BIRTH.

Friedlandbr. —On February 22, at Kolmar, Moore street, Abhburton, the wife of Max Friedlander of a son.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1894. ANARCHISM.

Our cable news this week shows that England has at last been roused to take some action in dealirg with the Anarchists. We cannot believe that there are many Anarchists of the Vaillant stamp in England—that is, we do not believe that there are many Englishmen who could be guilty of Vaillant's crime. The English criminal is usually a grossly selfish person who commits crime to gain an end which is wholly his own, and is seldom if ever found in the ranks of men who seek to bring about a social revolution by means of such instruments as the Anarchists use. Weapons such as these the English reformer, however desperate the case of the reform he desires may be or seem, shrinks from using. He has been brought up in an atmosphere full of a love for fair play —a fair play that demands a chance for his life to be given to every man. It is quite true that the use of dynamite has not been wholly unknown in con nection with political dissatisfaction in the Three Kingdoms, but the instances of its use have been exceptional, and when the authorities found that they had to deal with it, they handled the users of it without gloves, as the cul prits knew to their cost. England's ports are free to all the world, and this boasted freedom of hers has made her a rendezvous for every political refugee who found his own country too hot to hold him. Her cities have been cities of refuge for all the discontented and played out politicians of the Continent, and the " land of the free " a O&ve of Adullam for all the state renegades of Europe. London swarm 3 with fo reigners, ignorant as ignorant can be, and almost if not altogether pauper. These men enter into competition with the native born laborer in the labor market, and the swards continue to in crease every day. Thes,e foreigners are the natural friends of anarchy, for they are always in a condition of want, and their hunger is » stimulant to any deed which they may be incited to as * means of despoiling those who are better oft thaa themselves. British Governments of the past forty years have been fully alive to the fact that these foreign hordes were massing in England, but more particularly in the metropolis. But the British Lion is not easily roused. As thp song has it — " He sleeps with but one eyeiid styut, So beware how you tread on his tail. When he is aroused he usually acts promptly^, aijd once set agoing in one particular line fci« {pork is thorough. It must be aaid, kowever, tfeat during all the trouble with Anarchism that has been experienced on the Continent the P^sh Government did very little indeed; and it was only when there appeared ,a danger of the horrible scenes of Barcelona and the Paris Chamber of deputies being re-enacted in London that the lion rose, stretched

mane. The French press howled in his ear, and the French Government talked of requiring passports from British su!>jec.s entering France. But until a misguided Anarchist made an attempt to blow up a British military establishment, and failed in the at tempt, being himself cut in two with the explosion of his own bomb, John Bull made no eign. Then, however, the Mon shook himself and marched out. The scenes at the funeral of this man Bourdin on Friday, indicate exactly what is the feeling of the British popu lace in regard to Anarchism. The friends of this man determined, in spite of an express order by the police not to do so, to make the funeral of Bourdin the occasion of an Anarchist demon stration. And for the first time for many years we read of the population of a British city rising up in wrath, and perpetrating what under other cir cumstances no Briton could look upon , as other than the grossest outrage a Briton could perpetrate. The cable tells us that " a great crowd assembled at the cemetery, who hooted, hustled, and spat on the mourners. The police, at great hazard to themselves, protected the cortege from many ugly rushes on the part of the mob, while the mounted j police with great difficulty stemmed the crowds of people, who endeavored to crowd round the grave. The funeral procession was met with cries—" Down with anarchy," "Keep in your own country," and " No bomb business in England." The hearse was pelted with stones and mud and garbage. The women were especially infuriated. Sub sequently a band of students smashed the windows and doors of the Autono- j mic Club. At the cemetery the police seized a large number of Anarchist flags and banners." Strong must have been the feeling of the populace who were worked up to this point, and although we cannot sympathise with any open act of disrespect to the dead, we can not but have sympathy with the people who resented a demonstration in their midst by people who have adopted a creed which urges the^i to wholesale murder, disregarding in their terrible but cowardly onslaughts, age and sex, rich and poor, innocent and guilty, friend and foe—so that they might strike terror to the hearts of the authorities, and withal regardless of the abject cowardice of the dastardly means they use. These men form secret societies, and by the terrible means they have adopted, seek to terrify the legislators of the world into making better laws than they fancy are those now existing. But the people of Britain will have none of these means, and now that the British Government have taken action in the suppression of Anarchism in England, it will be a hopeless lookout for the detected perpt>trator of any Anarchist outrage in Great Britain. It was Hugh Miller, in his celebrated i( Schools and Schoolmasters," who said the-e was nothing more terrible than the rage of a good natured man. And Great Britain towards the Anarchists has been supinely good-natured. She has passed that stage now, however, and the convicted perpetrator of any of the horrible deeds of which we have been recently reading will get but a short shrift indeed, while the home of the Englishman will cease to afford warmth and shelter for the serpents of the order of Anarchism.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There was a full Council on Monday night. About sixty fire brigades will take place in the Napier competitions next month. The Borough Council hav6 decided to stringently enforca the by-law compelling drivers of vehicles and riders of bicycles to carry lights at nights, One thousand applications for enrolment in the Chriatchurch electoral district have been received. Not more than fifteen appli cations have been made in either the Avon or tha Riccarton electorates. A beautiful display of the Aurora Australia was to be seen in Dunedin on Sunday even ing about 10 o'clock. It was so brilliant as to be mistaken by some for a large confla gration, and at the fire brigade station every thing was in readiness to turn out the moment the expected alarm was given. The supply of Martini-Henry ammunition for use at fche annual meeting of the New Zealand Rifle Association arrived at Lyttel ton yesterday morning by the steamer Roto mahana. Nearly all tin North Island com ! petitors are in town, the steamer Australia j bringing a further contingent last night. Arrangements are now well advansed. At the R.M. Court this morning—before Mr R. Alcorn, J.P.—Samuel Robinson was charged with having been drunk and dis orderly and resisting Constable Jackson. He pleaded gu^ty and was fined 53 or twenty four hours' imprisonment on the first charge, and 20s or forty-eight hours on the second, with 2s cab hire. A first offender found drunk on the Railway station pleaded gulity and was fined 5s or twenty-four hours' imprisonment and 2s expenses. The drink bill for New South Wales for 1893 was £4,011,800, or an average of £2 0s id per head of the population, being a de crease ot 13s ifd per head compared with the expenditure for the previous year, when the total outlay for drink was £4,713,900. In the same period the total consumption of proof abohol decreased fr0m3,155,776gal to 2,741,570ga1, the quantity consumed per inhabitant last year being 2.26 gal as aga'nsfc 2,67 gal in 1892. There has been a decreased consumption in beer, wines, and spirits, though there was a slight increase in the quantity of colonial wine drunk. Holloway's Pills.-—Pure Blood.—When the Blood is pure, its circulation calm and equable, and the tier visa w^U stnjng, we are well. These Pills possess a marvellous power in securing these essentials of health by purifying, regulating, and strengthening the ' fluids and solids. Holloway's Pills can be confidently recommended to all persons suffering £rom digestion, or | worried by nervous" fancies, or neuralgic pains. They correct acidity and heartburn, dispel sick headache, quicken the action of the liver, and act as alteratives and gentle aperients. The weak and delicate may take them without fear. Holloway's Pills are eminently serviceable to invalids of irritable constitution, as they raise the action of every organ to its natural standard, &^d universally 9Xfrcise % calming m& sedative &ftvoOOf/ " ~ i

The Chrhtchurch Hospital Board yester day decided that the tower of the Nurses' Home shortly to be built should be called " Gothic tower " in recognition of the sub stantial addition to the funds through the donation of the admission fees on the occa sion of the steamer Gothic being opened to j public inspection, The minister of the parish of St. Cyrus, Scotland, has the distribution of what is known as the " marriage money," being the interest of a sum left by a Mr Orr, of Bridge ton, to the oldest, the youngest, the tallest, and the shortest woman belonging to the parish who may happen to get married in the parish church during the year. A committee meeting of the Horticultural Society was held on Monday evening when the Secretary brought up a rough balance sheet, which showed a loss of about £12, which was due to the attendance at the last show being less than in past years. The committeee will, therefore, have to draw on their credit- balance. Aft6r the various accounts were passed for payment, an hono raiium of £5 5s was voted to the Secretary. It was decided to pay prize money and all i accounts on Thursday nexb between the hours of twelve and one p.m. and seven to nine p.m. The first consignment of the parasite of the Hessian fly was received by Inspector Hull from Wellington on Wednesday (says the " Bruce Herald"), and was at once taken out Mr Lindsay's farm at Milburn and liberated in a patch of fly-infected wheat that had been fenced off for the purpose. The parasite is a tiny dipterous (two-winged) fly with yellow legs and black head, thorax, and body. It has two six-tjointed antense, and altogether is a peculiar insect, but a beautiful object under a microscope. The fly is scarcely so large as the sandfly. Messrs Allison Bros, have also prepared a place for the parasite in one of their wheat fields, and some are to be liberated there. To-morrow evening (the last appearance of the Kennedy-Deering Company in Aah« burton) the favorite Irish drama " Conn, the Shaughraun," will be produced, at the special request of a large number of Ashburton play goers who wish to renew their acquaintance with the genial Kennedy as " Conn," and also enjoy a hearty laugh. The character of Conn's sweetheart, " Moya Doolon," will be taken by Miss Linda Raymond, who will sing " The wearin' o 1 the green." Mr Oily Deering plays the police spy " Harvey Duff," and Miss Lily Hill "Claire Ffalliott." The full strength of the company appear in the representation. As it is the company's last j night here we hope to see the Oddfellows' | Hall crowded. Among those who have had great in fluence in the revolution in Brazil (according to a correspondent) is a woman—"Madame ■ Gabriela de Matos—3l years old, with large blue eyes and bloade hair. At the beginning of the revolt she nattached heraelf to the troops of Yuca Tigre, becoming his adjutant. She accompanied the half-wi[d leader on all his expeditions, clad in a uniform which was a strange combination of women's and men's attire. Across her shoulders she carried a band on which were the words:—"Long live Liberty ! Long live Rio Grande do Sul!" Many deeds of courage, as well as kindness, are told of this unusual woman, who believes that she is a second Joan of Arc, called to lead her country to independence." The harvest is now 'general throughout the district (says the Clutha " Leader"). On the ridgeg the cropa are above the average, and in some cases oat* will [run as high as 60 bu3hels to the acre, and a good sample. Wheat is a comparative failure, the fly being the principal cause on the ridges, while on the flats water has-also done a deal of damage. For example, on Inch clutha there is not half the usual area under wheat—this principally on account of the prevalence of the Californian thistle—and the wheat crop there will nofc yield half average returns. Oats are also a very in ferior crop, and are in many cases being cut for chaff. Turnips are a grand crop, and the pastures are luxuriant both on the low ' ground and the ridges. The legendary regiment that was said to be s-11 colonels is y almo3t rivalled by some regiments of the Spanish army. In the little expeditionary force under Marshal Campos at Melilla, there are said to have been 27 generals and 70 colonels. In Spain this is not thought at all remarkable, for the com missioned officers are realy not much less numerous than the non commissioned officer 3 and privates put together. According to a Spanish army list, the number of generals ia Spain is 203, of colonels 534, of lieutenant colonels 952, of majors 2014, of captains 52121 i of lieutenants 7576, and of sub-lieutenanta j 9869. This gives a total of 23,400 officers out of an army which, on the peace footing, numbers only 75,000 men. | Thß principal departments where female clerks are employed in France are the post office, telegraphs, telephones, railways, the | Government banks, and the central adminis tration. There are at present 5353 women employed at provincial post office 3, 1060 female telegraph clerks; in 60 towna ths telephone stations are under the manage ment of ladies, affording employment for 715 women. The national savings banks employ 425 women, etc. The railways have, however, been the best friends to the women. Women are employed at the ticket offices as watchers, etc. ; the East Company employs 3082 women, the North Company 2790, the B«ris-Lyon M<§diterranee 5728, the Orleans Company 4358, altogether some 24,000 women, in which numbers" the thonsands o{ female gatekeepers are not it eluded. In the whole of Eurppa it is calculated that over !500,000 women hold public appointments. According to the •• Vienna Tageblatfc " a great amount of feeling has been aroused over the establishment of the Vienna gym nasium for girls, and the proposal to estab lish a similar institution in Berlin. Many of the old German ladies are opposed to these departures; and one of their number, representing a solid body of opinion on the subject, asks :—" What can possibly be the use of Latin, Greek, philosophy, and algebra to a hausfrau ? She can carve a goose equally well without such knowledge. I her husband refuses to buy her a new dress or hat can she not soon be equal with him without going in for a course of philology?" The ladies scoff at the idea of women lawyers, declaring that as a woman would never admit that her case was lost lawsuits would drag on for ever. At present the education of a middle-class German girl includes a thorough and systematic instruc tion in general history, the special history and literature of her own country, and one accomplishment—as a rule, music. She can also write a good hand, knowa sufficient arithmetic for practical purposes, and in the arts of cutting garments, embroidering, darning, and cooking she is a highly com petent housewife. Add to this fact that one of the most striking features of German domestic life is the quiet happiness ot the woman, and it is little wonder that the elderly hauafrau of the old school objects to the innovations.

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The ordinary meeting of the Ashburton Borough Council was" held on Monday evening. Present—Hia Worship the Mayor and Councillors Richard Bird, I David Thomas, R. M. Cuthbertson, Wil- I Ham Anderson, H. H, Stephens, Joseph Scaly, H. M. Jones, W. H. Collins, pnd Henry Flower. FINANCE. The Mayor reported the debit balance at the bank to be £1016. The amounts received frora all sources sinca last meet ing were:—Rates, 1893, £1 2a; rents reserves, £2 101; licenses, dogs £5. TINES. The Paymaster-general wrote advising the remittance of fin«s under the borough by-laws. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. The foreman of works wrote requesting leave of absence for eight or nine days, in order to attend tho Fire Brigade's demonstretion at Napier. On Or Thomas' motion the application waa graated. INJURED INNOCENCB. Mra Samuel Elliot wrote to the Council protesting against the the ranger's action In impounding her cow. She stated that she had informed the ranger that her cow had been let out of the paddcck by some person, that he had found and pounded the animal, collected the fees, and then summoned her for breach of the by-laws in having a cow at large. On Or Thomas' motion the matter was deferred until next meeting. engineers' report. The engineers' report was read as follows: — Labor Gang —The men have been em ployed during the past two weeks in ploughing and carting grass off streets, leveling section and footpaths at Western Fire Brigade station, and forming Wakanui Road West and footpath in Winter street, cleaning side channels, weeding borders in Baring Square, repairing concrete channelling, watering streets, grabbing gorse off belts and cemetery reserve, erecting public urinal on railway reserve at th.3 corner of Bast and Burnett streets, putting in drain and footbridges, carting shingle to Post Office yard* filling in holes <*t the outfall drain, refixiog the street lamps on posts, carting rubbish off streets, attending to the water supply and other maintenance work. NUISANCES. The Inspector of Nuisances wrote re porting the cases which had been heard at the Magistrate's Court last week. He also drew attention to the prevalence of vehicles and bicycles being driven with out lights, and it was decided to empower the inspector to enforce the by-laws by proceeding against the offenders. He also reported that the pound fees since January 31, were £3 9s 6d. THE ANNUAL ESTIMATES, It was decided that the works com mittee be requested to prepare the annual estimates for next meeting, and also to bring certain matters which had been be fore the Council prominently forward in their reports. MR THOMIS* P&OPOSED URINAL. Mr D. Thomas' application for power to take water for the urinal on his premise/3 conditionally that he construct the channelling and give public access for fourteen years, again came forward. Or Bird raported that a meetiog of the works committee had not been held since last meeting. He considered there should be an annual charge of £2. Or Seally considered the precedent might cause the Council to be inundated with p'ivate applications. The Mayor pointed out that few appli cations wou'd enclose tha condition of public access. Or Jones and Or (Stephens supported; the application. Cr Anderson pointed out that Mr Thomas hai stated his urin*l had always been a public one and would continue to be. Cr Collins thought the urinal should be flushed, but the question of payment was a different thing. After considerable discussion the appli cation was granted. BOWLING GREES. Or Thomas, on behaif of the Ashburton Bowling Club, appll d for the use of Bar ing Square West as a bo vling green, at ian annual rental of £3 3s, the Club to keep the whole sjuare in order. The application was granted. accounts. Accounts to the amount of £141 10s were passed for payment, and the Council adjourned.

DOMAIN BOARD.

The members sat as a Domain Board, j Tenders for the clover in the Domain i were referred to the Domain Works Com mittee. The Amateur Cycling and Athlefc'c Club applied for a close day on Easter Monday. The application was granted, subject to its signature by the Chauuian of the , Athletic Association. The Ashburtcn Swimming Club wrote requesting a close day on March 14. The application was accompanied with the Association's sanction, and was granted. The Board then adjourned.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not hold onrseives responsible lor the opinions expressed by our correspondents.)

CIGARETTES.

TO THR EDITOR. | Sir, -It fs a pity your highly moral "Tobacconist" did not sign hia name to the bottom of his effusion which appeared in your last issue, then one should know who to support, far I am sure such a man is worthy of all the trade we can give him. Now, for your information, and for the information of the general public (having good reasons for considering that "To bacconist's " letter was a dig at myself in the dark), I immediately despatched a small boy to the leading tobacconist's for a threepenny packet of cigarettes. They were procured at cna shop. They are sold loose at " two for a penny." Ques tion? Which is the highly respectable man who does not believe in pandering to the boys' trade for the sake of " filthy I lucre V Would not mind taking short odds it's the two a-penny man. Now, Sir, I may tell you that I have not de scended quite so low as to sell to small boys two cigarettes for a penny, but in stead give them some good wholesome lollies. I admit thai; cigarette smoking is a pernicious evil, and the boys very blankly askfpc " a packet of Old General, plaase, for father," and what is a shop keeper to doJ-~I am, etc., H. G. Pbowbr.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, February 26. Mr J. «I. Freeth, for many years clerk of the Magistrate's Court as Masterton, but now stationed at Nesr Plymouth, is to retire from the service on a pension at the end of the present month, and will be succeeded by Mr O'CaUaghan, at present clerk of court at Blenheim. A supplement to the "Gazette" pub lished to-night contains a list of the suc cessful candidates in th.c teachers' exami nation. . The brigantine Enterprise, bound from ' Kwpara to the Bluff, has put into the harbor through stress of weather. The Qisborne scow, Whangaroa, is understood to have reached Lyttelton siafely. '" ■ '

THE WEATHER.

Wellington, February 21. The gale has now abated, but a heavy sea is still rum ing at the Heads. Several emall steamera Lave not yet put in an appearance. Captain Edwin reports that there are now strong evidences of a hard gale from the north in moat p*rbs of the coontry between noon en Thursday to midnight on Saturday.

Swaggers in South Canterbury.

The police have of late received many compUints of the number of swaggers who are about the roads, and who on passing through Timaru are nob backward in ask ing people to give them food and firing. Several of these swaggers have become such a nuisance to a resident who leases a paddock and shed at the southern end of the town, that he found it necessary to eject them from the building yesterday, Mot content with a shake down in the building, they had added wilful damage to trespass by pulling down part* of an old building and using It for fire wood. The lessee of the psace caught four swaggers red-handed, and gave them im mediate notice to quit or the police wonld be called in. One young fellow got more than he bargained for, as also did a mate who came to his assistance, and in the end all four were, with their swags and their billies, bundled off the place. Most of the swaggers are of a low class, spend all they get hold of in drink, and will nob do a stroke of work if they can help ib. The " Timaru Herala " hears that the licensees of the public-houses at two country places to the south refused to serve the gang with liquor, locked the bars up, and on the men becoming abusive called in the police. Before the latter had arrived, however, the swaggers had cleared out.

The Kennedy-Deering Company.

"my Partner."

In spite of short notioe and necessarily indifferent advertising ; in spibe also of a fat more serious consideration in the shape of most disagreeable waatjher and In epite of the alleged stringency of the money market, the management of the Kennedy-Deering company were agree ably disappointed in opening their season in Ashburton to—not a crowded house to be sure, bub one very much fuller than anyone could have expected. The gallery was full—every seat, and many back seac holders had to be content with standing room only; there was a larger second seat audience than we are accustomed to see ; and the fronc seats were very creditably filled indeed. There is only one thing which will account for the reconciliation of these opposite conditions, aamely— reputation. It was not a new and un tried company which brought the people out on such a wet night, but Mr J. J. Kennedy, an established favorite with Ashburton audiences, and a company— under the combined management of him self and Mr Oily Deering—which also in cluded several well known and welcome faces. This good attendance it is pleasing to note is the rule and not the exception in Ashburton when a really good dramatic company makes its appearance in the Oddfellows' Hall, and thus Mr Kennedy in hi* t< urs of the calony invariably visits Ashburton, even to the neglect of some laiger towns. The piece chosen by the com» pany for their opening was "My Partner," a romance of Callfornian life of which we gave a short sketch in a previou; issue. An excellent plot is embodied in the three acts, and from the rise of the curtain to its f all the interest never fligs. Romance, tbe wi'es of the villain, the truth and fidelity of virtue, the love of the strong n *ture for the weak, and the loyalty of true friendship, tragedy and comedy, are all well represented by characters evidently suited to their parts. Space will not permit us to enlarge upon the c*st, but we will men tion the most prominent characters and advise our readers tc take the opportunity to-night of seeing for themselves Mr Kennedy, a a we have mentioned before* has a reputation upon which it is unne cessary to dilate. Suffice it to say that his clever acting of the hero of ths play—a rough but straightforward and manly digger with a heart free from guile— called forth most hearty and sympathetic applause. Mr Oily Deering is a decided acquisition, and the manner in which ha took the part of the almond-eyed Celes tial, Wing Lee, was very clever and ex ceedingly funny, acharacteristic thoroughly appreciated by the audience. Mr Harry Saville gave a fine impersonation of the jovial and ambitious old magistrate, Major Brett. The " other partner," Ned Single ton, gave Mr Frank Norton the opportu nity of demonstrating that he is an actor of considerable meric, while Mr W, E. Jermyn, as the villain Josiah Scraggs, received all the hooting and hissing that he could desire. In the female portion ol the cast the principal part was taken by Miss L.Raymond as Mary Brandon and that young lady was most successful in in fcerpreting a very difficult part. The pathos with which her character abounded was introduced correctly and not spoilt by ap parent over-»ffect»tlon as so often is the case. As a result all sight was lost of the actress, and only, the misfor tunes of the unhappy girl enlisted the sympathy of the audience. 4a her sister Grace Miss Bertha Haleott was charming, while Mis Lily Bill m Posie Pentiand had a part which evi denty suited her, and she played it almost to perfection. To-night the company wilt appear in " Run to Earth," |a piece which has the name of being the best in their repertory. One scene especially, the furnace scene, will be exceptionally realistic. '*Little Ruby," of "Little Lord Fauntleroy " fame, is announced to take part.

THE ASHBUKTOH OTABDIAN : TUESDAY, ffEBBTJABiT 2f, 1894.



lIAKTRfIT CHEQUE*, Of 189 i, ! WILL FIND THEIR WAY TO (i. J. NEILL and CVs AS TEEY GIVE Trfß BEST VALUE IN ASHBURTON FOR READY MONEY »RA*»JSO,Y AND CLOTHING. Women's Hats 6d Turkey Re<? s|d Women's Ribbed Hose 6d Men's Tweed Suits 16s 6d Chiffons in ah colors la 31, reduced to Men's Colonial Tweed Suits 19a 6d B|d Boys' Tweed Suits from 3i lid Washing prints 2a lid doz A few Boys' Washing Saite left, to be White Muslin 3a lid doZj cleared at 3d f»d Summer Dresses 3a lid Boys' Caps 6d each Cretonne 3£d Men's Braces 8d Double bed Sheeting 2bd 20doz Men's Merino Socks 6d Berlin Wool Is lid " BOOTK. BOOTS. The Beat and Cheapest Baots ki New Zealand are to be had at G. J. NEILL A^D GO'S. Men's English Balmorals 7s lid Babies Slippers Is pair Men's Strong Leather Shoea 7s lid o»nvas aod tan Leather Show, in all Men's Nailed Shooters 7s lid sizes at ridiculous prices Women'B strong Leather Shoes 5a lid A very large assortment of Children s Women's strong Elastic-side Boots 'Jis and Maid's Gem shoes m Tans|ana 6d, reduced to oj lid Black. Good and cheap W E QJJ ARANTBE SATISFACTION. SMALL PROFITS AND QUIOK RETURNS AX "6. J. NEILL & 00% FRIEDLANJDER'S CORNER, |EAST STREET. Re The Assigned Estate of Messrs lUrdley Bros' the Value in Oar PRINTS RSJDUOED to HALF PRICE WASHING DRILLETd REDUCED FROM 9fco to /%I1 Brem materials RB3UCED TO NEARLY HALF THS FORMER PRtOS3, FOR INSTANCE PLAIN CASEMERBS, REDUCED FROM 16Jd TO od. STKIPIs; AND CHECK ALL WOOL DRESS TWEED RSDC/OED FROM Ud TO Bd, AND ALL OTHER^DRBSS MATERIALS EQUALLY REDUCE! 0, HMOK GlWilU\B RWULTOEDHFROM lOJd TO 6^l ALL MANCHESTER GOODS SUCH AS CALtCOES, STOCKINGS, FLANNELS, BLANKETS, HOLLANDS, TICKING, .SHIRTINGS, SEL9EUS, FLOOR-CLOTHS, JGTC, REDUCED TO COST PRICE. MEN'S SfIIBTS, HITS, BOOKS, TIES, Erd, RB HJCSD TO CO3T PRIC3, AND IN MANY CASES VERY MUCH UNDER COST. Merit and Boys' Clothing, E OUR MEN'S ALL WOOL COLONIAL SUITS AT 32s 6d AND 35s 6d, NOr TO BE j BRATEN IN THE COLONY] THE HOUSE [lAS ALWAWi BESS NOTED FOR THE VERY BFBT VALUE IN BOOTS BUT NOW COME AND SEr. ' I i •\'. \v. S 'BVCR 0. An C \D K. A 8 H BU!l T O F



Wamea , ECTURE by Bbv 0. Beecroft • > "A Ride on the Knifeboard of a London Bus." Tuesday Evening, Wes leyan Church. 2 155 OST, on Saturday Night, a" (iold Brooch, initials, A.M.H, Finder pleasa return to Mail office. 2 191 \\J ANTED Known that W. 0. Davis VV has good Grazing for a few Horses or Cows in Domain paddocks. 2 188 IT^aNTED Known that all Prize money and Accounts in connection with the Flower Show will be Paid at the Arcade Chambers on Thursday next, from 12 to 1 and 7 to 9 p.m. 2 185 OTAN TED Known—Tomatoes, good ' " ripe Grapes, Plums, Apples, etc., at Mar-den's Fruit Shop, below Mitchell and Turner's. 2 109 GOOD Sheaf and Straw Chaff; very cheap for cash. Also, all kinds of Mill and Farm Produce.—J. Thomas, Havelock street. 2 2 fPO Let—That House at present cccv JL pied by Dr Hunter, Tancred street. Apply A. Orr. 2 58 LICENSING BLECTIONS-Rev W. Gillies, the famous Temperance Speaker, will deliver address on Friday, | March 9, in Oddfellows' Hall. Full notice later on. 2 189 YSTERS andTresh Fish of all sorts arrive evening per express at Deep Sea Fibbing Co.'a Shop, Burnett atreet, Ashburton. 2 62 WANTED Known—" The Corner " is j showing a magnificent New Stock \ of Drapery and Clothing.—W. H. COUJEK, WANTED, Everybody to use Titan Soap, greatest marvel of the age. fi. Zander, Sole Agent. 11 181 t^IRT Class Drapery, Boots, Clothing, -" etc., to be sold cheap at Segkrs 1 Sale, from 20th Febraw to 20ch March. —Melford House. fT^HE " Dollar Cigarettes " are becoming X universal. H. Zander, Wnoleaale Agent. 2 4 iifANTED Known.—To Harvesters VV —Dungaree Jackets and Overalls, Harvest Hats and Shirts and Suits of all kinds, at prices to meat) the times. — Mitchell & Turner. T¥7ANTED Known.—No reasonable ff ofier will be refused 'or tha balance of our Summer Dresses, Milli nery, and Mantles. — Mitchell and Turner, | iRKAT Clearing Sale of Drapery, v^* Boots, (Jlothiug, etc., at Melford House, from 20th February to 20th March,—H. C. Segers. fTT ANTED Known.—Our Cheap VV Slippers ace selling in dozens. Children's from Is, women's Is 9d. Buy one pair and you will buy more. — Mitchell amd Turner . ' I \Ha.T which brings most light and ■*- hope to poorest homes ia Titan SoajK 11 183 l IT ANTED Known—Spectacles, eye VV protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical Hue at S, Same's, Optician. JL HAPPY New Year co all, but ea- CJL. pecially to the great and ever in creasing number who drink the wonderful Health lea.— Henry Zande&, Wholesale Agen 2 |Vj 0 differeut qualities ot Health Tea •i-^ there is only one quality, and that a " The Best,!— ±lenry Zander, Whole ale Agent 2_45 W~"~ AN TED Known - VV. H. CGLLiBH~a noted four-clasp Kid Gloves, 2s 6d, have just arrived in all sizes. /"CHOICE Ornaments, Folding Screens, \_J Offn make in Udiea' and children's underclothing, Aprons and Pinafores. Mrs Alcorn, Saunders' Building. DON'T misa our Great Sale. For one month only, from 20 u h February to 20th March. Drapery, Clothing, Boots, etc.—H, C. Segers, Melford House. DON'T wash yourself. Titan Soap does the work. No rubbing. No machines. 11 182 BANG ! Bang 1 Bang ! My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's an 3, Club Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Hardley's, Gun Emporium. \ ft EDIOAL Coils made and repaired jyJL on the shortest notice at easy prices at A. J. Walker's, Old Kinder garten. W" ANTED Known—That A. J. Walker repairs Bicycles, Sewing Machines, Lawn Mowers, Medical Coils, and ail descriptions of light machinery. cT r ANTED Kaown.—To make room YV lor Spring Boots I will give ten per cent for cash. Repairs don*> at once cheaper than ever to stay bad times over at J. Moison, Premier Bootmaker. 8 18 IF yoc want fiistclass fruit go to Adams' for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc. OMERSET Meat Mart. The oldest the largest, the best, and the cheap est Small Goods a specialty. Full weights guaranteed. A trial solicited. —W> J. Siloock. BS~ALCOBN has on eale for the Holidays varied assortment pf Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goo is and Christmas Presents. Saunders' Buildings ON 7! 1 Forget to send your Bicycles along to the Old Kindergarten to ue repaired, at moderate rates, GUNS Guns ! Guns ! My new stock of Guns jusb to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Loaders, Rifles, etc. Inspection invited. No old stock to select from at J. VV. Hardley's, Sporting Repository. NOTIOS! Notice! Sport for all. Guns Ist out on hire or sold on fcime payments. Having a professional gun smith on the premises, I undertake to re pair Guns of any description. Gunfittings in stock. Prices low.—J- W. HaRW-ey, Ironmongers, etc. M^ R~JOHN MARSDKN, of the Rail way Book Stall, wiil opart a Book and Stationer's Shop two doors below ; Mitchell and Turner's, on SATURDAY, IDuh of February. Books and Stationery *t the lowest possible prices. Books .akan, .complete, *od in good order will fae taken in exchange. Circulating library. 2 47 ■L._.i.. ■.»■■!,— '■ . '"" **""r**""* , "\rALENTINES, Valentines. Boxed, | V Love cards, Booklets, and Comic. Fire Screens, Pictures, Glass Oniamenfce. Ohristtuas Cards, Crioket and Lawn Tennis Material, Pbotc Albums and Frames, -and hatreds of other articles are to be sold a* a great sacrifice for Cash during this month on!?, *t L, £ Aprpttßww &Co gfcatiom>rf Hwl t



lOfi WEDDING PRESENTS, BIRTHDAY PRESENTS AND PRESENTATIONS; PAY a Visit to the Jevvellery Establish ment of 8. Salbk, WATCHMAKER and JKWELLER, Where isto be seen the LARGEST and FINEST STOCK in the District of— SILVER AND SIVER-PLATED WARE, GOT D AND SILVER JEWELLERY, and Other HIGH-CLASS GOODS Suit able for PRESENTS AT LOWEST PRICES. Watch, Clock and Jewellery Repairing a SPECIALTY. SPECTACLES to suit all Sights, NEW" ZEALAND " Cjlo Tims c Factory* THE "BISMARCK," HIGH-A.BM SEWING MACHINES, have all the latest improvements. A First-class Machine at a moderate pries IT IS SIMPLE, DURABLE, LIGHT RUNNING, NOISELESS. OUR Me'B. Hallbnstbin, while in Germany, seeing the great success of the New " Bismarck " Sewing Machine succeeded in obtaining for our firm the sole proprietorship for New Zealand. HAND MACHINE, With beautiful polished cover and all ac cessories £5 10s. FAMILY MACHINE, With new and handsomely designed stand £8 10s. HAND& TREADLE COMBINED, Highly finished Table and Cover £9 10s. Any of these machines can be hai on the time payment system 2s 6d per week. Our Agent will have the pleasure of calling on you at an early date. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING 'UALLENSTEIN BROS.. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager



DRINK HKALTI? TEA* It Is the Bast, the Purest, the most Invigo rating T^a. Hbnry Zander, Wholesale Ageafc.



SMOKE Star and Stripes; 12 in a Packet. —H. Zahdep " Wholesale



||AiID£R 4c So»« Cncalyptf Kftracf There are invitations of Eucalypti Extract In tjha market now, products of simple distillation foiming rude resinous oils. In order that these crude olid may not be taken, Oar Pare Volatile JBaca* lypti Extract, which is recognised by the medical division of the Prussian Government to be of perfectly pure origin, as par information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 8, 1878 we state s— It is provraid by tests made by the Medioial Clinics of he TJnive ties at Bonn and Qreifswal I, Prussia, and reported by Dr Schute, Professor of Pharmacology at Bonn, and Professor Dr Hosier, Director of the Medical Clinic at Greifswald, that only products tha are saturated with oxygen and freed of acids, resin on and other substances, adherent to primary distillation, will develop the sanative qualities proper to the plant, according to these authorities, and according to Fro fessor Dr Lister, of England, and to Bra Bauer, Mclutire, Wood, Hazard, etc., of America, Is the only extract corresponding jiQ scientific tests, and the only one which possesses the proper therapeutic value. '' SANDBB & SON'S EUCALYPTI EXTI&AUT All other crude oils are to be classed among the turpentines, which have, when used as medicine, no therapeutic effect andor c abandoned as an internal medicament. These a a called Eucalypti Extract* which may have received dist action at Exhibitions as commercial articles and a re used for mechanical pur; poses only are discernible :— . By their deficiency in pungent odour (which oar product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extrao de velops most freely through its surplus of oxy -re.- ). 3 By their alco^olio thin and mobile appearance, being redur i£ in specific density through the presen :e of t r'6m 3, By their taato, the result of the contracting tea deucy of resins and tennates. If these crude oils, «o calls 1 eucalypti extracts are 1 ippliad by mistake in oases of croup, b -ottohitis, diph theria, internal inoamaiabona, dysentery, wounds, tiie thecmsequenoesre most appalling. For safety alway ask always for Saad«r and »«■*' -ducalrpti Extract and get the old, wall-tested and Jreliabla preparation.—Sandhnrgt, Victoria, Aust^ali ' -- RA^DIJR ANI} ' SQNS TEA~ In OA.NTi!iRBURT for the money, and ree from any excess of astringencv. €OIHItC9B 58S.