DEATH.

Dodds —On June 18, at Dunndin, George Fawcit Dopds, chemist, Akaroa. Aged 55 yepis.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1894. THE SPEAKERSHIP.

Thb House of Representatives has chosen its speaker, and by no uncertain majority. By forty-five votes to nine teen the House chose Sir Maurice O'Rorke in preference to the Hon Major Steward. At thR decision of the House no one cavil, for no one will dare say that Sir Maurice O'Rorke has not .been the best Speaker that ever occupied that high and responsible position. Had he been returned to the last Parliament, instead of having been rejected by his constituency, the ; , question of the Speakership would not have arisen when the House met after that election, and the Hon Major Steward would not have been Speaker, and the opportunity of styling him an we have just styled him would not; have been afforded us. Still, having served his three years' term in the office, and given satisfaction to a majo rity of the members of the House in the discharge of the duties that fell to him, there was no reason why he should not stand for re-election, only, in the light of information we possessed before he left for Wellington, the fact that he allowed his name to be put up at all is to us a matter for sur prise. Maugre the excellent qualifica tions of Sir Maurice, there were those

in the House who preferred the£ last to the new Speaker, and there were reasons for this preference, ftlajor Steward did right in affording his friends an opportunity of giving expression to this preference, and they have done so. No hard thoughts will rftnain in the breast of either candi date towards the other—indeed a hard thought towards any man could not possibly be harboured in the amiable breast of the defeated candidate—and he would doubtless be the first to congratulate Sir Maurice on his elec tion. The choice of a Speaker being one that rests wholly with the mem bers of the House, the question should be one to be settled wholly by the merits of the candidates, and ought never, under any circumstances, to be I made one of party. It could not have been made a party question in this case, as both Sir Maurice and the Major are staunch Liberals. They both went to the poll, and the ability and experience of Sir Maurice as Speaker, as borne evidence to in fifteen years' presidency of the House, pre vailed, and the House is now to be congratulated on having chosen for its Chairman as capable a man as could be found anywhere in the colony.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Druids' annual social will be held on Wednesday next in the Oddfellows' Hall. The Ashburton Working Men's Co operative Association intend calling a meet ing next week to consider the advisableness of winding up the affairs of the company. Six more informations have been laid against escapees from the gambling saloon in Wellington when the police raided the 1 house. The Wellington Harbor Board declines to make any alterations in' the conditions of printing contracts, etc., as requested by the Typographical Society. Mr A. Lawrie has been successful in pur chasing the stock in the assigned estate of Robert Alcorn. Sales are not uncommon ia this district, but Mr Lawrie having secured a bargain is adopting a liberal course in sharing the advantages gained with the people of the district by the method of lowering prices for one month commencing to-morrow. At Wellington to-day, two young men named Sage and Swanson were fined £5 each and costs for driving horses in an unfit con dition. It waa not shown that the owner of the horses had any knowledge of their condition. The S.M. made some strong re marks, and said if the matter had been traced to the person really responsible for : illusage of the horses, he would have given him a good term of imprisonment. Recent advices concerning the rebellion at Ponape, the principal island in the Caroline group, etate that things are being run with a high hand both by the hostile natives and the Spanish authorities. Paul, the first chief of Ponape, still holds his cvvd with 500 or 600 well-armed men, and the Spaniards do not attempt, or possibly arc unable, tv subdue the rebellion. A Spanish cruiser is stationed at Ponape, but the rebellious tribe are firmly ensdoneed in their end of the island* and tho Spanish fear to make any attempt 'to dislodge them. The white men are olaced in a vei/y embarrassing position. The Spaniards are also having lots of trouble in the Philippines, where they are not, accord ing <o report, attempting to restore order or good government. The Seafield Band of Hope held their first meeting tor the Feason on Tuesday evening, when a lengthy and attractive programme, consisting of songs, recitations, and dia logue?, and a very attractive and interesting address by the Rev T. A. Hamilton, was gone through. Notwithstanding the incle ment /Weather the little schoolroom at Sea field was comfortably filled. The meeting was opened in the usual way, and the Chair man (Mr Joseph Clucas) made a few remarks on the evils of the drink traffic. A sacred song by the Rev T. A. Hamilton was well rendered and much appreciated; and a comio song given for the benefit of the children fairly brought down the house. At the close of a most enjoyable entertainment a number of names were added to the list of total abstainers, which numbers about fifty. The district of Sylvania, Ohic, was the scene of turmoil and excitement on April 15. Early ;n the morning about 1500 citizens marched to the gaol and demanded that Seymour Newland, a negro, should be handed over to them. This man was awaiting trial on a charge of assaulting a lady eighty-one years of age. She died from the injuries which, it is alleged, Newland inflicted. As she was a white woman the indignation of the citizens was intense. The sheriff appears to have been advised of what was coming, and had summoned the militia to his aid. A small force responded to the call, but these, with the gaolers, were so totally inadequate to resist the mob that the prison was practi cally surrendered to them. Newland was promptly dragged from his cell and lynched in the immediate neighborhood, every armed man Sn the mob apparently regarding it as a duty to discharge his weapon into the negro's body. The Revolting Daughters, or Mothers, have broken out in a new place (says the 'P«f!s Mall Gazette'). The Ideal Club recently held a meeting for the purpose of gravely considering how they should become soldiers, and what sort of dress they should wear. Apparently the latter discussion took up most of the time, and nothing very definite was decided after all. A wretch of a man proposed that they should not pre cisely go into the army, but in a kind of way hang on to the ambulance part of it. This proposal, we are glad to see, was treated with the contumely it deserved. The meet ing was divided on the subject of dress, as divided as the skirt one speaker proposed. There was a weakly element among the audience, which is very painful to think of. These ladies wanted knickerbuckers, with a nkirt over them hitched on by a buttom, t» be thrown aside when the creature man was out of sight. But the sterner members would have nothing to say to this cowardly suggestion. They wanted knickerbuckers and knickerbuckers only—with stripes to them, and braid. Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Self Help.—Prior to the discovery of these remedies an easy, ready and reliable remedy for outward disfigurement and inward com plications was, practically speaking, un known. No one need now be at a loss if I they should unfortunately suffer from piles, j ulceis, sores, tumours, boils, bruises, sprains, etc. Enveloping Holloway's' medicines are very intelligible, printed directions for using I them, which should be attentively read and immediately followed by all who resort to his treatment. Sooner or later the sufferer will assuredly triumph over the worst diseases. This searching Ointment dis perses all those malignant humours which aggravate diseases of the skin, prevent the cicatmrtion of ulcers, and excite inflam matory tendencies ia the system,

