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MAIL NOTICES.

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Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit.. SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1895 THE MEMBER FOR ASH BURTON.

We are very sorry indeed to have to publish the report which appears in another column of the disgraceful scene which took place at Rakaia last even ing : and we certainly should have hesitated to do so were we not able to rely absolutely upon the accuracy of our local correspondent. It must, therefore, be accepted that the facts are as stated, and, that being go, it would be to abdicate our function as a public journal were we to to suppress them. Mr McLachlan has many excellent and we would have been glad to fravje been #ble to record & ggod speech by bjm, and a successful meeting wj.tfji' his (Constitu ents, but he cannot be excused for thj exhibition which evidently he un fortunately made of himself. Had he bsen attending a race meeting or a Shev dinner and been unwittingly " overtaken," as the euphemism goes, it might have been, overlooked 4 but when a member of Parliament meets hjs constituents by appointment in public m&Bting assembled it is unpardonable tha,t he should not pay to thgm the respect of appearing in a fit condition tc address them. Daring the past thirty years we have had thousands of such jjieet ings held in the colony, but neye,r before t*hat we know of has any such deplorable sqene been witnessed as it is our misfortune to have to chr,Qnjple.i Mr M^lJachl&n owes the constituency | something wore thai*, an apology, an<J \\l}}; WS imagine, s©e that ifrer\e js ionjy one course opeii f° him,

THE SHOPS AND SHOP ASSISTANTS AOT.

There is unfortunately a rather awk ward hitch under the Shops and Shop Assistants Act in relation fco its opera tion as regards " offices." By the in terpretation clause "office" is defined to mean 'any building or place used as a banking office, insurance office or for any other commercial purpose" while section 18 compels the closing of all offices not later than 5 p.m. on each week day, except Saturday, on •which day they must be closed at 1 p.m. It is true that offices do not come within the definition of shops, a Ci shop " being " a building or place in which goods are offered or exposed for sale by retail," and therefore offices need not be closed on the day appointed for the half holiday of shopkeepers and shop-assis tants—unless it happen that Saturday ig the day so appointed. But the trouble is that they must be closed on Saturday afternoon even though the owners, as most of them wish to do, close them on the afternoon of the general half-holiday. Thus, for ex ample, if Messrs Friedlander, Thomas and others who have offices "employed for commercial purposes " elect to ob serve the Wednesday or Thursday half-holiday, they are nevertheless not only not relioved from the necessity of closing on Saturday afternoon, but on the contrary compelled to do so, thus losing two half-days, instead of one as in the case of shopkeepers. This is clearly an oversight in the Act, -which provides that a shopkeeper may elect to close on Saturday if he choose and give timely notice, no matter what day be fixed for the weekly half-holiday, and is thereupon relieved from observ ing the Htter; what was wanted being a similar provision to relieve office-owners who elect to close on the weekly half-holiday, if other than Saturday, from the necessity of closing on Saturday afternoon also. Mr McLachlan at his meeting on Thursday night was very unfortunate because quite inaccurate in his endeavor to explain how the difficulty occurred, his explanation being that the Bill went through Committee " like a flash," and that members had not time to get acquainted with its provisions. Now this was not the case at all. Forbye (to use a Scotch word) the fact that the whole question of shop hours legis lation had been discussed for years in the newspapers and on the public plat forms, and that the Bill of 1893 occu pied an all-night sitting of the House, so that almost everybody was fully acquainted with every phase of the subject, the Bill of 1894 was intro duced on the 26th of June, was read a second time on June 28, and was not taken into Committee until the 14th August. Members thus had nearly seven loeehs to make themselves ac quainted with its details before voting upon them, and so far from the Bill going through Committee with un due speed the fact is that at the first sitting in Committee, which occurred on the last-named date, the House did not adjourn till five minutes past 2 a.m., and even then !md only got through the first three clauses. Moreover, even tbig amount of progress was not made without six divisions upon amendments, three of which were carried, in neither of which divisions does Mr McLachlan's name appear, either among the lists of mem bers voting or among the pairs, so that he cannot, we imagine, have been present. One of the rejected amend ments on this occasion was Mr Hutch> son's proposal to bring "hotel bars" within the operation of the Act, and t\vo of those carried excepted fish mongers, fruiterers, and confectioners therefrom. Ten days interval elapsed before the consideration in Committee was resumed, and at this sitting (August 24) several further amendments were made, including the addition of two new clauses. Cn this occasion there were two diyisions, in both of which Mr McLachlan yoted. It is therefore quite clear that his statement that the Bill went through Committee " like a flash " is wholly inconsistent with the fact, and we can only imagine that the hon member must for the moment have forgotten the circumstances. The truth is that the trouble about the " offices " did not originate with the House at all. The definition of "office" and " office employee " was inserted in the Legislative Council on the motion of Mr Ormond where also clause 18, prescribing the closing hour of offices, was inserted. "We make this correc tion of Mr McLaqhlan's statement as a matter of Justice to the House of Re i presentatives ; which in this instance at any rafce was cerjbainly #ot guilty of hurriedly passing legislation p,f the effect and scope of which it had no just appreciation. In this particular case indeed the facts we have adduced show that the Bill in question was before the House in each of its stages long enough for members to make themselves fujly acquainted with all its provisions down to the smallest particular

Tberb seeing to ba no limit to |fche possibilities of indention iif. regard to labor-saving appliances, and SHjE^EiWQ- although the consequent ey c^eapenirio; of the cost of MiCHiNKHy production has its advan tages it has its disad vantages also. For example one won ders what a large number pf the working men of the colony are to find to do in place of the employ ment hitherto available in the shearing sheds should the expectations of the invento* of the new shearing machinery described below be £u)filled. The in ventor in question, who is a iih'^l engineer, writing to the Sydney Daily Telegraph saya—" Ever since the present machines for shearing sheep came upon the market, two mechanical friende and myself have been working to devise a machine wh£ch would Ho away with all skilled labor, with t«e exception of the knowledge required to drive an ordinary stationary or portable engine. We have succeeded so far that pur machine will, T predict, revolutionise the whole system of shearing, ans ft **& merely require a man to catch the sheep and fce^ phem, as it were, into the .machine. The whole thicg yorjk|i ajftoi^atically, and deliyers tho h$ a tpayel^er ? without further ' Oil t-9 fc^e User's faty. I .-eoertal'm "* mm^ *»d' »*»reorfr , hope Tmake everything so &**** M.& smaller plants may travel from shed tv shed, much on the same principle as a travelling threshing machine. We expect to have the machine on the market within twelve months."'

Another invention to which we have to refer is, however, free from the drawback of narrowing the scope of raoTOGRAjPHY industry—indeed la sure, | in colors, if perfected, largely to | widen the area of employ- ! raent. It is that of photography in colors which has made a notable advance. The British Fine Art Society is now showing in Lomhardi's old gallery in P<»11 Mall East (*ays the Westminster Gazette) he products of two processes discovered by j M. Mathieu, and very excellent they are. Suppose ie Is desired to reproduce an oil painting in its original colours. Three negatives are taken on specially prepared films - the first cunes out yellow, the second blue, and the third red, the in tensity of the colours being varied accord ing to the exposure which experience shows to be necessary. The yellow film is then mounted, and the others placed exactly over it. By the combination of yellow, any colours in the original can be reproduced. Any number o£ prints, too, can be taken from the negatives, and the cost of this coloured photograph is only a quarter of thab of a photograph painted by hand. Portraits in colours can be taken directly from life by the sanae simple process. The films are not, it may be added, interchangeable.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Commercial news appears on the fourth page.

The Hon. J. G. Ward was a passenger by the Talane, which left Wellington for the South yesterday afternoon.

A tender has been accepted for the building of a seventy-five roomed hotel near the Rotorua railway station and sanatorium, at a cost oC over £5000.

Mr W. J. B. Williamson's training stables at Auckland have been burned down. The racehorses IngorJna and Abel we're burned to death.

The orchards of Central Otago have an area of 119 acres, and last year the growers received for their fruit in Dunedin the sum of £391119 i.

The Bishop of Salisbury will pass through Ashbuvton by the express train to-day en route for Christchurch, where he will be the guest of Mr C. 6. Bowen. The Bishop goes on to Wellington by Tuesday's steamer.

The Dunedin Chamber of Commerce has agreed, on the invitation of the Sydney Chamber, in a united protest to the Postmaster-General, against the propopal to make obligatory the new vocabulary for cypher codes in cabling.

According to the Taieri Advocate, four erstwhile Dunedin residents, who a short time back went to Coolgardie almostpenni less, and who are now looted at White Feather, Westera Australia, have made nearly £1000 betwesn them, and have hopes of doubling that amount before another six months have passed.

The Nelson Colonist recently recorded that a worm about ten inches long and of the thickness of tine twine had been found n some water drawn from a town service pipe. It adds, "Sevorai specimens of a similar worm have reached us in the past, but none so large as that sent us yesterday."

At the Salvation tea on Taesday night Mr Brigardier Hoskin, the new head of the organisation in New Zealand will he welcomed ; so also will be Captain and Mrs Wilson who assume charge of the work here. At the same time farewell will be taken of Captain and Mrs Fleming, who are leaving for Wellington.

The Mew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report a slight improvement in tone and values ab yester day's wool sales. For all good, sound, well-grown clips, there was decidedly keen competition, and an advance, and tlis was to a cartain extent noticeable in all lots. On an average values showed an improY«mont of fully ,^cl par lb.

I Tlia undermentioned Stipendiary Magis trates are appointed to exercise extended jurisdiction nuder the Magisfcr ite'o Courts Act, 1893;- Robert Smith Bush, cf Auck land ; Thomas Jackson, of Pokeno ; Lieu tenant-Colonel John McKinloch Roberts, of Tauranga ; Alfred Greenfield, of West -4 port; Helyar Wedderbum Bishop, of Christ church ; Robert Samuel Hawkins, of Milton i and John JSugent Wood, of Clydo.

This is the message the telegraph messenger h.inded to him : * v Come down as soon as you can. lam dying.—Kate. 1 Eight minutes later he arrived at the summer hotel, to be met on the pia^zi by Kate herself. * Why, what, did y«u mean by sending me sucli a message? he asked. * Ob,' she gurgled ,* I wanted to say that I was dying to see you, but my tea words ran out and I had to stop.

The Education Board at Timaru on Thursday deferred their reply to the re quest that the Inspector should examine Catholic schools, for the purpose of inquir ing, what schools are desired to be examined. The proposal to ask for a 3ontribution to the extra cost, if any was rejected, but an objection was raised to acceding to the request on the score of expense, as the Inspector must fairly be paid extra for extra work.

A conversazione, held at Dunedin to welcome Dr. Wordsworth, Bishop of Salisbury, at present pa a visit to the colony, was attended by a large number of Anglican clergy and representative laymen. Bishop Neyill cordially welcomed Dr. Wordsworth, who in reply spoke at considerable length, dealing; mainly with the id.al of the Church of England polity and the old Catholic movement, in connection with which he has taken a very prominent position.

We are pleased to notice that Mr W. H. Talt, the now well-known and talented painting master, has received sufficient encouragement in the way of pupils to warrant resuming his drawing and painting classes in Ashbnrton, and has decided to open classes at Rakaiti, should a sufficient number of pupila notify their intention of etudyipg under hini. Asa teacher of drawing and pointing Mr T&ifc has been yery successful,' and few masters are more painstakiug witji those und^r their tuition.

On Friday evening January 11th the Star of (the East Lodge 1.0.0 T. held a very pleasant gathering. The mission pf Bro. Crabb has been fruitful in ravivlng the true spirit of Temperance in the Order here as the attendance showed. Har mony was indulged In and during the evening tea, coffee, and other Hght refresh ments were dispensed by the ladies. The meeting oiji JMiay the 18th was well attended. Greetings from three sjster lodges were received at the hands of Bro.' G. W. Andrews and a large amount of important business was" trans acted.

On Sunday next the new Bishop of Waiapu will bo consecrated at the Napier (Vhedral, the officiating prelates being iho Bishops of Auckland, Ohristchiph, and Nelson. It is arranged that the ' ser vice at which the new Bishop of Welling ton h to be consecrated shall take place ia the Wellington pro-Cathedral"at half-] past ten o'clock on next Thursday moroing and the installation ceremony at half-past, eeyen' Jn thp evening The Bishop of Salisbury and the jjishnos of JVfelanesia, &ÜBSA W^^'Nellop.phnstchurch, and i/u.. ■ *«&. ths ©isfiop of secration ceremony, »- •»»ofciAn Salisbury will pr«ach. The new x.*,.. will preach after his Installation in the evening,

Mr McLachlan at Rakia

A. I>I§«»A.OKFITX. SCJEWK

(Own Correspondent.)

lUkaia, January 18. I much regret having; to write as follows, for. although not a supporter of Mr McLachlan, I have known him for some years, and an soiry he has mnde such a fool of himself. I should imagine it will lose him many votes in future cooteste, as such conduct is bound to be spread over the whole colony. There was a very large attendance at the Town Hall, and a few "minuses after eight o'clock Me McLa<"h!a:i came in and staggered on the stage. He had not arranged for any Chairman, and of course there was not one. He expressed himself in terms not over polite to the effect that it was a great insult to the member for Ashburton for no one to have taken the chair. He said there were several Justiseß of the Peace about the place, a lot of nobodies, etc., etc., and he should resent such conduct and make it hot for them.

Mr 0. A. C. Hardy, J.P., rose and said had he been asked he should have taken the chair for Mr McLachlan, or any one else, but he never had been asked.

Mr McLachlan, in a somewhat insult ing manner, said he had touched Mr Hardy, who thought himself everything in Rakaia, on the raw, and he would not stoop so low as to ask such a person to take the chair.

After a little delay Mr W. Strachan said if no one else would take it, he would. He did so, and introduced Mr McLachlan, stating that he (Mr McLach lan) was very much under the influence of liquor, and not fib to address a meeting, and he thought it would be better for the address to be postponed. Those present seemed of the same opinion. Mr McLachlan resented the statement, and said he was sure he was the better for the liquor. After making two or three attempts to speak he found it no go, and had to give in. The people, including several ladies, left the hall, and in a few minutes Mr McLachlan simply fell off the stage. The wonder is he did not damage himself. I don't know how you will word the report, bub it is no use trying to hide the unpleasant part, for it v of course bound to fly all over the country. I never saw such a disgraceful scene. All he could get out w&h ''that a cumber of Bills had been pub before him, and the most important was the Bank of New Zealand Guarantee."

Correspondence.

(We do not hold ourselves responsible tor the "pinions exptessed by our correspondents)

FOURTEEN YARDS IN 100.

TO THE EDITOB.

Sib, —I was considerably amused on Thursday evening on witnessing the first of the series of competitions for Mr Buckley's trophy—viz., the 100 yards race—to notice some of the competitors being started almost out of " cooee " of the scratch man, or hear ing of the starter's pistol. I learned with considerable surprise that the limit men had fourteen yards handicap. Surely this is out of all reason in a 100 yards spint, .and such handicapping is certainly detrimental to true sport. It was evidently the intention of the handicippers to put the scratch man out of any chance of winning. I certainly consider he was very foo'ish to start, and though ha made the admirable time of 10 2-sth aec , he was nowhere at the finish. I have never heard in my experience cf any thing more than ten yards handicap being being given in a hundred, and when a com p3titor unblushingly accepts fourteen yards s^art, he is either no sportsman or a very poor runner—too poor, in fact, to have the prrsumption to start at all. ffopiftg that the handicapping for the next events will be slightly more reasonable, and thanking you for your valued space,—l am, etc., Ax old 100 "Sards Man.

Destructive Hurricane.

Auckland, January 18

The OVau, from Fiji, brlnga news of a destructive hurricane there on January 7 ■>nd 8. Of the five churches of which Suva lately boasted, the Presbyterian, .Wesleyan, and Native »nd Polynesian Church of England, collapsed entirely. The European Church of England was partly unroofed, while the Roman Catholic structure o»me off with little damage. The Government experienced conaiderabls loss in the destruction of the Customs house and bonded store. The two-storeyed building was totally wrecked, and of the smaller stores many were entirely de stroyed. The stores and warehouses of the larger merchants came off beat, their losses being bat comparatively light in comparison with their risks. The boat builders, with open sheds, suffered con siderably, some of the sheds having fallen on fche work. Many houses are roofless and verandah-less. Out-houses and fences are only represented by debris. The family of Mr Bentley, of the Customs, suffered considerably from exposure and privation by their dwelling being com pletely blown away. The patients and attendants at the hospital had a bad time, it being deemed advisable to remove the former to a smaller but stronger structure. The storm raged in the locality with considerable fury. At Nau spri, the mill is wholly uninjured, but the i roof of the manager's house was damaged ; also the mechanics' barracks. The officers' quarters were blown to the ground, A portion of tha roof of the ac countants' and other buildings on the estate were more or less damaged. The store of Bolliac and Co. was unroofed and considerable damage was done. 1 Several houses on the river are down and otherwise injured. At Upper Rewa, the stores of Harley and Stephen were totally wrecked. Rennies' Is unroofed and seyeral buildings are more or less damaged. At Vlvla, lower down, the butchery of Corbetb and Co. and the store of J. ohn Ran Jell were partially unroofed, and that of J,. Ren me, at Lower Rewa, is in a like plight, while' the dwelling-house is completely ruined. At Levuka the barque Ophir was wrecked on the reef with 100 tons of copra. The barque Pione, from Africa, had to cut away he* masts aayed her from foundering. Several "small crafts were driven to sea The houses owned by Mr Ghrrick and Mr A. Martin were wrecked, and the occu pants had a miraculous escape. The Ovalau met the hurricane at Tavluni and had a narrow escape, being driven on the reef. An entire native village at Obutha Bay was blown to pieces. The village of Wairiki was levelled, excepting the Roman Catholic Church. The cutters Shark and Eleanor and an unknown schooner foun dered off Taviuni, and it is believed that all the crews were lost. At the Island of faviuni the native town suffered severely, only one of thirty houses being leffc. The Ijolmhurat sugar estate estimates its loss at £1500. The cocoanut plantations are ruined. Bega is considerably wrecked. Mbkogla and Wakaga suffered severely. The cutter Senievo was wrecked, and two cuttefs whose names are unknown are reported as wrecked on the Wakaga- The barque Ophlr was sold at auction for 1-300, and the cargo lor £%& The pur chasers are floerder and 06.

European and Other Foreign Items

London, January 16. The wives and mothers of the men entombed in the Giglake colliery have been sitting round the mouih of the shaft since Monday waiting for the corpses of the unfortunate miners. The rescue pirty is abandoning hope. Berlin, January 16 One hundred- and six'y-four non commissioned office's in the German Army have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment Varying from six weeks to live years on charges of insubordina tion.

Oamaru Harbour Board Bonds.

I ondon, Jannary 16 The Oamaru Harbour Board » de ferring payment of its bonds due on the 31st inst*

Oam aku, November 17 The special cable referring to ths Oamaru Harbour Board's bonds does not indicate any further default. It is the Receiver, not the Board, who has deferred payment of ths drawn bonds. The whole question ia At present sub judice, as the Board's interest, due this month, has been properly remitted '

Banking Affairs.

London, January 16. The majority of the Committee ap pointed by the shareholders in the Bank of Australia are in favour of proceeding by a civil action to recover the dividend paid from the capital. The Courts refused the injunction applied for by the Union Bank to re strain the official liquidator from issuing reports.

January 17 The Scotch Banks have reduced the interest on deposits to 1 per cent.f which is the lowest on record.

Melbotjknh;, January 16 The balance-sheet of the Commercial Bank shows a net profit for the half year equal to about 1| per cent per annum on preference share capital. A noteworthy statement in the report is that the payment of deposit receipts falling due chiefly in 1898 to the extent of nearly half a million had beeh anticipated.

London, January 18 The Times states that it is rumored that the Scotch Banks will assist the Australian reconstructed Banks to meet the interest on the deposits.

Sydney, January 18 The Australian Joint Stock Bank dnring the current half-year intends to prepay the first instalment of extended deposits, thus anticipating the due date by a couple of years.

Sydney, January 19 The directors of the Australian Joint Stock Bank have decided to prepay one half the amount due to depositors in 1897, provided payment of the other half is postponed till 1902, the extended amount to bear the same rate of interest as at present.

THE ITALIANS IN ABYSSINIA

Cairo, January 18 News has been received that the Italian forces captured the Abyssinia camp with an immense quantity of stores.

THE ANARCHISTS.

Rome, January 16 An anarchist named Bellochio, fatally stabbed the public prosecutor of Milan.

LORD KINTORE'S SEND OFF

Adelaide, January 17 Lord Kintore, who left yesterday for London; received a most cordial send off.

POSTAL CONFERENCE

Sydney, January 18 Mr Cook, Postmaster-General, and Messrs Lambton and Walker, officials of the department, represent the colony at the Postal Conference.

ELECTRICAL DISTURBANCES

Perth, January 18 The telegraph authorities of Western A ustralia explain that the recent inter ruptions on their line? are due to al most continuous electrical disturbances,

CO-OPERATIVE SETTLEMENTS

Brisbane, January 13.

Inspection proves there is no ohance of making two out of the three co operative settlements in the Roma district self supporting. The co-opera tive principle as applied to them has proved a complete failure, and has pro duced no better results than individual efforts.

BOWLING

Sydney, Jammy 18 The New South Wales Bowling As sociation has decided to invite a team of New Zealand bowlers representing the North Island to visit the colony at Easter. If they agree to come a series of matches will be arranged for them.

The Vancouver Mail Service

Sydney, Jannary 17 Mr G»*ayson, representative q£ IVJessrs Huddarfc, Parker and 00., has been in communication with Mr Hud. dart, who is in England, relative tq the desire of the Kew Zealand Go vernment to participate in the Van couver mail service. Mr Grayson has been authorised to commence negotia tions in the matter, and will proceed to Hobart towards the end of the month to meet the Postmaster-General of New Zealand. He says that when a complete service is established {through to London a deviation to New Zealand will mean a loss of several' days. Consequently if New Zealand wishes steamers to call at Auckland is will he necessary for hex to grant a substantial subsidy, especially as a third steamer will bo required. Mr Grayapn points put tha{ M| Huddartta offer to, connect the mail line at I?iji by a fast steamer tq Auckland, for a subsidy of £IO,OOQJ would meet the mail requirementSj as correspondence would b^ de livered by such mean^ as aoon aa in New South Wales. The terms on which tjie Cqjqpany propose to agree far the wain service to call at Aucfc land have not leaked out.

IHE ASHBUKTOJN GUAKDIAN : SATUBDAY, JANUARY 19, 1894.



Business Notices. Holidays Holidays. HOLIDAYS ARE NOW IN FULL SWING. ,I>HE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN CANTERBURY FOR l>rapt*ry, Clothing, and Boots. G J. JN EIL L. Fiann«lfittos 2^ lid doz-^n Double Bed Sheeting 9Jd Go,>dnWa Sng PHnt Sfd A Man's fieal Good Suic for a Pound A Hoiidey Drew for Sa lid A Boy'a Suit for 3s lid Calico 2i lid dozßn BOOTS. BOOTS. Ladies Shoes 4s lid I Mm. Blachers 4sltd Men* Nailed Shooters olid I v . G. J. NEILL. ? EAST STREET, FRIEDLANDEfi'S BUILDINGS. 18 9 4, Christmas and Now Year's Greeting FLETCHEE BEOS-, HAVE JUST RECEIVED EX GOTHIC— 100 cases Finest New Vestisan Currants 50 boxes Finest New Sultanas 30 boxes Finest New Valencias 50 boxes Finest New Elemes 25 boxes Australian Muscatels, to be cleared at per 1b ALSO THE FOLLOWING JDST TO HAND FOR CHRISTMAS TRADE- Jordan Almonds Dessicated Cocoanut] Keene's Mixed Spice Preserved Fruits Preserved Ginger Pears, Peaches, Cordials, <fee. Apricots, 4c. Valencia Almonds -|lb bottles of Persian Sherbit, 8d per bottle. A splendid line of Christmas Cake in Fancy Baskets to be sold at Is 6d each. PLEASE NOTE that all those Goods are of the very FINEST QUALITY PROCUU\BLE, whbh we intend to sell at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PlilCE. A look at our windows will show. 1 •O" ■ "'■ PRESERVING SEASON, 1895. JUST LANDING Ex AURIGA, j 25 lons Fine;t Mauritius Cane Sugar (HGi bags 1/ i.- This is the FINEST CA.NB SUGAR to be pfot] nrul jam, &c , made with it will keep almost any length of time. NOTE ADDRESS— FLETCHER BROS., CASH SUPPLY STORES, ASHBURTON, AND LOWER HIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH. Don t miss seeing our splendid show of Christinas Fruits,"&c. W. H. COLLINS & CO. TO THBESHJNG MACHINE PROPRIETORS, FARMERS AND OTHERS. HAYING made special arrangements for this season's supply of COALS, we are prepared to execute all orders entiusted to us with despatch, direct from ship or ex y«d. HOUSEHOLD COAL A SPECIALTY. NEWCASTLE COAL BLACK BALL COAL WPSTPORT COAL And the Celebrated WESTPOMJ GREY VALLEY COAL CARDIFF COAL TIMBER, TIMBER. TIMBER; Building Materials of every description In Stock, Dry Flooring and Match-lining in any quantities. Call and obtain quotations, which will be to your advantage W. H. COLLINS and CO. Thomas Eo RUworth EpS GJIK EpJ R 5 5 IT a s BEHOVED tT °ZH *® new premis ejs, BRIDGE WORKS, WIST AND KERMODE STREETS, ASHBURTON.



i Wanted WASTED Kno.ffn—Robinson Bbos., Butchers, removed back to Triangle, where the late Fire was. 1 112 ~l I J ESLTCYAIfChurch — To-Morrow. W Morning—Mr Chapman ; even ing—Pet. T. G. Bbookr:. Subject-— I "Optimism extraordiaary." Strangers cordially invited. 1 110 ALBUMS, Ladies~Journal, and other I Illustrated Christmas Numbe's at cost price. School Boi ks. Cirjulatu-ff Library.—J. Mabsden. 1 107 ANTED, strong Girl to assist in Kitchen and make herself useful. Aged from 15 to 16 years. Apply Mrs Rangek's Prince Albert Private Hotel, Wills street, Ashburton. 1 HI t \/"ANTED, by end of January, Eight VV or Ten-i oomed House, Ashburton or Suburbs. A pp'y Mail Office. 198 WANTED Known—Special line of Gents' Kegatta Shirts, all sites, with or without collars, 2s 6d.—W. H. Collier. "OEAUTTFULand useful Presents to | J all purchasers of 2a 6dand upwards. —IT. 0 Segers, Melfcrd House. lI7ANTED Knowu—Spectacles, Eye YY Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the opfcica line at S. Salek's, Optician, WANTED Known.—Having had snoh a successful season with Dresses, balance to clear it nominal prices.— MITCHEMi AND TuENER. WANTED Known — Mrs Hooper (monthly nurse) is open to accept engagements. Apply, by letter, to Mrs Hooper, Alford Forest Road, Ashburton. 11*134 __ "PRESENTS. We are now giving 'Jl Presents to all purchasers of 2s 6d and upwards.—H. C. Segers, Melford House. •H UNS ! Guns ! Guns ! My new stock \U of Gunsj ust to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Leaders, Rifles, etc. In spection invited. No old stook to select from at J. W. Hartley's Sporting Repository WANTEDKnown— All wool Delaines, Prints, and Crepons below whole sa'e rates.—Mitchell and Turner \\TANj!ED, Everybody to use Titan * V Soap, greatest marvel of the age. 9. Zander, Sole Agent. NOTICE 1 Notice Sport for all Guns let out on hire or sold on time payments. Having a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns of any description. Gun fittings in stock. Prices low. —J. W Hardley, Iromnonger, etc I* A DIES 1 and Gentlemen's left-off _J Clothes and all kinds of goods bought, sold, or exchanged. — Mrs Knight, opposite Templar Hall, neir Post Office. 11 170 BL A M KE T S bought at Edward.- Bennet'a Sale, a special line of Double Blankets at 7s 9J. Extra Urge md heavy 15 6d and 16s 6d. —Robert \lcorn, Baker's Building. OWN Make fn Ladies' and ChildrenV Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes '■luslins, Flannelettes, Tiimmings etc.. at Mrs Alcokn's new shop, B.kot's B.iildings. pHEAP Christira^ Present, Cheap v>» New Y*>»r G;f s, Cheap Toys, Cheap Dolls, Cheap Fancy GoocU. MffS Abadm, youndora' iJUHUIngs. B\N>s ! Bang;! Bang S My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand WJey's, Kynock's and, Gluu Cartridges Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and a'l sporting maferialrt of the first qualitj a- J. W. Hartley's. Gun Fmporinm WANTED— Every Lady to try Madam Bat combe's Patent fcx pending Belt Corset (register* d), guaran teed whalebone throughout. Orders left it Mr E. Hill's, Herbalist, Ashburton will receive prompt attention. 10 86 , ITANTED Known—That offii g to the /V success of the Halo now being held ip at Saur.deis' Buildings, opposite Rail way Station, i. will be continued for «not her twenty-eight days. lam not idvertising a £ex phcap lines, bub the wii j!* ot the stock. Don't lose the oppor unity of securing genuine bargains—A ' Lawbie. ■ii EIIBAL Beer, Herbal Bjer. Six t~i gallons of splendid Herbal Beer for 7J. Made with a bottle of Potter's Herbal Beer Extract, price 7d per bottle. Warranted purely herbal. Fletcher Bros.. Wholesale and Retail Agents, Oanh Supply Stores, Aahbnrfcpn and Chriatchurch. BOY'S and Girls Own Annual, British Workman and Workwoman, Tnfanc's Magazine, The Prize, Child's Companion, Children's Friend, Little Dot, Family Friend, Band of Hope, Young England, and other New Books at Lowest Prices.— L. F, Andrgwes and Co. 11 98 WANTED Known—The Corner Is showing a magnificent New iStocl' of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H. Collier. f VTANTED Known -Holders of W Present tickets can new get them changed.—ll. C. Segbbs. Melford House \\J ANTED Known—A tremendous VV run on our Gloves, 4|d upwards. —Mitchell and Tubner. WOTED~Fnown— That~~i[ A. T , iLofe'Sß, Confectiuner, Eas' street, has a splendid variety of Fry's and Cadbury's Chocalate Boxes, now in stock. WANTED Known -That if you ate in want of a first class article in sum oaer Boots and Shoes, fan cannot do better than eaJl at J. Moison's ; you will get the very best »t reduced prices. As for his own make, they are well known to the delight of the wearers, throughout the; Australasian colonies. Repairs well done: and at once Premier Boot Maker, Town | Hall Boot Store, F-v? street, Ashburton. '■ /CHRISTMAS Presents, Choice Orna- j \J meats, Zithers and Jew's Harp?,: Balis an<i Dolls for everybody from Id: each ; Jointed Dolls for 6', Sleeping Beauties Is. Chinese Conquerors Qi, Russian Embassies Is, Waljjjlng Men, i Talking Dolls, Scotch Greye, and Ennis- j killen Dragoons all wonderful'y cheap at M.rs Alcobn's Ladies' Underclothing and Faacjr Bazaar, Havelock sti eet. IQOK »/»y Year Cards and New !_ Ot/ O P 5 ear #ff ta of various kinds. Fancy Goods, Including Fancy Qfess and Ohinaware, Toys of various kjinda, Chinese Lanterns, New Games for indo,prs and outdoors, including Tennis an* Grioket Material; Writing Desks and Oases, Inkstand?, Photo and Scrap Albums, ladies' Hand Bags, Picture Frames Pictures, Tejctg, Concertinas, Violins, Zithor Harps, BanjoKS. and a great variety of other goods all at Reduced Prices for Cash At L, F, A^de£.vhs a^d ik.t



ROBERT ALOORN has opened n Baker's Buildings, nexfa the Court- ' house, with a stock of Clothing, etc., i bought at Edwards, Bannett's and the | Kftiapoi Sales, the cheapest lot of goods ever brought to Ashburton, Also an assortment of Boots. NEW ZEALAND ■CLOTHIHS FAGTORY, EAST STREET. Half-Yeauly Stocktaking. STRAW HATS to be cleared out at Greatly Reduced Prices. Boy's Straw Hats 3s 61 for Is Men's Straw fihts 3s 6rt for Is M-.n'B Java Straw Hate 2s 9d for la 6d Men's Straw Hats 6s 9d for 3s 6d We do not often advertise Cheap Goods, but these are GENUINE REDUCTIONS. BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. Boy's Strong School Boots 5a 6d Mend Light Balmorals 8s 6d Men's Strong Canvas Shoes 5s Men' titrong Nailed Shooters 9s 6d You will Save money by purchasing your Boots from the N. Z.J- F. Women's Canvas Shoes 4s 9d Women's Glace K<d Shoes 5a 6d Maids' Tan Strap Shoes 5a 6i ': NEW ZEALAND CLOT BITS G FACTORY. Hallenstbin Bros.



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