MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the following places as under, subject to the necessary altera tions : — TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15. For Northern Ports, per Corinna, at 6.3Q p.m. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18. For Jvorthern Porta and Australian Colonies, except Tasmania, per Wakatipu, and also correspondence for the United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, specially addressed via Naples, at 10 3() a.m. Due in London December 4th, same day as next San jmail.

INITATIONS OF THE REAL

Original fall far short of it, and are as un pleasant as it ia palatable. Insist upon having tlw real, that is Wolff's

PHASES OF THE MOON.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1895.

The discussion on the Licensing Bill in the Upper House on Friday evening

RAILWAY REFRESHMENT EOOMS.

was somewhat warm and Mr George Mc- Lean passed

some adverse criticism on the railway refreshment room at A.shburton which, everybody knows, was not only wholly undeserved but quite the reverse of true, for if there is one house in Ash burton that han the credit of retailing really good refreshments, whether intoxicating or otherwise, that house is the railway refreshment room. When the Council in committee came to the clause that no license for the sale of liquor shall be granted to rail way refreshment rooms in prohibited districts, Mr Shrimski moved that the clause be struck out. He protested 'against people having to travel long distance* without refreshment.—The Hon 0. 0. Bowen said that many of these refreshment rooms were not a convenience to the public nor a credit to the Railway Department. He knew one or two notoriou. cases where re freshment rooms, which had been well kept, had changed owners; and people who had been able to pay a little more for them than the previous tenants had taken them—people who did not care twopence for the convenience of the travelling public as long as they made a revenue out of their coutract. —Mr Shrimski said that by refusing to license railway refreshment rooms the Government would make travellers carry a bottle and soak by themselves, j (Laughter.)— Speaking as a constant traveller on the Ohristchurch-Dunedin line, Mr McLean said that at one time he used to look forward to getting an extraordinary good cup of tea or coffee at Ashburton, but because some other person had offered £5 more for the refreshment room there the department turned out their tenant who used to study the convenience of the travelling public, and now most contemptible stuff was supplied. He had advised the Commissioners time after time to stick to a good tenant when they got one. While making these remarks, he agreed with Mr Bowen that it would not be right to allow liquor to be sold at railway refreshment rooms in a pro hibited district.—Several members gave their personal reminiscences of travel lie o and how they fared when wanting liquid or other refreshments, while others urged th at dining cars should be attached to all express trains.—Mr Shrimski was horrified at jthe idea of being compelled to travel between Lyttelton end Dunedin without an opportunity of _ having a «pip/ and deplaj-ed that this wa9 becoming a wopsp country to tfvo in than Russia.—Th* elwura w*» wtelwi 99 th« voices,

The Melbourne Argus has the follow ing defence of Sir Julian Salomons'

conduct in connection with the Dean case :— " What position would

SIR JULIAN SALOMONS.

Sir Julian Salomons occupy if, believing honestly that he was told the story of the confession, and also honestly believing in the story itself, he kept the terrible secret in his bosom . He would be a consenting party to the casting of a deplorable stigma upon a woman whom he would regard as innocent. He would be a party also to a man whom he would believe to be dangerous and treacherous moving about and respected in society. He would be suppressing material evidence iv the judicial'embroglio. No really honorable man could consent to play such a part once the con sequences began to unfold themselves. The question suggests itself, indeed, whether, if Sir Julian Salomons had preserved silence, his position would not be identical in important particu lars with that of Mr Charles Phillips, the defender of Oourvoisier, whose name is now passed from generation to generation 'damned to everlasting fame.' Mr Phillips had within his knowledge the confession of Oourvoisier that he murdered his master, Lord William Russell, and yet he waa con tent that the jury should believe that Oourvoisier was the victim of 'an unjust and depraved conspiracy on the part of policemen anxious to divide a large reward over the coffin of an innocent man." To-day no one defends Charles Phillips. Oould anyone have excused Sir Julian Salomons if he had stood by and seen, as he believed, the innocent aspersed V

We should fail in our duty to the pro ducers of this colony, says the Sydney

Wool and Produce a warning. Journal, if we neg-

lected just now to utter a warning in regard to a phase of the wool trade which is at present somewhat prominent. Whenever the market rises—and particularly so when the improvement is so marked and so rapid as at present—many owners are approached by buyers with a view to' selling their wool before it ia despatched from tbe station. Why should buyers do this 1 Why should they be at the pains to scour the country districts in search of wool which will presently be placed before them in Sydney 1 The answer is simple. They have, of course, the in tention to secure it at lower values than are current, or than they will be prepared to pay when the wool is sold at auction. Now, the buyers are our very good friends, but in this matter, as in many other matters, their in terests conflict with those of the grower and his agent. It is an achievement, a triumph of cleverness, for a buyer to secure a clip of wool at under the market value, but it is an achievement and a triumph which we should be sorry to see scored at the expense of the wool grower. The latter has been slowly ground by four years of falling value; but prices are rising, and he can afford to laugh at all else. If he allows himself to be jockeyed out of tbe full benefit of this great consolation which Providence has given him he is a greater ninny than we take him for. The buyer may be very persuasive, and his communications may be very con vincing, but the real reason why he is thus persuasive or convincing is that he vastly prefers to secure the thousand bales (or it may be a hundred) with out having to face the competition in the Wool Exchange. A buyer is usually greatly pleased when, in the sa^e-room, after a desperate conflict of bidding, he carries off a hundred bales of wool from his rivals. To secure, in a rising market, a thousand bales privately from a grower, with no com petition, at a figure under its proper market value, fills him with joy too deep for words,

In Chambers' Journal appears an interesting article on British produc-

BRITISH WHEAT.

tion and consump tion of wheat. The price of British

grown wheat has steadily fallen. In 1880 the average price waa 55s 3d per quarter; by steady gradations it fell to 35s 5d in 1890, and in 1894 was 24s 3d. As a natural sequence the shrinkage in price has lessened the area under wheat. The British farmer has evidently done his utmost—and witb some success—to counter-balance the lower price by increasing the yield per acre, though it is not apparent how far this has been accomplished by using extra fertilisers, and thus in creasing the cost of production. The Government returns show that in 1856 4,213,651 acres were under wheat in

Great Britain, the average yield being 27| bushels per acre. The total area of wheat crop has since steadily fallen, until in 1894 it was was only 1,980,228 acres, but the average yield had in-? greased to 30 3-sths bushels per acre, Thu3 in 38 years the acreage under wheat in Great Britain had diminished by more than one-half, a result not sur prising, when it is noted that the average price at the latest date had shrunk in even greater proportions. A com parison of the relative consumption of home grown and imported wheats shows, in a period of eight years :—- Home Produce. Imports Qrs. Qrs. 1852-3 to 1859-60 ... 13,403,310 4,820,246 1884-5 to 1891-2 ... 8,706,974 18.657,281 These figures show that forty years ago seventy-three per cent, of the wheat used was home-grown ; now seventy three per cent of the consumption is imported. There is the further signi ficant fact that during the past few years the relative values of home grown and imported wheats have been reversed. In 1860-68 the comparative figures were 52s 2d, and, 49s 6d ; ia 1885-92 they were 32s 5d and 33s 9d ; these prices apparently indicating that (possibly from climatic reasons) the condition of imported wheat has been comparatively and relatively better than home-grown during later years. The question is asked, what would happen should imports suddenly cease \ This is probably not within the region of practical politics. The laws of supply and demand would prevent any such result, There are large areas of the world's surface where production is continually increasing far beyond local consumption. These countries must export their surplus to fchw

where there is demand for breadstufts. But the position of Great Britain, de pending for three-fourths of her main item of food on supplies from over sea, is an emphatic argument as to the absolute necessity for the maintenance t of our first line of defence and the] command of the sea.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A report of the meeting of the Mount Butt Road Board appears on the fourth page. Mr Justice Williams haa been appointed President of the Arbitration Court under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitra tion Act, 1894. . Mrs E. A. Scott, of Sydenham, will be in Ashburton on Thursday, and will ' address the Mothers' Union in the after noon and the Girls' Friendly Society in the evening. Mr E. W. Hanmer, wool broker, an nounces his preparedness to receive wool from his clients for the first) Ash burton sale, to be held on Thursday, i November 28, and to make advances with out commission on any clips entrusted to him. Snakes are reported to be very plentiful in the Sydney buburbs. No less than three have been killed in one house at Broadmeadow within the past few days, while on and just off the outlying roads the reptiles are dangerously numerous. We heard on Saturday (says the Timaru Herald) of a farmer who was buying seed oats to sow on land sown to wheat which h.a come to nothing through the un favourable weather. He is to be sympa thised with, for besides the lobs of the crop he hoped for and his former labour, he paid 4s a bushel for his seed wheat. An interesting incident took place in the House of Commons during the pro cess of swearing in. Mr Stanley, having taken the oath, passed the Testament to the member in waiting immediately be hind him. This turned out to be Mr O'Kelly, whom Mr Stanley last spoke with twenty years ago, when they met in Africa. The local wool broker*, noting the recent rise in wool at Home, and natur ally anticipating spirited competition among the buyers for the county's clip, have fixed the first sale here for Novem ber 28, believing that the buyers' anxiety to obtain the wool will overrule the ob jections raised last year to the holding of sales in Ashburton. In Sydney recently, Durable Station, near Goodooga, consisting of about 146,000 acres leasehold, freehold, conditional pur chase, conditional lease, and resumed area, together with about 60,000 sheep, about 130 head of cattle, and about 110 horses, was sold for £36,000, The wool clip and lambs go to the purchasers, less expenses. It Is astonishing to note the eftVct of advertising. Mr F. Ferriman recently advertised in this paper that he had a supply of copper boilers of a certain pattern. The papers found their way to Naseby in Otago, and yesterday Mr Ferriman received from that place an order for one of the boilers—lß gallons capacify. Sweet are tha u.es of adver tisement. I The attention of tchool committee members and schoolmasters is drawn to an advertisement in our columns regard ing the introduction of ambulance work in schools. Mr H. A. Mackay, the chairman of a meeting recently held on this subject, haa received a reply from the Minister of Education, and it is to con sider this answer that the meeting is called. A full attendance is requested. A sensational drowning; fatality is re corded from Fremantle, Western Aus tralia. A young man, whose name is unknown, stole a pair of boots from a navvy's tent near the rive, and chase was given, the thief being captured and bound hand and fo;>t. One of his captors went for the police, and during his absence the prisoner managed to cut the oorda, making off in the direction of the riv_r. He was followed, when he at tempted to swim across, but sank in mid stream. General Booth gave three addresses yesterday in Christchurch. In the even ing tha Ope a Hoase was crowded, with Mr G. J. Smith, M.H.R., in the chair. Bishop Julias, Rev Dr Emslie, and a number of other clergymen were on the platform. Mr Booth gave a long address on ' Social miseries and their remedies.' In the course of his remarks, he said he had been misrepresented by a Wellington telegram which stated that he had come to the colonies to make up the deficiency in his work scheme. He had explicitly stated that he had not come here for that purpose. Colonel Fox, commandant of the New Zealand forces, Inspected the Ashburton Rifle Volunteers at the drill shed last night, when there was a creditable muster of about sixty. Lieutenant - Colonel Gordon, commanding Canterbury Volun teer district ; Lieutenant-Colonel Bailey, commanding South Canterbury sub district ; and Major Douglas were present. The company was exercised by Captain Dolman, Lieutenant Hayes, and Color-Sergeant McDonald, and acquitted itself admirably. At the conclusion of the parade, Colonel Fox expressed hia thorough satisfaction with the muster and drill, and remarked that he was glad to notice considerable improvement since his last visit. At the Magistrate's Court, Oamaru, on Friday, the Mail reports, Thomas Gal lagher, Livingstone, waa charged with unlawfully keeping liquor for sale on his premises, he not being authorised to sell, on September 5. Mr Newton appeared for accused, who pleaded not guilty. Mr Newton raised a preli minary objection that there was no section of the Act which made It an offence to k.ep liquor for sale. Section 159 made it an offence to sell liquor or expose it for sale, but not to keep it for sale. Sec tion 189 provided for the forfeiture of any liquor seized from any person convicted of selling or exposing for sale, or keeping liquor for sale not authorised. It was ob viously an oversight on the part of the Legislature, but the fact rpiuained that there was no authority for a conviction, Major Keddell concurred, saying that the objection was fat^l. He had no doubt that Legislature intended to make keep ing liquor for sale an offence —the whole spirit of the Act and section 187 showed this. He had no sympathy wit h the de fendant and must dismiss the case without costs. Holloway's Pills.—ln the complaints peculiar to iemalea these Pills are un rivalled. Their use by the fair sex has become so constant for the removal of their ailments that rare is the household that, is without them Amongst all classes, from the domestic servant to the peeress, universal favour is accorded to these renovating Pills j their invigorating and purifying properties render them safe and invaluable in all cases;

they may be taken by females of all ages for any disorganisation or irregularity of the system, speedily removing the cause and restoring the sufferer to robust health. As a fami'y medicine they are unapproachable for subduing the maladies of yopng and old. For Indigestion, the best remedy is un doubtedly Norton's Camomile Pells. They can confidently be recommended as being mild ia operation and absolutely free from injurious drugs. Acting at once as a splen did tonic and a gentle aperient. For nearly 130 yeara they have proved unequalled for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, sick Headache and for Liver and Stomach complaints. Sold in bottles Is l£d, 2s Qd, arjd lis, by all Medi cine Vendqri throughout the world. 4 timpio, i_f« »nd _♦_ b&in rsmedf,

The Ashburton Borough school concert, in aid of the pn__ fund, will be held on Friday evening In St Stephen's school. We are pleased to learn that the Brass | Bind purpuae giving a series of open air j concerts in Baring Square during the bummer. The oncerts will be given fortnightly on Thursday evenings. General Booth will travel by tbe south express to-morrow, and will deliver a short address from the train at Ashburton station. In the evening he speaks at Timaru. In the report of the cricket match on Saturday between Ashburton and Green dale, Mr Kitto'f carefully played Innings of 21 for Ashburton was accidentally omitted.

Seven more of the Timaru unemployed who were sent to Waiora four months ago returned on Friday. They have, says the Herald, the same tale to tell of waiting for pay and waiting for work. They consider tftat they were unfairly treated and were not given a fair show at all. St. Bathans, Central Otago, was visited on Monday morning by a whirlwind of great violence which unroofed most of the buildings on one side of the main street. Mr McConnochie's store, of brick and iron, suffered most. The total damage is estimated at £500, At » well attended meeting of the Ashburton County Prohibition League, held on Friday evening, it wss revolved to petition Government to throw out the Liquor Bill when it came back from the Upper House, with the view of having the whole question fought out before the country at the next general election. The Aratapu correspondent of the New Zealand Herald write* :-—The export of kauri gum from the colony for August amounts to 639 tons, valued at £38,215, or an average of just a trifle under £60 per ton, a price which should give margin enough for diggers to make a fair living. The Nelson Social Reform League haa passed the following resolution unani mously :— * That this League greatly de precates the action of the Legislative Council in regard to the Licensing Bill, and urgently requests the Government not to accept the amendments, and if neccessary to place the measure before the country.' At the Polioe Court this morning— before Mr T. E. Upton, J.P.—Walter Ullmer, alias Williams, was charged with breaking and entering the house of Charles William Smith at Doric, and stealing therefrom £510s. Accused, who has served four years and two years respectively for similar offences, waa arrested at Ashburton yesterday, and was to-day remanded till October 23. The Ashburton Show is to be held on the show grounds on Friday, November Ist. The prize schedule is drawn up on a liberal scale, and numerous special prhses are again offered for competition. Entries must be in the hands of the secre tary not later than 6 p.m. on Friday Octob.r 25th. The skinning of dead sheep has been a considerable industry in the Mackenzie i Country lately. On one station we hear of 13,000 skins having been got, and there are more sheep still encased in hard snow. Sheep that are exposed are now too far gone to skin, and the hands are 'plucking* the wool off them at so much per pound. At the Ashburton yards to-day there was a fair yarding of all descriptions of sheep. Anything really good in the fate pens sold well up to 16s, but ewes and lambs and stores generally, including hoggets, were rather harder to dispose of at rates snarcely op to last week's quotations, although a line of 400 cross bred large framed four-tooths realised 12a sd. The beef sal*, opened at 18s to 22s 6<t per lOOlbs for cows and heifers re spectively. A fire occurred last night on the village settlement below Netherby, by which a two roomed cottage, owned by Mr Wil liam Joyce, was totally destroyed. Mr Joyce had lefc home on Monday morn ing to go to woik at a distance. No one in the neighbourhood knew anything of ths catastrophe, which must have occurred about 1 am., until they missed the build ing in the morning. The probability Is that ths owner had not thoroughly extin guished the fire, and it got scattered by the high wind in the night. Writing of hb visit to the Tokolau, Ellice and Gilbert Groups, Captain Hore t of the mission yacht John Williams, says :— * Very striking was the fact that at everyone of these islands the most promi nent object on approach is a large white church or schoolhouse (and most of them on closer inspection are spacious and sub stantial buildlcgs), and perhaps no safer ' sailing directions * could be given, for a stranger visiting all these islands than to say,« Steer for the church, and look out for the paster coming off In his canoe to give you fnrther information.' The Auckland Star states that the gold mining boom is having a beneficial effect on various other trades at present, and there haa been a great improvement lately in the prospect of good labour. The build ing trade Is especially looking up. As carpenters drop out of jobs now they go straight away to the goldSelds, where they get good wages. A number of married men have gone, leaving their families here. They get Is to 2s a day more on the gold fields putting up houses there than they do here, There is also a good deal of over time, so that the extra expense to the men is balanced by the increased wages. With reference to the supposed Cali f ornian salmon sent Home by the Waitaki Acclimatisation Society Dr Gunther re cently wrote to the Fied :—' Being told that Californian salmonoids had been introduced into the Waita'-ii waters, I considered it probable that the specimen m'ght represent oris of the numerous species of salmon of the west coast of America, with which I am very imper* fectly acquainted. What it is I am unable to say; but, to prevent the misunder standing from passing to the Waitaki Acclimatisation Society. I though it nec essary to trouble you with this note.' A correspondent of the Otago Daily Times writes:—Por twenty years past Mr W. A, Graham has endeavoured to get the Waikato farmers to oommencethe culture of sugar beefe. There seems to be a prospect of something practical being done at last, as a foreign syndicate is prepared to find a plant and machinery at a cost of £100,000 if the farmers will guarantee 2500 acres of sugar beet, which the Com pany will purchase at a price. Mr I Lenenberg, a Russian gentleman, has t-tken a ftreat deal of interest in the matter. The farmers desire the syndicate to start an experimental farm, but the latter prefer that both parties should share the risk a 4 they would share the profits. Previous experiments have shown that the white SilesUn variety of sugar.bee'fc is the best for Waikato. At a recent ballot for seolions on the Awarua block, in the North Island, four members of one family had sent in separate applications for a particular section, which a large number of other

persons wera anxious to secure The first name drawn out of the ballot box was that of the head of the family, but as he wai not present to pay the first half year's rent another drawing took plsco, with the result that the name of another member of the family turned up. TbijS applicant was also absent, and again the ballot box was turned round. At th^ third drawing the name of another member of the family appeared, and as he did not attend a fourth ballot was taken, when* strange to relate, the name of the remaining member of the family was drawn. He also was absent, and eventually the section wae pecqred by spgtbM applJo*at, f

Titß ASHBUBTON GUARDIAN: TUESDAY, OCtfOßEft 15, 1896.



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Business Notices. ' JSEW GOODS. G. J. NEI LL- ■ MAS OPHtfUSD UP IN HIS NEW PREMISES IN BURNETT STREET, KKXT SHEARMAN BROS, 1 COMPLETE New Stook of Spring Drapery, Clothing and Boots. **EW DRESS GOODS, NEW PRINTS, NEW MUSLINS New Goods of Every Description. CLOTHING. CLOTHING. New Suits for Men, New Suits for Youths', New Suits for Boys', Trousera at Any Prioe. Boys' Suits 4s lid. Men's and Boys' Hats, Caps, Shirts and Ties of Every Description BOOTS AND SHOES. In Boots we hay© always more than held our own and we still mean to. Men's Bluchers 4s 9d, Men's Nail Shooters 7s lid, Men's Light Boots ?s 6d. Children a Boots at Any Prioe, Women s Lace Shoes 4s 6d. DON'T FORGET, the Cheapest House in Canterbury is* Q. J. NEILL'S BURNETT STREET NEXT SHEARMAN BROS., in premises lately occupied by F. Nokes. TEA TEA. TEA. GREAT REDUCTION, 'GREAT REDUCTION, FLETCHER BEOS., HAYING cleared out of bond, Large Parcels of Tea at 3d per lb Reduction on the old tariff, we are enabled to sell better Tea at a Lower Price than anyone in Ashburton. Get Our Quotation Before Buying Elsewhere. Beeds ! Seeds!! That aye Sure to Grow. TURNIP SEED. Our Turnip Seeds are grown from Specially Selected Roots by growers ot repute in the South of England. The following varieties are in stock :— Carter's Elephant Swede Aberdeen Green Top Yellow Improved Skirvings Purple Top Aberdeen Purple Top Yellow g W ede Mammoth Purple Top White Devonshire Grey stone Etc., Eto. Bape Seed. Rape Seed. BROADLEbF ESSEX KAPE. FIELD CARROTS. FIELD CARROTS. As in the case of our Mangel Seeds, these have special atten tion by the careful selection of w. 11 shaped Roots from which the Seeds are grown. James' Scarlet Intermediate Giant Green Top White Scarlet's short Horn Belgian, &c., &c. Mangel Seed. Mangel See i The Greatest possible care is taken in growing all our Mangel Seeds. Grown from selected roots, they cannot fail giving the greatest satisfaction. Mammoth Long Red. Champion Orange Globe, Etc. . BE SUitE AND GET OUR QUOTATION BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE Seasonable Goods. "We have just received and to arrive several large con signments of Seasonable Goods specially selected for us. 10 Oases Sheep Tongues, lib tins 5 Cases Fresh Her.ings j 5 Case 3 Sheep Tongues, 21b tins 3 Cases New Zealand Mullet 10 Oases Salmon, Oocktail Brand 2 Cases 21b tins Corned Beef 2 Oases 21b tins Corned Mutton 3 Oases Preserved Pears 3 Cas63 Preserved Apricots 3 Oases Preserved Peaches 15 Oases St Georges' Jam<, lib tins 10 Oases Jam, 2lb tins 5 Oases Strawbery Conserve (most 50,000 n°Corkß. 50,000 Corks. To Herbal Beer Makers and Others. We have just landed 5 bales of some of the Best Shape and Size Oorks which have ever arrived in Canterbury, which we are enabled to quote at Very Low Prices for Large Quantities. FLETCHER BROS., CASH SUPPLY STORES, BAST STREET, ASHBURTON, AND 116 and 118 High Street, Christchurch. Advertised Agents for Nimmo and Blair's Reliable Farm and Garden Seeds WAIfED KNOWN— f¥TE are making a SUTT, WITH EXTRA TROUSERS, to measure, from a Good Colonial Tweed for S.XIY-THREE SHILLINGS. TROUSERS TO MEASURE from * 12. 9d BEST SADDLE TWEED TROUSERS to measure ... ... 19i 6d ASHBURTON DRAPERY COMPANY. — RBADYMA.DE CLOTHING A SPECIALTY _ Grand Value in Boys', Youths' and Men's Tweed Suit&. Shirt.*, Socks, Tien, and Underclothing in Great Variety. ASHBURTON DRAPERY COMPANY. OUR BOOTS we absolutely gmrantce are the besb value in the tradr. ASHBURTON DRAPERY COMPANY. DRESSES MADE till tlie End of October for 8s 6d, for all materials at Is (id per _?ard and uj.wards. Grand Sulectioß (.<; choose from. ASHBURTON DRAPERY COMPANY. OUR MILLINERY ia the MOST STYLISH and CHEAPEST in Asbburfc.n. AH Milling TRIMMED FREE OF CHARGE. ASHBURTON DRAPERY COMPANY. COTTON DRESS GOODS IS GRE \T VARIETY OF STYLES & PRIOES, ASHBUBTON DBAPERY COMPANY. \ Corner of Arcade and Burnett Street, Ashburton. | H. 0. SHRIMPTOX, Manager. I



' Business Notice. j DETERMINED TO GET ! THE CASH, BEST VALUE IN THE TBADE THE "BLUE HOUIE/" Next to the Clothing Factory, EAST STREET. THE Oash is difficult to get hold of, and the only solution to the mystery,— OFFER INDUCEMENTS TO BRING IT. Live within your income, and to do this farmers and householders who intend paying for what they receive must buy in the cheapest market, and to do so you must first find the cash, then find the •'BUTE _HOUSE." 1 sovereign is as large as a cart wheel in our eyes Every customer treated alike, the good ones have not to pay for the bad j AT THE "BLUE HOUSE." Make no mistake— i I THE CHEAP ! "BLUE HOUSE" Is the place to study economy, and help you to live within your means Compare Our Prioes, i We want your money, and we mean to get it. Beautiful Prints 2s lid, 3s lid per | dozen i But the plum line is a pile of new designs in Washing Prints, all at 4s lid the dress A large stock of Satteens, Zephyrs, Cambrics, Delains, Orepons, Trevesions, Cords, etc., at prices far below the market value, which prices are selling the goods faster than we anticipated. Flannelettes 2s lid, 4s 9d, 5s 6d per dozen No duty on our Goods Heavy Twilled Flannelette, 33in wide, 6s lid the dozen Summer Flannel in white, pink, grey, etc., at 9£ per yard Heavy Welsh Flannel Is 3d, worth 2s Unbleached Calico 2s 6d, 3s lid, 4. 11 per dozen White Cilico from 2s lid up, best quality 53 6d, 36 inch Turkish Towels 6d, 9d, 101, and Is Silecias 3|d aad sd, usual price 4i and 6d 7-in Sheeting B£d, lOd, Is. As the winter is over, " BLUE HOUSE" Blankets and Rugs at your own price, White and Colored Quilts from 2s lid upwards IN THS DRESS DEPARTMENT We have some very Choice Fancy Stuffs at prices not to be passed A very beautiful Dress for 9s lid, worth 17s 6ci ; Cashmere, Merino Summer Serges, etc., all bought to sell at a small margin over manufacturer's cost I THE ; "BLUE HOUSE" .MILLINERY AND FANCY DEPARTMENT. We guarantee the latest and most I stylish in New Zealand. j Trimmed Hats from 2s 6d, Un 1 trimmed Hats from 6d j Ladies may choose their own Trim ming, and have their hats trimmed free of charge. Corsets in all the best makes from Is lid, 2s 9c!,3s lid, 43 6d up The celebrated P.D. always stocked Hair Nets in all shades Fringe Nets in real hair Veilings in all shades, cheap Guffs and Coiars in white and fancy, all shapes and prices, and the turned back which are of the finest linen Is 9d set Feathers, Flowers, Binjls, Wings, Pompons, etc., iv every colfffeivable shadejfor the I spring and summer trade



Wanted, 1 /GENERAL B_OJ'H will give a short ( *•■-* addrtss on arrival of Express to morrow. All soldiers to be on the platform at 12 30. ITIQUJND-Purse of motity. Ownar __P can hfive it on paying cost of advor t^ement. Apply A. Lawkie &Co 10 96 L^OUND, two heavy Chains. Owner \ ■*- can have is me on payment of t>x ptnses Apply J. Steele, Stoke, Alford Forest road. 10 90 I O JbET Shop and Dwelling, Brick, 1 Coleman's Buildings, Tancredstreet, three doors from *Sast street. Apply Alfred Harr.son 10 80 i^ EVIEW OP REVIEWS for Septem *•■*' ber, 9i cash. Weldon'a Ladies and Children's Bazaar of Fashion, Young Ladies Journal for October, Quarterly parts of Nugget, Comrades, Something to read, Comrades in Arms, On the river Congo, A Soul Astray. New Books — H. M. Jones WANTED Known—For good value in Drape<y„ Millinery, &c., go to Melford Honse. Tickets tor presents given to all cash purchasers.—H. O Segers. (IORKS, CORKS. eoToOOCorks. Notice J to Herbal Beer makers and others. Wa have jutifc received five bales of splendidly shaped Corks, which we oan quote at a very low price for large quantities.--Fletcher Bros., East Street, Ashburton WANTED Known—We are now showing all kinds of Summer Drapery, Miilinery, &c. Everything marked as low as possible.—H. 0. Segers, Melford House. TX7*A NTED^Visitors to the~Christ~ V¥ church Exhibition to inspect R. Murray and Son's fine exhibit of locally i made Clocks. 9 93 WANTED— Every mas to tryMELLOR's Blachers, only 4s lid. WANTED Known—24o Pairs of Sample Boots ab cost price,— Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. W> ANTED Known—We are now giving Tickets for Presents to all ca9h purchases of Lrapery, Millinery, &c— H. C. Seoeks, Melford House. WANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical lino at S. Suck's, Optician,



VITANTED KNOWN-We are now VV making a magnificent display of Linoleums, Carpets, &c, in our New Show Room.—Mitchell and Turner. HERB \h Beer Extract 7d per bottle. Sufficient to make six gallons of splendid Herbal Beer. This extract saves boiling herbs ; is pure ; makes a splendid tonic beer; non-intoxicating, with a creamy h?ad, like bottled Ale.—Fletcher Bro?., Wholesale and Retail Agents, Ashburton and Christchurch OWN Make in Lidies' and |_hi.dren_ Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, Muslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs Alcorns new shop, Baker's Buildings. WANTED- People who are in need of Go d Strong Durable Furniture to leave their orders with H. Baibstow. 8 80 . •_ AN TED KNO WN. — Th^ceielb*_ted Yarmouth Oilskins can be ob tained at W. H Coilier, "The Corner." ...•■ ANTED—Ladies to see the latest '• J styles in Boots and Shoes.— Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. \\> ANTED Known—Mellor's Zea '-■ v landia B >ot Store haa Ladies' Kid Shoos at 6s 6d. WANTED KNOWN—Art Muslins, Art Cretonnes, Art Curtains, &c, to ba seen in our New Show Room. A beautifai promenade. — Mitchell and Turner. \& '• ANTED Known—Mellor's Zea- V* landia Boot Store is the cheapest Boot shop in Ashburton, ""ANTKD^Kno to- Men^SukTlTß 61, Kiiapoi Tweed Trousers 9s lid, Knicker Suits 4s lid, Capa 6d.~ "Ihe Coiner. W. H. Collier \ kT ANTED—Everybody to examine VV the Goods and Prices at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. ANTED Known—That H. Bair yV stow makes to order every description of Trap Cushions and Trim mings. 8 81 OTANTED Known—Repairing made *» to look like new. Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED KNOWN. — P. S. Jeffries, leading Confectioner and Fruiterer, of East Street, next the Corner. Hot Pies at any hour and Tea and Coffee also. N.B. Lady Attendant. Fruit of every description. Ladies Room a flpeola.lt 7. I*ls WANTED Know.i—Girls' neat Kid Shoes 5s 6d at Mellor's Zea landia Boot Store. WA NTED Known—Mellor s Boot and Shoes stand like brass ; try a pair. WANTED Known—Stacks of cheap Boots and Shoes at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store.



i THE "BLUE HOUSE" CLOTHING & MEECERY DEPARTMENT Defies competition, our prices prove it- Men sSuits 14s lid, 16a 6d, 17s 9d up Men's Shirts from Is each The Blue House leading line is a strong heavy shirt at 2a lid Under Shirts and Pants Is up A plum Merino Shirt or Pants 2s lid Hats, soft, in Black, Brown and Drab from is 6d, lined A clinker at 3s 6d Socks from 4d per pa Handksrchiefs from Belts and Braces from Gentlemen complain that in Ash* burton they cannot get a decent Tie or Collar. THE "BLUE HOUSE" Invites inspection, and have opened a stock of Shirts, Collars, Culls, Ties, etc. ? which should please tho most parlicular THE » BLUE HOUSE " Loading line in BOOTS and SHOES i.S a wonder at 3s 1 Id per pair. FLOORCLOTHS $sp LINOLEUMS At prices never before heard of ; for instance, 6 feet wide at Is 1 Id, 3 feet at 10|d up To save money go into East Street^; and between J. Orr's and the Clothing i Factory is a shop painted Blue, THAT IS THE ' BLUE HOUSE, 8' AND DON'T YOU FORGET IT. j 91<« I



WANTED Known—Ulntero 4_ Fur Collarettes 3s 3d, Kid Glove. 2s 6d, Plushes 2s 6d, Towels 4M, Flannels B£d.™-The Corner, W. H Colliek WANTED Known—No old f«shioned Goods at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. Sale- Mrs "alcorh w iU give large reductions of Millinery, Jackets and Mantles, Children's Pilisses, Drees Material, Glassware and Fancy Goods, for one month previous to stock taking, — Next Courthouse, Havelock street. I > EDUCED PitICES for Cash this *^ month for Book,", Stationery, Fancy Goods, Toys, Etc, Fancy Glass and China ware, Photo Frames and Albums, Scrap aud Foreign Stamp Albums, Fire Screens, Cricket and Tennis Material, Balls, Etc. School Hags, .Straps, Work Boxoa, Writing Cases, and Desks, Etc., all at reduced prices for Cash.—L F Ak mi ewes & Co.



S- SALE.X, JEWELLER AND OPTICIAN, East Street, Ashburton IMPORTER OF DIAMOND GOODS, SILVER and E.P. WARE GOLD AND SILVER JEWELLERY ' Importer of Goods specially suitable for MARRIaGE OR BIRTHDAY PRESENTS or PRESENTATTOISrS DEPARTMENTS: WATCH REPAIRING DEPARTMENT. A staff of skilled workmen only em ployed . Repairs receive careful attention MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT. Every description of Diamond, Gold and Silver Jewellery made up to order OPTICAL DEPARTMENT. Sights Tested and all errors of refrac tion corrected by an improved method of testing, THE LEADING JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT in the DISTRICT



14 Cases Summer Goods WOW APBSED TJP 3 Cases STRAW HATS 2 Cases HARD HATS 2 Cases SOFr FELT HATS 1 Case NEW TIES, the latest novelties 1 Cane SHIRTS, new patterns 2 Cases Assorted MENS MERCER? 3 Cases Men's .and Boys' CLOTHING 14 SEE OUR WINDOWS FOR THIS WEEK. 2023 TIES TO CHOOSE FROM SIX TRUNKS NEW BOOTS & SHOES These Goods have all been specially selected by our Manager NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager