Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, MAY 20, 1895.

That Leonard Harper should have been arrested iv England for the purpose of

xhr harper casks.

being dealt with as' an alleged offender is no cause in itself for wonder, the

wonder to most minds 's that he had not been arrested long .ago. It is two years since the Harper firm came down wi<h a treat crash and the head of it left the colony. Since then alt its members have baen struck off the Kolici cots' roll of the colony. Ib is none of our business to remit k upon a ciue which will coon be in the hands of the judges of the courts, but we are quite within our rights in saying that in the course of the proceedings which have been already taken in connection with the Harpers casn there were questions raised and and pbarges made which are still un answered. The creditors failed to take any action against) the cfjief member of the firm, and he was allowed to enjoy with what heart he might a term of rest in hia retreat at Jersey. The Govern ment haye now stepped in, and he will have to »nsw£j? tboge charges which have been made against him. These are serious—the malversation of trust funds. Should Mr Harper be proved to have been guilty of wilfully misusing the trust money of o.her paople confided to his care, bis punishment will doubtless be somewhat sharp The reputation of the olony required that steps should be taken to show that offences of the kind alleged against Leonard Harper (if such have been cotnmi ted) cannot be committed with impunity, and the Government have taken a very proper eoirsti in stepping in to have the matters investigated in the ordinary course. The selection of In spector Pender as the officer upon whom will devolve the duty of bringing Mr Leonard Harper back to the colony is an excellent one, Mr Pender knows Mr Harper wejl, and there will thus be no diffipuliy about idantijjc&tion, jyhile he ie perhaps, at all the oncers £n £he colony who are experienced jn the devils of crim n»l prceedore the man best qualified to undertake the journey. $oub/.le#s he will nob go alone, a» probably another officer will be sent with him.

Tifg French Academy of Sciences has accumulated £n interesting and varied * collection of the

KXTiKor MADAGASCAR BIEIS ;

jrelios of extfnct Mad»g»9Cai?bnds>, showing that

some of them exceeded in dimensions any elsewhere known, overtopping the Moa and the Dinornis Giganteus and the Ornithorhyncus of New Zealand, and making the os^rfeh of Arabia and the cassowary of New Guinea look beside them like Spanish game cocica or Amsterdam storks. What the whale is to existing mathamaUa tjjese prodii»ioas Madagascar birds must have b&es to their kind, rivalling the proportions of the roc of £»ble, or the Jjinory, kin? of birds, told of in Persian story,"that had its throne on an Asian mountain summit, and was hidden for ever fr >ra the vision of its subject birds as of roen. An egg 0^ the Madagascar variety, jb is computed, jf jt were possible to restore its freshness, would make an omelette foe fchp whole Academy of Sciences. At any rate, it# cubic contents, as determined by thapte cise measurements of specimens preserved there, equalled that of 147 hen egg', con stituting the amplest testament of ovi position, which the feathered tribe has so far contributed to palseozo'c discovery Whttteye? thejf final issu?, France will ha,vo something to sfc^w far her military expenditures In that 'region, ahij[ 8^ c could reafcoro there tjie wasted flocks of the Epyornis Ingens and th« Muleronis Mxaiwuii JUb vpjjld be a recreation of the most .interesting prod^itlon. which hiatorf

It is now (writes the correspondent of the Southland Times) between eight and nine

years since the D.ansj the wivton moved down from Ecal baby farm. Creek and took up their abode in Winton. A few months after doing so they bought from Mr Alexander Nicholson the property known aa the Lurches, in Fast VVinton, containing twenty-two acres, on which at that time there was a fair garden and orchard and a good two-storied house with a verandah on two sides and contain ing seven or eight rooms. Not longafrer they took possession the house was de stroyed by fice, and the garden became a wteck, all tint was worth moving from it being taken away. After a time a house about 22 x 12f , with a lean-to some eight or ten feat tquare, was roughly,, con structed, partly out of the wr«ck of the old building, the iron ro fing being made to do service again In (his small three roomed hut, through the roof of which daylight could be seen at miny places, a regular baby farm was started. There, as early as the 290h of October, 1889, May Irene Dean, six month? old, a child by adoption, died, as certified by Dr. I. W. Dazall, of convulsions, after three days' illness. On the 29.h of March, 1891, and inquest was held on the body of a six weeks' old child, Bertha Currie, when, after considering the evidence, especially that of Dr Hunter, a verdici was returned of "Death from natural causes, namely, inflammation of the lungs." Froja your report of said inquest, I find that Mrs Dean, on elimination, stated that at that time they had in the house ten children, ranging from cix weeks to eleven years old ; that three of the children slept in her bed and four others in small boxes in her room. Two slept wjsJi Mr Dean in th* lean-to and one with her adopted daughter, Maggie Cameron, in the kitchen. The report of this inquest was noted in many colonial papers, and even found its way into some of the Home papers, and through them back to Winton. After attaining this unenviable fame it would appear chat Mrs De»n got others to do the advertising when babies were wanted, and that in said advertising the comfort of the home was always a main feature True, of late the inside of the roof ha* been partly lined to shut out the day light, and the surroundings of the place have been considerably improved by the re-sUrting of an orchard 1 and garden* Mrs Dean was passionately fond of gardening, and incurred con siderable liabilities for stocks of fruit and flowers, boasting that her dnhlias, chrysanthemums, pemtemons, &c, ex ceeded both in beauty and number of variaties anything to be seen in the local nurseries. All this now is being ruth lessly turned up in the eager search for bodies. All who know Mrs Dean, includ ing her adopted daughter and the children in her house, appear to be united in the opinion that she was naturally very kind hearted, and did many kindnesses in times of affliction to both grown-up people and children. It was generally unier stood that the and her husband did not at all agree. Ifc is understood he never under any circumstances worked among the flowers, which tha took under her special charge, and it was in the part thus under her special charge tha V the burials had been made. It appears also that the fifteen-year-old girl recognised the body of the older of the two first found as that of a little toddling girl that had only been a few days about the place, and which she had never seen after a day on which Mrs Dean said she had handed ifc over to some one at BarkJy.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr and Mrs G. A. M. Buckley returned to Lagmhftr on Thursday, after a trip to Australia

It is expected (hit a market for New Zaaland sawdust and whavings will be found in England. Th se are largely used for paper-making purposes.

A private cable massage from Sydney sates that the prospect of a eocc** sful Long-Wool Ram Fair there is worse than in April, and it is suggested that intend ing shippers would do well to wait for a more proinising year.

Some time ago a quantity of coal was given by M G. G. .Head to the Mayor (f Chistchurch f> r ci'tribuion among the poor of the ci.y About four hundred applications for pirtic pation in (he dis tribu ion have been received, aud of these about threo hundred have been accepted.

The following steamers h%ve been »elect>d, says the Wellington P\.st, for the new Australia Japan trade : —Yama< shiro Maru 2826 tons register, Sakura 2690 tons register, Shibita Maru 2879 tons register, and Toyohsshi Maru 2819 tons register. These vessels are of the mos modern type, and very fast, and have luxurious passenger accommodation.

The jyep Zealand Timt.it has been In formed' by Mr T. W. Kirk, the Govern ment Biologist, that while he waa in tfre South one lot of eighty-seven bags of rye was put up for sal 3, but did not find a purchaser. Arrangements were then made for the seed tp be put through the seed cleaning machinery, wJfch resulted in its being reduced to twenty baga of pure seed. The effect of Bowing the eighty-seyen bags in their original state may be easily imagined.

Mr B. B. Macdonald, captain of the Oeraldine Crick -t Club, writes to the Tpnary, Herald taking exception to the figures quoted by that journal in the review of the past cricket season, in so far as they relate to the Ashburton Club. He writes :—"lt Is I think a well known fact that the Bccmd round was not com pleted and that Aehburton have one match unplayed. As each team only plays five matches in each round and Ashburton have still one to play in the second how can (hay have played 10 cup matches V He reckons that Ashburton and Qerftldine hare tied with 13 points each> "

On Saturday, March 2§, fts an engine and sis or seven empty carriages were passing through a tpnnel under Sfc Catherine's, near Guildford, on the London and South- Western Railway, between Portsmouth and London, the tunnel collapsed, the engine and carriages being partia'ly burled. The driver and fireman, though considera bly injured, minaged to effect their escape, as did also the gqard \n the rear of the train. The tunnel runs under a lapgp sand hill, fcurmounfced by the mina of an ancient chapel, and is only a mile from ouildford. Directly the three men h%d escaped another m^s of stone and earth fell upon the engine. Owing to the subsidence, the s^abjpa of Dr Wakefield, close by, fell into the tunnel, fcyo feorses and carriages being buried. The SouihsVestpFn. disfcr*ct Engineer estimates that the amount of debris that has fallen into the tunnel £3 quite 1000 tons. A greit chasm in the hill is all that is to be seen where Dr WaWefield's coachhouse and stables formerly stood. T]ie accident is the more as it affects not only the < London an 4. South"Westorn main line to Ports tnouth, but also thp London 'and Brighton line to H.prsham, a^d the $outh-Easfcern line between Tieading and London. It was intimated that it would take at least a fortnight to restore the tunnel, and in the meantime a large service of omni b'usses and other vehicles was provided to carry passengers from end to end of the tunnel.

It was reported in Christchurch on Saturday that one of the carcases of pkuroed bullocks thrown over from the Perthshire had come on shore at New Brighton. About I p.m a message was receivod by his Worship the M*ysrto the effect that some gircases of cattle, pre sumably from the Perthshire, had come ashore on the Ngw Brighton beach about five miles to the southward of th@ town ship. His Worship very promptly com municated with Mr Inspector Holderncss and wih the police, informing them of the communication he had received. Mr Holdernoss went down on Monday, ac companied by Mr Gfilrflth, the Govern ment; Veterinary Surgeon, and Mr Charl ton, V.S,, together with the police and some men, in case more than one circase had come ashore. One carcase was found on the beach very much torn about by seagulls. It was, however, identified by the veterinary burgeons as one of thosd kiUod on board the Perthshire on Thurs aay week. Mr Hol^erncp had the car case dragged up by a pair of horses beyond high water mark and buried with quick lime. If the carcase had not been identified a^ the one killed on Thursday week, which had already been examined, Mr Holderness have considered it necessary to hold & post mortem examina tion, but under the Circumstances he did not thjnk it was so. Mr Hplderness desired to Record his appreciation of the prompt faction t»ken by his Worship the Mayor an 4 the poljpp in the matter.

The Mabaura correspondent of the ftonthfatyd Times relates the following :— is tickle's eightrhorse power portable had been driving Pratb'a bagger anH phaff cutter at Yenlaw station, and they were returning in the dark. They h»d eleven horses drawing the steam engine, and on crossing a culvert had gob to ore aide of the road, so that the outside wheels missed the culvert. The engine capsigsd, and was lying funnel down The horses were taken out without being in any way injured. Jt being a very soft part of the roifi the engine sank considerably, and it seemed a formidable task to get it turned bsck into position again ; but the difficulty only affmded another illustration of the Belf-rel|ant encrpy and resource of the true-born colonial. There was a dray afc hand, and Pratt had the dray turned up side down, fastened rop a on the naves of the dray wheels, and used the wheels as Spanish windlasses Ha then fastened both ropes to the engine fly-wheel, and two or three men at each wheel soon brought the engine right side up They then resumed and completed the journey without further mishap.

The Ariel Bicycle Club have altered the time of the road race for Mr E Gates' prize (co be run on the Qu en's Birthday) to 2 p.m. instead of 11 a.m.

At the March examinations of the Dresden Conßervatorium of Music, Miss Maad Fitchetr, » T)unedin s udent, obtained her ' Beife Zeugniss, 1 or final diploma, and has *ince proceeded to Paris for the purpose of continuing her studies and acquiring; a knowledge of French methods in music tuition.

Jo 3 n Grubb, a-sis tan t inspector at the Post Office depar menfc, Wellington, died suddenly while walking up Wake field street. Auckland. He had come from Patarua where he had bsen staying for the benefit of his health, Gjiag up the street he sat down and said he was very ill and died immediately, it U be lieved from heart disease,

The Premier addressed a public meeting at Waitara on Friday night. There was a crowded attendance. His speech was mainly a repetition of those already delivered by him, indicating tha benefits derived by the colony from the Liberal policy of the Government-, A unanimous yore of thinks to the Premier and confidence in the Government waao rried.

Mr Poynton, who had been appointed Stipendiary Magistrate at Invercargill, was entertained at a social in Wellington on Friday. Sir R. Stout presided. Both Sir R. Stout and Mr Hiblop, the President of the Law Society, spoke of the high qualities possessed by Mr Poynton, and congratulated Invert argill on securing a good magistrate.

Mr Nathan addressed a meeting of farmers at Hiwera on Friday night and it was resolved to ask the Government to convene a meeting of delegates to con sider hia scheme or any alternative which might be brought forward. It was decided to canvass for support to pur chase the freezing works at Waitara which are under offer for £3000.

A proj cb now before the Wellington City Council is to make a recreation ground, fifteen acres in extent, by filling up a gully at the back of Wellington ter race. The idea Is that the work will form an outlet for the unemployed during the winter. The Market Committee will recom mend the City Council to consider the ques tion of providing a marked for fish, poul try, vegetables, and general producj, and further that designs be called for a build ing to cost £3000.

The Committee of the Otago Agricul tural and Pastoral Society are (says the O'.ago Daily Times) apparently determined to overcome the difficulty of drifting sand at Tahuna Park, for a gang of men was busily engaged yesterday in planting mar ram grass. Last year a small quantity of this grass wan procured and planted on the Sandhills, and so satisfied were the Committee of the results that a shipment was ordered from the Port Fairy Borough Council. This arrivtd by the Mana pouri on Thursday last, and is sufficient to plant five acres. The cost of the grass when planted will be close on £5 per acre

The Ashburton Rifles paraded for divine service on SaiuUy morning. Fifty-two of all ranks paraded, under command of Captain Dolman, with Lieutenant Hayed, and Major Douglas was alto present. The rendezvous was as usual at the Post Office, and the company, preceded by the Ashburton Brass Baud, marched to St Stephen's Church, wherethe Vicirconducted service, and preached a practical sermon on duty, dealing with both social and religious duty. The hymns were suitable to the service, ar>d the music was much aided by a quartet of brass instruments from the band, under Mr George Hosken. The service over, the men fell in again, and marched lo the Po3t Oflbe, where they were dismissed.

The funeral on Sunday of the late Mrs Ann Butler was very largely attended, the long precision extending trom, at one point, the railway sheds to Bmngsquae. flic coffin was borne shoulder huh by members of the church from deceased's house to the church of the H >ly Name. whereCanoiiO'Donnell conducted service. Being Sunday, there was no choral service at the funeral nws, but the organist played the "Dead M«ch In Saul" with aU the impressiveneps that w.ll-known piece pf solemn music requires. After m%BS the funeral procession was formed, tl ©coffin placed on the hearse, and this was followed hy many friends of the deceased's family on fout, a long line of vthicles from all parts of the county, a solid body of horsemen bringing up the reir. Canon O'Donnell conducted the service at the grave, on which wreaths trom miny sympathisers were placed — amongst o.hers a handsome wreath sent by the family ol the Premier,

The oew licensee of the Central Hotel —Mr John Dore—has taken considerable pains and been ah some expense in the renovation of the building A liberal co»t of paint has been given to the out side wal)«, tnd various works of renovation carried out in the interior. The dormi: tosy portion of the place has hid a thorough overhaul, while needed repairs hive been effected all over the house. The billiard-roc in h^s been cut into two by a partition reaching to the celling, and by this means a tica large room suitable for private parties or as a sample room for commercial travellers has been obtained. Doors -VI c;reen baized, and lined out in ceda" panels —have been placed in this room to give access to the rear pAFsage, and o her <ft h-j rooms have been altered for the better accommodation of visitors. The yard at the back of ihi hotel has >• n greatly enlarged to provide roam fox inceaied stab'e accommodation, and in •ha Utter fact prov sion for thirty more 1 horses has been made. The stalls have all been fit red with chains instead of head rup;s, and these fi mly fixed to the wood work, so that thty cannot be cut nor lifced from the stalls as ropes frequently are. Altogether, Mr Dore has much improved bit* hotel, and the new bath room with hot and cold water laid on from the very much raised tank is not the least of the improvements

The following appeared in the Nelson Evening Mad: —"ln a mining district where the quartz reets are believed to be payable a Prospecting Company spent £1200 last year to prove the value of a reef Another lea-e adjoins this properly upon which some work was done many years ago, but the present owners have done nothing. The first party are not favourably disposed (in a political sense) to the Seddon Government, nor theSeddon Government to the individual members of that prospecting party. No. 2 Com pany is composed of a band of speculators of the right, color. No. 1 parcy hold the only water right worth havhkg in the neighbourhood cf the reefs, and had to cease work for want of means (about £400) to complete their water-race. A grant of £10,000 was voted by Parliament last year for assistance to water-races. Very little of this sum has been < xpended, except at Kumara. One of the shareholders of No, 1 Company waited on Mr Oadman, the Minister of Minec, a couple of months ago, to obtain a slica of thin vote. He was referred to regulations made last year, and these) proved to be of such vexatious and possibly expensive character as to render them inoperative, but as they finished up with * The Minister could grant or refuse the application.' the prospector returned j to the Minister and remarked that the ; granting of £for £ depended entirely on his good wit. Would be giant anything % A very curt •No ' was the answer. His Highness the Premier was also approached with a similar result. A week or so after wards No. 2 Company entered into negotiations with No. 1 Company for a right to use half the water if they found halt the cost of completion. A tentative onsent was given, and then they applied at the r flice of the dispenser of goldfields votes an j were aent away rejoicing with the assurance that £ for £ would be grantsd up to £200.

Holloway's Pills and Ointment are remedies which should invariably be taken by travellers in search of health, pleasure or business. Many deleterious influences are constantly at work in foreign climes, tending to deteriorate the health ; these and the altered conditions of life will entail on those who travel the necessity of carefully attend ing to early symptoms of disease, and they will find the use of these remedies to be highly necessary, the action of the Pills beingpurifyicgand strengtheningandofgreat services in cases of fever, ague, and -all inflimmatory diseases, whilst the Ointment is a sovereign cure in cases of pile*, bad legs, bad breasts, wounds and ulcers. Hollo way's remedies do not deteriorate by change of ■ limate.

THE WEATHER.

ALFORD STATION. The following is the Meteorological report for the week ending M*y 17, 1895 : —

COMMERCIAL.

London, May 19 Tallow, medium, mutton, 22a 6d: beef. 21s.

The English wheat market shows a general advance of 6d, American and Continental also advancing, with increased firmness.

CRICKET.

London, May 18 Lockwood, playing for Surrey against Warwick, scored 158 runs. Dr W. G. Grace, for Gloucestershire against Somerset, made 288, thus registering his hundredth century, Nottinghamshire scored 776 against Sussex. Gunn being responsible for 219.

London, May 19

Hampstead Cricket Club gave a banquet to Stoddart. The latter said he hoped the English authorities would invite the Austra lians to visit the old country next year.

AQUATIC.

Brisbane, May 18 The eight-oared intercolonial boat race was rowed to-day and resulted m follows:— Victoria 1, New South Wales 2, Queensland 3 Victoria jumped away with a slight advantage, and though hard pressed through out the race succeeded in maintaining it, eventually winning by a length ; the same distance separating the second and third boats. Time—}Bmin Qsec. Ci|AJ|PION ScfcLLiNQ RAqE. —Powell, Mcl : bourne/ J, Lambert, Sydney, 2. Slack,' Brisbane, who *vas the only other starter, did not finish, This race which was rowed in the dark was, so far as could be seen, a good oontest, and was won by a length. Time—2lmin 63e0,

European and Other Foreign Items

Lohjdon, May 18 | The P. and O. Company declare a dividend of five per cent on preferred 1 shares and seven per cent on deferred i shares. The annual balance sheet* of the . Shaw, Savill and Albion Company shows a profit of £20,000 on the year's operations. Leonard Harper was charged at Bow street and remanded. He has not been admitted to bail. He pro tested his innocence. He was charged with frauds while acting as attorney. The police, in evidence, stated"that he offered to return to the co'ony, but said it would not benefit his creditors as he himself was living on charity, , The London Chamber of Commerce invites the colonial Chambers to join in a Congress in June, 1896, to discuss the commercial relations between Eng land and the colonies, light railways, steamship and cable communication with the colonies, and the proposed Imperial Council. Paris, Hay 18 The town of Bretenoux bas been destroyed by fire. The population were in bed at the time of the fire's origin, and thirty lives were lost. 8r PtTUMiuKff, Hay If Russia bas laid torpedoes at the entrance to Vladtvostock. VumrA, May 18 The appointment of Count Golu* chowski as successor to Count Kalnoky is confirmed. It is not believed that the foreign policy of Austria will be changed. Valpabaibo, May 19. . The Chilian House of Parliament has been destroyed by fire, and in cendiarism is suspected.

THE COREAN WAR

Shanghai, May 18 China objects to European control of the Customs revenue as surety for the loan. France, Germany and Russia oppose the proposal of an American syndicate that the latter should advance the amount of the indemnity demanded by Tapan from China in return for certain railway concessions in China. Tho Japanese Imperial Guards pro* ceed to Formosa, where in tile north a rebel king has been proclaimed, and thousands are said to be flocking to his standard.

The Tichborne Claimant

London, May 18 Orton confesses that at the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to the tea, and visited Valparaiso in tbe brig Ocean, from which he deserted, and visited Santiago and 3an Francuoo, returning to England in 1851. He sailed for Hobart in November, 1852, in charge of a number of poniea consigned to a Mr Chapman/ of Hobart He worked for a batcher named Knight, of Hobart, in 1855, aod in the same year accepted employ* ment under Mr John Johnson, of Newburn Park, Gippsland, Victoria. He remained in the latjter situation for twelve months, and then wat employed by Mr William Foster, of . Borsdale station. He was for four years minager of Dargo station, and remained a long period at Reedy Greek diggings. He also enumerates several other plnces where he was employed in Victoria and New South Wales.

Failure of Village Settle ments.

Sydney, May 18 A Ministerial visit bag been paid to the Village Settlements in the Bendigo Distriot, where many of the settlers were found in a destitute condition, and few attempts have been made to properly develope and, cultivate the land. The Minister of Lands was greatly dissatisfied, and rays the settle- ' ment failed to accomplish the purpose intended by Parliament.

Redfern Railway Col lision.

Sydney, May 20 The claim* for compensation on ac count of the Redfern railway collision/ range as high as £30,000.

LABOR

Mblboubnb, May 18 A strike has taken place among the deck and barge hands <m the river Murray steamers, in consequence of the proposed reduction of 10s per month in wages, Over 200 hands are affected.

THE CURRENCY QUESTION.

Melbourne, May 18 The Argus, in referring to the_ per sistent insistence of the Agent-General of South Australia for colonial repre ! sentation ou the Monetary Conference, says if by any fluke South Australia is allowed to send a silver delegate, Vic toria, Queensland, and! New Zealans - will have, to sen 4 gold delegate*,, aj those colqnies, cannot perm, it their Ib* ceedingly large gold interests to be ignored for want of proper advboacy. The paper adds:—The peculiarity of South Australia's action is that that colony produces no silver and scarcely any gold; and further England cannot

allow the colonies to modify h3r policy with regard to her own monetary standard. No doubt, says the Argui, she would assent to any colony choos ing a standard for .itself, and would not pretend in the slightest degree to interfere with its liberty of action* but she would claim the same liberty for herself.

AN AMERICAN COMMISSION.

Adkiaipb, May 18 As the outcome of the Chicago ex hibition, a world's transportation com mission, which is makjng a tour of the world has arrived here, 'the coin,* mission \* making ap inspection of all tn,e fcnbwn railway systems, aod collecting information* for establishing a system of correspondence which is ~ hoped in future years to become of great service to all countries. The commission has already visited France, Egypt, and India, and .after touring the Australian colonies goes on to New Zealand. . . 1 i

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riainess Notices 1 ~~ BaITTi M E S~ NO MONEY. NO MONEY. , *Q* i I ' |"T is almost impossible to give things aw^y, but never mind, coma and try G. J. NEILL FOR DB4PERY, CliOT§!■]%«, & BOOTS. Make no error ; he is cheaper than any other in Canterbury. Drew Goods 4£4 Double Width Dress Goods Is 61 now Is White Calico, Is lid d< zm Double Bed white Twill Sheeting, 9£d Flannellettas 2* lid dozen Plaids, 8H and 6^4 Towkli, 24d each Cretonne 3*d Blankets, B'anketa. Double Bed Colonial All Wool FUnnel, white, grey, and pink, Blankets 25a 6d, reduced to 18s 6d Bjd Ladles' and Children's Ulsters and Jackets Corsets, Corsets Millnery at ymr own price Ladles Stockings 6d Men's Twettd Suit, 18s 6d Colonial Heavy Tweed Suibs. 32s 6J, re- Men's Baddle Tweed Trousers, (all wool) duced to 21s 6d. 13j 6i Men's Tweed Trousers, 6s lid Men's Tweed Overoe»ts with O»pes t 18s 61 Boys' Suits, 3* lid Boys Caps, 6d each Socks, Shirts, and Hats, at your own price boots! boots. The maker of oar Boots guarantees satisfaction,, or he will replace them. N KILL'S FOR BOOTS. Men's Bluchers, 4s lid Men's Balmorals, 7a 6d Children's Strong Leather Boots from Women's Strong Leather Boots, 53 lid 3s lid, this is no rubbish Women's Strap Shoes from 4* lid Women's Carpet Slippers, Is 3d. Q. jHiEILL FR-lEDLAKDER'S CORNER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Agent for Yarmouth Oil Skins. ♦>■ ■" .* ' ' ' **" .' ' ■ ' WE ARE CASH BUYERS OF Wheat, Oats, AND Barley, IN LARGE AND SMALL QUANTITIES At Highest Market Rates. TIARMERS will consider their interast in submitting Samples to us JP before'closing elsewhere. FRIEDLAIDER AND CO. FLETCHER BROS. ARE SELLING r\ BAIN AND PEA FED BA.OON AT FACTORY PRICES. I,t ■ ■ ■. . :■.. Finest Cured Hams ... 7|d per lb Finest Cured Bacon (pale or smoked) .... 6£d per lb T.nest Cared Boiled Bacon (Pale or Smoked) ... ... 6£d por lb Finest Lard in Bladders ... 5d per lb Finest Lard in Sausage Skins 6d per lb Sterling Factory Full Cream Cheese ... ... 61 per lb Fern Leaf Separator Butter ... ...... lid per lb Best Dairy Butter ... ... ... ... ... 9d per lb Prime Dairy Butter ... ... 7d &8d per lb COFFEE. COFFEE. COFFEE. We are giving Special Attention to our coHeea. The Berries are selected with the greatest care, freshly roasted to our order, and are ground on the premises daily and are only mixedwith a very small percentage of chicory of the finest quality; We* can conßdently recommend it as superior to Anything in the market. No 1 Coffee' Finest Quality, Is 81 No 2 Coffee, Good Quality, Is 6d No 3 Coffee, Good Valne, Is id Pure Coffee 2s Od Whole Roasted ... ... 2s Od KEROSENE. KEROSENF. KEROSENE. When you are requiring Kerosene it will be to your advantage to enquire our price before buying elsewhere. POTATOES — BEST BLUE DERWENTS, 3s 6d per bag; 2 bags for 6s 6d, Delivered wifchiu the bells, %&• NOTE ADDRESS, j FLETCHEK BROS., C&SH SUPPLY STORES, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. BACON, BACON. Grain an* Pea J TTT ANTED KtiOW.N. — F. S led at Factory prices. Finest ( vV Jeffries, leading Confectioner Smoked Pale Hams 7W per lb, Finest and Fruiterer of Ashburton, East Street, Smoked Pale Sides ana Rolls 6H per lb. 1 next the Corner. Ice Cream?, Fresh Finest Factory Cieeso 61 per lb. Note } Fruits, Confectionery, Summer drinks ot address—FiKTCHEß Hum., Cash Supply every description. Ice at reasonable Btyrts, Ashburto.i I rates. Ladki Uwm »spwialty, 1*159



I Wanted. 1 OST, —A Hunting Crop whh plated J-^ handle Finder rewarded on leav ing same at this cffica. 5 146 ORDERS for dyeins? gaim3nts of every description left at McCallum's, Tancnd Street, or Mis Styles, Burnett Street, near Brigade S'ation, will be attended to by John Graham, a dyer of foiiy years'expeiience. 5 155 \*f ANTED Known—That I am hold ** ing a Sale at Reduced Prices fur One Month. Come for Bargains. I hay i the advantage over m*ny in the trade for the simple reason that I have no partners to pay dividends to, «r interest on loan to carry on big concerns. But I buy and sell none but the best, no fcra^h to draw the unwary. Repairs as usual, done at Once.—J. Moison, Boot Store, East street, Ashburton. 5 138 G ARSON AND GO'S Stocktaking Sale Now on. Groceries, Ironmongery, Brlbhware,.Glass and China, at very low prices for cash. 5 129 B s OOKS —My Shop will be Closed up on Saturday night, Jane 1. Be In time for extraordinary cheap bargains.— John Marsden, Tancred Street. HOICE FRUlTS.—Peaches, bananas, •ranges, lemons and tomatoes, at H. A. Flower, Fruiter and Confectioner, East street. ALL persons owing Accounts to the late W. J. Hampton, furniture dealer of East street, are requested to pay same at once to Mrs Hampton, Burnett street. 6 25 WANTED^ Everyone to visit our Large Show Room now replete with new styles for the season.—Mitchell and Turner. YOUNG Ladies' Journals for May, Weldon's Ladies' Journal for April. Children's Bazaar. New Books and Magazines now in.—H. M. Jones. WANTED Known — Great Bargains are now being given for Ga«h in all departments. Before laying oot your money for Drapery, Boots, etc., give us a call.—H. C. Segers, Melford House. CyANTED Known, that the crockery ™ and earthenware business of the late W. J. Harrpton, East street, will be carried on by Mrs Hampton in Burnett street, opposite the Club. 5 24 WANTED Known — The Misses Urqtjhart have started Dress making, and having a thorough knowledge of the business, combined with moderate charges, hope to receive a share of the public patronage. Address: Tancred Street, next to E. W. Hall, Herbalist. CHOICE New Season Fruit. Grapes, Peaches, Pines, Plums, Bananas, Apples, Apricots, and.Tomatoes ; the best in town.—Adams, SiunderV Buildings. WANTED Known — Mrs Hooper (monthly nurse) is open to accept engagements. Apply, by letter, to Mrs Hooper, Alford Forest Road, Ashburton. 11*134 \k ANTED KNOWN. -The celebrated *'*' Yarmouth Oilskins can be ob tained at W. H Collier, "The Corner." WANTED Known —Lowest possible prices for Men's Knit Under clothing, Shirts, and Heavy Boots.— Mitchell and Turner. POTATOES, Potatoes. Finest Plus Derwent Potatoes 3s 6J p.r b'g or two bags for6j6d- Delivered anywhere within the Belt. Finest Separator Butter lid per lb,—Fletcher Bros , Ashburton ALL Accounts Owing to Jos.ph Taylor, East street. Ashburton, must be paid on or bef re Monday, May 20, or will be sued for withouc farther notice. All goods wi.l be sold for Cash Only from this date. 5 9? \*TA>TBD KNOWN. -Warm carpee V? slippers for Winter wear, girls 9d, Is, women's Is 9J.— W. H. Collier, «The Corner." p^.SH.CASH. Drapery, Boots, Cloth v ing, etc. New Goods just opened. Everything reduced for Cash —H. C. Seobrs, Mtdfotd House. \ JJ ANT ED Known —Spectacles, Eye VY Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical line at S. Silbk's, Optician. _ .q PKCIAL NOTICE. — Suits a<id Single U Garments made to measure. Fit and style with prices to suit the times Large purchasa Heavy Kiiapoi Trousars and Knit Underclothing.—Mitchell and Tua»£*. vFoflCEl Notice SportTlor 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 Haudlby, Ironmonger, etc BOY'S and Girls Own Annual, British Workman and Workwoman, Infant'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. Andrewes and Co. 11 98 BANG ! Bang i Bang ! My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, Cluo Cartridges. Powder, Shot, Cape, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Hardley's, Gun Emporium CHRISTMAS PresentsTchoice Orna" V_> rnepts, Zithers and Jew's Harpp, Balis an'l Dolls, for everybody from Id each; Jointed Dolls for 6d, Sleeping Beauties Is. Chinese Conquerors 6d, Russian Embassies Is, Walking Men, Talking Dolls, Scotch Greys, and Ennis , killen Dragoons all wonderfully cheap at Mrs Alcorn's Ladies.' Underclothing and Fancy Bazaar, Havelock street. WANTED Known—We are reducing the whole of our Drapery, Boots, Clothing, etc, For Cash. New Dresses, New Jackets, New Hajbs, etc , will all be reduced.—H. C. Segeks. Molford House. R~~ OBERT ALCORN has opened in Baker's Buildings, next the Court house, with a stock of Clothing, etc., bought at Edwards, Bennett's and the Kaiapoi Sties, the cheapest lot of goods ever brought to Ashburton. Also an assortment of Boots. WANTED.— 1000 Men to look at the Cheap Drapery froiw Australjh, at Melbourne prises. " The Blue House is the place to get it, at the Corner of Arcade, and doi.'t you forget it. 4 240 f^ UNS ! Guns ! Guns ! My new stock VJX of Gunsj ust to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Leaders, Rifles, etc In spection invited. No old stock to select from at .*. W. Hardlby's Sporting Repository WANTED Known -That if you a«-j9 in B'.ant of a firs, class article in sum mer Bot-jbe and Shoes, you cannot do better than call »t J. Mojson s ; you will get tbe very bast at roagced prices. As for his own make, they are well known to the delight of the wearers, throughout jfche Australasian colonies. Repairs well done, and at once Premier Boot Maker, Town Hali Boob gtvre i>- ttreet, A.hbwtyp _



WINTEB. | ■ 152 Men's, Boys' and Youths' Tweed Overcoats, with Cape, to be cloared ! this season at 20 per cent under j ordinary piices 69 Boys' and Youths Macfarlane Over coats, new shape, to be Sold at 12£ per cent lower than last season 28 Boys' Double-breasted Reefers from 10* 9J WATERPROOF COATS. Our Coats are to be seen all over the Country. 8 P E C I A L. Lidieb' Waterproof Cloaks m^de to measure ; all Sewn Seams. A SHBURTON "QLANKfiTS, Large Double Bed Biz 9, I ___ WINTER BOOTS. It will pay you to Buy your BOOT 3 from the NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. "~~~"~ i ALEX HJSNDRY, Manager. NEW WEDDING PRESENTS, CHOICE BIRTHDAY PBESENT3, AND PRESENTATION GOODS, AT S. SALEK'S>! watchmaker, and;j manufacturing jeweller j EAST STREEr. AT THIS JEWELLERY ESTaB . LISHMENT IS TO BK SEEN THE LARGEST AND,CHOICEST riTOCK OF JEWELLERY & SILVER WARE In the District. C 84



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||A!f OER & loni Eucalypti Extract Therear-" imitatnus of Eucalypti/* Extract la t'e market now, proluctg of s;ni]:le distillation fnrmiLg njde resinous oils In ordpr that these crude oils may not l} 3 taker,, Oon Perms Volatile Eucalypti Extiiact, whicll is reooeniscd by the medical division of ihe Prussian Government to be of per fectly pure origin. as their information for carried to us through tho Consul at Molbourne, March 2,1878 we state : - Is proved by tests by the Medical Clinic* of the Universities at Bonn and Griofswat', Prussia* and reported by Dr Schulz, Professor of Parmaoology. at Bon, cud Professor Dr Mosler, Director of the Medical Clinic at (Jreifswald, that only products that are saturated with oxygen aDd freed of a"ids, rcsinoca and other substances, adherent to primary distillation, will dgvelope the ganativa quJities iAoperto the plant aocording to (hoso-autboritfe, an 4 according to Pro fessor nr Lister of England, and to Drs Bauer Molntire, Wood, Hazard, fte., of America, is the only ettract corresponding to scientific tern, and the fnly on which possesses the proper therapeutic Talio. 3andeb & Son's Eucalypti Extract All other crude oils are to bs clamed among the turpentines, which hove, when used as medicine, no therapeutic effect and are abmdbned as an internal *nedic»J»ent. These «o calletl Eucalypti Extracts which may hare raoaived fi'itlnjitton »t Ejfhlbitiong ai SomiSerclol arti^es are 'iked" for maolranlcal pnr portß ate only disctrpiWet-i ' By their defl^iency in pungent odour (Which our product, the' only genuine Eucalypti Extracts de velopes most ffpcly through its surplus of oxygen) By their alcoholic thip and mobile appearanoe, being rccuced in specific deusity through the presence of acidi By their taste, the result of th contracting ten dency of resins and teunatei. If these crude oils, so called eucalypti cxtraots are applied by mistake in cases o croup, bronchitis, dlnh theria, internal infamniations, dysentery, wounds, the comwquences are appalling For safety always ask tor SANDKR AND BON^S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT and Wt the old, well-tes'ed and reliable preparation. ~Saikd» hunt, Yietoriai Autralte. BaSdBR AND SON'S



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