Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalbit MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1895

Mrs Y.J.TK3, it has been stated, intends to visit Great Britain on a lecturing tour. Information of this having the reached ' Tammas Bdd lady mayor, kin' of the Dundee People's Journal, that Scotch humorist gets off the followlnar;on the subject:-—•' I/s a quid while sir' I've heard anything aboot Leddy Mayor Yates o' Onehunga, an' I was beginnin' to dreed that the 'larrikins ' o' that noted aatipo dean city had put an extinguisher on 'er, or locklfc 'er oot o' the Cooncii Chamber, or screwed oot the gas, or played some ither equally ill-faared pliskie till 'er; but, aha, Her Leddyship is aye to the fore y*et, an' actually tbr«atens to pey a visit till's some time sune. Accordin' to latest ac coonts trae Onehunga, as soon as her term o' office expiret she is to set oot on a lecturin' tour through the colonies i' the first place, an' after doin' them she is to tackle the United Kingdom o' Great Britain an' Ireland. Bein' a glib speaker, and a thorough gaen piece, she 11 be worth litttenin' till I dinna doot, an' gin I be spaired till she comes within measurable distance o' the Pirlie Pig I maun gie'er a hoarin 1. Judgin' frae the pickter o'er, a copy whanrol I've gotten a grip o\ she maun he a woman o' pith an' vigour, baith pheesically and mentally. Nae wonder though she garred the Onehnngan loons stari' aboob 'an gie her goon room,' for thare'a that in 'er face that tells conmis tak'ably that she's no a leddy to be lichtly ! tampered wi. What, she's to lecture on I j canna tell, bub she'll tell's hersel' whan j she comes."

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

~—♦ I The New Zealand Times hears that Mr A. M. Clark, the Inspector of the Estates Company, has resigned his position owing to ill-health. The Porirua Asylum is already full, and, farther accommodation being urgently needed, the question of adding anew wing m to be considered next session. The Falko, whiah arrived at Auckland on Saturday, reports all quiet ab Samba.* The Ouracoa had arrived ab Samoa from Auckland. At the Polbe Court this morning—before MrT. E. Upton J. P.—three first offen ders were each fined 5a and 2 i expenses or twenty-four hour&' imprisonment for drunkenness. There was on view at Messrs Shearman Bros, shop to-day, two beautiful trout, 131bs and lllbs respectively, caught in the Kakaia river by Messrs F. Cochrane and A. Pilbrow. Ab Timaru, on Friday, Mr T. J. Burns, who has been for four years Secretary to the Licensed Victuallers' Association, was presented by the members with a hand some marble timepiece. Pressure of business has compelled Mr Burns to resign. There is now at La Rcchclle, France, an old man, Jules Zoatob, who possesses a marvellous memory. He knows by heart 1 all the verses in the bible. You can aak him at random any of these verses, no matter if it begins a sentence or is a con tinuation of the preceding verse, and he will recite the Unea. Ab Dunedin on Friday three sections, with frontages to Bond street, at present leaded #t about 15s a foot, were sold at the upset ren'-aj, pev&j ed, of 8s a foot; in Princes street a section, part of which is at present leased at 43a and another part at 72* 6d a fooo, was re-let at 20a a foot; another property, for which sss a foot used bo be paid, is now to biting in only 14s. The rental of two properties in the Batjis re serye, uegtrtha Botanic Gar JenF, is reduced from £44 10s to £16 l§s in one case and. ,ffem£{Uoito£lslGflißthi^»r»

