MAIL NOTICES,

Mails close for the following places as under, subject to the necessary altera tions :—

FRIDAY, AUGUST 2. For Northern Ports and Australian Colonies per Tatawera at 10.30 a.m. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7. For United Kingdom, Continents of Europe and America, and West Indies (via San Francisco), Hawaiian Islands, and Samoa, and also for Northern Poit of New Zealand, per Takapnna, as follows i— Ordinary letters, books and newspapers, G 15 p.m. ; money orders, 3 p m.; registered letters, 5 p.m. Due n London, September 11.

The Letter Box will be cleared for the despatch of correspondence from Ashburton for the undermentioned places as follows :■—

Burnham and J?unsandel, daily „, ... ..... 3.13 pm Chertsey and Rakaia, daily 6 80am 3 15 pm 6 30 pm Christchurch and north, daily 630 am 315pm and 6 30 pm and on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays ... ... at 10 30 am Dromore and Selwyn, daily $ 30 am Eiffelton, Willowby, daily , 1030 a m Lismore, Tuesday, Thurs day, and Saturday . 10 30 am 1 Elgin, Wakanui, and River side, daily 6 30 am Seaview, Spafield, Kyle, and Newlands, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday , 630 am Greenatreet, Winchmore, and Forks, Tuesday, Thurs day, Saturday ... ,6 30 am Wheatstone, Waterton, Ash ton, Longbeach, and Flemington, daily ...3 45 pm Mount Somers, Springburn, Ba&hside, Alford Forest, Sfcayeley, daily 4 pm Methven, daily ... ...3 15 pm Geraldine, apd Qrari, daily,. J2 §0 pm Oamaru, Dunedin, Waimate, aud south, daily . 12 30 pm Etling, Bangitafca, daily ... 10 30 am* 12 30 pm Temuka, Timaru, daily, 10 30 am 12 and Tuesday, Thursday, 30 pm and Saturday ...  315 pm Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, 10 30 am 12 daily 30 pm Ani 'Theater, Thursday,

FIRE ALARMS

A lien ton ._ ... ... one coll Borough, north of railway ... two tolls Borough, south of railway ... three tolls Harnpstead ... ._ ... .„ .„ four tolls

Ashburton Guardian, Megna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1895. THE NEW TARIFF.

It was one of the many compliments j paid to Sir Julius Vogel,—and that J long before the plebeian metal of his name was silvered over with the electro of Knighthood— to call him the " wizard of finance." There was just the suspicion that the most wonderful iuggler of figures the colony has ever had as its Treasurer was prouder of being called the " wizard of finance/ than of being able to write his name with the handle of knighthood before it. The same compliment has been paid to Mr Ward whose budget was delivered on Tuesday evening, and although we are hardly prepared to admit that he is the genius in figures that Sir Julius is, we must admit that he has so handled the tariff as to secure a far larger public revenue from the customs than he obtained before its readjustment, while at the same time he has made several reductions which look like concessions to the con sumer. We are afraid that in too many cases the increases will be felt by the mass of taxpayers, when most of the reductions will simply go into the pockets of the importers. Let us take first the portion of the tariff dealing with clothing materials. It seems to us that the only redeeming feature in the list of changes here — ' the one impost that is fair and will not bear hardly upon anyone—is the impost of 40 per cent on every article of cloth ing made by Homo or foreign tailors for private individuals resident in this colony, and sent here to be worn by them. A man who can afford to send Home for a suit of clothes because the looms of the colonial factories and the style and workmanship of colonial tailors are not good enough for him can well afford to pay through the nosa for his luxury. But the other imposts will bear heavily on the work ing classes, If there is one article of clothing more extensively used than another in the homes of the great body of the people, that article is flannellettes and not a yard of it is made in the colony, The tariff is very sweeping under this heading. It includes fian nellette shirtings, imitation flannel, raised cotton, and soft spun piece goods, and a tax of 20 per cent ad valorem is placed on all these. Be it remembered that the tax is not im posed on the price alone paid by the importer to the European or American wholesale merchant, but upon the enhanced cost of the article, after freight, insurance, etc., have been paid j upon it at the port of arrival, and this will give it another 2| per cent. The tariff places also 20 per cent on a long list of cotton goods extensively used in the homes of the poor, and 10 per cent on all cotton goods not so sche duled, including the cotton shirtings of the working man. Union shirtings, too, which are mostly of cotton, come in for a 20 per cent toll, and as every body knows this is a very common material for the everyday wear of the man or lad who has to labor for his daily bread. The list of goods caught by the 20 per centimposton cotton runs -*-tapisstry, cretonne, chintz, art crapes frieze, velvets, damasks, towellings t prints, moquette, Utrecht and Genoa velvets, muslin, all kinds of window nets, laces, hollands and blinds, diapers in the piece, cotton tick and colored Belgian cotton tick. The thrifty housewife requires but a glance at the items of this list to see how much of many of them the humbler classes use* and the price of all these are now to be raised 2s in the £ —a serious increase in value. Previously all union goodsg up to 7id per yard in invoice price value were admitted free. Then let us take boots and shoes. We do not fancy very much will be made by the local faptpries out of the increase to 25 per cent on the tax on foreign made foot wear, The New Zealand boot makers—private and factory—supply about two thirds of all the foot wear used in the colony, the remainder is imported, and of a class not made here. The increased tax will be felt by the wearers of the very finest class of goods, and by those who have to purchase the lighter and finer grades of boots and shoes for children. As the working man has usually a " very full quiver," and his wife likes to see her little ones neatly shod, tha toiler will again be touched by the tariff here. The price may induce the colonial makers to start a fqw of the lines now imported, and we h,Qpe it will, for with the abundance of leather skins produced iii New Zealand it does seem absurd that we should import a single boot. The increase of the tariff on boots and shoes, then, simply means that the Treasurer takes an extra live per cent, out of all the foot wear im ported; while the local manufacturers are not helped a little bit. There has been a reduction of duty on lucifer matches, the object of which it is difficult to see, especially in view Qf the fact that a match factory has just been started in Wellington and has been I doing good work. The duty hitherto charged will be a direct loss to tbe fflwbfljwr wrier the »•▼ tariff, wkji§

the reduction opens the door to stronger competition from outside with the new factory's product. Then rice i«t to be taxed in future to a higher degree than of yore, and rice is an article that enters largely into the menu of the working raan'a table. But sago and tapioca are let oft, as well as germina and semolina. His tea is to be admitted a penny a pound cheaper* but he will not reap any benefit on this. Had a halfpenny been taken off his sugar it would have been some thing to talk about. Kerosene is relieved at a penny per gallon, or §d a case, but it will be difficult for the con sumer to see the action of thib reduction in tbe price he will have to pay to his retail merchant, and equally he wir feel but little benefit from the reduction of Id per lb on coffee # It is but just that woolpacks should come in free when corn sacks pay no duty, and the letting off to an extent of fencing and barb wire will please some farmers ; but the imposition of a heavier tax on traction engines and threshing plant was, we think, uncalled for, and a blunder that Mr Ward will perhaps have reason yet to regret. Aa Messrs Keid and Gray point out, it will not help colonial engineers, and will only add to the cost of threshing to the farmer. The tariff, we think, will tell most heavily upon the hotelkeer who will have to pay a shilling a gallon more than formerly for his spirits in cask. He cannot well reduce his liquor more than he is now doing, and he cannot very well raise his retail price. To put himself straight therefore with the new tax he must manage to buy his liquor a shilling a gallon cheaper. This means that the consumer will have to be content with an inferior class of grog. Tbe old Highlander said " Drink is a very bad thing j especially bad drink," *nd if more, of the quality known as " kill the carter " is sold in future than has been sold in the past, the blame will be sure to be laid at the Treasurer's door, and we will not be surprised to hear the victim of too many drinks of •' low grade " say next morning that he is suffering from a bad " Joe Ward " headache. Altogether the tariff is one intended to increase the revenue, and it will doubtless do it, but while the Treasurer was at it ( he might just as well have saved for the exchequer those reductions that will not benefit the consumer nor help the local manufacturer.

A JEW ON RE-UNION.

One of the most interesting of the side lights which has been thrown upon

the Pope s pro. posals for the

re - union of Christendom emanates from Ballarat, where Rabbi Goldreich, preaching re cently in the local synagogue, adverted to the " triangular pulpit and platform warfare between the Roman Catholic, Anglican Established, and various Dissenting denominations as to supre • inacy." The Rabbi took it as a matter of course that " the poor Jew " was en tirely left out of the contention. It was enough to leave the Jew to the tender mercies of so-called Christian Governments to oppress and persecute him, "to trample him under foot with savage barbarity, while enlightened and humane Governments stood aghast, or at least pretended to stand aghast, according cheap sympathy, witb folded arms, and at best afford him step motherly recognition." But it was, nevertheless, the Jew, he urged, who could claim catholicity in the sense of universal salvation. It was the Jew who had given the Bible to the world, and who gave the founder of Christi anity and His early apostles and disciples to the now diverging and con tending churches; aud it was the Jew who" to-day, as of yore, preached in his church or syna gogue tbe doctrine of catholicity. Universal brotherhood concluded his prayers,'{morning |and evening, with the supplication, in the prophetic language, to speed the day when " the Eternal J shall be king over all the earth • on that day the Eternal shall be One, and His name One." That, and that only, was the catholic religion —one God and one people—" and " continued the rabbi, " the now con tending churches arc, unaware to them selves, working towards that glorious end. For their eagerness for supre macy they send missionaries £to the uttermost ends*of the heathen world (the Jew having for the time trans ferred the missionary functions to his younger brother the Christian) to diss eminate and teach the Jewish com pendium of God's Holy Word (the Bible, and thus helping to speed taP day which other prophets predicted—when all the earth, one people, will proclaim the one only name of One God, the universal king and father of one universal brotherhood."

ARMENIA.

London, July 31

Mr Gladstone addresses a public meeting on Tuesday respecting the Armenian atrocities.

Tt is reported that Turkey has con sented to adopt the whole of the re forms in Armenia demanded by the European Powers.

SPORTING.

A well attended meeting was held at » Lagan's Hotel, Tinwald, on Tuesday ujght. Mr G. A. M'Lean Buckley pre sided. It was decided to form a olub to be called the Ashburton County Steeple chase Club, and to hold a combined steeplechase, flab race and trotting race met ting on September 19. A programme consisting of the following events was adopted;—Lagmhor Hunt Cup, two jailea, 25 soys; Hakatere Steeplechase, two miles and a half, 35 soys ; Trot, two miles 15 soys ; Open Flat Race, one mile, Q0 soys; Opefr Flat Race, six furlongs, IB soys ■ Hunters' Hurdles, one mile and a half, 20 soys ; Ladies' Bracket, one mil© and a half, 20 soys. Stewards and officers for the meeting were appointed.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Commercial news en fourth page.

!The Dunedin City Council on Wednes day night decided to appoint Mr F G. Cameron, of Melbourne, as expert .Inspector of Abattoir-*. J The Postal authorities have established a posting box ab the corner of Carter's' terrace and the Miin South Road, near | Mr Thomas Sealy's residence. On Wednesday, at Aucklan?, Jaraea Gilmour was fined £30, costs £1 14s, for executing a transfer of shares in the Kapai-Vermont Gold Mining Company, without the name of the purchaser being written in ink. We have to acknowledge receipt of the first copy of a new publication issued by the W.C.T.U, entitled 'The White Ribbon.' It purports to deal with the * Women Question' in its legal and social aspects, and is issued at the moderate charge of 2* 6i per annum. We wish th« promoters success.

Messrs Reid and Gray complain of the duty on threshing machines, and point out that they cannot be made in the colonies for years. They already cost £500 laid down, and the only result of the duty will be that farmers will be charged higher rates for threshing.

An Adelaide grain merchant who passed through Uamiru on Saturday, says the Mail, reports having recently made sales of wheat in Adelaide at 3s4}i, c.l L, for New Zealand ports-Lyttelton, Inver carglll and North Inland. This is equal to from 8a lOd to 4s here. The jewellers of Christchurch—em ployers and employees—have prepared a petition to the Colonial Treasurer, pro testing gainst the duty of 25 per cent on uncut jewels, on the ground that the previous free admission of these enabled the manufacture o5 jewellery in the colony to be carried on and gave employ ment to a large number men. The warm sun thawed the rough surface of the snow ice in the Domain, and the hard frosts at night froze it over smooth and strong, and the last couple of nights the ioe has been stronger than ever. A large number of skaters have had a really good time, and last night in the moonlight the fun was fast and furious, and the shouts ot laugnter when any unfortuate came to grief could be heard far away in the clear frosty air. There are in Mr G. Jesson's window a number of beautiful and well executod photographs, the, work of Mr John Mitchell, Ashburton, of the Domain with the skaters on the ice, and other views of Ashburton in its garb of snow. As pictures alone they are well worth a place on the wall or mantelshelf, and as a reminiscence of the effect of the elements that may not be seen again in a lifetime, are well worth the investment of a few shillings. Mr Zeman, a capitalist of Johannes berg, has applied to the Government for the sole right to prospect six areas of countiy between Marana and Matatitaki, in the Neleon district. He is willing to cteposib £500 with the Government as a surety for going on with the work, and guarantees to expend in two years £10 5 per acre in prospecting the areas men tioned, which means an expenditure of £40,000. Mr Cadman proposes to intro duce an amen ling measure to encourage mlniug operations on a large scale.

To-morrow evening the annual concert inald of the Elgin School prlz-3 fund, will be held in tho sch jolroom, and from a glimpse at the items and names of par formers on the programme, the affair promises to excel the mitty successful undertakings of the sam ? kind th*s have been held in this place Tha beat talent that can beprocaredin Ashburton and the neighbourhood will assist, and with our recollection of the hospitality and bonhomie of the residents, we would sdvise all who cun to go, with the certainty of onjoying themselves thoroughly.

The Bush Advocate publishes the following '.—-The somewhat singular opera tions of a man, whose name his not even tranppirtd. are exercising the minds of some Morton tradespeople. Over a week ago he cime to the town, and representing that he was to be ma>ried, proceeded to lay certain people under contribution in preparation for the happy event. He ordered a suit of clothes from one, a pair i f trousers, tie, gloves, and other orthodox bridegroom rig-out from another, wedding cake from another, arranged with a photographer for a wedding group, gave orders for a wedding ring, engaged a hall for an ante nuptial dance, and delighted the heart of a well-known caterer with a liberal order for provisions. There has, however, been no wedding; no yourg lady arrived, and all romance is taken out of the incident by the fact that the last seen of the bridegroom that-was-to-be wis making hia way towards Hunteryllle with a swag on his bapk. The explanation of the afftir that commends itself to roost people is that the hero of this story Is either a crank or an inveterate practical joker. In any case there is trouble brewing for him,

In the ' After Careers of IJnlvereity J Educated Women,' Mrs J, J3. H. Gordon in the Contemporary gives some account of the lives of the graduates of Girtcn vad Newnham after they had left those classic shades. If woman's chief mission It life Is to find a mate, and Mrs Gordon's figures are correct, high university honours and matrimony are not usually concomitants. Of the 79 students who obtained the certificate for the mathematical tripos at Girton six are married ; of the 97 who passed the classical tripos 10 have married; and of the 47 who passed the Natural Science tripos seven have married; but of 40 who merely took a degree 15 have married. Of a total of 1486 students whose careers have been traced 680 are engaged in teaching, 208 have married, 11 are doctors, two are nurses, eighc or nine are in the Government employ, one is a bookbinder, one a market gardener, and one a lawyer. It may be added that of maidens who are not'university graduates the percentage who find a harbor in matrimony is very much higher. No doubt the ordinary man fears a rebuke from a maiden whose lightest topic of con versation is of tha coefficient of friction, and who is on visiting terms with both the differential and integral cdculus.

DARWINIAN AND SPENCERIAN

Heterodoxies are generally rejected by the majority, who believe in what—like Wolfe's Schnapps—time has sanctioned "and &ge confirmed.

Condensed Cables.

The captain of the Anthons was fined £5 for overloading his vessel. Ferguson, the El Dorado hero, has been awarded a bravery certificate.

The New South Wales Premier, who has now a big majority at his back, will begin in the new Parliament just where he left off before the dissolution, and will appoint fresh members to the Legislative Council, so that he may be able to carry his measures in the Cpper House. In the Victoria Customs frauds cases Rosenfeldt got nine months in gaol, and was fined £500; Davis and Benjamin six months and £800 each ; Stanaway six months and JSO. The offenders were all men of good social position. Mr H. G. Sparks, manager of the South Australian Company, feeling aggrieved at some remarks made about him by Mr Kingston, the South Australian Premier, " went for" Kingston in the public street with a horse whip. The Premier, however, ! was too many for him, and Sporks got | the worst of it, so much so that the Premier will not prosecute.

European and Other Foreign Items

London, July 30 The Duke of Arygle was married to Miss McNeill to day.

Washington, July SO

Series of crimes, similar to those perpetrated by Deeming, have been discovered in Chicago, where ft man ramed Holmes is conaected with the disappearance of no less than thirteen women. Three bodies were found in quicklime in a cellar. Holmes has disappeared, _^

MADAGASCAR.

London. luly3o

It is stated that Madagascar ia secretly suing for peace. The anti- European feeling in the country hai increased.

THE RECIPROCITY TREATY

_D&I_IDE, July 31

In the Assembly, Mr Downer presented a petition in favor of the reciprocity treaty with New Zealand. It was announced that Government would enter into similar treaties with other colonies if opportunity offered. Notice was given to introduce a motion ratifying the treaty on Tuesday.

MURDERS AT THE ISLANDS

Sydney, July 31 Another murder is reported at the Solomon Islands. A German vessel brought back "two native labour re cruits from Samoa, but being unable to land them on their own island, put them ashore at Malayta, where they were immediately seized and killed by a hostile tribe. Four others would have shared the same fate had they not been protected by the trader.

