigantic operations involving the issues of peace and war, teemed from the brains of the astute, far-seeing, most daringly specula tive of the Bank's directory. It was a halcyon time, darkened a little by the whispered criticisms of shrewd men, who even in those glittering days declared the Bank to be absolutely rotten. The crash came a few years ago. It is needless to recall tha enormous surprise et the public ; it would be useless to at* tempt to depict the terrible anxiety which re gned from one end of the colony to the other; it wouli be invidious to de scribe all the details of the un principled, inefficient management that were published by the strong men who, fortunately for the B*nk, took the management into their hands. Suflfoe it to say that, to say nothing of the sums literally hurled away among feckless traders and improvident manu facturers, the vast bulk of the B ink's resources were locked up in land, at value* a mere glancs »t which, ftUKgested. appallingly remote dates of realisation* - Tho Bank fortunately, like thi Prodigal Ron, found grace. Its confession, "I b have sinned," was listened to by sympa thetic ears at the head of the financial world, a place where sympathy ia not usually found. More than that, the dead weight of the land was lightened by one of the cleverest devices ever seen in the complicated history of credit. Between ' the repentance of the Bank and the readiness of the financiers to help its business, if divorced from it* locked up | xssests, the crisis was averted. The help obtained was both unexpected and im -1 mense. But great as it was it wm not sufficient to save that enormously mis -1 managed institution. That and that alone 1 is the reason why the Bank once more . got among the breakers. If there is another reason it is the inefficiency of a London management, largely tempered, , »s such managements are, by guinea pigs. Government policies have as rauoh to do 1 with it as the Bed Indians living on the borders of the Alkali deserts of Arizona. The remedial process is, ire will con clude by observing, twofold. It not only finds the capital required, but it es tablishes the long-needed control over a managemenb prone to back-sliding.

A Martyr in Mortar.

. +- In the Government Museum, Algiers, is to be seen a plaster cast of singular in terest, as it exactly represents the body of a poor lad, Geronimo by name, who was thrown into a mould of concrete in the early part of the year 1569, and buried alive for refusing to abjure the Christian faith. Shortly after the French occupation, on demolishing the fort into which the block had been built, the bones of the brave young man were found and placed in the new cathedral of St Philippe. Plaster of Paris was then run into the cavity left by the body, and a perfect model obtained. | The very features, and even the cords i which secured his hands and feet, with remains of his clothing, are clearly to be distinguished. A Spanish Benedictine writer of the seventeenth century tells of the hero's death, and adds, "We trust that the grace of God may same day bring forth Geronimo out of this place, and unite his body to those of numerous Christian martyrs who by their blood and happy deaths hare made this country sacred to Christ." His words have been fulfilled threa hundred years after.

The Ottawa Conference

Ottawa, July I§, The ten delegated to the Conference are now visiting Toronto, Montreal, and Quebec. Loxdon, July 10. The " Chronicle " considers it will be impossible for Great Britain to adopt a preferential tariff against foreign goods. Sir A. P. Caron proposed and Sir H. Wrixon seconded a motion that Great Britain should be asked to sub« sidise Canada's Atlantic mail service, the colonies supporting the cost of the Pacific service. The Canadian Government has been requested to ascertain the cost of a Pacific cable. The Conference is now closed.

THE ASftfcPßl'UiN StlAftDtAN: WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1894.



