Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1895.

The Auckland Herald, in one of its last week's issues makes the following ,

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remarks:—Those interested in the wool trade here hay? a^ along been under the im

pression that what the American manufacturers required was the finer kinds of wool grown in these colonies, in order to work to the best advantage the coarser wools produced in the United States. However, a wool-dealer here who sent a number of samples to America to ascertain the kinds which the manufacturers there would take, was surprised to receive information that only the coarser sorts were of any use to them. It may be that this arises from the fact that the machinery in America is adapted for working short wool of a coarse kind and shoddy, which has been shipped in large quantities from England to the manu facturing districts of the States. It may therefore be the case that any demand for colonial wool from America will come somewhat slowly, as the machinery is gradually changed to suit. , The American manufacturers are not likely to continue to use inferior mate rials from England when they can get good Australian wool free, relieved from the heavy duty which has hitherto compelled them to employ shoddy. But the change maybe slow, and the full effect of the abolition of the duty may not be apparent for several years.

Op course, all Roman Catholics would reject this as an arrangement incom j

federation of thb CHURCHES,

patible with the claims of the Pope to juris diction and authority, over the whole Church

of Christ. But what is the authority of the Pope to-day over the Archbishop of Canterbury or the President of the Wesleyan Conference ? It is abso lutely nothing, whereas, if he would consent to sit as chairman of a great Federation of all Christian believers, he would at least, as chairman, have much greater authority than that which he possesses at present over all of those not of h:s own flock. MJean* while, it is well to note that among our Free Churches there is a vigorous effort to secure some mitigation of'the envenomed acrimony which is en gendered by the dissidence of disent. The Free Churches in various localities are beginning to organise themselves af a unit, and recently the Free Churches fff. Birmingham celebrated the first aruHyerspy o£ their union. There are difficulties in the w*y, no doubt. One of the chief of these is the reluctance of the Trinitarians to | recogijiis^ the Unitarians and Jews as I essential members flf the Cburch of (rod, but as all t.hose $?fro love righteousness and sqek .to help their fellow wen ar^ members of that ohurch, it is neither charitable nor Christian to exclude them from jthe fold.— Review of Rwkun,

Falling prices have hit the western j American farmer terribly hard. In I

THE AMERICAN FARMER,

the North American I Review, Governor Lew i ellyn, of iLansas, says I that in that State I

" there is a total mortgage and other indebtedness of one hundred dollars per head for every man, woman-and child, and the rates of interest continue as high as ever, while the value of the farm product steadily falls. 10,000 farmers in Kansas are every year evicted by the foreclesure of mort gages and the number is increasing. Twenty five to twenty-eight years ago, with one bale of cotton a Southern farmer could buy nearly five hundred dollars, and with one sack of wheat (two bushels) a Northern farmer could buy five dollars. Now it requires seventeen bales of cotton and more than six sacks of wheat to bring these respective amounts. What is true of cotton and wheat is also true of other products of the farm." The Kansas Governor thinks that the remonetisation of silver would have a salutary effect in rescuing the farmers from their diffi culties. ■ ' . . . ■.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

, Reading matter on fourth page. The new firm of Friedltnder and Co. report yesterday the sale by them of two lines of wheat, amounting to about 30,000 sacks, at a satisfactory figure. The Fruit Growers' Conference at Hobart has concluded. The New Zealand ' | delegates leave Hobart on Wednesday and visit Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland before returning home. It n»y not be generally known to cyclists that there is a by-law prohibiting them from tiding on their machines in the Domain on Sunday. The penalty being —-something terrible.

At St. Mark's Church, Rakaia, on Sun day morning as the clergyman was publish ing the banns of marriage a respectable young man stood up and said in a loud voice, 'I forbid the banns.' Several of the officers of the Spanish warship Beina Regente, which foundered near Trafalgar Bay, are said by an English paper to have belonged to the training sLip Nautilus when this vessel paid a visit to Lyttelton some eighteen months ago. By an inadvertence of the printer, Miss Bessie Simmonda' violin solo was left out of the programme cf the Cycling Club's Concert in last night's issue. Her sslo is number 14 on the programme,—''The old folks at home "and "The mocking bird " —and follows immediately after Mr A. Millar's song "The mighty deep." Feeling has been aroused in Christchurch among snbscribers to the public library by the introduction of the barrier system, by which they are prevented access to the shelves, their books being selected for them by attendants. A. largely signed petition has been presented to the Board of Governors, which passed a motion asking th? Library Committee to recon sider the new regulation. The usual monthly meeting of the Chertsey School Committee was held in the schoolroom on Saturday evening last. There were present—Messrs W. Oak'ey (chairman),./. Stewart, J. Lukies, W. Ealham, and G. Scarlett. The master's report showei the attendance for the past month to have been fifty. Corres pondence was read from the Board of Educ\fion promising to put the matter of increased accommodation before the buildings committee; also from the Liberal Association re Canterbury ColLge, which was held over. Mrs Johnson's tender for school cleaning was accepted, It was agreed to a k the roaster not tn keep in during the winter months as The Drug' Company h again oh the warra h, and for the sowing season has abundance of the now well known Smiths Premier Wheat Dressing for mint. Mr George Lamb, of Elgin, a farmar not given to romancing, and from whom praise of any dr- salig is praise indeed had the following to say cf Smith's in 1892:— I like it better than b'ues fone, as it re quires n^ hot water to dissolve it. Wheat dressed with it germinates much quicker and growa rcore vigorous to a certain stage. I have seen no appearance of Smut. I was greatly troubled with grubs in the crop last spring, but the seed done with Smith's Wheat Dressing, they did not touch, although we could see plenty in the ground when we ploughed.—The company's printed testimonials from the Ash burton county are a yard and more long. A Wellington Press Association tele gram states that the three-core cable across Cook Strait was broken some time during Sunday night, and all the work between Wellington and Christehurch is, therefore, thrown on the single wire cable. To facilitate work and prevent a block the new Wheatstone automatic machine has been called into requisition between Christnhnrch and Wellington, and the telegraph officials report that it is working very smoothly. Ihe cable re pairing steamer Terran'ra was working off Oterangi Bay yesterday, but at latest accounts she had not started to lay down the new cabla. She will finish this work before she undertakes the repairs on the three-core cable. As a consequence of the break, press work has fallen behind, and we have not our usual full budget of Cible news. Pawnbroking on the Continent differs very materially from the English system. The interesting letters of our consuls show that in Austria-Hungary thelargestamnunfc of pawnbroking is carried on by pr irate pawnbrokers under the authority of the State. The Interest charged at the Im perial Pawn Office in Vienna is at a uni form rate of ten per cent. In the last year for which statistics are forthcoming the Vienna Pawn Office received 866,015 articles in pawn, for which ib advanced £420 000. The average value of the jewellery aijd other valuables pawned amounted to 253, whilst that of the cloth ing and similar household effects was only 4.$ 6d, In Belgium* the rate generally charged by the various Monts-de ,Pie c ranges from 4 to 1Q per cent., but in Brussels it ha 3 been § per cent, since 1891. In Germany pawnbroking ig conducted either by the State, the parish, or private persons under State supervision. A romantic story of the vicissitudes of a wedding party conus from Cumberland. The marriage of Miss Mabel Snelus, youngest d?u?hter of Major Snelns, of Howes, mining engineer, of Hayercrofr, should have been solemnised at two o'clock on a recent Wednesday afternoon, and the bridal party of fourteen persons proceeded to Arlecdon. Church, to assist at the ceremony. The Rev. Alfred Churwin, of Harrington, got so far as the house of the curate, the Rev. H. Sugden, where he became snow-blocked, The bridegroom started'from his residence in a severe nnoW' j storm, but failing to make progress on horseback, he tried driving, hut was com pletely weatherbound. Some of the snbw drlftsVe.ria J$ faefcdeep, and (ha hedges arid roafo wet© loat ro yiew. The party of fourteen had meanwhile gained the church unknown to the bridegroom, who gave up the quest after three gallant attempts, The bridal party and bride were now snowed up in the church, whera they had to pass the night, provisions and wraps having with difficulty beem wseyed to them by Megirs Percy and George Snelus. The hjfppy couple were married ab one o'clock the folloying afjfcernpon by the Bey. H, Sugdtn, bod the road from the church h»nob|c!w«db/3QOUbMor|.

The monthly meeting of the Ashburton Fire Brigade has been postponed till Wednesday evening, May 8, at 8 oclock.

Rev. E. A. Scott inf jrma us that a letter received by him from Mr Alfred Cook, for many years vergar of St Stephen's church, Ashburton. advises him of the death of Mr Cook's wife Mrs Cook died at Rich mond, near London on March 6 last, after an illness of two years. The disease slie suffered from was cancer.

The Rev. L. M. Isitt, who leaves for England by the Gothic on Thursday, was bidden farewell at a large public meeting in the Wellington Opera Bouse on Mon day night. Addresses were given by Si< Robert Stoat, Mr Lennan, and the Re^s. W. Baumber, F. W. Isitt, and L, M. lei't, and the proceedings were of the most enthusiastic character.

The Woodville Emminer states that the Hon. J. McKdnzie, at the recent banquet, explained that the Libel Bill was a Gov ernment measure, to which his name had been put as a matter of for no, and he had, as he put it, to bear all the odium attach ing to it 'This,' sajs the Ezaminer, ' bhould be an eye-opener to the journal ists of the colony, and will show them how much sincerity and love of the true liberty of the people there Is about the Government.'

At a special meeting of the. New Zealand University, held in Dunedin yesterday, Mr A. J. Buchanan, formerly of Ashbur ton, was recommended as having passed the examination qualifying for honors in Arts and for the degree of M.A., and that the degree of Bachelor of Science be con ferred upon Mr fi. S. Buchanan. Mi*s Majory Williamson, daughter of Mr Donald Williamson, of Ashbmton, has passed the first section of the examina tion for the B.A. degree.

Mr Bragato holds fi rraly to the ides that wine producing countries are more sober than those in which no wine is produced. The reason, he says, why New Zealand is not a wine-drinking country is that people cannot afford to pay 4s or 5s per bottle ; but if wine were produced in large quan tities, and sold at 61 a qaarr, then every body would be in a position to have a bottle, and the people would consume ten or twenty times the quantity now con sumed in the colony. To each person he allows twenty-five gallon» a year. The f U.iwingr proclamation was made at Market Cross of Inverary, Scotland, less than a hundred years ago:— "Ta hoy! Ta tither ahoy! Ta hoy three times ! ! ! an' ta hoy—Whist! By com« mand of His Majesty King George, and her grace te Duko of Argyll: If anyone is found fishing about te loch, or below te loch, afore te loch, or ahint te loch, in te loch, or on te loch, aroun' te loch, or about te loch, she's to be persecuted wi! three persecutions : first, 6he's to be burnt, syne, she's to be drownt, and if ever she comes back she's to be perse cutit wi' a far waur death. God save the King, an* her Grace te Duke of Argyll." A Press Association telegram from Invercargill says it is reported that the Directors of the Southland Frozen Meat Company have decided to take action against Messrs Nelson Bros., Limited, for £30,000 damages for broach of contract. The c 1 aim ia based on the allegation that after having entered into an agreement with the Company not to compete here in the freezing business with them, Nelson Broa were directly concerned in the establishment of the Oce&n Beach Freez ing Works at the Bluff. Sir Robert Stout has been retained by the plaintiffs, and the writ will be served in England as soon as the necessary authority is con vey* d by cable. Warm correspondence (>ays the Dunedin Star) is now passing between the Hon. the Premier and Mr Larnach with respect to the failure of the Cabinet to be repre sented at the Lawrence banq-iet on Tups day night. The Liberal party in the Tuapeka elec coja(-e also feel strongly regarding the Premier's alleged disc >urte ous treatment. Mr Seddon explains the nuu-icpiconutaiiuu of the Ministry and the absei.ee of the usual congratulatory wire by a mistake in the date, and blames iha telegraph officials. Mr Larnach'B reply, says the Tnapeka Times, is as sultry as that hon, gentleman can make it, and that is saying a good deal. He will not have ary of the Hon. Richard's subteifuge or equivocation, and plainly lets him understand the fact. The wires are still

being worked by both hon. gentlemen, and every hour the exchanges grow more sultry. The correct explanation has yet to come.

The North Otiga Times of Monday has fche following :—'Oamaru has a mine of wealth under its foundations, and as Mr Cadman will be here to day, and is on the lookout f jr a desirable object to help along the people of Camaru might ask him to assist to davelnp a natural oil-spring which has recenly appeared in . the Oamaru creek. For some time back what appears to be oil bubbles up and spreads over the surface of the water in the creek near the Severn st reet bridge. Had the phenomenon bean only of short duration ie might have been supposed that it arose from decaying vegetation or some other cause easily accounted for, but the thing has been notified about a week, and local mvanty are in a quandary to aocouht for It. It may not be oil at all, but it certainly looks like ifc, and those who have noticed it would like to have the phenomenon explained. Perhaps the borough authorities might endeavour to find out-' A writer in the Reihi discourses olea santly of the m%n of Guiana Forest—the gentle brown skinned Indian, who is rapidly becoming extinct in the forest glades and in the higher reaches of the rivers. Whence, he asks, come these quiet and bashful folk? History knows Htirher their origin nor the siory of their migration. It is thought that they may be descendants of the Aztecs; that the undecipherable picture wxiting that may be seen on the rocks over which the rivers fall on their way to the sea can be asso ciated with similar characters on the other side of the isthmus ; but the exact position j has, wa beliave, never bsen conclusively traced They know nothing of their own past, or nothing that the few Europeans who have studied them have been able to learn from their lips. They are children of nature in whom the spirit of war has died. The picture which RaleigU drew of them, if divested of i's absurd stories of their auriferous passesaion?, its as rrua to-day as in the early part of the 17th century. They make a little nlcsr ance in the forest. Thence the men silly forth to hunt And fish, while tija women caltivae the harvest field 5 and when the soilia exhausted, and the under growth of the forest overruns the settle ment, they take their hammocks from be neath the thatch of palm leaves, enter their canoes, and paddle up or down the river, or along a creek, until they light upon another habitation. There are as much at home on or in the water ;*s in threading the mages of the forests. An Indian never drowns. He will shoot a dangerous rapid with less concern than a sailor will walk the deck of an Atlantic liner. Indians know every living creature in the vrto^s; they on hear and see things which to tli3 eyes and ears of the civilioed man have no existence ; and what they think of the universe and of their relation to nature is an impenetrable secret. A

COMMERCIAL.

London, April 28 Tallow, medium mutton, 22s 6d ; medium beef, 213. The English wheat market is advancing, and shows an increaued firmness. The Continental is firm also, and the American is advancing with increased firmness. A cargo of South Australian wheit, by tho barque Roucen Burn, sold at 25a 3d.

ON THE PITCH.

By Tho BaTber

Our Art Society's Exhibition was a success. It never pretended to more than an exhibition of beginners' work, with only a few works by older and more ex perienced hands thrown in by way of con trast and for the emulation of the be ginners. But as entries came in the Committee found that there were pknty of artists in the district, the existence of whom wa* never even expected until the exhibition brought them out. Tha chances are that out of the email begin ning, a strong Art Society may arise on the plains, from whose ranks may yet come some one of whom we may all be proud.

It is pleasing to be able to write thus hopefully of our young painters. Their works were certainly modest, and but few of them were of a kind to draw forth from any qualified critic, who knew the history of the artists, a hope that che painters should try some other kind of art—while washing a shed, for instance. Our Society ! hw been but a few months In existence, and very manyeftheexhibitors'experience and practice did not extend over more than three moths longer than the Society's history, but the work shown was credit able indeed. The Art Society of Christ chnrch has been fifteen years in existence; and its annual exhibition was held about the same time as ours. If one may judge from a leading article in a recent issue of the Press— one of the most rowdily critical I have read for a long time—the exhibition had not one redeeming feature to reo mmend it. Apparently the painters who exhibited did not show the least im provement on previous years, bat rather the reverse, and the writer of the leading article, as well as the art critic in his notices, got amonat them, metaphorically speaking, with a fail, and gave them par ticular fits. He is a poor sort of a thing anyhow who can be killed by any news-, paper article, but if an article could kill the Ohristohurch Art Society ought to "kick, and flummox, and die." But it will rtcover. At any rate let me hope so, and let me also hope the dressing down it has recived whether deserved this year or not, will have the effect of keeping the artists up to their work during the time intervening between now and next exhibi tion.

