Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1894. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Ashbuton Cycling and Athletic Club's annual general.meeting' tales place this evening at 1119 Arcade Chambers. A Wellington wire tells us that Chap man Bros' boot factory s>t 'ohnsonville was burned down this morning. Insur ance, £J 230 ia the Koyal. Mr Tom Childs, of Chertsey, intends to make for Coolgardie, and therefore his blacksmith business is in the market. This ought to be a grand opening foe a young fellow with a few pounds. Francis Cullen, mate of the barque Assel, is to be charged with attempted suicide. A revolver was discharged. The man had had a quarrel with the cap tain and gave himself h slight wound in a fit of temper. Mrs Walsh, formerly of Seaview, has opened Dining and Refrehment rooms in the premises lately used as a Kindergarten' school in Baet street. Mr and Mrs Walsh have been at theßealy for several years, and we trust their venture in Asb burton will be successful. The Wellington correspondent of the Christchurch Star wires :—' In the course of his speech on the Factories Bill, in the Legislative Council, the Hon J. E. Jen kinson regretted that there was no pro vision to forbid the disgraceful md disgusting practice • of girls selling news papers.' He referred to the common practice of little girls selling evening papers in Wellington streets, and to Hal, lelujah lasses entering all sorts of • dens' to sell the War Cry. The gathering of natives for King Tawhiao's tangi is increasing rapidly at Kihikihi. Already there are arrivals in considerable numbers from all parts of the I country. Men, women, and even children are to be seen at all hours of the day driv ing, riding, or tramping their way to the scene of death. The dimensions of the meeting would be further enlarged last evening by some 200 people with their chiefs, who left Napier and Taupo nearly a week ago for Kihikihi, to grieve over the de*th of Rewl and prolong his tangi. They were due there yesterday, but as 1 their route lies through Parawera, they would, it is now understood, bring up there first and joiu with the King's mourners for some days, The Nagatiman iapoto tribe are expected by the train from Te Kuitl on Friday. On their arrival it will be decided whether the King's interment shall take place at Mangakawa or Taupiri. When the Shops and Shop Assistants Bill was before the House, Mr Bell said he knew that in Wellington girla had been dismissed by employers because they had mnde use of the sitting accomodation ordered by the Act; and he therefore moved a new provision to the Bill miking it an offence punishable with a fine of £10 fur any peison to prevent a girl employed , in the {•hop from making use of the sitting accommodation, or to keep her at work at which, "he shall be required to stand for too long a period, or to directly or in directly threaten her with dismissal if she sat down, provided she did not take un reasonable advantage of this provision. ■■■This was accepted by the Minister for Labour, and added to the Bill. A shocking case of cruelty occured recently near Oooma, New South Wales, in connection with which a man named John Bai ry was fined £5 and his wife £20 for illtreating their servant, a girl named Florence Hill, aged 14 According to the story of the girl, she had failed to finish certain work allotted her by Mrs Barry, and was then made to undress, was bound with her hands behind her back to a post in the yard and was beaten for a quarter of an hour with a bridle rein and a board with a nail in it. She also stated thit after she was released Barry rubbed filth in her mouth. A wound on the face of the girl, it is alleged, was caused by Mrs Barry burning her flesh with a red-hot poker. The body of the child, who was examined in court, was found to ba one mass of cuts and bruises. Her head, ears, and mouth were scored with cuts. One eye was black, and on one arm were sijrns of teeth marks. Barry, who resigned from the commission of the peace before the ease came on, admitted beating the girl but denied rubbing the filth into hej . mouth. Mrs Barry generally denied the cruelty, and said she had only lightly chastised the girl because she had behaved indecently before the children. The bench refained from sending Mrs Barry to prison because of her ' present state of health.' At the Police Court to-day—before Messrs T. Buliock and T. E. Upton, Justices of the Peace—William Thomson was charged with the larceny from Camp, bell's boarding house, on Saturday night, of a watch, chain, and other articles, to the value of £5, the property of one Mr Vickor Accused admitted the charge, but made the excuae that he was under the influence of drink. The case was re manded until three o'clock pending the production of the probation officer's re porb.— Duncan Fraser was charged with having on Wednesday, while making a statement on oath, in answer to a charge of having obtained money under false pretences, committed perjury by stating that on his way to Ashburton he had not called at the Star of the South Hotel So-geant M; oiler and Mr J..R. Colyer gave evidence as to accused's statement in Court, and Mrs Bryan, wife of the licensee of the Star of the South Hot°l,' deposed to having served acca-ed with a class of beer 011 Thursday, August 23. Walter Henry Batchelor, employed at the Star of the South Hotel, deposed to having seen amused in the front bar of the hotel on the day in question. Ac cused asked for a remand in oider to produce evidence which he said would prove thai he had not been in the hotel as was Hssenfced. A remand was granted until Monday. The Court safe at three o'clock. The probation officer'^ reporb proving very favorable to Thomson the Bench decided., while severely warning accused, to admit him to six months pro batation. Margaret Borne, a Junatip from Methvan, on the certificates of Drs. Trevor and Leahy was ordered to be sent to Sunnyeide Asylum.

