MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the lolloTrhig place? as uuder subject to the necessary alterations:— The next parcel .nail for the United King dom, per Aorangi, via Wellington, will close on October 3. The next mail for United Kingdom, via San Francisco, closes on October 3, due London November 7.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,1894. SIR ROBERT AND THE COM MISSIONERS.

We cannot understand why the House of Representatives does not de mand that a full and searching en quiry be made into the truth or other wise of the charges Sir Robert Stout brought against the Railway Ooraraissioners of having; discharged from the employ of the railway, officers of the service who were obnoxious—or are alleged to have been no—to the trades union of the railway servants, and because they were so, and at the bidding of that union. These are serious charges for any member of Parliament to make against the heads of the most important department of the public service of the colony. The Chief Commissioner is said to have given to the Premier a flat denial of Sir Robert's accusation, and the Rail way Servants' Union has been equally emphatic. But while both of these parties inculpated in Sir Robert's im peachment have given the impeach ment the lie direct, their denial seems to have had little weight with their ac cuser, who declines to withdraw the charges, and still adheres to his al legation that he has in his possession documentary evidence to prove their truth, and further adds that there are names yet to be mentioned in connec tion with the matter. He speaks of thoae new name 3in such a way aa to lead readers of his remarks in the House to believe that, if be chose to open his lips to the tune of the story he has to tell, h» would make the ears of the whole colony tingle. At first he included the Ministers in the charges, alleging that two at least of the members of the Executive of the colony were cognisant of what had been done, and had been consenting parties. But the Ministers promptly denied on the floor of the House the charges aa soon aa they were made, and Sir Robert accepted the denial. But he is firm in his faith in the truth of what he alleges, and neither the Chief Commissioner's denial on the part of his colleagues, nor the denial of the officers of the Railway Servants' Union for the constituency they repre sent, can shift him one inch from the position he has taken up. The Premier was prepared to grant an inquiry if Sir Robert would put Bis charges in , writing. Sir Robert replied that his charges had been duly stereotyped in Hansard, and he had no need there fore to formulate them afresh, seeing that the printed page of the official shorthand report of his utterances in Parliament was surely a clear enough indictment. The Premier would take the matter back to the Cabinet, and after deliberation *>y that body as to whether an inquiry were necessary he would talk again to the House. This backing and filling by the Premier does not look well. Here are charges of corrupt doings levelled at the heads of the chief department of the public service—very serious charges indeed—charges that imply a craven and cowardly cringing on the part of the Commissioners to a self-appointed Dictatorship (for as such the Railway Servants' Union must be re garded if the charges are true) —charges that, unrefuted, ai?e calculated to create a feeling of insecurity in the br«ast of 1 every public servant in the colony—to arouse suspicion as to the purity of £v£j?y department of the public ser viae^and made openly, before the whole colony, asd in the face of the p a -Uaruenfc of the colony by *n ex- Premier of the colony, one of her roost able lawyers, «ac of 'the tnosfc in tellectual and talented Of our public men. Sir Robert wants an suqwiry, the Commissioners want an inquiry, and so do the Railway Servants Union. Those charges ape either true or false. If true, those agaiust whom they have been levelled are nofc fit to hold the positions they occupy- " i false, Sir ftobert Stout vrill b»W to^