The half-mile handicap skating race at' the rink last night was won by A. Perm with 4$ laps start, in 2min 55sec. E. Healey was second and H. Hoult third. The winner received a pair of Henley's silver p'ated clamp skates.

Prohibitionists from all parts of the j Dominion waited in strong foroe upon the j Canadian Government at Ottawa on March j 27, and made a twofold request—that a prohibitory liquor law should be passed in the present session of the Dominion Parlia ment, and that the Franco-Canadian treaty, which would admit light French wines into Canada, should not be ratified. They ad mitted that the Royal Commission on Prohibition had not yet reported; but they claimed that the plebiscites in Manitoba, Prince Edward Island, Ontario, and Nova Scotia indicated a majority of 150,000 in favor of prohibitory legislation. Sir John Thompson's speech was an emphatic, negative. No prohibitory bill would, he said, be passed this session. It would be impossible for any Government to provide, without longer notice, for a displacement of some 9,000,000d0l in the revenue of the conntry, and as to the future he declined to gave any pledge at all. As for the Royal Commission, an interim report would soon be laid before Parliament, and the Govern ment would be influenced to some extent by the information thus gained. Two other Ministers—Sir C. Hibbert Tupper and the Hon Mackenzie Bowell—concurred, and the deputation left with the remark of one of the delegates that there was not a ray of hope in the answer they had received.

DEATH OF REWI.

An Old Enemy Gone. Auckland, June 22. Bewi Manga Maniopoto, the celebrated native chief who led the Waikato natives against the British in the war, died last night at Kihikihi, aged about 70 years.

WRECK AT PORT LAND ISLAND.

