Ashburton Guardian, Megna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1895. THE HOME ELECTIONS.

The Government formed by a coalition of the Conservatives pure and simple, and fchftt portion of the Liberal party who have adopted (( Unionist" as their political name, seem likely to come out of the geaeral elections with a strong following. The very old Tory ideas which were rampant in the days when Lord Palmerston and Lord John Russell ljjd jbbp lifhigs } a tne battle against those ideas, and when Q-ladsfcpne was still in his early manhood, are now only held by a few of the very old school Conservative gentlemen, and while those veterans lag superfluous on the stage, those old Tory ideas will remain with them. But as the veter^ng d£e, so also will the old planks of old Toryism disappear and be forgotten. The Conservative of to-day is not the Conservative of fifty years ago. He \m advanced greatly, »n$

would be willing now to vote for measures that his predecessors of a generation ago would have thought it high treason to even look at with favor. He is less conservative than

Lord Palmerston, Lord John Russell, and John Bright, and these were leaders in the Whig ranks. But while he has been advancing, and slowly shakiug off the trammels of effete notions about political economy, till he has reached the line at which the Whigs ceased and the Radicals and Liberals began, the Radicals and Liberals have not been standing still, and they have recently been asking for and doing things in the House of Commons that would have made the hair of the Whig leaders stand on end. The Unionists are only conservative on one point— but it is an important one. They will not permit the separation of Ireland from England by the setting up of an autonomy for the formeri Home Rule for Ireland is to them like the shaking of a red rag at a bull, and so bitterly did they oppose this move ment, and so strong their feeling against it, that they overthrew all their political instincts, and to save, as they said, the integrity of the empire, cast in their lot with the Consevatives and fought in the same camp with them against the common foe —Home Rule. The appeal to the country is tacitly on this question, and as far as the returns have yet reached the colony the qnestion has been most significantly answered by the return of an over" whelmingly large number of Unionists t The number is so large that it is not on the cards at all for the Bosebery Liberals to make up the leewey. The Salisbury Government will assuredly meet the House with a strong follow ing, but whether the noble Lord at the head of it will be able to prevent the elements of disunion, which the Liberal- Unionists in the same camp with the Conservatives are sure to provide, from taking such active operation as may tend to ruin the new party, is a ques tion that time only can answer. In the meantime a look at the programme, as officially declared, of the Coalition Government can do no harm. It is of a thoroughly practical character, and would have done honor as a liberal programme to Gladstone himself, had he enunciated it as his policy. Belief is promised to the agricultural interests in the shape of reduced taxation and railway freights for the carriage of farm produce; the poor laws are to be revised, and a scheme submitted for the better housing of the working classes, and by which they may be able to become their own landlords; efforts are to be made to open up new markets abroad, and the voluntary schools are to be left untouched. The programme has been carefully drawn up, in order to strongly appeal to the sympathies of the agricultural, commercial, and working classes, and also to that large body of electors who regard the threatened divorce of religious from secular education as a change that in its effects would be disastrous to the best interests of the State. There is nothing destructive in this programme, but it aims at being constructive in stead, and is in marked contrast to the programme of the party that has just gone into opposition. Lord Rosebery set himself the somewhat Quixotn task of overthrowing the Lords, the less hopeless one of disestablishing the Church in Wales is the pet scheme of Mr Asquith, Mr Morley heads the attack on British power in the sister Kingdom and the demand for Irish autonomy, while Sir William Vernon Harcourt was in the van with a declaration that the sole object of his Ijfe was to overthrow the drink traffic. THqso are all large orders, and the Government mill thajb could fill them all in the term of one Parliament would require to work d°ul>le shifts, and be yery full handed. The hands ap. patently, judging by the elections, are not available, and such as are available seem to fancy a different class of work for the mill—something less heroic and | more practicable.

Some interesting figures concerning the wealth of the United States have just been issued by

the united states.

THE UNITED STATES.

THE UNITED STATES.

Mr Henry Gannett, a well-known statist!-

cian. la 1880, ac cording to this authority—we give the amounts in sterling—the wealth of She countpr was £8,628,400,000, or an average or £lti" to eacfe Inhabitant. In 1890 it was something like £12,520,000,000. or about £200 to each inhabitant. Mr Gannett finds that 5 per cent of the total wealth of the country is owned by millionaires, 2^ pc;? cent by people worth from £20,000"to £200,000,' 25 per cent by those worth from £2000 to £20,000, 37 per cent the largest, percentage, by those worth from £200 to £2000, and 6 per cent by those owning less than £309 each.

According to a rnaga?ine writer, the average young Englishman of to day, whether he belonsr

THE YOUNG MAST OF TO DAY.

to what by a pant term is called

" Society " or not, is a distinct improvement upon past generations. Instead of dawdling away his life, he is for the most part engaged in some form or other of business, and npw hgnest labor, in whatever direc tion it may be, fs now longer con sidered a disgrace to either inatj or woman, whatever his or her position. Instead, therefore, of spending his nights gaming and drinking, or dancing in loose siloons, and his mornings sleeping away the consequent he'dache in bed, he has to be in his bed at a reasonable time, ad a rule, to be at his worjtj: next morning at a reasonable hour 5 aniel tbijs now not limited t© the services, but may' £qusUs well be •*■ » stockbroker's pjgffy' «

other place of business. And the re sult is, that the average young English man has better health, greaterstrength, and keener intelligence than had his predecessor, while, as statistics show, the present is the most healihy era, the era of the greatest longevity yet known.

A Orrman contemporary wonders why the Eng'ish commercial world

uses so barbarous a SHOP latin, phrase as " per annum." The practical English, it observes, aro crying out for the banishment of the Latin language from the schools to which they send their sons for a mercantile education ; nevertheless, they inconsistently persist in retaining Latin in their own daily counting-house language. A corres pondent of the same journal remarks that the German man of business is equally servile to " the traditional Latinisma of the shop and the exchange. Why, for instance, does he always write • per April 1/ when he means • on the Ist of April,' or ♦ for the Ist of April ?' His Latin is incorrect, more over. The preposition • per' has not. the force of' on' or c for.' He ought to write pro instead of per. A third person has intervened in the con troversy, who asserts that the technical language of accountants and bookkeepers—though they are not aware of it—is not Latin, but Italian. The Italians have only the one preposition per to do the duty belonging to the two Latin prepositions, per and pro. The use of so many Italian words and phrases in the book keeping of other European peoples, and now in that of the Americans abo, is a survival of the epoch in which the Italians were the foremost com mercial people in the world " Bank rupt " and " solvent," as well as " per c?nt," have got into the talk of men on 'Change, not from the classical Latin, , but from the mercantile Italian. The delusion that we owe these mercantile terms to the Latin led our English book-keepers, at some time or other, to substitute " per annum " for " per anno/ which was the correct and older phrase. We owe our use of this phraseo logy to a period in which Lombards really lived and traded in Lombard street.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Commercial news on fourth page.

'If we had women policemen there would be no breaches of the licensing laws.' So says the elect of Ashhurtcn,

At Wanganui, lasb week, a ferret was trapped in a back yard, but not before a valuable fowl had fallen a victim to it.

Thirteen bankruptcies were gazetted last week. Three were of labourers, two of tailors, and oneeich of a gaidcner, a blacksmith, a contractor, a carter, a store keeper, a sawmiller, a miner and a farmer.

Rev G. B. Inglis lectures on the Indian mutiny on Thursday evening in tli6 Oddfellows' Hall. The rev. gentle man has been over every foot of the ground covered by the mutiny campaign, and knows what he is ta king about.

Rev F. W Isitt, of prohibition fame, is advertised to speak upon the sub ject so dear to hi j heart in the Odd fellows' Hall on Saturlay evening next. In the I'ghfc of recent events in Christ^ church, the meeting should prove lively and interesting.

The women painters in France ara so r.ipid'y increasing tha*-, the men are com plaining of the competition. In 1875 the number of women who cxl ibited works at fiho Salon in the Ohamps Elyte ss was 312. This year the number is no f jwer than 75L

Mr and Mrs George Nicoll, China In land Mission missionaries on furlough, have arrived in Wellington. Mr Niooll has been stationed since 1878 at Chung King, on the Yang-tse-Kiang, in the far western province of Si-chuen. Mrs Nicoll was the first female missionary who penetrated this province.

During the hearing of a case in the Magistrate's Court at Wellington, the noise mide by people going in anl out was so great that the evidence of one witness was scarcely audible. Mr J C. Martin said he supposed after he had sent one or two people to gaol the public who frequented the Court would be quiet. After this the noise abated very consider ably.

Last week, at Auckland, Mr Justice Conolly decided that a vote for the con tinuance of the number of licenses meant lha, the Licensing Committees had power to grant new licenses in place of any that had lapsed sines the poll was taken. It was a mistake to suppose that the poll referred to the number of licenses in exist ence at the time of an application being male for a license.

On Monday when Mr Harvey, fruiterer, of Sydenham, was examining a bunch of bananaa, imported from Fii, he wast startled to fled a small snake concealed among the fruit. The reptile, which appeared quite dead, was about two feet in length, of a dull drab or brpwnish colour, with darker markings, and with a small diamondrshaped head- Ie greatly rgferablea a small carpet $nake.

A corraspondent writes to the Auch land Herald that the gentleman who has defeated Sir W Harcourfc, ab Derby, is Mr H. H. Betnrose, of the firm of Bern rose and Sons, publishers, London and Derby. He is a very fine character, cf good presence, a good speaker, a good voice, and a successful man of business. Be ia in the forefront in every philan thropic movement, is a total abstainer and temperance worker, so beer has not tamed out Sir W. Harcoart.

Serioa« looses continue, says the Timaru Herald, to be reported from the up-country stations, especially the Upper Waitaki, Hakateramea and Mackenzie. On one station alone in the Hakateramea Valley a loss of 40,003 sheep is expected, but it is impossible to arrive at a proper estimate of the loss until the snow has disappeared and the runs'have 1 been examined,—^he Oamaru Mail, says:—We are informed that so far as the Kurow side of the Upper Waitaki is concerned the loss of sheep by the recent snowstorm will not be anything l:ke as great as was supposed, Our in formant who his had considerable ex perience of the Upper "^itakj, says that eight yea's ago a worse 'snowstorm was exparienced than tb.e recent one, and that the loss cf sheep was then but trifling. He says that the snow is melting on all the lower faces looking aorfeh^=»viewing the position from the direction o! Lake Ohau ; bob from the opposite direction the hills all wear their white mantle of snow. It is gratifying to know that the stations on the south side of the Waitaki will not suffer co anything- like the extent we were lead to believe. Still there are other places where the snow yet lies deep, and where, the sheep have had neither shelter nor food for many weeks.

Tne fourteenth appropriation of *he Industrial Building Society will be sold in the Orange Hall at 7.30 p.m. this even ing

Captain Russell told the House that he had been informed by a trustworthy authority that a gentleman (not a Pro hibitionist) having some hours to spare in Wellington one night betore leaving for Blenheim amußei himself by going ar.mnd. all the hotels. He (Captain Russell) had been assured that the visitor found there was more drinking after hours in all the hotels, and afc four o'clock in the morning in one house he found the bar full and two constables in uniform present.

Mr Henry Hughes, patent agent, of Wellington, received word by the San Francisco mail of a new method of prt sarving meat by tha aid of electricity. The inventor is Adel Barreto Pinto, civil engineer, Rio de Janeiro, who claims that by his process, which consists of applying » current of electricity io the salting of meat, the salt is decomposed, evolving chlorine, which is a powerful antiseptic, and destroys the germs of the microbes of decomposition, and thus economises time, labour and salt, with a much better result than hitherto obtained. The invention is protected by Mr Hughes throughout the colonies.

The band contest selection, from Messrs Boosey and Co , arrived at Titnaru by the Sin Francisco mail on Monday. It wilt be ?osted at once to tha competing: bands, 'be Invercargill Garrison Band have instructed Mr Wade co take proceedings against the local Contest Oommittee for the recovery of £100, the first prizs in the band contest in that town in October, 1894. The summons will he served on Tuesday, but the hearing will be delayed, so that the bands interested may have time to consider the action they will take.

,Sayß the Otago Daily limes:— Th© recent severe fall of snow in the inteiior has had the effect of driving large num bers of small birds towards the coast line in search of food. Orchards and fields in and around the city are, in many instances, particularly in the early hours of the morning, visited by swarms of goldfinches and green linnets, and to eager are these timid birds in their seaich for food that they will permit the onlooker to approach them almost within touch before taking flight. Some of the birds seem to be weak in flight, as though they had suffered much from want of food or had made long j mrneys.

Mr Powell exhibited hia Columbia fitter to a meeting of ladiea in the Odd fallows' Hall this afternoon, and described the manner of its application. In addi tion to being a thin* which every family should have, it is also used largely by pro fessional dressmakers, and in all the large establishments of the (city. There are five cardboard charts fitted with holes and figures corresponding to lines. By a simple and easily comprehended system of measurement, which was ex plained by Mr Powell, the rehtive sips are ascertained, and being compared with the numbers or. the chart, the cutting out is easily and swiftly performed. There can be no mistake, end instead tf the old rule of thumb measurement every part of the costume is cut correctly. Mr Powell advertisement in another column gives full information as to classes

In the New Zealand ro m of the Tas manian museum there is a splendid model of the Ohyawai pah, Bay of Island*, New Z aland. It is jusr. 50 years to day (sajs the HobaH Mei'curtj o.f Ist; ins.) since a battle between the European troops an<l the Maoris (led by Hone Htk», grand father of the young cbi f who n>>w ably represents his people in th© New Zealand Parliament) took place at the pah. The following is the account placed on the exhibit; —'At the right-hand corner 127 British soldiers were kiP.el or wounded in five minutes on the Ist Ju'y, 1845, when the p*h was rushed by the advice of Mo Williams. Part of the 99 h, 96th, and 58uh regiments were engaged, and 100 graves ! of surround the ruins of the pah.' Thi model was presented to the museum by the labe Colonel V. Gore Browne in the year 1868. This battle was a remarkable one inasmuch as that, in proportion to the number of the troops engaged, the casual ties within the same space of time were never equalled in the British service by the use of weapons alone.

A lady in Christchurch (says the Lyttelton Times) has done good service to the K%iapoi Woollen Company by having been the means of obtaining an order for its production from no less a personage than the Princess of Wales. The lady in question iv related to a lady-in-waiting aad intimate friend of the Princess, and sent to her a number of patterns of the K'iiapoi Company's ladies' dress tweeds, with a request that they should be shown to H.R H. This was done \ the Princess was much pleased with them, and com« missioned her friend to procure for her two dress pieces of different) patterns. The lady-in-waiting wrote to her New Zealand relative, who has given the order to Messrs Baliantyne and Co, The Princess stipulated that the material should not be specially woven for her, but should be taken from ordinary stock, an I that it was to be paid for, as she did not wish to accept ib as a gift. The firm desired to present H.R.EL with ths goods, but as this could not be done they have decided to ask the Kaiapoi Company to ipake a rug to be offered for the Princess's acceptance, ft may be added that the Ptfncess, in reply tq a playful j?«»C}uest from her friend, remarked that she would, when wearing the tweeds, say th<*b they were of New Zealand manu, fagture.

A Pathetic Experience.

A Young Woman In Male Attire

Wellington, July 22 Among the women at the Salvation Army's Paulino Home is one, who being unhappy with her own family, married some nine months ago and removed to Auckland, where she found th&t her bus ! band was a marri d man with a family. She left him at once and returned to Wel ling-on, whereshe donned boy's clothes and obtained work in & drain-pipe factory. She was recognised after working a week, and accepted the shelter offered by the Salvationists The girl is on7y twenty one years of age.

The Shooting Case.

Invekcahgill, July 22 Hu^h Stewart, the victim of the shooi ng outrage at B Hour, died at Rivera dale to-nigh*". Jjhn K 'own, who wa< before the Court t and remanded, will now be chsrg.>d with wi ful murder. Ib is stated ffut RJiddlemia*, the S M. Coart bailiff,' seized two of i£eown'<3 horses on Ppfday irghfc, but, ba!ng fired at by him, abandoned them, and got Stewart, with htm on the fatal errand on Saturd-y.

European and Other Foreign Items

London, July 21 Sir S. Wilson bequeathed his wife £1000 per annum, his daughters £50,000 each, and all the rest of his real and personal property to his three sons The Manchester Guardian referring to an editorial in the Melbourne Argus upon an organised frozerimeat propaganda, states that no better 1 advertisement for Australasian mutton could be devised in Lancashire than large direct shipments via the Manchester Canal,% which would instantly awaken widespread and genuine interest.

London, July 22 The Australian Smelting Company, with a cipital of half a-million, with a powerful Board, is being formed to treat the Broken Hill sulphide ores at Lake Illawarra by the Sienaens-Haikes process, which was tried with success in Berlin. The Company has secured the right of the process in New South Wales, and begins operations forthwith. The manager will be Mr John Howeli, late of the Proprietary mine. He starts for Illawarra to construct the necessary works at the end of the month. The Company will deal specially with the Junction and Proprietary ores. Siemens contracts to treat zinc at under j64' per ton. Harbour works at Illawarra will be started immediately, The Thames Valley Land Company (Netf Zealand) has a debit balance for the year of £1140. It is proposed to transfer the management to the Bank of New Zealand, with the view of reducing expenses

Speaking at the presentation of the address to Sir Henry Irving, Mr Pinero, the well-known dramatist, said the honour bestowed on him would greatly encourage the popularity and influence of the drama, and posterity would fondly recall Irving's name and deeds.

Capetown, July 21. The acting President of the Orange Free State has signed a protocol with regard to customs union, giving effect to the Frozen Meat Act. Madkiw, July 21 Owing the inability of General Campos to cops with the insurgents in Cuba the Spanish Government will despatch six: more batteries of artillery and 30,000 troops.

Lord Ripon's Despatch

London. July 21 The Times comments unfavourably on Lord Ripon's despatch, and blames him for using language implying that the benefit of trade should be enjoyed only by an exporting country.

London July 22 The St James Gazette s referring to Lord Ripon's despatch, states that the colonies will be disappointed that he has failed to see that a differential system within the Empire would be a weapon as effective for the retention, and extension of foreign trade as for making the Empire commercially self sufficient, and independent of the rest of the world. It adds that Mr Gbam berlain, with his strong views as to the necessity of strengthening commercial bonds, may find a way of re opening the question, or of meeting the colonies with more sympathy than did Lord Ripon,

Advances to Settlers.

London, July 21 The Statist considers the South Australian policy of lending to farmers certain to lead to much mischief.

The English Elections.

Londox, July 22

Mr Chamberlain, in the course qf his election cornpaign, declared at Worcester thq,t we are not degenerate sons of out predecessors. They made the empire, and we will k«ep i& This election, he went on to claim, showed the country was determined to main* tain and extend the field of commerce, and was prepared to make sacrifices to protect its trade from foreign, aggression. Major Rash (Tory), re-elected for South-east lEsaex, The following have been elected • — Mr McKenna (Liberal), Monmouth shire North j Mr Jonea (Liberal), Arfon; Mr Engledew (Nationalist). Kildare North. n

The sitting members have been re elected for Banffshire, Dumfries district, darnaryon, Rincardirieshire, Rqmfqrd division east, JBerthshire ? Caplo. w n.qr|jh. and south.

The Tories gain Stirlingshire, where Mr White was returned, and Prest* wick, where Mr Oawler was elected,

FATAL STEAMER COLLISION.

Great Loss of Life

Rome, July 21 As the result of a collision between two Italian steamers in the Q-ulf of Spezzia 148 people were drpwned. The steamers that came into colli sion were the Ortigia and the Maria, and the accident happened at the entrance to the Gulf. The Maria sank instantly and 148 passengers, out of 178, were .drowned.. l ' ' ■' ■■'

July 23 The Maria was bound from Naples to Genoa, and was carrying emigrants to the Rivor Plate. The collision occurred at one o'clock in the mqrning. The look-out man on board the Ortigia did°nofc"see the other vessel until \i was impossible to avoicl an accident. ! The force of the impacb was terrif|pj the stem qf th^e Ortigia being drivea eighteen feet into the starboard quarter of the, Maria. The majority of th,Qse qn boar*} were asleep af tb,e time, and as the steamer sank in thr@e minutes there was no chance of their escape, The Ortigia*s bows were badly stove in. This vessel, sank a French steamer on the same spot upon a previous voyage. The Maria's crew numbered seven teen and'the emigrants 170. Forty two iv all were saved.

Armenia.

CONSTANTINOPLE, July 21 The Porte has appointed Ghaker Pasha to supervise the carrying out of reforms in Armenia.

THJB ASHBUETON GtJABiHAISI j TUESDAt, JULY 23, 1895.



Business Notice* 1 G. J. Neill's CLEARING SALE IB NOW ON AT FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER. EVERYTHING MUST BE SOLD, NOW IS YOUR TIME. Ladies' Jackets, this season's goods, Grey Oalico Is lid doz 21s—Reduced to 12s 6d Ifchite Oalico Is 9d doz Corsets 3a lid—Reduced to 2s 6d Men's Colonial Tweed Suits 30s—Re- Oor§Bti 4s lid—Reduced to 2s lid duced to 22s 6d Heavy Dress Tweed, double width, 2s 6d Men's All Wool Suits 19s 6d —Reduced to 9|d, this season's Boya' Suits 3s lid goods Men's Tweed Overcoats, with capes, Double Bed Sheeting B|d 18 6d Ooloaial Flannel, alt wool, Is—Re- Men's Macintoshes, with capes, and duced to 3d sewn seams 22s 6d Blankets 5a lid per pair BOOTS. BOOTS. Men's Nailed Shooters 7s lid Boys' Nail Shooters 4s lid Men's Bluchers 4s 9d Women's Strong; Leather Boots 5s lid Kens Watertights, Heavy, 10s 6d Women's Shoes 4s 6d «VBBY LINE %T |B o L mßED eror COMPARE OUR PRICES^ Q. J. NEILL FK EDLAKDBB'S CORNER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. CASH CASH



SURPLUS STOCK SALE. fjIHE continuous wet weather during the last three weeks, prevented many of our Friends in the outlying Districts from taking advantage of the Unprecedented Bargains to be obtained at the above f ale. We have decided to EXTEND THE TIME OF CLOSING UNTIL Saturday, July SO, MITCHELL & TURNER. TaNORED S'IEEET.



Heeds. Seeds, Seeds — JUST ARRIVED — New Season Flower & Veg etable Seeds __ B , L | mi fS .„ m FLETCBER BROS HAVE creafc pleasure in intimating that they have just received their Few Season Stock of NIMMO & BLAIR'S Celebrated Flower and Vegetable Seeds in the following order :— li* Per Packet FLOWER SEEDS. ll* Per Packet Alyssuro, Sweet Mignonette Lobelia apociosa Antirrhinum, fiine mixed Nasturtium, Tom Thumb Marvel of Peru Balsam, fine mixed Nemophila maculata Nasturtium, tall Candytuft, mixed Petunia, fine mixed Nemophila itisignis Canterbury Bells, mixed Stock, German, ten-week Pansy, mixed Chrysanthemum tricolor, Aster, German Poppy, "The Shirley' mixed Aster,Betteridge's quilled Pea, sweet, mixed Columbine, mixed Candytuft, dark crimson Phlox Drummondii Convolvulus, mixed Carnation Stock, Virginian, mixed Dahlia, mixed Clarkia elegana Sunflower, tall : Everlastings, mixed Convolvulus major Wallflower, mixed Godetis, The Bride Cyanus minor Portulaca, mixed Jaeolttja, mixed Delphinium, mixed Sweet William Liouoi, grandiflorum Forget-me-not, blue Verbena, mixed rnbrum Indian Pink Zinnia, elegans, double,' Marigold, African Larkspur, mixed mixed 3© Per Packet VEGETABLE SEEDS. Bl> Per Packet PEA.S. Stockwood Bidge Champion Scarlet-runner American Wonder Cress—Extra Curled Bean Little <3ein Large Musselburgh Leeks CABBAGE. Stratagem Triple Curled Parsley Drumhead Veitch's Perfection Hollow Crown Parsnips Early York Wm. Hurst Radish—Three Varieties Enfield Market Yorkshire Hero etc Turnips—Four Varieties London Market, Etc. Beet, Blood Red BEANS. Dumhead Savoy Borecoles-Dwarf Green Broad, Harlington CARROT. Curled Windsor Farly Short Horn Brussels Sprouts— Green Windsor James Intermediate Fcrymger's Giant Early Long Pod LETTUCE. CAULIFLOWER. .French or Kidney— Drumhead Early London Canadian Wonder Neapolitan Walcheren, etc Pale Dun Giant White Cole's Crystal White Mammoth Negro Long ONIUN. Celery Pod Brown Globe OUOPMBER. Early Goldon Butter Brown Spannish, Etc. Long Prickley or Wax Tomato — Large Red Please remember that these are all Fresh and Reliable Seeds and that you »et as much Vegetable Seed for 3d as is usually given for 6d, and as much J Flower Seed for Id as is usually given for 3d. The increase of Nimmo and Blair's packet trade has been phenoinmal and this year it is expected to total ft Quarter of a Million. 1^" NOTE ADDRESS, FLETCHER BROS., CASH SUPPLY STORES, ] ASIiBVftTQN & CttmSTCJttURUH. j^^|



Wanted. " j \1; ANTED =Use Bkck Ball Coal vV Ko trouble to kindle your fire- Does not burn your fire bars. Is the cheapest and best—W. H. Collins and Co. 7 123



Wanted ; CHOICE New Season Fruit. Grapes, Peaches, Pines, Plums, Bananas, Apples, Apricots, and Tomatoes ; the hast in town.—adabis, Sounder*' Buildings



WANTED Known—Ulsters 4s IW, For Collarettes 3s 3d, Kid Gloves 2-» 6d, Piushes 2s 6d, Towels 44d, Flannels Bhd. -The Corner, W. H Collier



POTATOES Pota oes.-Minl yon 1 get your Potatoes at Fletcher Bros. The quality of our Potatoes is first-class and have t&.ken the First Piizn at the Timaru show four years in sdcc ssion Don't forget address-— Fletcher Bbos.. East Street, Ashburton.



WANTED Known—Ladies Lasting Slippers only 2s lid—Uaual price, 4i 6d.—Melior's Zealandia Boot Store.



UP TO DATRJ SALK—IS) P*ir ß Girls Boors 2s 6J, 120 Pairs Maids' Boots S> 6d, 117 Pairs Maids' (besi) Boots4^6d, Ladies' Shoes 6s lid, Gents' Boots 4s 6d and 5.4 6d. All sizss guaranteed for one week,- A. Ore's Cheap Sale. 6 221



<I* AN TED-Everyone to call at VV Mellor's and get his price. No one asked to buy.



OTANTED Known—Football Boots, *' sure goal kickers; they never fail—Mallor'sZealandia Boot Store.



RAZORS— Altonas, Benfall, Johnson's, Heiffor'a, Wade and Butcher's— from 2i each. wtrops, Shaving Brushes, etc., half-price.—McGregoe's



JjVfARSDEN, Junr., Bookseller, • JXi. Stationer, News Agent, Etc School Books and all other School Requisites. All goods at lowest possible prices. Note—"The Little Shop," East Street.



YITANTED Known—Men's Salts 17s * » 6i, Kaiapoi Tweed Trousers 9j lid, Knicker Suits 4s lid, Caps 6cL- Ihe Corner, W. H. Collier



/CHOICE FKUlT3.—Peaches, bananas, v^ ©ranges, lemons and tomatoes, at M. A. Flower, Fruicer and Confectioner, East street.



WANTED Known—The Largest and Best shop for Evening Shoes in Ash burton.—-Melior's Zealandia Boot Store,



WANTED Known—Bargains to be had every day at Mellor's Zea andia Boot Store.



WANTED Known—Mothers, be wise and buy your school boots at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store.



WANTED Known—l have good Bluchers, only 4s lid.—Mellor's Z miandia Boot Store,



\A/ ANf ED nown—A cordial reception YY and free Inspection through the whole of our extensive Premises. Every article sold at advertised prices—Mitchell & Turner



/LARSON AND GO'S Stocktaking Sale How on. Groceries, Ironmongery, Brushware, Glass and China, at very low prices for cash. 5 129



Sale- Mrs Alcorn will give large reductions of Millinery, Jackets and Mantles, (Jl.il jren'B Pilisses, Dress Material, Glassware and Fancy Goods, for one month previous to stock taking. — .Next Courthouse, Havelock street.



WANTED Known —Great Purchase of Dress Stuff <. Lot No. 3 extra qua^ty, Nun's Veilings all shades, Navy and Black Diagonal Serges all at Is 3d, usual price 2s 3d. —H. 0. feEGERS, Mel ford House



\ iTANTED Known—Grand refeults, VV our cish sales on Saturday last were the largest in our 25 year*.' experi ence. Practical evidence that our efforts are appreciated—Mitcheix & Turner



WANTED Known—Great Purchase of Drees Sfuflfe. Lot No. 1 great variety, double width B|<i. Most of these goods were Is 3Ji. wholesale. Melford Rouse Sale. Eveiything reduced.—EL 0. Seoers.



TjMPES-GB D Amber from U 31; _L Silver mounted Amberoid Mouth pieces, assorted, 2s. Clay 31 per D( z in, —McGregor's 7 6}



WAITED Known—Ten per cent under Christ church prices at Mellor'H Zealandia Boot Store.



RPFCIAL NOTICE.—Suits aad Single Garments made to measure. Fit and style with prices to suit the times Large purchase Heavy K*iapoi Trousers and Knit Underclothing.—Mitchell and Turned .



LF, ANDREWES <fc CO.—Sale now • on of Surplus Stock of Fancy Gocds, Toys, Books, Stationery and Account Books, and all a*; greatly reduced prices for cash, at L F. Andrrwrs &Co



WANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye Frofceefcors. Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical line at S. S 4XEK'8 t Optician



WANTED Known—Great Purchase Of Drees Stuffs for Melford Houße Sale. Lab No- 2 great; variety, double width at Is 8om« of these were Is 9i wholesale. Everything reduced.— H. C. S-EGERS.



WANTED KNOWN. -The celebrated Yarmouth Oilskins can be ob» ainedatW. H Collier, "The Corner,"



iIT ANTED Known—Small Profits VV and Quick Returns.—Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store.



WANTED, Everybody to try a pair of House Slippers, only Is. Mellor's Zcalandia Buot Store.



WANTED Known-Mend and Boys Clothing and Undeiclothing, Boots and Shoes, Rugs and Blankets, at parti cularly law rates —Mitchell & Turner.



WANTED KNOWN. -F. S. Jeffries, leading Confectioner and Fruiterer, of East Street, next the Corner. Hot Pica at any hour and Tea and Coffee, also. N.B. Lady Attendant. Fruit of every description. Ladies' Room & specialt?. 1*153



TITaJNTJiP Known — Ladies' liinen VV Cufe Id, 12 dozen Dress Buttons Is Velvet and Satin Ribbon £d per yard, Infintees 6i, Black Mitts 6d. Towels $1. Ladies Cashmere Gloves6d ; all woolFre«h Dress Goods 6d, 72in Sheeting at lOd and Is. —Andrew Orr's Sale. 6 222



MAIR BRUSHES, Clothes Brushes, Tooth Broaheo, $ail Brushes, Combs (assorted), Perfumery, Stationery, School Bags, any price for Cash.— McCtREOOH'B



EpLOWER SEEDS, Id per packet; ' Vegetable Scads, '6 1 per packet. All New Season's Seeds from the welU known firai of Nimmo and Blair. Order your Seeds early, because as the season advances some of the varieties are sold out, and in the past years we have not been able to replace them.—Fletcher Bi},o# , Ashburton.



OWN Maktiin Lid^^ and Children's Underdo' hing. Aprons, and Pina fores ; alpo a good assortment oJ Calicoes, Muslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., afc Mrs Alcors's new shop, Baker's Buildings.



WANTED Known —We are com pelled to realise on a v ry large portion of our Stock. To do this we are prepared to take cost price for all our new Winter Goods, and almost any price older I stock.—Mitchell and Tuener.



WANTED Known—That lam hold ing a Sale at Reduced Prices for One Month. Come for Bargains. I have the advantage over imny in the trade for the simple reason that I have no partners to pay dividends to, or interest on loan to carry on big concerns. Bat I bay and sell none but the best, no brash to draw the unwary. Repairs as usual, done at Once.—-J. Moisosr, Boot Store East street, Ash barton, 6 138



f^HEAP Wool makes cheap Blankets, V^ cheap Flannels, cheap Clothing. I have got in a nice assortment of this season'? Blankets, men's and boys colonial Tweed Suits and Overcoats, cheaper than ever they have been in New Zealand. Men's colonial Tweed Kalapoi Snits for 27a 61, a marvel at the price; Kaiapoi Knicker Suits from 7s 6d.—Robert Alcorn, Clothing and Boob Warehouse, Havelook street.



ftOLD BROOCHES AND BJUVOIjISS. JUST RECEIVED MEW AND CHOICE DESIGNS- To be seen at the JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT OF S. S A L E X, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON MM" Inspection Invited,



HILF-YEIRLY STOCK TAKING. "VTEW r/E&L\M) IS KW ZiBALAND CLOTHING TpACTORY LOTH ING X" ACTORT We find that we are Overstocked in imny lines. We will, until the end of this month, mark goods at prices that will ensure a Rta~!y Sale. Men's Overcoats, with cape?, 23a 61 B>y'n Overcoats, with c i pcs, 8 j 61 Men's Sac Suits 18s 61 Boys'Ashburton Tweed Suits from 8s 63 Boys' Tweed Sailor Suits 8* 6d Boys' Odd Knickers all sizes Men'a Heavy Mosgiel Pants 4s 9d Men's Workitg Shirts ... Is 61 Boys' Tweed Hats ... la Od Girls' and Boys' School Boots from ... ... ... 4s 6d Men's Boots at prices that will Sell them It will be to your advantage to give us a c.^ll for your next pair of BOOTS. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. ALEX. HENDRY. Manager.



. 4/ ANTED Known — Mollor's Zea- laiidia B >ot Store la the Cheapest Stai'-e fo? Pools and Shoes.



TITANTED Known-rr&) Ladies' Black • * and Colored Wool Jerseys at $, 6j, formerly 10a 61; 100 Pairs of White Blankets ab 10s 61, Ladies' Muffi 3s 6d, Umbrellasi^^^^^^ts 2* 9i, 6 and 6| f o urJjiiM^H^^^^^HH|Hj|^Wl^Silk



MAIL NOTICESS, Mails close for the following places as under, subject to the necessary altera tions : — TUESDAY, JULY 23 For Northern Ports, per Corinna, at 6.30 p.m. WEDNESDAY, JULY 24. p'oj? Sout^ America, United Kingdom and Europe, yia l^io, per s s. lonic, at 6 30 p.m. Due in London, September $rd. The next mail for the United Kingdom, I via S*n Francisco, will close on August H. due London September 11. j



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