bear the consequences of making them, but he will be forced to give up the authority on which he made them, and the colony ought to know that autho rity. In any case, the charges are too serious to be allowed to rest where they are, and in the best interests of the colony at large an exhaustive in quiry, conducted by an impartial tribunal, is imperative at once,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Lord Glasgow left Wellington for Auckland by the Takapuna last evening to meet L«idy Glasgow. The Colonial mails which left Auckland on August 11 arrived in London on Wednesday night last—contract date. The Mahinapua arrived at Wellington ] yesterday at 2.45 with the San Francsco mail. The Penguin was to take the southern portion, leaving at five o'clock ( for Lyttelton. The School Attendance Bill gives boards j power to enforce the compulsory attend- ■ ance of children by remedying defects in i the existing Act. Lodge St Augustine, 576, Waimate, Scottish constitution, decided on Wednes-1 day night last to join the New Zealand Grand Lodge. In reply to a letter from Major Steward the Minister of fllducation says that when the educational building vote is being distributed consideration will ba given to South Canterbury's special wants. A letter in the London Times, written by a residents in Sydney, advocates that the Imperial Government should select an Australian Judge to sit on the English Bench in Australian appeal cases. The London Chronicle's Rußslan corres pondent says the Czar has been suffering from mental depression and cerebral affection- Prayers have been ordered for his recovery. A visit to the hunting box in Lithuania resulted In an improvement. Messrs Owen and Dyer, butchers, Lyttelton, had on view in their shop on Thursday the carcase of a pig which, when killed and dressed, turned the scale ab 5041b, Notwithstanding its immense size, the pig was only two and a half years old. The name of the Club against whom the " Crescents" played at Rakaia on Wednesday is the " Star " and not the Rakaia Second. The secretary of the Bakaia Football Club supplies as with this information in a letter far too long for the importance of the subject. A Christchurch telegram this morning tslla us that the New South Wales v New Zealand football match is creating plenty of interest, The weather is fine but cloudy. The eround is in good or&ter and the attendance is anticipated to be large. The New Zealand team is tho favorite. Recently on the main road from Mr R. H. Parish's store to Mr J. Ingram's sale yards at Oxford about twenty dogs, some of them valuable aaimals ia the manage ment of sheep, have been poisoned. At the sales on Thursday the farmers had to tie their dogs up or have tbem muzzled, as the occurrence had created a scare. Mr Bishop, S.M., at the Oxford Court, held that a medical certificate that a suifcor in a case was unable to attend, attached to a letter asking that proceedings should be suspended in consequence, could not be recognised. He had no knowledge of the signature of the medical man attached to the certificate, and in such cases only the attendance of the medical practitioner was of any value. The finance committee of tho Welling ton City Council presented a report re commending; that no wages be paid for holidays except Christmas Day end Good Friday. The Mayor sud it would effect a saving of £500 per annum, and would make the people more caraful about ask ing the Council to proclaim public holi days. The report was, however, post poned for a month to enable enquiries to be made as to the pracbica in other towns. Yesterday afternoon a stack of hay, valued at about £10, and situate in a corner of the Domain in Peter Street West, was burned. To extinguish the fire, but mor<s with the object of prevent ing damage to other properly than in any i hops of saving the hay, the " Pride of i Ashburton" fire engine went up. and sx>n got the fire extinguished. The hay was the property of the Domain Board, and was not insured. It is supposed that to the übiquitous small boy and the surreptitious cigarette the fire is traceable. The sisters known as the * Bohemian Twins' recently exhibited at Vienna, were born in Skreychow, Bohemia, and are poor people, named B »zel, who agreed to allow M Forbe, a French impresaario, to exhibit them throughout Europe. Rosa and Josepha Bazal are united at the back bone, and have a common pelvia but are otherwise separate beings, who have grown together, and ib is quite impossible to disconnect them by a surgical operation. They aie of dark complexion, and pleasing faces: much alike, but small for their age, and delicate. The capping ceremony having been abolished, the Students' Association, arranged with the Otago University autho rities to hold a function, and this came off on Friday night in the Dunedin Libary. Mr Justice Williams presided, and after he had referred to the death of Dr. Stuarb, those entitled to diplomas were presented, ' and signed their names in the book. His Honor then delivered a congratulatory address, which was replied to Half-h ur concerts were then held in different pi°rt of the building, the final one comprisinga all the students' songs. Tha latest idea of the German Emperor is to undertake a balloon excursion, ac cording to a Berlin correspondent. His Majesty has exhausted almost every sensa tion which he can hive on earth. He has appeared before his faithful subjects as a mighty hunter, as a whale fisher, a com poser, as a boldier, as an admiral, and in half a hundred other capacities. He has acted as stage manager of the Royal Theatre, has painted a number of pictures has examined into the economy of the ( royal kitchens, and acted as chaplain on board his yacht. There is, therefore, little that he has not tried on land or on water, and he now proposes to invade the realms of air. < Several Englishmen have had an excit ing adventure in Morocco. They were i captured by the Moors between Cafias Bojador and Juby, opposite the Canary j Islands. The Englishmen, seven in num ber, most of them mining engineers, were ! bent upon prospecting some old mines in the Interior of Morocco, On the first trip they were driven back by a tribe. Before making a second attempt the prospectors persuaded, by large money payments, eight leading Moors of the district to remain on board the English ships as hostages. This precaution saved the lives of the entire party, for when they had penetrated inland to a distance of forty miles the Englishmen and their Moorish escort were surprised and made prisoners. After several day's captivjfcy they were released in exchange for the hostages and a sum of money as ransom. An inquest was held at Christchureh this morning touching the death of Orlondo Merrett, aged fourteen, who died on Thursday evening from the results of a blow received during a quarrel about a hockey stick. The medical evidence showed that the boy had received a slight blow, probably on the pit of the stomach. Death had resulted from shock to the nervous system. The blow was given in sej.f defence by another boy, named Fred Haworfch, and a verdict of accidental death was retard.

PARLIAMENTARY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Wkllington, September 14 The Council met at 2.30 p.m. TELEGRAPH FORMS. ' Sir Patrick Buckley, in answer to Mr Bowen, stated that on the termi nation of the present contract for advertising on the backs of telegraph forms, it would not be renewed. THE PROPOSED AMALGAMATION. The agreement for the proposed amalgamation of the Colonial Bank and the Bank of New Zealand was laid on the table. BILLS ADVANCED. The Harbors Act Amendment Bill was passed through Committee, the Ngaire Blocks (Native) Adjustment Bill was read a second time, and the Council adjourned till Tuesday.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wemjngtoh, September 14 The House met at 2.30 p.m. KBPLIES TO QUESTIONS, Replying to questions, it was stated that the provision made in the Rail ways Bill for the preservation to the Commissioners of all rights and privi leges as Civil servants, if originally in Civil service, extended to all subor dinate railway officers; that free passes already granted to railway servants when on holidays would be continued, but not when their leave was extended. THE BANKS AMALGAMATION. Mr Ward said that he had on a recent occasion informed the House that he would lay an agreement be tween the Bank of New Zealand and the Colonial Bank upon the table on Tuesday next. Since then, however, he had found that information had been wired, and published in different parts of the colony that was calculated to seriously mislead. It was not reliable information. Such being the case, although Government had not yet considered the proposals, and would not arrive at a decision upon them for a few days, it was desirable that the whole of the proposals should be laid upon the table. LAND DRAINAGE ACT AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion of the Hon. John I McKenzie, the Land Drainage Act Amendment Bill was read a second time pro forma, by 33 to 19, aud referred to the Agricultural Com mittee. INSPECTION OP MACHINERY. Mr Seddon moved the second read ing of the Inspection of Machinery Act Amendment Bill, to remedy cer tain defects in the present law as respects the inspection of machinery. Agreed to on the voices. The House rose at 5.30, The House resumed at 7.30 a.m. MINING. The Hon John Me Kenzie moved the second reading of the Mining Districts Land Occupation Bill, to provide for the issue of occupation leasps within Mining Districts. After considerable debate the second reading was agreed to on the voices, and the Bill was referred to the Waste Lands Committee. ADVANCES TO SETTLERS BILL. Mr Ward moved the second reading of the GovernmentJAclvances to Settlers Bill to enable Government to assist settlers by advancing money to them on mortgage at reasonable rates of intrest. He said the principle of the Bill was first established in 1770 in Germany, and had been carried out in other places since then with great success. The object^of this Bill was to allow the people of the colony to get money at lower rates of interest than at present prevailed, and the necessity for such a Bill was admitted by all. His opinion was that the true solution of the settle of the people on the land was a Bill of this kind. He pointed out that the amount of private mortgages in this colony was £29,606,579, and Govern ment were aware of many cases in which good security was offered for the renewal of mortgages, but they were refused unless much higher rates of interest were paid. The Bill provided that an office should be established for the administration of the Bill. As Government did not intend to create another independent department, the services of one of the existing offices, with its staff, would be utilised for the purpose, and by the use of the existing machinery no additional expense would be incurred. Under this head he pointed out that of £453,475 lent on mortgage by the Public Trust Office only £1900 had been lost, while the Government Insurance Department, under the new Board, had lent £518,000, and lost only £100. Go vernment recognised that the strictest economy would, have to be exercised in administering this department. Not more than ten valuers at £600 a year, and ten solicitors at from £400 to £1000 a year, would be required j and this he thought was not excessive ex penditure for a department of this kind. The House would see that two systems were proposed for raising money—namely, obtaining loans by debentures up to £1,500,000, and by land bonds; both systems in the ag gregate not to exceed £1,500,000. He believed it would be better to adopt land bonds. These bonds could be ad vanced against special mortgages, and them transmitted to England. The security would be excellent, and this system would be preferable in many ways. The lowest sum to be advanced under the Bill would be £50, and the highest £500. He explained that whilst the lending board would be in a position to advance up to two-thirda of the value of the security offered, it would not be compulsory on them to do so. The Bill provided that in cases of lending money to settlers the ordi nary conditions of leasehold must be complied with. The limit for which money was to be borrowed was thirty six and a half years. That was a necessity, but if in fifteen years a man were in a position to release his mort gage, he could do so. He referred at sojne length to the proposals respect ing an assurance fnnd, and said the element of safety was provided in this to a greater extent than under any lending institution in the colony, in cluding the Public *rust office, and the I Government Life Insurance Depart ment. It was not intended to inter-, fere with private interest, but Govern ment were determined that the high fees hitherto paid in connection vith mortgages should be reduced by this Bill, Everything done uader tfce Bill,

