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Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1895.

Statisticians have calculated that tho commerce between the iSorth and Baltic seas averaged ( the in 1889 more than Kiel canal. 18,000,000 tons. It is calculated that fully two-thirds of this shipping will use the Kiel canal in due time. Ihe saving per ton for those vessels which use the waterway instead of passing round Denmark's coast is estimated at an average of Wenty-five cents a ton. This will come chiefly from reduced coal consumption and shortening of time. The distance saved in a journey from Hamburg to the Baltic will be 455 miles ; from Amsterdam, Rotter dam, Antwerp, Dunkirk, and London will be from 230 to 238 miles. The time for passing through for steam craft et about 5-J- miles an hour will hs

13 hours, and for sailing craffc by the use of tugs, from two to three days. ilt is estimated that the oanal will attract commerce from every port south of Hull, England. Scotch ship ping will save only from 100 to 150 miles by passing through. This would be smll advantage, owing to the length of time required for the passage. There is a regular steam ship traffic between the two seas, to whose advantage U would be to use the canal of 250,000 tons a , month, or 3,000,000 tons a year. A 'weightier advantage than the mere saving of money is the safety of the new waterway. The Danish and Swedish coasts, with the immense traffic passing through the Skager- Rack, and the frequency of fogs and violent storms, are places most dreaded by navigators. From 1858 to 1885 no less than 6316 vessels were lost on these coasts. The average is 200 a year, and the loss of life is unusually large. It is expected that traffic will be slow to use the canal at first. The toll rates have been fixed to pay a low interest on the 40,000,000 dollars the oanal has cost. Germany is willing to accept a small return on the capital invested, because of the great strategic value of the canal to her as a nation, and it is declared that no effort will be spared to induce the commerce of the world to make use of the waterway.

The retirement of Mr Stopford Brooke ' deprives London of one more of its popular preachers. stopford brooke. He had been to the congregation of the Bedford Chapel (writes a Lon don correspondent) what Mr Haweis is to the congregation of St James' Marylebone, and what the late Mr Spurgeon was to the people who "sat under " him at the Tabernacle Like Mr Haweis, of course, he appealed to a much rooJ'G cultured set than the editor of the " Sword and Trowel." Bedford Ohapel, indeed, has always been a fashionable meeting house, as anyone could tell who saw the long line of carriages which drew up at the beginning oi e ach seryice. Mr Stop ford Brooke, however, differed from Mr Haweis in the important particu lar that his latiiudinarian views led him after a successful career in the orthodox Hues, to leave the Church altogether, and to cultivate » field of his own. To cite his own explanation, he became convinced of the impossibility of miracle in general, and consequently of the miracle of the Incarnation. He became, there fore, what may be fairly described as, a

Rationalistic Unitarian, though he was never a professed Unitarian in the accepted sense, and adopted the reverse . of a Puritanic attitude in matters of f ritual. Like Mr Haweis, he was fond ', of music in his church—though his* personal crochet is literature, instead of violin playing—and he had a sur pliced choir and a liturgy more or less adapted from the Prayer Book. Tho service was, in fact, a beautiful one, and as the preacher himself pos sessed a good presence, a rich voice, and no small degree of eloquence, it is not surprising that Bedford Chape) proved attractive to a large number of cultivated people who bad aban doned the old landmarks, but were not prepared to dispense with church going altogether. But the chapel was hopelessly dependent on his personality, j No sooner did he fall ill than it had to [closed while he was recuperating—it could nob even be kept open during hii annual holiday. Now that his health has compelled him to retire altogether, it will be interesting to see what is to become of the building of which he has been for so many years the presiding genius.

The icebergs in tho Southern Ocean are a recognised danger to shipping coming to the colonies, icebergs, and with the view of showing shipmasters the locality of these obstructions, Mr H, 0. Russell, the Government As tronomer of New South Wales, has prepared a plan, in which the iceberg region from 1888 to 1895 ia clearly defined. The set of the current, as demonstrated by the route of the derelict Dumbarton, is also shown as far as practicable. Writing to Mr 0. H. Hayes, the secretary of the Exchange, Mr Russell says :—" There is a report, which I havo reason to believe is true, that several steamship companies in London have agreed to send their steamers to Australia by what is called a 'safety track.' I think it would be well for all interested to know as soon as possible that the so-called ' safety track ' runs through a space which I have recently shown to tha Royal Society to have a great number of icebergs in it. This new track to Australia is said to con verge on. 40deg. south and 80deg. east, and thence to 47£deg. south and 90deg east. The tracings on my chart sent herewith show that the ' safety track' goes among the numerous icebergs."

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Rifli Club opens its season next Thursday—October 31.

The Garden Party in connection with the Tinwald Episcopalian Church will be held on Thursday, December s—-not Wednesday, December 4, as was pre viously ittatpd.

A lamb with four e:\rd can ba seen about midway between Patearoa and Naseby just now. Two of the ears are of normal siz?, the other two a little smaller and behind the ficat pair

Large consignments of furniture are frequently sent over to the JNew Zealand markets by Melbourne merchants, and it is stated that- recently the trade has assumed much larger proportions.

Jamas Hitchans, an old Wollkigtonian, who died a few days ago, had chosen the piece of wood out of whioh his c°ffia should be male when hi 9 time came Having himself bean in tha undertaking line, he was anxious to mike sure that the thing would ba done in proper styla.

To the esfcra pria? lisb at the A. and P. Sh':-w has to ba added a guinea, given by Messrs Sharplin and Co., of Alforl forest, for the baf. pUta of six home made sconei. This was inadvertency omibtfcd from the published H^t of special prizes.

The Fan Francisco Weekly Chronic"c says that 'on July 4, LyHelton Harbour, New Zealand, was covered with a thin sheet of ice Since then the ica has bfcome so thick that men and teams are passing to and fro. This has not occurred bafore in the memory of tin oldest settler.'

A large deputation from various labor and other organisations in Wellington was introduced by Sir Robert Stout to the Premier last night regarding the Asiatic Immigration Bill. They urged that the B li should be passed this session, and the Premier promised to placs the Bill high up on fcho Order Paper and try and get it pas3ed this sesaion.

At the Board of Education's meeting on Wednesday, in reply to a renewed application from the Ash burton Com mittee for an additional pupil teacher, it was decided to recommend the adoption of a rearrangement of the staff, which it was thought might maet the diftioulty, and to state that the question would be reconsidered at the end of tho year.

The difficulties of getting subscribers to pay up for their papera are only too familiar to country journalises in bbia c )lony, bub few of them would plead as pathetically for payment as did a Yankee editor who parodied Longfellow's 'Pdalm of Life,' and thus reminded his sub scribers that newspaper men must iive : ' Lives of poor nifn ofc remind as honest toil don't stand a chance ; more we work we leave behind us bigger patches in our pints. Our old pants, once new and glossy, now are patched with different hues—all because subscribers linger in their piymonh of jusii dues Then let a 1! be up and doing; send in your mite, though bfg or small ; or when the snows of winter strike us we shall have no pants at all."

An extraordinary and horrible story comes from Sierra Leone, Three negrocg, one a schoolmaster, have teen executed for cannibalism. They belonged to a band known aa " human leopards," and disguisad in tha skin of one of those anima's they attacked isolated human beings, killed them, ate portions of their bodies, and sacrificed the resb to their fetish. _ The miscreants were brought to justice in consequence of thi screams of a slaye girl, whom they had captured and were about to put to death, attracting the attention ef the inhabitants of a neigh bouring village, Eight other " leopards" have been arrested, and will be tried at Freetown. The girl who had been rescued was brought to the Roman Catholic mission house at Bonthe.

Follo way's Ointment anp Pills are beyond all doubt the most valuable and most convenicut mclicines that travellers can take across the seas to distant climes, for change of climate 1 and the new conclit'ons and surroundings of life to which they will be exposed wiU assuredly give rise to great disturbances of the system and to such especial morbid states of the blood and constitution generally as will render the use of these effectual remedies highly necessary, for they w;ll in them find a ready and sate means of relief in most of the diseases which alijiot the human race, and with them at hand they may be said to have a physician always at their call.

FEW CONNOISSEURS

Arc there whose judgement is valuable in the taste and selection of liquors. This choice few all concur, in favoring Wolfe's Sohi»pp<

The meeting convened by his Worship the Mayor, with a view to taking steps towards the recognition of Mr W. de B. Compton's services in paving life during the pa.it twenty years will be held at the Borough Council <_ftice at 8 p.m. on Friday 25:h instant.

The usual weekly session of the ' Sfar of the East' lodge 1.0. G. r. was held in the Templar Hall last evening, Bro. Hupter C.T, presiding. There was a large attendance of members. Two candidates were initiated Into ihe order. After the usual routine of business, the lodge went into harmony, and a programme cansist ing of songs, readings, and recitations was gone tnrough. The election of Officers will be held next lodge night.

At the JDunedin City Council on Wednesday nighc a letter was receive! from Mr Mendelsohn, who was recently fined, under By-law No 2, for exhibiting in his window a telegram giving the result of the Sydney Derby, asking if the by-law was intended to apply to snch a case. The Council placed on record that the by-law was not intended for such a case and decided to ask the Inspector of Police to refrain from prosecuting in any similar case.

In the House last night Mr MoNab brought op the report of the Conference on the Alcoholic Liquors BUI, which was to the effect that a compromise had been arrived at. The House MUnagere gave way on national prohibition and the Club question, and he moved the adoption of the report. Mr Seddon moved an amend ment refusing to agrea to surrender on national prohibition and the Club ques tion, but; this was rejected on the voices, and the report of the Conference was adopted by 53 to 4.

Emboldened by their success last week, the Batiks have decided to play a return cricket match against the Rest of the Club on Saturday next—to atari) at 2 p.m. sharp. The Banks will be represanted by—Black, Wroughton, Hart, Upton, Cox, Broad, Nicoll, Curtis, Thomson, Ronb, and Steward. The R,3st of Club will be chosen from the following :— Denshire, Russell, Fooks, Beckett, Dixon, Burton, Cuthberteon, Steward, Hammond, Mainwarlng, G Andrews, J. F. Friediander, Olphert, and T. Upton.

Of the acts of daring and even more splendid examples of endurance by which honours were won by native troops in the Ohitral expedition, it is difficult to read without a thrill of admiration. On 9 Sepoy who received the order of merib has had no fewer than 31 woundsj ' probably,' saya the Indian Daily News, 'a record number.' Another, shot in tha dtfile where Ross's party was cut up, quietly feh oat the bu'let in his body and with bjth hands forced it careless of the agony, to the surface. When at last he could get it between his fingers he pulled it out, and then, streaming with blood, he shouldered his tine again and did a march of 21 miles.

What promises to be an important new agricultural industry is about to be inaugurated by S. D. Gone, a Siath Dakota firmer, who will this year plant 100 acres of Russian sunflowers. The yield is 30 to 50 bushels of seed per acre, producing about one gallon ©f oil per bushel. The oil is high-priced, and is what ia known as the nearest approach to the oil of the olive. After the oil has been extracted, the seed meal makes a splendid cake for cattle and horse feed, much superior in factjto that made from the fUx. Then the stalkJ, which will number about 13,000 to the acre, will yield five to six cords of fuel about equal to wood, and worth in the neighbourhood of 15dol per acre.

TSews has reached Berlin from St Petersburg of a terrible outrage, believed to be duo to Nihilist machinations, at the artillery barracks at Tula, 100 miles to the south of Moscow (says the Vienna correspondent of the London Daily News under date .August 20 ) Definite and detailed information on the subject is very difficult to obtain, but it is alleged that a subfc rranean mine, which had been secretly laid well under the buildings, wvi suddenly exploded. Three hundred officers are reported to Inva been killed or wounded, while the buildings were completely wrecked. The police at once carried out extensive domiciliary visits in Tula and the neighbourhood, making rainy arrests, principally of persons sue pacted of holding revolutionary vle'ss According to the Trieste paper d, tha barracks, which are a heap o f ruins, proved on examination to have been undermined in all carets.

HOM IS IT THAT CIAEKE BLOOD MIXTUBE has obtained such great popularity is a question which has perplexed many. The answer is, thife it is unquestionably the finest Blood Purifier th t science and mcdi cal skill have brought to light. Thousands of wonderful cures have been effected by it. For Scrofula, Scurvy, Fczema, Skin and Blood diseases, Bad Legs, Sores and Pimples of kinds it effects are mar vellous. Sold everywhere, at 2s 9d per bottk'. Beware of worthless imitaticrs and substitute 5!. (2)

European and Other Foreign Items.

London, October 22 Mr Tim Healy intends to start a daily paper in Dublin.

Mr Dillon is engaged to the daughter of Mr Justice Matthew.

Lord Salisbury has been appointed Warden of the Oinque ports. October 23. The War Office states that it had been arranged by Colonel Sir F. C. Scott, Inspector-General of Constabu lary on the Gold Ooasfe, that if the answer of the Ashantees in connection with the threatened war was adverse, an expedition would be prepared to march against them in a week. Pakis, October 23 M. Brisson s in the Chamber of i Deputies, eulogised the heroism of the army operating in Madagascar. Thirty decorations were announced in connec tion therewith. Shanghai, October 23 Details of the explosion on board the transport at Kirachoo show that moat of the officers were killed, while the soldiers rushed to the boats. Five hundred persons were drowned, and 200 others clung to the wreck for seventeen hours, and were rescued.

THE DEAN CRISIS.

Sydney, October 23 A sequel of the Dean case was the suicide of Mrs Adej, a witness before the Royal Commission. The woman was of respectable character, but the worry of the incident and the case unhinged her mind. She received a subpoma on behalf of Dean in the perjury case, and this prompted her to take her life, which she did by jumpiug down a well.

COMMERCIAL.

Melbourne, October 23 At the wool sales there is an improved tone, and animation. Bidding is keen and there is some advance on the opening rates, while there is fully 15 per cent, advance on last season's prices for superior Bolts. London, October 23 There is a good attendance at the Antwerp wool sales, but no animation in bidding. 24C0 balesof River plate wereoffererl, of which 160U were withdrawn. There was no change upon the July rates for the bulk of wools i offer 3d, but for superior sorts five to tea centimes more were obtained.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Sydney, October 23 Wheat, prime milling, nominal ; chick, 3a 6d to 3s 7d; flour, roller, £810s to £815 a. Oats, prime feeding, 2s 7d. Peas, Prussian blue, ss, Potatoes, Circular Head*, £3 15s; New Zealand, £3 7s 6d. Onions £3 10a to £312s 6d. Butter, factory, lid to Is j dairy tOd. Cheese, firm, 7d to 7|d. Mblbootinb, October 23 Wheat, very firm, small sales up to 3s lsd, but holders now decline anything below 3s 3d ; flour, roller, advanced to £7 15s. Qatt scarce and firm—Algerian, Is 8d to 1b 10|d ; Stout white, 2s 2d to 2s S^d. Barley, brisk; fair malting ranges from Is lOd to 3s 3Jd, Bran very firm, 9|d; pollard 9id tolOd, ; Adelaide, October 23 | Wheat, firm tnd ecar ie; quoted at 3s Id } holders demand Id to 2d more j floor, roller, £7 10a. Bran and pollard 9}d to lOd,

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

Chbistchcroh, October 23 Tliere was » good attendance at Addingtdtt market to-day, but the yardings generally were small.

Fat Cattle—Of 85 yarded, about half were in dealers' hands. The quality offered was only second rate, and the enquiry was poor. Steers, £6 to £8 2% 6d; heifers, £5 to £6 17s 6d ; cows, £5 to £8 7b 6d,

Store Cattle—The usual mixed entries came forward, but very little business waa done.

Fat Sheep —The supply was smaller than for Borne time past' Freezers fetched about the same price aa last week, Batchers' sheep advanced nearly 2a 6d per head. Heavy crossbred wethers, 21s to 21s 6d ; ewes, 13s to 203 ; best freezing wethers, 18s to 21a; mixed sexes, 17s 6d to 20a ; best butchers* crossbred ewe?, 14s 6d to 17s; lighter sorts, 13s to 14s ; merino wethers, 15s to 16s 6d ; lighter sorts, 12a 6d to 14s ; shorn crossbred ewes, 10a to 13s

Fat Lambs-—About 250 came to hand. The quality was mixed. Prices realised were—fit for export, lls to 12a 9d ; butchers* 9s 6d to 103 9 J ; small sorts, 6s 9d to Ba.

Store Sheep—Small entry. The late rains made holders more independent, con sequently they were firmer in their demands, which prevented business being done. Pigs—Mixed entry. Prime Daconers and porkers reached last week's quotation of 3d per Ib,

ASHBURTON MARKETS.

Messrs Friedlanderßros,. Limited, report upon the live stock market for the week ending October 23:—'The total entries at the Tinwald Yards last Tuesday were 4162 sheep, 38 cattle, 11 pigs. There was only a small attendance, and business throughout was not very biisk. The opening of the sale at the butchers' pens was a farce, no outside competition being present. A very dull and draggy Bale resulted in this department, butchers either having a full supply on hand or wanting to purchase at below ruling rates. In the store department hoggets came in for I good competition, and sold at fally Is above last week*s rates. Ewes and lambs, and two i and four-tooth sheep in the wool were rather neglected. A few lines of shorn sheep were penned. Hoggets sold at 6s Id and Bs, and a line of really good shorn four tooths were parsed in at 11s 6d. Altogether the sale was rather a disappointment, as, judging from the rains we have had, the anticipation of keen competition for all classes of good, sheep was nqfc realised. Out of our entry I of 1220 sheep and 28 cattle we disposed of the following lines : —54 fat crossbred ewes 143 Bel, 3S fat crossbred ewes - A % 13s, 2 fat crossbreds 16s 6d, 7 fat crevssbreda 14s Bet» 18 fat crossbreds 13s 9<i, 7 f»t croeibreds 133 3-1,11 fat crossbr^s Us, 2 tat lambs 10a 6d, 11 hoggeta 10s. '-jd 8 hoggets 11« lOd, 12 merino ewes 8s 33, 30 merino wethers 9s sd. In Stores, 70 crossbred ewes, with 110 per cent of \ambs 13s 2d; 111 crossbred ewen, ewep,, 100 per cent lambs, 12s 9d ; 24 merino eves and 20 lambs, 5a 2d ; 52 three-quarter bred hoggetß, 14s 3d ; 65 half-bred hoggeti, 11s 6d; 700 two and four tooth three-qliarter bred sheep, mixed sexes, we passed in at 13s 6i. In beef there was nothing of specially good quality on offer. We sold 2 steers at £12 79 6d, 2 steers at £7 ss, fat cow at £7 7a 61, 2 steers at £5, 2 at £4 15s, 1 heifer at £4, I afc £5 15*, 1 at £4 7s 6d, 1 afc £4 4s. In stores, 3 steers at £4 2a 6d, lat £2 15s, 5 calves at 295, 1 at 17s, 1 springer £4 7s 6d.

Australian Politics. VICTORIA

Melbourne, October 23 The Council passed the Betting Suppression Bill through all its stages.

A Bill to legalise the payment of 3 per cent, on money deposited with the Treasury by the Savings Bank Com missioners was passed.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Adklaidk, October 23 The Government will give the Council another opportunity of con sidering the salaries' reduction by con senting to raise the minimum from £100 to £150.

The Legislative Assembly has adopted stringent Standing Orders with a view to minimising stonewalling by mambers.

Armenian Reforms.

Constantinople, October 21 The reforms iv Armenia are largely a reiteration of existing laws applicable to Christians and Moslems pins Euro pean control, The guarantee of the latter is regarded as weak.

Fetten Bey has been appointed Shakir Pasha's Lieutenant,

ALLEGED LARCENY

Sydney, October 22 Mr Greenaway, an actor, resentfy from New Zealand t was charged with the larceny of £3 from Mr Greenwood, of Auckland. The defence was that the money was obtained as a week's salary in advance on an engagement made with the prosecutor for a tour of New Zealand. Both the accused and his wife gave evidence, and alleged that the whole thing was the outcome of malice. The magistrate decided to cable to the New Zealand police to see if the money was sent as salary, and intimated that if this was so he would release the prisoner.

Sypney, October 23 Th,e New Zealand police bea|- put Mr Grr*>enaway's statement in connec tion with the charge of larceny against him, and in consequence he ha? been. discharged from custody.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN : THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1895.



Business Notices, } REW GOODS. G. J. NEILL ! HAS OPENED UP IN HIS NEW PREMISES IN BURNETT STRET, NEXT SHEARMAN 85103, * COMPLETE New Stock of Spring Drapery, Clothing and Boots, NEW 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', Trousers at Any Price, Boys' Suits 4s lid- Men's and Boys' Hats, Caps, Shirts and Ties of Every Description BOOTS AND SHOES In Boota we have always more than held our own and we still mean to. Men's Bluchers 4s 9d, Men's Nail Shooters 7s lid, Men'? Light Boots 7s 6d. Children s Boots at Any Price, "Women s Lace Shoes 4s 6d, DON'T FOEGET, the Cheapest House in Canterbury is Q. J. NE ILL'S i BURNETT STREET NEXT SHEARMAN BROS., in premises lately occupied by F. Nokes. ' tea" tea. tea. GREAT REDUGTIOH,__GREA T REDUOTiON, FLETCHER BROS., HAYING cleared out of bond, Large Parcels of Tea at 3d per 1b 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. (Seeds! Seeds!! That are Sure to Grow. TUBNIP 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 gwede Mammoth Purple Top White Devonshire Greystone Etc., Etc. Rape Heed. Rape Seed. BROADLEaF ESSEX KAPE. FIELD CARROTS. FIELD (MBROT3. 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 Beei 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 fled, Champion Orange Globe, Etc BE SUSE AND GET OUR, QUOTATION BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE Seasonal) 1 c 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 5 Gases Sheep Tongues, 2lb tins 3 Castes New Zealand Mullet 10 Oases Salmon, Oocktail Brand 2 Oases 21b tins Cornpd Beef 2 Cases 2ib tins Corned Mutton 3 Oases Preserved Pears 3 Cases Preserved Apricots 3 Oases Preserved Peaches 15 Oases Sfc Georges' Jam*, lib tins 10 Oases Jain, 21b tins 5 Oases Strawbery Conserve (most Delicious 50 % 000 Corks. 50,000 Corks. To Herbal Beer Makers and Others. We have just hnded 5 bales of some of the Best Shape and Size Corks which have ever arrived in Canterbury, which we are enabled to quote at Very Low Piices for Large Quantities. FLETCHER BROS., CASH SUPPLY STOREP, BAST STREET, ASHBURTON, AND 116 and 118 High Street-, Christchurch. Advertised Agents for JSimmo audßLAius Reliable Farm and Garden) Seeds NEW SHOW ROOM. rpOll SPECIAL DISPLAY OF Linoleums, Oilcloths, Carpets. N*) W OP £ N LUBLOWK J)UIU>IMUS TAMOUKB STUKET. MITCHELL & TURNER, ! TANOBED STEEETJ



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Wanted. \ "OOAUDand Lodging for young m»n, \ _L) cl<-as to business corure. For t t.irms, apply WB. Mail < flics. 10 143 \ \£/ANTED to Hell—House of five ( VW rooms and half aero l.nd, Alford • Forest: Road. Lr.w price, easy terms — \V. Elmsley. next Salvation Asmy Barracks. 10 151 WAN I'ED Known. — Thit I have just I received large consignments of ' Groceries, Orrckery, Glass and Enamelled f WAte, which I am prepared ti> sell at lowest possible prices f<>r cash Inspec tion invited. Goods delivered daily in Town and Suburbs. Families waited on for orders. E. Mahood, E*sfc Beit Cash Store. 10 152



; , ANTED—First-class Hovel Ouok •■'¥ Apply, 10 138 Ashburton Hotel. ~/~1 ENUlNE~Reduoticns for Cash-; VjC Being stiil over stocked, and to make room for new goods shortly to arrive fiom London, I am selling in all depart ments at lowest possible prices tor cash to olear.—H, M. Jones. WANTED Known—We are now showing all kinds of Summer Drapery, Millinary, Ac. Everything j marked aa low as possible,—H. C, Segbrs, Melford House. ,4/f EN'S Bluchers sj, a good Strong i-"JL "Nailed Shooter at 83 61 ; a nice assortment of Ladies* and Children's Boots and Shoes from Is 9d a pair at R AlgoenVs WANTED Known—Men's Shearing Shoes Is 6d, Ladies' Leather Strap Shoes 4s 6d, Men's Carpet Slippers Is lid, Youths' Bathing Pants 4d and 6d, Boys' Jersey Suits half ordinary price.— Andeew Okr. 10 111 WANTED Known—For Ashburton Show, beautiful Trimmed Hats and Bonnets; aleo Ladies' Mantles, Capes, Jackets, Corsets, &o. —Andrew Orr. 10 112



WANTED— Everybody to examine the Goods and Prices at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known—That H. Bair stow makes to order every description of Trap Cashiona and Trim mings. 8 81 \ I /ANTED Known—24o Pairs of VV Sample Boots at cost price.~ Mbllor's Zealandia Boot Store. iA/ANTF-D Known—so {airs indies if and Girls' Leather Top and Canvas Tennis Shoes, at half usual price, for two weeks only.—Andkew Our 10 136 WASTED Known—Newest Goods in Drapery and Millinery for the Summer Season, direct from London— •'■ H. Collier, The Corner, • I OLID AY Suits—A~ -Me* Kaiapoi I I Suic for 27s 6d, Boys' Krn'cker and Cambridge Suits from 7s 6d, Men's Suits to Mia^uro from 45 1, Fit and vVorkmanship Guaranteed at II Alcorn's VXrASTILD Known— Melt/jus B >ot VV and Shoes stand like brass ; try a pair. •j,^/ANTED Kuorvn — Stacks of che;;p '* V . Boota and Shoes at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. V 'z ANTED Known—Far goal value '■'\ in l>rapery. Millinery, &c ,go to Meiford House. Tickets tor proaentn yiven to all cash purchasers.—ll. C Segeks, \ \ f ANT:'-U Known—lf you are hard V\ on Bjots try Mellok's Z^alandid Boot Store. I'IOEKS, OURKS 50 000 Corks. Notic v-^ 10 Herb-tl Her makers and others. We havo 3 ■ isfc received five balea of splendiiiy shiprd Oo'k-s, which we can quoto at a very low price for large q'iantiue-.—Fletcher Bros,, East Street, A ah burton |%/IR3 ALCORM, having secured the uA. S ei vices of a London Milliner, wi 1 now be ablo to Supply Ladies' and Clrl dren's Firs^-dass Miiiinery in the most Artistic and Fashionable style in New Zealand A nice assortment of Dress goods in]stocV ANTED Knowa— Girls' neat Kid Shoes 5 4 6d at Mellor's Zaa landia Boot Store. WANTED KNOWN. — F. S Jeffries, leading Confectioner and Fruiterer, of East Street, next the Corner. Hot Pies at. any hour and Tea and Coffee also. N.F, Lady Attendant. Fruit of every description. Ladies Room a Bpeela.lt 7. I*ls \£/ANTED Known—Mellor's Zea- V V landia B.wt Store has Ladies' Kid thoes at 6s 6i. 1R 7 ANTEDKnovvn—Go to The Co riser •%' f r Newest Styles in Drapery and MiHinory —W. H Collier.



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'.jU ANTED Known—No old fashioned VY Goods at Mellok's Z.alandia Boot Store. MERIS -\L Beer Extract 7d j,or bottle Sufficient to make six gallons of splendid Herbal Beer. This extract saves boiling herbs ; is pure ; makes a splendid fconio beer; non-intoxicating, with a creamy head, like bottled Ale.—Fletcher Beos>, Wholesale and Retail Agents, Ashbnrton and Chtistchurc'i si/ANTED Known—Mellok'^ Zea- W landia Boot Store ?s the cheapest Boot shop in Ashhurton. WANT&D— People who are in need of Good Strong Durable Furniture to leave their orders with H, Bairstow. 8 80 OWN Make pin J-adies' and Children's Underclolhuig, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment oS Calicoes, Muslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., afc Mas AjjCORflS new shop, Baker's Buildings. -.^Z ANTED —Ladies to see the lates V% styles in Boots and Shoes,— Mklloh's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known—Men's Suits 17s di, Kaiapoi Tweed Trousers 9,s ltd, Knicker Suits ia lid, (Jap? 6d.-~ Ihe Corner. W. H. Cojoliuk. , \"ij ANTED Known—Repairing nude ?* to look like ntw. Mkllok's Zealandia Boot, Store. VITANTED KNOWN-We are now VV making a magnificent display of Linoleums, Carpets, &o , in our New- Show Room. —Mitchell and Turner. WANTED— Every man to try Mellor's Bluchers, only 4a 113. WANTED Known—We are now giving Tickets for Presents to all cash purchases of Drapery, Millinery, &c— H. C Secbrs, Melford House.



WANTED KNOWiN—Art Madias" Art Cretonnes, Art Curtains, &c, to be seen in our New Show Room. A beautiful promenade, — Mituhkll and TURNEIt. You try 00) New 'VmuPiobwco ""*"



Wanted. j NOW is your time to sow Mange?, Carrot, »nd Turnip Heeds. For best quality arid lowest prices go to Cakson and Co , Tancred street. 10 133 jSiEVOLUTION in Prices—3enaine JL\ Electroplate ware, Lawn Tennis Material, and Lawn Mowers. See our Window and Prices. —W. H. Collins & Oc. 10 113 giEDUCED PRICES for Cash this *■ *^ month tor books, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Toys, Etc, Fancy Glass and China ware, Photo Frames and Albums, Scrap and Foreign Stamp Albums, Fire Screens, Cricket and Tennis Material, Balls, Etc. {school Bags, Htiaps, Work Boxes, Writing Cases, and Desks, Etc., all at reducod prices for dash.—L F ANDKEWES & Co.



14 Cases Summer Goods JW OW APENED TTP 3 Cases STRAW HATB 2 Cases HARD HATS 2 Cases SOFT FELT HATS 1 Case MEW TIES, the latest novelties 1 Case SHIRTS, new patterns 2 Cases Assorted MEN'S MERCERY 3 Cases Men's and Boys 1 CLOTHING 14 SEE OUR WINDOWS FOB | 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. HEN DRY, Manager



Those who never read the advertisement fn their newspapers miss more than they presume. Jonathan Kenison, of Bolan, Worth Co., lowa, who had been troubled with rheumatism in his back, arms and ohouldes^i read an item iv his paper about how a prominent German citizen of Ft IVfadifon had been cured. Kfe procured the same medicine, and to uee his own words i 'It cured me right up. 1 He also says: 'A neighbor and his wife were bath sick in bed with rheumatism. Their boy was over to my house and said they were so bad he had to do the cooking. I told him of Chamber lain's Pain Bilm and how it had cured me. He got a bottle, and it cured them up in a week Fov sale by AsHBUKTON DfiDQ



Fos Indigestion, the beat remedy ia un* doubtedly Norton's Camomile Piiis. They can confidently be recommended as 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, Dyspepsia, sick Headache and -or Liver and Stomaoh complaints. Sold in bottles Is Ijjd, 2» 9d, and 11b, by all Medi cine Vendon throughout the werld, A