Three of the Cmw Drowned. Auckland, Jane 22. Early today the Union Company's steamer, Poherua, arrived from Lyttelton bringing the mate and five other sur vivors of the crew of the Sydney barque, Alexander Newton, which w»s wrecked on Portland Island on Monday last, the captain and two of the crew being drowned. The barque was on a voyage from Port Stephen, New South Wales, to Napier with a cargo of piles. On Thurs day, 14th ins*., at midnight, she rounded Gape Palliser, the wind being then from north-east to south-east. At daylight on Sunday, as Beare Island was bearing N.W. ten miles, there came on a thick fog and the wind freshened to a gale and a heavy sea got up. The captain, not j caring to run into Napier, kept as mveh as possible to sea. At 11.30 on Monday when the fog lifted, those en board found that they were close in on the lee shore, and the vessel sagging down on the rockc with a tremendously heavy sea breaking on. them. A few minutes afterwards she struck, and immediately began to break up. All were supplied with life belts, and all but three succeeded in reaching the fore part of the vessel, dropped from the jibboom infeo the sea, and werewashed up on the rooks. When the survivors were counted they found the captalu, cook, and an able seaman had not reached the shore. The lighthouse-keepers made the men comfortable. The wreck very quickly broke up, and in an hour hardly a vestige was to be seen. Those drowned were John Herwood, master; Baker, cook ; and Charles Hendrick, A.B. The survivors were Thomas Potta, mate; Francis Edwarda, second mate ; William Hodgson, Charles McDonald, Charles SuoKstorff, and Alexander Olseo, A B.'s.

SPORTING.

THE ASCOT GOLD CUP.

(Received June 22, 11 30 a.m.) London, June 21. At Ascot fco-day fchn Gold Oup was won by La Eleche, Cdllisbr*t 2, Cypria 3.

The Mount Huxley Frand

Ho wart, June 21.

Price and Briscoe have been araested on a charge of conspiracy in connection with the "salting" of the Mount Huxley mine.

CABLE ITEMS

The value of the rupee is officially fixed at 13£ d till September. Mr Gladstone has found it impossible to accept the invitation to visit America. The Pope in an encyclical letter appeals to the Eastern Protestants to join the Catholic Church. The young Sultan of Morocco has imprisoned Mul^y Mohammed, his elder brother, owing to intrigues. Mr Labouchere declares the attempt to obtain autonomy for Ireland to be a farce while the hereditary house is retained. M. De Louche, in addressing the Chamber of Deputies, urged that France should demand free navigation of the Nile and free passage through Egypt. A decision has been come to whereby England virtually concels the lease of the territory between Lake Tanganyika and Lake Albert Edward, Germany allowing Mr Rhodes to construct an uninterrupted telegraph line between the Cape and the Nile. The Committee appointed to look into the question of the Nicaragua canal, recommend the issue of stock to the amount of dE16,000, fOOO for carry ing on the work, and that the work be supervised by threß of the United States army engineers. Nurse Gillespie, connected with tbe Hackney training school, has bees sentenced to five years' imprisonment on a charge of cruelly illtreating chil dren under har care, whom she had beaten with nettles. At the National Liberal Club the Marquis of Ilipon, in proposing the health of Sir George Grey, said that the latter's career had revealed some thing of the real secret of unity of the Empire, and he heartily welcomed him as a great Englishman and a great Liberal. The London " Times " considers it will be impossible for Great Britain to accept; Mr Cecil Rhodes' proposed South African preferential duties against foreign goods unless the whole nation assents. Tbe proposal involves an entire change of policy anil must [embrace all the colonies,

The American Tariff.

Washington, June 21.

The Senate has postponed the final settlement of the free wool question, and has removed sugar from the free list.

Buried Treasure Under the Sea.

The romance of buried treasure lying at the bottom of the sea has always a fascination for the average man. A list is just published showing the ship wrecked vessels which have carried the most valuable cargo. In a storm off Lewis, United States, in 1798, the British frigate De Brook was lost, having on board no less than £2,400,000 worth of species and jewels, taken from an intercepted Spanish fleet while on a voyage to Halifax. The British war vessel Hussar, which was wrecked in attempting to make the passage through Hell Gate, .New York, in 1780, had on board treasure, mostly in guineas, to the value of £960,000, which would make the value of her entire cargo considerably more than a million sterling. The obstructions causing danger at Hell Gate were in 1885 removed by an enormous blasting operation. By the wreck of the French frigate Lutine, 1799, a loss of nearly a million sterling took place, and the whole crew were drowned except one man. i?ome small portion of the bullion was afterwards recovered. The screw steamer Royal Charter, wrecked off Moelfre, on the Anglesey coast, in October, 1859, had gold on board as part of her cargo, to the value of be tween £700,000 and £800,000, much of which has since been recovered. The French war vessel L'Orient, sunk in Aboukir Bay, at the battle of the Nile, in 1798, had treasure on board equivalent to £600,000 in value. In the storm which raged on November 4, 1854, in the Black Sea, the steamer Prince was lost, with 144 lives and a cargo worth £500,000, indispensable to the sufferers in the army at the Crimea. ; The steamer Amalia was wrecked while carrying a cargo worth £200,000. The route from England to India is strewn with treasure of Teasels lost on the road, the estimated value whereof is not less than £80,000,000 sterling.

THE BARABA MURDER.

Sydney, June 21.

The case for the Crown in the Baraba murder trial has closed. Gumming, one of the prisoners, when called on for his defence, protested his innocence of the crime, and said that before God the following was the true state of the case:—Two men came to him and asked the loan of a horse, intimating that they intended to stick up a bank in the township, and in return they would let him stand in in dividing the spoil. They also took the racehorse without his knowledge. He met the two men after he returned to Baraba by appointment, when they told him that they had stuck up the bank and that the manager had bee* shot. They asked him to pilot them to the roughest country in the district, which he did. The men killed the horses, and he only removed the brands to screen himself, i Lees, the other prisoner, also made a statement. He said—" I have a know ledge of one man's death and do not want to have a second life on my hands. I, therefore, declare Gumming to be entirely innocent. His state ment is true. I was the man who bor rowed the horse from him, and told him it was intended to rob the bank, and would let him have a cut in at the money. He was to plant the money and send my share to Sydney when the affair had blown over." Lee had not finished his statement when the telegraph office closed. (Received June 22,11,30 a. m.) Sydney, June 22, Lee completed his statement without admitting more than would clear Cummings, and by picking a few holes in the police chain of evidence concern ing his own identity. Counsel's addresses to the jury are proceeding.

THE TRANSVAAL.

Pretoria, June 20.

The Transvaal Government are ar resting Britishers who refuse military service. Sir Jacobus A. do Wet, the British agent, has entered a protest in the matter.

Capetown, June 21, Intense feeting has been created among the British residents in Johan nesburg on account of the arrest of an Englishman for refusing military ser vice.

Terrible Tragedy.

I London, June 20# A terrible tragedy is reported from South Shields where a seaman named Goodwin and his son were found with their throats cut and Mrs Goodwin with her head battered in. It is be lieved that Goodwin murdered his wife and son and then committed suicide.

LABOR.

Brisbane, Jane 21. The Government are about to try the experiment of employing State prisoners on Government works. London, June 21; Six thousand bakers employed in the city have struck work as a protest against the making of deposits of large sums as security against possible fines for gelling light weight bread. The strike has caused great inconvenience, | and the military are employed in bak -1 ing bread for the city. Washington, June 20. Owing to the labor disputes in the United States the number of work men returning to Europe is in excess of the number leaving Europe for America. Brisbane, June 22. News from Barcaldine states that the rouseabouts on Westland station refused to work unless their wages were increased to the old standard. The various Pastoralist Unions are consulting one another, and important developments are expected in a few days,

The Incendiary Plot.

Wbliington, June £t. The police have received no intimation respecting the supposed incendiaiy plot, and it ia generally believed the whole report has arisen from the vague state ments of '* the man in the strert."

Comedy in Court

An unrehearsed comedy was prs sented at the City Court, Melbourne, recently, whgn an eccentric Irish comedienne, Mary M'Oarthy by name, played the lead. It was in the cross examination of Constable Hawkins, the chief witness in the charge of vagrancy preferred against the de fendant, that the fan began. Standing with arms akimbo, she demanded :<— " What is your name ? Come, what is it ?" Then, as the court burst into hearty laughter, she vociferated in* manner which would have done credit to the usher, "Silence in co«rt! Order ! Order 1" Constable Hawkins: My name is John Hawkins. (Laughter). Mary McCarthy: Keep order, or I'll clear the court. (Renewed laughter). Order ! Come, one fool at a time ! (Laughter). Your worships, I haven't had a drop of liquor since Friday ; and I won't for all my dayf, as long as I've breath in my body. D'ye hear that, now? Last Friday I had the pledge from a clergyman. Bless him, whoever he is, for I don't know his name. Bejabers, its Fknui gaa, I think! (At this stage the court was convulsed with laughter). Mary M'Cartby: Silence! One fool at a time, can't ye's ? Believing his cross-examination was concluded, the constable was stepping from the box, when the defendant jumped towards him. " Back ye go; back, constable, to where ye was." Major Bartrop : We have the power to order the constable where to gp« You can question him as to evidence. Mary M'Carthy: In good time; -all in my own good time. I'm a coming to the point, I am. I've never—ye hear me now—• Major Bartrop: Is there anything standing against the woman 1 The Senior Constable: Five times for vagrancy— Mary M'Oarthy: Can't ye wait a bit, ye divils? One fool at a time. (Laughter). Give us a show, can't yel (Laughter). Can't ye see I'm Irish, and an Irishman will have his say, even if he has to swing for it. (In creased hilarity). Mary M'Oarthy : Order { order. Major Bartrop: What have you to say to the charge ? Mary M'Carthy: Well, ray good man, I'll admit going after the boys a bit—(laughter)—but I don't liquor- Major Bartrop: Yes. Mary M'Carthy : You see I— Major Bartrop : Well, go on. Ma"y M'Carthy: Come now,whjgper, your lordships, whisper. Let me have your ear. Ye see, if I was let off to day I'd get some laundry work. (Laughter). Major Bartaop: Well, what next? Mary M'Carthy (making a rnov***' ment towards the bench): Let's whis per. I'd get— Major Bartrop : Three months. Mary M'Carthy: Three months! Come now ! Sure, there's treatment for a lady ! Well, thank ye. She was then conducted from the scene to spend the next three months in strict retirement.

Progress of Electricity.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat,

W. 8. Hadaway, who has devoted, much attention to the statistics and practice of electric heating, states that! people who could afford to' do their' lighting by electricity could afford to do their cooking and ironing by the same means. However much of a luxury electric heating in domestic work may now appear to be, its use is rapidly growing, and before long it will become general, for the saving of attendance and of time, freedom from dirt, coolness of the kitchen, absolute uniformity of heat and ability to regulate it, are advantages that appeal at once to the householder. It has been conclusively proved, both in this country rod Europe, that no source of beat offers so many elements of value as electricity for cooking and laundry work. There is no discomfort, no noxious gases from combustion, and no. variation in the temperature selected, so that the question of the discretion of the cook is to a considerable extent eliminated, and better results are obtained than can possibly be reached by the approximate temperatures of surfaces heated by combustion. Mr Hadaway holds that in industrial work, wherever flames are used to secure localised heat electricity can be ad visedly employed. Besides the absence of unhealthy products of combustion, it is mere easily regulated than flame, the mean temperature of the shop is lowered, the work is more uniform, and the entire system cleaner and more complete. For factory use, too, it is the most desirable form of fuel Laundries, clothing manufactories, hat factories, silk and textile fabric mills, shirt factories, etc are found to pre sent conditions under which electric heating is especially serviceable. An illustration of the extension of electric heating in hitherto unthought of fields is given in the recent testimony of the engineer of a whaleback* He says t "Our electric cooking apparatus has turned out most economical and con venient. Small as it is, we have found - no difficulty whatever in cooking four keals a day for a crew of seveaty-five men. Owing to the construction of the whaleback, we had formerly to use a coal range, but the loss by radiation was so great as to make the kitchen entirely too hot for all purposes. "With the electric apparatus we experienced no inconvenience of this sort, and at the same time had all the necessary heat for cooking."

I'MJffi ABHfeQBI'OM ftttAftEflAN; FBIDAY> JUKE 22, 1894.