DAIRY PRODUCE.

Sydney, July 31 At a meeting of representatives of the Farm and Dairy Produce Com panies on the south coast, it was decided to amalgamate and establish a central depot for the sale and export of produce. It was stated that the output of butter from New South Wales was twenty-six million pounds yearly.

LABOR REPRESENTATIVES

Sydney, July 31

The Daily Telegraph, referring to the remarks of the English press adverse to increasing the number of labor members in the colonial parlia ments, says the comments are an alarmist's dream, and timid persons nearer home greatly exaggerate the possible harm of the new political elements. The experience of the Australasian colonies in parliamentary labor representation is greater than in any other part of the world, and distinctly one not to cause a scare. New Zealand gives the most com? pletely favorable illustration of how Ihe labor vote may affect an im partial observer. We need not fear that people are going off their beads and willelectdestroying revolutionaries. Referring to the rejection of tbe Lottery Bill the Telegraph says the sharp rejection of such a proposal emanating from the representatives of wealth, makes the labor members appear to be faithful guardians of consistent legislation and public morality, whatever their delusions and mistakes in other matters may be.

VICTORIAN FINANCE

A BIG «KrUIT,

Melbourne, July 31

In the Assembly, the Treasurer de livered his budget speech. The revenue for tbe year, including £100,000 ex pected from the Income Tax, of which £140,000 h|d been collected, was £6,809,000 or £250,000 more than the estimate, leaving a deficit ot £115,000, making an accumulated defioife of The paying on the psti: in.ated expenditure for the year hjsuf been £227,000. "Railway receipt^ [ were £138,000 less than the previous year, £6,803,000. The expenditure had been £6.784,000. During the year selectors had gone to the bad to the extent of £17,000, and the total owing by them was £61>£,000. The total railway expenditure in excess of income to date was £7,978,000. The total public debt was £47,933,000, tlie interest on which was £1,860,0QQ. He hoped to secure an increased • saving and further economies in the public ser vices, and was glad to say the colony l^ad again commenced ascending, and signs of prosperity returning were apparent, The Supply Bill passed all its stages, *

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN: THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1895



BuisiJ>.9Sß ISotiee-i- G. J. Neil Fs CLEARING SALE IB NOW ON AT FBIEDLANDEK'S CORNER. EVERYTHING MUST BE SOLD, NOW 13 YOUR TIME. Mies' Jackets, this season's goods, Grey Calico Ib lid doz 21b—Reduced to 12s 6d Oalico Is 9d doz Coweta 3s lid-Reduced to 2s 6d Men's Oolonial Tweed Suits Sos-Re- Ooruets 4s lid—Reduced to 2s lid duced to 22s 6d HeavyDressTweed.double width,2s 6d Men's All Wool Suits 19s 6d -Reduced to 9Jd, this aeasWs Boys' Suits 3s lid goods * Men's Tweed Overcoats, with capes, Doable Bed Sheeting Bsd 18 Jd Colonial Flannel, all wool, la-Re- Men's Macintosh**, with .capes, and duced to 8d sewn seams 22a 6d ; Blankets 5s lid per pair BOOTS, BOOTS. Men's Hailed Shooters 7s lid Boys' Nail Shooters 4a Ud Men's Bluchers 4s 9d Women a Strong Leather^Boots 5s Ud Sena Watertights, Heavy, 10s 6d Women's! Shoes 4s 6d E VEBY LINE r()R * COMPARE OUR PRICES )mb Q. J. NEILL FK BDLANDIR'S CORNER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. CASH CASH



Seeds. Seeds. Seeds. — JUST ARRIVED - New Season Flower & Vegetable Seeds FLETCHER BROS HAVE great pleasure in intimating that they have just received their New Season Stock of NIMMO & BLAIR'S Celebrated Flower and Vegetable Seeds in the following order :— 111 Per Packet FLOWER SEEDS. 11l Per Packet Alyssum, Sweet Mignonette Lobelia speciosa Antirrhinum, fiine mixed Nasturtium, Tom Thumb Marvel of Peru Balsam, fine mixed Nenwphila maculata Nasturtium, tall Candytuft, mixed Petunia, fine mixed Nemopbila insigms Canterbury Bells, mixed Stock, German, ten-week Pansy, mixed Chrysanthemum tricolor, Alter, German Poppy, 'The Shirley mixed Aster/Betteridge'squilled Pea, sweet, mixed Columbine mixed Candytuft, dark crimson Palox Drummondii . mixui Tarnation Stock, Virginian, mixed "mSd" cStdegans Sunnower,"tall ' St^ mixed Oonvol«lu°. major Wall!lower, mixed Godctia, The Bride Oyanus minor . Portulaoa imxed Jacob**, mixed Delphinium, mixed Sweet William Linum, grandiflorum Forget-me-not, blue Verbena, mixed rubrum Indian Pink Zinnia, elegans, double, Marigold, African Larkspur, mixed mixed 3l» Per Packet VEGETABLE SEEDS. 3l> Per Packet PEAS. Stockwood Ridge Champion Scarlet-runner American Wonder Cress-Extra Curled R OF Little Gem Large Musselburgh Leeks GARBAGE, Stratagem Triple Curled Parsley Drumhead Veitch's Perfection Hollow Crown Parsnips Early York Wm Hurst Radish—Three Varieties En held Market Yorkshire Hero, etc Turnips -Four Variatie? London Market, Etc. Beet, Blood Red BEANS. Dumh^g aJ?^ Borecole—"Dwarf Green Broad, Harhngton OAKKM. Cur led Windsor Early Short Horn Brussels Sprouts- Green Windsor James Tntermediat9 Fcymaer's Giant Ewly Long Pod LELIUOE. CAULIFLOWER. French or Kidney— Drumhead Early London Canadian Wonder Neipohtan Walcheren, etc Pale Dun . Giant White Cole's Crystal White Mammoth Negro Long -V,, ' Celery Pod Brown 01obe. , _, OUOHMBER. Early Goldon Butter Brown Spannish, Etc. Long Prickley or Wax Tomato - Large Red Please remember that these are all Fresh and Reliable Seeds and that you get as much Vegetable Seed for 3d as is usually given for 6d, and as much Sower Seed for Id* as is usually given for 3d The increase of Nimmo -and Blair's packet trade has been phenominal and Jthis year it is expectedjto.total 9, Quarter of a Million. %SF NOTE ADDRESS,



FLETCHER BROS., O>SH SUPPLY STORES, ASHBURTON & CHRISTCHURCH. mO OWNERS OF NEWLY ERECTED MANSIONS, VILLAS, AND ■JL GBAND OPPORTUNITY. Linoleums and Floorcloths direct from the Mills to our Warehouse. TH3 LABGEST STOCK outside of Gliristcliurcli. Fo Intermediate Handling. ONE LARGE PROFIT SAVED. latest Patterns, per s.s. lonic, to hand. Be.tutilul Designs Lovely Shades. MITCHELL AND TURNER.



Wanted | I' OST—A fawn and whitfl Greyhound J bitch, about four' months old. Reward on returning to Commercial Hotel. 8 7 PICTURE Mouldings —Kew and artistic designs just landed ex lonic Best value ever imported in this disiricf. —W. H, Collins and <o. 7188 B^LOSSARD'S Uh?ara- 25 for 2a. Three C stle Cigarettes 50 for 2s, Cleopatra b 3d, Bay Hum 1«. Piesse and Lubin s Scents Is 6 L— McGregor's WANTKD Known — Twenty dozan Boys Polo Linen Collors, 12 and 12| inch, 2a per dozen instead of 6 .—A Obr's Cheap Sale. v EEDHAM Organ, ten stops, twenty y four payments cf £i Is 2d per month. Good Piano by Haake. Twenty four monthly payments of £1 13s Bd.— H. M. Jones. i tXTANTKD Known—6o Ladies* Black j * * and Colored Wool Jerseys at 2a 6d, i formerly 10s 61; 100 Pairs of V\ hice Blankets at 10s 6d, Ladies' Muffs 33 6d. Umbrellas Is lid, Corsets 2* 9d, 6 and 6f four button Kid Glovps 6d, Oentß Silk Ties 6d each, Large Wool Hearth Rugs 6s 6d each.—Andrew Orr's Sale. 6 220 CHOICE FRUlTS.—Peaches, bananas, ©ranges, lemons and tomatoes, at H. A. Flower, Fruiter and Confectioner, East street. ___



Wanted, \IJ A N TED Known— Men's and Boys W Clothing and Undeiclothing, Boots and Shoes, Rugs and Blankets, at parti cularly low rates—Mitchell & Turner. ; • LOWER StiJKDS, Id per packet; I" 1 Vegetable Seeds, 3d per packet. All New Season's Seeds from the well known 6r.n of Nimmo and Blair, Order your Seeds early, because as the season advances some of the varieties are sold out, and in the past years we have not been able to replace them. —Fletcher Bros , Ashburton. _____ ANTKD Ktiow^T^to- Hooper (monthly nuree) is open to accept engagements. Apply, by letter, to Mrs Ooopeb, Alford Forest Road, Ashburton. 1*134 ANTED Known—Great Purchase of Dress Stuffs Lot No. 1 great variety, double width B|d. Moat of these goods were Is 3£d wholesale. Melford House Sale. Evoi^ything reduced,—H. C. Segers,



QpJKCUL NOTICE.-~Bults aad Single O Garments made to mea&ure. Fit and style with prices to suit the times. Large purchase Heavy Kaiapoi Trousers and Knit Underclothing.—Mitchell and Tubmen. _; __ WANTED Known—Great Purchase of Dress Stuffs for Melford House Sale. Lob No. 2 greab variety, double width at Is. Some of these were Is 9d wholesale. Everything reduced.—H. C Segebs. _____ P~ OTATOHH. Potatoes.—Mind you get your Potatoes at Fletcher Bros. The quality of our Potatoes is first-class, and have taken the First Priaa at the Timaru Show four years in succession. Don't forget address— Fletcher Baos., East Street, Ashburton. WANTED Known — Mellor's Zea landia Boot Store is the Cheapest Store for Boots and Shoes. STOCKTAKING Sale-MRS Alcorn £5 will give large reductions of Millinery, Jackets and Mantles, Children's Pilisses, Dress Material, Glassware and Fancy Goods, for one month previous to stock taking. ~ Next Courthouse, Havelock street LP. ANDREWES & CO.—Sale now » on of Surplus Stock of Fancy j Goods, Toys, Books, Stationery and j Account Books, and all at greatly reduced I prices for cash, at L. F. Andrewes & Co llf ANTED Known — Spectacles, Eye; W Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical Hue at S. Saxek's, Optician C~~HEAP~WooI makes chearT^lankets, cheap Flannels, cheap Clothing. I have got in a nice assortment of this season's Blankets, men's and boys colonial Tweed Suits and Overcoats, cheaper than ever they have been in New Zealand. Men's colonial Tweed Kaiapoi SaUs for 27a 6i, a marvel at th j. price; Kaiapoi Knicker Suits from 7a 6d.—Robert j Alcorn, Clothing and Boot Warehouse, j Havelock street.



WANTED Known—Ulsters 4s lid, Fur Collarettes 3s 3d, Kid Gloves 2s 6d, Plushes 2s 6d, Towels 4|d, Flannels B£d. -The Corner, W. H. Collier WANTED Known-—The Largest and Best shop for Evening Shoes In Ashburton.—Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. i , WANTED Known—Bargains to be had every day at Mellor'a Zea aßdia Boob Store. aINDE'S Hair Curlers 6d, Birch's Watch Keys 6d, other Watch Keys 3d, Afghan Silver Watch Chains Is 6d.— McGkegor's. ANTED Known—Ladies Lasting Slippers only 2s lid—Uaual price, 4s 6d.—Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known-Men's Suits 17s 61, Kaiapoi Tweed Trousers 9s lid, Knickor Suits 4s lid, Caps 6cL— Ihe Comer. W. H. Collier PTO DAfilsALß—lso PaTraGirls Boors 2a 6d, 120 Pairs Maids' Boots 3 i 6d, 117 Pairs Maids' (best) Boots 4s 6d, Ladies' Shoes 5s lid, Gents' Boots 4s 6d and 5d 61. Al! sizas guaranteed for one week.—A. Ore's Cheap Sale. 6 221 OnrANTED Known—Mothers, be wisa » and buy your school boots at Mellor'a Zealandia Boot Store.



WANTED Known—A cordial reception and free inspection through the whole of our extensive Premises. Every article solda f, advertised prices—Mitchell & Turner



WANTED Known—l have good Bluchers, only 4s lid.—Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. HAVING Sticks — Pears' Juvenia, Wil.Um's American Is. Eagle Irk Pencils 61, Stationery Boxes 6d, InkPi per drzsrii bottles.—McGreoor's ___ it * ANTED Everyone to call at Vv Mellor's and get his price. No one asked to buy. VST ANTED Known—Football Boots, *» sure goal kickers; they never Fail -Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. Jjl/|ARSDEN, Junr., Bookseller, • -W-a- Stationer, News Agent, Etc. School Books and all other School Requisites All goods at lowest possible prices. Note—"The Little Shop," Kast Street. » 4/ ANTED Known—Great Purchase VI of Dress Stuffs. Lot No. 3 extra quaMty, Nun's Veilings all shades, Navy and Black DiagMvil Serges all »t Is 3d, usual price 2s 3i. —H. C, Segers, Mel ford House \i/"ANTED Known—Grand results, V? ourcish sales on Saturday last were the largest in our 25 yearts' experi enco. Practical evidence that our efforts aro appreciated—Mitchell & Turner. WANTED Known—Sixty Ladies English made Basket?, Is each worth 3j 9J.—Akdrew Orr's Cheap Sale. |~iARSON AND GO'S Stocktaking Sale Now on. Groceries, Ironmongery, Brushware, Glass and China, at very low prices for cash. 5 129 » * / ANTED KNOWN. -The celebrated v * Yarmouth Oilskins can be ob ained at W. H. Collier, " The Corner." tXTANTED Known—Small Profits and Quick Returns.—Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store.



WANTED, Everybody to try a pair of House Slippers, only la. Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known—Ten per cent under Christchurch prices at Mellor's Zealandia 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.B. Lady Attendant. Fruit of every description. Ladies' Room a specialty 1*153 OWN Make in Indies' and Children's 1 Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, Muslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs Alcorjx's now shop, Baker's Buildings. WANTED Known —We are com pelled to realise on a very large portion of our Stock. To do this we are prepared to take cost price for all our new Winter 'Icods, and almost any price older stock.—Mitchell anp Turner. PRAIER and Hymn Books; Photo, Scrap and Stamp Albums ; Parlour G.imea (a great variety) ; School Bags from 6d each ; Notepiper from 6 1 a packet of o quires ; Envelopes 100 for Gd ; Photo Frames, and Albums, Vases, Fancy Tea Pots, Toys of various kinds all at greatly reduced prices for Cash at L. F. Anprbwbs and Co.'a Expiration of Lease Sale. 7 I 2*



\\T ANTED Known—That I am hold " * ing a Sale at Reduced Prices for One Month. Come for Bargains. I have the advantage over nwny In the trade for the simple reason that I have no oarfcnera to pay dividends to, or interest d* loan to carry on big aoncerns. But I bay ami «ell none but the beet, no trash to draw the unwary. Repairs as usnal, done at Once,-J. MWWK, Boot Store East street, Ashburton. o Ida



I Pure Bwd is the Secret of Healtb Gordon* E',oop PitLS cleanse the system of alt impure bipod, qure iudigestion.con atipation, liver complaint, pains in back and sides, biliousness, sick headache j remove pimples, scrofula, ucurw etc, Large fao&s £ two bow 10s, oosb toe, J W giay ton,



WEDDIHO PRESENTS WEDDIKC PRESENTS WEDDING PRESENTS THE Largest and Choicest Stock of New Goods suitable for Wedding Presents is to be found at the JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT OF S. S AJL E X- All Goods marked in plain figures at lowest prices. S. SALEK, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, EAST STREET. The noted place for sound and reliable workmanship in watch repairs. ASHBURTON DOMAIN BOARD. TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS REWARD. THE above reward will be paid by the Aahbunon Domain Board to any person who will furnish evidence that will convict any person or persons found molesting the water fowl within the Domain, By order, OHAS. E. FOOKS, Secretary to the Board. July 17, 1895 7 104



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Holloway's Oistmevt —The great cli matic-variations which soldiers and sailors experience render them liable to a variety of diseases, the development of which is favored by exposure and hardship—often, it is to be feared by their carelessness as well. Holloway's remedies afford a safe and easy means of cure for those constitutional and local miladies which are so frequently engendered by residence in unhealthy climates and by incautious living. The Ointmmfcisa wqnderfully healing applica tion, as it cleanses the surface of foul sores and ulcers, soothes the throbbing and pain in case? qf inflammation, and phecks the progress of skid diseases. The Pills purify the blood, cleanse the liver, and remove all noxious matter in the system.



0 W, O r Hardman, Sheriff of Tyler Co., W Va., appreciates a good thing and does not hesitate to say so, He was almost pros trated with a cold when he procured a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He says : 'It gave me prompt relief. I find it to be an invaluable remedy for coughs and colds.' For sale by the Ashburton Drug 00.



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A Dcs Moines woman who has been troub led with frequent colds, concluded to try an old remedy in a new way, and accordingly took a tabiespoonful (four timas tha usual close) of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy just before going to bed. The next morning she found that her cold had almost entirely dis. appeared. During the day she took a few doses of the remedy (one teaspoonful at a time) and at night again took a tablespoon ful before going to bed, and on tbe following morning awoke free from all symptons of the cold. Since then she has on several oc casions, used this remedy in like manner, with, the same good results', 1 and. is ninety elated over her dia'cn vary of so'quick away of curing a cold. For sale by the Ashburton, Drug Co., * M tie iUq*~lkt Ntur Wms Tviw«s