Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MAGNA EST VERITAS ET PRÆVALEBIT. TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1894. RACECOURSE SWINDLING.

The unsatisfactory ending of the libel case Hayes v. " Australasian " in Mel bourne was to be regretted, A jury of six, after being locked up all night, failed to agree, and of course, as no decision was come to, no verdict was giveim. Hayes is a jockey, a well-to-do one, whose unfair riding was so very much in evidence that the Victoria Racing Club refused him a license. The " Australasian" newspaper, one of the most important, wealthy, and most ably conducted weeklies in the Southern Hemisphere, commended the action of the Club's Committee, and was not at all sparing of denunciation of the blackguardly conduct of Hayes. Hayes, from the history of him given by the " Australasian," must be about as unscrupulous a jockey and generally as " shady " a sportsman as one could well imagine. The Club knew all about his foul riding, and his all round dishonesty on the turf, and fearlessly told him what they thought of him. But Hayes was prepared to take quietly the Club's " dressing down " in words, aa well as the punishment they inflicted in cancelling his license. Not so, however, did he feel towards the paper. The law of libel, unfor tunately, is such that this swindler can walk into Court and sue the paper for damages for what had been said in its columns about him. Of the charges the paper made the evidence adduced left not a shadow of doubt, but in this case it was evidently thought that the greater the truth the greater the libel. The officers of a Club, acting in a judicial capacity, are better protected than a newspaper, which may be held responsible for every word ie utters, and may be forced into court in a case which may be very costly to it, even if it gains the victory. Hayes in this case found it easier to proceed against the paper than against the Club's Com mittee, and sued for £5000 for damages to his character. He has not succeeded in getting the money he sued for, but instead has succeeded in geting all that had been said against that precious character of his proved up to the hilt. The evidence proves more than that Hayes was a foul rider. It proves that there is more than a suspicion that foul riding is common, and the necessity for gentlemen of position and influence who are good enough to take the management of the sport, endeavoring to see that it is carried out under at least the principles of honesty and fair dealing. It is no use for the •' unco quid " to fulminate against horse racing, or attempting to have it put down by Act of Parliament The sport has too great » hold upon, not only the mixed multitude to whom a race report is a creed, the weights, acceptances, and betting lists a multi plication table, and " secure the div." a Decalogue, but upon gentlemen of high position in the social scale, who would not care to be classed among the mixed multitude, but to whom all the points of racing belief just mentioned are of more than usual interest. But it de» volves upon the respectable patrons of sport to see that as far as possible the sport of which they have the personal and direct charge should be conducted on " straight" lines. With a vast pre ponderance of men present who wake their living by the plunder that comes to them by turf swindles the " public " have to be very careful of their steps, and a recent case in our local Court showed that there are pigeons whom clever and plausible hawks can very easily pluck. With the " innocence of such pigeons one has no patience, still less with the injured coo they come with to the authorities when they find, as the Magistrates said, they have been "had." But we do think that the gentlemen who run race meetings can not be too stern in their determination to rid the sport they love of the para sitical element that hangs on to every meeting held, and doea so much to bring the sport into disrepute.

DISESTABLISHMENT.

He would be a bold man who would take upon himself to say just exactly what will be the result of the legisla tion of the party in power in the Imperial Government, The axe waa laid to the root of the Established Church when, under the pilotage of Mr Gladstone, in 1871 the Irish Church was disestablished, and became wholly a "voluntary" institution, holding an ecclesiastical status similar to the Anglican Church in New Zealand. Since then there has been a feeling of dissatisfaction throughout the United Kingdom among the strong body of Dissenters which,in one sect or another, the British islands contain. Specially has this dissatisfaction been manifested in Wales, the " chapelgoers " in which country have been in a state of great un-' rest, and clamant for disestablishment, j The disestablishment of the Welsh Church has been an election c/y at every election in Wales since the Trish Church was severed from the State, &nd it was mainly on that question that Mr Gladstone received the strong phalanx of Welsh suppQrjfcera who followed him so loyally on the Home Rule Bill in the House of Commons. But for that support he was pledged to give $ qus pro quo; and when the House of Commons had finished with the Home Rule Bill, and it w»8 passed on

to receive its death blow for the session from the hereditary legislators, the Welshmen were wot slow to remind Mr Gladstone of the promises he had made to them. Those promises are now being fulfilled in the Bill now before the House of Commons for the dis establishment of the Welsh Church. How that Bill will fare remains to be seen. Should it pass, and disestablish ment become a fact, the Established Church of Scotland will be the next to go. It may not certainly be disestab lished within the next year or two, but, divided as Presbyterianism is in Scotland, and strong as the Fre* and United Presbyterian Churches are, which are voluntary insti. tutions, supported wholly by the freewill offerings of their people, it can hardly be expected to withstand the united onslaughts of the opponents of all establishments, whether these are of the Scotch dissenting persuasions, or are to be found among the English, Welsh, and Irish Non-conformists. Sacrifice the Scotch Establishment, and who shall guarantee the stability of the Church of England ? Her dis establishment is the end aimed at by all the Non-conformist politicians in the country, and the dissenting factions will not rest until the reform they aim at has been brought about. But do they realise what must follow when they have severed the Church from the State? The Sovereign would be no longer head of the Church, holding her sceptre by divine right, and in vir tue of her crown " defender of the faith." Her " divine right" in effect denied by the removal of her church ; left with no faith to defend by the severance from the state of that insti tution of which she was the head, she could no longer claim to be " Victoria, by the grace of God Queen, defender of the faith," etc. The Lords spiritual would have to take farewell of the House of Peers, seeing that in the dis establishment of their Church their qualifications would be cut away, and their right to sit in the Upper House no greater than that of the leading lights of the Presbyterians, Wesleyans, Independents, and the hosts of " ites " and " isms " who pose as preachers and teachers of the people in matters spiri tual. And would the rolling of the ball cease at that? No divine right recognised fo»* the reigning of the sove reign, what need of <* sovereign at all 1 Why have any monarch in the king* dom, to be but a nominal power in the making of laws, a figure head on the bow of the State vessel, an ornamental personage whose sole duty is to write the royal autograph, and stand on the royal feet to receive loyal homage from lojal subjects at royal levees and other functions of a similar kind. Disesta blish the Church and it seems to us a snowball of democracy will be set roll ing that nothing will stem, and which will increase in bulk with every inch of ground covered And re cent events show the trend of men's minds in some such direction as we have indicated. Anarchism held no sway at all in the world when the translators laid at the feet of King James the Holy Scriptures, with their dedication to his Majesty, every line of which was instinct with loyalty to his throne,, But Anarchism seems to be a living tiling to-day—a serpent in the bosom of our civilisation, and, if its head be not effectually crushed, a serpent that will sting with painful fangs. Never before has the poverty and the suffering of the masses been put so very much in evidence as they have been of recent years, and it seems as if a great climax were about to be reached. Trade organisations aiming at a fairer divi sion of the profits of industry, and sending their representatives to the Parliaments of the world to form Labor parties with eyes wide open for the interests of the toilers. A " living wage " demanded for the workers, and that to be provided—so that the toilers may be fed and clothed— before the question vi amassing wealth can be entertained. Starving men. refusing to stand idly by and with hungry eyes look at the abundance of the rich while they themselves fail to persuade their " brother worms to give them leave to toil." Armies of such men refusing to starve along with wife and children, taking the law in their own hands and marching upon the capital cities demanding to be fed, or the means of earning a living put in their hands. These are the scenes of to-day in which strong-armed able-bodied men are taking part, and with such spirits abroad as prompt these scenes, one can readily understand that but little reverence will be paid to the divine right of kings or the bond between Church and State. Mr Gladstone is perhaps the most loyal to the throne of Britain of all the men of England, but on the question of disestablishment he has ever refused to see that any danger to monarchical institutions is likely to arise from the severing of the bonds that connect the Church of God with an earthly throne.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr H. K. Webb has been elected Chair man of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College.

Provisional specifications have been re ceived by the Patent Office from Mr Alfred Armer Carson, Ashburton, grocer, for an improved automatic kerosene tank.

Mr A. J. Miiller, of the Ashburton Post and Telegraph staff, lefts this morning for to act as (relieving officer at that office. The Temuka postmaster has obtained leive for a month, and Mr Midler takes his place for that period.

DOLLAR CIGABETTES-Fioest Amerir an Tobacco,—Hknry Zander, Wholesale Agent;

The lecture entitled ' The Greatest Puzzle of the Age' will be given in the Piimitive Methodist Church to-morrow evening (Wed nesday), and not this evening a« advertised in Monday's issue. Professor Hazea, of the United States Weather Service, will shortly make an attempt to cross the Atlantic in a balloon. He purposes to use a machine built of "gold beaters skins," which is impervious to gas, and thus will obviate the principal impedi ment to prolonged aerial voyages. Oa Sunday morning about six o'clock Miss Hilda Lewie, the daughter of Mr George Le«vis, of Lyttelton, was found dead with her throat cut. Deceased had been ailing for the past year, and latterly her mind had become affected through physical exhaustion. An inquest was held at Lyttelton yesterday afternoon, and a verdict of "Suicide while of unsound mind " was returned. The Board of Governors of Canterbury College decided yesterday, subject to the recommendation of a board of advice, to appoint Mr J. R. Chartton, M.R.C.V.S., lecturer on veterinary science at the Lin- . coin School of Agriculture. The College j Committee recommended the Board to bor row £4000 for the purpose of increasing the accommodation of the boys' high school. The matter was referred to the Estates Com mittee for its report. " Christehurch prices " has been the ad vertising cry of our grocers of late, and now this cry is emphasised by a firm direct from the Cathedral city. Messrs Fletcher Bros have opened business in a shop in Cole man's buildings in. East street south, and their advertised price list—a strictly cash one—shows many advantageous lines to persons who prefer to deal on the ready money principle. The stock of this new firm is a large and varied one. The trophies presented to the Ashburton Cricket Club by various gentlemen interested in cricket have been awarded as under; —Mr James Lane's bat for highest batting average, to Mr W. B. Denshire; Dr Tweed's bat for highest individual score, to Mr A. Lane > Dr Tweed's ball for highest bowling average, Ito Mr V. Russell; Mr A. Harrison's ball for most regular attendance at practice, to Mr C Burke; Mr R. Bird's ball for second highest bowling average, to Mr D. T. Todd. The handsome cup presented by Mr S. Salek for best all round play has been won by Mr A. Lane. At Burton, England, a lad named Ambrose had a shockingly bad accident when five years old, and through this both of his legs had to be amputated—one above, and the other below the knee. Messrs Best and Nock were instructed to supply aim with legs, and very successfully and ingeniously have they performed their task. Young Ambrose playa football regularly, and he is the wonder of the whole neighbourhood, His father is naturally delighted at the marvellous mechanism which enables his son to take part in athletic games ; and, as the lad is a keen footballer, he causes many to stand still and watch him in sheer am prise at his running and the way in which he can kick. A resident of Hikutaia, who recently re turned from a visit to Sydney, had a rather unp'easant experience. After stepping aboard the steamer at Sydney a 'gentle manly looking' individual gradually drew him into conversation, and it was not long before the two were as bosom friends. The stranger alluded to several leading Auckland citizens, as if he was most-, intimately ac quainted with them. The apparently in tending passenger chatted on until just as the steamer was about to take her, depar ture, when he casually remarked that he had omitted to cash a cheque, and was con sequently without change. The Aucklander cashed a cheque for £15, and of course lose hia money. The stranger had slipped ashore just as the steamer left the Sydney wharf. Some time before the boom, in Melbourne, a man bought a piece of land in city a street for £8000. He presently sold it for £45,003, but the purchaser failed after pay ing £8000, and forfeited. Consequently the original holder had recovered his outlay, [ and still held the property. Next he let it at £1000 a ye.r rental, and the tenant I put up a blook of buildings which co*t £15,000. But the buildings wouldn't let, and the ground-rent went in arrear, and the land and the £15,000 build ing were both forfeited. Ani now the ground-landlord has got the money and the ground and the building, but the revenue from rent dosen't cover taxes and repairs, and the £15,000 building is a dead loss, and it is an open question if he isn't really poorer than he was at first. The great snow storm of January last in volved London and suburbs in a pretty penny of cash to clear away the drifts—for time is too precious in that great metropolis to wait for the thawing process to carry away the snow. In Battersea parish, where a large number of men were employed, the cost was £74 ; in Newington the vestry spent £54 in clearing the main streets, and £120 in re moving the snow from the side streets; in St. Saviors (Southwark) the district Board of Wotks, which had 1180 tons of snow taken to Southwark biidge and thrown into the Thames, incurred an additional expen diture of £62 ia wages and £57 in cartage and horse hire; in Chelsea the cost amounted to £525, and in Poplar to £457. The surveyor of some district boards have announced that in future they will not allow salt to be used to dissolve the snow. The election of the Ealing School Com* mittee took place on Monday last week. The following were elected—Messrs Parker son, Tilson, Reddeoliffe, Montgomery, and Harris. Mr Parkerson was elected chair man. At the first meeting of the newly elected Committee it was decided to hold a concert and dance on Friday, April 2?, De spite the short time given, the concert was very successful. Songs were given by Mrs Hawkes, Misses Sawle, Meredith, and Brian; Messrs Hawkes, H. Clare, J. Clare, Brian, Winter, and Lewis. Mr H. Savage contributed two clarionet solos, and Mr Purdom gave a step dance, which was highly appreciated by the numerous audience. Re citations were given by Misses Rosa Tarbot ton and Dow, and Mr Egbart Sawle. Re freshments were provided by Mrs Harris and Miss Dow, and a very successful meeting was brought to a close about 1.30. Impueities ik the blood—We have seen hosts of letters from people who have re ceived great benefit from the use of Clarke's Bood Mixture. It cannot be too highly jstimated, for it cleanses and clears the ilood from all impurities. This is a good ;estimonial from the "Family Doctor "which »acs on further to say : " It is the finest blood purifier that science and skill have brought ;o light, and we can with the utmost confidence ecommend it to our subscribers and the jublic generally." 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Every Ashburfcon Volunteer is ordered to attend company drill to-night. The arrangements for the Ariel Club's ball to be held to-morrow night are most complete. The Oddfellows' Hall has been decorated for the occasion, and furniture supplied by Messrs T. Ucdrill and Co gives it a very cosy appearance. Even following closely on the licensing election, the' 1 North Otago Time*' has the Wcit admission on the part of a prominent prohibitionist in the Oamaru district that there is efficacy in whisky. A number of his cattle were attacked with milk fever, and whisky was prescribed, Twelve bottles were distributed amongat the cows, and the prohibitionist was not bigoted enough to withhold the medicine because it happened to be whisky. The theories of certain social reformers are to be Been in actual working (says the' Daily News') in the little community of Klingen berg-on-the-Main, in Germany. In the neighborhood of this town are valuable pits of fireproof clay, which the authorities in days gone by were far sighted enough to retain as public property, instead of allow ing them to be owned by individuals. They are worked by |the Municipality for the public bßnefit. The result is that Klingen berg is one of the happiest places in Europe. Not only do the profits on the clay suffice to pay all local and Imperial taxation, but there is a considerable surplus, the bulk of which is divided among the inhabitants. In addition a present of fifteen marks is made this year to every young man who is begin* ning his military service. Mr Peter Trolove, of Nelson, has imported from America what is termed a railway two 'horse power, and he writes ac follows con cerning the machine:—The machine, to look at, is something like a horse box for shipping horses. When the horses are in this box they are standing on an endless platform ■; one end of the box being tilted up makes an incline of about one in five or six. The brake on the flywheel being released, the endless platform starts to move downwards, and the horses have to start moving forward to keep themselves from falling. Many people were under the impression that these horsepowers were cruel and hard on horses, but my ex perience is just the opposite of this, and I am surprised at the amount of power two horses produce, I find with two trap or hack horses I can cut chaff half as fast again as I did with {three draught horses in the old sweep power; and lam now sawing up all the firewood I require, which I find a great saving of labor. No driver is required, and any horse that can walk will do for this railway power; which cannot be said for the sweep power.

Te Aro Goods Shed.

Wellington, April 30. The City Council, in reply to a letter from the Public Works Department on the subject of Te Aro goods shed, deter mined to adhere t« the resolution of the joint committee with the Harbor Board opposing the construction of the shed, and demanding compensation if land is taken for the purpose.

A Power of Attorney Case

Wellington,.April 28. An important point was decided by Mr Mai tin, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court to day, affecting English incorporated companies trading in New Zealand. The case was one in which Birnbaum and Go,, Limited, waterproof manufacturers of London, Melbourne, and Wellington, sued G. W. Smart, pawnbroker, Manners street, for £30 odd, being the value of waterproof coats, etc., some time ago pawned by Mr Birnbaum. jun., then local manager for the Company. It was contended by Mr Skerritt chat the case muse fall through as the power of attor ney, empowering Messrs Peters and Birn baum, jun., local representatives of the firm, when the goods referred to were pawned, was void, Mr Birnbaum having left the colony without his power of attor ney having been delegated to his succes sor. This objection Mr Martin held to ba fatal to plaintiffs.

FOOTBALL.

The following have been selected to re* present the second fifteen of the Ash barton football club in their mutch against Christ's College to be played in the Domain on Wednesday:—Pull back, A. Hewson; threequarter backs, Morgan, Pauling, H. Stewart; half backs, Upfcon, McTeague ; forwards, L. Price, O. Clark, Hefford, W. Burns, Williams, Kennedy, W, Hewson, Clark, Clark son, Hunter. The match will commence at a quarter to three. A match was played ac Rikaia on Satur day last between the Lees ton and Rakaia Oiubs, and ended in a victory for the latter by seventeen points to nil. The game was well contested, and som« good play was shown on both sides. In the> first spell the game was very even, and E. Street scored a try for Rakaia just on the call of time, but the attempt at goal was a failure. In the second spell Rakaia had much the best of the game, and materially increased their score. Tries were gained by Bray, Shannon, Santy and Laraman, from the latter of which Bruce placed a neat goal. For the losers Graham played a sterling game, and was well supported by Bronk, Ballagh, and B, Hosfg amongst the backs, whilst Longstaff, Young, and J. Hogg were the pick amongst the for wards. For Rakaia, Street, Bray, Shannon, and Reilly (forwards), and Harvey and McNair (backs) played well Mr, Rollo Sharp acted as referee, and Messrs Donald and Petrie as touch line judges. After the match the visitors were entertained at dinner and a smoke concert at the Railway hotel, and, after spending a pleasant evening, left for home, having thoroughly enjoyed them selves.

SPORTING.

WELLINGTON MEETING,

Wbixinoton, May 1. Kaimanawa has been scratched for «!I engagements at the Autumn meeting. > There is every appearance of one weather and a sucoea&ful gathering. The Wellington suburbs Licensing Committee have declined to grant con ditional publicans' licenses for the coarse.

Ashburton Poultry, Pigeon & Canary Society.

i The annual general meeting of the i Ashburton Poultry, Mgfon, and Canary | Society was held on Monday evening, Mr James Tusker in the chair. After some I discussion, the secretary, Mr E, E. Tasker, read the balance sheet;, which showed that if everybody had paid up amounts owing, the Society would have been able to show a credit balance of some £10. As it was the revenue and expendi ture were just balanced. The balance sheet was adopted, and a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to those gentlemen who so liberally pave special prises to the Society's show last year. The following officers were nominated: —Patron—E. G. Wiight, Esq. j Vice patrons —Sir John Hall, Hon. W. J. Steward, MRR, Messrs John Grigg, C. K. Meredith Kaye, J. McLaohlan. M.H.R., and W. Maalin, M.H.R. Presi dent —Mr Hugo Fried Under ; Vicfl-presi dents—Messrs J. 0. N. Grigg, D. Mc- Lean T. Bullock, D. Thomas, .1. 0, Restell, J. Bonifsnt, T. Bollitt, J&mm Brown. A. E. Peache, O. Diffby, 0. W. Purnfell, R, W. Hart, E. W*H»dii«, Q. A. M. Buckley, John Orr, 0. F, Dodds, and Drs Trevor, Leahy, and Hunter, Committee -Messrs P. U. Cox, James Tasker, H. Willis, 0, Andwwui, J, Hunt, J. Digby, E. Paul, I. P. Oat, R. M. Cmhbeitson, T. BreMe, 3*mm Thompson, E. E. Tasker, E. Stephens, A. .J. Miiller, H. Q. Flower, sod Rowan, with power to add. Mr E. E. Tasker, the late secretary, having stated that he was unable to accept office this year, it was decided to ask Mr H. W. Barratt to act as secretary. A cordial vote of thanks was accorded to Mr E. E. Tasker for t>;e manner in which he has discharged the duties of secretary for the lant two years. The prize schedule of lust year was adopted for the show of 1894, and it was decided that the secretary make the necessary enquiries as to the most suit* able date for this year'slexhibition. The meeting than adptirned, the com mittee to mccc Wedne&u»y, May 9.

Lady A—-s' Memoirs.

It is whispered in London, says a correspondent, that •• Lady A." has left ' behind her memoirs which will shortly be i published. This is a rumor sufficient to excite the liveliest feelings throughout London society. " Lady A." was the pefc name of Mark, Marchioness of Ailesbory wife of the first Msrquis. She was born in 1809, and was a month or two senior to Mr Gladstone. For at least six yean she has been in the inner ring of English | society, and has known everyone worth knowing. It was in 1833 she married the first Marquis of Ails bury, and it is a | tradition, which " lady A." never dis puted, that she might have married the great Duke of Wellington. He was cer tainly one of the friends of her earlier womanhood. As long as the present i generation can remember " Lady A," has ; been a foremost figure in London society. : Her appearance in any room was certain to attract attention, as ana dressed unlike any other woman. She disdained later fashions, wore quaint dresses, and a wig apparently as old as herself, with cork screw curls flattened down by the aide of her face. Her vivacity and energy find a parallel only with her contemporary, Mr Gladstone. Perhaps even more than him she was perpetually on the go. Of late years, save when critical divisions are pending in the House of Commons, Mr Gladstone makes it a rule to be in bed by midnight. "Lady A," being out; for the night (as she generally was), stayed up as late as anyone, and was out again at luncheon the next day as if she had en joyed her beauty eieep. Amongst the stories told to account for her phenomenal vivacity was one to the effect that on one day in each week she remained through the whole 24 hours in bed in a darkened room, closely shuttered from noise without, and that here she renewed her youth like the eagle. Where tnsovar lay the secret, her tin less energy seemed miraculous. For some people the end of a season comes as a relief, and they are glad to retire into quiet- quarters from the rush of dinners and the riot of routs. For "Lady A." the end of the London season was the beginning of a tour of visits to country houses, where she was as blithe as a lark. She was a great favourite not only with the Queen, but with the Prince of Wales—a very different thing. Up to the week of£her | death she Was invariably included in the house parties at places in the country where the Prince of Wales was a guest. . Perhaps the most remarkable thing about thia grande old dame was her belief in and admiration for Mr Gladstone. London society has always been on the other side of politics. Personally and politically they detest Mr Gladstone. " Lady A." not only had her convictions, but had an exceedingly frank way of expressing them. It was refreshing, amid the Hspings of a fashionable assembly, to hear her frank voice setting forth a few home truths. If it be true that "Lady A." kept a diary, and has jotted down in it her reflections and impressions in the same frank way she was accustomed to speak them, we have in store one of the most interesting books of this half century. She knew Mr Canning, Lord Palmcrston, Macaulay, Earl Grey, Lord Melbourne, Lord Brougham, Lord John Russ'll, Sir E. L. Bulwer, Lord Derby, Mr Disraeli, and, to the last, Mr Gladstone. She saw Macready act, heard Newman and Pusey preach, knew Chaxles Dickens in the bloom of his fame, and possessed the first editions of Tennyson's early works. There is, in fact, no one who has through the last half-ceotury made a stir, whether in EngHnh history or London society, rtiafc "Lady A." did apt personally know, and of whom, if her iiary were sedulously kept, she will not liave some personal record.

The Earthquakes in Greece.

Athens, April 29. As the repoits come in from the districts affected by earthquake, its ravages are shown to have been much more extensive than was supposed. Hundreds of thousands of people havt been rendered homeless, and the whole coast line from opposite Larissa to Thermopylae laid desolate. The sea encro%ched upon the land, and else* where torrents of boiling water were upheaved from fissures in the earth, and added to the horrors of the scene. mL „ April 80. The unfortunate inhabitants of th.B stricken districts are spending their nights in the open air, praying for mercy. The shocks still continue. Extensive fissures have been riven in the ground, and mountain gorges are greatly affected.

THE ASHBtmxDiN ftUAEblAfl : TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1894.



Special Prices for this Month j AT _G. J. Neill and Oo.'s THE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN ASHBURTON FOR I>JKA.Ii»JE:Rr¥, CLOTHING, AJSJ> BOOTS. Long Lace Curtains la 9d pair Double Width Dress Goods 9|d Cretonne 3M Dress Goods 3s lid doz Double bed' White Twill S 1 eeting 9&d i>arge Turkish Towels B|d Grey Calico 2s 3d doz. Women's Ribbed Hose 6d pair Cotton Shirting, very strong 3£d Double-bed Qus ts 3s 11 d each trong Ticking s_d Heav Forfar ssd CLOTHING, C7JL,OX£MIS<*. 5 oys Tweed Suits 33 lid Men's Shirts at any price # M en's Tweed Troupes 10s 6d now 6a lid Men's Merino Socks only 6d pair £ en's Colonial Tweed Suits only 19s 6d Men's Ties at half price. Men b New Zealand Tweed Suits 39d6d Men's Colomal-knifc Woollen bocks oni now 29a 6d 9Jd pair BOOTS. BOOT* { In Boots we defy competition, all our Boots are made specially fco our order. We guarantee every pair to give satisfaction. Women's Elastic-side Boefcs 8s 6d, now Men's Balmoral Boobs 10a 6d, now 7s lid 5» 11 _ Men's Bluchers 5a Women s Kid Shoes 7s lid, now 5s lid Men'B Mcd ShMten Ifti Bd,, now aUd Women's Leather Shoes 7s 6d, now 5s lid Women's Carpet Slippers Is 6d Children's Patent Leather Shoes and Slippers in Endless Variety at G. J. NEILL AND COS, FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER TERMS CASH



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HEALTH TEA ia more economical than ordinary tea. It undergoes A process wheroWy the injuring ingre dients are eliminated, whilst it renders the release of the better properties of thfl leaf more easy. Hb*by Zander, Autno riged Agent. __ HENRY ZANDER. Revolution in Prices for GASH. TN CJNSEjQt-SOE of a Cable just received, intiuvttin? that a large bankrupt stock has been purchased on my account for Cash, it h necessary to realise at« no 3 to meet engagements. The full benefit of this exceedingly low purchase will be offered to all consumers until sold, but for Strict Cash Only, »nd the prices will be as under until further notice : — White Crystal Sugar 2sd par lb Finest New Currants 4d per lc Fine White Sago 2d per lb "White Flake Tapiosa 2d per lb Split Pi tM2dp*rlb Best Japan Bios 2£d pur lb Corn Flour (Brown's! 3|d per lb P«arl Barley 2|d perlb White Starch 51 per lb VermioelH and Maccaroni 8a per lb Plaid Matches 4£d doa n Bryant and Mn,y » Safeties 81 dozen Keroßen«(lsOt t ß)6»odtm Oocoa (Dutjn and Hewitt's) 9d per 1 > 3»m, a* orted, in 2lb bottles, Is bottl* Had Herrings is doJien Sardine*, l&txe tins, 8d per tm SardineMi oniall iltts, 4^d per tin And other g^ocls too ttttmirotts toltientior AT EQUALLY LOW PRICES. All Goods IN THE JKONMONOERY AND CROCKERY DEPARTMENTS WILL BE EQUALLY REDUCED, and Windows are now being prepared. See future Advertisement. A Ganuine Reduction all round, the fJ^SH in wanted. WINKS k SPIRItSTaLES & »TOUT, of Bast Brinds, in Stock. Come and judge for yourselves. Henry Zander, AvjEfiiT FOR Mutual Provident Society Sun tiro Office Canton Marine Office Health Tea.



TO LET.—Dwelling Centrally Situated in Burnefct Street, Rental required ' 7s per week. „ BUr , L OOK. i — ' DOLLAR CIGARETTES — 3d. No holders or photos. — Henby Zandbr, Whole Bale agent. NOTICE. a NYONE Shooting or Trespassing 1 with dog or gun upon Winohmore Estate will be PROSECUTED. 212 ROBT. W. HISW?. ' THE CHEAPEST, THE BEST, THE MOST EELIABLE WATCH IN THE MARKET I 1 8 a SPECIALLY IMPORTED LINE of IiBTKB WATCHES for 30a; full jewelled movement. I Such exceptional value has never before been offered to the Public of Aahburton. To be obtained ONLY from 8. Salek, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, MANUFACTURING JEWELLER, AND OCULISTS' OPTICIAN, East Street. TO-DAt! TO-DAY!! SEE yySPLAY WINDOWS OF THE N" BW 2 BALAND Clothing Factory New Goods ! New Goods !!



Wanted "j OST—Black "ami Tan longhaired J_J ColHe (registered). Answers to name of "Nw " Finder kindly com. municate E. H. Jackson, Union Bank. 4 208 Puzzle of the Age"— Lecture in Primitive Church, To-morrow Nighfe, Rev. E. Drak«, recently from England. Collection. 4 211 BALE8 ALE afc Melfori House still on until further notice.—H. 0. Segers. tTTHAT is most essential to a fcea VV drinkor's happiness? Why, Health Tea, and don't you forget it. Henry Zander, Wholesale Agen^ YKT AN TED Known - Ladies are ~ invited to inspect the Novelties in our Dress Department and Show Room without being pressed to boy.—Mitchell xsd Turner, OTATCHES, Clocka, etc., (all guaran- T teed) at wholesale ost for one mon*h only. Now's your time.—-Ltjms den's, 3 219 WANTED Known — Men's strong Tweed Suits from 16a 6d; shirts from 2s 6d.—Arcade House. 4 24 /'IRUSHED! Oats, os per sack. Al \J kinds of Farm and Mill Produce cheap for cash.—J. Thomas, Havelock street. WANTED Known—Special line of Gents' Regatta Shirts, all sizes, with or without collars, 2s 6d.—W. H. Collier. "EXTENSION of Sale at Melford J-- House. We are still selling nearly all our Goods, with New Stock added, at reduced prices.—H. O. Segfrs.



"TTi ANTED Known—The Corner Is VY showing a magnificent New sJtock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H, Collier. WANTED Known. — For Millinery, Mantles, Jackets. Ulstert, and Macintoshes, Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, try Mitchell & Tuenbk. I—~ ■ ■ • FRED. S. JEFFRIES, Manufactur ing Confectioner, has opened a Shop in East street, next " The Corner,' for sale of all kinds of superior Con fectionery. Nothing inferior sold. No cheap cigarettes. 3§114 WANTED Known.—ln consequence of the scarcity of money, we have extended our Sale till further notice. — H. C. Segbrs, Melfoid House. TXT ANTED Known. —Men's Tweed * ? Suits 15s 6d, Men's T weed Trousers 7s lid, Mens' Strong Flannellette Shirts 2s 6d, Mens' and Boys' Boots and Shoes greatly reduced.—Arcade House. 465 MRS ALCOEvN Fas on sale for he Holidays a varied assortment of Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goods, and Christmas Presents—Saundera Buildings. WANTED Known. — Embroideries j from Id a yard, Cowets 3s lid, ladies' Ulsters frnm4s lid, Ladies' Gltves four pair for la, Kid Gloves four buttons Is 6d.— Arcade House. 63



I F you want first-class fruit go to Ad ims -■- for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc. WANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical me at S. j S&lek's, Optician BALE8 ALE now on—-White Calico 2s lid per dozan, Towels 2s 6d per dozen, Lace, Curtains, from Is lid per pair, at Arcade House. 4 27 BOYS' three garment long trouser Suits for 10s. Men's Colonial made nailed Shooter Boots at 7s 6d per pair at R. Alooiin's sale. Anhburton Clothing Mart, Haunders' Buildings. 1115 WANCED Known—Tomatoes, good ripe Grapes, Plums, Apples, etc., at Marsdbn s Fruit Shop, beloar Mitchell and Turner's. %J-®® ■\jnSlTthe Sale. Trimmed Millinery * going at any price. Ladies' Under clothing reduced to 20 per cent, below cost.—Arcade House. 4 64 OTANTED Known—All goods in Show * * Room to be slaughtered at any price.—Arcade Fouse. 4 28 WANTED Known.—Cheviots, Hop sacks, Diagonals, Fast Dye Serges, Tweeds and Fancy Dresses, &c , with Trimmings to match at Mitchell and Tuenek's



/"CHOICE Ornaments, Folding Screens, X^J Own mike in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing. Aprons, and Pinafores. — Mes Alcokn, Saunders 1 Buildings. 4 » ANTED Known—To make room * for Spring Boots I will give ten per cent for cash. Repairs dene at once cheaper than evei to stay b»d times over at J. Moisoii's, Premier Bootmaker. ANTED Known-L W Pants 3s lid, Flannel Shirts 3s 9d. Worsted Socks 6*d per pair.—Arcade House 425 OYSTERS and Freeh Fish of all sorts arrive evening per express at Deep Sea Fishing Co 'h Shop, Burnett street Ashburton. 2 62 WANTED Known—The whole of tho stock to be sacrificed by order of the Purchaser, Arcade House. 4 26 /"""I UNS 1 Guns ! Guns I My new stock vX of Guns just to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Loaders, Rifles, etc. In spection invited. No old stock to select from at J. W, Habdley's Sporting Repository* "T^TOTICEI Notice! Sport for all. I_N Guna let out on hire or sold on tim<j payments. H&,vins? a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns oi any description. Gun fittings in stock. Prices low.—J. W Hakdlby, Ironmonger, etc.



TEN Crates—Few goods from the manufacturers in R. Alcorn's sale. Tea sets for six persons, 9s 6d; 40 piece Tea Sets frcra 16s; Bedroom Sets from Bh. Large coloured band and gilt, very handsome 19s 6d. MR John Marsden, of the Railway Bookstall, has opened a Book and Stationer's Shop two doors below Mitchell and Turner. Books and Stationery at I the lowest pos&ible prices. Books clean, complete, and in good order will be taken iin exchange. Circulating library BANGj Bangs B&ujg i My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kyuock's and, @luo Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, $ases and all sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Hardley'S, Gun Emporium. Rp ASTER Cards, and Booklets, Fire [/ Screep.3, Pictures. Glass Ornaments, ' Christmas Caida, Cricket and Lawn Tennis Material, Photo Albums, and Frames, and hundreds of other articles are to be sold at a great sacrifice for Cash during this month only at L. F. | /unjjkswss & Co. Stationers' Hail.



j^AfITOERS; Sons Eucalypti Extract There ar ■ imitations of Eucalypti" Extract in the market now, products of ample distillation forming rude resinous oils Is order that th«se crude oils may not be taken, Our Pure Volatile Eucalypti Extract, waie*l is recognised by the medical division of ihe Prussian Government to be of per fectly pure origin, as their information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March % 1878 we state : - I is proved by tests by the Medical Clinic* of the Universities at Bonn and G-riefswalfi, Prussia, anl reported by Dr Schulz, Profe'eor of Parmiootogy, at 1 Bon, and Professor Dr Mossier, Director of the Medical Clinic at Greifswald, that only products that ore saturated with oxygen and freed of a^ids, resinocs and other substances, adherent to primary distillation, will develops the sanative qualities proper to the plant according to these authorities, and according to Pro f ssor Dr Lister of England, and to Drs Bauer, clntire, Wood, Hazard, ftp., of America, is the only extract corresponding to scientific tests, and the <»nly one which possesses th« proper therapeutic val-ie. Sander & Son's JKucalypti Extra ct All other crude oils are to be classed among the turpentines, which h > ye, when used as Medicine, no therapeutic effect and are abandoned as an internal medicament. There so called Eucalypti Extracts which may have received distinction at Exhibitions as commercial articles are used for mechanical pur poses are only discernible:— I By their deficiency In pungent odour (Which our prrduut, the only genuine Eucalypti Extracts de velopes most freely through its surplus of oxygen) By their alcoholic thin\ and mobile appearance, being recuced in specific density through the presence of acids ti By their taste, the result oE th contracting ten dency of resins and tennates. If these erode oil*, so called eucalypti "extracts are applied by mistake in cases of croup, bronchitis, diph theria, internal infammations, dysentery, wounds, the consequences ore appalling For safe y always astc Cor SANDER AND SON 8 ECCAT.VPTI EXTRACT and get the old, well-tes'ed anl reliable preparation.—Sand; hurst, Victoria, Australia. SANDER AND SON'S.



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