and the whole work of the department, would be under the supervision of the Comptroller and Auditor-General. This was an important matter, and in tbis respect every safeguard had been taken. He said that a great many settlers had requested Government to move in the direction of advancing money as proposed by the Bill. The fact of Government lowering the rate of interest would also compel every other lending institution to do the ' same, He reminded the House that every civilised country in the world was moving in the direction that this Bill indicated, which was a proof of the soundness of the proposal. Since i the proposals had been made, £140,000 had already been offered to be sent to i the colony at five and six per cent, j The Bill he believed was calculated to add to the wealth, prosperity, progress, and happiness of the people of the , colony. . . I Mr George Hutchison said cheap money meant prosperity to every in dustry and every walk in life, and if it were obtained by this Bill then -wel come to the project. He felt sure Mr Ward would be assisted by the House in making, the Bill as workable as possible. Mr Ward had made a moat important admission in saying that the interest was high, and capital reluct ant, and that was the reason of the necessity for the Bill. This state of things, however, was distinctly owing to the policy instituted by the present Government. Referring to the Bill, he characterised the system of land boards as crude and incomplete, and he asked the Treasurer whether he was sure he could get 3f per cent on land | bonds quoted in London at par. (Mr Ward—Yes). He (Mr Hutchison) held that Government could easily have got funds from the other State' departments, instead of injuring the credit of the colony in the commercial world by borrowing £1,500,000 a year for an unknown term of years. Dr Newman predicted that the Treasurer would not be able to float 31 per cent debentures. The Treasurer proposed to borrow £1,500,000 every year, and the result would be that in six years the debt of the colony would be increased to fifty millions of money, which would effectively prevent the colony from borrowing in the future for legitimate purposes. The Bill was not intended to lend money to farmers, but to people living in towns, and he thought it should be called a Bill to smash the lawyers of the colony and to make bankers. He held th it very explicit instructions should be given to valuers under the Bill in order to pro vide against bad securities. Captain Bussell said there was a curious contradiction in some of the paragraphs in the Financial Statement and the Speech just delivered by the Treasurer. In the Statement he told them that capital was being hoarded up in the colony ; but Captain Russell held that if that were so, capital must have been so shaken in confidence by the administration of Government for the last three years that it was hoarded up without remuneration rather than be invested in good honest mortgages. It was very difficult to argue against such a scheme as this. They were all naturally anxious to get cheap money if they possibly could, and he sincerely sympathised with the proposal to give cheap money to farmers. In 1877 he had advocated a similar scheme, but the rate of interest was then eight and ten per cent, whereas now it was much lower. Another important difference was that capital was then not taxed as at the present day. He feared the farmers would not benefit by the proposed in this Bill to any thing like the extent claimed by the Treasurer. The Treasurer had told them that values had reached the bed rock. He could not agree with that, as one of their staple products -frozen mea t—was still declining, and they were not going to lend money from bed prices, even though they had reached these values. He feared there was not sufficient margin between the price at which the money was proposed to be borrowed and lent. He reminded the House that capital was easily frightened, and large institutions would always be able to hold their owr. The proper way of helping farmers was, in his opinion, not to pledge them to English lenders, but to obtain money from the Public Trust office and other State departments at the lowest pos sible rate of interest. Mr Mills strongly supported the Bill, and held that it was urgently re quired in the interests of the colony. It would do far more to encourage set tlement and provide work for the un employed than any other measure in troduced for years past. Sir Robert Stout said that it was surprising that in the most novel and important Bill brought down by the Government so little interest should be taken. The Bill had entirely departed from the Budget in several respects, particularly in the rate of interest and in raising money at Home, Mr Ward iu'his speech had allowed nothing for the expense of raising the loan. They were now as a colony entering upon a money-lending business, and there should be no sentiment in the matter. He estimated that the total loss per year for getting cheap money would amount to over £32,000. He did not think, looking at the matter from a monetary point of view> that borrowing money at 6| per cent for 36| years was a goodf transaction for the bor rower. Many of those who borrowed money under this scheme would go down to their graves mortgaged men. The Bill was in reality a huge borrow ing scheme of an endless character which he was convinced would tend to ruin the country. 1 Mr E. M. Smith strongly supported the Bill. Mr Millar was not prepared to sup port the Bill as it stood. He was re turned to oppose a borrowing policy and he should do so. He objected to the colony being placed under the heel of the money-lenders. Messrs Stevens, Buddo, McGowan, and Macintosh also spoke strongly in support of the Bill. On the motion of Mr O'Regan the debate was adjourned till Monday night. The House rose at 1 a.m.

The Banks Amalgamation.

Wellington, September 14 The agreement entered into between the Hon George McLean and Mr John Murray for amalgamation of the Colonial Bank with the Bank of New Zealand, subject to the approval of Government and shareholders of the respective Banks, was laid on the table of the House this afternoon by the Colonial Treasurer. Under this agreement the assets of each Bank are to be reviewed by a board, , upon which the other Bank's representatives shall be preponderant. The Bank of New Zealand is to take the necessary measures to increase its capital by the creation of new shares of the nominal value of £1,000,000. Of these, £400,000 are to be issued to share holders of the Colonial Bank in lieu of the 1 present paid up capital of that bank ; the shares so issued to be considered as fully 1 paid up shares, and to carry no further | liability whatever. The remaining £600,000 in shares to be vested in the President of the Bank, and to be held for the present as unissued, but to be at the disposal of the shareholders of the Bank of New Zealand, or their tranferees, at a period to be ap pointed by the Directors of the Bank, but not later than the end of 1903. The Bank of New Zealand is to write down its present paid up capital £900,000 to £600,000. The first Board ot Directors is to consist of seven members; four elected by the shareholders of the Bank of New Zealand and three elected by the shareholders of the Colonial Bank. With the exception of the principal executive officers, the officers of the Bank are to be selected by the new Board of Directors from the present staffs "of both Banks. The officers dispensed with are to be compensated by their respective Banks. Unreliable assets of the Colonial Bank are to be liquidated, and the reserve funds and undivided profits of the Bank are to make good any deficiency resulting from the liquidation. Any surplus is to be divided amongsttheshareholdersoftheColonialßank. If the reserve funds and profits are insuffi cient to make good the deficiency, then a call shall be struck on Colonial Bank shares. Unreliable assets of the Bank of New Zea land shall also be liquidated in the same manner as those of the Colonial Bank. The £300,000 released irom the capital of the Bank cf New Zealand, the reserve funds, and the undivided profits, shall be used to make good any deficiency resulting from the liquidation. If any surplus remains, it> shall be credited to the account of the Bank of New Zealand Estates Company. The present premises of both Banks are to be valued as going concerns. Should the valuations of the premises of the Bank of New Zealand exceed the sum at which the whole of the premises now Btanda in the books of the Bank, such surplus shall be credited to the Bank of New Zealand Es tates Company, and any surplus arising by the valuation of the premises of the Coionial Bank shall also be credited to the liquidation account. It is an integral part of agreement that before amalgamation takes place, legis lation shall be passed by Parliament, by means of which the Bank of New Zealand Estates Company (Limited) will be entirely separated front the Bank, so that the pre sent shareholders of the Colonial Bank, who are about to transfer their capital, and future creditors of the Bank of New Zea land, may run no risk whatever from the Bank's connection with the Estates Com pany or future advances to it. After pay ment of four per cent., per annum on guaran teed preference stock, and six per cent, per annum dividend on the other paid up capital of the Bank, and after placing £20,000 per annum to the new reserve fund, all other profits and dividends shall be applied to reduce the ultimate deficiency of the Bank of New Zealand Estates Company. The Bank is to afford the Bank of New Zealand Estates Company necessary banting facili ties for carrying on and liquidating the business. The amalgmation is. to take effect within fourteen days after the share holders of both Banks have passed resolu tion ; or by consent of both parties it may be extended to two months. In the memo randum to Government, Mr John Murray points out that the presence on the Bank of New Zealand balance sheet of a large sum representing sha:ea in the Bank of New Zealand Estates Company is a source of weakness to the Bank, and the Colonial Bank reasonably makes it a condition of amalgamation either that it be entirely re« moved, or that Government undertake to make good the ultimate deficiency by re* demption of the £1,500,000 five and a half per cent debentures, and resumption of the estates under the Land for Settlements Act, and by assistance from the Bank itself the incubus can be got rid of.

LATEST CABLE NEWS. THE BERMONDSEY FIRE.

London, September 13 A large fire is raging in Bermondsey. The damage by the Bermondsey fire is estimated at £80,000

THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC.

Camjutta, September 12. During the cholera epidemic at Luck now the proportion of deaths among the patients inoculated by Kaffkine's process was similar to those not so treated.

MURDERS IN CHICAGO.

Chicago, September 12 No less than twenty murderers are awaiting trial in Chicago, besides two under sentence of death.

THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

London, Septembnr 13 At the Bank of England meeting, the Governor, Mr Powell, reported that the Baring liability had been reduced by £1,075,000 since February. Sir E. Clarke, on behalf of the shareholders, proposed that an enquiry should be held into the proceedings of May, the late cashier. He alleged that May introduced customers to the worst stocks, involving a loss of £400,000, including his own overdraft. This had seriously affected the honour of the Bank. In reply Mr Powell said Sir B. Clarke should not make statements on the authority of customers. The motion was not seconded.

THE COREAN WAR

i Shanghai, September 14 ; A message received here states that the Fusan rebels recently killed 1200 Japanese. ' It is reported in Fusan that Southern Corea has risen against the Japanese, and a rebel attack on Fusan is feared. A reinforcement of 2000 Japanese has - arrived there. Melbourne, September 14. The Governor has received a procla mation from the Secretary of State for ! the Colonies, enjoining the colony to observe strict neutrality in connection, i with the GbinaJapan war.

THE ASHBUETOS GUARDIAJS : SATtJEDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1894.



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tITANTED Known—Before buying W your Hats come and see our Stock. Greatest variety to choose from in Anhburton. All marked very Cheap — H. 0. Segkrs, Melford House. JCST Opened, a splendid line of fashion able Dress Stuffs, in Cardinals, Maroons, Navies, Browns and Blacks. To be sold under wholesale price.—H, C Segers, Melford House. TTISITthe Sale. Trimmed Millinery ' going at any price Ladies' Under clothing reduced to 20 per cent, below OHt. —Arcade Home. 4 64 T ADIES' and Gentlemen's left-off XJ Clothes bought, sold, or exchanged. —Mbs Knight, Wakanui Road, opposite Templar Hall. 7 102 WANTED Known-L W Pants 3s i lid, Flannel Shirts 3s 9d, Worsted Socks 3d per pair.—Arcade House 425 OQ PR AY is selling Firewood 25s — • O per cord, delivered. Co*l from 6s per quarter. Good heart fencing material very cheap. Opposite Mercantile Store, West Street. f ITA^TED Known. — Embroideries ?V from Id a yard, Corsets 3s lid, tries' Ulsters frotn4B lid, Ladies' Gloves four pair for Is, Kid Gloves four buttons Is 6d.— Arcade House. 63 | WARDS, Bennett's Sale. Grand lot *■-' new and fashionable Furs and Mantles ; half price. Come and take your pick at Mks Adabw, WANTED Known. — Men s Tweed Suite J. 03 6d, Men'a Tweed Trousers 111, Metis' Strong FJannelletH Shirts 2s 6d, Mens' and lioyu' Boq{s aud Shoes greatly reduced. —Arcade House. 4s>



(CRUSHED Oats, 31bs over usaal J weight, 5s sack included. All kinds of produce cheap for cash.—J. Thomas, Havelock street. 7 51 IF you wish your socials and parties to be saccessful, buy your cake, pastry, etc., at Taylor's, East Street Bakery. Parties supplied on the shortest notice. 6 111 .__ IF you want good prime Cheese and Bacon, try Taylor, Eaab Street Bakery. 6109 WANTED Known.—No more wet 1 clothes and bronchitis, Yarmouth Oilskin to hand.—Mitchell & Turner WANTED Known—The Corner Is showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H. Collier. si/ ANTED Known —The Cheapest) I*' House in town for First-class Millinery and Drapery is H. C. Segers, M'olford House. \ 3 /ANTED Known.—All genuine Oil- V« skins, Leggings, Sou-Wester, marked Yarmouth—Mitchell & Turner. TPHERE are two qualities of Health *- Tea, both unsurpassed for strength,, purity and lovely flavor. Prices, 2s 6d and 2s per lb. Ask your grocer for Health Tea, and see that you get It Wholesale at Zander's I>LAIS KE T S bought at Edwards ■ * Bennet'a Sale, a special line of Double Blankets at 7s 9d. Extra large and heavy 15s 6d and 16s 6d.—Robert Alcorn, Baker's Buildings. WANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical me at S. Salek's, Optician.. \V7aNTHID Known—Special line of VV Gents' Kegatta Shirts, all sites, with or without collars, 2sk' 6d.—W. H. Collier.



MHO Let, at a low rental, Bake House in L East Street, paddock and stabling combined, lately in occupation of the Co-Operative Society. Apply to George James. 8 39 OALE of Warehouseman a Stock at O Mitchell <& Turner's. Cheap lines in all departments. SALE now on—White Calico 2s lid per dozen, Towels 2s 6d per dozen, Lace, Curtains, from ls lid per pair, at Arcade House. 4 27 TJRIME Christchurch smoked and -■- Lewis' pale cured Bacon Hams, best Akaroa and local-made Cheeses from sd. at Taylor's, East Street Bakery. 6110_ WANTED Known — Men's strong Tweed Suits from 16s 6d; shirts from 2s 6d.—Arcade House. 4 24



TITESLEYAN Church To-Morrow, '" Rev. BaooKE (Subjects: morn ing, "Ninth Commandment; evening, ** Afraid of common sense." Strangers cordially invited. 9 114 WTANTED KNOWN -That a Meeting " of Temperance People to consider the Government Licensing* Bill will be held in the Templar Hall on Tuesday, the 18th inst., afe 7.30 p m. 9t102 Q EED Envelopes for Sale; a cheap KJ ling. Apply this office. 973 OUREBRED Partridge Cochins as ■*- large &a turkeys, young birds, for, Sale* Apply, for address, Mail Office. 9 21 FOR 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



Wanted ' WAJN TED,—Married Couple without encumbrance ; man with knowjj ledge of all farm work ; woman to take charge of hoaao. App'y D. THOMas, 9 109 Ashburton. \Vr ANTED KNOWN-That I will Not be responsible for any debfs contracted in my name by John Holmes —better known as Jack Hyde. 9 25 GEORGE HYDE, Forks, "PRIMITIVE Methodist Church To'- X 7 morrow. Preachers—Morning, Mr Lock ; evening—Rev J. Cocker. Su' j : "Jerry building that the Architect would not pass." 9 112



TO LET,—Cottage of five rooms ; well situated, near the Woollen Factory, Alford Forest Road. T. BULLOCK. , |> AK-\l\ Sec ions,—Offers are invited * "■' for any ci the fallowing numbers. viz - 26, 124, 291, 292, 295, 297. Terms if required. T. XULLQCK. ,



jQ f* i w k Special Snn to lend on First .^i/vf l/v c ia Se Freehold fiecarity. rl'. BULLOCK TIN WALD.—For Sale on easy terms 'T.S.VCO. 61, and 52, th re-quarters of an hcvb, c»»rn»r ot RJcMurdo and J^mea ' (wner particularly wishes to '^i.'O-e of V,,tiia »t'Onoe. X. BULLOCK. ,



JOHN WILSON, PAINTER GLAZIER & PAP.EREANGEB, Corner ot Arcade and Burnett Si*e«*, Ashburfcon . NEW SEASON'S WALL PAPERS Just Arrived BEST ASSORTMENT IN TOWN. ESTIMATE OF HuUSe" DECORATIONS GIVEN FREE,



