Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1894. THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

Blue books are not usually very interesting reading, full as they are of dry details and reprints of sternly official documents against the perusal of which the mental gorge rises in pro test. Bat the blue book containing the report of the " Meat Marking" Committee set up by the House of Lords is interesting to the ordinary reader as showing the trade tricks of the London butchers, and interesting in a very high degree to the New Zea land farmers as showing the excellence of the mutton they produce, how that excellence is recognised both by the consumer and the butcher, but recog nised in a way that brings many skekels to the butcher but gives rone to the New Zealand producer. The Commits c's sittings continued over a long period, and there was much evi dence taken on the subject of the importation and sale in Britain of foreign meat, so that the gentlemen who formed the Committee had every opportunity to ascertain the facts and frame a reliable report upon them. This report will do much good in letting in light upon the frozen meat question that will enable the consumers to understand much that the mass of the people of the great city do not under stand, but whether legislation in the the direction of the Committee's re commendations will follow we cannot take upon ourselves to predict. It will be a great pity indeed if the re port so elaborately prepared, and deal ing with so important a question as the meat supply of the largest city in the world, should meet the fate that so many committee reports have met before, and be relegated to the darkness and oblivion of the pigeon hole. For years<|he people of these colonies have been aware of a fact that was not known to the London masses. Wo were aware that the English butchers and retailers of meat habitually sold good imported beef and mntton as home fed. This fact will jbo g, °reat extent be made known I through th.c instrumentality of this report to vast numbers p£ the English people, and is bouud %o have a good effect. But while we were aware that the imported meat was sold as English we had no idea, until this report told us, that the fraud was carried on to the extent that it is; and had the facts been given on a less reliable authority than Lord On sloVs Committee — mostly English landowners themselves, and having no interest in exaggerating the matter we should have been incjined to take them with a grain of salt. But there the facte »re, and they point to a .conjmer.ciaji immorality in the butchering trade that i* m d forces us to the conclusion tfpp among the butchers of Great Britain as sellers of meat " there are none righteous—no, &ofc one," V re are told that at Southport, where there are fifty-four butchers, who cater for a population of 41,000 people, not more

than three English-bred animals are killed each week. Yet, even when 1 before the Committee, some of these declared that the source of their meat supply was the United Kingdom. Others asserted they got it from the " country," which country, when they were pressed, turned out to be America. At one large establishment in the West End of London, which professed to sell only Scotch mutton, it was found that only three Scotch sheep had been sold for a year, the whole of the rest being American. One house re velled in the mouthfilling title of the "Old Established Welsh Mutton House," and sold under the name of "Welsh, mutton from all the mutton exporting colonies. Here is an in teresting extract from the report, which Canterbury farmers will read with raised hair—"A piece of meat bought at the shop was produced before the Committee. The purchaser, a retired butcher, who had been in business for forty years, stated that, in. reply to his inkuiries, he was assured that the meat was Welsh ; but he pro nounced it unhesitatingly to be New Zealand, and this opinion was con firmed by other butchers present in the committee room. The witness added that he saw nothing but New Zealand meat in the shop, and that he paid lOd per lb for this particular joint, the retail value of which did not exceed 7d." The Committee recom mended that every butcher who dealt in imported meat should be compelled to affix a notice over his shop to that effect, and they further recommended that the shops should be open to in spection. To the latter recommenda tion the butchers offer a furious opposition —as was only to be expected now that we know somewhat of their little ways. But there is one thing the opposition of the butchers cannot pre vent and that is the dying out of the prejudice against frozen meat. For years the prejudice has been very strong, and its existence has been nursed by the butchers themselves whose knavery lived upon it. The Committee state this prejudice is dying out, and when the British public get completely rid of it the customer will not only ask for New Zealand mutton but will see that he gets it. And the well-to-do man will no longer go Home with a colonial joint, and a belief that his dinner will be a tender morsel culled for him from the " hirsels " of the country of Dandie Dinmont, or fed for him on the rich sheep pastures of Wales. When the prejudice is dead the customer will be just as difficult to gull as he is now easy to cheat, and the producer will share honestly in the profits which the retailer dishonestly reaps.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I Mr A'fred Harrison has offered a purse of £1 Is for a ladies' swimming race to be decided in the Domain baths. Already several entries have been received. i la Thursday's report of the R,M. Court I proceedings an error crept in. Instead of | Stephens Bros, v George James—Stephens Bros, v George Chambers should be read. In our report of the swimming races on Wednesday L. Andrews was placed as third in the final heat of the thirty yards dash. A. Wilkie secured third place and Andrews was fourth. The "Gazette" issued last night con tains the conditions on which bonuses of £1750 and £250 are offered for an improved flax dressing machine and a for utilising the waste products. The " Gazette " notifies that the payment of capitation allowance to the Education Boards for the current quarter shall be according to the working average attendance of the last preceding quarter. Letters from places beyond the colony, addressed as undor, were received at the Ashburton Post Oiiice during the month of November, and are still unclaimed : —S. G. Barber, Arthur C. Bellwood, and G. Warne, His Excellency the Governor, Lady Glasgow, Lady Augusta Boyle, Miss Wauchope and Mr Clayton returned from their visit to Long beach last evening. They were driven up to Winslow, at which station their special carriage was attached to the north expres 9 train. Observations taken at 9,30 every morning in January at Methven showed that rain . fell oa sixteen days, the total amount for the j month being 6.80 in. The greatest fall was on the 18th, 2.32 in. The average tempera ture for January was 59deg, the highest being 87deg on the 15th and the lowest on 3rd, 49deg. The cost of a general election, so far as direct expenditure by the candidates is con cerned, is set forth with remarkable ampli tude of detail in a Blue-book complied from the statements furnished to the returning officers pursuant to the Corrupt and Illegal Practices Act 1893, and presented to the Imperial Parliament. From this we learn that the 1307 candidates at the last general election expended not far short of £1,000,000 ?a what to nearly one half of them was the vain attempt to obtain a seat in the House of Commons. The Hon T. Fergus, in welcoming to the Burns Club concert at Dunedin two officers of the French warahip Scorff, now lying at Port Chalmers, is reported by the "Otago Daily Times " as having said that everyone who had been a student of Scotch history must know that the bonds which connected the Scotch and the French in the past were very close and sincere. They had fought together on many a field, and were warm friends and trusted allies, and, Mr Fergus thought, the hearts of tne Scotch people went o\it to the French as much now as in days gone by for the aid which the latter gave them in their struggles for liberty. The police of Vienna are taking good care of the servant girls in that city. It has now become compulsory for every Stuben madl— which is equivalent to our "servant girl." to be provided, when cleaning windows, with a safety girdle that goes round the waist and is fastened by a leather strap to a staple on the outside of the window, so thg.t if she slip 3 from the sill in polishing up the glass she ia suspended unhurt in mid air. Householders who do not make such provi sion for their domestic^ are hei^ily fined, and in the event of an accident taking placs, have to pay the injured servant an allowance of t^n shillings a week until ahe is sufficiently Fesoyere.4 la resume work,

New regulations are gazetted empowering any Collector of Customs, constable, or officer appointed for the purpose, to examine the content of any bag, basket, etc., used by any person found near any stream where trout or salmon have been liberated in order to ascertain whether the fish have been unlawfully taken. At the inquest at Dunedin on Thursday on William Mclldowie, who committed saicide by making an opening in his arm in a bath, a verdict of "Suicide while temporarily insane" was returned. From his wife's evidence it appears he had never been quite right since he had lost his and some of her money in mining shares. Bricks are now being burnt by electricity. This promises to revolutionise the industry by greatly reducing the labor and cost. The kiln-drying process is entirely dispensed with. The wet clay is put into a sort of covered iron mould, which holds about 1000 bricks, a strong current of electricity is then turned on, and in a very short time the bricks are dried and burnt, and all ready to be turned out for sale. I Ladies, especially French ones, are always agog for some new fad; and quite the newest is the fashion for training pet snails. It requires a lot of patience and time to bring them to perfection, aad make them under stand when they are called. In fact, French ladies who have not the gift of peraeverence often have their dull favorites boiled, and eat them. The shells of the more fortunate are scrubbed clean and then hand painted. Mr Beetham, R.M. at Christchurch struck a sympathetic chord yesterday, when he expressed some reluctance to send to gaol husbands or fathera, who, after being ordered by the Court to provide for the maintenance of their wives or offspring, failed to do so. The magistraue gave it as his opinion that it was more desirable, where possible, that the defaulters should have opportunity to carry out the injunctions of the Court, than to be put for a time out of the way of earn ing money. Such leniency, however, he added, could not be too large, aad when repeated chances were abused the defen dants would have to suffer as the law directed. The Customhouse officers searched the steamer Waihora and took the names of all the passengers on her when she arrived from Melbourne, via Hobart and the South, on | Tuesday morning, as it was believed that she was carrying more passengers than allowed by the regulations. One passenger refused to give his name, and when told that he must do so, threatened to strike the officer enquiiing, but wisely changed his mind, and instead made a bolt for the shore and succeeded in escaping amongst the crowd. The search, we are informed, re vealed the fact that there were more than the regulation number travelling in the saloon, but in the steerage the number travelling was below the regulation limit. It will be remembered that a little while ago one Tattle, an ironmonger doing busi ness in Wellington, suddenly dissappeared, leaving addressed to his creditors a letter in which he stated in effect that, all things con sidered, he thought the air of Brazil would at that juncturebe most beneficial for hishealth. This, with other circumstances, seemed to those whom he had lefts behind highly suspi cious, and he was promptly made bankrupt. The investigation which followed, however, points to the possibility that money troubles were not the real cause of his unceremonious departure, for on Wednesday, at a meeting of his creditors, it was stated that the stock he Jeft behind was worth more than the claims that have so far come in from f creditors, and the estate apparently is not insolvent.

SHOOTING.

The shooting for Major Moore's chal lenge shield took place on Wednesday, so far as the Ashbucton Rifles were con cerned. The weather, which is always an important) factor to be reckoned with, was not all that could be desired, for, although fairly fine, when shooting com menced the breeze ripened into a minia ture gale and made good shooting at the , long range almost impossible. Following are the scores—seven shots at each range —Government targets and scoring : —

School Inspections.

Referring to the dismissal of Mr Benge, the headmaster, from the De^onporfc School, the Auckland *' Herald " says :— '' We have several times pointed out that the inspections upon which the good con duct of the whole system hinges were un satisfactory, and were seen by teachers and pupils to be contradictory, and to be absolutely wanting in agreement and sys tem. To this we trace almost all the un happy affair and troublesome enquiries that the Board have lately had to en counter. It is to be hoped that the en quiry which is to be made, with the placing in office of a chief inspector, will inaugurate a better state of affairs. Pablic men never seem able to be thank fnl enough for the splendid system of education which we possess, they are always congratulating themselves upon it, and swearing that no sacrilegious hands shall be allowed to touch it. When we have hinted at a defect, we have been ac" cused of desiring to destroy the system. Now we have one of the members saying that' the whole system of inspection in their schools wis weak,' while another said it was a question * whether the _ in spectors when conducting the examina tion allowed the teachers to take posses sion of the papers. 1 "

COMMERCIAL.

Received February 2, 11.15 a.m. London, February 1. The bank rate of discount is 3| per cent.

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Auckland, February 2. The Alameda from San Francisco wich the English and American mails has ar rived. Her news from Samoa shows that nineteen of the chiefs who threatened trouble in Aana surrendered to the government under threat of summary punishment. The trial was fixed for January 30,

England and Egypt.

Cairo, January 31. It is reported that the relations between the Khedive and Riaz Pasha are strained. The Nativa Press is bitterly hostile to England.

New South Wales Parliament.

Sydney, February 1. Mr See, Colonial Treasurer, delivered his Budget speech to-night. He said the deficiency amounted to about £1/200,000, against a deficit estimated by Sir G. R. Dibbs at a million and a quarter. Treasury bills to cover the deficit will be issued, but only sold for investment in Trust funds. The floods in the Northern rivers, and the com mercial and financial depression had effected the revenue to an alarming extent. The receipts fell £767,000 I below the previous year. The savings on votes which usually came to a quarter of a million, had amounted to £800,000, showing judicious retrench ! ment had been carried out. The revenue for 1894 would reach £9,851,000, and the expenditure £9,728,000. The sum of £175,000 had been set aside during the year as a sinking fund to reduce the public debt. He estimated the surplus for J894 would amount to £47,000,

Corporal Punishment.

The action of the North Canterbury Education Board in regard to corporal j punishment of girls in schools arouses great interest and sympathy in Welling ton. Mr G. B. Davy, of the Native Lar?d Court, writes to the "Times " expressing i the hope that the Governors of the Wel lington Girls' High School will see their way to issue a similar edict. " That it ia not unnecessary," he adds, "is evi denced by the fact that a few months since my daughter, a girl of fifteen, had to be i removed from that institution on account of treatment of a character specially re probated and interdicted by the .North Canterbury Board. The latter was promptly brought under the notice of the Governors, with the result that, after considerable delay, a reply was received regretting the cause of my daughter's re moval, but intimating that the Board did not feel justified in interfering with the discipline of the school." Commenting on this the " Times " says :—" From the men who shelter themselves behind the petticoats of those who carry on this dis cipline, nothing can, of qpurse, be ex pected by remonstrants or reformers. When they failed to make investigation, Mr Davy ought, if he thought the beating excessive, to have taken the case before a magistrate. For our part we know nothing, and care less, about the degree of punishment in any particular case. We object to the punishment itself ; and, so objecting, we will treat the Governors i with the contempt they deserve, by ad dressing no remark in their direction. The North Canterbury case has startled the country and the Legislature, and other cases are proving that North Can terbury is rot alone. The Legislature ought to thrust all the Boards and govern ing bodies aside, and promptly pass a law forbidding the beating of young women and girls in any of our schools, primary or secondary." "A butcher who has old traces for sale " ihas twits the Education Board on the tawse question in a Ohriatchurch paper this morning :—This great body, brimming full ®f administrative ability, might have at their last meeting gone one step further and made a regula tion as to the weight to be applied ''regulation strap," seeing that all masters are not of equal strength. I would suggest fchatj the Board summon all teachers authorised to use regulation straps, to be and appear before them on a certain date for the purpose of a weight striking test, and all those who can strike more than one pound with regulation strap to have theirs tapered. Ib seems strange that owing to the indiscretion of one teacher the whole profession in North Canterbury are branded a brutal type, who require regulations framed for their preservation, and the inspectors a straight jacket to keep them out of harm's way.

The End of a Comet.

A most thrilling account is given by Mr Maunder, in the " Daily Graphic," of the sad fate of Mr Brooks' comet. It started with a round head and three tails, the principal one being of the modest length of 10,000,000 miles. This was on October 19. Two days later one of the minor tails was much increased, while the other had all but disappeared, and on the next morning '* the comet's tail appeared in a wholly unprecedented condition. The graceful symmetry was destroyed, and it was bent, distorted, and deflected." Nexh day's photographic bulletin amply con firmed the disturbance of the previous morning. " The tail was broken and seemed to hang in irregular cloud masses, deflected out of line with the stem of tho tail near the head. A portion of the tail was completely detached, and was drifting off as an independent comet." Since then the comet has receded still further from the sun, growing fainter the while, and has finally lost the greater part of its tail. Experts seem to think that there has been a collision. Brooks probably said : " Will anyone be plazed to tread on the tail of my comet f and the challenge seems to have been taken up, with the most disastrous results.

MR GLADSTONE.

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

London, January 31. Mr Gladstone denies that he has aiiy intention of resigning, but admits the condition of his sight and hardness of hearing have long rendered relief from public cares desirable. February 1. " The Times " thinks Mr Gladstone's plain admission of failing strength is serious, though the idea of 1m resigna tion is premature. The "Daily News 1' minimises the reference to the state of his health and accuses the "Pall Mall Gazette" of hoaxing the public. Ths " Standard " considers the nature of the Premier's denial most damaging and discouraging to the Ministry. .

LABOR ITEMS.

[per press association.] Washington, January 31. In connection with the wages diffi culty that has arisen on the Union Pacific railway, the Courts have decided that the men must accept 10 per cent reduction and have forbidden them to strike. Lonhon, February 1. Messrs Pickard and Woods declare it is futile to confer with the coal owners unless the men are conceded a minimum and controlling voice in the price of coal.

CABLE NEWS

Harness and others connected with the Medical Electric Company have been discharged on the ground of insufficient evidence of fraud. Herbert Langham, formerly Master of the Pytcbley and heir presumptive to Sir James Hay Langhain, baronet, was charged at Bow street on Wednes day with fraud The amount involved in connection with the present charge is £1200. Langham, who has been extremely lavish in his expenditure, was only recently declared bankrupt.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, February 1. Captain Babot has received a cable from" Sbaw-Saville, London, saying the ship Jessie Readman is not to be sold, pending further instructions.

A Stray Shot.

The barque Van Galen which arrived in Lyttelton from Rio de Janeiro on Tues day, was detained at that port during the bombardment of the forts by the rebel cruisers, and had a narrow escape from receiving serious damage. On October 28, while lying on the lee side cf ona of the numerous islands that stud the harbor of Rio, a stray shot came across the island and cut its way through the wheel box. The mate of the vessel had a most narrow escape. He was standing by the wheel at the time and the ball passed between his arm and his side and struck the box. Had the ball struck an inch or two lower down it would have shattered the vessel's steering gear. It appears to have been a shot from a quick firing gun, as the hole, which still remains in the wheel box, is some three or four inches in diameter, The captain says the vessels lying at Rio are exposed Co considerable danger from the shot and shell flying about, and it is not by any means safe for the officers and crews to be about. One man, a laborer on board one of fehe vessels, was struck" by a stray shot and killed instantly.

BANK OF ENGLAND.

London, February 1. The " Investors' Review" brings further charges against the Bank of England and reflects on the honesty and good faith of the officials. It implies that the Directors are guilty of unpardonable negligence and have be come speculators on the Stock Ex change and promoters of doubtful com panies. It also condemns the relations of the Bank with the firm of Murriettas.

IRRIGATION.

Mt Frank Cotton, M.L.A., recently delivered a lecture in Sydney on the subject of Irrigation and Land Settlement. Mr Cotton at the outset referred to some historical irrigation works. He said thai in ancient India there was an artificial reservoir with a masonry dam tbirfy miles long impounding 60,000 acres of water. It was computed that the Indian embank ments erected fo- water conservation purposes would build a wall 6ft high and 6ft thick round the. world. In ancient "Kaypt there was a reservoir 150 miles in diameter, with masonry 200 ft high. At Temalong Gap, in New South Wales, thare was a one mile stone weir 40ft high which would impound 60,000 acres of water with an average depth of water 10ft to 40ft deep. The value of the grass crop in the United States, including meadow hay and pastoral products, exceeded in value all the other crops, reaching the enormous value of 973,000,000d0i. The oecessity of water to production was shown by the fact that a growing crop of wheat passes through the plant 2001b of water for each Ib of straw and grain produced. The conditions necessary to successful irri gation were gravel subsoil, providing natural drainage, with rich alluvial surface, and a climate where dry weather could be relied upon for harvesting crops. The eastern slope of the Bine Mountains was unfitted for irrigation purposes. River water, especially whera it was fed by melting snow in summer, was most suitable for irrigation purposes. Artesian waters were over-estimated in value for irrigation purposes. A bore yielding 70.000 gallons of water per day was re quired for the minimum * supply of 640 acres of wheat or vine culture. It was impossible to say whether the artesian water was inexhaustible. In paly water was used as a fertiliser, while in Australia it was required only as a solvent. In Colorado water w»s brought seventy miles through rngsred mountain country to reach an arid desert, and the result was a city of 10,000 inhabitants, which was surrounded with orange-groves, vineyards, and peach orchards. Magni ficent results were"obtained in countries where frost prevented growth for foor months of the year. In New South Wales the waste water passed through natural canals, and the lands were of inexhaustible fertility and the climate continuous. A new principle was conceded in the Hay irriga tion scheme by which concessions were granted to the actual land users. Legal machinery was provided regulating the production of the required capital from the land by the actual settlers. Mt Cotton referred to the commercial aspects of. irrigation, and instanced the fact that raisins sold at £40 to £50 per ton; dried fruits, £80 to £100 per ton. It was possible to make a return of £100 per annum per acre by fruit culture, and £20 to £40 pet acre by the production of fodder and root crops. It was possible under irrigation to produce raisins, figs, dried fruits, tobacco, possibly indigo, sorghum, lucerne, beet, and other crops. He thought the question of irrigation would produce the silver lining to the financial cloud. He urged the people of the country to usa their energy and enter prise in the utilisation of hitherto wasted gifts of nature.

THE ASHBDRTON GCARDUN : FRIDAY, FEBRUARY* 2, 19U.



CorplJ. W. Baker Private Wilson Private B. Baker Private YV.Hefford Private W. Page Private Millar Private Hodgson Corpl T. Pauling Bugler Leifcch Private Hepburn

400 500 600 Tot 1 , 23 21 9 53 19 19 10 48 . 18 11 17 46 , 20 16 8 44 21 8 9 38 19 9 8 36 13 17 5 35 16 6 6 28 14 14 16 44 15 0 2 17

Total.

... 389



HARVEST CHJSQUfift, OF 1894, WILL FIND THEIR WAY TO G. J. NEILL and Go's AS TSEY GIVE THE BEST VALUE IN ASHBURTON FOB READY MONEY. DRAPERY AJSD OJL.OXIIIIVGt. Women's Hata 6d Turkey Re(? oid Women's Ribbed Hose 6d Man's Tweed Suita 16* ffd Ohiffona In ah colors Is 3J, reduced to Men's Colonial T«eed Suits 19a 6d Bfed Boys' Tw<"^ rtuits from 31 Ud Washing prints 2* lid doz" 1 A a.* t%s' Washing Suits left, to be White Muslin 33 lid doz ' cleared at 3s Pd Summer Dresses 3j lid Boys' Caps 6d each Cretonne 3£d Men's Braces 8d Double-bed Sheeting 9H 20doz Men's Merino Socks 6d Berlin Wool Is lid BOOTS. BOOTS. The Bo it and Cheapest Boots in New Zealand are to be had at G. J. NEILL AND GO'S. Men's English Balmorals 7s lid Babiee Slippers la pair Men's Strong Leather Shoes 7a lid Canvas and tan Leather Shoes, in all Men's Nailed Shooters 7s lid sizes at ridiculous prices Women'a strong Leather Shoes oa lid A very large assortment of Children's Women's strong Elastic-side Boots 8s and Maid's Gem shoes in Tans and 6d» reduced to 5a lid Black. Good and cheap WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK RETURNS AT G, I NEILL & CO% FRIEDLANBER'S CORNER, EAST STREET. Re The Assigned Estate of Messrs Hudley Bkos'



■ I o :— ——— <^EE the Value in Oaf PRINTS EEDUOED to HALfI PRIOE' WASHING DRILLED REDUCED FROM 9JdJ to 6|d. All Jtress Materials REDUCED TO NEARLY HALF THE FORMER PRICES, FOR INSTANCE PLAIN CASHMERES, REDUCED PROM 16£ dTO 9d. STRIPE AND CHECK ALL WOOL DRESS TWEED REDUCED JFRCM 14d TO Bd, AND ALL OTHER DRESS MATERIALS EQUALLY REDUCED. CIIKCK GINGHAMS REDUCED FROM lOJd TO 6|d. ALL MANCHESTER GOODS SUCH AS CALICOES, STOCKINGS, FLANNELS, BLANKETS, HOLLANDS, TICKING, SHIRTINGS, SELSEIAS, FLOOR-CLOTHS, ETC., REDUCED TO COST PRICE. 9MMBnWL *Q* jiiip MBN'S SHIETS, HATS, SOCKS, TIES, Etc, REDUCED. TO COST PRICE, iND IN MANY CASES) .VERY MUCH UNDER COS!'. Men's and Boys' Clothing. EE OUR MEN'S ALL WOOL COLONIAL |SUITS AT 32s 6d AND 35a Bd, NOT TO BE BEATEN IN THE COLONY. ttITS HOUSE HAS ALWAWS BEEN NOTED FOR THE VERY BEST VALUE IN BOOTS BUT NOW COME AND SEA v. W, SPENCEB. ARCA DB. VS HBUR T0 N



{ Wanted YJfTANTED, Contract Stackers ator»ce. JOHN GRIGG, 1 129 Longbeach. TT7 ANTED, a strong Boy to milk and v *' make himself useful. Apply to Mks G. H. Bkyant, Ashburton Res taurant, Burnett Street. 2 3 OTANTED to Let. Business Premises * near post office. Also four roomed house, half-acre land.— H. <fl. Jokes. 2 8 GOOD Sheaf and Straw Chaff; very cheap for cash. Also, all kinds of Mill arid Farm Produce. —J. Thomas. Havelock street. 2 2 ANTED Known.—l 2 pounds of Plums tor 2s 6d at Marsden's Fruit Shop, below Mitchell and Turner's Assorted fruits of all kinds. 1 182 I OST, from Hampstead, bay Foal, ten ■*-* weeks old. Finder rewarded on returning same to P. Williams, East Belt. 1 160 GOOD Kidney Potatoes, by sack or cwt., for sale cheap.—Apply, A. W. Randell, Ashburton. 1 4 , WANTED Known.—Half as much again in presents given to each purchaser during Christmas and New Year. H. C. Seoers, Melford Honae. PIANOS, Pianos, Organs, Organs, from 20s per month. Cycles, Cycles, cash or terms. Extras.—H. M. Jones. "OAUSODONOPTIO SPECTACLES, _L Pausodonoptio Spectacles, Paaso donoptic Spectacles, Pausodonoptic Spectacles, Pausodonoptic Spectacles.— LuMSDfisr, Experienced Oculists' Optician, Tancred street. 1 136 "ANTED Known.—Extra value in presents now being given away for Christmas and 2'few Year. Cheapest House in Town.—H 0. Seoers, Meiford House. IF you want fiist-class fruit; go to Adams' for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc. ANTEDr Everybody" to use"Titan Soap, greatest marvel of the age. H. Zander, Sole Agent. 11 181 MRS ALCORN has on sale for the Holidays vaiied assortment of Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goods and Christmas Presents. Saunders' Buildings SUITS to measure, during the sale, 49s 555, 60s, 70s, and 755. Fit and workmanship guaranteed.—R. Alcorn, Saundors' Buildings. \* ANTEDKnown-W. hTCoujeb'b * * noted four-clasp Kid Gloves, 2s 6d, have just arrived in all sizes. HTrANTED Known—Spectacles, eye W protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical line |at 8, Salkk's, Optician. /"CHOICE Ornaments, Folding Screens, \J Own make in ladies' and children's underclothing, Aprons and Pinafores. Mrs Alcorn, Saunders' Building. WANTED Known.—Melford House cheapest shop in town, extra value in presents now being given to each purchaser till further notice.—H. O. Seqkrs. _^_ WANTED Known—" The Corner "is showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.— W. H. Collier. DON'T wash yourself. Titan Soap does the work. No rubbing. No machines. 11 182 TV/ ANTED" Known. — Our Cheap VV Slippers are selling in dozens. Children's from Is, women's Is 91. Buy one pair and you will buy more, — Mitchell and Turner. DON'T Forget to send your Bicycles along to the Old Kindergarten to •je repaired, at moderate rates. Harvesters YV —Dungaree Jackets and Overalls, Harvest Hats and Shirts and Suits of all kinds, at prices to meat the times.— Mitchell & Turner. SOMERSET Meat Mart. The oldest the largest, the best, aud the cheap est Small Goods a specialty. Full weights guaranteed, A trial solicited. —W, J. Siloook. WANTED, ths Public to know that Haudlby's Taiits ar« giving univer sal satisfaction. Testimonials if required. Fow is the time for Baths and Tanks, from 30i upwards. WANTED Known.—No reascaabl ofter will be refused for the balance of our Summer Dresses, Milli 8 nery, and Mantles. —Mitchell and Turnbr._______ . . . __ which brings most light and A- hope to poorest homes is Titan Soap ! H_ 183 WA.NT ED Known—That A. J. Walker repairs Bicycles, Sewing Machines, Lawn Mowers, Medical Coils, and all descriptions of light machinery. MEDICAL Coilh made and repaired on the shortest notice at easy prices at A. J. Walker's, Old Kinder garten. — j Vl v ANTED Known.—To make room i VV for Spring; Boots I will give ten [ per cent for cash. Repairs done at once e^por than ever to stay bad times over at J. MOJSON, Premier Bootmaker. 8 18 ANTEDr~aH Farmers to reduce Hardlby's Large Stock of this Season's Oil, which he is selling at his usual ridiculous low price by the Gallon or Case^ . ANTED all and sundry to know that Hxrdley is still to the front with all classes of Tinware. Repairs promptly executed. Spoutaig and Ridging made and fixed_atjunheard of rates. _______ lj ALE 7 SALEToTBooksT Stationery £) *ancy Goods, Music, etc.. Fire Screens, Pictures, Glass Ornaments, Christinas Cards, Cricket and Lawn Tennis Material, Photo Albums and Frames, aad hundreds of other articles are to be sold a*- a greafc sacrifice for Cash during this month only, *t L. i> & Co. Stationer s Hal!, REASON WHY CRAICHEAD ANfl «ERBYMAH ARE the Lealing Tailors and Oufcfitt^ in Ashburton — BECAUSE They keep the Largest Stock ol Fashionable Tailor ing Goods. BECAUSE They employ the Largest Number of Firab CJass Tailors. I BECAUSE They do the Largest Tailor- ! ing; Business. ! BECAUSE They give the Besb Value,; Bit, and Workmanship- BECAUSE Their Motto is- I ggH* Satisfaction. CBAIGHEAD THE LEADING TAILORS AND OUT FITTERS, ASHBURBON.



1 8. SALEK, WATCHMAKER, & MANU FACTURING JEWELLER.



FOR HIGH-CLASS GOLD & SILVER JEWELLERY, PLATE & MARBLE CLOCKS, pay a visit to the Jewellery Establishment of S. SALEK, Prac tical Watchmaker, Manufacturing Jeweller,Jaad Oculist-Optician.



SOLE AGENT for Lazarus' Patented System of Sight Testing and " Specialite " Spectacles, ensuring comfort and correct Sight.



FIRST-CLASS WORKMANSHIP IN WATCH, OLOOK, AND JEWELLERY REPAIRS. 8. Salek, east street.



NEW ZEALAND CjLOTiiiMe Factory. THE "BISMARCK," HIGH-ARM SEWING MACHINES, have all the latest improvements. A First-class Machine at a moderate price, IT IS SIMPLE, DURABLE, LIGHT RUNNING, NOISELESS.



OUR Mr B. Hallenstkin, 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 10a. Any of thoie machines can be had 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 FACTORY HALLENSTEIN BROS., ALEX. HENDRY, Manager



Holt-oway's Pills. — Enfeebled Exist ence.—This medicine every tri bute required in a general and domestic remedy. It overturns the foundationsare disease laid by defective food and impuof air. In obstructions or congestions of the liver, lunga, bowels, or any other organs, these pills are especially serviceable and eminently successful. They should be kept in readiness in every family,being a medicine of incomparable utility for young persons, especially those of feeble constitutions. They never cause pain or irritate the most sensi tive nerves or mosc tender bowels. Hollo way's Pills are the best known purifiers of the blood, the most active promoters of absorption and secretion, whereby all poispn ous and most obnoxious particles are remqvc4 roR) both solids aud fluids.



£AH»ER<& Sons Eucalypti Extract There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract in th market now, products of simple distillation forming rude resinous oils. In ordor that thesa crude oils may not be taken, Our Pure Volatile JBnca lypti Extract, which is recognised by the medical division of the Prussian Government to be of perfectly pure origin, as per information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 3, 1878 we state :— It is proved by tests made by the Medioial Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and GreifswaM, Prussia, and reported by Dr Schulz, Professor of Pharmacology at Bonn, and Professor Dr Mosler, Director of the Medical Olinio at Greifswald, that only products that are saturated with oxygen and freed of aoids, resinoua and other substances, adherent to primary distillation will develop the sanative qualities proper to the plant, according to these authorities, and according to Pro fessor Dr Lister, of England, end to Drs Bauer, Mclntire, Wood, Hazard, etc,, of Amerlcaj Is the only extract correspondingto scientific testa, and the only one which possesses the proper therapeutic value. SANDER & SON'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT All other crude oils are to be classed among tha turpentines, which have, whew used as medicine, ho therapeutic effect and are abandoned as an internal msdicament. These so called Eucalypti Extracts which may have received distinction at Exhibitions as commercial articles and are used for mechsinicat pur« poses only are discernible :— I. By their deficiency in pungent odour (whioh our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extrao de velops most freely through its surplus of oxy -mi V; 3 By their alcoholic thin and mobile appearance being reduced in specific density through the presence of acids; 3. By their taste, the result of the contracting tea dency of resin a and tennates. If these crude oils, so called eucalypti extracts ara applied by mistake in oaaos of croup, bronchitis, diph theria, internal inftamßWtions, dysentery, wounds, the theonsequencesra most appalling, for safety alway I ask always for Saader and Sons' J3ac»lr»tf 1 Extract and get the old, well-tested and reliable prerwration,—Sandhurst, Victoria, Augyrajj <*• ™