THE RANGITATA ELECTION EXPENSES

Returning- Officer v County Council

Tile (:im« iv til* S.IH". Court

Before Mr C. A. Ward, S.M. on Thursday John McKeague, Returning Officer for the Rangi'ata electoral diamct, sued the Ash burton County Council, the controlling local authority in the Bangltata licensing election, for £33 J9s; services aa returning officer under the Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act. Mr Stringer for plaintiff, Mr Purnell for defendant. John McKeague, plaintiff, said he was Returning Officer for the Rangitata Licensing District, and conducted the election. (Mr Stringer here put in Gazette appointing the County Council the local body for con trolling the election for Bangitata district). At the close of the election, he sent his account to the Council, and" received a letter and cheque for part of the account which he returned. Interviewed the Chairman of the Council before the election, and subsequently furnished him with an estimate of the probable cost for poll clerks, etc., (not his own coats), amounting to £146 odd, ex clusive of printing and advertising. His own expenses had been agreed upon before. Also told the Chairman of the Council the Government allowed £10 10a and travelling expenses for himself. It was agreed he should go round and inspect the booths. (Here Mr Stringer asked for a copy of the application by the Council to the Govern ment for a grant for election expenses, which was based ouMr McKeague's estimate, and Mr Purnell produced the minute of a resolution of the Council to apply for £350 for the Ashburton and Rangitata elections). The Government had not consented to have the number of polling places reduced. Had notified the Council he would visit all the booths, and no reply or objection had been sent him. Described the necessity for ex amining the booths. The nearett single visit made was ten miles. Only charged £1 Is per day when several booths were visited. Sometimes travelled sixty miles in a day, Conducted last general election ; his expenses were £31 odd, which Government paid without question. The general election charges were much more than the licensing election; the latter was by far the most troublesome. The charge for attending the Chairman of Council was when he was sent for; each visit would occupy about six hours. Charged £1 Is for each visit, four in all, also 12s 6d per day for hbree hire. By Mr Purnell.—Relied on the printed instructions for his warrant to visit the booths. Asked the Chrirman of the Council if he was to visit the booths, and he said yea. The booths were the same as at the general election. Had not visited them all then, as there was not time. Ho hitch occurred, as he made careful enquiries about them. Personally visited all the booths and made rough plans of them, and gave directions to the Deputy Returning Officers Sent the plana to Wellington with other papers. Went to the booths after school hours—sometimes thirty-five miles; used his own gig. Consulted with the Chairman of the Council as to doing with less booths. Had instructions from the Colonial Secre tary to hold the election. By Mr Stringer.—There were twenty - three booths. The compartments were re moved after the general or any election. Did not know if any alterations had been made. The Deputy Returning Officers were not in all places the same at the general and licensing elections. By the S.M.—Went to see the booths— not the Deputies. Visited the booths after his other business was done. Was not home sometimes till from one till three in the mornim?. Went round at both elections. Averaged thirty-six miles each day. Did not use vbe railway, as places off the line were visited in the same day as others on it. By Mr Stringer.—Arranged his visits to do the most work in the least time. Joseph Ward—Was returning "officer tor Ashburton Licensing District. Had been paid by the County Council, and charged £7 for visiting booths, £10 10.3 fees, and £17 expensee. Had fourteen booths. Visited all but Methven. Charged £1 Is per day and expenses Did not know Riugiiata Diatric.. Thirty-six miles would be a good day's driving, and to do any business. Did not remember what took place at the meetings, but h&d a letter fromthe Council authorising him to do what was necessary, which would include visiting booths. There was so much more to do in connection with the licensing election that it was absolutely necessary. Visited the booths about a week before the election. His personal expenses came to £17. By the S.M.—Visited the booths to make arrangements for having the booths, for having them fitted up, and to see the deputies. tfy Mr Purnell—Was not wall acquainted with Leeston. By Mr Stringer—Charged 12s 6d per day for expenses. This closed the case for plaintiff. Mr Purnell submitted that plaintiff must be nonsuited. The plaintiff had failed to establish any privity of contract between himself and the Council, and the Act gave him no power to sue the Council or the corporate body. Section 9 of the Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act, 1893, apparently gave the Council full control of the licensing election; but in reality it had no control whatever over the election, and could not even appoint a messenger for a polling booth. The returning officer was appointed by the Governor, and was the servant of the Government, and under section 5 of the Electoral Act, 1893, his salary was to be paid out of moneys appropriated for that purpose by th 3 General Assembly. The plaintiff must look to the Government, whose servant he was, for payment, and the Government might then possibly recover the amount from the County Council by virtue of the provisions of section 10 of the Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act. As a matter of convenience the Council would have paid the plaintiff direct, if he had rendered a reasonable bill; just as they had paid the returning officer for Ashburton; but now that the matter was brought before the Court, the parties were remitted to their legal rights, and the plaintiff had no legal claim against the Council; Mr StHnger said that if there was any thing in Mr Purnell's content'on it could not be a ground for non-suit but simply for a change in defendant. It was quite true his client was a servant of the general Govern ment and was responsible to them ; but the Government had imposedjthe duty of paying on the local anthorities, and the Court had to consider whether Mr McKeague had honestly and corefully done the work for which he had charged. If the County Council, as a corporate body were not liable, Che individual members would probably not like to put their hands in their own pockets. If Mr McKeague applied to the Government; for payment they would refer him to the Alcoholic Liquors Ace and the County Council tor his remuneration, The S.M. said as there were a number of witnesses to call, and the case would occupy considerable time, it would be better to ad journ at the present stage, and he would consider the point raised by Mr Purnell in the meantime.

The Electiv Exective Bill.

The HOn Major iteward'« ipcecli

In introducing the Elective Bill in the House the Hon JVlaior Steward, member for Waimate, spoke as folio <vs. The Bill which I have now ths honor to submit to this House deals with a very large and important question, and one which, I think, in view of the rapid growth of public opinion, will eventually, and parhaps soon, have to bo submitted to this House by the Government of the day. The fact of its'not being submitted to the House an a Government measure now, but by a private member, is a suffi dent answer to those who would seek to place private members in the position of mere counters, deprived of the right of initiation and able only to give their votes upon measures submitted by the Government that may happen to be in power. Some of the largest reforms that have ever been effected have been made at the inttance of private members, and, though this Bill should not pass to-night, I feel perfectly certain the day is not far * distant when the colony will ask that i some such measure as this shall be passed. It is the function of private members to express the inchoace ideas of the public v and to bring under the examination of this House questions which have been raised is the country. Under those con ditions the fittest will survive, and that which is not fit will be cast aside, and will not survive the ordeal in this House. This, Kir, is one of the questions which has to be brought before the House in this way. A private member is, as it were, the sower of the seed, though it is i very seldom that he himself reaps the I harvest, but if the harvest accrue, no i matter who may gather it, he may be well ; content. Sir, lam quite conscious that I there are members in this House who i could take charge of this measure far better than I can possibly hope to do; but I make no apology for having brought it forward, first, because, with'the excep tion of yourself, I have sat in this House some years longer than any other member ot the House, and because during these years I have had more opportunity of ! seeing what are the effects of party government th*n any other honourable member sitting here. My second reason is, although I was not the first to raise this question in the country, the honour able member for Wellington City (Sir R. Stout) raised the question many years ago; then, an honorable member for Southland, more than twenty year i ago, wrote very exhaustively on this question in the Southland News —a copy of one of his letters is in my possession at this moment; but I was the first member to raise the question within the walls of this Legislature, In 1888 I tabled a series of resolutions which, owing to the condition of public business, never came on for discussion. In 1889 I called together those honorable gentlemen who I hap pened to know sympathised with those resolutions. We met together to the number of twenty-three, and discussed the question, and, after considering what would be the wisest policy, it was agreed that it would be well to defer any action until immediately before the general elections, and then to test the nutter when it would be fresh before the minds of the electors. Accordingly, in the year 1890, 1 called a meeting, which was attt-nded by twenty-six members, who lormed a working committee of sixteen, avid the result of our efforts was to draw up a resolution to be presented in thia House, asking for the appointment of a Committee to consider thia question of pany government. We divided thn work so that there should be no repetition of i>pseches, and each member shouli k*»ep to Irs own particular department. You were in the chair. Sir, at that time, and when the resolution was submitted, on the question of gnLig ml o Committee of "■Supply. « debate took place, and although" that opportunity was not favorable to the carrying of an abstract proposition—for the reason that a Government, on moving to go ints Committee of Supply, neces sarily opposes an amendment—notwith standing that fact, we nearly carried our resolution. The division was twenty-seven to twenty five. It will be found in Hansard, Volume' 69, page 65 ; and, as I s*y, notwithstanding the face that we .had to move against Supply, we were within two votea of carrying the resolution There are now only eighteen members who voted on that occasion at present in this House. Ten of those members voted with the "Ayes" snd eight with the " Noes." In 1891 the House did me the honor to put me ia the position which you now so well and worthily occupy. It therefore followed that T was< unable to take any active part in the House with regard to matters such as this. Mr O'Conor, who was at that time mem ber for the Buller, consulted me in regard to the subject, and he then brought in a resolution asking for a Committee, and th»t Committee was granted by the House, The report of the Committee will be found in volume 4 of the Appendices |to the Journals, 1891. That report was never discussed in this