character. Carl Perner, of Essex-street, another owner of disorderly houses, paid 600 dollars to start, and 50 dollars a month aftervards. His house was often raided because of complaints by the social purity organisations, but each time he got a tip from the police captain, and was Me to put things in order before the raid came off. Ulti mately he was arrested for a serious offence but he escaped with a fine by paying the presiding justice 500 dollars. Witness After witness came forward with evidence of a similar character, and one of them who owned a splendid establishment worth many thousand dollars, said that she had been forced to pay so heavily for her police protection, that she was practi cally only acting as an agent for the police captains. The dividends of vice were theirs. Hera was only the hire ling's wage. When the protected gangs of thieves, the wine saloons, gambling hells, and disorderly houses had passed in. sickening parade before the commit tee, it was considered that the worst had been heard, but later it was shown that 200 physicians engaged in criminal practice had been taxed, black-mailed, and protected; that justices bad been bribed to aid the police in the courts, and that, finally, a grand jury had been packed with tt c consent of a leading criminal judge. Where the bribery and the blackmail started and where they ended the committee has not yet decided. Police constables have had to pay anywhere from 300 dollars to 1400 dollars for their appointments, and they have had to win their way upwards through the various grades by the sheer power of dollars. Captaincy in some instances cost from 10,000 to 20,000 dollars, but, apparently, it was worth it, for, though the salary attached to the office is only 2750 dollars a year, many of the captains have retired with fortunes after short service." And this is the boasted free dom of the United States.

Hap we not read this in a budget of items of French news we should hwe

said the correspondent who wrote to the Petit Journal was a Yankee. Ihe corres-

A NEW EXCHANGE.

pondent proposes a scheme for teaching children foreign languages afc small cost, He suggests that parents in France should make an arrangement with a family occupying a similar position, say in England, to exchange children for a year or two, long enough in face for the French youngster to learn to speak English and the English boy to le*rn French. This idea it ia sa!d has already been put into practice with excellent results in Belgium and Germany

From the first introduction of frozen meat into the Home marke's much has been written on the subject,

TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

Owing to the lar^e amount now owing for subscriptions to the Mail and 6uabi)l4n, we are compelUd to press for payment, and have to notify tint we shall take immediate steps to recover all suo scriptions that are more than one year overdue.

FIRE ALARMS

Allenton „ one toll Borough, north of railway ... two tolls Borough, south of railway ... three tolls Hampstead four tolls

|s|brtoit dbtrimttr, MAGNA EST VERITAS ET PrJEVAIjEBIT THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1895 NEW YORK CORRUPTION.

Wiiex Stead wrote his "If Christ came to Chicago?" he scarified the souls of not a few—if souls they any have—of.the boodlers of that great city. He showed how fearfully rotten was the municipal system of the great city of pork, and that it was the question ol how rnucb the man or woman was able and willing to pay to the officers of the municipality—and through them to the members of the municipal Council—that had to be settled, and not the legality of the existence of a house of jll fame, Grease the palms of the boodlers well, and you may carry on under the noses of the Chiea-gan police the most nefari ous traffic imaginable, Stead was of course called a fanatic, but nobody was game to attempt to prove him a liar. And what is now going on in Chicago is repeated in New York. There the same rottenness and corrup tion are rampant as disgrace the city of Chicago, only the municipal Council members throw the blame upon the officers of police, and it will be remem bere.d tfjafr a few weeks ago we published a cablegram in which it was stated that the chief of thj© N/ew York police, Byrnes, having been foun4 guilty of taking bribes, had resigned his position. His guilt was made apparent by the evidence given before a Commission appointed to inquire into some very ,<jlamr%g charges that had been made against tlie police pf New Yerk city, Recent #les enable us to see what sort of evidence was placed before that Commission, and, having read that evidence, one wonders that a people claiming to be so free and enlightened as the people of the United States, can calmly s it down and allow s.uch things to continue. We give a condensation of the evidence of one or two witnesses, ." JNfaud Harvey, owner of a house in West fvapty-fourth street, paid each of the .five police captains in her district 500 dollars; dowii and 75 dollars a month. Inj return tfrey i^reed not ,to raid her; hous,e o,r permit any their subor- i dinates to do so. Eyely,n Bell, of West j Thirty-sixth-street, admitted tha,fc she| paid JSO dollars ev^ry quarter to the! wardman, and every Chrisfcjpas supple mented that sum with an extra gift of five dollars to /ea^h of the patrolmen. Henry Hoffai# ? Sepond-^treiet, was similarly clrcunjstanc@d. Desiring to run a disorderly house, he was told he could not succeed unless

he bought the police captain of the district- Consequently, having secured the assistance of a member of the Ho#ge of Assembly, he bargained with the policepjajjL, and was given the promise of liberty to run"ijiia house as he pleased, upon payment of 5Q$ dollars down and 40 dollars a month. One day as the police captain was posing, an occupant of the house called him up familiarly. He sv/ore violently, said he' was grossly insulted, a»d Raised the blackmai J ten dollars a month. Bis subordinates were paid five dollars a month; an/jl tpn dollars at New Year. On several occasions itye house was raided by unsubsidised men, and ,Bfo$" ---man had then to pay extra sums U t,He p.m tv- giyf the bouse a |004