Business Notices ! ' : ! GItEAT FORCED SALE, - AT - G. J. NEILUS. /"\ WING to pressure of Creditors whoso patience is exhausted, we are forced to realise on our Stock of Drapery, Clothing, & Boots, » AT LESS THAN COST PEICE. Htity Twiil Sheeting, 2 yards wide, 9£d Dress Goods 2_d WMfc« Calico, Is lid doz. Dress Tweeds, 4|d Unbleached Calico Is lid doz. Dress Goods, s£d Heavy Flannellette, 3_d yard These ara all less than half price All wool #rey Flannel, TJd Black Silk Velvet 4s 6d, reduced to Is 9d CHILDREN 8 ULSTERS, 2s lid WOMEN'S ULSTERS, 4s lid Men's Tweed Suits, 13s 6d Extra heavy Winter Suits, 19s 6d Heavy Colonial Tweed Suits, 3@d 6d re- Boys' Tweed Suits, 3s lid duoed to 25s 6d „, Hen's Tweed Trousers, 6s lid Men's 8a 6i Moles, reduced to 6s lid Boys'iCaps, 6d BOOTS, BOOTS. Ifon's Colonial Made Nailed Shooters, 7s Men's Colonial Made Bluchers, 4s lid Women's Shoes, all sisses, 4s lid Buys' Strong Nailed Boots, 5s 9d EVERY PAIR OF BOOTS IN THE HOUSE REDUCED. This is no Catchpenny, redncing only one or two lines to take the eye EVERYTHING RKDU3ED TO LESS THAN COST PRICE, as we must have the money. G J. KEILL, FRIBDLANDER'S BUIUHNGS, EAST STREET, ASHBURION CASH 1 CASH 0 LOOK! LOOK!! WMMfM* **"\* ■■!■■■ fr onf^ Finest Roller Flour Lower than Ever, 251bs 2s Od. 501bs 3s 10|d lOOlbs 7s 6d. 2001bs 14s 251b Moir's Oatmeal 2s 6d Mixed Peel 8d per lb, 2lb for Is 31 Bent Mauritius Sugar 2|d per lb Fine and Coarse Salt Bs per cwt. Fines* Currants rbest cleaned) 3|d per lb Baking Soda 3d per lb, 51b for Is Hew bultanas 4|d per lb l-'ssinco of Coflee 7*d per bottle Plaid Vestaa from Sid per dozen Kerosene 150 degrees test, water white LtricCandles&M perlb, 121b for ft, 3d "*»*-. *P- *>***" — Cream Tartar (pare) Is 2d per lb Brow*. Corn Flour, 3*d per lb Kine-t Sago, T.pioca and Split Peas Sheep Tongues, lOd per t n 1M per lb, 7ib a Is Our Own Sauce 6d per bottle Finwt Japan Rice 2£d per lb, 51b als Large Tins F.dmond's B-king Powder New Raisins 4* perlb lid per tm —KEMEMBER— PATRONISE THE FIRM WHO BROUGHT DOWN THE PRICES. ALL GOODS DELIVERED. FLETCHER BROS. CASH SUPPLY STOBES, FAST STREET, NEXT THE BANK Of NEW ZEALAND. And 107, and 109 Lower High Street, Christohurch. AGENTS'for the following Brands of TEAS— !B«r, Matchless, Nabob, Arab, Countess, Monarch, Nelson and Moate's, • ' Jameson and Anderson's, etc. Complete Price List* to be ready shortly, and will be delivered to anyone on application. Special Prices to large consumers, DOW* MISS THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY. £dwards, Bennetts, & CVa Stock, -r- -t-» xi D /~i* HAD ten Buyers onfc on Wednesday G» Ii« -OBatll & KjO't Morning, to pick up any bargains offering at the above sale. 1»B FALLOWING ABE^W^OF^HE LINES MARKED FOR j 60 Pairs Whits Blankets from ®* 1W p* pair I LADIES' ALL WOOL CASHMERE HOSE IOJd pr pair 102 PAIRS CELEBRATED IMPERIAL CORSETS, 2« 9d worth 4s 6a 13 Men's Tweed Suits 193 6d worth 27s 6d 40 Men* Tweed Trousers 6* lid worth 9s bd 18 Men's Tweed Tronsers 7s lid worth U* 6d 150 Boys' Tweed Suits from 3s lid upwards t£» SEE WINDOWS AND DOOBS FOR PRICES; JB G. L. BEATH & CO., TAKOBBD. BTBBBT.