Houea, and in the following year no further effort was made. But in 1P93. being the year just before the general election, the honorable member brought in a Bill under the same title as that which am now moving, but tha f. Bill never came up for the second reading. This year the hcnorable member for Selwyn moved for and obtained a Com mittee, which has already reported to this House, and has affirmed that the present condition of things is not satisfactory, and has suggested that this particular Bill, if it be affirmed by the House, should be referred to the Committee for its conside ration. Now, the fact that two Commit tees of this House have affirmed in different years the same proposition— namely, that the present system of party government is unsatisfactory, and that there ought to be a remedy devised—is, I think, a matter which deserves conside ration, and, I believe. Sir, that public opinion is fast arriving, if it has not , already arrived, at the conclusion that the ' change proposed by this Bill is one which is required in the interests of the good government of the country. It is not only ' a significant fact that two Committees of , this House in different years have affirmed this proposition, but in other colonies, and in other puts of the world, the same thing is going on, for I notice th»t a Royal Commission has been Issued in an , adjoining colony. That Commission has reported ; and, although it is true it has. not affirmed the question of an elective Executive, it has affirmed several of the i propositions in the Bill which I have now tha honor to present to the ! Howe- The Chairman of that Commis sion (Mr Best), a mamber of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria, drew up a Bill very much on the lines of this Bill, and the full text of which was pub lished in the Melbourne Age some day in April I cannot at the moment remember the exact day. Well, seeing that not only in this House in different years has the proposal for a change been affirmed, but also in the adjoining colony efforts are being made in this direction, I think it is fair to argue that this is a matter which ought to meet with every con sideration by this House. The report which was presented by Mr O'Conor in 1891 quoted some very excellent authori ties with regard to thig question, and, if honourable members have not read that ntper, I hope they will look it up It is Parliamentary Paper I.—lo, cf Volume <*, 189. J.. The hon. gentleman at consider able length cited h,igh authorities in favor of the principle of his measure, quoting extensively from the authorities he cited. The evils of the existing system of party Government being thm wt*blithwl |t M

! natural to tarn for the remedy to the | system of an elective Executive, which has worked so successfully in Switzerland and elsewhere. That system is in opera tion in some of the States of the great American Republic, as, for instance, in Indiana, where the Governor, Lieu:en»nt vTOvernor. Secretary cf State, Treasurer, Auditor, Artorney-Gnneral, and Superin tendent of Public Instruction re elected by popular Vote : and m Maine, where the Governor and his Council of seven are cho-en by the two Houses of th 9 State Parliament. But the model to which reformers who desire io bring about the improvement (f our govern mental system most naturally turn is th*t | of Switzerland, where the elective system has now stood, with entire success, the test of nearly ha'.f a century's experience. Under the Constitution tf 1848, revised and improved in 1874, the Federal Council, which, in the words of Sir Francis Adams, "is in the nature of an Executive Com : mittee." is elected by the two Chambers \ —the National Oounci', of 145 members, elected by manhood suffrage, and the Council of States, of 44 members, repre* , senting the cantons, elected in most eases, by the legislative bodies, but in some by the people. The Federal Council—the Executive—consist* of seven members, who are chosen for three years—being the aame term as that for which the two Houses of the Legislature are elected. The President of'he Executive and the vice-President are chosen by the Legis lature, and hold those positions for one year only—being succeeded by other members of the Executive, In drafting my Bill, I have, of course, had in view the Swiss model, but I have not followed it altogether. I have also taken into consideration the Bill intro duced in this Parliament three years ago by Mr O'Connor, and also that proposed by Mr Best in Victoria. Mr O'Connor proposed to Introduce the Hare system In the mode of election. Whatever may bo said in f *your of the Hare system, there is also something to be said against it. To have introduced too many innovations in a Bill of this kind would only render it more difficult to pass ths measure. I therefore have endeavoured to simplify the measure as much as possible by simply asking the House to affirm that, instead of the Government being elected mediately through one man, the Executive should