Asburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1895

The Triad man has beea out in God's sunshine He has covered the distance

THE " TRIAD."

between Dunedin and the Cathedral Qity, and looked in

at several places by the way. Timaru received the distinguished visitor, and Sydney Wolfe gets the compliment his musical merit deserves, but Timaru itself comes in for a poking up. It has "fallen from grace musically. Has no operatic society, no orchestral society, no liedertafel." The reason given is want of musical enthusiasm. The town has everything else wanted to supply all these musical good things, but the want of enthuuiam leaves things at zero. Triad says " the Salvation Army band in Timaru is probably the worst in the whole world. They post themselves opposite the Empire Hotel for an hour or two every evening} and make the night hideous by their fearful and wonderful performances. No one who reads the Triad will accuse me of prejudice against this institution, but they would worship God much more decently and in order if they engaged a good band master for a time, or else restrained their musical (?) enthusiasm until they receive their golden harps in another and better world." This is rough on the Timaru disturbers of the peace. The! critic, however, seems to have fallen on \ better things in Ashburton, This is what he has to say—" Now in Ashburton four " lassies " who sang opposite the hotel had rather nice voices, sang fairly in tune, and one actually sang a good second. There also Mr Jones conducts a good orchestra." Going into details of the first and second violins and cornets the j writer says one of each is good, but leaves one and all to think that he or she—for there are "shes" in the orchestra and good ones too—is the one alluded to, This man of the Triad has evidently measured up the amateur musician's nature very accurately. He then goes on to have a shot at the

Scotch people, and says-— wFolk ia Ashburton are for thp most part, ' quite English, you know,' and it is like an oasis in the desert to encounter a belated Scot there. People talk of Scottish communities *as conservative Well, that may be, but as a rule they are not snobbish- The average Scot is njuch mpre cosmopolitan ; better read, and apart fro.in religion, mqre broad minded than the average Englishman. Weil! has the shrewd Frenchtnan

country. It has a grand climate, splen did resourcesj and plenty of Scots." Mills, Dick and Co. of Dunedin, are the printers of the Triad, and it must be said of their work in this instance that no periodical printed in this colony can at all compare with it.| The little musical paper is the very perfection of printing.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr H. M. Jon«s has an important advertisement on our fourth page.

The Standard Time Act came into operation in Western Australia yesterday.

On Friday the National Bank shipped for Sydney, from Auckland, bullion to the value of £5200. The Bank of New South W ales despatched 838oz of bullion.

A monument has been erected by the school-teachers of the Auckland district at Purewa Cemetery to the memory of the late Mr W. P. Moat, at one period M.H.R for Rodney.

Visiting brethren and others are invited to attend the Thistle Lodge 8.0. this even ing* when the R. W.Gr. Master Bro Louisson and i>.G.L officers will condacD the cere mony of the annual Installation of R. W. Master, Bro A. A. Or.

The A.O. and A.A.C. will bring off the second heat in the competition for Mr Preston's prizes on Thursday next in the Domain at 5 o'clock. The distance this time is 3 miles. Entries close with the secretary on Tuesday night.

A shearer writes from Rakaia pointing out that the inspector of factories could geG more cases if he would visit the sheds when the shearers are there—not after they have gone. The writer instances a ahed where the sleeping room was one of 14fb by 14ft, and ten men had to sleep in it.

Tenders for leasing railway refreshment rooms for three year 9, from January 1, 1896; will be received at the head office, Wellington op to noon on December 16. It is understood that the original specifica tion has been cancelled, and a fresh one is now obtainable at the manager's office, Ohrietchurch*

Dairy produce taken from the colony by the Ruapehu consisted of 264 tons of butter and 146^ tons of cheese, collected as follows :~-LytteUon, 34 tons of butter and 6 tons of cheese ; Dunedin, 65^ tons of cheese; Auckland, 40 ions of butter; Wellington, 190 tons of butter and 75 tons of cheese. j A Press Association telegram from Wellington says bir 1\ Buckley having accepted the Jodgeship, has retired from the legal firm with which he has so l«mg been associated, and the partnership has 'been dissolved. Instead of Buckley, Stafford, and Treadwell, it will now be Stafford, Treadwell^and Field. TheDui^tfHHMays :— It is under ttflMMflj^^^^^Hnial Treasurer has made during the feasibility of nl^^^^^^^^^H of State fire iusur annH^^^^^^^Btter has been and is I now *(^^^^^^^F non> gentleman's

It is pr^WMiat the unemployed diffi culty will be very acute in Napier shortly (says the News). Within the Jast two weeks thirty-two men employed in quarry ing stone for the Harbour Board have been dismissed, and the services of those remaining in the quarries (15) will also ba dispensed with within a week or two. The Journal of the Department of Labour, published on November 29, has the following remarks concerning the labour market in Aabburton —Building and engineering trades, busy ; the agricultural show this month has probably improved ! trade; clothing trades, fairly busy; retail trades, rather quiefc; unskilled labour, a number of man are idle. The volunteer camp fire will be held to night at the camp, to which merry making all old friends of the corps are invited at; eight o'clock. The Captain desires us to hint to the population of the town that the bkz3 will be somewhat big, but there will be no necessity for any timorous person in the town taking fright and ringing the fire bell, as the Brigade already kaows all about it. A flit-bottomed boat, evidently a fisherman^ coble for river and shallow water fishing, came ashore on the Wakanui beach, on Friday lash. It was found jusfc stranded by the brothers A. and W. Jamiefon, who were out for a stroll, and some men in the employ of Mr Isaac Thompson harnessed a horse to it, and had it hauled into one of the gullies for safety- It is fifteen feet long, and is not apparently very old. ' The Tinwald Dairy Factory advertises 3d per gallon of lllbs as the price paid there for milk. Farmers would do well to note this and give the factory a trial. Selling milk in this wholesale way to the factory gets rid of all the drudgery of the dairy, all the trouble of selling the products to the storekeepers and others; and when it is noted that to produce a pound of butter the farmer's dairy uses about three gallons of milk, the price paid by the factory is equal to about 9d per lb for butter—and what farmer's wife can always count on that 1 A very successful entertainment was held in the Town Hall, JEtakah, on Friday night, in aid of the funds of the Preaby* terian Sunday School. There was a large and appreciative audience. Mr W- Harri son, Doric, gave an interesting and amus ing lantern exhibition. An excellent musical programme was gone through comprising vocal and instrumental items by Misses Grubb (2), Hardy and Thomp son, and Messrs Aus in. Malcolm, and R. Sharp. Mr McCandlish gay c a recitation. At the close a hearty vote of thanka was accorded to the performers, on the motion of Mr Robert Oakley, Mr C, Tucker fulfilled the duties of chairman. The attempt to dispose of immense tracts of land in the Sounds district as pastoral runs has- again failed. At invercargill on Wednesday, laraa tracts of country in Wallace and Fiord counties — round the Sounds and Lakes Manapouri and Te Anau — divided into fifteen pastoral runs ranging from 2000 to 76,000 acres, did not attract a bidder, although the upsets were ludicrously small—£7 per ! annum for the largest run. From the particulars given by the Southland Times ife appears that there was very little demand for other land also. Out of seven grazing privileges only two were sold— namely, 400 acres at Wend on at 3d per acre, and 15acres at Otara at Ifis. Town ship sections were a drug, except in the case of those at Winton and Campbell town. I have two little grand children who are teethipg this hot summer weather and are troubled with bowel complaint, |give them Chamberlain's Colic, Oholera and Diarrhrea Remedy, and it acts like a charm. I earnestly recommend it for children with bowel trou. bios. I was myself taken with a . severe attack of bloody flux with cramps and paina in my stomach, one-third of a bottle of this remedy cured me. Within twenty-four hours 1 was ou*i of bed and doing my house work. Mrs W. L. Dunagan, Bon-aqua, Hickman Co , Term. For sale by the Ash «uhtox Drtc Oowpaky, Ltp,

THE WEATHER.

ALFORD STATION.

'Xhe following is the Meteorological report for the week ending November 29, 1895 :—

J Adelaide, December 2 Further heavy rain has fallen, causing considerable floods and wash outs in the northern districts. The change in the weather, however, has come too late to materially benefit the crops

The Strathmore Private Hospital.

Lyttelton Times.

Ir is obvious 'hat an institution which will improve the technique of the surgery practised in a district confers a benefit to that district both directly and indirectly. Such a benefit ia about to he bestowed upon Chriatchurch by the erection, by Mrs T. Cochrane Brown, of a private hospital for Dr Townend, in which cases will be treated under conditions as nearly perfect as they can be made by modern science. It aeema a pity, by tha way, that it should have been left to private enterprise to establish such an institution, but so much more kudos mast be allowed to the promoters who have done what the representatives of the public have not yet ventured to attempt. The new hospital is at " Strathmore " on the Ferry Eoad, near the corner of the East Belt. Here, pleasantly situated with a high hedge, a lawn, and trees enough to give just enough privacy and shelter, stands a large two storied house of some thirty rooms, well and substantially built of tocara. The timber is of uncommonly largo size, and the construction is unusually solid and strong. About half of the hiuse is a few years old, the remainder is ju-sb out; of the builders' hands. All the requirements of a hospital are met. On the ground floor are Dr Town^nd's room, a patients' wait ing room, sitting room, bedrooms for patients, kitchen, pantry and other offices. Tho first fl >or contains the oper ating room, matin's room, an electric bathroom, »n ordinary bathroom, an apartment for electrical treatment, and private rooms for patients. The feature of greatest interest in the institution is the operating, which has been constructed in accordance with tha latest discovered principles of modern science. Ifc is 18ft square, lofty and amply lighted bysouthern and eastern windows, each Bft by 6ft, and by three skylights. Extraordinary pre cautions have been taken to secure a suitable temperature and absolutely purs air in the room. I« order to prevent the radiation of heat, the walls, floor and ceiling are formed of coke concrete, 6in in thickness in the walls, Sin in the floor and Sin hi the ceiling. This is covered inside with Port land cement, and the whole of the interior of the 100m —walls, floor and ceiling—is lined with sheets of thick glass embedded in plaster or Paris and firmly screwed i# position Herein lie 3 one cause of the superiority of the room ; the glass affords no refuge for germs, and owing to the large size of th£ plates, the joints aremuch fewer than in rooms lined with tiles. The joints are, however, as well protected as possible. Kach class plate is 2r'c 6in long, 2ft in width, and half an inch thick. With the view of guarding against sudden changes of temperature, the windows and doors are double, and at the top and bottom of the window sashes are air filters—frames filled with two sheets of wire netting, between which are placed layers of c tton wool for mechanically filtering the air, and medi cated gauz3 to render it aseptic, Tha window-sashes are counterbalanced. It is intended that air shall be admitted through the window sashes in summeri; For winter ventilation there is a differen arrangement. Between the floor of the operating room and the c iling of the apartment below, is a large ventilating chamber, into which air is admitted from outside the house through a large aperture fitted with a filter similar to those In the window sashes. From this chamber the air passes into a heating chamber behind the gas fire which is the principal means of heating the room. Afcer having been warmed here it is admitted to the operat ing room through a regulating valve above the fire-place. A temperature of 9Qdeg can be maintained, and the air of the room can be completely changed ten times an hour. The lighc coming from above is regulated by meaus of blinds working be tween the double ghsses of the skylights. For lighting at night there is % powerful Wenham gas lamp. Here it may be noted that no gas f omes will be allowed to be diffused in the room, as there arc special ventilating arrangements for carrying them off. The floor of the room has a slight slope towards an outlet'for drainage and there are taps for hat and cold water, from winch eve^y part of th&rQom oan be thoroughly washed by means of hose.

The fittings and furniture of the operate ing-room will be thoroughly aseptic, and have been ordered from Richard Kny and Oj., of New York. The operating table is to be on<3 designed by Dr Edelhohls, con sisting of three plates of polished French glass, tset in iron frames and with rubber caafco rs. It is adapted for general operations and speqially for laparofcomy and gynaecological wort. There are to be a large sterilisar for purifying purgical dressings and the doctors' and nurses' clothing, and a .smaller one for sterilising instruments. Efeat is the purifying agent in these appliances. An eleotro-plated boiler, resting on a marble slab, will be used chiefly for sterlising the water em ployed in the operations, for every drop of water used in the room has to be rendered absolutely free from even the suspicion of the presence of the dreaded germs.

SPORTING.

D.J.C. SPRING MEETING.

THIRD DAY.

Fokbury Racecourse, November 30.

Concluding events: —

Grand Stand Handicap..—Quiltiri, 7at 61b, 1 ; Emmeline, fat 101b, 2; Lord Zet land, Bst 61b, 3. Won by a length. Divi dends— £1 15s and 16s» Nursery Ha^dioab.—Marlin 1, Dami gella 2, Pitch and Toss 3, Dividends—£4 5s and £2 ss. Trot.—Duchess 1, Honest Wilks 2, J.H, 3. Dividends—£s 88 and £2 Ba. Farewell Handicap. — Hippomenes 1, Saracen 2, Dilemma 3. Dividends—£s Ss and £2 3a,

The fire Brigade.

At the gathering in celebration of the twentv-firat anniversary of the Ashbuiton Fire Brigade, held on November 20, Mr '. W. K. Dolman, the engineer to the Brigade, gave an interesting history of , that body, which has been ao loag associated with the history of the borough. 'Settlement ou the plains towards Ash burton could hardly be said to have tsegun until early in the seventies, but once the tide did sefc in ifc flowed rapidly indeed, and 1874 found Ashburton (as townships went then) a township of con \ siderable importance. It was then a part of what was at that time the Ash barton Road District. That district has since been considerably dismembered, and there are now a number of separate local bodies discharging Hie functions of the Old Board. The first secession was the Ashburton Borough. The district that remained waß divided in two, and the Wakanui and Long beach Road Districts, came into exkbeuce, the river being marie the dividing line. By this division the name "Ashburton Road District" was dispensed with, and dropped out of sight and hearing. Then the Hampstead Town District, an off-shoot of Wakanui, came into existence; followed shortly after by the Tinwald Town District, on the other side ef the river. But it was not till 1878, and well into that year, that Ashburton was declared a municipality. Four years^ before that event, however, the place had become sufficiently large and populous as to suggest to some of the leading spirits of the place the necessity for a Fire Brigade, and so a Brigade was formed. Ifc was afc this point that Mr Dolman's historic il notes began, as he was not, writing a history of the borough, bab of the Brigade. As he compiled his dates and facts, from the ralnuta book of the Brigade, wMch is now also before the writer, these are of course perfectly reliable. And ifc may here be noted before proceeding further that the forma tion of a fire brigade was the first indica tion given by the settlers that they realised the likelihood of bfae town becom ing at a comparatively early date a very important centre of population. The Brigade was really the first organisation of the townspeople, and is older by four years, as has been said, than the borough j itself. Mr Dolman wenfe on— On Friday, November 20,1874, a meeting was held in the Courthouse (now the offices of the Wakinui Road Board and then of the Ashburton Board, as well as being i a sorb of general purposes meeting house for the district.) It waa called by Mr" J. ( Stanley Bruce, the then agent for the I New Zealand Insurance Company, with the object of forming a fire brigade and fire police for Ashburton, The very first page of the minute book is interesting to old settlers, as witness the names of thai Committee appointed to canvass the district for funds, and to ask the Provin cial Council for a water supply for the town—Messrs Thomas Bollock, Stephen K. Poyntz, J. M. Cambridge, C W, . Greenwood. W. H. Meikleham, C. E. , Fooka, J. Leggett, and J. Stanley Bruce, , A week later Mr W. H. Meikleham, a master mainer then resident in Ash- L burton, was elected Captain of the , Brigade. -The plant this Brigade was . possessed of comprised Two dozen iron buckets, - Three American axes, [ One cross-uut saw and one hand-saw, l Two fire hooks with 12 feet handles,* , One grapnel and chain, i Three 10 feet ladders to connect, and j An alarm bell. i The whole cost £36, The business dnring ■ the first year consisted moetly of etirrinj? I up the Insurance Companies tor subsidies, »] badgering the Provincial Government for

a water supply and an engine, and when

the first anniversary waa held Mr Stanley Brace's report-, sated that £250 had been

voted by.the Vrovinciil Government for a

fire engine, and an order had been sent to London for one. The next minufce re corded the arrival of the engine in Port Lyttelton, and the next; chronicles the steps taken to build a shed for ifc. The engine arrived in Asbbnrtqn in due course and it speaks well for the careful handling it has received, for the sturdy character of its construction, as well as for. the attention as regards beeping it in working order that it has received from Mr Dolman himself (though his modesty made him studiously careful to make no mention of this) that it is in as gooc 1 working order to this day, after twenty one years of practice and frequently very hard work. After Mr Meikleham re signed Mr Goorga Compfcon, a carpenter and builder, was elected to th% position, on July 3, 1876. In 1878 the municipality was proclaimed, and the Brigade tendered its services to the borough. These were accepted, and considerable progress was made towards increasing the efficiency of the brigade A. new and larger alarm bell was erected, and the fire station which had till then been on the section n,ow occupied by the shop of Mr Will am Sparrow, was removed fco a. site In a more central position—on one of the borough reserves in Wakanui Road, nearly oppo the Oddfellows' Hall, Coupled tube wells were sunk In several parts of the town, and were found to be useful indeed for fire purposes. February 1880 saw another change of Gaptain. Mr Dompf^on resigned, and Mr Jamea Wilkie, who had ' been overseer to the Road Board, but) took to journalism snd vitas a reporter on the staff of the Herald and Guardian,, (and has sines, by the way, been editor of th? now defunct Wellington Press) was elected to the position. Mr Wilkie held office for only one year, but it was the.j most eventful year in the Brigade's history. Up to this time the water supply of the town, although abundant enough for domestic purposes—thanks to a good artesian souroe-r-was wofully deficient for fire prevention purposes. When the borough separated, for purposes of local government, from the county, the Council had of course to allocate to the new body the share of funds that belonged to it.

The County Council voted a sum of £6000

for a water supply fof the town- Rhip, and with that money the water supply 6shem,e which we now have through the Domain was brought in, the work being carried out by Mr C, B. Fooks, the borough engineer. At first glance €5000 seems a large sum to have paid for such a scheme, but included in the cost was that of a substantial outfa,U dyai.txth,a,t rnns down the East Belt %n.d empties ih se!f into the th.ab carries th© was'e to, the river. AH tha wori: that has been done an, efee Domaio, since' then has been clone with funds otherwise

obtained, but a portion of the street channelling in the borough has to be in- eluded in the original sum. The. result of it all is that the town now possesses a stream of river water flowing down almost! every street 1, and those streams afford I sufficient water $0 supply the three" engines the brigade now possesses. But this is a digression (though perhaps net an uninteresting one) from Mr Dolman's notes, and the story of the minute book. A brigade without a sufficient water supply can lordly b,e called an efficient fire brigade, but the advent of thia supply gave the Decembers fresh enthusiasm, and the Borough Council became more liberal, and gave the men complete uniforms. Mr .). 0. Dolman, a local plumber ancl <wfitter, and brother of Mr falter E. Dolman, was the next captain, taking office in February 1881. This gentleman served till March 1885, and during his term of. office, some residents, on the western side of the railway, fancying thnt their interests in t^e matter of fire pre vention w;are not seen to as wp!l as they ought to be, organised a Brigade of feheit own, and, purchased, » small engine tbftfc.

had been shown ab the Ashburton ex hibitions Thia was in 1882. During Captain Dolman's term of office, Mr W, E Dolman received the appointment from the Borough Council of custodian of tha fire plant, which was considerably added to and improved, as well as the discipline of the brigade. This gentleman also compiled a drill book for the use of the brigade (the first attempted in the colony), which has since been revised, improved, and enlarged. The later edition is quite a standard work on brigade drill, and is extensively used throughout the colony. Mr J. A. Caygill, an Ashburtoia solicitor, was the next captain, and held office from April to December of 18P6. To htm suc ceeded the late Mr G. F Scott, who held office till the close of 1890. Mr Scott's term was marked by the purchase of a ! steam fire engine for the brigade ; by the military discipline which he was able to introduce into the brigade, his own mili tary training standing him in good stead, supported as he was by Mr W. E. Dol man, who afc present is also captain of the local volunteers and an admirable drill; by the amalgamation of the Western Brigade with that of the borough ; by a complete outfit of new uniforms for all the members ; by the erection of a meet ing room for the members, and cither matters. A serious affliction unfitted Mr Scott for further brigade or military duty, and he had to relinquish his connection with the brigade and the CY.G., of which he was Sergeant-Major, an well as the business he was carrying on in town. His incapacitation was a source of general regret throughout the fire brigade and vokmfceer circles of the colony, ia both o£ which he had done yeomanly service* The next captain waa Mr A, A. Fookp, architect and surveyor, bub also a volun teer officer who had made his mark in the service, and had been adjutant of the South Canterbury Battalion of Rifle Volunteers. He had been superintendents of the Western Fire Brigade for some years, so that he came to the Borough Brigade with some experience. He is still captain of the brigade, an \ has had to fight several fires, some of them large, and has done so with credit to himself and to tho brigade. Since he fcook com mand, the plant has been considerably added to, a new fire station to house the large engines has been built in brick, and the telephone has been infcrodnoel. Mr Dolman's narrative has nob been strictly adhered to in the Icregoing, though his main facts have been absorbed. And the writer will depart a good deal further frotn the narrative and add that in all the years he has been in the district he has not been blind to the progress the brigade has made, nor to how much of that pro gress was due to Mr Dolman himself Mr Dolman's enthusiasm has infected the members all through, and—the metaphor is nob too hyperbolic—there were many years during which Mr Dolman " carried the brigade upon his back." Well he knows, and every resident knows, ho«r much it owes him, how poor a show Its would often have made without his teach ing and training, and that bub for these (and, of course, the good use made of them), there would have been few indeed of the trophieß won by Ashburton teams to adorn the reading room of the brigade. Coming back to the .notes. Mr Dolman i gives a list of the fire appliances, etc., the brigade row possesses. Ifc runs thus— One vertical B size steam fire engine. One 22-men manual fire ©agine. One 16-men horse carriole fire engine. One hose reel. Two hand engines.

2340 feet beat canvas hose,

Fire hooks, ladders, ropes, fire engine horse harness, buckets, etc, a)! in good order and condition.

Two fire engine stations and two fire alarms—one eastward and one westward of the railway line. The whole o? the borough's property In possession of the brigade for fire preven tion has cost upwards of £1300—so thafe from a bucket brigade 21 years ago with a plant worth £36 the brigade has. risen to be one of the best in the colony. Tha brig-ide^ teams have gone at different times to tho competitions of the United Fire Brigades, and have came home laden with honors, as the trophies in the meet*. Ing room so brilliantly prove. Ab the Ohristchurch demonstration In 1892 an. Ashburton team for the manual wagina two-men event established a record of 3S seconds, which all New Za&land has as yet failed to reduce. That the Ashbarton Brigade has a name of some repnte among the brigades of the ©olony may be learned from the faqfc that two of their captains— Messrs Scott and Foeks—have, held tha office of Tice-presidenb ol the United Fire Brigades Association. Mr Dolmen's notes end with the following motto of the fire men ;—

Ever ready, ever willing, Always eager, always brave, Never failing, never shrinking, Striving with a will to save.

Drowning Case at Timaru

Peculiar Ciixuinstmtms

A. supposed case of drowning wlfcb un ueual circumstances Was reported in Timaru on Sunday of Mr McNanghfcon, % farmer and drover of Winchester, who came to town oh Satnrday. After tea at a boarding-house, he got a towel to bathe in the sea. He did not return, but was supposed to have gone with his brother whom he had come in to see. On Sunday morning the towel and a suit of clothes were found on the shore at a spot dangerous for bathing. Though a lot of Mc> Taughton's letters, etc. (except soms money) were in the pockets, they are said not to be his clothes.

The following regarding the ease is from the Timaru Herald:— That John Murray McNaaghfcon has been drowned by misadventure there seems to be no room for doubb; there is no mystery so far. But when the clothes found at the Benvenue oliff came to be examined, an element of mystery was developed. Mrs Taylor^ daughter identified the towel aa the on© she gave to McNaughton ; bat,, notwithstanding that McNaugfetcn'a papers were fonnd in the pockets, fcha clothes are not his. They are smaller than a man of his size e>ml& wear, are more soiled and worn than a man in his position would woae, and several persons are confident thai they are not the clothes he did wear on Saturday evening. Mr McNaughton was seen to have home money, several notes, and some silver in his posaessian on Saturday ; and there was none in the pockets of the clothes found. If these were McNansthton'a clothes, the pockets had been riflod for moneyj but everything about them seems to point; to the conclusion that someone passing ejected an exchange of outfit, taking the miss ing man a money to boob. The clothes found consist of a tailor-made. suit of brownish tweed, coat and vesfc half worn, tronsera much worn and very roughly patched; light*colouied fine tweed hat, old and soiled ; whits sfowrched shirt, old and frayed, tickoced "Drans mond and Glasson," linen collar, old pink flannel undershirt), ditto grey socks, and in place of the lße»*up boots worn by McNaughton^ a pair of "shearer's 1* leather slippers. It may be suggested wi*b, a show of reason, that whoever effected the exchange, was carrying his own property in bag or swag, because the slippers left have not been walked oa much since they were soiled in or about a bheepyard. Under the heel of one of them there is stuck in the dirt some short wool, whiah, with the dirt, would have worn off oy very little walking on a dry road or on shingle

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Business Notices. Cheaper Than Ever. G, J. . N E I L L IN Premises lately occupied by F. Nokes, Bootmaker, next Shearman Bros Ladies' Trimmed Hats 4s lid Boys' and Girls' Sai'or Hats lOd each MILLINEEY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Ladies' Norfold Bodice 2s 9d New Dress Goods Goods 6sd Good Washing Prints 3s lid dozen New Dress Goods Is Good White Muslin 3s lid dozen Corsets 2s 3d pair GLOVES AND RIBBONS AT YOUR OWN PRICE. Men's All Wool Colonial Tweed Suits 19s 6d Boys' Trousers at Any Price Men's Kaiapoi Tweed Suits 22s 6d Men's Trousers 5s lid Boys' Suits 3s lid HATS, CAPS, SHIRTS, AND TIES AT HALF PRICE BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. All Our Boots are made Specially to our order. Every Pair Guaranteed. Men's Kail Shooters 7s lid Women's Shoes 4s 6d Men's Bluchers 4s 9d 9 Women's Shoes 5s lid Men's Balmorals 7s 6d TAN BOOTS AND SHOES OF EVEB,Y DESCRIPTION Q. J. NEfLL, BPRNETT STREET NEXT SHEARMAN BROS. TEA TEA. TEA. GREAT REDUCTION.__GREAT REDUCTION, FLETCHER BROS., HAVING cleared out of bond, Large Parcels 'of Tea at 3d per 1b Redaction on the old tarift, we are enabled to sell better Tea at a Lower Price than anyone in Ashburton Get Our Quotation Before Buying Elsewhere, Seeds! Seeds!! That are Sure to Grow. * TUENIP SEED. Our Turnip Seeds are grown from Specially Selected Roots by growers ot repute in the South of England. The following varieties are in stock :— Carter's Blephant Swede Aberdeen Green Top Yellow Improved Skirvings Purple Top Aberdeen Purple Top Yellow Swede Mammoth Purple Top White Devonshire Greystone Etc., Etc. Rape Seed. ■ Rape Seed. BKOADLEaF ESSEX KAPE. FIELD CARROTS. FIELD CABROTS. As in the case of our Mangel Seeds, these have special atten tion by the careful selection of well shaped Roots from which the Seeds are grown. . James' Scarlet Intermediate Giant Green Top White Scarlet's Short Horn Belgian ? &c, &c. Mangel Seed. Mangel Seed. The Greatest possible care is taken in growing all our Mangel Seeds. Grown from selected roots, they cannot fail giving the greatest satisfaction. Mammoth Loner Red, Champion Orange Globe, Etc BE SURE AND GET OUR QUOTATION BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE Seasonable Goods. We have just received and to arrive several large con signments of Seasonable Goods specially selected for us. 10 Cases Sheep Tongues, lib tins 5 Oases Fresh Herrings 5 Cases Sheep Tongues, 21b tins 3 Cases New Zealand Mullet 10 Cases Salmon, Cocktail Brand 2 Cases 21b tins Corned Beef 2 Oases 21b tins Corned Mutton 3 Oases Preserved Pears 3 Cases Preserved Apricots 3 Oases Preserved Peaches 15 Oases St Georges' Jam?, lib tins 10 Oases Jam, 21b tins 5 Oases Slrawbery Conserve (most Delicious 50,000 Corks. 50,000 Corks. To Herbal Beer Makers and Others. We have just landed 5 bales of some of the Best Shape and Size Corks which have ever arrived in Canterbury, which we are enabled to quote at Very Low Prices for Large Quantities. FLETCHER BROS., CASH SUPPLY STOKES, BAST STREET, ASHBURTON, AND 116 and 118 High Street, Christchurch. Advertised Agents for Nimmo and Blair s Reliable Farm and Garden Seeds Friedlander Bros., Limited, WOOL. WOOL. WOOL. SEASON—IB9S-1896. WF ARE PREPARED TO mTkB LIBERAL O&SH ADVANCES Slowest current rates, and freb of commis- SION, on ALL WOOL placed in our hands for Sale, either locally or for shipment to the Home market. OUR SECOND SALE WILL TAKEPLAOE AT CHRISTCHUROH ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13th. CLIENTS will kindly consign"'toliESSßS WOOD BROS private Siding, Addington, or, if more convenient, deliver their W 00l either at our Ashburton or Tinwald- Stores, where it will receive the most careful att6lNo n char S e. will be made for transferring Clips from our Stores to Christchurch, except railage. _, TTI ,  t, ATvnrwr'Tnra Wool intended for THIS SALE should reach ADDINGTON not later than TUESDAY, DECEMBER^ 10, 1895. Friedlander Bros., Limited.







p R iND ART UNION & JAPANESE II A 3E_A A K. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS WEDDING PRESENTS BIRTHDAY PRESENTS Uncommon and Nica Uncostly and Grood SPECIAL DEDUCTION FOR SCHOOL PRIZ'-.S. SoUTE END OF ,* IWADE Art, Union Ticicets sonfe to all part.*' on rccipt of Stamps up till December 2'J WBEI4T JSLSTON, Inauguw^w J



Wanted. 'IPIN WALD Cheese and Butter Factory *• are prepared to receive milk in any quantity at 3d per gallon of lllbs. 1,2 1 "I" OST, on Friday, between Norman's i JL-J Paddock and Domain Gate, Silver Wach, Finder rewarded on returning | co Mitchell and Turner. 12 6 FTKNRY HOOPER, Ei?er Bank ! .JCIL Garden, Allenton, begs to notify i that he will call on old customers and new ones three times a week with Vegetables and Fruit of ail kinds in season. Young pants for sale. 11 104 WANTED Known—Dresses made to order in our well-known superior style and finish for 10a 6d.—Aehbnrton Drapery Company. 11J78 WANTED Known—l am a Buyer of Bottles-pints, quarts. Whiskey, and Brandy ; also Old Iron, wrought and cast; Bones in large or fmall lots ; Zinc, Braaa, and Horse Hair.—Charles Brown, Eton Street, bottom of Havelock, Ash bnrton. 11144 ANTED Known.—That I have just received large consignments of Groceries, Orockery, Glass and Enamelled ware, which I am prepared to sell at lowest possible pricea for cash. Inspec ! tion Invited. Goods delivered daily in Town and Suburbs. Families waited on for orders. E. Mahood, East Belt Cash Store. 10 152 , . /TO LET.— Seven-roomed House with ■ *■ half-acre of land, also Four-roomed Cottage, Hampstead. Apply Edward Stephens, Tancred Street. 11 177 ~^^^:D^a^^^lFyioTar6niard on Boots try Mellok's Zealandia Boob Store. ViT ANTED Known—Repairing made *™ to look like new. Mellor's Zealandia Boot Stere, TITANTED Known—Men's Suits 17a . *" 6d, Kaiapoi Tweed Trousers 9a lid, Knlcker Suits 4s lid, Caps 6d.— Ihe Corner. W. H. Collier WANTED— Ladies to see ihe latest styles in Boots and Shoes.— Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED, Known—For good value in Drapery, Millinery, &c, go to Melford House Tickets tor presents siven *o all cash purchasers.—H. C. Sjegerr, WANTED Known—Mellor's Zea landia Bjot Store has Ladies' Kid Shoes at 6a 6d. WANTEDKnown— <?o toTHECoRNER for Newest Styles In Drapery and Millinery—W. H Collier. WANTED Known—No oldltahloned Goods at Mjsllor's Zealandia Boot Store. / \ENTLEMEN who wish to dress \ T comfortably, and with good taste and economy, should vlait our Clothing and Outfitting Department.—Mitchell j and Turner. . j HERBAL Beer Extract 7d per bottle Sufficient to make six gallons of splendid Herbal Beer. This extract saves boiling herbs ; is pure ; makes a splendid tonic beer; non-intoxicating, with h creamy head, like bottled Ale.—Fletcher Bros., Wholesale and Retail Agedts, Ash burton and Phristchurch WANTED Knosrn—Stacks of cheap Boots and Shoes at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED— Every man to try Mellor's Bluchers, only 4s lid. rvRfcSSES ! Dresses ! Dresses ! Trim ■*•■'' minc;s of all kinds, Millinery and Mant'ea, Jackets and Blouses, New and Stylish Goods at moderate prices.— Mitchell and Turner WANTED Knowa—Girls' neat; Kid Shoes 5i 6i at Mellor's Zea landia Boot Store. EOLtDAY Suits—A Kaiapoi iMiit for 27* 6d, Boys' Km'cker and Cambridge Suits from 7s 6d, Men's Suits to Mt-asure from 455, Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed at R. Alcorn's WANTED— Everybody to examine the Goods and Prices at Mhllor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known—We are now giving Tickets for Presents to all cash purchases of IJrapery, Millinery, &c. —-H. C. Seoebs, Melford House. W "ANTED Known—Mellor'p Zea landia Boot Store is the cheapest Boot shop in Ash barton, WANTED Known—so pairs Ladies and Girls' Leather Top and Canvas Tennis Shoes, at half usual price, for two weeks only.— Andrew Orr. 10 136 WANTED Known—Mellor s Boots and Shoes stand like brass ; try a pair. OWN Make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing. Aprons, and.Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, Muslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs Alcorns new shop, Baker's Buildings. WANTED Known—Newest Goods in Drapery and Millinery for the Summer Season, direct from London— W. H. Collier, The Corner, TAIARIES for 1896. A new and JL^ choice selection of Christmas and Naw Year Cards now opened up, and others arriving by every mail ; also Cards with New Zealand scenery for distant friends. Orders now being booked for Christmas Numbers of English and Colonial Illustrated Papers now arriving. All Goods reduced this month for cash at L F. Andrewes and Co, Stationer's Hall. A/I EN'S Bluchers os, a good Strong Nailed Shooter at 8s 6d ; » nice I assortment of Ladies' and Children's Boots and Shoes from Is 9d a pair at R, Alcoen's TIT ANTED Known—24o Pairs of VV Sample Boots at cost price.— Met.lor's Zealandiaßoot Store. 1% ,' ANTED Known—We are now VV showing all kinds of Summer Draoery, Mrlinry, &c. Everything maikcd ' as low as possible. —H. C. Sbgbrs, Melford n»j'e- MRS ALCORN having secured the services of a London Milliner, will now be able 10 Supply Ladies' and Chil dren's First-class Millinery in the most Artistic and Fashionable style in New Zealand. A nice assortment of Dress goods in stock fIURKS, 4JOKK& 50,000 Corks. Notice *—' to Herbal Beer makers and others. Wf) have jartfc received five bales of splendidly shaped Corks, which we can quoto at a very low price for large quantities — Fletcher Bros., East Street, Ashburton __ LETI '3 DIARIES for 1896. Rough Pocket and Medical Diaries, New ZeaLind Diaries, Date Blocks, New Goods jusfc opened up» Stationery, Plated ware, and Fancy Goods"; Scripture "^xm, m>w iind pretty designg. Orders for .hritmS «MW*?» PQ? »»«*«»"-, 1 1L M. JotiKj, i



PUBLIC NOTICES WAROO! THE CURE FOR INDIGESTION. Adiburton Drug Company, Agents 11 108 JUVENILE DEPARTMENT NEW ZEALAND piOTHI N,O FACTORY. BOYS' MELLVILE SUITS, Aahburton Tweed. 345 67 89 10 8/9, 9/6, 10/-, 10/6, 11/-, 11/6, 12/-, 12/ ---11 12 13/- 13/6. BOYS' TWEED SAILOR SUITS. 3456 7 3 9 8/9, 9/-, 9/3, 9/6, 10/-, 10/3, 10/6. BOYS' SERGE MARITIME SUITS, Our own make. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10/9, 11/6, 12/6, 13/-, 13/6, 13/9, 14/6. SPECIAL. If your Boys are hard to fit, we will make a Suit to fit them at the above prices. BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. Boys' School Boots from ... 4s 6d Bojs' Canvas Shoes from ... 2s 9d HEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. Sole Agents for the famous "Victory" Sewing Machine. ALEX. HENDRY, 'Manager DIXIT. DlXjflfc DIXIT. 4^B /■J.UARANTBED Pare » mS and to wear like Silver. New Shipment of „,-- t DIXIT WATCHES. I Open" Face ... ... 20s and 25s Hunting Oases ... 25s and 30a These Watches are well finished, Capital Time-keepers and are withont doubt THE BEST VALUE IN THE WATCH LINE EVER OFFERED IN ASHBCJRiON, To be Obtained From S. Salek, Watchmaker and Jeweller, East street >i "»■■ —— ■"■",■■ ■ Li'rrr^a MAIL NOTICES. Mails close for the following places as under, subject to the necessary altera tions : — TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3. For Northern Ports, per Penguin, at 6.3 C a.m. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4. For Northern Ports and Australian colonies, and also for the United Kingdom and Europe (via Brindisi), India, China, Japan, &c, per Wakatipu, afc 10.30 a.m, Due London January 21. .„



The great clearing sale of S. Anderson's stock of Boots and Shoes, announced by McDonald and MoDiarmip is coming to a close within ten days. Secure a pair of Boots at once at the reduced price. }1 15 OIABKKS WORLD-T'AWfED BLOOD MIXTURE is a guaranteed care for all Blood and' Skin daeases, It i| th 6 mo!*b searching blood jleanser ever discovered, and it will free the system from all impurities from whatever cause arising. For scrofula, scurvy, eczema, bad sores and pimples of all kinds its effect are marvellous.' Thousands of testi monials Sold everywhere at 2s 9d per ' bottles. Beware of worthless imitations and 1 giibstitutesi {}'



•KEATING'S POWDERS destroys Bugs Fleas, M«.th», Beetles, all other insects, whilst quite harmless to domestic animals, I In exterminating Beetles the success of this powder is extraordinary. It is perfectly plean in application- See the articleyo ( upurchase is Kjeatongs, i.e r , with tu^, signature Thomas Keatiijc* on each tin, as imitation^ are i n,bxiftu.s' aad inefiectual, Sold in tins, <M and la each, by all chemists. One Box ofClakke's 841 Pills is warran ted to cure all discharges from the Urinary Organs, in either sex (acquired or eonsti tutional), Gravel and Pains in the B»ok. Guarranteed free from fyj^eroury. Sold in Boxes 4s 0d each, by all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors thronghout the World. Proprietors : The Lincoln and Midland CouswEsDsuaCQMPAnY, Lincoln, En laud j



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