Business Notices GKEaT IORCED SALE, ■■■'.: 1 — AT - G.J.NEILLS. /"*\ WIjNG to pressure of Creditors whoße patience is exhausted, we are forced to realise on out Stock of Drapery, Clothing, & Coots, AT LESS THAN COST PBICE. Heavy Twiil Sheeting, 2 yards wide, 9id Dress Goods 2H White Calico, Is lid doa. Dresß Tweeds, 4£d Unbleached Calico 1h lid doz. Dress Goods, 6jd Heavy Flannellette, 3£d yard These are all less than half price I All wool Grey Flannel, 7£d Black Silk Velvet 4s 6d, reduced to Is 9d CHILDREN 8 ULSTERS, 2a Ud WOMEN'S ULSTERS, 4s lid Men's Tweed Suits, 13s 6d Extra heavy Winter Suits, l»s 6d Heavy Colonial Tweed Suits, 3& 6d re- Boys' Tweed Suits, 3s lid ducedto2ss 6d , „,,, Men'» Tw«od Trousers, 6s lid Men's 8s 6i Moles, reduced to 6s lid Boys^Caps, 6d ______ BOOTS, BOOTS* Men's Colonial Made Nailed Shooters, 7s Men's Colonial Made Bluchera, 4a lid Women's Shoes, all siaee, 4s lid Boys' Strong Nailed Boots, 5s 9d EVERY PAIR OF BOOTS IN THE HOUSE REDUCED. Thin is no Catchpenny, reducing only one or two lines to take the eye EVERYTHING REDUOED TO LESS THAN COST PRICE, as we must aye the money. G. J, W BILL, I'MEDIiANDER'S BUILDINGS, EAST STREET, ASH BUR TON CASH I CASH II FMTCHER BROS. TT v ISH TO TIIAJKK the inhabitant? of Ashburtoh and surrounding Districts for the generouß Su, jort given their, and hope that those who were unable to get •opp'iicl, onaccount of the crush and shortage of room, will kindly excuse; and, as a funhor proof they intend to study the want of their customers, they have taken the largj Shop next door, and with the addition of a large Brick and Iron Building at rea of two Shops, thty will bo »blb to meet present requirements, and as a further guarantee that they intend to stay and sell the Finest Quality Goods at LOWER RATES than have been sold in Ashbuctoa before. They quote the following list *.— CftE A T REOUC TIO N S IN . Kollitt * Roller Flowr. 251bs 2s Od. SOlbs 3s lO^d lOOlbs 7s 6d. 2Qolbs 14s 251b Moir's Few Oatmeal 2s 6d Neave's Food lid per tin, 10s per bag, 4 bags 9s 11 d 9d per dozen ■ # Best Mauritius Sugar 2fd per lb Bryant and May's Safeties 7±d Finest Sago. Tapioca, Split Peas per dozen, 12 dozen 7s 4|di Pd per lb, Tibs Is Sunlight Soap Is 2d per box oi New Currants washed and dried, 6'] ablets 3f d 121bs 3s 9d Candles s|d per lb, 121bs 5s 3d Baisuiß washed and dried, 4Jd Com Flour (Brown's) 3|d per per lb, 121b 4s 6d lb, 121bs 3s 5d Sultanas 4fd, 121bs 4s 8d Edmond's Baking Powder, large Extract of Soap, 33 packets for tins, Hd per tin, 12 tins 10s 9d Is 141b box 3s lid Cream of Tartar, pure, Is 2d pel Lemon Peel Sd per lb, 21b Is 3d, lb, 121bs 13s 71b tins 3s lid Our Own Baking Powder 9d It Essence of Lemou, Vanilla, Coffee, purest and best, ground Cochineal, Almond, Date 5Jd on the premises daily, Is 2d bottle, 6 bottles 2s 6d and Is 6d per lb, deduction Oxford Blue 8d per lb, 121b box to large consumers 7 S 04 Pure Pepper Is 2d per lb, 121 be Plaid Vestas 3Jd per dozen, 12 13s packets 3s 3d Baking Soda 3d per lb, Slbs Is Preserved Babbit 9d per tin, 8s Caustic Lye, for Soap making, 9d per dozen large tins lid, 12 tins 8s 9d Sheep Tongues lOd per tin, 9s Superior Black Lead s|d dozen, 9d per dozen 12 dozen 5s 3d Note the Prica we sell TEA. Any 31ba of the following brands 5s 6d— Nabob, Matchless, Arab, Nelson and Moate'e, Jameson and Anderson's, Tiger, and any other. 31 per lb Reduction on 101b Tins j Tins free. NOTE ADDRESS— ri « D via 10? and 109, Hisjh Street, Ohmtchurch ; Tele i letC 11 61 O f OS- * ph one 731; and EAST STREET, Ashburton. Kemember fco patronise the firm who brought w1 ?ep down flic prices, and give the people of Abhburton the bontfit ofali nibbles oovght in the Home and Oonti- M"t*lm"k6" 'T.^k CONSBMEP.S LIBERALLY DEALT WITH. A Oomp'ete Price List now in press will be forwarded to any address FREE. IS MARRIAGE A FAILURE? "HO." "TT SPECIALLY when you Furnish at tlm ASHBURTON FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, for there you get Value for Your Money, an 3 there is no cause for r ngtiia and disoppolo-mentF, as your Furniture lasts 3 Life Time <] "B^I^BfiDSTEAJJs! to'b! s°old Cheap ff^-'P^^^^^^^^^^ AUSTRIAN AND AMERICAN CHAIRS COME AND SEX THE GQODS ~TT H. fhidrill & Co's, CAB.NKI WTO ?T&S ORBD STKMTI NBXT .



W anted (CRUSHED Oats, 31bs over usnal \ J weight, 6a saak included. All I kinds of produce cheap for cash —J. Thomas, Havelock street. 7 51 /\ DANCXNO CLASS will be held "hi ■ * the Wheal>tone Hall, commencing F. Iday, ,13th, afc 8p m. fhaip. 7 52 MRS "Ht)OPm7~Monthi7^''"se, offers accommodation to patients at her residence, Alford Forest roid, near Mr Cunningham's Store. Ten minutes' walk to a doctor, / J AMES for Winter Evenings, Word ' T Making and Taking, Jenkins' Missing Woid, Stanley's March through Africa, Quartets, and many others.-—, H. M. Jones. LfNVEL OPES from 4s per 1000, Note- JjJ paper from 3* 6d per ream, net cash, during reduction sale, Maori Land illustrated, 2*.— H. M. Jones WERPING Reductions. —la Booka O for 9d, Is 6d Books for Is, 2s Books for Is 6d, 2* 6d Books for 2s, and all Others at equ*lrrfc of redaction ar L. F. Akdrewbß and Cos., Cash Sale. 6 181 ¥17* AN TED Known.—Huntßr and » ▼ Son are selling Salt 4s 9d cwt. Sago lfd, Tapioca Hd, Mixed Peel 7d per Ib. Candles s|d, Mixed Biscuits {3d per lb, 31b 2s Tea for 6s 3J, Cups and Sauoera 3a 6d doz. 6 138 Xr EW BOOKS.—Verbena, Camellia, I_M Sherlock Holmes, Web of the Spider, Flower of Forgivenness, Catherine Lauderdale, Saint Anns, Troublesome World, Cawnpore, Princess of Paris, Dorothy's Double, The Anarchist, A Valiant Ignorance, Miss Dividends, An Excellent Knave, Christina Chard, The Fascinating Miss Lamarche, Found and Fettered, An Old Maid's Secret.—Cir cuiting Library ; J. Mar'sden, Book Stall and Shop. - /"^HEAP Cash Sale at L. F. Andrewks Vy and Co, Good Notep»per Is packet, Envelopes from 3s 9d per ICOO, or 6 Packets for Is. Boxes Paper and Enve lopes (good quality) from sd. Large Stock of Books at all prices, from 2d upwards. 2s Games of various kinds reduced to Is Bd.—L. F. Andrewes and Co. WANTED Known-L W Pants 3s lid, Flannel Shirts 33 9d, Worsted Socks 3d per pair.—Arcade House 425 ¥T7" ANTED Known—All goods in Show T» Room to be slaughtered at any price.—Arcade Fouse. 4 28 EDWARDS, Bennett's Sale. Grand lot new and fashionable Furs and Mantles ; half price. Come and take your pick at Mbs Adams WANTED Known. — Mens Tweed Suits 15a 6d, Men's Tweed Trousers 11 d, Mens'Strong Flannelled Shirts 2s 6d, Mens 1 and Boys' Boots and Shoes greatly reduced.—Arcade House. 465 WANTED Known. — Embroideries from Id a yard, Corsets 3s lid, Indies' Ulsters from4s lid, Ladies' Gloves four pair for Is, Kid Gloves four buttons Is 6d.—Arcade House. ' 63 IF you want good prime Cheese and Bacon, try Taylor, East Street Bakery. 6 109 BALE8 ALE now on—White Calico 2s lid pet dozen, Towels 2s 6d per dozen, Lace, Curtains, from Is lid per pair, at Arcade House. 4 27 WANTED Known—The whole of the stock to be sacrificed by order oi the Purchaser, Arcade House. 4 2*5 AXTATCHKS, Clocks, etc., (all guaran .*■ teed) at wholesale cost for one month only. JXow's your time.—LuMS' den's. 3 21£ T>RJME Christchurch smoked and A * Lewis' p*le cured Bacon Hama, best Akaroa and locil-made Cheeses from si. at Taylor's, East Street Bakery. 6110 \\f ANTED Known — Men's atron V V Tweed Suits from 16s 6 1', shirts from 2s 6d,—Arcade House. 4 24 \ 1/ ANTED Known —The Cheapest V* House in town for First-clsss Millinery and Drapery is H. C. Segers, Melford House. WANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye Protectory, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical me at S. Salek's, Optician XTi ANTED Known—The Corner is VV showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H, COLLIER. WANTED Known—Special line oi Gents' Regatta Shirts, all sites' with or without collars, 2s 6d.—W. Hi Colmkk. IF you wish your soctals and parties U be successful, buy your cake, pastry, etc , at Taylor's. E-ist Street Bakery, Parties supplied on the shortest notice, 6111 "TTISITthe Sale. Trimmed Millinerj »■ going at any price Ladies' Under clothing reduced to 20 per cent, belo^ cost,—Arcade House. 4 64 of Warehouseman s Stock t O Mitchell & Tukner's. Cheap lines in all departments. ROBERT ALCORN will "open on Saturday, the 7th July, in Baker't Buildings, next; .the Courthouse, with « stock of Clothing, etc., bought at. Edwards and Bannetb's and the Kaiapoi Sales, the cheapest lot ofgoods ever brought to Ash burton. Also an assortment of Boots. 6 179 \jh/ ANTED Known.—Just received a vV 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. Moisos's, the Premier Bootmaker, Town Hall Boot Store, Eaat Street, Ashburton. 5 15 WANTED Known.—No more wefc clothes and bronchitis, Yarmouth Oilskin to hand.—Mitchell & Tu.rkbb W™ ANTED Known.— 3lbs of our noted 2a Tea for 58 Id. For other quotations see Price List on Paste 3.—John Orb & Co. 5|97 TUST Opened, a splendid line of fashion *J able Dress Stuffs, in Cardinals, Maroons, Navies, Browns and Blacks. To be &old under wholesale price.—H, C Segers, Melford House, f ITANTED Known -Before buying VV your Hats come and see our Stock. Greatest variety to choose from in Afihburtou. All marked very Cheap - H. 0. Seobks, Melford House. WAIT for your Blanketa till the 7th July, when Robert Alcorn will ba open in Baker's Buildings, with a stock bought at Edwards, Bennetts sale. Double Blankets from 6a 6d, a special line at 7s 9d. 6J178 ANTED Known.—All genuine Oil skins, Leggings, Sou-Westers marked I'armouth—Mitchkll* Turner, WANTED Known—All accounts due in the Estate of Robert Alcorn must be pad at once. Office hours : 10 to 1 and 2 to 4, Saunclera 1 Building.