The Czar intend to issue a decree for j free and compulsory education. } The Premier is to lay the foundation J stone of the Wanganui Hospital on the 6th I of March. ' Sir John Hall has givera notice of motion in the Anglican General Synod that the female franchise shall be granted to members of the Church of England in ] New Zealand, and that they shall bo entitlod to vote ay the parish meetings for the election of Church officer.", etc. Three years »go at a Krgely attended meeting held in a Canterbury parish, it was moved—"That it bo a recommen dation to the Synod that the words 4 members of the Ohurch ' and ' parish ioners ' whet ever used in the statutes and regulations of thw Church should include male and female communicants of adult age." There was, if wo rumeniher cor rectly, a good d'scusaion, but the motion was declared lost, the mover only voting for it. It remains to be seen if Sir * John Hall's motion carries the matter a> step further. A paragraph in The New Yor# WorM is a striking testimony to the position of women doctors in America, Miss Alice Mitchell and Miss Helen Knight have recently entered upon their duties as physicians of the Health Board. They are under the same rules and are required to do the same amount of work as their' masculine associates. Besides the two newly-appointed women physicians, there is one on the board of longer standing, Dr Frances G. Deane, who has had two years' experience on the Sanitary Corps. Dr Unger, who was also re-appointed, re signed her position because of her personal practice. The chief of Sanitary Corp?, Dr Moreau Morris, has the utmost con fidence in the success of his three women assistants. He believes that the f»cfc of their being women will enable them to get into the homes of the poor where a man would be received with suspicion. The work that these women are engaged in Is not the easiest, consisting, as it does, of a thorough canvass of the tenement houses in the district set apart for their work. Then, to^, the people the sanitary physicians come in contact with are very apt to eye with displeasure the intrusion of strangers. On the whole, the work of the woman doctors of the Health Board is undeniably hard. Bolloway's Pills.—Pure Blood.—When the Blood is pure, its circulation calm and equable, and the nerves well strung, we are well. These Pills possess a marvellous power 'in securing these essentials of health by purifying, regulating, and strengthening the tfuida and solids. Holloway's Pills can be confidently recommended to all persons suffering from disordered digestion, or worried by nervous fancies, or neuralgic pains. They correct acidity and heartburn, dispel .lick headache, quicken the action of the liver, and act as alteratives and gentle aperients. The weak and delicate may take them without fear. Holioway's Pills are eminently serviceable to invalids of irritable constitution, as they raise the action of every organ to its natural standard, and univer sally exercise a calming and sedative in fluence.

CORRESPONDENCE.

It We do not hold ourselves responsible ror the Opinions expressed by our correspondents)

ODDFELLOWS.

»O TUB EDITOR. Sib,—l am glad that "Oddfellow" has admitted that the 27s is their own valuation, and £2 lla 6d the actuary's. Your readers will notice that the Oddfellovrs have no more confidence in their own valuation than myself. Their report says "we were ouly 278 per member under the standard of solvency at the last valuation, and our funds have increased by £3 15s per member since that date—(notice difference in favor of lodge, £2 Ss) and it was unanimously resolved that levies be made until the next actuarial investigation—(great confidence in own valuation). But their funds have not increased by £3 15" per member as said by "Oddfellow," which I wilt clearly show by their*t)wn aiißual report and balance sheet. The average accumulated benefit fund on Decembersl,lß9l, was 12-61 per member; on December 31, 1894,1458 per member; which shows an increase of only £1 19a 4d per member, and I defy contradiction to that statement, which only proves that they are drifting backwards, as previous valua tions show. If their statement re invest ment of funds is not misleading, it will give them a great lift in time of nesd as the five years previous to 1891 their investments re turned under 1 per cent. If their state ments had not been so misleading to the public I would not have troubled you again. —I am, etc., Observer.

European and Other Foreign Items

Lone on, February 10 Mr Fardell, a Censervative, has been returned unopposed for Padding ton, to fill the vacancy for that seat in the House of Commons caused by the death of Lord Randolph Churchill. Lord Brassey's appointment as Governor of Victoria is gazetted. Constantinople, February 9 The English, French, and Russian ambassadors have protested to the Porte against obstructing witnesses from giving evidence with regard to alleged atrocities. Washington, February 8 Gurlick and Savard (Americans), and Dickards, an Englishman, have been sentenced to death in Hawaii for complicity in the revolt, President Cleveland demands a stay of proceed ings pending further inquiry. Senator Morgan declares that Great Britain is plotting to obtain Pearl Harbor in the Sandwich Islands, in order to convert it into a Gibraltar of the Pacific.

Imperial Parliament.

— : ♦ London, February 9. In the House of Commons the Chancellor has introduced a Bill to repeal the property qualification of county magistrates in England and Wales. In the House of Commons Mr Jeffreys' amendment-—"That local rates be reduced in order to relieve the depression "—was rejected on a divi sion by a majority of twelve. The Parnellite section of the House sup ported the motion. The Chancellor said it was impossible to blame the Govern ment for the absence of a law giving relief to the unemployed. The Bight Hon. Joseph Chamber lain is to move an amendment to the Addressin-Reply to the effect that it is contrary to the public interest that Parliament should be occupied with discussions on measures whigh the Ministry admit have no prospect of becoming law, while in the judgment of Parliament they ought to take the proposals involving a grave consti tutional change. Mr Chamberlain's amendment to the Address-in-Reply will be moved on

ON THE PITCH.

i By The SJarber j I remember that when the pipe was laid clown connecting the water service in I West Street with the channel in East I Screot there was great jubilation. It used j to bo culled the " auxiliary," and the I name in a nice sounding name indeed. 1 The w^Ptern service wan tapped by the' "ox-ill, 1 assdme of the boys called it, at Ft'iedlander's grain store, and the auxi liary supply taken thence was discharged into the East Street channel at the Somerset Hotel. I have observed of late that the '• ox-ill" is amongst the un employed, and discharges no water at the East Street end. Making enquiries I find that tho pipe has been an ornament only for more ,than a year. It is obstructed somewhere about half way, and not a drop of water has flowed through it all that time. It was only a Sunday or so ago that the lira engine had to be set to work to pump out the Cameron Street sump to let the workmen clear the main pipe from the Domain reservoir, which' had struck work and left the lower part of the town without water. It is intended to institute more frequent clearings of that sump, and so prevent a repetition of the necessity for pumping on Sunday. But why allow the auxiliary to remain useless, and send the abundant service of West Street coursing away to the river doing no good at all, when ib might be sent down East Street where a large supply and a full channel is always welcome?

X learn that the obstruction of the auxiliary pipe ia beyond the reach of the waterman's clearing rods, and that to do any good the pipea would have to be lifted where the obstruction ia. I also have it suggested to me that a sump put down on either side of the railway line In Burnett street would enable the roda to be effectively used, and any obstruction could thus be cleared la a few minutes. I am not an engineer, and have not yet qualified for a place on the Works Com mittee of the Borough Council, but I dare say there is engineering skill enough about the halls of the City Fathers to compass the olearing of that pipe, and believing that having that pipe in good working order is a matter of very considerable im portance I would commend it t j the notice of Councillors. I I. —— Rambling round the railway station and inspecting the works there in progress, I found myself standing on the new platform of the—well, portico, or porch, or pent house, thiough which passengers will, when the work is done, gain entrance to the ticket office. I cast my eye across East street to the footpath opposite, and asked myself the question ; If this is to be the main entrance to the station, would it not be wisdom on the part of our City Fathers to lay down some sort of a cross ing from the porch to the opposite foothpath 1 In wet weather—and we have it pretty wet here in Asbburton at times —Hast street Is very muddy. The foot paths enable us to keep our feet dry and our boots fairly clean, but the mission of those footpaths will be completely frus trated if, in paying our daily visits to the railway station, we have to go trailing through the mud to the station. A culvert just opposite the station porch, and a slightly raised crossing on the roadway, so that the wet would not lie on it, would make all the difference in the world, and I dare say the railway people, seeing that the borough mean it, would coma half way to meet the good work.

The Captain of the Fire Brigade of course invited the Barber to the annual dinner of the Brigade, and the Barber went. There were many complimentary speeches made that night, In fact there seemed to me to be a sort of competition among 'he speakers —as the Mas jns would say "emulation working"—as to who c uid say the kindest and the prettiest things about the Brigade The member for the district led off. He waa hardly himself—l mean by that he was hard y np to hia usual pitch of enthusiasm. He restricted his tipple to soda water and sofn stuff, and no Mac that ever carried Highland blood in his veins coold possiWy come to the scratch under such circumstances He had to gush his com pliments in cold blood, and though they were earnest enough they lacked 'he j are to which we have have been i accustomed' There was an absence of the gestures which are po peculiarly characteristic of the McLachlan. He could not "spread himself" as is his custom, and though he was as fluent as of yore, his ankles had lost the spring that a great enthusiasm or a great " inspiration" gives, and his arms refused to do the the pump handle work thab usually accompanies the oration of a ferved orator. Thus he spoke the words only of truth and soberness, and his compli ments to the Brigade were sincere. He has been a working man himself, and knows just exactly what sort of man is required for such labors as are required of the brigade, and the men forming it were men after his own heart;. The Councillors present also paid out the line of praise, bub none came up to the Mayor. Even ex- Or Keir, and he has a fairly good going jawing tackle, owned up that for blarney he could not touch His Worship. If the Fire Brigade member?, after the Mayor was done with him, did not have a bad attack of "swelled head " i*- was only because of th« great modesty that I characterißf s them. And then, Ore } Thomas, Outhbertson and Paul wrestled with each other for the honor of having done most* for the Brigade. But the Mayor—if he had been an Englishman or a Scotchman, I would hare fancied, after his highly complimentary speech that he had been at another dinner before he came to the Brigade, or that he had some sinister end in view. But as be is an Irishman, I remembered the Blarneystone, and knowing the manlknew that he had kissad it. It is well known that Ireland was once a star. Venus was taking a bath one day and Neptune saw her. It was too much beanty for the sea god to see all at once and he chased the goddess. Bub Jupiter caught a flying star, and taking a good aim at the sea god, "Gave him I'm thinking The broth of a blow." Having settled with Neptune, Jupiter distilled for Venus "a drop of the best." " And that star was dry land, Both lowland and highland, And formed the sweet island, The land of my birth. And how can you blame us, That Ireland's ao famous For beauty, and murder, and whiskey, and love." A man born on an island with such an origin as that could not fail to be an orator and a poet, and everything that is nice and persuasive. But joking apart, the secret of the excellence of the brigade is contained in one word discipline. No body of soldiers ever obeyed prdera more promptly than do the men of our Brigade, and they .obey without any question, without any assumption of knowing better ar '• wanting to know, you know "— result, the organisation works like a slack. And all this, thanks to a military captain, engineer, foreman—and th« spirit those officerß have taught their fellows

The Franz Suooting Case.

£ ' Tiraaru Herald. One of the G rand Jury> who throw out the bill in the case of Reg. V. Schnier (charged with wiiful murder) at the recent sitting of the Supreme Court at Timaru, has written us an • account of what took place in the jury room on that occasion. We are not at liberty to publish the letter in full, nor to give the writer's name; but much of the information is available for journalistic use, and was supplied on the supposition that, although we hAd already written on the subject, we might refer to it again. Our corres pondent appears to be under the im pression that it is illegal for him to reveal anything that took place in the Grand Jury room. Perhaps that is so, but oa this occasion there is at least a strong excuse for disregarding the tule; and if there is a breach of it we cannot see that it extends to a news paper which avails itself of information supplied by one of the Grand Jury after a case has been finally disposed of. There are also special reasons why any of the members of the Grand Jury should be heard through the public Press if they see fit to offer an ex planation or enter a disclaimer. Firstly, the decision (as we staled in our former article) greatly surprised and shocked the local community and occasioned a burst of indignation; secondly, the result having, very properly, been telegraphed about the colony, hat given rise to hostile comments in various newspapers; and, thirdly; we ourselves having written about it, and treated tbe finding as addi tional evidence in support of tht advisability of sweeping the Grand Jury system out of existence. Wean obliged to omit the first sentences oi our correspondent's letter, becaust although they may be perfectly true they are in the nature of a persona attack, and their publication might in volve us in unpleasant consequence! without securing to our readers anj appreciable advantage. After thesi sentences our correspondent proceedf as follows:—"After the first witnesi had been examined (one of the ship* boys) we were asked if we agreed to th< chairman interviewing His Honor tc ask if we could amend the count tc one of manslaughter. There was nc objection made to this, and the chair man returned with an answer that the count could be altered. Up to this time nothing had been said about re turning 'No Bill,' but the chairman now made a speech .... it favor of the prisoner, to the effeci that he waß perfectly right in acting ir the way he did, as lawful authority must be upheld, and that th< prisoner was in danger of hi: life." A member of the Grand Jurj then spoke in favor of a "True Bill" for manslaughter, pointing out that the first mate had giver evidence before the Grand Jury thai deceased had been seen in town verj drunk, that he had had to be assisted down to the vessel by a friend, and thai the prisoner had not attempted either to knock down the drunken mac or evade him till the crew could rendei assistance, but had gone at once for the revolver, and after firing one shot ink the air (not a sensible way of reasoning with a drunken man), had deliberately fired at and killed deceased at close quarters. Our correspondent says that whilst this Grand Juryman was speak ing, he was continually interrupted bj the chairman, " who," he says, " tried to bluff him down, and it was ther decided to put the matter to the vot« either for a return of ' Manslaughter or 'No Bill.' Someone then called oul that ' Justifiable Homicide' was th( thing to decide for, which was a great piece of, .rot, but which confused several of the farmers present, the vote being put before them in such a muddled way that they did not know what tfaej were voting for, first putting uj their hands and then putting them down, and wanting to know whether the vote was for ' Justin" able Homicide 'or not. At any rate such a mess was made of it that it was decided to make a fresh start. It was then put to the jury by the chairman that a vote should be taken for •No Bill 3 being returned." It seems that after some hesitation, thirteen hands were held up for that finding; and our correspondent concludes his account thus:—" The chairman then called out in a very offhand manner:—All you men who are in favor of 'Man slaughter ' being returned, stand up," which ten of them immediately did ; so that I hope you will do some of the Grand Jury the justice of possessing a little common-sense." We have al ready said that we have been obliged to keep back portions of the letter, but what we do publish is sufficient to show (1) that the proceedings were very irregularly and stupidly con ducted, and (2) that a very large minority of the Grand Jury had a keen perception of the absurdity and gross wrong of finding "No Bill." Under the circumstances, that minority would have been justified, in endeavoring to make the.Judge acquainted with the true state of the case. We do not think that he <would have in terrupted such a statement, and some Judges would have taken the responsi bility of sending the Grand Jury back to tfleir 1 rbom once more, with a stern injunction to do their duty by the light of his previous exposition of the law. The facts which have now come out make it even more clear than it was before that the chairman and the majority of the Grand Jury either wilfully or through gross ignorance went grievously astray, and are thus responsible for a very grave miscarriage of justice. We trust that the case will not be lost sight of, but that it may prompt some of New Zealand's legis lators to make another effort to rid the community of such a thoroughly useless and often mischievous tribunal as the Grand Jury. Other colonies and the District Court in this colony do very well without the institution, and we really do not know of a single valid argument in favor of its being tolerated any longer. We are much obliged to our correspondent for his information.

Money In Queer Places.

Stecwntrlc 9fi«er»' Howr«U ' When you see a man wearing a s < thread-bare suit of clothes and looking j like a farmer or a poorer or mors care r less person, as far? as personal appear . ance is concerned, you should not set \ him down for a poor man without further examination. He might, for , all you may know to the contrary, have a belt round his waist, beneath his , clothing, containing a fortune in bonds, diamonds, or other pleasing things to have. This is one way men have of concealing their money for fear of ' being robbed of it by the banks and ( the wily confidence man. To many a man of means half the world is 1 composed of people, both male and J female, who stand ready to get from him his money by foul means, while the other half are on the watch to get away with it by what they call fair \ dealings, but it may not always be I characterised as such. " Complicated methods are the char , actemtica of the miser, but you must not jump at the conclusion, that all people who hide money are misers," says a well-known detective. "To \ illustrate that the simplest clues point , in the right direction for the searcher. I will tell you of one experience in a } search after the rich effects of a man who l died where he had lived. I was called } in to search for the leavings of this t man, who had died suddenly and left no visible trace of his money or bonds. * He had left a family who were aware of his wealth, and that he always had ' money at his command, but where be . kept it was a mystery then, as it always had been during his life. They « had made a careful search among his effects before ray arrival and failed to find any bank-notes or other tokens. | Not even a clue could be found, and it looked like a hard riddle to solve " for the detective. It was a forlorn hope, they thought. They did not know what I learned at the beginning g of my experience as a detective, that the most difficult appearing cases 3 generally prove to be the simplest when common sense—what in homely langu age is called horse sense—is brought into requisition. la this instance I learned that the deceased was not a miserly man, and concluded that his * method of hiding must have been a simple one. I took a look around' me and made a few inquiries. He was a man of yean, and had passed much of his life as % sailor upon the ocean. The * room where he sat most of the time bore evidence of his having lived on * shipboard. His people said they had searched all over the house, torn up the flooring, and done everything, even to searching the house of friends whom he had visited when, as fre " y quently happened, he strayed from '• home on a visit. All this was to no 1 purpose. The fact of his wandering abroad convinced me that his money I was not secreted anywhere about the . house, but that in some place about . his person he bad hidden the property ; and perhaps hidden in his clothing I \ would find it. I asked for his clothing, r and was informed that it was of the ' oldest possible kind, and his wife re* ' marked that she could not get him to ' wear anything new or decent. When I asked to see his old clothing the * family told me that they had been all through it with knitting-needles, torn out the linings, and finding nothing r after what they considered a thorough search, they had given the rags away. 1 I insisted upon the clothes being ] brought back, and to the astonishment of the family when I ripped off the (wide bindings of the coat and vest I ' showed them the wealth they had I searched for in vain, neatly folded and securely hidden. There were four ' £2000 bonds tightly creased and r wrapped around with oiled silk. I 7 would give more for a good guess than ' for any systematic method or a cut-and ' dried plan to work on. "It is a practice with criminals to , hide their money and valuables as far ( away from their homes and persons at t possible, and it often happens that i young people and middle-aged country ( men do the same—but when a man . arrives at the sere and yellow of age, he always conceals his valuables near his abiding place. I will tell you of another instance in proof of the latter assertion. More than, thirty years ago I was called to a house at the re quest of the heirs, to look for the money of a deceased man. I could not find any distinguishing characteristics about the man, and, after trying several clues for a week, and failing all through, I grew tired of the search and began to doubt his. having left after him anything of value. We had ripped open his saddle, split open the soles and heels of his boots, and pulled all to pieces his clothing and the upholstery of the furniture. We had torn up the stones of the hearth and ripped down the wainscoting, and even the backboards of all the picture frames had been taken out by jis. There was not a tree on the place which had not suffered from digging completely round its roots. There was a large reward, and I could not afford to lose it, although I was at my wits' end. In order to settle my mind at this juncture, I took a horse and waggon, and as I started upon a drive the brother of the deceased said to me that I would find the place well laid out, for his dead brother had surveyed it. This remark opened my eyes, and led me to believe that, after all, the man had not secreted his money in the house, nor. in the barn, to which he seldom had gone. I concluded that he would not have used roots of trees or even stones for hiding-places if he knew how to survey. I deferred my drive, and went into the house and asked where the deceased had been in the habit of sitting. I learned that, like all old men, he had a favorite chair. I learned also that this chair was always placed by him at a certain window. The brother remarked, as I approached the window, that they had pulled it all to pieces and found nothing there. T got the brother to sit down in the chair and look in the direction which the deceased generally took, and found that he had constantly kept in sight an old used up pump. I learned that when he walked out he went straight to the pump and then made a bee line for the pond, I bad the pump ta£sn up, and we dug down deep beside it, bu,t found nothing. I then returned to the room and stood «t tht window,

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Wanted, i r UST— A Purse, containing money ana •" a letter, t inder will be rewarded on leaving same at Mail Office, or with owner—Mks Bkight, Mail contractor. 2 63 LOST— One Bay Hack IViaro, unbroken" Finder rewarded on returning Bame to Wiluam Bean, Wlllowby Farm, Ashburton. * „ , 265 WANTED Known—That we are sell ing Mason's Patent Jani Jars. J Pints 6s per dozen, Quarts 7s, and half Gallon 10d, to clear. Enamel and Brass Preserving P;ins from 4s 6d upwards. — John Okr and Co. 2 33 i\^AJXTED — Fresh Eggs in any * quantity. Highest cash price given.—Fletcher Bros , Cash Supply Stores, Ashhurton. 2 31 'PRESENTS. We are now eiving _L Presents to all purchaser* of 2s 6d and upwards.—H. C. Segers, Melford House. WANTED Known—Special line of Gents' Regatta Shirts, all sizes, with or without collars, 2a 6d.—W. H. I Collier, WANTED Known —Spectacles, Bye | Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything In the optic* lice at S. SitEK's, Optician. HOICE New Season Fruit. Grapes, Peaches, Pines, Plums, Bananas, Apples, Apricots, and Tomatoes ; the best in town.— Adams, Saunders' Buildings. 1) HUBaRB and Apples Id per 1b; HV any quantity for wine and jam. Plums for jam. Orders left with Mks Randeix. 2 36 NEW Season's Teas, jusfc to hand. Best value in Ashburton. Prises 1/6, 1/9, 2/-, and 2/4.—Oakson and Co. 2_24 T ADIES' and Gentlemen's left-off JLj Clothes and all kinds of goods bought, sold, or exchanged. — Mrs Knight, opposite Templar Hall, near Post Office. 11 170 ANTED —Every Lady to try Madam Balcombe's Patent Ex panding Belt Corset (registered), guaran teed whalebone throughout. Orders left at Mr E, Hall's, Herbalist, Ashburton, will receive prompt attention. 10 86 WANTED Known.—Having had such a successful season with Dresses, | balance to clear st nominal prices.— Mitchell and Tttbner. t VTANTED Known -Holders of W Present tickets can now get them chan ed.—H. C. Segers. Melford House. WANTED Known — Mrs Hoopek (monthly nurse) is open to accept) engagements. Apply, by letter, to Mrs Hoopeb, Alford Forest Road, Ashburton, 11*134 TTi ANTED Known—The Corner Is VV showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H. Collier. "OEAUTTJfUL ar.d useful Presents to D all purchasers of 2s 6d and upwards. —n. C Segers, Meltord House. ROBERT ALCORIS has opened in Baker's Buildings, next the Court* house, with a stock of Clothing, etc., bought at Edwards, Bsnnett's and the Kaiapoi S%les, tho cheapest lot of goods ever brought to Ashburton. Also an assortment of Boots. VI/-ANTED KNOWN. — F. S. Jeffries, leading Confectioner and Fruiterer of Ashburton, East Street, nexn the Corner. Ice Cream?, Fresh Fruiis, Confectionery, Summer drinks of every description. Ice ah reasonable rates. Ladies Room a specialty. 1*153 HERBAL Beer, Herbal Bae*. Six gallons of splendid Herbal Beer for 7<J. Made with » bottle of Potter's Herbal Beer Extract, price 7d per bottle. Warranted purely herbal. Fletcher Bros.. Wholesale and Retail Agents, Cash Supply Stores, Ashburfcon and Cnriatchurch. WANTED Fnown—Th*b H. A- Slower, Confeetiuner, Eas* street, has a splendid variety of Fry's and Cadbury's Chocolate Boxes, now in stock. BANG ! Bang i Baug 5 My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley'e, Kynock's and, Cluo Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Hartley's, un Emporium WANTED Known—AllwoolDelaines, Prints, and Crepons below whole sa'e rates.—MiTCHKLL and Turner OWN Make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprona, and Pina fores ,* also a good assortment of Calicoes, ftluslina, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs Alcobn's new shop, Baker's Buildings. f~~^ UNS ! Guns ! Guns ! My new stock Xj{ of Gunaj ust to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Loaders, Riflea, etc. In epection invited. No old stock to select from at J. W. Hardley's Sporting Repository WANTED Known—That owing to the success of the Sale now being held up at Saunders' Buildings, opposite Rail way Station, it will be continued for another twenty-eight days. lam not advertising a few cheap lines, bub the whole of the stock. Don't lose the oppor tunity of securing genuine bargains—A Lawk ie 166 f CHRISTMAS Presents, Choice Orna \_J ments, Zithers and Jew's Harpe, Balis and Dolls for everybody from Id each; Jointed Dolls for 6d, Sleeping Beauties Is, Chinese Conquerors 6d, Russian Embassies la. Walking Men, Talking Dolls, Scotch Greys, and Ennis killen Dragoons all wonderfully cheap at Mrs Alcorn's Ladies.' Underclothing and Fancy Bazaar, Havelock street. i oY^TiTd^Girls'Own Annual, British Workman and Workwoman, Infant's Magazine, The Prize, Child's Companion, Children's Friend, Little Dot, Family Friend, Band of Hope, Young England, and other New Books at Lowest Prices.— L. F. Awprewes and Co. 11 98 WANTED K#own—That if you are in i want of a first) class article in sum mer Boots and Shoes, you cannot do better than oall at J. Mojsom's s you will get the very best at reduced prices. As for his own make, they are well known to tiw delight of the wearers, throughout the Außtr«fe?Jan colonies. Repairs well done and at one*. Premier Boot Maker, Town Hall Boot Store, Wr street, Ashburton. "i QOK New *ear °*r^ ftnd New L Ot) D . * ear Gifts of varlo,us tynds F*ncy Goods, including Fancy Glasp and Chjnaware, Toys of various kinds, Chinese Jjant&rfffli New Games for indoors and outdoors, deluding Tennis and Cricket Material^ W#tw»g Desks and Cases, Inkstand*., Photo a^dl Scrap Albums, Ladies'" Hand Bags, jPict*r,a Frames Pictures, Tejcts, AccordeQn.B,,Gor» l Qertfnas ; Violins, Zitbar Harps, Banjos and a creat varietf of ofcha* goods all at Reduced Prioeg Ivf 9»3j? ft*L* *'< Awmmm asp Oo.t if- ■ I



\ __ Wanted ' WANTED Known—A tremendous run on our Gloves, 4|d upwards. -—Mitchell and Tuhnbk. J DLAKKETS bought at Edwards *-* Bennet'a Sale, a special line of Double Blankets at 7s 9d. Ex*ra;large and heavy 15s 6d and 16s 6d.— Robert jAlcorn, Baker's Building X>TICE! "Notice Guns let out on hire or sold on time payments. Having a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns ok any description. Gun fittings in stock. Prices low.—J. W. Hardley, Ironmonger, etc! NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY, EAST STREET. I Half-Yearly Stocktaking. STRAW HATS to be cleared out at Greatly Reduced Prices. Boy's Straw Hats 3s 6d for Is Men s Straw Hits 3s 6d for Is Men's Java Straw Hate 2s 9d for Is 6d Men's Straw Hats 6s 9d for 3d 6t? We do not often advertise Cheap Goods, but these are GENUINE REDUCTIONS. BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. Boy's Strong School Boots 5a 6d Men's Light Balmorals 8s 6d Men's Strong Canvas Shoes 5s Men' rftrong Nailed Shooters 9a 6d You will Save money by purchasing your Boots from the H. ZJ). F. Women a Canvas Shoes 4s 9d Women's Glace KM Shoes 5a 6d Maids' Tan Strap Shoes 5a 6d NEW ZEALAND CLOTBING FACTORY. Hallenstbin Bros] IMVIT. IHXIT. DIXIT. mHESB WATCHES are proving the BEST VALUE EVER OFFERED IN ASHBURTON. Prices: 12/6, "20/-, 25/-, & 3.0/. Only to be obtained from 8- SALEK, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. !-• 1 126



One Box of Clarke's B 41 Pills is warraa ted to cure all discharges from the Urinaiy Organs, in either sey (acquired or consti tutional)! Gravel and Pains in the Back. Guaranteed free from Mercury. Sold in Boxes 4s 6d each, by all Chemists and Paten. Medicine Vendors thronghoufc the World Proprietors : The Lincoln and Midland GwroiwDßWr Comply, Liowlu, England I



Clarke's World-failed Blood Mixture is a guaranteed cure for all Blood and Skin diseases. It is the most searching blood cleanser ever discovered, and it will free the system frqra all impurities from whatever cause arising. For scrofula, scurvy, eczema, bad 'egs, sores and pimples of all kinds its efieci-s are marvellous. Thousands of testi monials Sold everywhere at 2a 9d per bottlei Bevmt oi worfcMwi imitations ud mbititutM (I) |



KEATING S POWDER destroys Bugs 1 Fleas, Moths, beetles and all other insects, i whilst quite harmless to domestic animals, In exterminating Beetles the success of this Powder is extraordinary. |t is perfectly clean in application. Beo the article you 1 Purchase i« KEATIli^r'S, as imitations are i noxious and ineffectual. Tins, Sdand Is, i %9 with the signature Thom*g K»tiag on , OMbtio, Sold by all ohemietß '