MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the following places as I under, subject to the necessary altera- - tions: — ) SATU■■ DAY, DECK SIBER 24. i For Australian colonies, and also for { United Kingdom and Europe, (specially addressed via Brindis), India, China, Japan, &0., ppr express to connect with Manapouri, at 12 30 p,tn. Due London February 4th. TUESDAY. DECISMBRK24, For United Kingdom, Continents of Europe and America, (via San Francisco), Hawaiian Islands and Samoa, and also for Northern ports of New Zealand, per Taka- I puna, as follows:— Letters, Books, and newspaper-, 6 15 p,m. ; money orders 3 p.m registered letters, 5 p.m. Due London January 29th. Note.—Oa Decsmber 25th, Christmas Day, ihe Post Office will be closed in all branches All mails will be closed at 6.30 a.m. | On December 26th, Boxing Day, the Post ■ Office will be open from 9 a.m. till 10 a.m. only. There will be one delivery by letter carriers, commencing at 8 a.m., and no mails i will be despatched after 10 a.m. The next parcels mai!s for the United Kingdom, Europe, &c, will close on or about December 27th, per Kaikoura, from Welling ton

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1895 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Attention ie directed to Mr Andrew Orr's new advertisemenb which appears in this issue. A report of the meeting of the Mounfc Hott Road Board appears on the fourth p»ge. No nominations were received to-day for the vacant seat on the Hampstead Town Board. The Hon E. Blake, M.P., who is now engaged ia the Midland Railway arbitra tion case, will probably deliver an address in Auckland before he leaves the colony. On Thursday during the heavy nor', wester a spark from a traction engine set fire to some oats belonging to Mr L. White, Rakaia. The oats were being threshed, and some two hundred bushels, besides a considerable quantity of good straw, were destroyed. In consequence of complaints from shopkeepers, the Wellington City Council has decided to have the streets watered on Saturday nights and on the nights of certain holidays, such as Christmas eve, but declined to go to the expense of watering them on Sundays. Owing to circumstances over which Mr David Thomas hadnocontrol, fchefancy fair at Tattersalls was not opened to-day, but at eleven o'clock to-morrow the fun will begin, aid be kept up as fast and furiously as the auctioneers can till every item as been sold. The schools fixhlbifeion opens this even in?, when a lat^e number of works of art by the school children will be on view. Looking over these one cannot but admit that whatever may be said against some points in our school system, the practical part of education fa not altogethfir Ignored. The admission is to be 6d adults, and 3d children, the proceeds to be spent in prizas to the exhibitors. The entries for the Ashburton Cale donian Society's annual gathering on Boxing Day are hy far the best yet received by that Society for any gather ing, b^th in numbers and excellence of men- Entries have been received from Chriatchurch, Wellington, Akaroa, Geral dine, Southbridge, aud Dunsandel. The Society baa received a number of hand some donations, trophies, etc, which will be allotted to the different events on the card. There was completed a few days ago, at the Aldington workshops, the first com pound locomotive built in the colony. The engine is of the four cylinder Vauclain system, and consists of two high pressure and two low pressure cylinders. The boilfr is of steel throughout and is pressed to 1801b per square inch. We understand the engine will now be put through an exhaustive trial to test its running aB ag%inst a non-compound locomotive. The workmanship throughout is of the highest merit and is most oreditable to. the colony. An exhibition trial of the new Buckeye elevator reaper and binder took place ypsterday on the farm of Mr F. J. Rick ards, at Wakanul. The crop operated on was one of grass and a mosb difficult one to handle. Notwithstanding this, the work done by the machine was simply perfect, the cutting low and clean, and a well packed neat sheaf. The working of the sheaf carrier on this machine proved It to be particularly well adapted for ripe crops and grass, the delivery of the sheaves being effected In the most gentle and easy manner, \nother point of excellence apparent to those present, especially for grass catting, was that the platform canvas runs very close to the knife—no ledge to retard the passage of the pass to the elevator canvases, and the elevator canvas extends well forward from the platform canvas. The resnlb of these points in construction is that, though sometimes the grass did nob reach six inches back on the platform canvas, It passed in a perfectly uninterrupted flow from the eutfcer to the binder. During the trial, not one of those stoppages occurred which are so common to machines unable to cope with ragged or unequal crops. Mr Rickards, who was delighted with theworkingof the machine, purchased it on the ground, and intends cutting all his grass crops with It. Only two ordinary farm horses were used to work the machine and they did so with ease. Mr Orchard, the representative of the firm was present, and will remain in the dis trict for some time, co-operating with Mr Henry Zander, the local agent, The London correspondent of the Mel bourne Argus writes:—'Even in these unromantic days the announcement of a royal betrothal is still sufficient to arouse a feeling of the deepest interest amongst the British public. Especially la this the case when the Princess enncernei ia a popular favourite like the Princess Maud of Walea- The Princess Maud Is engaged to her cousin, Prince Charles, the second son of the Crown Prince of Denmark. Ha is three years her junior, b*at this is evidently nob regarded as any obstacle, as her Majesty fas announced thafc she has received the betrothal of 'her dear grand daughter with much pleasure,' and has given'her ready assent.' The youngest daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales haa the reputation of being clever, gay, and witty, aqd has been more admired than either of her sisters. It is understood that an affection sprang up between, the two cousins during the long visit which the Princess of Wales and her daughters paid to Copenhagen last year, and the affair was concluded a few weeka since, when a second visit opoqrred. The news has been received with sympathetic interest by the nation, with whom royal love matches are traditionally popular. In this case there are no dynastic interests involved, though the eldest son of the Crown Prince of Denmark is still un married. The future husband of the Princess Maud has adopted fche navy as a career, and. not long ago was sent in com mand of the Heimdal to protect the coast of Iceland against the depredations of English steaiß trailers.

VIOLENT CATHARTICS

Derange the stomach, weaken the intestinal canal, ami are altogether objectionable. ' Avojdi them, ami use Wolfe's: Sjjh^apjps,

The Drowning Case in the Domain.

I'Jsu Mnnne»t

An inquest was held at the Hospital yesterday afternoon, touching the sad 1 death of '.he boy Frederick Roberts, who was drowned in the Doraan Inths on Wednesday afternoon. The lion Major Steward was coroner, and the following were sworn as a jary :—Messrs John Orr (foreman), John Swanson, J. M. Cambridge, E Kempthorne, Joshua Tucker and W. H. Collins. The coronnr said he had no special re marks to make to the jury at the opening stage. As they were all acquainted with the circumstances attending the sad death of deceased, they would easily come to a decision. Albert Roberts, father of deceased, deposed that he Ifst aaw his son alive at dinner time on Wednesday, Atout five o'clock heard he had gone bathLig, and ac six o'clock received a message that hiit son had been drowned at the swimaiing baths at the Domain. Arrived at the dressing-rooms at the baths, and identi : fied the body as that of his son. Went > for Dr Greenwood, but having found he had gone to the baths, went afterwards for Dr Trevor. The usual means were used for resuscitation, and the doctors tried for three-quarters of an hour to restore animation, all efforts failed to bring his son to life again. William Mann, deposed he was a jockey at Mr Hobbs 1, Ashburton Saw the body of deceased on Wednesday night at

the dressing-rooms at the bath at a quarter past six, lying on the floor. Saw several others t&ere. Was bathing at the baths with some other young fellows. Saw two boys with Mr Fox going along the bank on the north side of the bath", one of whom was the deceased. Did not see the boys get into the water. After swimming about for some time saw the i boys splashing in the water near the steps. Mr Fox at this time was standing on the bank about fifteen yards away from them. Aftertaking adive heard young Fox saying he conld not see him any where. Did not rsmember hearing any names mentioned. Swam down to Lhe steps, and «.sked youi?g Fox where de ceased was, and was told he saw him last about seven yards from the steps. Dived In there, but could nob find deceased. Dived three or four times, but the water was too muddy to see anything on the bottom. The only chance of finding the body would be to dive accidentally on to it. A bystander went for Mr Alfred Harrison, who came ; a? also did Mr Thompson. In the meantime Mr Fox and Mr Powell endeavored to recover the body, bub with out success. Eventually Thompson dived off the steps higher up the stream, and as he was swimming up stream his foot toached deceased, so he dived again and brought the body to the bank. About a quarter of an hour elapsed between the time of seeing deceased on the steps to the time of Mr Thompson finding the body. The body was laid on the grass

immediately opposite to where ifc was taken out, and then Mr Thompson carried ' the body into the dressing-room. No body was allowed inside until the police came. Did not see any effort made to restore animation by Mr Harrison or Mr Thomp son. About ten minutes elapsed between that time and the time Mr Smith came, who immediately commenced resuscita tion assisted by Constables Jackson and a<ade. Saw no signs of any struggle in the water where deceased was drowned. | Thought the depth of water where the | body was found about 6fb. Did not think it safe for children to bathe there. Re membered seeing a copy of the Humane Society's rules afc the shed, bufc believe it had sincb bsen destroyed. Dr Greenwood deposed fco saeing the body of deceased in the dressing-room at the baths Constable Esde and Jackson and Mr W. W. Smith were endeavouring to restore animation Examined the body, and worked the arms assisted by Dr Trevor, but there were no signs of life. Was there about three-quarters of an hour, and after that time thought deceased was beyond medical aid. The possibilities are deceased could not have been resuscitated if efforts were made when first taken out of the water. The time when artificial respiration may he successfully done varies according to oiroumstanees. W. Bov^man Fox deposed he was with deceased and his son on Wednesday even ing, when they proceeded to the baths at the Domain. The boys undressed on the north side of the baths, and both went into the water about twelve yards from I the steps, when he left them to see Mr Upton Was speaking to him for about five minutes, when his sou called out, 'Fred has disappeared,' Witness asked where, and his boy pointed and said ' Under there,' Called out to twn or three who were awiraming near at hand that young Roberts had disappeared, and fc^ok off his own clothes and jumped in. Could not find the body as the water was too thick. Several others attempted but with out success. Mr Thompson then came up and djved iv above the steps, and succeeded in finding the body, which he brought to the bank, Was standing there at the time with Mr Harrison, who after feeling deceased^ pulse, said 'He was quite dead.' Saw no attempt made to re store animation after the body was brought to the bank. Thought it about a quarter of an hour from the time he heard his boy call out till the time deceased's body was brought to the bank. Saw no notice boards there indicating what depth the water would be. Did not think de ceased oould swim. Had no idea as to the depth of the water, or else he would not have allowed to let them go in. Thought It quite cafe up to the steps. Dr Trevor recognised the body as thafc of Fred Roberts, Was called by deceased's father about seven o'clock, and proceeded with him, to the Domain. Dr Greenwood and OonsfeaVe Eade were trying to keep up artificial means of respiration, and Con stable Jackson and witness relieved. This was kept up for three-quarters of an hour. Thought it useless to endeavor to restore animation after a body has been under water for fifteen minutes, except under very special circumstances. 4. F. Thompson deposed that he was standing on the pavilion of the Sports ground when he was informed a boy had been drowned in th,e baths. Saw Mr Fox in the water, who told him he was trying to find Hie body of the boy thafc was drowned, bufc the water was too dirty. Was shown where the boy was last seen. Dived in, and went down the creek, and in doing so struck the body with his foot. Was successful in getting hold of the Kody and then brouahfc it to, &©. bank, Mr Harrison, whcfelb the pulse, said bo wit nesa \ there la no chance of hisbeingalive.' Carried the body to the dressing room, and remained there until the arrival of the police. Up till that time no effort had betm made to restore animation. Thought Ifc unsafe for a non-jswimmer to enter the btitha anywhere on the north tilde-

Alfred Harrison said that a message had been sent to him on Wednesday evening that a boy had been drowned at the baths. Saw Mr Fox and some small boys on the north side of the bank. Could get no very clear information as to where deceased was drowned, as everybody was excited. Saw Mr Thompson di^e in and get the body straight away, and brought it to the ban%. Was arable to j>ive him £|ay feelp. Thought th.P boy waa in the water twenty minutes or more, and bsyond all possible help. Fait his pulse to see if there was any signs of life. * The Swimmirjg Clnb has m,o power over the ba.th.3; to the extent of refusing any person admission. There is no board to indicate to a Btrauger fche depth of the water. Two pare ago pub up » oopy of the Humane

Society's direc ionsfor re.usc:w( ing the ap parently drowoed, liut s -me evil-disposed persons destroyed it about a month ago. I here are no ropes or life-Having apparatus nowat thebatlu. Do not think itasafeplaco on the north side for mm-swimmers to bathe. This was not the first accident ac die baths, but the first fatal one. v\. W. Smith, caretaker of the Domain, , deposed to going to the baths in com pany with the police, Proceeded at once to endeavor 10 restore animation. Had attended a c * B , in which it t< ok two hours to brim* the person round after the body had been m the water for a quarter of an boar. Thoußht that in the present case efforts should undoubtedly havo been made fco resuscitate the body. Did nor think the baths on the norch side safe for non-swimmers. Put a life-saving buoy there, but it ha<? been since removed, ifc was not there on the day of the accident. Constables Jackson and Bade gava corroborative evidence, as to every possible effort having been made to restore animation after they arrived at fche baths lhe jury brought in a verdict; that deceased met his death by being acci dentally drowned in the swimming baths in the Ashburton Domain, ang that no b'ame is attachable to anyone, and added a rider to the effect that recommendation be made to the Domain Board to take immediate steps to erect boards or posts indicating the depth of water in the oaths.

School Committee.

HAMPSTEAD.

A meeting of the Hampstead School Com mittee was held on Tuesday evening. Present-Messrs A. Orr (in the chair), Andrews, Sage, Lawrie, Berryman, and Strange Mr Brock, Headmaster, and Misses Fawcett and Andrews, Mistresses, also attended by invitation. Apologies were received from Mesßra Crooks and Patten, CONCEET. Financial matters in connection with the late concert were gone into, and showed a satisfactory financial result. PRIZES. Ib was resolved to expend the larger nor tion of the proceeds of the concert ia prizes for proficiency and attendance, and the balance in paying an instalment on the piano lb was also resolved to recommend the next Committee to give prizes for aewine. immediately after the examination The procuring and allotment of prizes was left m the hands of the teachers, and it was decided to present the prizes to the success^ ful pupils at 230 p.m. on Friday next, in the school grounds. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. Votes of thanks were passed to the Ash burton Borough Council, for remission of the license fee on the Drill Hall, to the Trustees of the Trill Hall for the use of the building, to the Orchestral Society and other friends who had assisted atfche concert to the Committee of St Stephen's School for loan of forms, and to the working Committee and teachers who had done the hard work •connected with the affair. ACCOUNTS. Accounts amounting to £11 73 lofl Werß

passsa lor payment, and the Committee adjourned to Tuesday, January 7 S 1896.

Th e Longbeach Wheat Case.

Ona FarihSngr Damar***

Dtjnsdin, December 10

At the Supreme Court the case Fleming an! Gilkison v. Grigs?, claim £4000 damages, was concluded. On the Court resuming it was announced. that an agreement on certain points had' been arrived at, as follows ;—lt is agreed' that his Honor leave to the jury the issue of damages only, without prejudice to the right of either party to moVe for a new trial on th^fc is&ue ; that his Honor reserve all other questions of fact arising on th© evidence, with power to draw inferences? of fact, aud that all questions of law be» also reserved for further consideration, the motion for a nonsuit; to be also deemed to be reserved ; notice of any motion for a new trial on the issue of damages may be given afc any time wltbin one week aftet the termination of the vacation ; oonsent to this oonrse by the parties is not to prejudice the right of either party to move for a new trial, Mr C. W. Purnell opened the case for the defence. He admitted that Mr Grigg,, jun, did authorise Mr E. Saunders to find a purchaser on certain terms, bat there was no power given to make an absolute* sale. Neither Mr Grigg, senr, nor Mr Grigg, junr, ever imagined for a moment that "Mr Saunders had authority t& com mit them to a sale of over £10,000 worth of wheat. It was absurd to suppose that any man would purchase 80,000 bushels with out knowing what kind of wheat he was buying. Tb.6 only authority given to Mr Saanders was to find a purchaser, an«J the* courts had decided more than once tnafc sucjh an authority did nob attfchoriae the agent to conclude the sale. What Mr Qrififg would say was that he absolutely withdrew the wheat from offer, and thafc on Mr Saunders saying it was "Hard lines," he (Mr Grigg) gavean hourin which Mr Saundei-s waa to get a definite answer. When Mr McOwea drafted the telegram, ib was expressly sfcated that ifc was to be sent nrgenti. Whatever authority Mr Saunders had was revoked, bufc he had an hour in wliich to make a definite offer. In regard fco damages, the measure wa© the difference between the price which tha plaintiffs would have had fco pay defen dant for the wheat and the pries afc which the same quality of wheat could have been purchased at the time the alleged contract was broken, namely, on April. 29. This wheat of Mr Grigg'a waa not the'highest-priced wheat; it was simply good average wheat. To show its real value, they had the fact of the sale fca Mr Ryley, which was afc 2s 4d, bags sd; Mr Grigg would have realised £61£ X 0» more by selling to Messrs Fleming and; Gilkison for the price they said thejt accepted at, and Mr Ryley gave the fulK market price for the wh»at. The Jury would be supplied with particulars of the sales actually effected, atid evidence would be given fchera that Mr Ryley, who purchased Mr Grigg'a wheat, could have bought within a few days afterward* 15,000 or 16,000 sacks of better wheafe than Mr Grigg's afc a lower price. Mir Mr Ryley would tell the jury so^ More over, ib would be shown 4 fehafc Messrs Fleming and Gilkison were o&red 19,000) sacks of prime milling wheat at a lower price than Mr Gn^g, asked. Evidence waa then given by ,!. C. K. Grlg^ and D. Thomas {hb to the value of wheat between April 29 and May 14,) John Ryley, of R. Anderson and Co (who said thafc he considered 1 the prioe he gave for the whe,4,fc at the time rather high. Subsequently he purchased 2000 sack's at exa<£tly fche same price). Hugo Friedlandar George K;lng, William Rollitt and A. F, Hall also eaue evidence. Foi? the defence. Mr Hocking, and for the plaintiffs, Sir R. Stoab, addressed the jury. After a little more than »r hour's absence, the jury found that there was sufficient wheat in Canterbury which Messrs Fleming and (J&lkjgon could have bought, without loss, to Replace the 80.000 bushels sold by Mr Grigg. The jury found one. fartbtog; 'ciamages.

livery line of Boots and Shoes, and every tingle pair selling at a great reduction dur •ing the la&t ten days of McDonald and McDiabmid's sale of Andkkson's Boot Stock. 11 15? Breaking the Record.—Messrs Craig head and Berryman are evidently doing a very large tailoriag business this season. " What everybody says must be true " with; regardl to their reduced prices, good fit, «to«. All who require new suits for Christmas, should read their new advertiaeo^e^t qh ou? third, p»ge.

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WANTED— Ladies to see the latest styles In Boots and Shoes.— Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. /CHRISTMAS, 1895.— I beg to thank v my friends and the public at large for the liberal support extended to me since I started bneiness three months ago. I have now received a quantity of Goods suitable for the Christmas and New Year trade* second to none in Ashburton, and at a price within the reach of all. A trial solicited.—E. Mahooo, East Belt Cash Store, JAM JARS, JAM JARS.—Fletcher Bros, are just landing a large ship* ment of Jam Jars of all kinds. Mason Screw Top Jars in Quart and Half-Gallon Jars at very low prices; also Fruit Preserving Sugar of the very best quality, in 661b am* 701b Bags, ab equally low rates. —Fletcher Bros., East Street, Ashburton, Telephone 24 WANTED Known—l am a Buyer of Bottles—pints, quarts. Whiskey, and Brandy ; also Old Iron, wrought and cast; Bones in large or Binall lots ; Zinc, Brasß, and Horse Hair.—Charles Brown, bottom of Havelock, Street, Ashburton. 11144 pHRISTMAS &NEW YEAR CARDS, vy 1895-96. A New, Choice and Beauti ful Assortment of the latest designs, i Packets of Cards at nil prices to suit everybody. Booklets, Fancy Calendars, etc. —L. F. Andrewes & Co., Stationers Hall 12 15 i^HRISTMAS Cards, extraordinary \_J value ia Packecs and Boxes, beauti fully got up. Packet of twenty-four Cards for 61 j Packet of fifty-foor Cards Is ; Boxes from Is upwards. Chatterbox, Little Folks. Sunday Prize, Infants' Magazine, Child's Companion.—H. M. Jones. WANTED Known—Stacks of cheap Boots and Shoes at Melloe's Zealandia Boot Store. *TIHB Very Latest.—Strawberries and L Jce Cream 6d per plate at H- A. Flower's, the People's Confectioner. Icod Boston Cream and other drinks, f^ ENTLEMEN who wish to dress '~T comfortably, and with good taste and economy, should visit our Clothing and Outfitting Department).—Mitchell and Turner. TRY FLKTCHER BROS, for your Christmas Fruita. They are of the finest quality that are procurable, and at the lowest possible prices. See the quality and judge for yourselves.— Fletcher Bros., Ashburton WANTED Known—We are now showing all kinds of Summer Drapery, MMin*ry, &c. Everything marked as low as possible.—H. C, Segers, Melford House. rpO LADlES—Spring Cleaning. Before JL re-arranging your rooms psy us a visit. Our Stock of Furnishing Drapery is very large, and includes evsrything necessary for the beauty and comfort of a home.—Mitchbix and Turner. WANTED Known—Dresses made to order in our well-known superior style and finish for 10s 6d. —Ashburton Drapery Company. 11378 TUST Arrived.—A large variety of ase £/ ful and Ornamental Goods, Dolls, Toys, and Novelties ; also, a job lot over one hundred assorted Baskets and Morocco and Russian Leather Handbags, to be sold at and under ordinary cost price at Mrs Alcorn's, MEN'S Bluchers 53, a gnod Strong Nailed Shooter ab 8s 6d ; a nice assortment of Ladies' and Children's Boots and Shoes from Is 9d a pair at R. Aicorn's HOLIDAY Suits—A Nice Kaiapol Suit for 27s 6d, Boys' Knicker and Cambridge Suits from 7s 6d, Men's Suits to Measure from 45a, Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed at R. Alcorn's WANTED Known—Men's Salts 17s 6d, Kaiapoi Tweed Trousers 9s lid, Knicker Suits 4s lid, (Japs 6d,— Ihe Corner. W. H. Collier OWN Make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, Maslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs Alcorns new shop, Baker's Buildings. WANTED— Everybody to examine the Goods and Prices at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known —Mellor's Zea landia Bjot Store has Ladies' Kid Shoes at 6s 6d. OT ANTED Known—24o Pairs of W Sample Boots at cost price,— Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known—Girls' neat Kid Shoes 5s 6d at Mellor's Zoa iandia Boot Store. TT7 ANTKDKnown—Go toTHECoRaER VV for Newest Styles in Drapery and Millinery—W. H. Collier. WANTBD Known—lf you are hard on Boots try Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known—Mellor s Boots and Shoes stand like brass ; try a pair. WANTED Known—No old fashioned Goods at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known—We are now giving Tickets for Presents to all cash purchases of Lrapery, Millinery, &c. —H. C. Seoees, Melford House. |~IHRISTMA.S and New ¥ear Presents \J —Boys and Girls and other New Annuals,. New Books for School Prizes jar Presentations, School Committees and others supplied at Lowest Prices. New Fancy Goods, including Japanese, fancy China and glass Toys of various kinds ancl at all prices. AH goods at ; LowQflb prteses for $ash.— L. $?'. Andrewee atadOo., Stationer's Hall ¥w fry tks Nm Vmm 7sjmso



Wanted. WAR OO! THE CURE FOR INDIGESTION. Ashburton Drug Company, Agents 11 108 v/ ANTED Known—For good value V? in Drapery, Millinery, &c.» go to Melford Hotisn. Tickets lor presents given to all ©ash purchasers.—H. C, Segkks, DRESSES ! Dresses ! Dresses! Trim mings of all kinds. Millinery and Mantles, Jackets and Blouse?, New and Stylish Goods at moderate prices. - Mitchell and Turnee WAN USD Known—Mellor's Zea landia Boot Store is the cheapest Boot shop in Ashburton, tIFANTED—Every man to try Mellor's YY Bluchers, only 4s lid. WANTED Known—Repairing mide to look like new. Melvr's Zealandia Boot at ©re. WANTED Known—6o pairs Ladieß and Girls' Leather Top and Canvas Tennis Shoes, at half usual price, for two weeks only-—Andrew Ore. 10 136



A SHBURTON T^RAPERY nOMPANY. SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR THE | CHRISTMAS SEASON. i IN PLACE OF 'CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR PRESENTS, from the 14th to the 31st Deraceber in clusive, We will Give Our Customers A SPECIAL DISCOUNT OF ONE SHILLING off every pound's worth purchased at our establishment. ( TERMS STRICTLY CASH. DRESSMAKING A SPECIALTY, 1O« Od. Ladies' Own' Material Made Up. Ashhurton Drapery Company, Corner of Arcade and Burnett street. 12 68 THE HOLIDAYS. JUST OPENED A FEW CASES OF SPECIAL GOODS FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON Straw Hats, Soft Felt Hats, Tennis Hats from Is 9d. New Shapes in Hard Felb Hats. Special ..Feather-weight Soft Felt Hats 1| >z. Frame Hats in all the latest shapes A glance at our Christmas windows will show you that we keep the Largeut and Best Assorted Stock of HATS in the district NEW TIES, NEW SILK HANDKERCHIEFS Foe travelling—A. Large Assortment of GLADSTONE BAGS, LEATHER PORTMANTEAUX, AND HAND BAGS TO ATHLETES: Running Pants and Shirts in all Colors Tennis Shirts, Cycling Tearing Shirts, Cricketing Shirts and Trousers A few Summer Coats for Boys left, Is 6d NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FAGTOBY. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager. CAED mille failthe— Boxing Day, Domain BHOUTHER tae Shouther— Boxing Day, Domain IRr nam beann nan gleann s'nan gafstreach AT Kitty Reid's noose on the green- Boxing Day, Domain TIXHA'LL b« bangstor o' the Wappen * V Shaw 1 TOSS the caber, put the staoe, Bung the hammer, men o' bane : Rln like sptrakie, jump like wad, Dance till wat is ilka dud : Skirl us up strathspey an' reel, Donuil Dhu an' brave Lochiel— At the bonnie Wappen Schaw. COME the bonnie county lasses, Town and county bonnie lasses. And the youth and sturdy manhood, From the boaldered Rangitata, From the flats of fleecy Laghmor, From the Ellesmere lake and Southbridge From the cold Lake Heron country, The hills above Mount Somers country, From the banks of blue Rakaia, From the plains of Wakanui, From Elgin, Seafield, and from Dorle, Actun, Kyle* and fertile Done, From the peaty swamps of Grigg Land, From gentle Alford of the three B% From the quiet town ot Methven— The very quiet town of Methven— To the Hakatere tryst place, To the 3aledonian tryst place. One Box otClarke's 841 Pills is warran ted to cure all discharges from the Urinary Organs, in either sex (acquired or consti tutional), Gravel and Paina in the Back. Guarranteed free from Mercury. Sold in Boxes 4s 6d each, by all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors thronghoub the World. Proprietors : The Lmjoolju aijd jfo»£A^» Counties Dbu<*Cospas¥, Unborn, Eu land bargains.—Ladies? $traw Hats, Trimmed Hats, White and Cream Laces. See our wjijj4QWS.»-A»hburi9O Prapery Company