Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1895.

People are not generally aware (*ays a Pres3 Association telegram from Auck land), that there is a law child in force respecting the em pkbfoem&bs ploym nt of children in

licensed theatres, but a case heard at Wangaroi, before Mr A. S. Bash, S M., of Auckland, has brought this fact into prominence. The defendant in the case was Donald Dinnie, the well known athlete, who is at present touring the North with a Variety Company. He was charged by the pnljce, under section 5, sub section 6. of the Children's Pro tection Act, J. 890, with allowing his daughter, ten years of age, to take part in t performance at which prices of admission were charged The defendant did nor appear, but sent a letter from Hikers n«u, dated one week back, stating ha could nob attend the Courfc until the end of the month as his advance agent hid made en gagements Constable fehfehm, in his Bvidaice, abated that on the 27th of April, he visited the Theatre Royal, at WangareJ, and saw the defendant there. The witness asked defendant if he had a permit for his daughter to appear. The defendant then turned to his wife, who wa* present, and asked her if she had it. She repliel to her husband, 4No; you hare gob it.' Witness then informed the defendant and Ms wife that if the performance took place and his daughter, under ten years, took part, a prosecution would follow. The witness visited the theatre at 8 p.m. on the 27th. and witnessed the girl per form from 8 p.m. till 9 p.m. She then remained in the ticket office till 10 30 p.m. Tha $faild was advertised on posters as being'% yaayp pf age- The witness thought she was between JJ and 9 years of age. Tha prices of admission were Is, .2* !and 3i. Corroborative evidence was givln and Mr Bash imoosed a fine of £5 on j defendant with cp^ts, or in default fouri

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A report of the ni3eting of the Upp-r Ashburton Road Board appaars on tha fourth pa«e.

The Tasmanian Parlis>ment opens on June 25. The Treasurer believes no further taxation will ho necessary and anticipates a email surplus.

Mr Giles, formerly R.M at Auckland hasbeenappoin^ed bythe Government sole Commissioner to enquire into the affairs of the Chriti.church Hospital

At the Ohristchurch Magistrates' Court yesterday, John Nixon, against whom a prohibition order had been made unrter section 367 of the Licensing Ac*;. 1881, was fined £10 and costs for purchasing a glass of beer at Coker's Hotel.

Mr Crowther, M.H.8., of Auckland, telegraphed to iha Premier urging no further pr ncubions re the Saturday half holiday till Parliament meets. Mr JKeeves replied that the Hovernment cannot interfere with the operations of Act.

The Fire Brigade Committee at its meeting last night decided that the Brigade's annual demonstration this year be held on June 20. The date has been chosen so that darkness may heighten the effect of the torchlight procession and fireworks. A concert will be given in the Oddfellows' Hall the same evening.

The following football fixtures have been arranged for the first round of a series of matches to be played for a cup presented for competition by D. Thomas, Esq. Springburn v Ashburton, May 24 — Ashburton ; Rakaia v Tinwald, June 1~ Tinwald ; Rakaia v Ashburton, June 13 — Rakaia; Tinwald v Springburn, June 20 —Springburn; Ashburton v Tinwald, Jane 27—Tinwald j Rakaia v Springburn, June 29— Ashburton. In the senior con test for the South Canterbury Oupj the match Ashburfcon v Star, arranged for May 24, has fallen through owing to the with drawal of the latter Club from the Union. Arrangements are being made to obtain the visit of a Ghristchurch team if possible.

The Press Association reports that the charges of breaches of the Beer Daty Ace against O. F, Greenslade, of Speight and Co, and Allan Davis, were before the Dnnedin Police Court, and were dismissed. It appeared that Davis had brought from the Roslyn district, for a grocer, an emoty keg to be filled at the brewery. He called back for it, but it was not ready. He called a second time, and, seeing a keg standing on the platform took it away, the cellarman being away at the time getting a stamp. The grrcar happened to call in, and he was given the stamp, but he did not affix it in the proper place. It was pointed out that a firm that paid £7000 yearly as beer duty would not be likely to wilfully neglect putting on a2s 6i stamp.

A son of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, the well known temperance advocate, who is a passenger by the Doric, was on Thursday waited on at Wellington by a deputation from the New Zealand Alliance, headed by Sir R. Stout. The deputation expressed the hope that Sir Wilfrid might see his way to pay a visit to the colony, where his presence would do a great deal of good to the temperance cause. Mr Lawson, in reply, said that his father was a very old man, and he did not think he would ever come out to the colony. He had a great many duties to perform at Home, and, besides, was averse to travelling, and, except it was for the benefit of his health, he (the speaker') did not think his father would ever undertake such a long sea voyage. However, he would represent the views of the Alliance to Sir Wilfrid, and point out how a visit would a9siot the cause.

