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Ashburton Guardian. MAGNA EST VERITAS ET PRÆVALEBIT. TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1895. THE ARMENIAN QUESTION.

Lord Salisbury has intimated that I 41 sharper measures" will have to! be taken with Turkey in regard to bringing about the much desired reforms in Armenia. The Queen's speech at the opening of the British Parliament made strong reference to the Armenian atrocities, and mentioned the fact that the powers jointly are pressing the Sultan for the more merci ful treatment and the better govern ment of the Christians, In the House of Lords, the Marquis of Salisbury remarked that the Sultan of Turkey would commit a calamitous error if he ' preserved a nominal independence with regard to Armenia, and rejected the advice of the powers, as both France and Russia had expressed an earnest desire to co-operate with Great Britain in enforcing reforms. Evidently Lord Salisbury means to bring the Sultan to his senses, and under the same date with the cable referring to Lord Salisbury's speech in the House of Peers, we learn that the Cologne

Gazette, a German journal, is of opinion that it is only England who considers that coercion is necessary in Turkey. That paper appears to have information

which has not yet reached the British papers, of a strong squadron pushing its way northwards from Egypt, within a day's sail of Smyrna. One is not surprised to hear of the movement referred to, as the Conservatives of

Britain are not given to the use of blank cartridge in making demonstra tions, and when Lord Salisbury talks of " sharper measures " being necessary, one may naturally look for some show being made of an intention to carry those measures out. The Armenian question is no new one, and especially is it an old one to Lord Salisbury. Some time ago, when his party was still in opposition, he spoke with marked emphasis of what ought to be done with the Turk in regard to that terrible fellow's doings in Armenia, and made use of language—polite, to be surej and no doubt dip'omatic, but quite understandable all the same of people who aie neither polite nor diplomatic—which pointed to his belief that the Sultan's word was very far from being as good as his bond. He has had a long experience of the Sultan. That memorable " peace with honor" arrangement made in Berlin, was brought about by Lord Salisbury. He also aided in securing the Sultan's signature to a {.reaty under which vast reforms were to be initiated in

Armenia, which, had they eyer come into existence, would have made life

bearable to the Armenian Christians. But so far as any effective force that treaty ever had, it might just as well 'have been left unsigned. The Ar. menians continued to suffer all the same, and the climax of their sufferings was reached in those nameless atrocities with which the civilised world rang but a few months ago. It has long ago been conceded that one of the greatest blunders of the century was that made by Britain, France, and Italy, when as allies they engagpd in the Crimean war in defence of the integrity of Turkey against the encroachments of the Czar Nicholas. As things have since turned out, it would have been far better had the

Czar been allowed to settle matters

I with the " unspeakable Turk " in his own rough and ready but effective

way. Had he been, allowed to do so

therp would have been no Armenian atrocities to harrow the better feelings of civilised humanity, and to call forth the roar of execration that has echoed from one end of the world to the other —a rpar in which joined men of every race, and kindred, and creed. Czar Nicholas called the Porte the " Sick man," and he wished to cure him by cutting him up into slices, and parting those sMces among his friends, reserving of course thp nicest and most juicy parts to himself. The Cj?ar's notion was that if Turkey were divided in this way, the severed parts, of Turkey would undergo much needed reforms, that the objectionable Turkish regime would die oat for ever, and that the brutal natiires that could revel in such

horrors as have had so often to be .laid to the charge of the Sultan's subjects, would be tamed and civilised by contact and intercourse with cleaner living people. But Western Europe objected to such a division, and to maintain the inegrity of this most,worthless of all the nations on the faco of this fair earth, Britain left on Russian soil during a two years' war many thousands of the flpwer of her manhood. France did the same. T#-day ? Russia has not forgot tjiat senseless campaign waged jigijdnst fyer by her Western neighbors, while fcbjEi brutal Turk has forgotten all bib jproisiics of reform, »»4 km revert..

to those crimes and horrors which were at the bottom of all the trouble. In 1877 Russia again had her knife at

work upon the " Sick Man/ and it would have been well had she been allowed to carve the monster off the face of the earth. But Western jealously of the northern power once more saved the Ottoman Empire from dismemberment, and the " SL;k Man," was allowed to languish into life again, and gather strength to horrify in lSl^ the whole world with his terrible doings. Now, Christendom is

beginning to understand that the Czar's cure for the " Sick Man " would have been the best for the five million Christians under Turkish rule, best for Turkey itself, and best for mankind generally. It was Bismarck who, half a century or so ago, said the whole Eastern question was not worth the bones of a single Pomeranian grenadier. By the Eastern question Bismarck meant Turkey. We do not know if Pomeranians are less valued in the German army than others, nor why Bismarck should hays selected the grenadiers of that Prussian district for his simile, but we do know that he was perfectly right in his estimate, in fact that he overvalued the ques tion, for the whole horde of Turkish miscreants are not worth the life of one soldier who has in him the com mon feelings of civilised humanity. And Europe and America have gradually cooie, round to this opinion. We seem to see now that the rotten ness of Turkish rule in Armenia has become so offensive as to be no longer tolerated by civilised people. It is 'the administration that is weak. Hordes of conscienceless officials oppress the people, they recognise no law and are subversive in their con duct of all order. The mountainous part of the country is infested by brigands, and these are mostly members of the Turkish military and civil services. The country itself is far behind in the march of progress. Such roads as exist are worse than the rough bush tracks of our colonies, the rivers are unbridged, and the lawless tribes that prey wherever they can are governed by Pashas whose one aim in life is to wrest from the unhappy people of the villages all they can, and the manner in which that is done let the doings of the Kurds bear witness. The poor Armenians have tried revolt, goaded to it by the grievances under which they suffer ; but they are too weak, too poor, too disorganised to cope with the soldiers of the Osmanli, and the first sign of revolt is the signal for the letting loose of all the most horrible and fiendish passions that can possibly find lodgment in the human breast. Now and again those passions are found to have developed among individual criminals in christian countries, but those individuals are looked upon as phenomena. Among the men who obey the word of the Turkish authority those terrible passions are the ruling ones and sickening in their uni versality. Now public opinion has realised that while Turkey is in Armenia, the Armenian massacres and horrors will be repeated at intervals, and forbearance towards Turkey has reached its limit. Let us hope that, whether aided by France, by Russia, or any other power, or single-handed if need be, Lord Salisbury will not cease until he has assured himsalf that the Turk has been removed altogether from Armenia. It would be still more satisfactory if the Turk could be wiped out of Europe, and we would not be among those who weep were we to learn that the " unspeakable " had been wiped out of existence, He has long deservbd snch a fate.

BINDER TWINE.

duty on binder twine, said :—' We must have twine

duty free,' says Mr McLachlan, and so say the farmers of New Zealand. If the House was honest, there would be no hesitation in removing the binder twine duty, but we shall see. The Tariff Commission recommended its re moval, but the Colonial Treasurer has not adopted the recommendation. He will no doubt fight hard for the duty. Although it only brings into the Treasury as many hundreds of pounds as it is instrumental iv extracting thousands from the pockets of the con sumer, into whose pocket does the difference go? The duty is unpro ductive from a revenue point of view \ has fostered the formation of a monopoly which is really as great a public scandal as any of th<e American rings qr trusts whjch colqnists hear so much about and so virtuously con demn, There have been few worse developments of monopoly anywhere than the bond by which, under penalty, the price of binder twine in the colony was fixed at a price 33| per cent higher than that at which the producers find it profitable to export it to other, colonies. The monopoly whioh the retention of this duty per mits to exist must be an enormously profitable one, as it is gradually being concentrated in as small a syndicate as possible. Only a day or two ago the telegraph announced the absorp tion of the Auckland twine n^antf factory by tj)e Southern syndicate, the headquarters of which are .elipve d to be in Invercargill. At any rate, it was the manager of a well-known southern firm who went to Auckland to negotiate the transaction. It might be wqrth tye attention of member? to follow the cltie. That such H trans action should have been openly carried through while the duty question is actually pending in Parliament shows what confidence the monopolists must have in their power to prevent the House interfering \yitfe their profits by reniovin'g the duty. Time will show whether this confidence U well fouadsd pr uot," '

A telegram from Wellington an nounces that the Court to hear and

THE ARDGOWAN ESTATE.

determine the demand made by Government for the acouisi

I The Wellington Evening Post, writing last Thursday on the subject of the

i — — —i tion of the Ardgowan estate under the Land for Settlements Act, has been fixed to sit at Dunedin on Sep tember 2. The Compensation Court will have to decide as to the price that will have to be paid by the Govern ment for the estate, which is the property of the New Zealand and Australian Land Company, and con tains 4273 acres. The owners of the estate want £45,890, or £10 6s per acre, and also a further sura of £1950 for consequential damage to the ad joining lands. The Government, it is said, offered £7 per acre for the land, but the offer was refused. A large number of witnesses will be called to give evidence in the case, which will probably last two or three days. The two assessors are Mr D. Reid and Mr R, Hay, O.E. The claimants will be represented by Mr F, R. Chapman, while Mr J. F. M. Praser and Mr Newton (of Oamaru) will represent the Crown.

In May last Mr Goschen, addressing his constituent said that both actors

and spectators showed little interest in the business of the House

HUMOR FROM HR GOSCHEN.

of Commons just then, but political feeling would run high as soon asthe dissolution for which the Op position longed was announced. Greater interest had been shown in the Wal worth election than in the proceedings of Parliament. The cry of Rosebery and revolution had evaporated into a very rosewater revolution indeed. The show of hostility to the House of Lords had not had the slightest effect upon the constituencies. What had be*ome of the glove which Lord Rosebery threw down? Nothing had been heard of its being picked up, but it might be preserved somewhere as an interesting memento of an interesting flirtation between a peer and the Radical?. In conclusion he said : Our political opponents are very jolly —at leat they tell us so. Last week they had a jollification at the National Liberal Club. There was a whole bevy of Ministers present. They spent the first part of the evening in congratu lating themselves upon their position and in cheering each other by saying how bappy they were. (Laughter.) The speeches were to be followed by a ball. They were to talk and to dance. I do not think there was a gayer scene since—

Merrily danced the Quaker's wife, And merrily danced tbe Quaker. (Laughter and cheers.) They talked and they danced. The kind members of the Press who were present gave us the purport of their semi-melancholy, semi-festive speeches; but the outer public know nothing of th« dance which followed. lam credibly informed, and T have no reason to doubt my infor mant, that the august personages present—the Cabinet Ministers— danced almost exclusively to Scotch, Welsh, and Irish tunes—if my infor mant was right, when the orchestra, which was patriotic, insisted, against the remonstrance of the dancers, on winding up the evening with " Rule Britannia." But it all comes to this —Let us drink, feast, and be merry, for to morrow we die. (Laughter and cheers.) The "to-morrow" as the election showed, was a fatal day indeed for the Liberal party.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Cable news on foutth page.

A team of Christchurch golfers will play the Ashburton County Golf Club on the links of the latter on Thursday afternoon.

The Wellington Acclimatisation Society is .ending away a consignment of SQOO brown trout ova to Waipiro Bay, on the East Coast.

The rolls in connection with the election of Railway Boards of Appeal, have been circulated. The election takes place as soon after August 31 as possible.

At a meeting of the Auckland Trades and Labour Council delegates, the report on the proposed Labour papsr was that the Council did not see its way at present to entertain the Idea.

On Sunday another beast was taken ill at Ohaupo. Inspector Ross went up from Auckland and found it dying. More pigs are dead. One man is dangerously ill, it is supposed from blood poisoning.

At the Counties Conference last week Mr Yon Roden said that several station holders in the North Wairarapa had each given as many as 2000 meals to swaggers In the course of a year.

A Press Association telegram from Wel lington states that it is pnderstoqd that the Government will not $11 the vaqancy on the Supreme Court Benoh until after the close of the session.

At a meeting of Longbeach farmers, held at Wheatstone yesterday, the pro posal to constitute the Longbeach Road District a Drainage District under the Act of 1893, was negatived, as reported more fully in another column.

At the Police Court this morning, Carleton Slade was brought before His Worship the Mayor, charged with being disorderly while drunk and qsing obscene language in East street. He was remanded till to-morrow, as another justice could not be found to sit with Hie Worship.

Ab a meeting of the Harper memorial committee yesterday afternoon, a pro posal by Bishop Julius, that a cenotaph with a recumbent figure of the late Bishop should be plaped where the vestry had been situated was adopted, The amount available will be about £650.

Ac the Christchurch S.M. Court, yester day, ths case of F. Sootb v J. Winter, junior, both of Swananoa, an action to recover £200 damages on account of the seduction of plaintiff's daughter, was heard before Justice Denniston and a common jury of four. The jury found for plaintl'ft'lor £100 damages.

The Rev. Canon Dodd, preaching in St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin, on Sunday morning, directed attention to the spirit of irreverence shown by many youths in the colonies, and also strongly condemned the conduct of womjsn wW displayed 4 manni&ljness' ir sfead of modesty .in dyess.

The Ashburton 1 _rmis Club advertise a dance to be held at the School of Music on the 22nd in. t.

A general meeting of the Ashburton Eockey Club will be held to-morrow light at ha'f past saven o'clock in the Templar Hall.

The friend .of the late Mr George BUrt, 'ate owner of Winchraore, are reminded that his funeral will leave Ms residence, 271 Hereford Street, Christchurch, at two .'clock to-morrow.

Mr G. J. Neill announces great reduc tions np'i.-e^ of drapery, clothing, and boots. Pressed for money, as everybody is now, ho is throwing tempting bargains oefore hou-ewive«

Tbe Maerewhenaaeatatein the Oamaru district, which has been purchased by Government under the Land for Settle ments Act, is to be put into the market under *-he lease perpetuity system on September 10. The property consists of 11,000 acres and ha 9 been divided into 102 sections.

H, M.a. Lizard arrived at Auckland on Vlonday from Fiji to relieve the Pyladea, . h;ch sails for Fiji to relieveH,M.s ttapid The L z*rd will be on duty in New Zea land waters until the end of tho month, when she will be relieved by the Gold finch. It is probable the Lizard will be floated into dock at Auckland for repairs. The Goldfinch, from Noumea, put into Mongonui on Sunday, owing to the heavy weather on the coast. She is bound for Auckland.

The sitting of the Oourt for hearing and determining the demand made by Govern ment for the compulsery acquisition of the Ard go wan estate, near Oamaru, under the Land for Settlements Act, has been fixed to take place at Dunedin on September 2. The Court will be consti tuted as follows : —Mr Justioe Williams will preside, and will have the asaistauca as assessors of Mr Donald Raid (represent' ins; the Company owning the estate) and MrR. Hay.'CE. (on behalf of Go. era* ment).

At a meeting of the Otago Acolima _sa tisation Society yesterday it was mentioned that the severe winter had been very de structive in the interior to ducks and pu kakis, and that the latter had pretty well died out, Mr McLean, of Hawera fht, wrote that tho snow had driven the deer down to the flat and they were quite tame. He had never seen such snow in June be fore. One of the stags brought from Mel bourne had taken shelter in his woolshed, where he had been fed for a week. The stag has since taken shelter in a gully.

The Grey River Argus says :— The state of society in the neighbourhood of the home of ,s The Lost Ten Tribes" is re putedly not of the most refined descrip tion. But it has not yet renched the stage of grilling publicans alive in their own fireplaces. A Press Association wire reports that this is what was done to May in his own accommodation house. The item is sensational enough ; bat it does not happen to be true. From what can be gathered from sources where the truth ought to be kn jwn, there was no grilling of May nor anybody else.

The usual fortnightly meeting of th«j Waterton Clearbrooke Lodge, 1.0,G.T„ was held in the Library Hall on Saturday night. The lodge was presided over by Bro. S, W. Norrish, C.T., and there were present thirty-three members. One new member was initiated into the Lodge, and two others were proposed for membership. A committee, consisting cf Bros Forrish, William Houston, and Watson, was appointed to carry out arrangements regarding an open meeting. The following resolution was also carried :-—' That tho Lodge ananimously approves of the licensing Bill before the House of Representatives and introduced by Mr McNab, and requests the member for the district to use his best endeavours to get the sama passed during the present session,' Business of a routine nature h&ving been transacted the Lodge went into harmony.

The Otago Daily Times charges th. Railway Department with meanness in a peculiar direction. In the Dean case, bhe evidence of several guards and drivers, who had seen Mrs Dean on the train with the tin box about which so much was heard during the case, was taken. Ib was of grave import in the case, and the guards were required to be at Court— inquest, Magisterial inquiry, and Supreme Court trial—many days, having also to stay overnight. The Justice Department allowed the Railway Department 6s a day and 4s per night for the railway servants who gave evidence. The railway authori ties have annexed those allowances, and ' have meanly doled oub to the guards in payment of their expenses the sum of 3s per day—an amount quite insufficient to provide them with board and lodging at even a third-class hotei.* The Times hopes the meanness of the proceeding will be recognised, and the guards treated with fairness.

Outside one of the big Paris stores the other day there were grouped a lady, a nursemaid with a baby in her arms, and an inspector of police in the execution of his duty. The lady had just been given into custody on a charge of shoplifting. She was protesting her innocence In eloquent and moving language, the nurse sobbing an accompaniment on baby's outer wraps. The spectacle meved the great heart of the environing crowd, anon a shouf went up against the stony-hearted! police ofl|cer. v\ hat would have happened next on the part pf the crowd ope ctjnnqc say, but shrewdly and opportunely the officer unwaterproofed his victim and dis closed much evidence against her. She was hung round with a variety of articles from boots to fancy pen wipers—a living Chinese tree, prodigally garnished with pu _oined presents. The crowd slunk back ashamed. But when the officer proceeded to uncloak the trembling nursemaid, and she in her agitation let baby fall, a roar of execration arose once more. For baby fell with a sickening sound full on its little head, and stove it in. The inspector had to go down on hjs knees and pick up the fragments of the fractured skull.' He showed them ro»nd, and another hoarse roar came from the bystanders, Kut it was a different roar to the one preceding, for the fragments were of wax. The very baby was a shop lift!

PARLIAMENTARY.

Wellington, August 20 When the House meets this afternoon Government will move to add the names of Messrs Pinkerton and Fraser to the Bank Committee. The recommendatiMj o| the Committee, that its proceedings b| secret will §lso be considered by the House,

THE AS.HBUETON GUAKDIAN : TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1895.



Busizvass Notlee. | STOCK-TAKING WE are busy preparing for Stocktaking, and we will finish by the end of the month. From now till the end of the month we will otter everything at RIDICULOUSLY LOW PRICES. NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED. ladies' Umbrellas la 6d each Towels 2£d Ladies* Jackets 29s 6d, reduced to Blankets 6s 9d per pair 10s 6d Blankets 25s 6d, now 16s 6d. These Dress Goods B|d, now 3|d are double bed colonial Drees Goods Is 9d, now Bsd, double Men's Colonial Tweed Suits 82s 6d, width »ow 21s Double Bed Sheeting &$i Boys' Tweed Suits 3s lid Women's Stocking* s£d per pair Men's Tweed Trousers 6s lid liOQg Whita Lace Curtains Is lid per Men's Tweed Overcoats 30s, now 17s pair 6d, with Capes All Wool Colonial Flannel 8d Men's Macintoshes 89s 6d, now 2ls 6d Flannelettes 2s lid per dozen BOOTS. BOOTS, AT ANY PRIOE. ' NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY. DON'T FAIL TO COME AND SEE. Ladies' Shoes 4s 6d per pair Men's Sunday Boots 7s 6d Indies' Boots 5a lid per pair Men's Pegged Watertight! Us 6d, ilea _ Nailed Shooters 7s lid reduced to 10s 6d DON'T MISTAKE THE SHOP— Q. J. NEILL'S FKISDLAKDBR'S 00BN EB, BAST STREET, ASHBURTON. We are very short of Cash, now is the time to buy. Seeds. Seeds. Seeds. — JUST AERIVED — New Season Flower & Vegetable Seeds FLETCHER BROS HAVE »reat pleasure in intimating that they have just received their New Season Stock of NIMMO & BLAIR'S Celebrated Flower and Vegetable Seeds in the following order :— ID Per Packet FLOWER SEEDS. Il) Per Packet Alyssum Sweet Mignonette Lobelia speciosa Antirrhinum, fiine mixed Nasturtium, Tom Thumb Marvel of Peru Balsam fine mixed Nemaphila macolata Nasturtium, tall Candytuft, mixed Petunia, fine mixed Nemophila insignis Canterbury Bells, mixed Stock, German, ten-week Pansy, mixed Chrysanthemum tricolor, Aster, German Poppy, « The Shirley m [ xe & Aster,Betteridge's quilled Pea, sweet, mixed Columbine, mixed Candytuft, dark crimson Phlox Drumraondii Convolvulus, mixed Carnation Stock, Virginian, mixed Dahlia, mixed Clarkia elegans • i Everlasting, mixed Convolvulus m.jor Wallflower, mixed Godetia, The Bride Oyanus minor Portulaea mixed Jacoban, mixed Delphinium, mixed Sweet William Linum, grandiflorum Forget-me-not, blue Verbena, mixed robrum Indian Pink Zinnia, elegans, double, Marigold, African Larkspur, mixed mixed 3D Per Packet VEGETABLE SEEDS. 3d Per Packet PEAS. Stockwood Ridge Champion Scarlet-runner American Wonder Oress—Extra Curled Bean Little Gem Large Musselburgh Leeks OABBAGL. 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. Dumb, sad Savoy Borecole—Dwarf Green Broad, Harlington CARROT. Ourled Windsor Early Short Horn Brussels Sprouts- Green Windsor J*mm**%rwduit9 Scrymgcr's Giant Early Long Pod Ll_.ll UI&. CAULIFLOWER. French or Kidney— Drumhead jfiarly London Canadian Wonder Neapolitan Waicheren, etc Pale Dun Giant White Cote's Crystal Whito Mammoth Negro Long ONION, 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 Sasds and that .ou set as much Vegetable Seed for 3d as is usually given for Gd, and as much Flower Seed for Id as is usually given for 3d. The increase of Nimmo and Blair's packet trade has been ptaenoininal and this year it is expected to total % Quarter of a Million. IST NOTE ADDRESS, FLETCHER BROS., C&SH SUPPLY STORES, ASHBURTON & CHRISTCHURCH. TO OWNERS OF NEWLY ERECTED MANSIONS, VILLAS, AND COTTAGES, GRAND OPPORTUNITY. Linoleums and Floorcloths direct from the Mills to our Warehouse, TH .. LARGEST STOCK outside of Oliristcliuroli. Fo Intermediate Handling. ONE LARGE PROFIT SAVED. Latest Patterns, per s.s. lonic, to hand. Beautiful Designs Lovely Shades. MITCHELL AND TURNER. TANOBJ3D STEEET.



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PRAYER and Hymn Books; Photo, Scrap and Stamp Albums ; Parlour Glines (a great variety); School Bag_> from 6d each ; Notepiper from 61 a packet of 5 quires ; Envelopes 100 for 6d ; Photo Frames, and Albums, Vases, Fancy Tea Pats, Toys of various kinds all at greatly reduced prices for Cash at L. F. Andrewbs and Co. _ Expiration of Lease Sale. 7 123 i IT AN TED Known—That H. Bair W stow makes to order evsry description of Trap Cashiuns and Trim mings. 8 81 WANTED- People who are in need of Go d Strong Durable Furniture to leave their orders with H. Bairstow. 8 80 \\ /"ANTED KNOWN—The Ladies W are invited to call and inspect new designs in Linoleums, etc. Will be landed in a few days.—Mitchell and Turner. WANTED Known-Ulsters 4_ lid, Fur Collarettes 3a 3d, Kid Gloves 2_ 6d, Plushes 2s gd. Towels 4|d, Flannels Bjd. -The Corner, W- H Collier WANTED KNOWN—A few lots of Remnants left over from sale to j ba cleared.—Mitchell and Turner, j VST ANTED Known—Bargains to be » » had every d*y at Mellor's Zea andia Boot Store. 1 4t~? ANTED -Everyone to call at W Mellor's and get his price. No one asked to buy. WANTED KNOWN—Our best quality Men's Waterproof Coats, usual price 65? 6d, to be cleared at £9s 6d.~ Mitchell and Turner. ITTTaNTED Known—Mothers, be wis<. * » $n$ buy your school boots at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. ,XT ANTED Known—l have good *'" Bluchers, only 4s lid.—Mellor's Zealandia Iw St<Wi T?TANTED Known—Sma_ Prefix W and Quick Returns.—Mellors Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known — Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything In the optical line at S. Salek's, Optician. WAN TED KNOWN. -The celebrated Yarmouth Oilskins can be ob tained at W. H Collier, "The Corner." \)i/"ANTED Known—Ten per cent VV under Christchurch prices at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store, WANTED Known.—loo Men's and ' Boyb' Strong Elastic Belts at one penny each.—A Orr's Sale. /CHOICE FRUlTS,—Peaches, bananas, V^ oranges, lemons and tomatoes, at 11. A. Flower, Fruiter and Confectioner, East street. WANTED Known—Ladies Lasting Slippers only 2s lid—Usual price, 4. (kl.—Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. ___ WANTED Known—Men's Suits 17s fid, Kaiapoi Tweed Trousers %a lid, Knicker Suits 4s Lid, Caps 6d„— Ihe Coiner. W. H. Collier STOCKTAKING Sale-Mrs Alcorn C? will give large reductions of Millinery, Jackets and Mantles, Children's Pilisses, Dress Material, Glassware and Fancy Goods, for one month previous to stock-, taking, — Next Courthouse, Havelock .



Wanted. / .ARSON" AND COS Stocktaking Sale \ '^ Now on. Groceries, Ironmongery, Brushware, Glass and China, at very low prices for cash. 5 129 C~ "HOICE New Season Fruit. Grapes, Peaches, Pines, Plums, Bananas, Apples, Apricots, and Tomatoes ; the best j in'town.—adams. Senders,' Buildings \ WANTED Known—The Largest and Best shop for Evening .hoes in • shburton.—Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known — Mellor's Zea landia Boot Store is the Cheapest Store for Boots and Shoes. WANTED Known—Great Purchase of Dress Stuffs for Melford House Sale. Lob No. 2 great variety, double width at Is. Some of these were la 9d wholesale. Everything reduced. —H. 0. S EGEBS. . WAJS i'ED Known — Mrs HoOPKR (monthly nurse) is open to accept engagements. Apply, by letter, to Mrs Hoopbb, Alfora. Forest Raad, Ashburton, 1*134 _ ___ WANTED Known—Great Purchase of Drees Stuffs. Lot No. 1 great variety, double width B£d. Most of these goods were la 3jd wholesale. Melford House Sale. Everything reduced.—Hi CJ. Seoerb. . CTTANTED Known—6o Ladies' Black » ▼ and Colored Wool Jerseys at 2a 6d, formerly 10s 6d ; 100 Pairs of White Blankets at 10s 6d, Ladies' Muffs 3s Bd. Umbrellas Is lid, Corsets 2s 9d, 6 and 6 J fonr button Kid Gloves 6d, Uents Silk Ties 6d each. Large Wool Hearth Rugs 6a 6d each.—Andrew Orr's Sale. 6 220 ANTED KNOWN. —F. S Jeffries, leading Confectioner and Fruiterer, of East Street, next the Corner. Hot Pies at any hour and Tea and Coffee also. N.B. Lady Attendant. Fruit of every description. Ladies' .Loom a specialty. 1*153 PTO DATE .SALE—ISO Pairs Girls Boots 2s 6d, 120 Pairs Maids' Boots 3s 6d, 117 Pairs Maids' (best) Boots 4s 6d, Ladies' Shoes 5s lid, Gents' Boots 4s 6d and 6. 6d. All sizes guaranteed for one week,—A. Orr's Cheap Sale. 6 221 LF. ANDREWES & CO.—Sale now • on of Surplus Stock of Fancy Goods, Toys, Books, Stationery and Account Books, and all at greatly reduced prices for cash, at L. F. Andrewes &Co OWN Make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, Mnslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs Alcorn's new shop, Baker's Buildings. OTATOE-. Potatoes.—Mind you get your Potatoes at Fletcher Bros. The quality of our Potatoes is first-class and*have taken the First Prize at the Timaru Show four yews in succession. Don't forget address— Fletcher Bros., East Street, Ashburton. OT ANTED Known—That I am hold *» ing a Sale at Reduced Prices for One Month. Come for Bargains. I have the advantage over many 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. But I buy and sell none but the best, no trash to draw the unwary. Repairs as usual, done at Once.~J. Moison, Boot Store East street, Ashburton. 5 188 U" HEAP Wool makes cheap Blankets, cheap Flannels, cheap Clothing. I have g)t in a nice assortment of this season's Blankets, men's and boys colonial Tweed Suits and Overcoats, cheaper than ever they have been in New 2_.ai*nd Men's colonial Tweed Kaiapoi Suits for 2?8 61, a marvel at the prine ; Kaiapoi Knicker Suits from 7s 6d.--Robert Alcorn, Clothing and Boot Warehouse, Havelock street. WEDDINC PRESENTS WEDDINC PRESENTS WEDDING PRESENTS THE Largest and Choicest Stock of New Goods suitable for Wedding Presents is to be found at the JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT OP S. S A_L E X- All Goods marked in plain figures at lowest prices. S SALEK. WATCHMAKER AED JEWELLER, EAST STREET, The noted place for sound and reliable workmanship in watch repairs. P3 O EH __•____■_____ k-M p""~ ■—« Li I o _p __. I__ ' •*_ L____l r____q . rv=_ Hap** I



A l>es Moines woman who has been troub led with frequent colds, concluded to try an old remedy in a new way, and accordingly took a tablespoonful (four times the usual closed of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Just before going to bed. next morning ;ahe found that "her cold hadahnost entirely dis : appeared. During %3 day'shg toqk a few dbsp of the remedy (one ..spoonful at a time) and at night again took a tablespoon ful before going to bed, and on the following morning awoke free from all symptons of the cold. Since then she has on several oc casions, used this remedy in like manner, with the same good results, and is mucn e)atedover her disco. .cry .of so quick a way of cttriag-a eol<L 'fto- »»»e ty *«* Ashburton Pcug .9«



Indigestion.—How much thought ha| bgfin" bestowed, 'and what voluminous treatises haye been written upon this universal and distressing disease, which ia with certainty and safety dispelled without fear of relapse by a course of a purifying, soothing, and tonic medicine! It acta directly on the stomach, liver, and bowela — then judirectly, though no less effectively, on the brain, nerve*, vessels, and glands, introducing such order throughout the entire system that harmony dwells between each organ and its functions. Dyspepsia need no longer be the bugbear of the public, since Holloway's Pills are fully competent to subdue the most chronic and distressing cases of impaired digestion, and to restore the miserable sufferer to health strength, and cheerfulness.



0. W. 0. Hardman, Sheriff of Tyler Co. W. V., appreciates a good thing and does not hesitate to say so, H« was almost pros trated with a cola when he procured a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, He says: It gave me prompt relief. I fiad it to bs aq in. aluabl? remedy for coughs'.cc.-. .ids-," .JT _* sale by the Aahbutt. Q'Drvg Oo« "' •'