i WaDTed. ' f OST, between Hanrahan's. Biker, ■*-* and Mr Samuel Brown b, Wakanui Road, a parcel of Blankets, etc. Please i ratnrn to Kelly's Hotel. 6 139 \ YOUNG Lady seeks situation as Mother's Help (country preferred). Would be willing to astist in education of young children if desired. Good refer ences. Adc'iass M.G., Post Office, Ash burton. 6 115 HP KN per Cent Discount in all Cash I Purchases from 5^ upwards (stamps excepted) for One Month.—H. M. Jonks j\ LOT of Young Ladies' Journals, hack -"- numbers, three for Is; other publications, 2d, 4d and Is each. —H. M- Jones. WANTED Known —The Cheapest Honse in town for First-class Millinery and Drapery is H. C. Seoers, Melford House. IF you want good prime Cheese and Bacon, try Taylor, East Street j Bakery. 6 109 [/~lOAii. Coal. Coal.—lf you want V_^ Cheap Coal and Firewood just try C. Sprat, the old site opposite Mercantile Store. f 46 PRIME Christchurch smoked and Lewis' pale cured Bacon Hams, best Akaroa and local-made Cheeses from sd, at Taylor's, East Street Bakery. 6110_ BOOKS. — Eighty-two more New Books just added to Circulating Library. Terms easy. Birthday Cards. —John Marsdew. 6 105 IF you wish your socials and parties to he successful, buy your cake, pastry, etc, at Taylor's, East Street Bakery. Parties supplied on the shortest notice. 6111 |j>DWARDS, Bennett's Sale. Grand lot *-^ new and fashionable Furs and Mantles ; half price. Come and take your pick at Mbs Adamm, WANTED to Purchase, field peas and omons. J. Thomas, Havelock street. 6 SI IX7*ANTED Known—All goods in Show '* Boom to be slaughtered at any price.—Arcade Bouse. 4 28 WANTED Known-L W Pants 3s lid, Flannel Shirts 3s 9d, Worsted Socks <5d per pair.—Arcade House 425 SALE now on—White Calico 2s lid per dozen, Towels 2s 6d per dozen, Lace, Curtains, from Is lid per pair, at Arcade House. 4 27 WANTED Known.— Mes Hooper, Monthly Nurse, Alford Forest Road, will be pleased to receive patients. Terms moderate. 5 112 IT7"ANTED Known—The whole of the * » stock to be sacrificed by order of the Purchaser, Arcade House. 4 26 / \KOSUED Oats, 5s per sack. Al \J kinds of Farm and Mill Produce cheap for cash.—J. Thomas, Havelock Street ! ISIT the Sale. Trimmed Millinery j going at any price Ladles' Under clothing reduced to 20 per cent, below cost.—Arcade House. 4 64 11TATCHES, Clocks, etc., (all guaran ™* teed) at wholesale cost for one month only. Ifow's your time.—Lums den's. 3 219 OYSTERS and Fresh Fish of all sorts arrive evening per express at Deep Sea Fishing Co.'a Shop, Burnett street Ashburton 2 62 WANTED Known — Men's strong Tweed Suits from 16s 6d ; shirts from 2s 6d.—Arcade House. 4 2* I OST. May 12. Chestnut Hack mare, J j height 15 2, star on forehead, scar on inside hind leg in line just above honks. When lost was shod with bar shoes on front feet and had on cover. Information rewarded. H. C. Segees, Melford House. MRS ALCORN has on sale for he Holidays a varied assortment of Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goods, and Christmas Presents—Saunders Buildings. WANTED Known.—All genuine Oil skins, Leggings, Sou-Westers marked Yarmouth—Mitchell •%Turner. Tly ANTED Known—The Corner Is VV showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H. Colliek. 8"~ ALE of Warehouseman's Stock at Mitchell & Turner's. Cheap lines in all departments. WANTED Known. — MetTsT Tweed Suits 153 6d, Men's Tweed Trousers 7s lid, Mens' Strong Flannellette Shirts 2s 6d, Mens' and Boys' Boots ai«d Shoes greatly reduced.—Arcade House. 465 W" ANTED Known. — Embroideries from Id a yard, Corsets 3s lid, Ladies' Ulsters frnm4slld, Ladies' Glrves four pair for la, Kid Gloves four buttons 156d.~ Arcade Hnuvse. 63 WANTED Known.-31bs of our noted 2a Tea for 5s Id. For other quotations see Price List on Page 3.—John Orr & Co. . 6 J97 GUNS ! Guns 1 Guns ! My new stock of Gunsj ust to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Leaders, Rifles, etc. In spection invited. No old stock to select from at J. W. Hardley's Sporting Repository WANTED Known—Special line of Gents' Regatta Shirts, all sizes . with or without collars, 2s 6d.~W. H. 1 Collier. WANTED Known—All accounts due in the Estate of Robeux Alcokn must be paid at once. Office hours : 10 to 1 and 2 to 4, Saunders 1 Buildings. WANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye Proteotors, Goggles, Folders, and j everything in the optical me at S. Salek's, Optician. ( CHOICE Ornaments, Folding Screens, \J Own make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, a^id Pinafores.— Mrs Alcokn, Saunders' Buildings. BANG ! Bang i B»u s S My new se» son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, Cluo Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Cap, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Hardley's, Gun Empo^'ara. * fjSTANiED, Everybody to use Titan VV Soap, greatest marvel of the age, H, Zandkr, Agent. HEALTH TEA is more esonomlca than ordinary tea. It undergoe a process whereby the injurious itigre ! dients are eliminated, whilst it renders the release of the better properties of the foaf more easy. Hbwby Zander, Autho i r**a(* Agent. KEATING'S POWDER destroys Bugs Fba?, motion, Beetles and all other insects whilst quite harmless to domestic animals In terminating Beetles the success of this Powder is fticfc-uordinary. It is per fectly clean in •pplicatfen, See the article yon purchase is KKATING'S, ag imitations : are noxious »nd ineffectual. Tins, 6d, Is 1 lid, 2s fld each. Sold by all chemists