BMxit! I>ivit! IMxlt! ' IS TEE NAME OF THE CHEAPEST AIND MOST RELIABLE WATCH I'OK, IHE MONEY , EVER OFFERED IN ASHBURTON BEATS -AJLH, OIHERti Open Face 20j and 22s 6d. Hunting cases 27s 6d and 30s, IN PURE WHITE METAL. EVriRY WATCH GUARANTEED. These watches are a marvel of Cheap ness and Quality, look like Stirling Silver, and are beautifully finished. 10 BE OBTAINED ONLY FKOM 8. lAL EH, WATCHMAK ER AND JEWELLER, . ASHBURTON. "what to do with our boys? Clothe them well with SUPERIOR CLOTHING, to be had at the Clothing: Factory. * JUVENILE DEPARTMENT — Boys' All Wool Suits, our own make, 10s. Boys' Tweed Sailor Suits, our own make, lls 9d, Boys' D.B. Knicker Suits, made to; ---your order. Boys' Norfolk Suits, hundreds of patterns to choose from Boys' Three-garment Suite trom 21s 3 6d. — SPECIAL — If your Boys are hard to fit* we will mak? to their measure from any of our large range of tweeds, and at ready made prices. Boys' Macfarlane Overcoats, deep capes* I Boys' Overcoats from 10s 9d. Boys' Reefers from 10a6d. Boys' Odd Knickers in serges and "tweeds. Boys' Tweed Caps from 6d. Boys' Sailor Caps, in cloth * and seigts, from Is 3d. Boys' School Boots from 4* 6d. — SPECIAL. — It will save you money by buying your boots, at the NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY, ALEX. HENDRY. Manager'



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