MARKING FROZEN MEAT.

particularly ai to the desir ability of marking it in such a manner (without detriment to the meat) as will f.ffect-

ually put a stop to the #ross misrepre sentation under which the article has suffered and still suffers. The question arises : What parficu'ar object or benefit is to be obtained by marking it 1 The teply to this is : It if abso'ub ly required for the good cf the cons 1 me ■, allowing this to be a most desirable end to oVain. The further query is : Can this be done efficiently ? .-several methods have been suggested and deemed unsuiba! la There is, however, a patent in New Zealand and Australia which is believed to bo in every

way suitable for the purpose. This con sists of an adhesive label of euch a form or fiize as will bear on the f ice of it tl c

I exporter's name, his address and registered ' mark ; also the initial letters of the pro- I due'ion—New #;alaud rnu'ton or Aus tralian mutton—and the numb r of the

New ftialand patenb in fair legible type. Beingsemi transparent, thelettering shows distinctly. The nature d these labels is such that they are not re-markable for the purpese of fraud, and thus, moreover, they cannot be used twice. Being guaran teed to import neither stain, taste, nor smell, they may remain on the j lint until it is cooked. It ti claimed for thb method thah if a buyer insists on s :eing a label (such as is here described) on the joint, or at least on the carcase from which it is cut, he would then get the genuine article for his money. Practical illustra tion of these labels has been submitted to officials ard experts in London and else where, and by the latter they have been received with approval for their efficiency, simplicity, and trifling cost to thp ex porter and tljeir adaptability to the desired end—viz., the supply of a genuine article to the consumer when labelled as described. If this system is adhered to misrepresentation fe impossible, and al though compulsory marking still remains in abeyance fraudulent misrepresentation renders the perpetrator liable to legal penalties. The Board of Trade, and Chambers of

Agriculture in London and other places have been supplied with specimens. The cost of labelling a cAicase when large numbers are exported is less than a penny per carcase, even though several labals are used,, New Zealand mutton has been pronounced equal in quality to the Home bred and sold »a such. If a plan of mark ing were made law it would conduce to the advantage of the producer, exporter, and the comßumer. Rules have been enacted for the dairy produce trade. 'Ij/'hy should the frozen mutton trade not be projected p such a way that the non observance of marking would be made punishable ? When' thi^ is done and identification thereby secured the in terests of few will have to give w*F to the good of the many.—Auckland Jfentfd.

LOCAL AND QENEHAL.

The population of the United Kingdom is now 38,776,131 persons.

At a sain In London a Stradivarius violin dated 17G1 sold for £600.

It will be possible to travel around the alobo in forty days when the trans- Siberian railroad is completed.

A. philologist of ,high repute is authority for tije statement that there are .72 languages spoken in Russia. ' '

A German statistician says that his latest discovery is thao 3000 years li6rjcs there will be one man to every 220 women i

The Salvation Army's selfWfenial week in Australia h^a this year yielded over £1Q o<s— £1600 in excess of last year.

The ladjes of Chertsey are informed by advert'sswent elsewhere that Miss L, Dunstan, late of Christchurch, has commenced the dressmaking business in Uhertsey, her address being the Pines.

It appears that there are people in Italy who derive a dismal satisfaction from being admitted to watch the process of c'-ema.tion at jtao charge of four shillings ahead, &nd fcnWit 1 j» the revenue from this eourcfe th*t defrays trie isogt q£ cremating the poor fo k.