Wanted WANTED Known.—No more web clothes and bronchitis, Yarmouth Oilskin to hand.—Mitchell & Turner OTICE I Notice Sport for al- Guns let out on hire or sold on tim? payments. Having a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns ot any description. Gun fittings in stock. Prices low.—J, W Hakdley, Ironmonger, etc. WANTiD Known.—Juat 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, Ashburton. 5 163 NEW 'Indoor Games Accordeons from 8s 6d, Autoharps and Zithers, Photo Albums and Frames, Opals for painting on, Oil and Water colors, and Artists Requisites, new Books and new Editions, cheap reading ; all at reduced prices for Cash.— L, F. Andrbwes & Co Stationers' Hall. FARED. S. JEFFRIES, Manufactur- JJ ing Confectioner, has opened a Shop in East street, next " The Corner, 9 for sale of all kinds of superior Con fectionery. Nothing inferior sold. No oheap cigarettes. §114 tITANTED Known—Before buying W your Hats come and see our Stock. Greatest variety to choose from in Aohburton. All marked veiy Cheap. —H. O. Sbgers, Melford House. business notioes. Important watchmaking announcement. 8. Salek, ' PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER and MANUFACTURING JEWELLER, OE&S to announce the arrival of a LARGE STOCK OF ROTHERHAM'S MATERIALS for Watch Repairs. Every Single Part (ready finished) of a Rotherham's Watch kept; also a Large Stock of Finished Parts for all other Watches. • Where repairs through Breakages are needed, time and expense is thus saved in finishing which means^Money. S- SALEK therefore announces what mttst prove ft Great Consideration these Hard Times. AIBIG REDUCTION IN THE COST OF WATCH REPAIRS. Repairs entrusted to 8. SALIK means RELIABLE WORKMANSHIP, SATIS FACTION & LOWEST CHARGES. Jewellery Repairs receive Special attention. —— SIGHT TESTING by Lazarus' System. SPECTACLES to suit all sights. WHAT TO DO WITH OUR BOYS! Clothe them well with SUPERIOR CLOTHING, to be had at the Iff EW' fl E A LAN D, Clothing: Factory. — JUVENILE DEPARTMENT — BoyV All Wool Suits, our own make, 10s. Boys' Tweed Sailor Suits, cur own make, 11s 9d. Boys' D.B. Knicker Suits, made to your order. Boys' N< rfolk Suits, hundreds of patterns to choose from Boys' Three-garment Suite irom 2h» 6d. — SPECIAL — Tf your Boys are hard to fit we will make to their measure from any of out lartje range of tweeds, and at ready made prices. Boys' Macfarlane Overcoats, deep eipes. Boys' Overcoats from 10* 91. Boys' Reefers from 10i 6d. Boys' Odd Knickers in serges and tweeds. Boys' Tweed Caps from 6<3. Boys' Sailor Caps, in cloth and Beiges, from Is 3d. Boys' School Boots from 4g 6d. — SPECIAL. — It will suve you money by buying your boots at the NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY, ALEX. HENDRY, Manager



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MBIBBBBBIBMBHnMBIBWttBIB^BIMBaV riOQD afternoon, Mrs Smith. Not v* feeling well 1 Have a cup of Health Tea! Nothing bo invigorating and strengthening I My word, Mm Brown, this is simply lovely, Wholesali and retail at Zander's.