Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1894. THE LICENSING COMMITTEES.

In March, on some day to be fixed by the Ashburton Count) Council, the Licensing Committees are to be elected for the first time under the new Licencing Act. This Act has made many and important changes in the system of liquor trailic control. The most important change is that the electoral districts for Parliamentary purposes are now the electoral districts for the purpose of the Licensing Act. Each Committee will consist of eight members elected by the people, with ex officio the Resident Magistrate of the district, who shall be the Chairman of the Committee. Any elector who is eligible for election to the Assembly is eligible for election to the Committee provided he is not a paid officer of the Government (excepting of course the resident magistrates) or of any locaj body, or interested in the liquor trade The Act provides that no man can be a member of a licensing Committee who is a " brewer, wine or spirit merchant, maltster, distiller, importer for sale of or a dealer in fermented or spirituous liquors, or in partnership with any such person," and has an interest "as owner or for less estate" in any licensed house. It is worth noting just here that what used to be known as the '•' Sydenham disqualification" is repealed, and a man may now show the 11 incurable bias," and go howling anathemas against the publicans all over the country, denouncing the trade and all its works. On the other hand, a man may just do exactly the opposite, and go preaching up the hotel and its environment as the very gate of heaven; so long as he cannot be shown to have the interest in the trade prohibited by the words of the Act just quoted, he is eligible to sit side by side upon the licensing bench with his prohibitionist opponent. The returning officer for the election announces the day fixed for the elec tion, giving fourteen days' notice thereof, and all the arrangements for the poll are in his hands and the hands? of the local body whom the Govern ment may appoint as the proper authority under the Act—in our case and that cf Rangitata, the Ashburton County Council The costs are to be paid by such body with power to re cover from all local bodies who receive license fees in amount proportionate to their receipts. In the matter of the Ashb,urton election it will be seen that a very considerable bill will fall to the » footed," ftS the Yankees say, by th# Ashburton Borough Council, while all the Road restricts in which no public houses exist will get off scot free. The functions of the Gommitteps are dual. They have first to carry ' out the wishes of the people as expressed at the local option polls which take pla^se simultaneously with the committee elections, and then they 1 have to regulate what may be left of i the liquor traffic after the local option

polls have been taken. The Act pro- j vides for a very effectual separation of the local option question from the regulation of the trade. The electors on the same day that they elect the Committees —which is done once in three years—decide as to whether the licenses in the districts shall be in creased, reduced, or abolished alto gether, and such decision having been arrived at, it i^ the duty of the Com mittees to give effect to it. Having done so, the regulation of what may be left of the trade is next to be essayed, and any licenses they may issue are practically for three years, conditionally on the good behaviour of the licensees and their compliance with the law, and these conditions observed form valid claims for annual renewals during the j specified period. The Committees are the sole judges as to the sufficiency of i the compliance with the law and of i*the good behaviour, and they have full discretion in these matters, but the question of whether a house is wanted in a district is once for all taken out of their hands by the decision of the people at the local option poll of the district, and any evidence which may possibly be tendered at a licensing sitting is mere surplusage and cannot in any way influence the Committee to retain a house which has been doomed by the vote of the people, or to close one which the vote of the people has left open. The conditions of the regulation are very distinctly defined, and the question of necessity is left wholly to the popular vote. The mea sure of local option which the Act gives is easily set forth. Three ques tions are put to the electors :—.lst, whether the presnt number of licenses is to continue 2nd, whether the num ber is to be diminished; 3rd, whether there are to be any licenses at all. In every case half the electors on the roll must vote or the poll is invalid, and things in that event will remain and go on as they are. In the first and second questions a simple majority of votes is sufficient, in the third a three-fifths majority is required. As to increasing the number of licenses, no question shall be put to the electors except after a general census, and then only in dis tricts where the population has been increased by one-fourth. In that case half the electors on the roll must vote, ! and before increase can take place the I majority in favor must be three-fifths, or more. At the coming poll in March this question of increase will not be asked, as it caanot indeed be until after the next general census. When the returning officers have ascertained the result of the local option polls it is their duty to notify the same to the Committees, and the voice of the people so obtained 13 the guide the. Commit tees must follow, and according as that voice shall speak the Committees will renew licenses, reduce them according to a rule laid down, or sweep them away altogether as that voice may direct. There has been a very large purging of the roll by the last Parliamentary election, and all who did not vote then, have been swept off the roll without question. It will now ba the duty of such, if they care a straw about the licensing election, to have themselves re-registered, so that they may have a voice in the decision of a most impor tant question.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Ashburton river ia in flood, more so than it has been throughout last winter, 1 The Melbourne police have complied a list showing that 200 men have registered baby nurse homes in Melbourne and suburbs, the majority for only one child, others for two children. As a comment on the decrease in value of hotel properties of late years, it may be noted (says the Christchurch " Press') that the Star and Garter Hotel has been sold for £2700, though some little time back £7000 was refused by the then owner. Mr tV. C. Baker, of Few Jersey, United ] States, claims to be " the chicken king of the universe." Mr Barker's " Ecca^beon," or artificial hatching establishment, turns out 250,000 chickens a year. He keeps 2000 laying hens, and buys all the fresh and ecund eggs that are cfFdred him. A shocking fatality occurred on the Brigh ton (Victorian) railway line on Boxing Day. A lad named George Salleiy, 12 years of aae, was returning with his father, mother and sisters from a day's outing at Brighton, and when the train was opposite the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the lad leaned out of the window to watch a fire-works display which was being given. Another train passed in an opposite direction, and a carri age d#or which had swung open shuck the lad on the head, fracturing his skull. He fell back dead into the arms of his horrified parents. The bicyclists in France, owing to the good roads of that country and the wonderful popularity which the wheel has obtained, are detracting largely from the business of the railroads, and make long journeys with the motve power provided by themselves Another effect has been to greatly increase the business of the towns and villages which are not on the railroad lines. Here the wheelmen have introduced a new element of life and awakened a spirit of progress and enterpri c never before witnessed. It is ap parent that the possibilities of the bicycle are yet in their infancy, and there is no way of computing the changes that will be wrought by the man ou the wheel. The Harper Memorial Committee met on Thursday and passed a resolution which elicited the fullest sympathy of all present, yet failed to receive unanimous support. It was readily acknowledged that to complete the Cathedral would be providing a monu ment of the most fitting character to perpetu ate the memory of one who had done so much for the Church in her earlier days and who was so universally esteemed, but it was felt iby the minority that the scheme was not practicable, T^s mofion was, however, so worded that, revering the menpry of the late Bishop as they did, they could not oppose the resolution, while they still felt some apprehension for its success. The decision on the subject rests with the public meeting, which \?ill probably be Held on Tuesday, I

A [ormer resident of Reef ton, who is now at bush work near Pdhiatua, writes to a B,eefton paper that tho supply ot men tbeie 1 is not equal to the demand. The wages offered is Is per hour. If those men who stop in town, he adds, and talk about having no work would go into the country they would find plenty of employment, The weather is a source of great anxiety to the farmers jusb now. Wednesday morning, we may say that rain has tallen 1 almost contimiQusly—now a drizzle now a downpour, but throughout showing a won derfully strong wetting power. Where the oat 3 are tall, heavy, and fully ripe, the crops have been considerably laid, and vv hat was cut runs the risk of sprr uting. There has been but little harm done yet to the standing wheat, but there is also but little indication of a change in the weather. At a meeting of the Christchurch Presby tery held on Thursday a report was given in by Mr Inglis on behalf of the committee appointed to consider Mr Blake's resigna. ion. As parties ad not been summoned it was agreed to allow the resignation to lie on the table till the next ordinary meeting in March, and the clerk was instructed to see that due notice was given to the congrega tion and all concerned, so that if so advised they may appear for their interests at the meeting of the Presbytery when the resigna tion will be finally disposed of. The "News" learns that a shift is to be at once knocked off at the Brunner mine. This means, unfortunately, that a number of men will be without work soon, The coal hulks of the Grey Valley Coal Com pany have been sold to the Wesport Coal Company, and there are other changes imminent which lead to the belief that the Grey Valley Company as at present consti tuted may not carry en after their lease expires. Meanwhile ihe tramway to the 20 acre block is being pushed to a finish. Coal will most likely be coming down from it in March. i Looking over the new toys the other day j (writes " Miranda ") I came upon a novel plaything which amazed, and, I may say, not a little shocked me. It was a miniature bar, with colored bottles, pewters, glasses, and engines complete. In fact, it was a exact replica of an ordinary bar, with all its drinking paraphernalia ! Now what sort of people would buy such a toy for little chil dren ? The modern child is precocious with out doubt, but what shall we make of him if we teach him to play at mixing diinks and drawing beer ? Well may it be asked, "What are we coming to?" when the Noah's ark is replaced in the nursery by toy drinking-saloons, and the refining influence of home is manifested in the demonstration by father or mother of the uses of this ill conceived plaything ? We must have novel ties nowadays even in playthings, so after this I shall not be surprised next year if I see toy abbatoirs or model scaffolds, upon the approved Newgate pattern, on sale in our bazaars. Among the vessels which the Brazilian Government have just purchased in the United States for use against the rebel fleet ia the Destroyer, a remarkable craft, the invention of the famous Captain Ericsson. Until now the vessel has been retained on lease irom her owner* b/ the United States Admiralty. She is not a very new vessel, and depends for means of offence on a sub marine gun placed in her bows, which dis charges a projectile or torpedo to a distance of '00 yards or so. The gun ia nearly tea feet below the surface, and is built of gun metal strengthened by steel rings. It is loaded at the breech, tin valve which closes the muzzle being opened by a series of levers just before the moment of discharge, and closing automatically as the projectile leaves the can. The latter is a sbeel torpedo, thirty feet in length, containing in v-a head a charge of 3091bs of gun cotton, which rxplodes on impact. The Destroyer is ISO feet long, and buile of iron, her stem and stern being (f a similar form. She can, therefore, go astern almost as well as ahead, and is of great length in proportion to her breadth. In her fighting trim she exposes bub a few inches of her sides above water. The Salvation Army have been holding special services in Ashburton this week, with the assistance of an Indian contingent. This contingent consisted of two Cingalese, one Hindoo, one Anglo-Indian, and Major Musa Bhai, a converted Bhuddisfc priest. On Wednesday evening there were two of the members present at a meeting held in the barracks, and there was consequently a large attendance. An afternoon service was held in the Presbyterian Church, and last evening was set aside as the special night, wken the whole contingent could be present, and the Oddfellows' Hall was secured for the occasion. Unfortunately for the attend ance the weather was unpropitious, but still there was a fairly large audience. The principal member of the troupe, Musa Bhai, was unable to be present owing to illness, but the service was conducted by his con freres, clad in their quaint native costumeß. The Anglo-Indian referred to is an Irishman who, like the other Salvationists in India, has, in his mission there, adopted native dress and custom. To this feature is attributed the success of the Aimy's mis sionary work in India. A subscription list has been opened in Ashbnrron for the pur pose of keeping one or more Salvationist officers in India.and the necessary cost of his maintenance there is only one shilling per week, and a considerable sum has already been subscribed.

The Next European War.

WAR TO THE DEATH, NO MERCY.

The Berlir correspondent of the New York " Herald '' writes :—The Kaiser, I hear, following a report of Count York yon Wartenburg, Military Attache at St. Petersburg, has just read the recently published book by Colonel of the Russian Staff Baikow, the intimate friend of General Gourko, upon the war of the future. The official Militair Wochenblatt takes up the criticism of the work It shows what we may expect with the next war with Russia. Baikow professes him self a partisan of not only crushing the opposing army and all appertaining to it, but also all the resources of an adversary's country. He advocates radical destruc tion, without pity, so as to exercise upon the inhabitants a material and moral pres sure. Destruction of every means of communication, of victuals, etc., appears to him the dominating aim of action. Baikow details the forces which menace the enemy. In the districts f>f Kiev, Wilna, and Warsaw there are already I'3| divisions of cavalry ready to march at a couple of days' notice. Besides there is the frontier watch, divided into 18 regi ments of frontier cavalry. These know the adjoining country right well, its con figuration and its population. They would form the front guard of the first attack Baikow admits that his theory of miking war would cause vivid protests from the humanitarian point of view, from that of international right, etc But he is of opinion that no attention should be paid to such protests. He wishes war to the knife without quarter. One (?»n under stand that this book, published by an efiber in the aotiye Russian service, gives food for reflection to the K*is@r and hia officers. The press it already drawing at tention to Baikow's work. It will bo a useful weapon in the hands of the Qoverttr menfe,

Affairs in Italy.

A REVOLUTION FEARED

London, January 17. The "Faily Chronicle's" Rome, correspondent says that the leaders of the Catholic Church nearest the Pope believe that an Italian, revolt is certain.

Loan and Mercantile Company.

London, January 18. The date of the meeting of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company for the consideration of the reconstruction scheme has been fixed for Februaiy 20.

CABLE NEWS

The'death is announced of Viscount Somerton. The French Senate has passed the Stock Conversion Bill. The Indian Government has decided not to impose an import duty on silver. Ten vessels were wrecked by a ' cyclone in the Black Sea and lost with all on board. City brokers believe the time oppor tune for placing the Queensland loan on the market. A series of severe earthquake shocks have been experienced in Mongolia, and a hundred natives were engulphed. In the Ohambor of Deputies, M. Flourens, an ex-Minister, said that the alliance with Russia was designed to promote peace. He hoped the suspi cion with which the English looked upon the alliance would soon be allayed. An amendment to defer the free admission of wool into the United States until August was rejected, so that the duty will be removed im mediately the Bill becomes law. I A quantity of dynamite hidden in a package of ostrich feathers exploded in the mail room \on the Messageries Maritimes Company's steamer Equa teur on her arrival at Bordeaux. The explosion resulted in the death of three sailors, and it wrecked the vessel amidships. The New Zealand and Biver Plate Land Mortgage Company, Limited, shows a net profit of £12,000 for the year. Of this amount £2000 is placed to reserve fund and £10,000 carried forward. Two of the Directors, Sir William T. Power and Mr Thomas Russell, C.M.G, retire. The new Directors are Messrs Nathan, McCosh, Clark and H. J. Gibbs Colonel Tulloeh, the Commandant of the Victorian Military, in a letter to the "United Service Magazine/ declared that if the British Navy is supreme Australia will be safe from raiding expeditions, and the only fear is that the military, forces may be inadequate. General Chesney considers that the sending of an expedition to conquer Australia would be absurd and impossible. The French Chamber adopted the proposal brought forward by the Socialist section to apply the 68,000,000 francs to be saved by the conversion scheme to reducing the Land tax. M, Burdeux, the Minister for Finance, protested and declined to accept the direction given by the votes, where upon it was rescinded by a majority of a hundred, and the Bill was passed. An extensive swindle has been suc cessfully carried out on the National Bank of Au^t-alasia at Sydney. A man presented a cheque signed " 'Wal hawala Station Company " for £1500, and obtained gold for it. Subsequently he paid a cheque similarly signed for £4000 into the City .Bank, but the National Bank discovered the fraud and stopped the collection of the £4000 cheque. It is believed the swindler was formerly employed in a clerical capacity on Walhawaia station, and having stolen signed cheques filled them in himself. The police have found no trace of the man,

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Dunedin, January 18. At the Education Board meeting Mr T. Mackenzie, M.HR , asked if any regula tion existed preventing children attending school barefooted, and receiving a reply n the negative said that instances of children being sent home because they had no boots on had come under hiß notice Several members thought that It was a very good thing to see children going to school barefooted.

New South Wales Parliament

RESIGNATION OF THE MINI STER FOR LANDS.

Sydxgy, January 18 As the outcome of the scene in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, the Hon. Henry Oopeland, Minister for Lands, has resigned his portfolio, and the Cabinet has accepted the resigna tion. It is understood that at a caucus of the Labour party this evening, it was decided to vote against the Govern ment, whose defeat is imminent. The debate on Mr Eeid's hostile amendment is proceeding. Received January 19, 11.15 a.m. Sydney, January 19, | JSo little interest was taken in the debate on Mr Reid's hostile motion that at 10 o'clock last night the Speaker's attention was called to the lack of a quorum. Mr Barton advo cated sinking the fiscal question to enable members of both sides to devote attention to necessary legislation and the accomplishment of a Rational Aus tralian policy. Mr Oook, leader qf the labor party, said the actiqn of the Government had rend^ied it impossible for any man of sense or right to allow it to do legislative work of any kind, j and the sooner members went to the country the better. Mr McMillan de clared there was only one plain issue, that of the outrage perpetrated on the constitution. Shortly before two o'clock this morning a division was taken, as both sides were anxious to decide the matter, and Mr Reid's amendment was negatived. The figures were 67 to 66. The House adjourned until Tuesday. Brior to the house ad journing Mr Oopeland apologised for his conducts of the previous evening.

Aberdeen Students' Row.

DISGRACEFUL SCENES IN COL LEGE.

One Saturday i ecently the M»rquls of Huntlty and JDr Hunter, M.P., were nominated for the Lord Rectorship of A.berd en University. No more riotous and disgraceful conflict between the students suppjrtiag rival nominees baa ever been witnessed In Marischai College quadrangle than took place thereafter. Blinding volleys < f peaaemeal flour were discharged from both sides, and so be spattered became *he conala^ants with peaseniealthat they were indistinguishable one from the other. Wild cheers arose from either side, wl'h cries of " Hunter" and " Huntly toe ever !'' the assailants seiz;ng each other by the* neck, legs, head, or whatever came first to hand, and Lhrowing each other aside. At this time the sanguinary cfcar. cter of the struggle was illustrated by the falling oat of a 1 Huntly man, who fell to the ground with his face covered with blood and otherwise terribly bruised. Another Hunfcly man disappeared from the scene with the upper part of his body stark naked, his coat and shirt having been torn to shreds. Aa the fight proceeded this became a faiiiilier sight, a number of combatants bein? men in the midsts of the melee with BODIES Bi.EE AND Bt-BEMNG. For aboub ten minutes the fight; went; i on, and then a great shouli want up from the Hunter men. Some daring students of the Huntar party had by sheer inces sant, perse-vering struggling in the face of the determined opposition, reached their opponents' flag, and amid tre mendous cheering the flag began to move downwards aa if about to disappear. Again there was a rally of the Huntlyites. They rushed back from the assault on the Hunter *ide fco defend their own colours; and by a superhuman effort shook off their assailants, and once more Cottt till, the Huntly standard-bearer, breathed freely. Now the Huntlyites organised a^ spirited attack on the Hunter defence. Several of them leaped on the heads of the Hunfcer men ; others seized the Hunter men by the lega, and thus beating, struggling, and throwing aside their opponents, seemed to be on the eve of securing, the colours, but the Hunter party was most fortunate in their defenders of the stan dard, and succeeded in beating off the foes. At this time, as the peasemeal of the ! combatants became exhausted, the spectators, many ot whom appeared to be quite as excited over the contest as the lighting men, began to press closer to the struggling students; and a number of youths, not students, but -who otherwise took no pare in the fight, began to send showera of peas among the Hunter men. In spite of this additional enemy, the Hunter men repulsed their foes ; and Aa they did so in the vicinity of their own standard, their enthusiasm rose to an un bounded pitch on seeing some of their own advance party seizo Cotfceriil, the Huntly standard-bearer, and, in spite of Mr Cotterill's valiant struggles, drag him from his standard, ultimately from the | steps,and out to the outskirts of tHe surg ing crowd. The fall of the Huntly standard-bearer was regarded as a great point in favor of the Hunter party, and seemed to give them hope of soon captur ing the standard itself. Mr Cotterill was eager to get back to Ivs post. His shirt was torn from bis back, and perspiration poured from his face, now smeared with flour and pessemeal. Turning on his assailants like a tiger at bay, he shook 1 them off. With a dash he was in ths thick of the crowd, now struggling to* wards the Huntly flag, one or two of his antagonists going to grass under his powerful arm But it was of no avail. He was seized, again from behind and unceremoniously hurled to the rear. The j FALL OF THEIR CHAMPION seemed to put the Huntly men on their mettle. They now made a determined attack on the Hunter defence, assisted by CoUerilL who seemed to have abandoned all hope of regaining his loafc ground. The assailants sw&rmed around the band of Huntlyites, who s ill held their vantage around on the steDS of the National History doorway. Some of them caught Hunteritea by the neck and threw them ; on the ground ; otheis pushed th ie way ■ through the Hunter ranks, only to be driven back time after time with torn clothes and battered bodies. Three or four times »ho Huntlyite who first leaped on the heads of his opponents repeated these tactics; and at last, after being b dly bruised and tramped under foot, made one supreme effort and leaped right up to near the standard-bearer. In spite of straggles to dislodge him he kept on his perilous way, and at length was just reach in * out his hand to seize the flagstaff when he was Laid hold of by a number of Hun terites and tossed to the rear. Several o'her attempts were made, and eventually the Hunter standard was captured. The greater portion of the "warriors" had , their clothes hopelessly destroyed, and many'of them left their torn rags in the, quadrangle.

A Sad Occurrence.

A painful sensation was created in Christ, church oa Thursday on the news spreading that a young man named Frank Hopkins son of F. E. Hopkins, of the well-known firm of Hopkinsi and Co., butchers, of Colombo street, had shot himself The young man was about twenty years of aa;e, and resided with his parents. He was of somewhat peculiar temperament, and at times it is said he gave way to ungovernable fits of temper. Ou Thursday he attended the sale at the Eink stables, and had evidently had some drink before he returned home in* " the evening. He went upstairs to his bed room, and shortly afterwards the report of a firearm was heard. The young man was subsequently found lying on the floor with a bullet wound in hia forehead, the shot having been fired from a small four barrelled pepper-box pistol. Medical aid was at once obtained but the young man was in an un con3oious state, and died an hour later. Much sympathy is felt all over Christohurch for the parents and relatives of the young man.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

PSR PRESS ASSOCIATION.

A Conspiracy. Auckland, January 19. Two Prussians, Joseph Miller, and Frank Smith, alias Shynn, were arrested last night on a charge of conspiring to de fraud three mercantile firms here. They are supposed to belong to a firm. A quantity of goods have been recovered and $Q soys found on the prisoners, also a ticket for a passage by the Talune, They were remancUd for a week at the court to-day, b«l being refused. It wa§ stated in court that a third person has been a.o cused, and arrested at Waitar». J«»ni«i Bcailman, Wjellington, January 19, No tenders have been received tot floating the Jessie Roadman at present. If none are forthcoming the ship will probably be put up to auction. A!l«g-«<1 Infanticide. The girl Lizzie Price charged with murder of her newly-born child at US%ki onthe9&h December was coraral ted fop trial. Bail was allowed in two sureties of £10Q. Attempted $utci<te, Blenheim, January IS. A man named White, an innwte of the Waiura hospital, attempted suicide yesterday. While the others were a.t tea White entered the surgery and drank a quantity of morphia. He then made for the hills, bub was observed and brought back and an eiuetio administered. H<J || now out of SftugeXf * '

TBS ASBBOBTua flhAflbUtt : FBIDAt, JAfItJAM IQ, 1894.



HARVEST CHEQUE*, OF 1894, ] WILL FIND THEIR WAY TO G. J. NBILL and Go's AS THEY GIVE THE BEST VALUE IN ASHBURTON FOR READY MONEY. i J3RA.PJKRY AND CLOTHING. Women's Hats 6d Turkey Roc? oid Women's Ribbed Hose 6d Men's Tweed Suits 16* 6d Ohiff.ma In ali celora Is 3J, reduced to Men's Colonial Iweed buits lite M gi,j Boys' Twoed Suits from 3i lid Washing prints 2s lid doz"; A few Boys' Washing Suits left, to be White Muslin 3< lid doz cleared at 3s Pd Summer Dresses 3i lid Boys' Caps 6d each Cretonne 3M Men s Braces ad Double- bed Sheeting S^d 20doK Men's Merino Socks 6d Berlin Wool la lid BOOTS. BOOTS. The Best and Cheapest Boots in New Zealand are to be had at G. J. KEILL A^D GO'S. Men's English Balmorals 7s lid Babies Slippers Is pair Men's Strong Leather Shoes 7s lid Canvas aad tan Leather. Shoes, in all Men's Nailed Shooters 7s lid sizes afc ridiculous prices Women's strong Leather Shoes 5s lid A very large assortment of Children s Women's strong Elasticside Boots 8s and Maid's Gem Joeem Tans and 6d, reduced to 53 lid Black. Good and cheap W B GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK RETURNS AT G. J. HULL & GO'S, FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER, EAST STREET. Re The Assigned Estate of Messrs Mdley Bros 1 : o :— —— QEE the Valtta in Oar PRINTS REDUCED to HALF PRIOE' WASHING DBILLET3 REDUCED FROM 9|o to 6|d. Ml Dress Materials REDUCED TO NEARLY HALF THE FORMER PRICES, FOR INSTANCE PLAIN CASHMERES, REDUCED FROM 16_-d TO 9d. STRIPE * AND CHECK ALL WOOL DRESS TWEED REDtfCED FROM U» TO Bd, AND ALL OTHER DRESS MATERIALS EQUALLY REDUCED. CaKOK GItfGIUMS REDUCED FROM lO.d TO 6^d. ALL MANCHESTER 600D3 SUCH AS CALICOES, STOCKINGS, FLANNELS, BLANKETS, HOLL&ND3, TICKING, SHIRTINGS, SELSEIAS, FLOOR-CLOTHS, ETC., REDUCED TO COST PRICE. MEN'S SHIRTS, HATS, SOCKS, TIES, Etc, REDUCED TO COST PRICE, iND IN MANY CASES VERY MUCH UNDER COST. Men's and Boys' Clothing. EE OUR MEN'S ALL WOOL COLONIAL SUITS AT 32s 8d AND 35s 6d, NOT TO BE BEATEN IN THE COLONY. THIS HOUSE HAS ALWAWS BEEN NOTED FOR THE VERY BEST VALUE IN BOOTS BUT NOW COME AND SEE. W. W. SPENCEiP. Alt€A. DE. ASHBUHTON



Wanted. WANTED, a strong and useful Boy, about 16, to milk a cow, kill sheep and do odd jobs on the farm. --Apply to " Mail " Office at 1 p.m. on Saturday, 20ch inst. I*los o PEC L'ACLES ! Spectacles ! Spectacles! 0 All sights. Wlwre bo got the best fr jm — Lumsden's, Ooulist's-Opticun, Tancred Street. 1 94 TTUMBKRTRah'igh, and New How > XIjL Cycles at reduced prices. Extras k'-pt in Stock —H. M. Jones. \/"UDNG Ladies Journal for January. JL N w Novels, Toy and Picture Books.—EL M. Jo^iks. ISS^OLOMON. Teacher of Piano forte, Voice Production, and Sing ing, will resume lessons MONDAY, January 22. For terms, etc., apply at Mrs Hanger's Boarding House, 1 9J DOvVT Forget — Oiarig.es, Bananas, finest quality, 12 and 18 for a shilling, at Mrs Whitiington's. . 1107 i \ ANTED Known.—To Harvesters V\ —Dungaree Jackets and Overalls, Harvest Hats and Shirts and Suits of all kinds, at prices to meat the times. — Mitchell & Turner. G1 OOD Kidney Potatoes, by sack or t* cwt., for sale cheap.—Apply, A. W. Randeix, Ashburton. 1 47 WANTED Known.—Extra value in presents now being given away for Christmas and New Year. Cheapest j House in Town.—H O. Segeks, Meiford j House. _ MRS ALCORN has on sale for the Holidays varied assortment of Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goo is and Christmas Presents. Saundera' Buildings. W~~ A~N~tlsD Known—loo Ladies Fashionable feunshadesat Akdrbw Orr's. 11 172 WANTED Known.—No reasoaable oiler «ill be refused for the balance of our Summer Dresses, Milli nery, and Maudes. —Mitchell and Turner. SUITS to measure, during the sale, 49s 555, 60s, 70s, and 755. Fit and workmanship guaranteed. —R. Ilcorn, Saunders' Buildings. WANTED Known -W. H. Collier's noted four-clasp Kid Gloves, 2s 6d, have just arrived in all sizes. WANTED Known.—Our Cheap Slippers ate selling in dozens. Children's from Is, women's Is 9J. Buy one pair and you will buy more. — Mitchell and Turner. WANTED Known—Spectacles, eye protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical line at S, Salek's, Optician. \\ .* ANTED Known.—To make room W for Spring Boots I will give ten per cent for cash. Repairs done at once cheaper than ever to stay bad times over atJ. Moison, Premier Bootmaker. 8 18 WANTED Known—" The Corner " is showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W. H. Collier, W^ aJS TED," ~alT~Farmers to reduce Hardley's Large Stock of this Season's Oil, which he is selling at hia usual ridiculous low price by the Gallon or Case. TIT^ANfTED Known. —Meiford House * » cheape3t fhap in town, extra value in prasonts now being given to each purchaser till further notice. —H. C. Seg k■ks. ANTED Known—All Accounts due to S. VV, Alcorn & Co. must be Paid on or before December 30. 12 181 \I7 ANTED Known—Foifars,4id ; Tick /V ing*, 4£d ; Brown Hollands, 4jd.— Andrew Orr. H '75 IF yot. want fust class fruit go to Adaks' for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc. WANTED, Everybody to use Titan Soap, greatest marvel of the age. fl. Zander, Sole Agent. 11 181 ANTED Known—6o Pieces Fashion able Prints at did ; 50 doz m Towels from 4|d ; White Counterpanes, 30 per cent under usual price.—Andrew Omu 11 174 DON'T wash yourself. Titan Soap does the woik. No rubbing. No machines. H 182 WANTED Known -A manufacturer's Stock of Shot Silk black and colored Sunshades and Umbrellas at half price.— ajsdkew Ork. 11 173 WANTED Known—6o Pieces black and colored French Merinos and Cashmeres at Is 4M to Is 6d.—ANDR&w j | Ork. " 1H76 j WANTED Known—For Election Week, 100 Pairs Boots, 2s 6d per pair.—Andrew Orr.^ H 177 W'' ANTED, th 9 Public to know that Hardley's Tanks ar« givirg univer sal satisfaction. Testimonials if required. Fow is the time for Baths and Tanks, | from 3_feji£___irda L ______ WANTF.D all and sundry to know that Hahdley is still to the front with all classes of Tinware. Repairs promptly executed. Spouting and Ridging made and fixed at unheard of rates. W" "ANTED Known.—Half as much again in presents given to each ■ purchaser during Christmas and New Year. 11. 0. Kegbus, Meiford House. C 1 """HOICK Ornaments, Folding Screens, O.vn make in ladies' and children s underclothing, Aprons and Pinafores. Mrs Alcorn, Saunders' Building. /^RAPIIIO Xnias No., Pears' Annual, ij" and Lady's I'ictorUl-all with beau tiful colored supplement*. New vo.s. of Sunday at Home, Leisure Hour, Bo Peep, Little Dot., and others. New Book, for Prizes *ndPresentation.-L F. Andrewbs & Co., Stationers' Hall. rvILIir~SAJJSr~<>E Book*, Stationery O Fancy Goods, Music, etc., Dire Screens, Pictures, (Jlass Ornaments. Christmas Cards, Cricket and Lawn Tennis Material, Photo Albums »nd [Frames, and hundreds of other articles are to be sold a*- a great sacrifice for Cash during this month only, afc L, X. Andkewes & Co. Stationer s JiaM , ASHBTOTO^WOOL SALES fOHE Second Sale of the Season wil take place at the ! ORAN3EHALL, OK MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1894. At 7 p-m- When all the Foreign and New Zealand Buyers will be represented. MILES & CO., Limited. FB.IEDL&NDER BROS, DAVfD THOMAS JOHN G. RESTELL, (for the N A 1 Laud Association). » H. ZANDER (for Ford and l/o.)



Business Notices "a^ALEKT" WATCHMAKER, & MANU FACTURING JEWELLER. T7IOR HIGH-CLASS GOLD & SILVER 1J- JEWELLERY, PLATE & MARBLE | C> -OCXS, pay a visit to the Jewellery Establishment of S. SaLKK, Prac tical Watcta.nv.iker, Manufacturing Jeweller, and Ooulist-Optician. SOLE AGENT for Lazarus' Patented System of Sig it Testing and " Specialise " Spectacles, ensuring comfort and correct Sight, FIRST-CLASS WORKMANSHIP IN WATCH, OLOOK, AND JEWELLERY REPAIRS. 8. $ALEK, EAST STREET. NEW ZEALAND CiiOTiiiM& Factory. SEASONABLE GOODS. FOR HARVESTING, Men's Gambroon Trousers Men's Duck Overalls and Jackets Men's Harvesting Straw Hats la —Also- New Ties New Silk Handkerchiefs New Studs Bathing Pants—Towels and Running Pants New shapes in Hard Hats-brown, black and drab. The new Soft Hat—Land and Water Tennis Hats—a^t shades A good holiday Hat for Is lid THE LARGEST STOCK OF HATS IN ASHBCJRTOS TO CHOOSE FROM. Tennis Shirts in silk, crepe and cash mere Bojs' Washing Suits from 4s 9d. Boys' and Souths 1 Summer coats 2s 6d, Men's Summer Coats in silk, alpaca and sateen BOOTS BOOTS!! BOOTS!!! Canvas Shoes for Men Canvas Shoes for Women Canvas Shoes for Children Just opened this week, 18 pairs Women's Calf Shoes for 6s 6d, Wonderfu value. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY | HALLENSTEIN BROS.. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager



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