be elected directly by the House. Then, «n both cases—that is, in Mr O'Conor's Bill and in Mr Best's Bill—it was proposed, as in Switzerland, to allow the selection of members of the Executive not only from among members of the Legislature, but from outside the Legis lature. That, again, would have been a new departure, and, lam afraid, would have complicated the issue. I therefore have dropped that also. The one main point which t ask the House to affirm is this : ttub the Executive shall be elected by the Hous« direct and for a fixed period. I have put a provision in the Bill under which it will be in the power of the House to remove any one member, two or more members, or the whole Executive, by a simple method—not the method of want-of confidence motion, carried after a protracted and bitter de bate, but by requisition for a ballot. I am willing to abandon that if naedful, the great point being that the Ministers should be brought into direct relation with the House, as they are not now, and that the House i'S'lf should be entirely free to vote on all questions that come befote it, irrespective of whether that vote will affect) tho politicU party or not, I come now to the proposals of the Bill itse'f, and than, wih a few remarks, I will draw my speech to a close. The proposal of the Bill are very simple: The first section is the short title la the second section it provides that — " fhare shall be six members of the Executive Council holding Ministorial office (hereinafter termed 'Ministers'), and two member * of the Executive Council without Ministerial office, who Pixill together constitute such Executive Council, hereinafter.termed * the Execu tive.'" Then comes the proposal in section 3 that, the Executive shall be appointed by ballot of the House, nominations being handed in to the Speaker on the day fol lowing hU own election, and the Speaker is required to fix a time and place for the taking of the vo'e. Then further it is provided, in order to secure that the members of the Executive shall b* able to work together, that when the result of the poll is declared any honorable member who has been elected can decline to setve, and in that case a fresh election takes place, the result being that in the lash issue six honorable gentlemen are elected who are willing to work togather. When they sit upon those benches each of them can brine down any Bill he thinks fit. He can argue in favor of it, and one of hia colleagues who does not agree with the Bill can argue against it, and the effect, if the Bill should be lost, does not neces sarily involve the Minister losing his posi tion as a Minister. Therefore every member of the House will be absolutely free to vote on the merits of the case, straight for the Bill or against the Bill, without any complication of the Bill and the man. Now, Sir, what should we gain if the principles ot this Bill were accepted? As regards the Ministers collectively— that is, the Executive—we should have them placed in a position of independence, and should remove from them the tempta tion to intrigue for the purpose of secur ing support so as to ensure their own tenure of office. Then as regards the Ministers individually, we should have them brought into a position of more direct responsibility to this House and to the country. We should preserve their individuality, not only of character but of opinion; we should free them from the now aimosfc necessary dominance of one master mind ; and we should make them, an they ought to be, the servants of the House and the country, and not the masters of che House and the country. As regards members of this House gener ally, we should extricate them from the position which now frequently occurs, of laving to vote on confused and compli cated issues—of haviugto votefor measures of which they.-disapprove lest the effect should be the removal from officeof a Minis try in which in the main they have con fidence. We should secure that every measure proposed in this House should be dealt with upon its merits, and we should thus make it impossible for members to pldad any excuse for voting against their election pledges and the opinions de« dared to their constituents, because they , would not be able to put in a plea that they had voted to save the Government. We should save an enormous waste of time in this House, which is now the neces sary crnsequence of the existing state of things when it is inevitable that one side should be arrayed against the other the moment the standard of party is raised. We should render Parliament capable of doing more work, and of doing it very much more efficiently. Wa should raise the Government and the Legislature to a higher plane and into a purer atmos phere, and we should thu* ennoble and dignify our democracy. Sir, wherever democratic ins! iutionS; snch M we p 3g . sess in New Zealand, exist, there is ample evidence that the reform I a?k this House now to agree to is a reform that is de manded, for under all such institutions there is a distinct tendency to return by what logicians call a circulus vitiosus, to the same point, to bring about what, for want ot a better term, I may describe as a democratic autocracy.. Yon endeavour to get away from the evils of autocratic, government; 'that is the v.hole theory of all democratic institutions. And what do you dol| Yitu do aw»y with them by a state of. things under which one man dominated the Cabinet, do&rij

TILE AfcHBURIOa GUARDIAN: FKIDAX, AUGUST 81, 1894.



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j W anted. | ' QALE now on—White Calico 2s lid per O dozen, Towels 2s 6d per dozen, Lace, J Curtains, from Is lid per pair, at Arcade House. 4 27 J PRIME Christchurch nm<)ktd~™and Lewis' pile cured Bacon Hams, best Akaroa and locd-made Cheeses from SJ, at Taylor's, East Street Bakery. 6110 \\ ! ANTED Known — Men's strong * V Tweed Suits from l<k 61; shirts from 2s 6A, —Arcade House. 4 2* T ADIE6' and Gentlemen's lett-otf X.J Clothes bought, sold, or exchanged. —Mbs Knight, Wakanui Road, opposite Templar Hall. 7 102 WANTED Known-L W Pants 3s lid, Flannel Shirts 3s 9d, Worsted Socks 6d per pair.—Arcade House 425 WANTED Known. — Embroideries from Id a yard, Corsets 3s lid, Indies' Ulsters from4s lid, Ladies' GWes four pair for Is, Kid Gloves four buttons Is 6d.- Arcade House. 63 ROBERT ALOORIf has opened in Baker's Buildings, next the Court house, with a stock of Clothing, etc., bought at Edwards, Bannett's and the Kaiapoi Sales, the cheapest lot of goods ever brought to Ashburton, Also an assortment of Boots. BANG)- 2 Bang ! s»ug \ My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, Clud Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Hardley's, Gun Empo^ura. WANTFD Known.—Just received a Large Winter Stock of Boots. Liberal discount for cash. As usual, we do the best work. Repairs done at once , A staff of men always ready at J. Moison's, the Premier Bootmaker, Town Hall Boot Store, East Street, Ashburton. 5 166 /~1 UNS ! Guns ! Guns ! My new Btock \J( 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 NOTICE! Notice Sport for all Guns let out on hire cr sold on tim 9 payments. Having a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns of any description. Gun fittings in stock. Prices low.—J, W. Hardley, Ironmonger, etc. /~1 OOD News—Juno Tobacco 5s per lb, VT Nallrod 4* 10d per lb, Navy Twist 4s lOd per lb, Venus Twist 4s lOd per lb. Lai^e Box Matches (1000) 5d per box, 49 lOd per doz, 250 ditto 2i per box, la 9d per doz, Plaid Vestas 3|d per doz, 3s 3d per gross.—-Fletcher Bros, Christen uroh and Ashburton. 8 82 PATENT GERMAN YEAST NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. A REVOLUTION IN MAKING \ BREAD, CAKES, ETC Letters Patent by the New Zealand Government. rjini3 is an article hitherto never seen \ nor heard of in New Zealand. It has, however, by expending a large sum of money and a great deal of trouble, fonnd ita way to the colonies, and will, without uoubc, bo a grtfa;t> benefit to tabs©" who bake their own brw!, et<% It super sedes all Self-raising Flour, Baking Soda, Baking Powder, etc. BREAD made this way will keep Moist and Soft for a week, and will be a great •Saving in a large family, TO BE HAD FROM He airy Kinder, SOLE AGENT FOR THE COUNTY. 8 147 FOR SALTS.—Town Sections 58 and 71, each containing \ acre, having two frontages on Kermode and Moore Street West. T. BULLOCK, TO LET.—Cottage of five rooms ; well situated, near *he Woollen Factory, Alford Forest Road. T. BULLOCK. f<O 1« a PRICE required *i«JO _l«Jo»' —""' for two Sections containing slightly over half an acre with Cottage thereon, corner of James Street and Alford Forest Road, opposite the Woollen Factory, Allenton, Terms if re quired. T. BULLOCK, HALL AND INSPECT THE NEW| Bismarck Sewing Machine, THE BEST AND CHEAPEST IN THE WORLD, Hind Machine with Beautiful Cover £5 lOi.f Treadle Machine with Cover, £B]loi. SPECIAL DISPLAY TO-DAY. The Machin s are supplied on the easiest of all Hire Purchase System, via , fi§ A CASH DEPOSIT OF 10a, ANi) A WEEKLY PAYMENTJ3F 2a 6a. No matter where you live you may obtain a BISMARCK SEWING MACHINE. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY, ASHBURTON. ALEX. HENDTty, Manager For tkb Bt.ood is the Life—Clarke's World-famed Blood Mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities from whatever cause arising. For Scrofula, Scurvy, Eczema, Bad Legs, Skin and Blood diseases Pimples and Bores of all kinds its effect* are tnarvel'oua. Thousands of testi monials. Beware of worthless imitations and bstitutes 5) DOLLAR CIGARETTES.—3d. No holders or photos—Hbbry Zandef, Wholesale agent (