The annual meeting of the church mem bers of the sub district of Tinwald was held at the parsonage on M*y 8 The vicar read a very encouraging report on the work of the past year. He congratu lated thoao present on the increase in the general and special offertor:e% ar.d alluded to the satisfactory increase in the number of communicants. The report also stated that the attendance at the Sunday School had inm'ased, nnd that fresh teachers had come forward to assist in the work. The ■'aeeting then proceeded to elecl". officers for the coming year. Mr Hoseltine declining to stand again, Mr Tippett was unanimously elected churchwarden, and Messrs Heseltine, Gudsell, Redmayne, Flewson, Deans, and Culverhouse were elected vestrymen. The meeting then consilered a lettar from the secretary to the Lonebeach district, asking what amount the Tinwald district wis willing to contribute to the stipend fund, and a saiiafactory arrangement was come to. A vote of thanks wes carried to Miss Cowper for her services as organist, to the Jay readers, to the superintendent and Sun day school teacher?, and to the retiring church officers.

An important case, says a Pres9 Associa tion telegram, was heard at the Paeroa Police Court, being one of tha first cases in the colony under the new Criminal Code Act. Before Me Kennedy, S,M M Chas. Ekrley at the instance of Constable Seattle, was charged with having, on February 25bh last, attempted, by means of threats, to dissuade Augustus Breason Watson from giving evidence ab the Paeroa Magistrates' Court during the hearing of the Lake-Preston assault case Mr MoVeig, instructed by the Crown Solicitor, appeared for the Crown, and Mr Clendon for the defendant. The charge was laid under Section 121, Sub Section 1, of the Criminal Code Act of last session. Augustus B. Watson, deposed fcr« the fact that defendant threatened, on repeated occasions, to dismiss Watson and three other employees of his if they went into Paeroa a^ witnesses in the assault case. Henry Like gave similar evidence, and Edward Woodward, Chaa. Harrod, and Constable Boattie were also sworn. Accused reserved his defence, and was committed to take his trial at the next sitting of the Supreme Court in Auckland Bail was allowed.accused, himself in £50 and two sureties of £25 each.

A good deal of amusement was created in Court at Waikaia on Tuesday by the informant in a case in which four Ohina men were charged with assault. The complainant exhibited great dissatisfaction when the accused were sworn on the Bible, and he appeared in Court with throe fowls under his arm, and, pointing to the men, kept on repeating " Kill 'im cock." The Chinaman who commits perjury after solemnly decapitating a rooster Is supposed to b« destined after death to for evermore assume the shape of a feathered biped without a head, and such an awful punishment was alone sufficient in the complainant's opinion to deter the accused from giving a wrong version of the affair, and frequent and loud were his protestations when it was elected they should be sworn in a Christian fashion. It was alleged against them that they had rijthleusly bastinadf d the accusing John on the suspicion that he had informed the police against one cf them in a recent sly grog-selling case, and after a good deal of evidence the magis trate (Mr Hawkins) held the charged? assault proven They were eaoh lined £3 and costs {£2 4s), and ordered to enter into their own recognisances in the sum of £25 and one surety of a like amount that they would keep the peace for six months. Chief Detective O'Connor con ducted the case for the prosecution.

There will be no Mass at St Ita's.' Rakaia, to-morrow, but Mass will be celebrated in that chapel on Sunday, May 19. The Rev. C H. Standsge, who was pas'or of the Ashburton Wesleyan congregation for some time, will conduct both services iv the- We-leyan Church to morrow. The Alameda, with the English malls ot April 20, life San Francisco for Auckland on May 2, the timetable date ; the Mart posa, with the colonial mails of April 20, arrived at rian Francisco on May 9, the timetable date. The officers of the ship Firth of Stronpa, ' spoken by the barque Trinidad, wh eh lately arrived at Wellington, report that when thtir veaael was under full sail about fifty miles from the Australian coast a dove, with a green twig in its bill, settled on the deck, and was so tirtd by its, long journey that it was easily caught. The Wanganui Hemldgivas currency to a report thai the Government intend to reorganise the telephone bureaus with the idea of superseding some of the lady ope rators (daughters ot wealthy and compara tively wealthy parents) with the daughters of poor but respectable people, whose names have been on the list of applicants for employment in the telephone service for a long time without any chance of employment. A Dunedin Press Association telegram says :—The Times special states that the Melbourne Leader expedition has returned to Mossburn from Milford Sound. New country was explored, and some new dis coveries were made. An attempt to climb Mount Balloon was frustrated by the weather. New glaciers and a small like at a high altitude, were discovered. One glacier extends to the bush line, only 1000 feet above the sea level.

On Thursday and Friday evenings the Stokes—Gourlay Company played to excellent houses at Timaru in spite of the weather, and the Timaru Herald writes in ' glowing terms of their performances. The company will play at Tunuka to-night, and open at Ashburton on Tuesday. The first piece presented will be '• Revels," and the sec and night a triple bill will be given.

A Press Association telegram says that at Feildin? Mr Nathan's meeting was attended by about two hundiad stock owners, representing every part of the district, and owning half a million sheep. A resolution was carried that the Minister for Agricultare be requested *o call a conference of representative sheep farmers to take into consideration some means of improving the markers for frozen mutton on Mr Nathan's plan, and formulate a system dealing with the matter which will ameliorate the position of farmers and advance the Interests of the colony.

Few, saya the Manawatu Standard, who have read the modest words ia which the great achievement of completing the laying of a third cable across Cook Strait on Monday, under the direction of Mr J. X, Logan, Superintendent of Telegraphs, have any idea of the difficulty of the task with the primitive appliances in use, or the enormous strain upon the officials of the Bervice while engaged in the task. Besides saving many thousands of pounds to ihe colony, a cable has been laid down en a new route, not at all likely to be so dangerous for it as that in which the cable lately parted lies, so that there is very little likelihood of past inconveniences being repeatad.

Sir Robert; Stout has written to Pro fessor Morris, of Melbourne, correcting Sir G. Grey's reference to Mr Justice Higginbotham, quoted in the Professor's mem; jr. Fir Kobeifc Stout thinks Sir George Grey must hay« forgotten the actual fsots when he said that if Judge fligginbotham had been able to come co New Zea'and as arbitrator in the difficulty with fhe Maoris much bloodshed wonld have been spared. Si* Robert says that in 1878, when the Native Law Suits Ac was brought in, Judge Hi»ginbothßra agreed to act as Commissioner under it; but the Bill was dropped before the end of the session, and no appointment conse quently, was made. No difficulty hai aiisen wiih the .Natives, »nd, of- course, there has been no blood shed since 1875. At that time Sir George Grey did not know Judge Higginbotham, and it was at Sir Robert Stout's suggestion that he was selected.

Hollqway's Pills and Ointment — Bilious affections, with all their concomitant annoyances induced by atmospheric changes, or too liberal diet, should b« checked at once, or serious consequences may ensue. When any one finds his ideas less clear than U3ual, his eyesight dimmed, and his head dizzy, accompanied by a disinclination for all exertion, physical or mental, he may be quite sure that he is in immediate need of some alterative medicine. Let him at once send for a box of Holloway's Pills, a mild course of which will remove the symptoms, and speedily renew his usual healthful feeling. If the bowels be irritable Hollo rvay's Ointment should be diligently rubbed over the stomach and liver every night and morning.

CRICKET.

Londok, May 9 Stoddart, speaking at the reception to the retnrning cricketors, stated that during the early 'part of the tour Richardson's cus tomary style of bowling was useless, and he gave away 400 runs for nine wickets, and was net effective until he began pitching balls two yards shorter than usual.

COMMERCIAL.

London, May 9 Victorian wheat, new crop, is quoted ai 243 3d.

The London creditors of the City of Melbourne Bank have formed a Committee to protect their interests.

London, May 10 The balance sheet of the London Bank of Australia shows — Old fixed deposits, £4,347,000^; current, accounts and new deposits £1,304.000; cash items, £1,442,000; investments, bills, loans, and other assets in London, £782,000; bills discounted, loans, and other assets in the colonies, £5,508,000.

The Winton Murder Case,

Dunsmn, May 10

In connection with the arrest of Mrs Dean at Winton on a charge of the murder of an infant, a number of constables are engaged in searching the neighborhood of Clarendon for the bady. The woman got possession of a child with £10 from it? grandmother, and had it when she got out at the Clarendon station. When she reached Invercargill she did not have«the child.

SPORTING.

DUNEDIN MAY MEETING.

DuNßriN, May 9 The following acceptances and entries have been received :—

Hurdle Race, of 70 soys; about two mile.—Liberator 12st 131b, Osman list 21b, Strephon list, Auroa lOst Sib, Rebel lOst 31b, Smuggler lOst, Belmont and War Dance 93t 101b, Trimolite 9st 71b, Wharfdale and Brin 9st.

Birthday Handicap, of 250 soys; one mile and a half.—Outpost Bst 71b, Saracen Bsfc 6lb, Casket Bst 51b, Marino 7st 41b, Esparto 63t 9lb. Tradesmen's Handicap, of 120 soys.; one mile Barmby Bst Btb, Lord Zetland Bst 21b, Beadonwell Bst lib, Goodwood 7st 131b, Captive 7*t 111b, Britomarte, The Winch man, and Marino 7st 9lb, Speculator 7st 71b, Jane Eyre 7st 2!b, Maremma 6st 12lb, Ran cor 6st 101b, Vandyke 6st 71b.

OBITUARY

London. May 9 Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, son of the fairous Sir Robert Peel and brother of the late Speaker of the House of Commons. He died suddenly from hemorrhage of ths brain.

SIR ROBERT DUFF'S SUCCESSOR

London, May 9 The Right Hon. Sir Arthur Hayter, M.P. for Walsall, has been mentioned a3 successor to the late Sir Robert Dv&, but Sir Arthur Hayter deniesthat there is any truth in the report.

The New Zealand Loan.

London, May 10

The Financial Times declares that it will be a mistake if Victoria and New South Wales enter the borrowing market on the strength of the success of other colonial loans Adelaide, May 10 The South Australian Register, in crediting Mr Ward with brilliant financing, says it is no slight thing for him to be able to say that in the year immediately succeeding the one in which bouth .Australia consented to pay the English capitalist £3 16s per cent interest on a small loan, New Zealand borrowed a much larger sum at about £3 ss. He is entitled to the thanks of all the colonies for his triumphant demonstration of the gains which may be secured from boldness | and self confidence, and his name should be mentioned with the respect due to the colonial statesman who in augurated the epoch of three per cents, and did so almost directly after the monetary magnates of the world's metropolis had declared that even three and a half per cents must be discarded in favor of four per cents. As success begets success, it is not surprising to hear of the general ac ceptance of his conversion scheme. »

A Town Burned.

Vienna, May 9 The town of Kubin, in Hungary, has been destroyed by fire.

Armenia.

Constantinople, May 10 A Russian note to the Porte requests that reforms should be carried out in Armenia, and adds that France and Great Britain concur in this view. The Sultan is said to be astounded at the concerted action of the Powers named

THE COREAN WAR.

•Shanghai, May 9 It is reported that owing to a hitch during the negotiations with Japan, the Russian warships at Ghefco were got ready for action, but the difficulty was subsequently settled. St Petersburg, May 10 Japan only yielded to Russia's pro test on the actual issue of orders by the latter for the mobilisation of 100,000 troops. Seventy officers had left here to superintend operations, and 140 were prepared to follow. An initial credit of 20,000,000 roubles had been opened.

Australian Deposit and Mortgage Bank.

Melbourne, May 9 Mr Harper, Chairman of the Aus tralian Deposit and Mortgage Bank, is leaving for England to try to induce the depositors to re-open the iecon struction scheme and grant the Bank easier terms.

Rejected.

Sydney, May 10

The City Council rejected the re trenchment committee's report, recom mending a reduction of ten per cent on all salaries over LI 50, and laborers to 6a 8 d per day.

Freetrade.

Melbourne, May 10

Sir G. M. O'Rorke, speaking at a luncheon given by the Mayor, urged the desirability of freetrade between the colonies, and ho(.ed when federation came, New Zealand would not be found standing out.

A WAR CORRESPONDENT.

Sydney, May 9

Mr Villiers, the war correspondent, is among the Warrimoo's passengers. He was met by a party of journalists and artists, and accorded a hearty welcome.

Railway Cnarges.

Melbourne, May 10

It is understood that under the railway agreement there would be an increase of a hundred per cent in the Victorian charges from Melb6urne to the border, and a less but still large increase from Adelaide to Morgan. Should any wool clips from stations east of Hay come to Melbourne, then Victoria would have to refund to New South Wales forty per cent of the difference between the old and new rates. This colony would receive a similar refund from Adelaide on wool sent from Morgan to Adelaide. Mr Turner has notified New South Wales that he thinks a Ministerial Confer ence might arrange a settlement, i The Cabinet declined to ratify the agreement come to by the intercolonial' railway conference with reference to border trade, on the ground that it was altogether too onesided. Mr Turner wired to Mr Kingston — v Cannot understand why such secresy is observed about treaty Unless urgent reasops shown will publish the text on Satur day." ■}

RAILWAY COMMISSION

Adelaide, May 10

The action of the Government in overlooking the old Commissioners when making the appointment of a single Commissioner is adversely criticised in commercial circles.

BUTTER

Adelaide, May 10 Government has decided to pay no 'urther bonus on exported butter.

European and Other Foreign Items

London, May 9 The barque iEolus, of 1247 tons, which left Sydney for London on October 4, has been posted at Lloyd's as missing.

Sir H. Loch succeeds Sir Hercules Robinson as a Director of the London and Westminster Bank.

Replying to a question in the House of Commons, Sir E. Grey said that France explains that; the expedition in the Nile territory consists merely of private travellers.

As he appeared at the National Liberal Club, the Premier looked pale and worn, and was leaning on a stick. He claimed that the recent victories ia by-elections had fortified the position of the Government He admitted that the Newcastle programme was un finished, but said the Government was prepared to carry it out to the end if the Liberals in Parliament and in the country gave their support.

Howard's accomplices drew L 3200 from Continental banks in a few dayi by means of forged notes upon Coutts' Bank, London. The facts discovered by the police go to show that th« forgers were preparing for an immense coup.

London, May 10 Lord Rosebery, Sir W. V. Harcourt and Mr Arnold Morley, Premier, Chancellor, and Postmaster-General re spectively, will receive a deputation from the Chambers of Commerce on I Friday next supporting the resolution passed at the Canadian Conference, for a subsidy for Pacific steamers and the construction of a Pacific cable. The Hon J. G. Ward has addressed the Colonial Party in the House of Commons on New Zealand politics. Sir John Gorst presided. Paris, May 10 Misses Amelia Wood and Ada Grossley, from Australia, have made a successful debut at Madame Mar chesi's concert at the Salle Erard. Stockholm, May 9 The Government of Sweden and Norway has decided to purchase the principal private railways. Berlin, May 9 Chancellor Hohenlobe introduced anti-Socialistic Bills in the Reichstag to-day. He urged that the founda tion of the nation's moral and re ligious life was at stake, and asked the House to reinstate the provisions im posing penalties for resistance to the authority of the Government.

N.S.W, POLITICS.

Sydney, May 9 Mr Reid delivered the Budget this evening. He estimated the aggregate deficiency at L 1,322,000, which is a reduction of L 143,000 on the previous estimate. He intimated it was the in tention of the Government to place the expenditure on a cash basis, so that the exact relationship of the revenue and the expenditure may be clear and of the simplest. The estimated revenue for the ensuing year is L9,l 18,000, and the expenditure L 9,062,000. It is proposed to wipe out the whole of Sir G. R. Dibbs' duties on July 1. These duties will represent a loss to the revenue of L 550,000, which it is in- :

tended to replace by a Land Tax of Id in the L, realising L 400,000, and an Income Tax, with exemption up to L3OO, realising LI 80,000. It is further proposed to provide for the old deficit by the issue of Treasury Bills, which in turn the Government hope to liquidate by a future surplus. There would, said Mr Reid, be no spasmodic reorganisation of the Oivil Service, but it was proposed that the work should be carried out by a Board of three Oommissionors, who would be removed faom political con trol. The Government recognised that a great quantity of money was thrown away by the clashing jurisdic tion of various departments, and it would be ridiculous and unsatisfactory 'to reduce salaries all round. Officers must be paid for the value of the work done, and entrance into the service should be by open contest, and not by private influence. The Commissioners would be appointed without delay, but the reorganisation, so as not to inflict hardship, would not be carried into effect until January. He estimated there would be a saving of a quarter of a million sterling in that direction. Dealing with the tariff, he said it was intended that the Tariff Committee should only deal with spirits, wines, ales, beer, tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, and opium. He declared that to be the tariff policy of the Reid administra tion for the present. It was intended to abolish some duties, but retain all the old specific duties of the previous freetrcde administration until the 13th of June, 1896, after which these specific duties would be removed, with the exception of those on kerosene, sugar, candles and salt. These latter , duties would be gradually abolished on a sliding scale, and the deficiency caused by the removal ot the specifica tions in 1896 would be met by a reform of the legacy and succession duties, which he hoped would yield LI 20,000. It was intended to amalgamate the Government Savings Bank and the New South Wales Saving Bank, and he expressed a hope, without commit ting the Government*..^that, such amalgamation would ultimately be come the sole Bank of note issue in the colony. The Government, also intended to deviso a scheme for placing the unemployted on the land, and thus relieving the present difficulty. Sydney, May 10 The Income Tax proposed by the. Reid Government is to be sixpence in. the £1, and is expected to realise £108,000.

In closing his speech last night Mr Reid referred to the question of fodera* tion, and said he hoped after the dis posal of the measures raised by the financial statement, to invite Parlia ment to take a practical step towards federation. There could be no federa tion until a compact was sealed in the spirit of brotherhood, and instead, therefore, of offering blow for blow, and border duty for border duty, ho would offer their Australian brethren the free use of all our borders.

The House has adjourned till Wed nesday next. Numbers of the free trade party consider the statement the best over delivered in the Howe. Sir George Dibbs think* it ii Ml ibwtytt failure,,

ffifi ASftfeUfetoti GtiARDIAN■: SAtOeDAY, MAt li, 1886.



business Notices . B A D~ T I M EST NO MONET- NO MONEY. "O* ■ TT is almost impossible to give things aw.iy, but never mind, coma and try G. J. NEI LL FOR HfIJLPEirV, CliOTill]¥G, & BOOTS Make no error ; he is cheaper than any other in Canterbury. Dress Goods 4p Double Width Dress Goods Is 6d now Is White Calico, Is lid d( zen Double Bed white Twill Sheeting, 9|d Flannellettas 2s lid dozen Plaids, BJd and 6£d Towbls, 2W each Cretonne 3*d . Blanketß,"Bl»nketa. Double Bed Colonial All Wcol Flannel, white, grey, and pink, Blankets 25a 6d, reduced to 18s 6d B|d Ladies'and Children's Ulsters and Jackets Corsets, Corsets Millnery at your own prica Ladles Stockings 6d clo^°hTng. Men's Tweßd Suit, 18s 6d Colonial Heavy Tweed Suiba, 32s 63, re- Men's Saddle Tweed Trousers, (all wool) dnced to 21s 6d. 13 S 6d Men's Tweed Trousers, 69 lid Men's Tweed Overcoats with C»pes, 183 6i Boys' Suits, 3s lid Boys Caps, 8d each Socks, Shirts, and Hats, at your own price boots! boots. The maker of our Boots guarantees satisfaction, or he will replace them. NEILL'S FOR BOOTS. Wen's Bluchers, 4s lid Men's Balmorals, 7a 6d „,«, Children's Strong Leather Boots from Women"! Strong Leather Boots, 5s lid 3s lid, this Is no rubbish Women's Strap Shoes from 4s lid Women's Carpet Slippers, Is 3d. q. j~neTll FRIBDLANDBR'S CORNER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Agent for Yarmouth Oil Skins. FLETCEER BROS. A RE JUST LANDING THE FOLLOWING GOODS FOR COMING SEASON, 100 CASES WHITE ROSE KERO- 50 CASES" LIGHT OF THE AGE " SENB, 150 per cent Test. KEROSENE, 150 per cent Test. These two brands of Kerosene are the Safest and Best Light-giving Oils Procurable. 5 Tons Moir's New Oatmeal 5 Cwt Oatina or Rolled Oats in Packets 5 Cwt Germina and Bags I Ton Golden Syrup in 561b tins £ Ton Black Treacle ia 561b tinß B Cases „ „ „ 281b „ 4 Oases „ : , „ 281b „ 8 „ » „ » 141b „ 2„ . „ „  Hlb „ 5 „ „ „ „ 71b  5 „ „ „ „ 71b „ 5 „   » 41b , 6 „ „  » 41b „ 5 „ „  „ 21b „ 5 „ „ „ „ 21b „ I TonWheatmeal SUGAR. SUGAR. SUGAR. \V b have just made a contract with the Auckland Sugar Refining Com pany to be supplied with their finest No 1 Susjar at a greitly Reduced Rate, Enquire our price before going elsewhere Dairy Salt. Dairy Salt. We have just received a Consignment of the Finest Refined Dairy Salt. Z Tons Fine Salt in lewt bags 2 Toes Fine Salt in 561b bags •> , : „ „ 141b „ 2 „ „ „ 71b „ V JUST ARRIVED—A Sptendrd Line of Hudson's Water Biscuits in 41b tins., to be cleared at Is 7d per tin. lins Free. FLETCHER BROS, (USH SUPPLY STORES, ASHBURTON AND CHRISTOHXROH. — IMPORTANT.— rpHE COR NEB —Hag the pleasure to intimate that it is to-day -A- prepared in all departments with everything New for Autumn and Winter wear. Great show of New Winter Dress Materials. No lady visiting ou JDrress and Miilinery Department can possibly be disappointed. MILTON CLOTH, especially suitable for children's dreases, l\ 3d per yd BEAVY DIAGONAL MERGES, Very Strong Is 6d per yd ALL WOOL DIAGONAL SERGES, in All Colors Is lid per yd ALL WOOL FANCY RERGKi 3, guaranteed fast colors 2s 9d per yd THIMMJNGS IN BEVERS, JETS, GIMPS, BRAIDS, IN ALL COLORS, —MfLLINBOT DEPARTMENT-- We are row showing the Newest Styles in Jackets, Waterproofs, Tunics, Hats, trimmed and unfcriramed, Corsets, Undei clothing, etc. BLANKETS. BLANKETS. Best Value in the County, Colonial Flannels in all Colors, B|d, Linoleums, Oilcloths, a New Stock Just Arrived. —CLOTHING DEPARTMENT— Men's, Youths', and Boys' Colonial Tweed Suits at Astonishingly Low Prices Boys' Serge Varsity Caps 0s 6d Boys' Plush Varsity Caps Is 0d Boys' Serge Sailor "Caps Is Od Youths' Tweed 9vercoats with Capes 8s *Jd. SUITS, COVERT COATS, AND OVERCOATS, MADE TO ORDER —BOOT DEPARTMENT— j Boot?, Seises *nd Slippers for Men, Women, and Children, at pdw& that will astonish you. W. H. COLLIE X, THE "CQWBR"' ■ ,



] Wanted. VVT" ANTED Known—Fresh Butter "? 7d and 8d per lh. Koll and Side Bacon, finest quality, 6Jd per lb, and hundreds of other lines to suit the times, ia- John Okr &Co \ East Street. 5 108 |>INK To Nieht. Maoris, Maor s, **' Maoris. Last, Last, Laßt, Last Night. The final competition between Maoris and Europeans. 5 109 ESLEYAN Church Tt-Morrow. Morning and Evening the Rev, 0 H Standage. Old friends and new will be warmly we^omed. 5 104 iy HOOPING Cough cured with * Martin s Oastan* Vesca.—Ashbur ton Drug Company, Limited, Agents. 5 106 WANTED, an Assistant. Steward for the Ash burton Club, where schedule of duties may be seen. Appli cations, by letter only, will be received up to and including Wednesday, 15fcV> inst. 5 45 KEYIfcW of Reviews for April. The Windsor Magazine now to hand. Cheap line School Bags, Books and Slates.—H. M. Jones. 5 94 JAPS and Chinkies.—Most extraordi nary Cheap Sale of Books is at ill going on at J. Marsden's, Tancred street. ALL Accounts Owing to Joseph Taylor, East street, Ashburton, mast be paid on or before Monday, May 20, or will be sued for withouc farther notice. All goods will be sold for Cash Only from this dabe. 5 92 I»». «»w «U»HJ MAY «*. OTAJNTfcD Known, that the crockery ™ and earthenware business of the late W, J. Hampton, East street, will be carried on by Mks Hampton in Burnett street, opposite the Club. 5 24 A LL persons owing Accounts to the t\ late W. J. Hampton, furniture dealer of East street, are requested to pay same at once to Mrs Hampton, Burnett street. 5 25 "DIOYCLES.—Orders now being booked -*-* for our next shipment Cushions, £10; 95 Dunlop Tyres, £16.—Carson and Co. 5 4 pHOICK .New Season Fruit, Grap"e^ Peaches, Pines, Plums, Bananas, Apples, Apricots, and Tomatoes ; the b^st in town.— Adams, Sounders.' Buildiners. ANTED Known —Great Bargains are now bains; given for Cash in all departments. Bafere laying onfc your money for Drapery, Boots, etc.. give us a call.—H. C. Segers, Meiford House* ANTKD Known—Lowest possible prices for Men's Knit Under cloMbiner, Shirts, and Heavy Boots.— Mitchell and Turner. OWN Makefn Ladies'and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, "■luslins, Flannelettes, Trimming", etc., at Mrs Alcorn's new shop, Biker's Buildings. /CHOICE FKUlT3.—Peaches, bananas, ©ranges, lemons and tomatoes, at j H. A. Flower, Fruicer and Confectioner, East street, TTTANTED KNOWN.-Warm * slippers for Win^r wear, cirls 9d. Is, women's la 91— W. H. Collier, " The Corner." IITANTrcb- Everyone to visit our V V Large Show Room now replete wi'h new styles for thoseason.—MlTCH'SLL and Turner. V)fT ANTED KITOWNr-Thecdebrated *■* Yarnvirh Oilskins can be ob tained at W. II Oo'lier, "The Corner." CASH, CASH. Drapery, Boots, Cloth ing, etc. New Goods just opened. F^eryihina: for Cash. —H. C. Segbrs. M«Ford House. WANTKD Known—We are reducing the whole of our Drapery, Bjots, Clothing;, etc, For Cash. New Dreeses, New Jackets, New Hat*, etc , will all be reduced—H. 0. Segeks. Meiford House. *jHARP.-5, Sharp*. Bran, Bran. I "^ you a-e requiring either of rho above for your Pit's or Ctttle enquire our Pnce before buying elsewhere. Special quota tions for ton lots. FK>ur at Mill Price — Fletcher Bros , Ashburton. Q P.KCIAL NOTICE.—Suits aad Single O Garments made to measure. Fit and style with prices to suit the times. Largß purchase Heavy Kaiapoi Trousers and Knit Underclothing.—Mitchell and TURNEK. NOTICE! Notice Sport for all Guns let out on hire or sold on tima 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, IrnTiinonerer. etc BOY'S and Girls Own Annual, British Workman and Workwoman, Infano's Magiizlne, 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, Quo Cartridges. Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Hartley's. Gun Emporium OBERT ALOORN has opened in Baker's Buildings, nexfc the Court house, with a stock of Clothinsr, etc., bought at Edwards, Bennett's and the Kaiapoi Sales, the cheapest lot of goods ever brought to Ashbtjrton, Also an assortment of Boots. WANTED.— 1000 Men to look at the Cheap Drapery from Australia, at Melbourne priaas. " The Blue House " is the place to set it, at the Corner of Arcade, and dov't you forget it. 4 240 "POTATOES. Potatoes —Just arrived -^ a Consignment; of the Finest Blue Derwent Potatoes, from the best potatoe growing district in North Canterbury, to be sold at a very low price. Special quotation for ton lots. —Fletphke Bros , Cash Supply Stores, East Street. Ash burton. WANTED KNOWN. — F. S * ■ Jeffries, leading Confectioner 1 and Fruiterer of Ashburton, East Street, I next; the Corner. Ice Creams, Fresh FruiiSj Confectionery, Summer drinks of every description. Ice ah reasonable rates Ladies Room a specialty. 1*153 BACON, Bacon, Bason.—Best Grain Fed Bacon from the Waterton District. Sides 6d per lb ; Trimming Slices, sd; Best Cu's, 6|d. Cheese, Cheese, Cheese.—Best Local iJairu s and Akaroa s|d and 61 per lb. Look at our window. —TA^raoj^ E*sfc street. English Vinegar, 6d per bot-t^a, Worcestershire Sauce 4|d. / iHßlSi'MAS""Prese.nrp, (Choice Orna ments. > ments. Zithers and Jew's Harpe, Balis »v<\ Dolls for everybody from Id each ; Jointed Dolls for 6di, Sleeping Beauties In. Chinese Conquerors 6d, Russian Embassies Is, Walking Men, Talking Dollb, Scotch Greys, and Ennis kil'len Dragoons all wonderfully cheap at Mrs Algorn's Ladies.' Underclothing and 1 ■JT»»cf B«»»r, g&yeloelr #»& J



Wanted GUNS ! Guns I Guns ! My new stock 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 J. W. Hardley's Sporting Repository WANTED Known -That if you are in want of a first class article in sum mer Bo^ts and Shoes, you cannot do better than call at J, Moison s ; you will get the very beat at reduced prices. As for his own make, they are well known to the delight of the wearers, throughout the Australasian cobniea. Repairs well done »nd at once Premier Boot Maker, Town Ha 1 Boot Store E*«fc street. Ashburcon TIT ANTED Known — Mrs Hoopek t ** (monthly nurse) is open to accept engagements. A pply, by letter, to Mrs Hoopbb, Alford Foreet Road, Ashburton 11*134 WANTED Known —Spectacles, liye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical line at S. Saxek's, Optician, F. ANDREWES & CO.—Sale now • on of Surplus Stock of Fancy Goods, Toys, Books, Stationery and Account Books, and all at greatly reduced prices for cash, at L. F. AndrbWrs&Co.



WINTER. 152 Men's, Boys' and Youths' Tweed Overcoats, with Cape, to be cleared this season at 20 per cent under ordinary prices 69;Boya' and Youths Macfarlane Over coats, new shape, to be Sold at 12£ per cent lower than last season 28 Roys' Double-breasted Reefejrsu,from 10a 9d WATERPROOF COATS. Our Coats are to be seen all over the Country. SPECIAL. Ladies' Waterproof Cloaks made to measure ; all Sewn Seams. A SHBURTON "QLANKETS, Large Double Bed Size, WINTER BOOTS. It'wiH'pay you to Buy your PJOOTS from the i NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager, NEW WEDDING PRESENTS. f HOIOE BIRTHDAY PRESENTS, AND PRESENTATION GOODS, AT S. SALE K 1 S, WATCHMAKER, AXD MANUFACTUBING JRWELLBRJ EAST STREETi A T THIS JEWELLERY ESTAB **- LISHMENT fIS TO BE SEEN THE LARGEST AND CHOICEST STOCK OF JEWELLERY & SILVER WARE In the District. 5 84 MASS will b« celebrated at Rakaia on SUNDAY, 19th inst., instead of Sunday, 12th. I J. J. O'DONNELL, 5 103 Rector.



Foe Indigestion, the best remedy is un doubtedly Norton's Camomile Pills. They can confidently be recommended aa being mild in operation and absolutely free from injurious drugs. Acting at once as a splen did tonic and a gentle aperient. For nearly 100 years they have proved unequalled for Indigestion, Dyppepsia, sick Headache and for Liver and Stomach compla ts. Sold in bottles Is Hd, 2i 9d, and 11b, by all Medi cine Vendors throughout the world.. A imple, ittffl and certain remedy



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Pure Blood is the Secret of Health Gordon's EziOOD Pills cleanse the system of all impure blood, cure iudigestion.con stipation, liver, complaint, pains in back and sides, biliousness, sick headache; remove pimples, scrofula, scurvy, eto. Lares bo 6s; two boxes, 10t, port tree. J. W, CUyton Bo* 234 Dunodin '