The intensity of confined sound is illus trated at Carwbrook Castle, Isle of Wight, where thero Is a well 200 ft deep and 12ft in diamet&s?. When a pin is dropped into it the sound or it striding tjje s»rfr}c.e of the water, 182 feet below, can be distinctly heard. ' '*'

The ordinary monthly meeting of the } High School Board ia called for Monday next at 2 p.m. at the Secretary* office. It, time of war France puts 370 out of every 10 0 of her population in the field ; Germany, 310 ; Russia, 210. The Salvaii m Army War Cry has a cir» culation of 1,000,00) copies a week, and is printed in 40 languages. In Melbourne a wonun gets 2|d for making a shirt;, whilo a Cninanun gots 5J for was ing it. The amount subscribed for the Levin memorial fund v £742. The money will be devoted lo the establishment of a Lavin homa for friendless children. A Chinese doctor has taken up his resi dence with the natives at Greyfc"wn, Wai rarapi, and is reported to bo doing much good work among the sck Maoris. The children «■ f the blackest Africans are born whi isb. In a m'jrnh they become Dale yellow, in a year brown, at four dirty black, and at six or seven glossy black. J

Bolaa is the name of a new disrvery made in the forests of Surinam. It is a substitute for the rapidly dis»ppearing indiarubber and gutta-percha.

Lord Gla3gow and his party leave Wel lington for the South by the Te Anau on Saturday night en route to the Southern Islands.

The Hon. Mr Cad man and party arrived at Okoroire on Tuesday evening, and left at 4 o'clock yesterday morning for Waka tane, en route for the Uriwera country.

Orange diet is said to be a very effective remedy for inebriety. One orange before breakfast, another at 11 a.m., 3 p.m , and 6 p.m., with one just before retiring, ia the proper dose.

Ex-Lieutenanfc-Governor Brockmyer, of St Louis, wants to send 1000 mocking birds to Europe to learn the nightingale's song and to teach it to their mates in America.

Tha Buteshire at Wellington from Sydney, has on board twenty-six head cf cUtle shipped at, Rockhampton from Mount Cornlnh station by the owners of the vessel, Messrs Turnbull, Martin and Co , to London as an experimental con signment. The bullocks, which average about 18cwt., are splendid specimens of their kind.

A New York policeman has ha I a strange ad venture. Finding a man insen sible—the officer concluded the case to be one of drunkenness—he carried his charge to the station, and a doctor was summoned. The policeman then dis covered to his horror that he had been carrying a corps i, for the doctor gave his assurance that the man had been dead for several days.

The crew of H.M.S Wallaroo are said to be indignant at being ordered back to the islands. Nearly sixty are suffering from ulcers and clircntic debility through a five months' stay in the islands on salt junk, and sea work in bad weather, which led the captain to take the re sponsibility of coming to Auckhwid in order that the crew of 200 men might have a thorough change. At the R.M. Court, Waimate, on Wed nesday, before Messrs William Coltman and William Petit, J P.'s, Jeremiah McCarthy was charged with the wilful murder of trn unknown man who was found dead at Waihao on the 12oh Jan uary. Inspector Broham applied for a ramand until the 30th inst. The remand was granted, bail being allowed en accused's own rscognigance for £500 and two other securities of £250 each. Mr Hamilton appeared for accused.

Several horses in the Masterton district were found to be suffering from inflamma tion of the eyps. Tha cause of this has been discovered by Mr Edward Eton, a chemist, who finds (hat in many cases when hor-es are grassing, their heads are brushed by the plantain grass (commonly known as the soldier), which, at this time of the year, sheds ira husks very freely. On examining; a horse affected, Mr Eton found the huska to be the ciuse of fche trouble. Afc the adjourned meeting of the recently appointed Committp.o of the Ashburton Racing Olub Mr C. W. Purnell was unanimously elected chairmin It was decided to hold the usual two days' autumn meeting, and in order to avoid clas-hing with the North Canterbury fixture, it was resolved that the meeting be held on Wednesday and Thursday, March 27 and 28. A sub-committee was appointed to draft and submit a pro gramme.

The Oamaru Mail reports that a cow at Totara, suffering from cancer, has been destroyed by order of Inspec'or Miller, of the Stock Department. The Inspector has also given instruc ions for the des truction of a cow at Livingstone,, similatly affected. This compares rather strangely wi'h. the recent report of Mr Gilruth, Government yeterinary surgeon to the effect that he has not met with a single case of cancer jn qattle in any part of the eoleny.

A meeting of the Invercwgill School Board yesterday decided to grant free education to twelve scholars from the primary schools. Only three candidates ful filled the required conditions, but toextend ihe privilege as far as possible, the Board increased the age from fourteen years fco fourteen and a half year?, and lowered the required percentage from sixty to fifty nine. For the past two years the Board ha 3 been offering this privilege to twenty pupilss, which is a more liberal arrangement than that now being discussed by the Con ference.

A case involving the validity of a wed" dine performed according to a custom which is said to prevail among; foreign Jews was heard in London.. A Jewess sued a jnan for clesejking her an<| her family. The defence was t|>at he had nearer been legally married to the pomplainanfc.. She averted that although tha marriage had never been registered they had become man and wife according fco Jewish custom. It, was expla;ned that to constitute a Jew ish marriage it was only necessary for a man to pace a ring upon a woman's finger and utter certain prayers. The magistrate sail the marriage could on'y be regarded as lawful in this country if notice had been given to the registrar.

The p^st season, says the Oamaru Mail -of Tuesday kst, haa evidently been highly favorable for the production of sheep fit for export as frozen mutton. $or some time paist the Eveline abattoirs have been wording at hjoj^ pressure, the daily average of sheep 'slaughtered and frozen % beln» fully 800 ; but it has neverth,Q!ess been found impossible to meet the demand, an<| to-day a mob of some 1200 grand free^rs wers railed to J?urnside to b.e slaughtered at the Company's works there. The sheep that are being killed here this season are a j prime lot, and we aro told by competent judges that the lambs are the finest ever shipped away as frozen meat. The excellence of the condition of the sheep is attributed to the plentifulness of good feed—not rank growth such as that of the previous wet season, but well-matured and luscious grasa.

The ManawatU County offices Were burned to the ground this morning. The loss is partially covered by insurance. The fire is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. The American Patent; Agency of Cin cinatti, U.S.A. has offered lO.OQOdols for the sole rights of the ear-marking patent, invented by Maesrs Shearer and Hankins, « f Palmerston North. It is understood that the patentees will accept the offer. A Wellington Press Association teligram states that one of the piisoners working at Point Halswell, a y.ung man named Roderick Mcßenz'e, escaped yesterday morning, and was still at large last even ing. He was serving a term of two years' imprisonment for housebreaking at Napier. A large quantity of goli is to be for warded to London by the Bank of New Zealanl pers s. Bimutaka It comprises one box shipped at Westport, and valued at £3144; four boxes shipped at Hokl tika, valued at £13,144 three boxes

shipped at Hokitika, valued at £13,088 ; and three boxes Bhij.ped at Greymouth, valued ab £10,380; total value, £26,612. The profit of the Westport Coal Com pany for the year was £16,400 7s 2d, ex clusive of £6773 9s 6d brought forward. The sum of £6235 14s 2d was absorbed in an interim dividend of 3 per cent, in June, and the Directors propose the appropriation of a similar sum now, make ing a dividend of 6 per cent, for the year. They also propose to appropriate £4000 for expenditure in the Granity Creek works and to carry forward £6702 7s 2d.

The Approach of Winter,

Poverty 1m Parta.

▲ Plucky Widow

Paris, December 14

The advent of the cold weather has,' as usual, profoundly modified the habits of the thousands of homeless and penniless nomads, who swarm in the capital as in all large cities. Bo hemians of various kinds, professional beggars, workmenwithoutemployment, are no longer to be seen dozing away the hours on the benches in the public gardens and squares, as on the days when the rays of the sun have some warmth in them. All these people have now taken up their winter quarters. Museums, churches, and libraries are besieged. Wherever warmth is to be had for nothing there are to be found crowds of famished wretches. In the museum one sees them gazing stolidly at the pictuiea, near the stoves. But for the watchful eye of the attendants, they would sleep away the livelong day. Whenever their heads nod, however, an authori tative tap on the shoulder warns them that they must leave their shelter and deck the cold streets once more. In the churches also, the beadles keep a sharp look out on shabby worshippers, who spend too long a time kneeling in front of the side chapels. The libraries are perhaps the favourite haunts. The instant the cold appears, most of the clients attracted by these depositories of lore, have some other object than that of poring over yellow pages, or deciphering hieroglyphics. Here also, however, when pseudo readers so far. forget themselves as to give vent to a gentle snore they are promptly reminded that they are not in a dormitory. Caught nap ping a second time, they are inexorably turned out, their place being at once taken by one of the lengthy queue al ways filling up the staircase in winter. The money voted by the Municipal Council for bed and soup tickets,, though a large sum, does not go far, when spread over the innumerable applicants. It is thus no wqnder that among so many loafers and vagabonds the papers tell us every day of the numerous burglaries effected in and around the capital. But if there were many ladies as bold and as strong as the widow Falasse, there would, no doubt, be a considerable decrease in the ranks of burglars. Shortly after retiring to rest the other night, she heard a noise as of footsteps in the next room. The clock was just strik ing one, but she unhesitatingly went to see what was the matter, and dis covered a young fellow engaged in forcing open a cupboard. Finding himself surprised, he brandished a crow bar over his head, threatening to kil Mine. Falasse if she called lor assist ance. She calmly said this was the last thing she thought of dqing, and advanced upon the intruder, After » short struggle she threw him $o the ground, and as he tried to bite her, squeezed his neck so tightly that he lost consciousness. Only then did she summon the police, but the man was in such a deplorable state that he had to be carried to the hospital instead o the police station.

The Pacific Cable,

Melboubne, January 23 The Argus, in a leading article, says the continued interruption of tele graphic communication is becoming in tolerable, ft would be absurd do blame the $outh Australian Govern ment, but still, if wi? are liable to be isolated in thia way by the fracture of a land ling, the demand for the liying of a Papifjr. eabje wijl become irre sistible, lhat oable would cost muoh more than we are likely to be able to afford for many years to come, but the work will have to be undertaken with out delay cost what it may, unless we can have assurance of constant com munication by the existing routes. Th«» present situation is a reflection on Australian statesmanship. At gre<at expense the Eastern Extension Tele graph Company laid thr^e cables to the northern coast, bat though these were met at the Jandjng points by land lines, only one of the' latter is serviceable. A question whif?h the Postal Conference will have to' carg fully consider is what can be done with such unproductive expenditure. Before th§ conference gntprs on the wider and more speculative regjqn of the Pacific oabje proposal, the praptical course would be to afford Western Australia assistance for a fixed term to enable her to bring her lines up to the standard. Adelaide, January 23 Communication on the Port Darwin line was restored at two o'clock this affceruooDo

Presbyterian Clturcli.

Annual Congrrgatloiial Meeting

There was a fairly good attendance at the annual general meeting Ja3t night of the congregation of the Presbyterian Church. The Rjv G. B, lDgli3 was Moderator. FINANCE. _ . The Finance C mmittre reported having held thirteei meetings, which had been well attended. The church building' had been maintained in good order, and the arrange ! ment under which lady collccfors raised funds for maintenance had been renewed. A fund had been initiated for the reduction of the debt on the M*nse property, and the special (hanks of *ihc congregation were due to Mr Thomas uealy for a valuatle gift to wards the fund. The envelope systeip of contribution had been greatly extended during the year, and the Committee recom mended another canvass with a view to its □till further extemiqn. Appreciative refer ence was made to the lecture by the pastor on " A trip through ludia." Reference was also made to a sale of woikand gift auction to be held in April in aid of the manse fund. The contributions from the Wakaaui congre gation had been well sustained. After congratulatory reference had been made to the successful annual tea meeting, and tin Sunday School treat on Siew Year's Day, the report went on to say that the revenue and expenditure for the year would have about balanced, but ior the expenditure of £43 on repairs to church property which would not be required this_ year—altogether a satisfactory financial position»

KIBK SESSION. For the Kirk Session the Moderator re. ported as follows ;— The attendance lit public worship baa been encouraging, and we trust that many have received a blessing through the ministry of the Word. The prayer meeting has beett , held every Wednesday evening, but) for some reason it has not been valued as it should be, and comparatively few have attended it. It cannot be too strongly dnphasued that prayer is the vital breath of the church, and that if the spirit of prayer is dormant no good can be done. The prayer meeting is meant to be a special help to the Sunday School teachers, as well as a means of grace to the congregation. We would earnestly invite the members to avail themselves of the Weekly privilege offered to all to meet around the throne of grace, to praise God for His goodness and to ask a continuance of His favor. During the year a Society of Christian Endeavour has been formed, and has proved of value in bringing the young people together, and 'n training them in Christian work. The evenings have been spent in Bible study or in the consideration of some question bearing on practical religion. Since last report the membership of the Church has been in creased by twenty —eight of these were received by certificate from other churches, and twelve on profession of their faith. The communion roll has been thoroughly revised, and the names of twenty-six persons have been removed. Some of these had left the district and others had not been to the Lord's tab'.e for periods varying from five to ten years. A new Sunday School han been opened at Elgin, and it has been gladly welcomed both by parents and children in the district. The three Sunday Schools connected with the congregation are in good working order, and our large staff of teachers are heartily thanked for their services. The various branches of work carried on by the ladies have been diligently attended to throughout the year, and a large amount of valuable service has been accomplished. la meetings for prayer and Bible study, in mission work, in caring for the sick and destitute, and in other ways, the ladies have been most helpful, and it is a pleasure to the Session to recognise their work, and to commend their efforts to the hearty and prayerful support of the congregation. The Committee of Management have lately effected various improvements about the church. They are anxous to reduce, and as soon as possible extinguish, the long standing debt on the manse property, and it is con fidently expested that their efforts will be cordially supported by the congregation. The Session are desirous that an elder should

be elected at Wakanui, and trust that our friends there will soon be able to make choice of one of their number to take part in the spiritual oversight of the congregation. W« again commend the church and all its work to the favor and blessing of God, and pray that the year on which we havo entered may be one of rich spiritual blessing to us all. Both the foregoing reports were passed, as well as a satisfactory one io regard to the Sunday School, and the choir and organist were specially thanked for their work during the year. OFFICEBEARERS. The Committee, with the addition of Mr Andrew Lawrie, were re-elected, as were also the Treasurer and Secretary, and the meeting closed after votes of thanks had been passed to the Committee for their year's work. i,

CBlCKmr.

A match was played On Wednesday on the lomain ground between the Ashburton Cricket Club and the Banks, and resulted in a win for the former by 96 runs on the first innings. The Club batted first and pub together }56, G.« Andrews 74, E. Andrews 22, Percy 31, E. Dayis IQ, being the highest scorers. The Banks responded with fjO— Black 23 being' the only batsman to reach dquble figures. Davis and E. Andrews bowled well for the Club while out of th,e eight"bowlers'tried by the Brnks, Steward and Upton were the ttjqst successful.

A. Ghastly Aootdent.

Dalaiel's Bath correspondent says .*— Miss Strathmore, who was seriously injured a fortnight ago at the Park Theatre, Bath, while personating a figure in a living picture, " The Birth of the Pearl," is dying. The accident was of a most remarkable character. In the "The Birth of the Pearl,' which was a fountain picture, the two front corners were occupied by two young women, half ensconced in mermaids tails, while at the back of them stood Miss Strathmore, her arms held upwards, her hands grasping a shell above her head, She was cla4 only in fleshings and a tjiin undervest. As the curtains opened 5 and exposed the picture) the fountain streams begaft to play, throwing themselves all over Miss Strathmore's body. Under these circumstances it was necessary the water should be at least lukewarm, so a pipe of boiling water was, connected with the cold stream. The picture had been running without misadventure about six weeks, but on the night of the accident the cold stream was in fcome w&y turned off. Miss Strathraore felt the water growing hotter and hotter, but resisted the impulse to cry out. Finally, driven frantic by the scalding stream, she screamed and felt nsens'tblp. The "curtain was quickly lowered, when'it "jyas disc&feretj'tHai the poor girl liad been terribly burned. A medical man from the emergency hospital was summoned, whq, after examination, pronouncej the injuries to. be very sjeriqus,, Since then the girl hq,s diecj.

TfILR AgflßOKi:uJN£CltlAßl)liN t ffIOESDA*, JAOTABY 24, 1891.



Business Notice', __ Holidays Holidays. HOLIDAYS ARE NOW IN FULL SWING. t |MIE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN CANTERBURY FOR Drapery, Clothing, anil Boots. G J. WEIL L. Flannelettes 2i lid doz?n ! Double Bed Sheeting dhd Good Washing Print 3jd A Man's Real Good Suio for a Pound A Holiday Dress for 3s" lid A Boy's Suit for 3a lLd Calico 2s lid dozen * BOOTS. BOOTS. Ladies Shoes 4a lid | Men's Bluchers 4s lid Men's Nailed Shooters s lid I G. J. NEILL. EAST STREET, FRIEDLANDER'S BUILDINGS. 18 9 4. Christmas and New Year's Greeting FLETOHEE BROS-, HAVE JUST EEGEIVED EX GOTHIC— ■ 100 cases Finest New Vestisan Currants 50 boxes Finest New Sultanas 30 boxes Finest New Valencias 50 boxes Finest New Elemes 25 boxes Australian Muscatels, to be cleared at per 1b ALSO THE FOLLOWING JUST TL> HAND FOR CHRISTMAS TRADE- Jordan Almonds Dessicated Cocoanut Keene's Mixed Spice Preserved Fruits Preserved Ginger Pears, Peaches, Cordials, c&c. Apricots, <fee. Valencia Almonds ilb bottles of Persian Sherbit, 8d per bottle. splendid line of Christmas Cake in Fancy Baskets to be sold at la Od each. PLEASE NOTK that all those Goods are of the v«ry FINEST QUALITY PttOOrTK \BLK, whbh we intend to sell at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE A look at our windows will show. [PRESERVING SEASON, 1895. JUST LANDING Ex AURIGA, 27) tons Finest Mauritius Cans Sugar (1 lGi b.i^s This is the FINEST CANE SUGAR to bo got and jam, Ac, made, with it will keep almost any length of time. NOTE ADDRESS - FLETCHER BROS., CASH SUPPLY STORES, ASHBURTON, AND LOWER HIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH. Don t miss seeing our splendid show of Christmas Fruits, &c. jy. B RESTELL, COMMISSION AGENT, ARCADE. AGENT I'OR W'ALTSR A. WOOD'S SINGLE APRON HARVESTERS, MOWER SIDE DELIVERIES, op Peas, Clever, etc. Mowers, Rakes, Knife Grinders, Twine, Oil. Extras day and nigl.fc throughout harvest. Off iceiS of : Alliance Assurance Company, Colonial Mutual Life Assurance, Co., Ltd. Tradesmen's Bonks Kept, Debts Collected. B. B. M3STELL, ARCADE. JOHN ARTIST'S MATERIALS. I have Received a in a position to Supply I ehers, Foreign Canvas Selecc Stock of Winsor the Artists of Ashbur-1 Academy Boards, Oils, and Newton's Artist's \ ton with Oil Tubes, j Easels, Etc., Etc., Mft Materials, and am now Brushes, Oanvaa Stret-1 Very Cheap Rate, ; House Painting & Paperhanging. I HAVE Especially hanging Dwellings dur- Very Best of Oils and Reduced the Prices ing the summer months. Lead used in tbe work. «# Painting and Paper- N.B.—None but the A Large Stock of Paperhangings, Window Glass, and Picture Frame Mouldings on the Premises. J. WILSON, CORNER OF ARCADE ASP BURNETT STREET, ASHUCRTON,



Wanted fTyANTED a Blacksmith at once.— ** Apply, Tobert Patton, M< unfc Sotncrs. 1 138 YJTTANTED TO~~BELL-Whitech»pel * C*rt almost new, Harness And Korao, l.t er c*n be driven by lady. Apply Mail (-f« se. I*J&9 WANTED, Smart Youth for Office work. App'y .1 ons Okr a x dCo 1 128 fTTAKTRI?, by end of January, Eight W or Ten-loomed House, Ashburton or Suburb?. Apply Maid Office. 198 WANTED Known—Special line of Gents' Regatta Shirts, all aims, with or without collars, 2d 6d.—W. H» Collirr. TIEAUTTFULar.d useful Presents to JD all purchasers of 2s 6dand upwards. —IT. C Sjkgers, Meltcrd House. WANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optics lino at S. 3 alkie's, Optician. WANTED Known.- Having had such a successful season with Dresses, balance to clear %t nominal prices.— Mitchell and Turner. WANTED Known —Mrs Hoopbb (monthly nurso) is open to acoepr ongftgonumts. Apply, by letter, to Mrs Boopkb, Alford Forest Road, Ashburton, 11*134 PRESENTS. We are now aiving I Presents to all purchasers of 2a 6d tuid upwards.—ll. 0. Sjegkrs, Melford House. WANTED Known—AH wool Delaines, Prints, and Crepons below whole »a'e rates.—Mitchkll and Turner t VTANTED Known -Holders of W Present tickets can now get them changed.—H. 0. Skgers, Melford House. TTi ANTED Known—The Corner Is W showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.™ W, H. Collier. WANTED Known—That H. A. 1 lower, Confectioner, Eas f street, has a splendid variety of Fry's and Cadbury'B Chocalate Boxes, now in stock. BLANKETS bought at Edwards Bennet'a Sale, a special line of Double Blankets at 7s 9d. Ex^ra large and heavy 15? 6d and 16s 6d.—Robert Alcorn, Baker's Building' OWN Make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina foras ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, Vluslins, Flannelettes, Ttimmings, etc., at Mrs Alcorn's new shop, Baker's B hidings. WANTED Known—A tremendous run on our Gloves, 4|d upwards. —Mitchell and Turner. ROBERT ALOORN lias opened in ' Baker's Buildings, next the Court house, with a stock of Clothing, etc., bought at Edwards, Bennett's and the Kaiapoi Sales, the cheapest lot of gotfds ever brought to Ashburton, Also an issortment of Boots. BOY'S and Girls Own Annual, British Workman and Woikwomui, Infant's M-ififjizine, The Prize, Child's Companion, "!hi'dren's Fiieu', Little Dot, Family Friend, Band of Hope, Young E island, »nd other New Bo< k-s at Lowest Prices.— L. F. An or ewes and Co. 11 98 \T OTICE I Notice Sport for all Guns let out on hire or sold on im" payments. Having a professional 'unsmith on the premises, I undertake to epa'r Guns of any description, Gun 4 tit gs in stock. Prices low.—J, W Haudley, Ironmonger, etc <• "1 UNS ! Guns ! Guns ! My new stock J( of Gunsj ust to hand direct from he manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Leaders, Rifles, etc Jn ptctlon invited. No old stock to select Tom at J. W. Hardley's Sporting 'lt»pository HERBAL Beer, Herbal Bier. Six gallons of splendid Htrb-il Beor or 7c\ Made with a bottle of Potter's Herbal Beer Extract, price 7d per bottle. Warranted purely herbal. Fletcheh 8k03,. Wholesale and Betail Agents, Cash Supply Stores, Ashbarton and 0 iristchurch. BANG ! Bang i Bang ! My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, Cluo Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all isporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Hardley's, un Emporium T AJHEg' and Gentlemen's left-off JLJ Clothes $#d all kinds of goods bought, sold, or 03pb0j?g£d, — Mrs Knjight, opposite Templar R»\\, near Post Office. H HO CHEAP Christmas Presents, Cheap New Year Gifts, Cheap Toys, Cheap Dolls, Cheap Fancy Goods. Mbs Adams, Sagnders' Buildings. WANTED —Eyery Ltf? to jbrjr Madam Balcombe's Patent Ex panding Belt Corset (registered), guaran teed whalebone throughout, Orders left at Mr E, Hall's, Herbalist, Ashburton, will receive prompt attention. 10 86 WANTED Known—That o*ir.g to the .otfcgegs of the Sale now being held up at SauddLers' Buildings, epposite Rail way Staiion, it y'M jj?p continued for another twenty-eight day*. \am not advertising a few cheap lines, bub the whole of the stock. Don't lose the oppor tunity of securing genuine bargains—A Lawbie. J66 /CHRISTMAS Pwaeats, Choice Orna-, \J ments, Zithers and Jew's Harp?,! Balis and Dolla for everybody from id each; Jointed Dolls for 6d, Sleeping; Beauties Is. Chinese Conquerors 6d,! Russian Embassies Is, Walking Men, j Talking Dolls, Scotch Greys, and Ennis* killen Dragoons all wonderfully cheap at Mrs Aluoun's Ladies' Underclothing and Fancy Bazaar, Havelock street. WANTED Known —That if you are in want of a first class article in sum tner Bocts arid Shoes, you cannot do better than call at J. Moxson's ; you will get the very best at reduced prices. As for his owb tunke, they are well known to the delight of t&e fearers, throughout the Australasian colonies. $,eps?rs well done nnd at once Premier Boo£ Ma^e^, Town Hall Boot Store, F»« street, Asfoburto^L. •j QQC( New Year Cards and New iOt/t)« Gifts of various kinds. F.»ney Goods, including Fancy Glass and Chinawafta, Toys of various kinds, Chinese Lanterns, New Q&m&n for indoors and outdoors, including jt'ennis an,s jOricjfeet Material; Writing Desks a.nd .Oases, InkstandF, Photo and "Scrap' Albums, Ladies' Hand Bags, Picture Frames Pictures, Tex Ls, A^eopdeane, Concertinas, Violins, Zither Harps, Banios. and a great variety of other goods ail at Redu^3d Prieas tax Cash at L. F, ANDKEyES Isjp Co. a_ ' DOLLAR >CIGWeI'TI^ — 3d. N,o twltlew oT|)b.OtQß>--F ) EN»jr Z*NPE£, Wbp}fi • :



NEW ZEALAND CLOTH INS FACTORY, EAST STREET. Half-Yearly Stocktaking. STRAW HATS to be cleared out at Greasy Reduced Prices. Boy's Straw Hats 3s 61 for Is • Men's Straw Hvs 3s 61 for Is M n's Java Str.iw Hats 2s 9rl for 13 6d Men's Straw Hats 6s 9J for 3. 6J We do not often advertise Cheap Goods, but these are GENULNK, REDUCTIONS. BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. Boy's Strong School Boots 5s 6d Men's Light Balmorals Bs. 61 Men's Strong Canvas Shoes 5s Men' Strong Nailed Shooters 9a 6d You will Save money by purchasing your Boc>ts from the H. Z.J- F. Women s Canvas Shoes 4s 9d Women's Glace Kid Shoes 5s 6d Maids' Tan Strap Shoes 5a 6d NEW ZEALAND (JLOTHING FACTORY. Hallenstein Bros] \ bixit! 75Ixri\ OIXIT. mHBSE WATCHES are proving the BEST VALUE EVER OFFERED IN ASHBURTON, Prices: 12/6, ~20/- ? 25/-, & 30/. Only to be obtained from 8- SALEK, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, EAST STREET, ASH BURTON. 1 126



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