Wanted I WANTED Known—Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical me at S. Silbk's, Optician WANTED Known—Special hue of Oente' ttegatta Shirts, all sizes, ■ with or without collars, 2a 6d.—W. H. I Collie a. ] OWN Make in Ladies' and Children's j Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; alao a good assortment of Calicoes, stuslim, Flannelettes, Tiimmingl*,1 *, etc, j at Mrs Alcokn's new shop, Baker's Buildings. WANTED Known -Before buying your Hats come and see our Stock. Greatest variety to choose from in Afihburton. All marked very Cheap. — H. O. Seoeks, Melford House. I A ROE Purchase Embroideries at -*-^ Edwards, Bennett's Sale; over ninety pieces to chcose from. Ladies' Trousseaux made oa short notice. Orna ments, Fancy Goods, and Dolls' Prams at Mrs Au'okn'B new shop, Havelock Street ( GWR Sale.—Cheap, Valuable Building "- Sites at Hampstead, in blocks to suit purchasers, highly improved. For parti culars apply to the Ashburton Permanent Building and Investment Society, Tancred Street. 8 116 i\T ANTED, a lady help, principally * V to look after a Baby, from one o'clock to six o'clock every afternoon Apply Mks Stewart, Union Bank. 3 196 r I^O Let, at a low rental, Bake House in I East Street, paddock and stabling combined, lately in occupation of the Co-Operative Society. Apply to George James. 8 39 r"" ' , ' ''' ■■ '' . L^DWARDS, Bennett's Sale. Grand lot •^ new and fashionable Furs and Mantles ; half price. Come and take your pick at Mks Adams . DLAftKETS bought at Edwards L* Bennet's Sale, a special line of Double Blankets at 7s 9d. Ex*ra large and heavy 15a 6d and 163 6d.—Robert Alcorn, Baker's Buildings. U WEEPING Reductions.— Is Books O for 9d, Is 6d Books for Is, 2a Books for Is 6d, 2j 6d Books for 2s, and all others at equalrrfc of reduction at L. F. Andrkwbs and Go's., Cash Sale. 618 TUST Opened, a splendid line of fashion *J able Dresa Stuffs, in Cardinals, Maroons, Navies, Browns and Blacks. To be sold under wholesale price.—H, C Segers, Melford House. WANTED Known.—All genuine Oil skins, Leggings, Sou-Wester marked Yarmouth—Mitchell & Turner WANTED Known.—No more wet clothes and bronchitis, Yarmouth Oilskin to hand.—Mitchell & Turner. Xjti ANTED Known—The Corner Is VV showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H. Collier. SALE of Warehouseman a Slock at Mitchell <& Turner's. Cheap lines in all departments. WANTED Known-The Cheapest House in town for First-class Millinery and Drapery is H. C. Segers Melford House. WANTED Kirown. — Men s Tweed Suits 153 Bd, Men's Tweed Trou-ers 111, Mens'Strong Flannelled Shirts 2a 6d, Mens' and Boys' Boots aud Shoes greatly reduced.—'Aro*de House. 465 OT ANTED Known—All goods in Show Room to be slaughtered at any price.—Arcade Fouse. 4 28 MRS HOOPER, Monthly Nurse, offers accommodation to patients at her residence, Alford Forest rovd, near Mr Cunningham's Store. Ten minutes' walk to a dostor. EARLY POTATOES: — Beauty of Hath, Early Rose. Snow flake, and other Kidneys—-'by the sack and in small lo's. Customer? may rely on the seed being true to name.—A. W. Rand ell, Ashburton and Allenton. 8+57 EAKATERE -The Somerset Meat Mart has long held " the c»ke " *a the best and cheapest shop in town for cash purchasers. The old reputation will be maintained, Mutton 2-1 per lb, Saus ages 4d per lb. AH other lines reduced. For Cash only.—W. J. Silcock. 852 TTISITthe Sale. Trimmed Millinery » going at any pricej Ladies' TJnder lothing reduced to 20 per cent, below ost.—Arcade Home. 4 64 WANTED Known—Finest Separator Biuter Is 2d pei lb. Rolled bacon, hams, and eggs ac lowest rates.— John Orb. & Co. C 1 RUSHED Oats, 31ba over usual ' weighc, 6s saak included. All kinds of produce cheap for cash,—J. Thomas, Havelock street. 7 51 F you wish your eoctals and parties to be successful, buy your cake, pastiy, etc, at Taylor's, E »st Street Bakery. Parties supplied on the shortest notice. I 6 lU_ _J f 1 selling Firewood 25 \ J* O per onrd, delivered. Coal from 6* per quarter. Good heart fencing material very cheap. Opposite Mercantile Store, West Street, WANxED, Everybody to use Titan Soap, greatest marvel of the age. H Zander, Sole Agent. £F you want good prime Cheese and Bacon, try Taylor, East Street Bakery. 6109 WANTED Known—The whole of the stock to be sacrificed by order of the Purchaser, Arcade House. 4 28 O^TANTED Known-That owing to the * ' success of the Sale now being held up at Saunders' Buildings, opposite Rail way Station, it will be continued for another twenty-eight days. I am not advertising a few cheap lines,' but the whole of the stock. Don't lgse the oppor tunity of securing genuine bargains —A. Lawbie 7 166 CHEAPER Than Ever.-Books and Magazines, Writing Papers and Envelopes, Pocket Books. Purses, Writ ing Cases, Inkstanc's, Pictures, Music, Accordeons from 7s 9d, Concertinas, Violins, Banjos, Zither Harps, Photo Frames and Albums, Scrap and Postage Stamp Albums, Indoor Games, Wall Texts and Fancy Cards of all kinds, School Bags, Books, Exercises and requisites of every description, and a great variety of goods too numerous to mention ; all at greatly reduced prices for cash this month at L. F. Andrewes and Co.'s, Cheap Sale. BOOKS.-Citculating Library. Half yearly volumes of Something to Read with Novellettes, c'oth 5s ; British Battles, cloth 7s 6d ; Papefeeries, 2i 6(3; Photo and Sirap Albums, from Js ; half-1 yearly London Journal, cloth, 43 6d ; Song Books, with and without music j Band of Hope Reciters and Dialogues ; Dictionarys in great variety, from 9d Birthday cards, Text ca d«, Picture books, Scraps, fanny, plain, and mourning Stationery. — Bookstall and Shop -J. Makhpbn. I



BussijueHs Notices. IF YOU WANT good value fok youe money go to— G. J. NEILL'S WHERE THEY ARE SELLING AT LESS THAN COST PRICE. H\KP.i;P.~HARD UP MUST HAVE MONMY. •VO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED FOR ANY ARTIOLF. IV J\ THE SHOP. DRESS GOODS 2^> DRESS GOODS 3Jd Double width Dress Tweeds Is lid Heavy Shirting Is 6i—Reduced to 9Ad Reduced to Is Tlnion Shirting Is 2d~Reduced to 7§i T >WELS 2jd Kit Gloves, four clasps Is 9d Double Bed-twvll Sheeting, unbleached Flannelettes, yard wide 7W—Reduced and White 9^d to4|d White and Grey Calico Is lid doz Dr Warner's Coraline Corsets, 83 6d All Wool JOacuel 7£d Reduofd to 5s lid CORSETS Is 9d per pair MILLINERY AND UNDER-OLOTHING AT YOUR OWN PRICE CLOTHING. CLOTHING. Boys' Suits 3s lid Men's Tweed Trousers 6s lid Boys' Suits 4s lid Men's Woollen Socks 7£d Boys' Caps 6d Men's Tweed Overcoats, with capes Men's Tweed Suits 133 6d 17s 6d Men's Heavy All Wool Suits 35s 6d Men's Tweed Macintoshes, with capes Reduced to 22s 6d 39* 6d—Reduced to 23s 6d MEN'S SHIRTS, TIES, HATS, GAPS, etc., AT ANY PRICE. BLANKETS. BLANKETS. IN EVER* CONCEIVABLE MAKH, COLONIAL AND ENGLISH, AT ANY PRICE-FROM Q& O«i PER PAIR. NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED. BOOTS.' 800 TS. CHEAPER THAN EVER, WE CANNOT HELP IT AS WE WANT THE MONEY Women's Shoes 4s lid Women's Leather Lace Bots, all sizes 6a lid THESE ARE SIMPLY GIVEN AWAY. Men's Bluchers 4^ lid . Boys' Nail ad Shooters, Strong, 5s 6d Men's Nailed Shooters 7s lid and 5s 9d M«n's Heavy Watertights, pegged, Ladies' French Shoes lls 9J—Reduced 16s 6d—Reduced to i Is 6d to 83 6d CHILDREN** TAN SHOES AND SLIPPERS AT YOUR OWN PRICE G J, JN £1 L lAS, tfRIEDLANDER'S CORNER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON Cash. We Want CASH. FLETCHER BROS. JUST LANDING, 25 Tons New Grop Cane Sugar* 25 561b Bags Finest Snowdrop Sugar 12s 9d. FLOUB FLOUB. 251b Finest Roller 2s Od 1001b Finest Roller 7s 6d 501b Finest Boiler 3s 10|d 2001b Finest Roller 14s Od Caustic Lye for Soap Making Blacking A|d doz., 12 doz. 4s 3d lib tin lOd per lb Marmalade in Glass Jars B^d. 21b tin 8d per lb Kew Dates 7d per lb. 101b tin 7d per lb Eock Salt 6s 9d per cwt. TEA. TEA. TEL THE NOTED WAREHOUSE FOR TEA. 31b Peerless Tea, 5s 31b Premier Tea, 5s 5d 61b l'ecrless Tea 9s lid # 61b Premier Tea, 10s 5d 2s Tea, Peerless, for Is 9d in 5 and 101b tins, tics free. 2(1 iu jr IV) rsduati'm 3 b pick^t of Arab. Matchless, Premier, Jameson and Andnrnnn'B 'Nelson <md Moat's Nabib, and aoy known bland, ani on 5 »nd lOl'n tin,« TinftVee. In Ch«sts and half Chd<ts, Ceylon, Indian and Chin* at la 3|l, Is sd, aud Is 9^i. Beat value in Canterbury. 251b Moir's New Oatmeal 2s 6d Neave's Food lid per tin, 10s per bag, 4 bags 9s lid 6d per dozen Finest Sago, Tapioca, Split Peas Sunlight Soap Is 2d per box of If d per lb, 71bs Is 6 Tablets New Currants washed and dried, Candles 5Jd per lb, 121bs 5s 3d o-d, 121bs 3s 9d Corn Flour (Brown's) 3|d per Raisins washed and dried, 4|d lb, 121bs 3s 3d per lb, 121b 4s 6d Edmond's Baking Powder, large Sultanas'4fd, 121bs 4s 8d tins, Udpertin, 12tins 10s 6d Extract of Soap, 13 packets for Cream of Tartar, pure, Is 2dper 'is, 141b box 3s lid ' lb, 121bs 12s 3d Lemon Peel 8d per lb, 21b Is 3d, Our Own Baldng Powder 9d lb 71b tins 3s 6d Coffee, purest and best, ground Essence of Lemon, Vanilla on the premises daily, Is 4d Almond etc., 5Jd per bottle. and Is 6d per lb, Reduction 6 bottles 2s 6d ' to large consumers Oxford Blue Bdper lb, 121b box Pure Pepper Is 2d per lb, 121bs 7s 9d - lls 9d Plaid Vestas 3Jd per dozen, 12 Baking Soda 3d per lb, 51bs Is dozen packets 3s 3d fcuperior Black Lead s|d dozen, Sheep Tongues lOd per tin, 9s .12 dozen 5s 3d 6d per dozen Remember to patronise the firm who brought an«* kaep down the prices, and give the people of Ashburton the benefit of all nibbles oought in the Home and Conti nental markets. JjtASGE CONSDMERS LIBERALLY DEALT WITH. NOTE ADDRESS— 107 and 109, High Stree-, Ohrwtohuroh ; Tele phone 731; and EAST STREET, Ashburton. ■ !■■ —————II ' "—<——— ""• ~ — ————— JLastSeyen Days. "DBFORE Closing I will Clear out any line at or UNDER COST PRICE, AND MANY USEFUL ARTICLES AT LESS TffAN HALF-PRICE. ~-Note Especially— i 5 Ladies' Tweed Jackets, 12s od to 21 for 4s lid each Ladies' Trimmed Hats (light and dark) from Is 6d each Ladies' and Children's Ulsters at less thaa Cost A Few Lines of Prints at 6£d, now going at 4d A LOT OF SUMMEK DRESS MATERIALS AT COST JPKICJES. A Lot of Untrinißced Hats, Good for School, from 2d each FLANNELS, BL\MTKrs. BROWN HOLLAND, SHIRTINGS, CURTAINS, QUILTS, Etc., at Cofct or Urtrfcr TBI^ IS YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY FOR SAVING MONEY THIS SEASON S. W.ALCORN PAST BTRKIST, ASHBURTON,