FLETCSEE BROS. JUST LANDING, 25 Tons New Crop Cane Sugar. 25 561b Bags Finest Snowdrop Sugar 12s 9d. FLOUR " FLOUR 251b Finest Roller 2s Od 1001b Finest Roller 7s 6d 5.01b Finest Boiler 3s 10|d 20®lb Finest Roller 14s 0d Caustic Lye for Soap Making Blacking 4|d doz., 12 doz. 4s 3d. lib tin lOd. per lb Marmalade in Glass Jars BJd. 21b tin 8d per lb New Dates 7d per lb. 101b tin 7d per lb Rock Salt 6s 9d per cwt. j TEA. TEA. TEL THE NOTED WAREHOUSE FOB TEA. 31b Peerless Tea, 5s 31b Premier Tea, 5s 5d ! 61b Peerless Tea 9s lid 61b Premier Tea, 10s5d j 2s Tea, Peerless, for ls 9d in 5 and 101b tins, tics free, 2,1 tier lb raduction "n 3 b picket of Arab, Matchless, Premier, Jameson and | wwWfl Nelson and Moats Nabob, and any known baand, and on 5 and lOln ti ß X«'fVee In Chetts and hair Chd.ts, Ceylon, Indian and Chin, at Is 3jd, Is sd, andlß 9fcd. B*st value in Canterbury. 251b Moir's New Oatmeal 2s 6d Neave's Food lid per tin, 10s per bag, 4 bags 9s Ud 6d per dozen | Finest Sago, Tapioca, Split Peas Sunlight Soap ls 2d per box of If d per lb, 71bs Is 6 Tablets New Currants, washed and dried, Candles 5Jd per lb, 121bs 5s 3d 3*d- 121bs 3s 9d Corn Flour (Brown's) 3Jd per Baisms, 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, lid per tin, 12 tins 10b 6d Extract of Soap, 13 packets for Cream of Tartar, pure, Is 2dper Is, 141b box 3s Ud lb, 121bs 12s 3d Lemon Peel 8d per lb, 21b ls 3d, Our Own Baking 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 ls 6d per lb, Reduction 6 bottles 2s 6d to large consumers Oxford Blue 8d per lb, 121b box Pure Pepper Is 2d per lb, 121bs , 7s 9d 1 ls 9<l Plaid Vestas 3|d per dozen, 12 Baking Soda 3d per lb 51bs Is dozen packets 3s 3d fc>nperior Black Lead 5Jd dozen, Sheep Tongues lOd per tin, 9s 12 dozen 5s 3d 6d per dozen Remember to patronise the firm who brought an* k 3 ep down the prices, and give fchfpTpTof Lhburtonthe benefit of all nibbles oought in the Home and Conti nental markets. i&rge CONSUMERS LIBERALLY DEALT WITH. NOTE ADDRESS— 107 and 109, High Street, CJhrwtcburch ; Tele phone 731; and EAST STREET, Ashburton.



BOOTS. BOOTS. CHEAPER THAN EVER, WE CANNOT HELP IT AS WE WANT THE MONEY Women's Shoes 4s lid Women's Leather Lace Biots, all sizes 5a lid THESE ARE SIMPLY GIVEN AWAY. Men's Bluchers 4<s lid Boys' Nailad Shooters, Strong, 5s 6d Men's Naijed Shooters 7a lid and 5a 9d M«n's Heavy Watertights, pegged, Laclles' French Shoes 11s 9d—Reduced 15s 6d—Reduced to Us 6d to 83 6d CHILDREN'S TAN SHOES AND SLIPPERS AT YOUR OWN PRICE G J, JN JS*I L JL'B, FBIEDLANDER'S CORNER, EAST STBEET, ASHBURTON Gash. We Want CASH-



Bubjucss Notices. IF YOU WANT god value for your money go to^- G. J.. NEILL'S WHERE THEY ARE SELLING AT LEW THAN COST PR[OE. HU:D PP.~fli-HD UP MUST HAVE JMUNET. -j^O REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED FOR ANY ARTIOLF. IN [\ THE SHOP. DRESS GOODS 2Jd DRE33 GOODS 3Jd Double width Dress Tweeds Is lid Heavy Shirting Is 6J~Redu3ed to 9id Reduced to la tr n ion Shirting Is 2d—Reduced to 7£d T )WELS 2id Kt<l Gloves, four clasps la 9d Double Bed-twMl Sheeting, unbleached Flannelettes, yard wide 7jd—Reduced and White 9£d to4£d White and Grey Oalico Is lid doz .Dr Warner's Coralme Corsets, 89 B<l , All Wool* latmel7£d Reduced to 5s lid CORSETS Is 9d per pair w -,_„„ MILLINERY AND UNDER-OLOTHING AT YOUR OWN PRICE CLOTHING- CLOTHING' Boys' Suits 3a lid Men's Tweed Trousers 6s lid Boys' Suits 4a lid Men's Woollen Socks 7£d Boys' Caps 6d Men's Tweed Overcoats, with capes Men's Tweed Suits 13a 6d 17s 6d Men's Heavy All Wool Suits 35s 6d Men's Tweed Macintoshes, with capes Reduced to 22s 6d 39a 6d—Reduced to 23s 6d MEN'S SHIRTS, TIES, HATS, GAPS, etc., AT ANY PRICE. BLANKETS. ~~ BLANKETS. m EVERY CONCEIVABLE MAR«, COLONIAL AND ENGLISH, AT ANY PRICE-FROM es Od PER PAIR. NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED.