St. Pattick and his Children.

The Hon. Dt Grace, at the interval of the St Patrick's concert in Wel lington, on Monday evening, is re ported by the New Zealand Times to have addressed the audience as fol lows :—St Patrick has bis eye on you this minute. And why not? The. old name of New Zealand was New Munster and New Leinster. As scon as the serpents heard of the christen ing they snatched a Maori war canoe, and paddling with their tails, made for New Pouth Wales, which was the parent co'ony, to petition Governor Hobson. Bur, the Lord bo praised, they were lost on the voyage, and merely angered the temper of the sharks. You are of course aware many historians guy St Patrick was a Scotchman. All the better if he w?.s ! People are naturally pvoad of thei' children. Scotland was certainly colo nised by the Irish, who took over with them the celebrated potato oattf, which, with the Irish blood in their veins, made them the people what they are. Consider the difference that climate and the special attention St Patrick gave to Ireland has made between the Scotch and Irish. A Scotchman starts out in life full of concentrated purpose. His hard, raw climate and coarse oatmeal fife him for endurance- His sensations are driven within for solace and sup port, for all softness and effusive sym pathy is crushed in its cradle as a species of effeminacy. The Scotchman ia the only genuine compromise be tween the Northern barbarian and the highly civilised modem European. With his dry shrewdness he takes ad vantage of the characteristics of both. He is happy in his way, and lovablo when you know him. The Irishman brings to the struggle for existence a sprightliness, a genuine simplicity and warmth of character which tints everything it touches with the hues of the rainbow, His joyous nature and buoyant temperament make him the delight of the world. If. an Irish man has a sacrifice to make for a friend he makes it ungrudgingly, so as to place that friand at his ease and to ado to his self-respect. Whether men like it or not, all are sympathetic. I hold that a man is noble ard worthy exactly in proportion as he is unselfish, and in |he economy of God, happiness and'un selfishness—twin sisters—travel hand in hand all the world over, but always take their holiday amongst Irish people. A genuine irishman i* not quarrelsome. He.is open-hearted, good-natured, and a wjell; wisher to all; but as he has 'pretty- often no other property worth mentioning he sets great store by his personal dignity. If you try to steal 'away a'brrve man's only possession you ought not to wonder at the conse quence. An Irishman in his heart hate.i qaarrelling, but if you put an affront on him no doubt ever enters his "mind as to which of you will regret the consequences most. He is just the sort of man to keep friendly with, and in order to do so you have only to pass him civilly the time of the day. Now, I think you will admit that is not mi overflattering description of an Irish man. You will see from it there are thousands such all over the world, and Ireland claims the whole of them. Ireland is a great model—a great human type. Therefore for one out spoken friend she. has a dozsn silent admirers. May God save Ireland ! She has done a great deal to save modern civilisation in the field, the foruna and the cloister. She has done vast service to the progress of consti tutional frfedom in Great Britain. Her capacity for su Bering is of the heroic type. In the cause of religion and freedom sho has watered all lands with the blood of martyrs All hail example to nations? Holy Ireland ! (ApplauseJ

Chitral.

CAixuiTi, Maroh 20

The ruler of Cashmere h, preparing three brigades to expel Murah Khan from Chitral. Mr Robertson, ths British agent, is shut up with a small guard in a 'Ghitral fort. The Indian Government has issued a proclamation stating that the expedition is not hostile to the people of Chitral, but implies that the country will i.c permanently occupied and Umrali punished, in order to prevent future aggressions^

THE ASHBORTON GUARDIAN : FBIDAY, MARCH 22, 1895.

Printed uud published b> .he Ashburton Publishing Company, Ltd, *t tbn» tPRin printing office. Burnett SStrfnt Ashbnrton FRIDAY, March 22, 1895



DESTINY, OR TO LIVfl FOR THIS DAY ONLY ! '« And such is human liff, so g iding on ; h glimmers lik* a meteor, on^is Kone ! #hac higher aim can man attain than con quest over human p .in £T EADACHE itr-d Disordered Stom&oh — I 11 " Afer Buffering for Dearly Jwo and a | h-slf yeats from s-.vcre headache and dJs orderei stomaoh, and after trying almos everything and spending much money with out fiodir g any bemfi , I was recommended by a friend to try your ' FEUIT SALT, and befoia I had finieheti one bottle I found it doing mo a (Treat deal of go-^d, encl now I am reetosed to my mini heaHh ; and others I kaow that hive tried it have not enjeyedsuoh Hood heaHh for years.—Youra most truly, Robert Humphreys Post Offhe, Barraeford.



SHEF.P DIP Must be Free of Duty, because HEW ZEALAND is the happy hunting ground of COOPKR, Little, Q-ibell, Cinnon, battle, Carhol Crystal, Thomas, Ness, La wee, Odains, McD.ugall, Jeyes : Peelcs, Climix, Crown, etc, and the Agents of these Dips are beginning to cry out, and inciting their clients to do so, in case New Zealand should imitate Frea trade New South Wales, which colony, with over fifty million sheep, imposes ten per cent duty on all these gentry. DUTY, OR NO DUTY, BROOKE'* "Perfect' 1 & lie op Dip (Registered trade mark) WILL NOT BE RAISED IN PRICE, And hereby Challenges all the above TO A PUBLIC TRIAL. £10 or £20 each To be deposited for expenses of same, and conducted under th« auspices of the Government S*°cck Department, in con junction with either the Wellington, Canterbury, or Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association. P.S.—A special invitation is extended to the lepreEentativss of Cooper's and Little's Dip V.y C. M. BROOKE, ASHBURTON.



GUN S GUNS GUNS GUNS. c a*b t c i d;g c s CABTdIDGES CARTRIDGE P. POWDER , POWDER ; pow dbe AT BEDROCK PRICES AT John Orr & I Jo's. ". * AJNTE;» i'.Vr-ry l.atiy to tiy- V* JLujaji Uai.combs s Talent Ex paneling; J'tlt Corset (roister* d), guaran teed whak-noue tlir<.ijwhuur Orders left i-it Mr V; H-iLl'p, rierbalisfc, Ashburton, will rf-n<iv« prompt uttention. 10 86



JBAWDEII & Son* Eucalypti Extract There af imifcatnns of Eucalypti" Extract in tie market now, products of s'mple distillation formii.g rnde resinons oils. In order that th«se crude oi's may not bo taken, Oun Pork Volatile Eucalypti EXTRACT, which is recoenised by the medical division of ihe Prussian Government to be of per fectly pure origin, astl.eir information forwarded to ua through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2, 1878 we state : - Is proved by tests by the Medical Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and Griefswal , Pju^pia- ani reported by Dr Schuiz, Professor of Parmarology. at Bon, f-Jd Profeeeor Dr Mosler, Director of the Medical Clinic at Greifswald, that only product-' that ere saturated with oxygen and freed of s-ids, resinotP and other substances, adherer tto primary distillation, will develops the sanative qualities proper to ihe plam according to these authorities, and according to ! ro feisor br Litter of England, and to Drs Bauer Mclntire, Wood, Hazard, ftp., of America, is the only extract corresponding to scientific tefts, and the rnly on which possesses ths proper fherttpeuiic valie. v Sander & Son's Eucalypti Extract All other crude oils are to be classed among the turpentines, which h>ve, when used as medicine, m> therapeutic effect and are abnndoned as an internal medicsaient. There so called Eucalypti Extracts wh'ch may have received £ .itinctiori at Txlilbitiong as Jomnaercipl articles are used for nii'.'hanical pnr pißes are only discernible:— By their deficiency In pungent odour (Which onr ! prrduot, the only geuuino Kucal.\pti Extracts dc velopes most freely through its surplus of oxyg«n) By their alcoholic thin and mobile appearauce, being recuced In specific density throngh tie presence of acids By their taste, the result of th contracting ten dency of resins and tennates. If these crude oils, so called eucalypti extracts are | applied by mistake in cases o croup, bronchitis, di 'li theria, internal infanimation?, dysentery, wounds, the consequences are appalling Forgufcy always ask for Binder and son'B Eucalypti Extract and eot the old, well-tes ed and reliable preparation. !-mid buißt, Victoriß,AiiEtralia. SANDKK ANB SON'S Impueities ist the blood—We have seen hosts of letters from peop'e who have re ceived great benefib fioni the use of Clarke's Bood Mixture. It cannot be too highly estimated, for it cleanses and e'ears the blood from all impurities. 1 his is a good testimonial from the "Family Doctor "which goes on further to say : " It is the Guest blood purifier that science and skill have brought I to light, and we can with theutmoatconfidence j . recommend it to our subscribers and the j public generally." For Scrofula, .*•'curvy, Ec?ema, Bad .Legs, Skin and Blood diseases, Sores and Pimples of all kinds its effects are i marvellous. Thousands of testimonials. Clarke's Blood Mixture is sold everywhere, at 2s 9d per bottle. Beware of worthless nutations and substitutes



7. Mr V^olOl^ .T^--Tis extensively imit^led.Ani \\\b neccss^ [oloomoi Ihe n^me whfit buying*. __ -—



EXTRACTED 'HONEY. PETER ANDEKSON'B NEW SEA SON'S EXTRACTED HONfcY is now ready, %nd Is the test sample his Apiary has yielded since ita establishment seven years ago. Sold In 12)b and 301b tins, And by the hnndredwei ht. HAKATKRE APIARY, tiatnpstead. Andrews Cross (red}.



B. B. EESTELL* COMMISSION AGENT, ARCADF. % GETST for Walter A. Wood Mower -£* and Reaper Manufacturing Com pany, Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society, Liirited. Office of All a'ice Assu anca Company Tradesmen's Books kept. Debts collected COAL | MOUNT, SOMERS | COAL COAL I HOUBWMOLD | COAL COAL fiIHIS will-known and favorite House -1 hld Co»l is now dcliv red at the following ratefl per 4 ton truck : — Wester field Railway Sta ion, 15i per ion, freight paid. AshUu'ton Hailw-y Station, 16* p^r ton, freight p 'id. All order-i must b*) accompanied by ohcqae or V 0. order. GEORGE PRK, 3 83 Mount Somers SPECIAL NOTICE. HAVING purchased the sole right to manufacture A. BILLINS' PATENT SQUARE MILK BUCKET AND SKIMMER, I have this day appointed JOHN ORR & CO., AS ASF BURTON AGENTS, For the sale of the above mentioned specialties. Kindly call and see the LIGHTEST, STRONGEST, AND BEST BUCKET MADE. T. E. LOACH, i Geraldine.



Musical \ THE VIOLIN. ! MISS BESSIE SIMMONDS, Teacher of the Violin, SAUNDER3' BUILDINGS, ASHJBUHTON. ME HOEACB A. GATES, TIL4CHER OF VIOLIN AND PIANO, WILL visit Fismington, Waterton, Longbeach, Eiffvlton, and Hinda during the ensuing year. Intending pap In please communicate at once. SCHOOL ~O~F MUSIC, SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS. SOLE AGENT FOR THE DRESDEN PIANO COMPANY. 12 142 A CARD Mrs A. C. Claridge, TEACHER OF PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, and SINGING COX STREET, ASHBCJRTON. Term Commences January 14. TERMS ON APPLICATION. JLlewellyii Owen, Member Canterbury Society of Musicians and Certificated Teacher. PIANOFORTE, SINGING, & HARMONY ' THE New Term will commence January 14, 1895. Pupils trained for the Trinity College Examination, London. %ms"imutumammmmmmmummmmmmmmmmmimi^immmmt SMOKE THE NEW VENUS Dark Aromatic Fl'-ff > Tobacco. THE CELEBRATED & BEST BRAND t k MANUFACTURED FROM CHOICEST VIRGINIA LEAP. 3 29



I lli€ YCliK^. ASHBURT* )N EXPRESS ENGINEERISfO & CYOLK WORKS BEFORE r uyinsf Jiggere elsewhere see above firm's New Stock of up to date Humbera, Premiers, Raleighs, Australs j also, our own Expkess. We are now c ff«rirg the Very Latest Machines and on easiest terms with a guarantee for twelve months, tyres in cluded, all Dunlop Tyres from £19. We would also call attention to the fact that we are still carrying on our Engineering business. Horse-shoeing, Wheelwrighting, etc, Prams repaired on short notice. Guns, Locks, Safes, Die Sinking, Brands, Stencils, etc. Landells and Preston,: Burnett Street, Ashburton. „ , j TO THE FABMERS IN THE ASHBURTON COUNTY. T HAVE DECIDED TO GO INTU BUSINESS here on my own account-, and I am a CASH BUYEE OF Wkeat, Oats, Barley, AND ANY OTBEK PRODUCE AT MABKETJRATES- I shall be Regularly Represented at the TINWALD AND ASHBURTON, SALES, and have arranged with MR D. THOMAS TO SELL FOR ME until I am able to get about without crutches.



THE PALATINE INSURANCE COMPANY, Limited. Head Office—Manchester. Capital £1,500,000. \fjjj E have this day appointed MR ▼* Ai BERT ROBERTS, of West s'reet, Agent for Ashburton. Fire risks accepted at the lowest current rates. ARTHUR B&BDELEY, Manager for New Zealand. | Christchurch, January 14,1895. 2 9 ALLANDALE COAL COMPANY Limited. tiavlnsr of 35 per cent, on Your Cool Kill. HWB APPOINTED JA.M lo» KSULIOTT. COAL MERCHANT, WEST STREET, Agent for the County ALLANDALK is the best native coal produced on the Eastern Seaboard. It i an excellent Steam Coal, unrivalled for Bakers, splendid Domestic Coal, does not sparkle and burns with a flame, Note the Address— JAMES ELLIOTT. WEST STREET, Opposite D. THOMAS. Newcastle Coal, Westport Coal, Fire wood, Stakes, Posts etc. in stock. ASHBURTON FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, Tancred Street. TIT TTNDRILL O T pO • 11, UN DRILL & U.j PICTURE FRAMERS. > t ' E HAVE JUST RECEIVED, \ V direct from the Makers, A CHOICK ASSORTMENT



I have been appointed AGEBiT for LITTLE'S SHEEP DIP The best int the World. E. W. HANMER. n.b. AT THE OLD PLACE. AUSTRALIA MUTUAL PROVIDENT New Zealand Branch Head Office, Customhouse-quay, Wellington! Local Board of Directors : The Hon Morgan S. Grace, M.D., C.M.G., MX.O. (Chairman) The Hon Charles J. Johnston, M.L.O. (TJeputy Chairman) Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq ThoHan Edward Richardson, C.M.Q., M.L.C John Duncan, Esq Medica 1 Officer: 0r G.E Anson, M,D., M.R.C.S. (England) THE OLDEST, WEALTHIER AND MOST PROSPEROUS Austraiian Life Office, \nd THi, LARGEST IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The only Colonial Life Office which declares a BONUS EVERY YEAR Ihe Method of. Valuation adopted by this Society i§ of the most Stringent Character, and ensures a Consi derably Larger Reserve to meet Liabilities than that , held by any other office in tho Australasian Colonies. ACCUMULATED FUND EXCEEDS £13,000,000 '■ .fTWELVK MILLIONS) Sterling ANNUAL INCOME, £2,000.000. j (TWO MILLION STERLING). POLICIES IN FORCE .„ U9,S3S dum Assured ... £39.838,071 Cash Bonuses Divided .. .. £5,£83,41S BONUSES BONUS for ONE year, 1898, £418,790, yielding CASH. fieversionary Bonuses amounting to £910,000 after making SPECIAL KESERVE& CASH BONUSES declared lor last FIVE years, over TWO MILLIONS, yielding Reversionary Bonuses exceeding FOUR MILLIONS ASS ÜBE YOUR LIFE IN THE A. M. P. SOCIETY And bscure a , BONUS EVERY \EAR Expenses of Management 8| per cent he total income EDWARD W. LOWE, Resident Secretary Branca Office— Custom House Quay, Wellington Christchurch District Office- Cathedral Square. JAMES HAI3, District Secretary H ZANDER, - t-cal Broker Ajhburtoa



Picture Mouldings, Which we intend Selling at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PHICES. Ihoso having Pictures Framed would do well in inspecting our Stock. We have a'so just imported one of the latest Patents for Picture Frame making, which enables us to make Frames at a very low price, and ensures perfect Corners, etc. —Please Note the Address— T. H. U«DRILL & CO-- CABINETMAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, AND PICTURE FRAMERS. Tancbed Street, (Next to Building Society's Office



DRAWING AND PAIETING CLASSES. Mr wTh. Talt, ARTIST, C.S.A. ( LASSES ARE HELD EVERY THESD.AY, WEDNESDAY, i THURSDAY and SATURDAY, In che above Subjects. A special redaction is made to teachers, pupil tt achers, and pupils actually attend ing a public school. For card of terms, apply to Mb, W. H. Collins, or at Studio, care Mk H. A. Gates, School of Music, Ashburton. Pupils prepared for Examination iv Plain and Solid Geometry, Model Drawing and Perspective. ,* AJSfxED, Everybody to use Titan v* Soap, greatest marvel of the age, fl, Zasdeb, Sol* 4geot,



yV.W.PAGE THE HORSE'S FRIEND Pages No. Horse Oils. NO 1 HORSE OTLP, Sure Oure for Bprair?, Bruises, Swe lings or Hard Callus Lumps. PA3h'd Ko 2 HORSB OILS, S*um Cure for So ea on Back _ or Shoulders or any kind of Cut or U*. ken Wcund. PACE'S RHEUMATIC OILS. To I g used for Rht-umaiism. I.umb^o, Sore Thronr, Stiff Joints, Sprains or Bruises. Alt, Onk Price, 2s 6d Pei>. Pottle. » NO-NJi! GENUINE vviiHOUT AB >YE TRADE MARK, Agent* for Page's nils :-R<>c*rdus Henry, East Street ; J. Thoma?, Havelock Street ;F E. White, Chemi&t East!? treet. Agentn wanted. TBBTIMONIA L. To F. W. PAGE, Ch-rfsey. wish to testify to the great benefits derived I from using your Hor^e (His l«et y^ar. My horse was badly lamed by a fall. I tried all kinds of different embrccatioDs for it, It was not fit for use for five months. Thi^ year it met with a simikr kind of accident, and I pot one botile of your Horse Oils, and my horse was fit for use in a week's time. And I have recommended it to others, who have also proved its splendid healing qualities. —Peter Chalmers. SOLE MAKER AND PROPRIETOR, F. W. i»/M*l<:, < hertsey, CANTERBURY, N,Z



Ihomas E« Kil worth, ENGINE^ B, TJAS BKMOYGD T0 HIS new premies, BRIDGE WORKS, WEST AND KERMODE STREETS, ASHBURTON AX TI ST'tf ~M°^T BBIALB, I have Received a in a position to Supply chers, Foreign Canvas, Select Stock of Winsor the Artists of Ashbur- Academy Boards, Oils, 1 and Newton's Artist's ton with Oil Tubes, Easels, Etc., Etc., at a Materials, and am now j Brushes, Canvas Stret- Very Cheap Rate. HOUSE POINTING AND PAPERHANGING. I have Especially hanging Dwellings dur- Very Best of Gils and Reduced the Prices ing the summer months Lead used in the work, of Painting and Paper- N.B. —None but the A Largo Stock of Paperhangiugs, Window Glass, and Picture Frame Mouldings on the Premises. J Wilson, CORNER OP ARCADE AND BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON.



EKJ&iJLAND.titft . Bit 18., AUCTIONEERS COMMISSION AGENTS, & GRAIN MERCHANTS i IE ARE CASH BUYERS, AT FULL MARKET VALUES vv OF Wheat, Oats, and Barley. ODE STORES AND OFFICES being centrally situated, we are able to give prompt atteation to our Clients' interests and requirements ; sampling being eftected at this end fanners will see for themselves the advantage of selling to a local firm. CORNSACK3 AND SEAMING TWINE FOR SALE. WE ARE ALSO BUYftKS, IN LARGE AND SMALL QUANTITIES OP BYEGBASS AND COCKSFOOT SEED. I Having Machinery replete with the latest improvements, we can Dresa and Clean ! time Seeds to the highest state of purity. STORAGE AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES. AGENTS FOR- Massey-Harris Reapers and Binders and Farm Implements Commercial Union Insurance Company, Limited New Zealand Shipping Company, Limited Cooper's Sheep Dip ; Crown Sheep Dip, P' TEOLANDTCR BROS.



WalAi^ BOT-FLY MMEuY. (o) —. IMPORTANT NOTICE. OWING to nunoerou's requests of large owners these ramedies have been reduced to 7s 6d, and where two sets or more are taken to 63 61 per set. JNo remedies ever introduced into this colony have proved so successful in restoring the suffering horse as WaLKWR'S BOT-FLY REMEDIES. Very highly recommended at the Ellesrnere Agricultural and Pastorial Association Show. Awarded the highest Order of Merit afc the Northern A and P Show, very highly commended ab the Metropolitan Show at Chris church Mr Seteenger, Veterinary Surgeon, Dun- work hearty end well I believe it to be a edin, writes:—l am acquainted wi h that medicine unequalled, and can recommend it nuisance more than any veterinary in thae with all confidence to all horse owner?, as the Colony, having had great experience in best horse remedy in the market. America U S and practised nay profession in ED^?ARD Coebett Victoria and New Zealand to suon satisfao- Greenwood Farm, tion to the pubic that no vetrrinary in the Soutbbridge, Augusts, 3892 colonies can produce testimonials of the Mr Walker. Sir, —I am plad to bear testi cures effected as myself. I have had mony to the wonderful effects of your Bot hundreds under my treatment, the eamo Fly-fly Remedies. One of my beet horses be whioh I gave Mr E Wuiker, and tvery came very bad; the skin tight, the eye life horse I treated reovered when taken in time, lesn and a bsd co'or, ahd got low in oondilion Walker's Bot-fly R-mediG3 therefore are the Anxious 0 finish ploughing a paddo;kldid only proved guarantetd care'for the b>ts and ' not want so Uy him up uniil he became w< should be givsn 10 everf horse at once, to lift his feet or do any more. We had ' whether he shows ei^ns or not to help him in 0 abm bis I pave him your H< med-es, ami ttin treaine"t you pri ■•« L^uns-on, Augun 18, 1891 tt:nb<i, anrlin a few raya he w>ts> quiw Mr Hei=ehine,—Sir, I bink it is c-nly ri^ht h)i< er, find new ai hi work, h-a-ty and we I that I ehcul.l tell yi U and my n"ißb.bori"K I qii c believ:* had I no «iv-n him your I farmers that I am 'horoughly patisnVi \vi h Remecii p, he wouli have died. You can use j .Walker's Bot F y Remedies I got from you. 'hi« as you please. After seeing the state of the stomach of my Eobkbt Thompson hortfi; that died, I became alarmed about the _„„., rest of my stock as they all looked bod, I d...m. «„,. ■ drenched eigh', following carefully the direc- Wak'anS Anril ii i«ai iions, lUleaned them out thoroughly and Mr Walker>Deai «J ™\&&£%'}%*„ in aew days there was a change ia informi you tha^he bot-fly mkture I for the better loan h!ghy recommend it gO , from M r H^eltioe, your agenT wa ß a and would advise farmers to loee no time in wonf3orful succeaa j" g d %™> JJf » drenching their Bock lest they have their BeriousU mon D.-.oeinberlaat. After aa in° all horses droppmg dead as I had, I behove it to the remedleg . r oou , d think f j waalndSced be the on y safe and certam cure for the to try your mixture< The reßn J";;™? Buffenng of horses . V e ]!oUß I Btr io,ly followed the directs MMHS IJBM3N given and in a week the horses were out of I got from you proved quite a success with p g TEWAHT my dying horse. He was ailing for com daya, ___ ' his coa' got very dry, the Ekin tight, a running Mr OrOß9> Burnham, got the Remedy for a at the nose and a *cry b.d cough ; and was horae Buffer j , t •f° l reaohing home scarcely able to walk about; we quite, expected ne waß dead , Tbisseason one fook bad?So alt t TStiSSSSV betnt^ *hM«* » " ' prove Rnd by the end of a week was able for ' : ' AGENT FOR AS* BUR lON—J Heseltine, Saddler; Recardus Hekby, Saddler. MANUFAOTURiSft—ROBKRT WALKER, Canal Reserve, Wootaton



Spring' Goods Spring Goods. W. W. SPEMCFR & CO. J^RE now showing tome beautiful NEW and FASHION ABLE SPRING FABRICS, being especially selected for | the Ashburton District. We have also a nice Selection of STRAWS LACKS, FLOWERS, FEATHERS, GLOVES, FRILLING, and OHEFFONS, I BOOTS- BOOTS BOOTS NEW BOOTS and SHOES for the summer weather. Men's, Boys', Ladies', and Children's of all descriptions < I.OTillttU. €LOTHira. CLOTHIMQ. MEN'S TWEED SUITS, TROUSERS, COATS, VESTS, Ac SHIRTS, COLLARS, TIES, Ac. -PjSJNCEB and CO., ARCADE HOUSE.



A GREAT NATIONAL CRISIS. THE high prices that have hitherto been charged in Ashbarton for good and reliable GROCERIES, BREAD, and FLOUR have now become almost like THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, a recognised institution. Although public opinion is very much divided upon this question, there can be only one opinion about the vast sum of mouey that' CAN BE SAVED by Housekeepers who buy their Groceries from TAYLOR S, whose system in catering for the CASH purchasing public with reliable Goods at popular rriees direct from the Importers and Manufacturers OB Producer?, to the Consumer, clearly proves how easily Middlemen's profits can be DISPENSED WITH. We respectfully ask the public of Aehburton and district to show their appreciation of our method of doing business by PURCHASING OUR GOODS. mr^r^T? Er? fSELVEt b&ve inter«>ediate profits by dealing with JOSEPH TAYLOR, Grocer and baker, East Street, Ashburton, the Cheapest Store in fcs-wn tor reliable Groceries, Bread and Cakes. Money c eerfully returned for any goodb not approved of. Splendid Crystal Sugar 2|d, 51b tins Ceylon Tea Bs, 101b ana 15s 9d, 31bs any brand Tea 5s 6d. Flour at popular prices. Groceries supplied of the best quality at Lowest Cash Prices. Try our noted Bread, 41b loaf sd. The Best Fruit Cake in the colony only 6d per lb. Parties supplied with Pastry, Confectionery, Wedding Cakes, Birthday Cakes at reasonable prices and Shortest Notice. Goods deliver d by van to any part of the town, and customers waited upon for their weekly requirements. Bread deliveries in town Daily. Orders for Groceries, etc./entrusted to driver of bread van will be promptly executed. NOTE THE ADDRESS - JOSFPH TAYLOR, OLD ESTABLISHED BAKERY, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



SHEARMAN BROS., GROCERS AND IRONMONGERS. —^—— Q SUGAR. SUGAR. SUGAR; We Have Ju^t. Landed 1O TONS OF MAURITIUS SUGAR for the Jam Season. AI who wish their jam to keep well should use Maubiti 8 SUGAR F IKEBT \ EW ( URRANIS, yALBNCIA pAISINS n nULTANAS These Fruits are a Splendid Sample, this season s crop, WE have also to hand, pers.s. Rangitara, 5 Oratea of Assorted Crockery including some choice lines of Which we are now offering at Very Low Prices. INSPECTION INVITED; AGENTS for the Famous TIGER BtjENDED ALL GOODS SOLD AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES FOR Orders by Post despatched with punctuality, Goods Delivered in Town and Suburbs. Customers waited upon for' Orders Satisfaction is Octb Motto. SHI ABM AN BKO3, MARKET HOUSE-



US- LITTLE'S SHEEP DIP FLUID DIP, the best Non-poisonous Dip Used and Recommended by Owners of ovbr 5,000,000 Sheep in N.Z. alone. PEIOE (in casks) 5s 6d per gallon. 1 Gallon Fluid makes 100.galion8 Dip LITTLES' POWDEB DIP A POISONOUS DIP. combined with Olycerine-the nutoome of m*ny yetrs' exoerienc* Wonderfully Suocessfnl. la displacing »11 other Poisonous Dip«, Sales have TREBLED each year since introduced EXTERMINATES VERMIN, KKEPS WOOL SOFT A BRIGHT VA«LV MTYFIV Cheapest and BEST POISO^OUS MP in the Market VOTPT ppTPI? (In ImProved Iron Kegs) SOs per cwt NOTE PRICE- (In 0 f lOf IQlb p J^ V Q P One Cwt. MakeH 1,000 gallons of Dip. Chief A«rawt«-BLAOKBURNE A 00 , Ohrbtehnroh. district agent-e. W. Hanmer, ashbueton: