RAILWAY TIME TABLE.

Trains leave Ashburton FOR THE NORTH every day at 7.20 a.m., 3.49 p.m., and 7.5 p.m. (express). On Mondays, Wed nesdays, and Fridays, an extra train leaves at 11.0 a.m. Trains arrive from the North every day at 10.45 a.m., 12.4$ noon (express) and 8 0 p.m. Trains leave Ashburton FOR THE SOUTH every day at 10.55 a.m , and 12.53 noon (express). On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays a train leaves at 3.50 p.m. A train leaves for Mount Somers branch line every day at 4.25 p.m. The branch train arrives in Ashburton at 9.45 a.m.

Trains leave Fakaia for Methven daily (Thursdays excepted) at 7.5 p.m., on Tuesdays at 10.10 a.m, and on Thursdays at 12.20 noon. Trains leavs Methven at the following times respectively —6.50 every day, except Fridays; 10.30 Fridays; 3.10 p.m. Tuesdays.

Ashburton Guardian, Megna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1895.

The new Licensing Act, which came into force on November 1, is likely to

THE LICENSING ACT.

make not a few people "sit up," as common parlance has it. The

thirsty soul who, dur ing prohibited hours, would like to pose as a bona fide traveller, will now have all his work cut out to get his coveted reviver. In the olden time the landlord was bound to supply a bona fide traveller with the liquor he asked for. Under the new Act supply is no longer compulsory. The olause dealing with this subject runs as follows :—

(a) It shall be lawful for, but not obliga tory upon, a licensee to« sell liquor at any time to any person being really a lodger, living or stayjng in the licensed premises, or a bona fide traveller seeking refreshment on arrival from a journey: Provided that the liquor so sold is personally consumed on the premises by such traveller and by no other.

I (b) The burden of proving any person to | be a lodger or traveller shall be upon the person alleging the fact, and any person falsely alleging himself to be a lodger or traveller shall be liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding £10. This is straight-out talking, at any rate and the clause will make a good num ber of people lift their eyebrows pretty high, seeing the traveller who is not bona fide, but would like to appear so, is likely to be severely dealt with by the Magistrate should that officer have to-deal with such a case. The bona fide traveller used to have the privilege of " shouting " for a friend who was not a traveller. The new Act repeals this privilege, as any liquor the traveller may obtain must be " personally con sumed on the premises by such travel ler, and hy no other person." But if the Act is rough on the " traveller," it is rougher still on the prohibited person, and on his account upon the hotelkeeper and the friends of the prohibit. This is what the new law has to say about prohibited people, and how the publicans and the public are expected to behave towards them during the term of their prohibition :—

If any person, against whom a prohibition order has been made under section 167 of the principal Act, enters or is found on any licensed premises, at any time during the currency of such order, he is liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 ; aud any licensed jwion who liBWtog1? iwmtts aoy pe«ou

against whom a prohibition order is in existence, to be or to remain on his licensed premises, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than £5, and not exceeding £10. Every person who, knowing that anyone is the subject of a prohibition order, accompanies him into any licensed premises, or in any way, directly or indirectly, procures liquor for him, or incites or assists him to procure or drink liquor, is liable to a penalty not exceeding £10.

There is a dash of unfairness in this. The hotelkeeper cannot be expected to know every person upon whom the law has pronounced a verdict of compulsory total abstinence, as was instanced in court last sitting day. Steps should therefore be taken to have every pro hibited person photographed, and a gallery of the whole given to each hotelkeeper. If contact with prohibits in such places of public resort as hotels is to mean possible fine or imprison ment, then the prohibit ought to be either photographed and " galleried " over the mantelpiece of the public bar, or so branded that recognition of what he is would be easy and at a glance.

Colonial readers have been horrified this week by the perusal of the

accounts cabled to us from Australia of the shocking tragedies which

SUICIDE.

ended the lives of Arthur Dacre and Amy Roselle, two leading lights in the dramatic world, and of the banker at Sale, Short, and his family. Both cases are, as dramatists would say,

"mounted with sensational effects," but many others occur every year both in Australia and] Nsw Zealand—cases of suicide committed in the most prosaic manner possible. The coroaer holds the formal farce called an inquest, pockets his fee, and in the usual diffuse and heavily formal language communi cates to headquarters, per several sheets of foolscap, the sage verdict of his six good men and true, who had found that deceased had committed suicide while temporarily of unsound mind. Perhaps after all, it would be strictly correct to say that all, or nearly all, suicides are for the time insane. If the letters they leave—when they do leave letters—written just before committing their last great crime against themselves are carefully read, it will almost always be found that the writers have magnified their difficulties to their own minds so much that they have frightened themselves into tem porary madness. Suicides are, alas! only too painfully frequent, and hardly a day passes but we find, if we look at the " accidents " columns of the daily press, that; some poor unfortunate, weary of the struggle of life, has decided to cut the thread by his own hand, and so settle his account with earth. It is easy to find the cause of this. When a man broods over his trials and diffi culties, allows them to be constantly the uppermost thought in his mind, and their dark shadow to cloud and make desolate his waking hours and haunt his dreams in sleep, the mind becomes overwrought, and like an overwrought body, gives way. The maddened brain only too often seeks refuge in the total forgetfulness which death alone can give. But lying behind all this will be found other causes. The suicide has thought in deed, but it was thought directed in the wrong channel- He has been wanting in self discipline, and that unpractised leaves him devoid of the power to con trol himself when the time of trial comes, and it is just here that what he reads as pluck and courage come in. From one point of vi>w it may look like pluck and courage for a man to run upon death with out flinching. But there is the other point, which shows the act in its true nature —and from that point of view there is neither pluck nor courage lit it, but absolute cowardice. The true courage is shown in facing the difficulties of life, wrestling with them and overcoming them—not deliberately going down before them like a craven, and seeking the grave of a suicide in which to hide from them. But suicide, we are afraid, will become more and more common unless a different view of life is taken from that

which unfortunately is too extensively

taken out in these colonies. The first law of life appears to be to acquire this world's goods, to become rich and I prosperous, and there is a clinging, over-mastering love for the dross of earth, a slavish worshipping and falling

down before the golden calf. A man's

" success in life " is not measured by his character, his attainments, his talent and how he uses it. His credit balance at his banker's is the sole standard applied to him, and to be able to come well out under this standard and steelyard is the one end and aim of only too many. *

" The multiplication table was his creed, His paternoster, and his decalogue,"— is a quotation that fits, in more cases than perhaps one would care to allow, when the table is to be applied to the increase of this world's goods. This unhallowed love for the things of earth is apt to overshadow man's better nature, deaden his sense of duty, and lower his ideal of life. And as a matter of fact we have a lower ideal to-day than our fathers had, so that it is an easy thing for the future to look dark and black to us. We have less respect for those great and grand if stern and severe virtues which were supposed to be in daily practice by, and the chief characteristics of, uYe gentlemen of England." We have begun to put another meaning upon the word " manly " than the good old one taught us by teachers who began school with prayer and dismissed it with a blessing, and so instead of keeping a stout heart when the stiff bank presents itself for climbing, our heart is out of us, and we go under. Those neble virtues are out of favor, and so those people who have discarded them or neglected them fret themselves into insanity over troubles that braver men with higher aims and ideals in them fight with and conquer, and the weaklings rush to the knife, the revolver, or the poison cup to end their sorrows as they end their life.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

<W i-' I Messrs G. L. Beath and Co's new I advertisement appears in to-day's issue- ~j On our fourth page will be found the i report of the second day's racing of the j Wellington Spring Meeting. I

Sakers, of the Melbourne Rifiß Club was tho winner of the Queen's prize at die Rifle Association' meeting.

Mr Gresley Lukin is filling the editorial chair of the Wellington Evening Post during the absence of Mr E. T. Gillcn, who has gone on a trip to Australia for the benefit of his health.

The Rev. G. B. Inglis will, in compli ance with instructions from the Presby tery, preach the annual temperance sermon on Sunday evening next in the Presbyterian Chnrch

A boat of the brigantine Sydney Belle, when a short distance from the ship at Pago Bay, New Hebrides, was rammed by a shark, which made a hole in the bow.

Tenders are invited for the stock-in trade in the assigned estate of Mr J. Marsden, bookseller, <fee, an advertise ment in another column giving ail neces sary particulars.

Mr Henry Zander has taken over the agency in this district for the Buckeye reaper and binder, and in this issue tells his story In regard to that well-known machine, and makes a business-like bid for farmers' patronage.

Mr Robert Elston Is still pushing on with Ms art union and bazaar, tickets for which can be brought up to December 20, the date of the drawing. Some very pretty things indeed are to be found in Mr Elston's list of prizes.

Mr R. S. Smythe, whose journey from Adelaide to Melbourne took a month, In consequence of his being detained in quarantine, professes to have had a delightful holiday at Spring Cove, and declares that the charms of the harbour and the d lovely atmospheric effects at different hours of the day can only be fully enjoyed by people going into quarantine for a few weeks. He was, in fact, sorry to leave the place.

To-morrow, by common consent of the various church courts, is set apart as Temperance Sunday, and no doubt general reference to the subject will be made. The Independent Order of Good Templars will attend church parade at the Wesleyan Church in the evening. The preacher for the occasion will be the Rev T. G. Brooke, and the subject of his discourse will be * The duty of the State to solve the drink problem.' The public are^invited to be present.

A terrible sight was witnessed by the passengers on the P. and O. R.M.S. Valetta, on the passage from London to Sydney. The vessel had jut anchored in Aden harbour, and all the passengers were assembled on deck, when two Somali boys came alongside and commenced diving for silver coins thrown overboard by the people on the mailboat. The diving feats of the two lads were being watched with considerable interest, when suddenly two sharks appeared, and in a moment seized the terror-stricken natives, and literally tore them to pieces before the eyes of the passengers, (several attemots were made to rescue the lads and frighten away tbe monsters, but without success. The sharks were about 18£t long, and it is rarely that such large ones have been seen in those waters. The occurrence did not seem to impress other Somali boys who were there, for soon afterwards they were clamorous for the passengers to throw money into the water, offering to dive for it As a matter of course there was no response to their entreaties after the shocking sight which had been witnessed.

Now that the danger of an immediate renewal of hostilities is past, the Japanese are beginning (says the Yokohama correspondent of the Daihj Nevjs) to con sider how they will best employ the immense mercantile navy accumulated by purchase during the .war. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha alone has 68 steamers of 40,000 tons, and other companies hays ships suitable for long-distance voyages. The Shanghai line will shortly be re opened, as also will be the Bombay line, which, rather more than a year ago, inflicted so much injury by competition upon the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. In addition, lines are to be opened to America and Mexico, to Europe and to Australia. As the Japanese are content with very small salaries, and all llhes will be subsidised, the competition may seriously affect English shipping. On the other hand, European companies are on the alert. The service of the Messageries Maritimes is to be accelerated, while the North German Lloyd will run their steamers to Yokohama instead of only to Shanghai as heretofore, and will substitute a fort nightly for a three-weekly service.

CORRESPONDENCE

(W« do not hold ourseives responsible for tha opinions expressed by our correspondents)

SHEARERS' ACCOMMODATION.

TO THE EDITOR. j Sir,—ln your issue of the 16th inst., 11 notice in the report of the proceedings before the S.M. Court on Thursday, the 14th, certain statements made in the case of Mr F. Peter v Mr Andrew Morgan, Inspector of Factories, which I cannot allow to pass uncontradicted. One wit ness, named Osborne McCallum, ia re ported as having stated in regard to ihe accommodation furnished by me fort shearers that—"At Cameron's, the menj slept over the dining room. Cameron's accommodation was inferior to Mq Peter's. Understood he had put up new buildings last year; but had not seen them," and that this had been done " at the request of the Inspector." Now, Ido not wish to institute any comparison between the accommodation provided by Mr Peter for his shearers and that pro! vided by myself On that point I havej nothing to say, Had McCallum confined himself to generalities I would not have been under the necessity of troubling you with this letter, but when he states in evidence that the men slept over the dining room, he is guilty of a gross mis- r statement of fact. Never from the earliest times have I had the men sleeping ia the same room in which they partook of their meals: nor was there ever any sleeping accommodation over the dining room. His further statement that any recent buildings erected by me were done * * afc 1 the request of the Inspector " is also false. I The Inspector, in the execution of his I duty, last year visited and inspected all I the acco_mnodatio_i provided for my men, j and expressed himself as fully satisfied with the whole arrangements as they then existed. I may just state that the build ings lately erected by me wore not neces sary additions to meet the requirements, of the recent Act, but buildings long agOj contemplated, consisting of a gardener's house, reading room, and implement/ sheds,--! am, etc., Duncan Cameron, Springfield.

FOR THE CURE OF ACIDITY

Of the stomach there is but one rationa mode, that of strengthening the organ, Wolfe's Schnapps is uuequalled in this capacity.

European and Other Foreign Items.

London, November 22 The death is announced of Sir Henry Ponsonby, keeper of the Queen's Privy Purse. The Rev Archibald Scott has been elected Moderator of the Church of Scotland.

China is renewing her fleet, and has placed large orders for ironclads and torpedo boats with British shipbuilders. The New Zealand Loan and Mer cantile Agency Company will not issue the new prior lien debentures to the public, as the absorption of the New Zealand Land Association Ib practically arranged.

The Bight HonG. J. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty, considers the time inopportune for the Geographical Society to ask Government to equip an Antarctic expedition.

A convention has been signed between Great Britain and Egypt, agreeing to the complete abolition of the slave "trade

Affairs in Turkey:

LoKnozr, November 21 It is reported that the Sultan of Turkey has offered, after effecting the promised reforms, to visit London and the European capitals to arrange for the better government of his Empire. Gokstantisople, November 22 The Sultan has rebuked the Governor of Anatolia for tolerating, disorders in the province, and warned him that he will be held responsible for a recur rence of the trouble.

The Government is disposed to re fuse additional gunboats for the Bos phorus.

The Sheridan Case.

Sydney, November 22 Seawell, the caretaker of the • British Medical Institute,' has been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.

Australian Banking Returns.

Melbourne, November 22 The Argus, commenting on the Australasian banking returns, says ;— * A remarkable feature is the splendid manner in which the calls made by the reconstructed Banks are being met both in the colonies and at Home. In 1890 tbe value of the total paid-up capital of seventeen and a half million was thirty-five and three-quarter million; but the crisis swept away nearly the whole of this market value, as well as nearly the whole of the dividend distribution, (exceeding two millions a year. Yet with the excep tion of a few cases, the shareholders responded to the heavy calls in a manner unprecedented in financial annals. Up to September last calls totalling £3,990,000 have been made and over £3,880,000 has been actually paid. It is no exaggeration to say that the restoration of public credit in the colonies, and the confident feeling now existent at Home that they will weather the financial storm are almost entirely due to the admirable manner in which the Bank shareholders have met their liabilities.

BRUTALITY TO A SEAMAN.

Sydney, November 22 McLelland, the second mate of the ship Canada, was charged with having treated one of the crew with such fearful brutality on the high seas that the man died. The Magistrate, after hearing the evidence,. referred to the authorities the question whether the captain should not also be indicted as an accessory.

Mortality Amongst Stock

Brisbane, November 21 In addition to the decimation of the flocks by the drought, ticks are un usually troublesome in the north, and many cattle are succumbing to their attacks. The fceavy mortality, accord ing to some experts, is due to the disease known as ' red water. 1 but other experts combat this theory, and hold that death is caused by fever, induced by the myriads of ticks. The symptoms, they contend, are quite distinct from those of c red water,' a disease which they allege is unknown in the North. The burning of the grass has been found to be a good check to the pest, and largely reduces the mortality of stock,

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Australian. Politics.

HEW SOUTH WAJLB.B Sydney, November 23 The conference held another ex tended sitting last night, but did not finish, and has adjourned until Tues day. Extraordinary precautions are taken to keep the proceedings secret, as complaints were made that though the prese. was excluded, a good deal of what took place found its way into the columns of the newspapers. The con ference decided to exclude the Barnard reporters, and their notes of the previous day were destroyed. It is understood good progress was made, and a conciliatory spirit was streng thening. It is believed the Council managers have conceded the abstract principle with the exception of the Land Tax, but the diflbulty is over the amount of the exemption, which is still in abeyance. In his opaning speech at the conference the Premier significantly referredjto the fact, that if necessary, the number of members of the Council could be increased to 100, without in any way overstepping the safe and prudent limits of constitutional action. Both Houses held formal sittings, and adjourned until Tuesday.

The Drought.

Sydney, November 23 The drought is again very severe. In the southern and western districts grass and water are extremely scarce, and in many instances crops are ruined. The fruit crops are a failure.

fM ASHBtTMGN atfABBIAN: BATtJEDAIT, KoYEMfiEB 2S, jtßo6.



Business Notices. ' Great Annual Gift Distribution FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR, COMMENCES TO-DAY. COUPONS for Our Annual Grand Distribution of Gifts are now being, Given away. Every Purchaser spending from 2s 6d upwards will receive a Coupon which must be held until the Presents are open. The value of the Present is stated on each coupon and will be equal to a Discount of Ten Per Cent. —REMEMBER— NO ADVANCE IN PRICES. Every article in Our Establishment is marked *t the LOWEST PRICE FOR OASE, and our stock at the Present Time is Splendidly Assorted with all the Latest SUMMER NOVELTIES in all departments. SB* BE SURE AND GET YOUR COUPON, Dresses, Crepons, Drills, Prints (in all the latest designs), New Gloves, Ribbons, Corsets, Umbrellas, Aprons, eto., Men's, Youths* and Boys' Clothing " A Specialty,'* Men's New fetraws, Scarves, Vests and Hosiery. G. L. BEATH & CO., TANGBED STREET. " TEA TEA. TEA. GREAT REDUCTION. GREAT REDUCTION, FLETCHEE BROS., HAVING cleared out of bond, Large Parcels of Tea at 3d per lb Reduction on the old tarifi, we are enabled to sell better Tea at a Lower Price than anyone in Ashburton Get Our Quotation Before Buying Elsewhere. (Seeds I Seeds !! That are Sure to Grow. TURNIP SEED. Our Turnip Seeds are grown from Specially Selected Roots by growers ot repute in the South of England. The following varieties are in stock :— Carter's Elephant Swede Aberdeen Green Top Yellow Improved SMrvings Purple Top Aberdeen Purple Top Yellow Swede Mammoth Purple Ton White Devonshire Grey stone Etc., Etc.* Rape Seed. Rape Seed. BROADLEisF ESSEX RAPE. FIELD CARROTS. FIELD CARROTS. As in the case of our Mangel Seeds, these have special atten tion by the careful selection of well shaped Roots from which the Seeds are grown. James* Scarlet Intermediate Giant Green Top White Scarlet's short Horn Belgian, &c., &c. Mangel Seed. Mangel Seed.- The Greatest possible care is taken in growing all our Mangel Seeds. Grown from selected roots, they cannot fail giving the greatest satisfaction. Mammoth Long Ked, Champion Orange Globe, Etc BE SURE AND GET OUR QUOTATION BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE Seasonable Goods. We have just received and to arrive several large con signments of Seasonable Goods specially selected for us. 10 Cases Sheep Tongues, lib tins 5 Oases Fresh Herrings 5 Cases Sheep Tongues, 21b tins 3 Ca&es New Zealand Mullet 10 Case 3 Salmon, Cocktail Brand 2 Cases 21b tins Corned Beef 2 Cases 21b tins Corned Mutton 3 Oases Preserved Pears 3 Cases Preserved Apricots 3 Case 3 Preserved Peaches 15 Oases St Georges' Jam", lib tins 10 Oases Jam, 21b tins 5 Oases Strawbery Conserve (most Delicious 50,000 Corks. 50,000 Corks. To Herbal Beer Makers and Others. We have just landed 5 bales of some of the Best Shape and Size Corks which have ever arrived in Canterbury, which we are enabled to quote at Very Low Prices for Large Quantities. • FLETCHER BEOS., CASH SUPPLY STORES, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. AND 116 and 118 High Street, Christchurch. Advertised Agents for Nimmo and Blair s Reliable Farm and Gar Jen Seeds



"THE CORNER" Beg to Announce that they are Opening Up NEW GOODS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS- For the Spring and Christmas Trade. WTT JOLLIER has Just returned from the London and « JuL \J Manchester Markets and is now showing a a very lar^e assor6ment of the Newe3t Goods personally selected for Ashburton wants ar d requirements, r|Sß|s-> Many lines are of very exceptional value, having been bought on special terms for Cash, of which the Ashburton Public are offered the benefit. The Display at "THE CORNER" will be found the Largest and Finest in Ashburton for Taste, Variety and Durability. Everything is new, the very cream of fashion at Home for Dress Goods, Fancy Silks, Millinery, Gloves, Ties, Hosiery, Prints, Ribbons, Curtains, Art Muslins, Fancy Drapery Calicoes, Men's and Boys' Clothing, Shirts, Hats, Ties, Boots. Prints from 4*d per yd Black and Brown, 4 butts, 2s 6d Dress Slufis from Is, double width Women's and Children's Black New White Muslins 3d Ribbed Hose 6d pair Check Glass Cloth, black and Heavy Forfar s£d colored, 4|d Cashmeres Is 6d Kid Gloves, 4 butts, 23 per pair Art Muslins for Drapery l|d per yd You are Invited to Inspect all the Novelties we have just opened up. -W. H- .COLLIER "THE CORNEB."



Business Notices. ! EVERYBODY NOW HAVING Heard of the »"BIjITE HOUSE/" and its Wonderful Value, it means to Sustain its Reputation for SELLING CHEAP. Therefore until After the Show week from this date, have Determined to dispense with all idea of profit and SELL CHEAPER THAN EVER — Remember —» the Goods are ALL New, No old shelf-worn goods at the "BLUE HOUSE."



Wanted. ] WISLEYAjF~Chu^-To- m orrow, Temperance Sunday, Preachers : Revs. 0. Abernethy and T, G. Brooke. Good Templars' Church Parade at evening service, Subject—"Tho duty of the Statei to solve the drink problem." The publio cordially Invited. n 139



T>APHST Church-Tomorrow, Rev A. J-* Ager, Temperance Sunday. Mon day Evening, Bible Class, Su'vjec - j " Tempting God ' n 137 ! PRIMITIVE" Methodist Chii^l Services on Sunday will be con ducted by Rev J. Olphert. Evening subject—'Clear the Way.' Prohibition' sermon. 11 igs



HENRY HOOPER, Mmv Bank Garden, Allenton, begs to notify that he will call on old customers and new ones three times a week with Vegetables and Fruit of all kinds in season. Young plants for sale. 11 104



lISTANTED Known —Beath's Great " Annual Gift Distribution com mences To-day. Every purchaser receives a present.—G. L. Bbath & Co., Tanored Street. 11 127



Our trade is Strictly Cash. You Can't refuse our goods for your money; the value tells. COMPARE "OUR PRICES. Men's Tweed Suits to Measure a Specialty. The Newest Patterns, The Best Workmanship, The Latest Style, In fact a Perfectly Made Superior Suit to Measure for 45s Trousers to Measure from 12s 6d; 1000 patterns to choose from ; Fit Guaranteed.



WANTED Known-If you are hard on Boots try Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store.



OWN Make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina. fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, Muslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., ab Mrs Alcorn s new shop, Baker's Buildings.



TO LADlES—Spring Cleaning. Before re-arranging your rooms pay us a visit. Our Stock of Furnishing Drapery is very large, and includes everything necessary for the beauty and comfort of a home.—Mitchell and Turner.



IXTANTED Known—Newest Goods in vv Drapery and Millinery for the Summer Season, direct from London— W. H. Collier, The Corner,



Men's Ready-made Suits 14s 63 Men's Tweed Trousers 5s lid Men's Serge Trousers 4a lid Men's Moles, Good ... 5s lid Men's Felt Hats from la 6d A Splendid Line at ... 23 lid Working Shirts ... Is each BO Undershirts and Pants , la 8d



I\T£T ANTED Known—Repairing made *» to look like new. Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store.



WANTED Koown-240 Pairs of Sample Boots at cost price.—- Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store.



A Beautiful lot of Scarves, Collars, Braces, and Handkerchiefs, from 6d each, worth Double,



LETT'd DIARIES for 1896. Rough Pocket and Medical Diaries, New Zealand Diaries, Date Bloqks. New Goods just opened up. Stationery, Plated ware,' and Fancy Goods ; Scripture Texts, new and pretty designs. Orders for Christmas numbers now booked,— H. M; Jones.



White Calicoes 2s lid per dozen, Sheetings 9d per yard, Silesia 3|d, Hollands from 4|-d, Table Damask from Is.



Prints. Prints. Prints. Washing Prints Cheaper than Ever. Nobody looking for Oheap Goods passes the "BLUE HOUSE"



TITANTED Known—Men's Suits 17s T T 6d, Kaiapoi Tweed Trousers 9s lid, Knicker Suits 4s lid, (Japs 6d.— Ihe Corner. W. H. Collier



WANTED— Ladies to see the latest B.yles In Boots and Shoes.— Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store.



WANTED Known—We are now showing all kinds of Summer Drapery, Millinsry, &c. Everything marked as low as possible.—H. 0. Segers, Melford House.



Special Line 4s lid Dress worth 7s 6d, other goods from 3d per yard. Sateens, Cambrics, Persians, Cords, Crepoiip, Drlils, Etc, All at prices to Suit the keenest buyer. Millinery. Millinery. Millinery.



WANTED Known—so pairs Ladies and Girls' Leather Top and Canvas Tennis Shoes, at half usual price, for two weeks only.—A ndre «- Orr. 10 136



WAJSTKD Known.-For a first-class article in lea Creams go to H. A. Flower, the old reliable "Ice Cream vendor. Parties supplied at shortest notice, Ice always In stock.



Do you Want a First-class Stylisk Hat in the Newest Shape with the Latest Trimming?



,t/rEN'S Bluchers s_, a gmod Strong x'-s- Nailed Shooter at 83 6i ; a nice assortment of Ladies' and Children's Boois and Shoea from la 9d a pair at R. Alcorn's



THE "BLUE HOUSE" Is the place for you. Go there and Save Disappointment.



A New Line in LIGHT FANCY STRAW, Well Trimmed, including a Beautiful Flower or Ostrich Tip, Only 3s lid



Our Net and Lace Millinery are the Cheapest and Most Stylish. The numbers sold up to date prove to us that the public know how to appreciate our efforts in bringing Down the Price of Millinery.



Pick your Shape and Trimming and we will Trim you a most Stylish Hat



Free op Cost. Best Value in Every Line at THE "BLUE HOUSE." SUNSHA DIE S.



The Best Value ever shown at 2s lid A really Superior line with Stylish Handles at 3s lid. Good Shape.



IN BOOTS AND SHOES THE "BLUE HOUSE"



\kf ANTED Known—For good value V v in Drapery, Millinery, <&c., go to Melford House. Tickets tor presents tjiven to all cash purchasers,—H. C. Segers,



\a / ANTED Known—Mellor's Zea «' V landia B.wt Store has Ladies' Kid Shoes at 6s 6d.



WANTEDKnown— Oo tol'HE Corner for Newest Styles in Drapery and Millinery—W. H. Collier.



WANTED Known—No old fashioned Goods at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store.



TIRBSSES ! Dresses ! Dresses ! Trim *-** minga of all kinds. Millinery and Mantles, Jackets and Blouses 1, New and Stylish Goods ab moderate prices.— Mitchell and Turner



WANTED Known—Girls* neat Kid Shoes 5s 6d at Mellor's Zea landia Boot Store.



j j OLLDAY Suits—A Nice Kaiapoi O. Suit for 27s 6d, Boys' Knicker and Cambridge Suits from 7s 6d, Men's Suits to Measure from 455, Fit and VVorkmanßhip Guaranteed at R. Alcorn's



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•iky ANTED Known—We are now W giving Tickets for Presents to all cash purchases of Drapery, Millinery, &c—EL C. Segkrs, Melford House.



** ERBA.L Beer Extract 7d per bottle *--*- Sufficient to make six gallons of splendid Herbal Beer. Thia extract saves boiling herbs ; is pure ; makes a splendid tonic beer; non-intoxicating, with a creamy head, like bottled Ale.—Fletcher Bros., Wholesale and Retail Agents, Ashburton and Ohristchurch



Cannot be Surpassed by city traders, and in many special lines it is impossible to compete with the "BLUE HOUSE" VALUE. Another gross of the well-known 8s lid Ladies' Strap Shoes Just Opened. Be Quick if you want a pair. Also — A New Line of Men's Shooters at 7s 6d worth lis 6d. Every article Equally Cheap. In fact to Save money find THE "BLUE HOUSE," . the Only place in Ashburton where trade ia conducted on Strictly Cash principles. Everybody treated alike ; no good Customers have to pay for bad ones 5s saved is 5s earned To earn money go to the "BLUE HOUSE," Next Clothing Factory, And second door from Mr John Orr's Ironmongery Department, ' EAST STREET,



WANTED— Every man to try Mellor's Bluchers, only 4s lid.



pORKS, CORKS. 50,000 Corks. Notice v-/ to Herbal Beer makers and others. We have jusfc received five bales of splendidly shaped Corks, which we can quote at a very low price for large quantities.—Fletcher Bros., East Street, Ashburton



WANTED Known—Mellor's Zea landia Boot Store is the cheapest Boot shop in Ashburton.



, - H_WTLK.tLJbJJN who wish to dress '■ T comfortably, and with good taste and economy, should visit our Clothing and Outfitting Department.—Mitchell and Turner.



WANTED Known—Mellor s Boots and Shoes stand like brass ; try a pair. #



WANTED Known—Stacks of cheap Boots and Shoes at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store.



MRS ALCORN having secured the services of a London Milliner, will now be able to Supply Ladies' and Chil dren's First-class Millinery in the most Artistic and Fashionable style in New Zealand. A nice assortment of Dress goods in stock



DIARIES for 189t>. A new and choice selection of Christmas and



New Year Cards now opened up, and others arriving by every mail; also Cards with New Z.aland scenery for distant friends. Orders now being booked for Christmas Numbers of English aDd Colonial Illustrated Papers now arriving. All Good* reduced this month for cash at L F, Ahorewes ajjb Co, Stationw'fl SttUf



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LADIES. YODE ATrENTION is DIRECTED TO THE



STOCK OF BELT BUCKLES o " ""' " * o AT S. Salens, AND JEWELLER, East Street. Engraved Buckles ...3s 6d to 8s 6d Antique Clasps ...3s Od & 45.6 d ''Belt and Buckle^Complete ss. These are the Very Latest Styles.



JUVENILE DEPAETMENT NEW ZEALAND pLOTHIN.G FACTORY. BOYS' MBLLVILE SUITS, Ashburton Tweed. 34567 8 9 10 8/9, 9/6, 10/-, 10/6, 11/-, 11/6, 12/, 12/-,] 11 12 13/- 13/6. BOYS' TWEED SAILOR: SUITS. ' 3456 7 8 9 8/9, 9/-, 9/3, 9/6, 10/-, 10/3, 10/6. BOYS' SERGE MARITIME SUITS, Our own make. *?__.*___ 7 8 9 10/9, 11/6,#12/6, 13/-, 13/6, 13/9, 14/6, specTal. If your Boys are hard to fit, we will make a Suit to fit them at the above prices. BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. Boys' School Boots from ... 4s 6d Bojs' Canvas Shoes from ... 2s 9d NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTOEY. Sole Agents for the famous "Victory" Sewing Machine. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager



A lad at Tooleys, La., was very sick with bilious colic when M. C. Tisler, a prominent merchant of the town gave her a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Ckolera aud Diarrhcca Remedy. He says she was well in forty I minutes after taking the first dose. For sal» by Ashburton Drug Company. One BoxoFCLAßKE'sß4lP_LLs_swarran ted to cure all discharges from the Urinary Organs, in either sex (acquired or consti tutional), Gravel and Pains in the Back. Guarranteed free from Mercury. Sold in Boxes 4s 6d each, by all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors throughout the World. Proprietors ; The Lincoln and Midland ,Corawss Vma Qqmjawy, &i»ool»» fc.ngls.ad j



Foe th<_ Blood is the LiFE—Clarke3 World-famed Blood Mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities from whatever cause arising. For Scrofula, Scurvy, Eczema, Bad Legs, Skin and Blood diseases, Pimples and sores of all kinds its effects are marvellous. Thousands of testi monials. Beware of worthless imitation* and



For the past quarter of century there has een one continuous flow of letters bearine testimony to the truly wonderful cures effeted by Clarke's World-famed Blood Mixture, the finest Blood Purifier that science and medical skill have brought to light Sufferers from Scrota, 8c * rTO y, Bad Legs, Skm and Blood Disises Pimnles and sores of any kind are solicited .©give it a trial to test its value. Sold everwhere at 2s 9d per bottle. Beware of worthless nutation* uid substitutes $\ *