The financial atmosphere Is anything but settled, and we are now beginning to experience what the low prces that) have for some time p*st been ruling for all kinds of produce really means to all hands. The farmer feeds us all. He is the man from whose labors we all draw our bos-. tenance. He it is who has to pay the heaviest taxation. At any rate it has all to come out of him in the end somehow. Aud I have never yet seen any financial trouble come to *ny of our hading mer cantile companies, cr firms, or the banks put on the fecrew, but the waves caused by the storm somehow or other reached fcha cockatoo. He was not always over whelmed, to be sure ; but they caused his iittle bark to rock unpleasantly, and some times she would ship a sea that kept her in a very uncom'orUble and sloppy con dition for a considerable time. And when one arm gets into difficulties, and the clients have to be put to inconvenience and less, somehow other firms have to put on the screw too, and all round there is a generally uncomfortable and distrust ful feeling. Yet we have had as heavy fi"t*nowl ffeather as this before now. Quoting from an Ashburton tile of many years back, I find that a local poet thus bang :—

Hail muse, et cetera I On these spreading l>'ains, Now plume youi pinions for a glorious theme. Filed are our schedules, traded ia our grain, Yet still prosperity doth seem a dream. The Heniat is active—not in vain

His document is spread; his eyes wide open gleam Upon the still misguided cockatoos. He'll have their grain, and leave them in the blues.

And in those days Judge Ward had his hands jnst as full aa they coald hold of the special kind of business entrusted to him, and for the discharge of which his Court is holdea at Ashburton. Yet we got over those tim^s of trouble, and still live. The weakest went to the wall no doubt. They always do. It was a case of the survival of the fittest. It always is when "iitteat" means "mostcash,' and " unfit" means v poor." There were expressions of sorrow that [some poor struggling fellow shoal) go to the wall ; but he went all the same, and In sow a cases with a hard bang that stove his financial ribs in, because ex pressions of sorrow are not a good buffer in such cases* The expressions a man wants at such times have a ring about them appreciated at the bank counter. But as I said before, we came out of It all, and still live. And 1 have such faith in the county of Ashburton as to prophecy that it will be found " still living" when these hard time* have passed away, and we have entered upon other and more happy times which cannot now be in the very far off future.

lain sorry for the Amateur .Cycling Club. That fearful Easter Monday played "ducks and drakes" with all their plans, and the very pleasant gather* ing the Club asaally gtvas us on that day has had to be abandoned altogether. Its abandonment, however, left the Club in debt—only the debt is not so heary as it might have been had the show been got off In the web wealh?r. To recoup this the Club is giving a concert on Friday next in the Oddfellows' Hall, for whioh all cyclists in the county ought te buy tickets whether they come down to the show or not. If they do come they will enjoy a musical treat not cffired here everyday. ,

Spaaking <-f showa, reminds me of the visit of the V*udevillo Company last week. It was advertised as a company of twenty artiste Five came. The tenor and the baritone of the empany were really worth hearing, but the teit of the entertainment was very poor pad indeed, A not very large audience found, this out en Friday night, and on Saturday less than a pound represented the " gate." A Sunday concert was tried, but the "silver coins" were so few that they would not pay the price of the kerosene. When will travelling people learn that what would not dare be offered in a back block hall in Ghristchurch has just as little chinee of succ&ss in Ashburton? We may ba country people in the Hub, and willing to be entertained, but we want something more for our monsy than many travelling shows would like us to be satisfied with, and until the travellers realise this, they mast not be angry If they have to pat up with " frosts."

European and Other Foreign Items

London, April 28 The National Leprosy Commission has awarded a prize of fifty guineas to Dr Ashburton Thompson, of Sydney, for his researches in leprosy.

Capetown, April 29 Great Britain has annexed the Umbezens territory adjoining Zulu* land.

THE COREAN WAR.

Tokio, April 28 The attitude of the European Powers has amazed the Japanese Cabinet, and its relations with Russia are now exceedingly strained. London, April 28 The Vienna correspondent of the Standard says that unless Japan sacri fices herself to the Czar's ambition the situation will cause Russia to hasten on the completion of the Siberian railway, and momentous issues may be expected involving grave injury to British commerce in the East.

Shanghai, April 29 Owing to continued disturbances in Formosa a force of sailors from ft German warship has been landed at Tomsin, a treaty port in the north-west of the island, to protect the foreign residents. The trouble in owing to the fact that the Chinese soldiers have not been paid for some time past Their discontent eliminated in open revolt, at the outset of which the soldiers killed a General whom they accused of stealing their pay. The Governor's guard, in restoring order, killed thirty of the rioters.

Colonial Borrowing.

London, April 28 The Queensland loan is quoted at four per cent, premium.

April 29. The Duily Chronicle says that such a complete recovery of the Queensland credit on the London market must surprise the colonies themselves.

Sydney, April 29 The Daily Telegraph says New Zealand in floating her loan at three per cent is setting an example which is sure to be followed. The departure may be a bold one but is undoubtedly in the right direction. The Herald can hardly see what is to be gained by a change from 3£ per cent, an the money will probably be borrowed at an equivalent to that price, The Herald fears an objectionable use of the nominal rate of 3 per cent will be made by po'iticians in order to make loans to farmers appear to be profitable.

Wellington, April 29 The Government state that Mr Wwd did not directly arrange the loan with the Bank of England, bat the transaction was conducted as usual by the loin atgenta after consulting with Air Ward. Within fifteen minutes after the announcement the loan was quoted at two per cent premium.

Bursting of a Reservoir

Paris, April 28 The death roll in connection with the reservoir disaster had reached 110. The dam was sixty feet broad at the base and sixty feet deep.

BOWLING

Mjslboubnu, April 28 The Few Zealaad bowlers beat the Fitzroy Club by 46 to 44.

ADMIRAL BRIDGE ON NEW ZEALAND DEFENCES.

Siedncy, April 29 Admiral Bridge, in the course of an interview, made reference to the de fences of New Zealand. He said though many of the guns at the forts had complicated mountings, they were wonderfully well kept indeed, and were as well looked after as on board a war ship. The same remarks applied to the Victorian defences with regard to sub marine mining defence. Apart from any views he might hold as to it* utility or otherwise, he was impressed, with the admirable way in which the defence material in Auckland was kept and with the zeal and knowledge of the officers and men in charge.

The Franchise

Hobabt, April 28 Next session Government will intro duce a bill liberalising tbe franchise for the Legislative Council, and proposing a one-man-one-vote qualification for the Legislative Assembly.

THE FRUIT CONFERENCE

Hobult, April 29 The Fruit Growers' Conference, which has now concluded, was a great success. A Federal Association of Fruit Growers was formed, with Vig. count Gormanston, the Governor of Tasmania, as patron, and arranget ments were made for the issue of a journal in the interests of the Asso* ciation. The New Zealand delegate! leave here on Wednesday and visit Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland before returning home.

ANOTHER GOLD DISCOVERY

Perth, April 89 Later details show that the new find which has been made is at a locality twenty miles from Coolgardie, and consists of an immense lode of iron stone, outcropping two feet, showing i large dabs and impregnated with fine gold. Thousands of tons »re in sight, and the lode which has Already been noted to a depth of a couple of feet, shows indications of going down to ay greater depth. The find is attracting considerable attention. The dis* coverers were two hard up prospectors, who recently arrived from Adelaide.

THE ASHBtJKTOS dttAßbtAN: TTJESDAS, APRIL 30, 1896.



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PRELIMINARY NOT LOB. ON Account of the Distress of Trade, we have decided to go «ut o v" buslneea Con seq'iently we shall offer the whole of Our Stock of lUHPKKI, (LOTIIITO A HOOTS, ON Saturday Next, April 27, AND FOLLOWING DAYS. WE must realise, as we are losing money every day, and we driiik the first loss the best. Our Creditors are clamoring for their money, and to pay them we must sacrifice onr Stock. We don't intenl to m»ke a bogus sale ;wo want money, and to get it we know we must mako a con dderable reduction in our prices, to command a ready sale. We close on THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, APRIL 25 and 20, in order to mark down the Stock. DON'T FORGET SATURDAY NEXT. I ring yout taoney, and for every poind j our spend you will save at least ten shillings. W. W. SPENCER & CO.. A; 80. AD E HOUSE. k BURNETT STREET,



Wanted 1 "IBAVB IT TO 1B»-S1Y 24. r i WANTED— A Smart Boy to clean Boots, etc. Apply i J. C. N. GRIGG, 4 246 Longbeach, fITANTKD-An Office Boy. Apply W Fooks and Son 4 257 TTi ANTED — Small Paddock wir,h VV Stable, in town. App'y Mail Office. 4 256 QTRONG Safety BicycV ballbearings H in good order; Clincher lyres. Serviceable machine. Cash or terms — H. M. Jones 4 261 ANTED Known —That Rinking this week is To-night and Satur day. Look out for the Maori Lady Skaters next week. ;■ 4 245 WANTED.— 1000 Men to look at the Cheap Drapery from Australia, at Melbourne prises. " The Blue Bouse " is the place to get it, at the Corner of Arcade, and don't yon forget it. 4 240 WANTED Known—We have been appointed Sole Agents for the Sale of the famous "More Pork" Brand NEW CURE BACON. Supplied wholesale or retail.—A. Lawrie And Co., Saunders' Buildings. 4 147 TO Let or for Sale—Seven-roomed House, with half acre of land, planted with Fruit Trees, and Tennis Lawn; in the most healthy part of the town, close to the Domain. Terms very easy. Apply Robert Aicokn. 436 'f"\Dl>S and Ends.—Books, etc., at half kJ price. Genuine clearing sale. No reasonable offer refused. J. Marsden, lancred street. A~~~BARGAIN.— Fiiatclass Piano by Haake, beautiful tone, overstrung ; £55. £42 10j Cash. Also splendid organ, thirteen stops sub basi. Cash or terms.—H. M. Jones. 4 202 I OO OOfl Cre»m Laid Business LVJ\J 9 \J\J\J Envelopes 3s 9d per 1000—this month only. Life and times of Dr. Stuart 3s 6d.—H M. Jones. 4 201 l^Y PECIaL NOTICE.—Suits &ad Single O Garments made to measure. Fit and style with prices to suit the times. Large purchase Heavy K-»iapoi Trousers and Knit Underclothing.—Mitchell and Turner. WANTED Known —Great Bargain are now bains; given for Cash in all departments. Bnfcre laying ont your | money for Drapery, Boots, etc , give us a call.— H. C, Segers, Melford House. 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. — Fletchkb Bros , Cash Supply Stores, East Street. Ash burton. CASH, CASH. Drapery, Boots, Cloth ing, etc. New Goods just opened. Everything reduced for Cash,—H. C. Seoers, Melford House. vy rA»T«SD KNOWN.-Warm carpet slippers for Winter wear, girls 9d,.15, wemnn's Is 9J.—W. H. Collier, II The Corner." Vjy ANTKD Known — Mrs Hoopeh ** (monthly nurse) ia open to accept engagements. Apply, by letter, to Mrs Hooper, Alford Forest Road, Ashburton. 11*131 AUTUMN DR~ESSJfiS ; Splendid £*- Variety, Lowest Prices. Sec windows G, L. Beam ami Co, Tan cred Street 2 202 house, with a stock of Clothing, etc., bought at Edwards, Bennett's and the Kaiapoi S%les, the cheapest lot of goodf ever brought to Ashburton, Also an assortment of Boots. GUNS ! Guns ! Guns ! My new stock of Gunsj ust to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech L aders, Rifles, etc In -pection invited. No old stock to selec! from at J. W. Hardley's Sporting Repository WANTED Known—We are reducing the whole of our Drapery, Bjots, Clothing, etc, For C^sh. New Dresses, New Jackets, New Kats, etc , will all be | reduced —H. C. Segbhs, Melford House. ' OTICeI Notice Sport for al' i\ Guns let out on hire or sold on time payments. Having a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns of any description, Gun fittings in stock. Prices low.—J. W Hardley, Ironmonger, etc piHOICB New Season Fruit. Grapes, v Peaches, Pines, Plums, Bananas, Apples, Apricots, and Tomatoes ; the best in town,—Adams, Stundera' Buildings. "DANG! Bangj B»jig I My new sea -"-* son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, Oluu Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the 6rst quality at J. W. Hardley's. Gun Emporium LF. AHDREWES & 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, Andrews & Co BHARP3, Sharps. Bran, Bran. If you are requiring either of the above for your Pigs or Cattle enquire our Price before buying elsewhere. Special quota tions for ton lots. Flowr $t Mill Price.— Fletcher Bros , Ashbnrton. WANTED Known -That if you are in want of & first class article in sum • mer Boots and Shoes, you cannot do betfcar than call at J. Moison's ; you srill get the very best at reduced prices. As for his own make, they are well known to the delight of the wearer*, throughout the Australasian colonies. Repairs well done and at once Premier Boot Maker, Town Hall Boot Store, Evt street, Ashburton OWN Make In Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, atusling, Flannelettes, Trimming', etc., at Mrs Alcobn's new shop, Baker's Buildings. WANTED Known — The Misses Urquhart have started Dress making, and having a thorough knowledge of the business, combined with moderate barges, hope to receive a share of the public pitr#£!*ge, Address: Tancred SireeS next to E. W. Hall, Herbalist. BOY'S and Girls Own Annual, British Workman and Workwoman, Infanc's Magaztn*, The Prize, Child's Companion, Children's Friend, Little Dot, Family Frfend, Band of Hope, Young England, and other New Books at Lowest Prices.— L. F. Akorrwes and Co. JLI $6 /CHRISTMAS Presents, .Choice Orna- V-/ mente, Zithers and Jew's Harps, Balis and Dolls for everybody from JLd each; Jointed Dolls for 63, Sleeping Beauties Is, - Chinese Conquerors (3d, Russian Embissics la. Walking Men, Talking Dolls, Scotch Greys, and Ennis killon Dragoons all wonderfully cheap at Mrs Aicorn's Ladies- 1 Underclothing and Jfancy Sftftir, HiVfllock «fa«Qfc.J ;



Wanted. 1 WE are selling Fresh Butter this week at from 91 to 10J per lb — Carswn and To 4 169 TaNTEDKNOWN—The celebrated ( Yarmouth Oilskins can be ob tained at W. H- Collier, "The Crner." WA.NTGD Known — Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical line at S. Saxek's, Optician A NTWl;—Everyone to visit our Large Show Room now replete with new styles for theaeason. —Mitchell and Turner ' OTTANrED Everyone to know that 0 » Percy is removing from Tancred Street to East Street, next to the Drug Company. 4 223 VfIuTANTBD Everyone to know that C. * * Pbbcy is removing from Tancred Street to East Street, next to the ,Dru? Company. 4 224 WANTED Known.—Lowest possible, prices for Men's Knit Under iclofchinGT, Shirts, and Heavy Boots.— Mitchell and Turner. /CHOICE FRUlTS.—Peaches, bananas, V> . oranges, lemons and tomatoes, at H. A. Flower, Fruicer and Confectioner, East street, , . . j BACON, Bacon, Bason. —Best Grain Fed Bacon from the Waterton District, Sides 7d per lb; Tiimming Slices, 7d ; Best Cats, Bd. Cheese, Cheese, Cheese.—Best Local Dairies and Akaroa s|d and 61 per lb. Look at our window. —Taylor, East street. English Vinegar, 6d per bottle, Worcestershire Sauce 4£d. NEW GOODS. * NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. *!! HE Largest and best assortec" Stock of Men's Mercery in the District. New Shapes -. HARD AND SOFT FELT tz{ « . HATS, y, q NEW t TIES. * — o CAIL AND INSPECT OUR O 03 NEW GOODS. C « — ° NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY ALEX. HBNDRY, MaDagor.



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