Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1895

Sosie three years ago we recorded the finding of a giant lump of ambergris by two men of Sauthport, ambergris, Tasmania, in a whale that had been cut up and abandoned. This Jump, which was found to weigh 26'030z, or 1621b lloa, is said to be Ui.e largest ever*discovered, with the exception of a piece in the hands of the old Dutch-Indian Trading Company, which was sent to Earope som6 SOO years ago, and which is stated to have weighed 1821b. Afc the time when the Tasmsnlan piece was sent Home fine grey ambergris was selling in London at 180.$ per oa, as I it was very scarce and there was a large demand tot ifc by the perfumers. So large a quantity as tjjo temp referred to would, if placed vpon the market, liaye caused a great depression in the price 'j wherefore the agents in London (Messrs Hodgkinson, Pcestons and King} kepb the matter a profound secret. There were not, how ever, wanting rumours of the arrival of a monster piece of this valuable material, bub they gradually died out, until at last the dealers parne to believe that they knew where erer^ ogrner of ambergris was to be found. Gradually the jiirm to which the sale of this mass was entrastesj de posed of it In small parcels and at a high' price, the total result being the sura of £8500, whioh has been remitted to Hobart through the agents of the Commercial Bank, so that the lucky finders have had a j/ery respectable dividend indeed, and the whalers lefb the carcase un examined 'have had ( probably, a great , many regrets QY9S their carelsasneas* ,

Among reverses cf fortune perhaps the strangest (says the Globe) ia that of the Duchees de Pantonna, iSGRATituDB. who has just died In Madrid in the g-eatest poverty. Eight years ago she possessed a fortune of four millions. A number of law suits were commenced a^ainsfc her by her relatives, absorbing a largo part of thia. An >thor large amount went in charity, and the remainder went in trying to place the Bourbon family on tho throne. At one time the people of y?adri<i were never tired of singing the Duchess's praises. In 1865, when the cholera broke out, she gave enormous sums in relief of the poor, showed the greatest oouraga in visiting tha destitute sick, and was decorated for this with a high order. The following year she founded the Jesus Hospital in Madrid. A story is told of the duchess which illus trates her kindness of heirt. Hearing that a lady, a member of a very old Spanish family, was in great want, and wished to sell jewellery to the amount of £40,000, the Duchess de Santonna sent her a cheque for that amount. When the jewellery reached her she returned it, saying she did not want ifc and was glad to be of some service. Now she has died in want and suffering, forgotten and neg lected by those she beggared herself to help. The island of Lombok, where the Dutch are having some trouble with lombok. the natives, is interesting historically, politically, and physically. Dates are almost entirely wanting except in the last, three centuries, the early history of the islands of the Malay Archi pelago being very uncertain; but afc a remote period Java and Bali came under Hindoo domination, and in spite of later conquests Hindoo religions still exist there. In the fifteenth century Mahommedan conquerors overcame Hindooism in Java, where, except in its magnificent ruined temples, the traces of the Aryan conquest are very alight. Bali however, is to this day of the Brahman and Sivaiat faiths; and in Lombok, although nearly the whole population of 400,000 are Mussulmans in faith, a small number—some 15,000 or 20,000 Balinese, Hindoo by religion —are the dominant class. With the exception of these last and some 4100 or 5000 immigrated Malays the population are Sassaks, from whom the island takes the name of Tanah Sassak, or land of the Sassaks. The conquest of Lombok by the men of Bali took place about a hundred and fifty years ago, and till 1840 they were independent of the Dutch. Now and since 1849 Bali and Lombok have formed a presidency, and their rajahs have been under Dutch guidance. Mataran is the seat of government, and the chief port ia Amdinan. Mr A R Wallace, in his " Malay Archipelago/ describes Lombok, its people, and their customs, and our readers may be referred to his book for fuller infor mation. Lombok is a link in the great east ern volcanic chain which runs through Sumatra, Java ; Bali, Lombok, the Moluccas, and the Philippines, and possesses in Gunung Renjani a mountain 12,460 feet high (with a magnificent group of craters), from which smoke constantly ascends. As seen from the sea the rugged mass of volcanic peaks is most imposing, rising far above the cul tivated lands and their bordering of palms around a beach of volcanic sand. Mr Wallace made the remarkable discovery that the deep strait; of Lombok, although less than twenty miles wide, is the line of division between the Asiatic and Australasian worlds. The flora and fauna of Bali, with a, few exceptions, are Asiatic, those of Lombok Australasian. Thus there are no tigers or other felidfe in Lombok, though they are numerous in Java; and birds of the Indo- Malayan region, such as orioles, are in Lombok replaced by species belonging to the Australian region, " We shall find," says Mr. Wallace, " that all the islands from Celebes and Lombok eastward exhibit almost as close a resemb'ance to Australia and New Guinea as the western islands do to Asia* It is well known that the natural productions of Australia differ from those of Asia more than those of any of the four ancient quarters of the world differ from each other. Australia, in fact, stands alone; it possesses no apes or monkeys, no cats or tigers, wolves, bears, or hyfeaas; no deer or antelopes, sheep or oxenj no elephant, horse, OIIUIJLICI, VII lu,U,il, , :_ £ —~, £ 1/llOge familiar types of quadruped which are met with in every part of the world All these striking peculiarites are found also in those islands which form the Austro- Malayan division of the Archipelago." Shallow seas connect Java, Sumatra, and Borneo with the Asiatic continent to which they have doubtless been joined, but Lombok is interesting as the nearest point of another , "continent." Its people have never been so j amenable to Dutch Government as those in the neighbouring islands, and its native rulers have retained greater power, which they appear to have used in a somewhat arbitrary manner. The Balinese are evidently a people of "gritj" the Mahommedan was unable to impose Islam upon them, and it is the Balinese who have risen against and surprised the Dutch. The Sassaks seem to have groaned under Balinese rule, a,n d to have looked to the Hollander for relief, and the ruling family amoDg the Balinese appears to have decided to surprise the Dutch troops and defeat them before any step could be taken by them in the direction desired by the Sassaks. The result may probably be that the Dutch will take a firmer hold upon the island and disposes the present ruling family.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Commercial news appears on the fourth page. The representative of one of the oldest families in England arid heir to one of the largflst estates in Staffordshire has created a sensatior. by marrying a factory girl. Up to date, says the Southland News, the season has been one of the most favorable on record. Neither farmer, grazier, orchardisfc nor gardener has aught to com plain of. At the Christfchurch Police Court yester day J. M. Walker, licensee of the Zetland Arms Hotel, wa3 charged with permitting drunkenness on his licensed premises, The charge was dismissed. At the Christchurch Police Court yesterday, James Nelson was fined £5 and Edward Forward £1, for laying fcotalieatpr odds at the meeting cf the Canterbury Trotting Olub, The Salvation Army's f Darkest England social scheme has been the means of incluc ing 1,757 unfortunate women to enter the rescue homes, of whom 1425 have been permanently rescued. The sleepiest man in Australia was fined 20s a few days back. He was discovered dreaming on the railway line, and explained that he had put his ear on the rail to find out if the train was corning, and had dosed off. It is rumoured from Samoa that Malie toa wishes, for State reasons and to con solidate his power, to contracb a marriage with an infiuental Samoan lady, but his presmt consort, lvi, a TongsTn wOman, strongly objects. John Reid, temporarily engaged as engine driver for the Lytfcefron Harbor Board, haa been reported to the police as mjssing, anl it is feared ho has been drowned. Jfc ia said that he had been despondent for some tfroe. Passengers Home by the it.AC.S Rimutaka are promised an unusually in teresting trip. Ib is intended to take the vessel through the Straits of Magellan tha scenery of which ia probably unsur passed in the world for grandeur and sublimity. She will call at Monte Video, Rio, Tenere|f? ? anc] Plymouth. Mcnte Video is one of the most splendidly built cities in South America, and an esbrernely interesting port of o ill. The beauties of Rio and its harbour are of world-wipo renown, and altogether the trip of the Rimutaka offers to the tourist and sight seer attractions such as are rarely met with,

Since H.M.S. Royalist has been atj Timaru she has been visited by a great i many people. Pwtiea of the officers and men were landed for revolver practice, and boat drill has also been gone on with. Yesterday afternoon a party of officers and their friends beat a scratch team of the Timaru Olub at crickot. Speaking of thd cocksfoot harvest the Akaroa Mail says: —"We hear every where of long heads, very full with heavy seed. Generally it is much cleaner than for several years past. Cutting is getting very general, and in another week the season will be at its lieight. Tao area under crop is very limited indeed, but what is reaped will all be fairly heavy seed. None of the cerribly light samples that were such a nuisance last year will be in the market. The Wellington Education Board hig had a dispute witn the Carterton Com mitte?, Wairarapa, over the appointment of a teacher. The Committee and most of the parents want a Mr Kay, and the Board nominated a Mr Bennet, who had a higher certificate and was next on the. list for promotion. After much opposition from the district, the Board resolved to stick to their nomination with only one dissentient, and Mr Bennet has been instructed to take up the duties at once. The Arawa contingent of natives, 200 strong, arrived at Auckland by special train on Wednesday evening. The train was decorated with bannerettes with the names of Hapua and tribes. The .Natives danced a haka before leaving the carriages. The Mayor welcomed them in the name of the citizens. A fourth of the party were billeted in lodging houses, and the re mainder quartered ia the Agricultural Hall, and provided with rough bedding and rugs. Tne Mayor proposed to show them the chief sights of the city. We have received an excellent little work by Mr E. Herbert Fison, F.C.S., of Ipswich, which has recently been pub lished, entitled "Flocks and Fleeces." 'Mr Fison's brochure claims to give "a concise history of the sheep and its wool in all countries," and it seems to us to admirably fulfil the somewhat extensive programme which is thus indicated. The illustrations, which number about thirty, are of a superior class, and there is a special chapter on the frozen-meat industry. However well acquainted sheep breeders and wool growers in various parts of the world may be with the practi cal details of their industry, few of them we are convinced, will be able to turn over the pagea of "Flocks and Fleeces" with oub increasing their knowledge of the his-1 tory and condition of this most important department of pastoral enterprise. Mr Fison is a scientist of recognised reputa tion. He is a director of the Chemical Union Limited, and is an acknowledged authority upon agricultural and pastoral matters. A minister wished to ascertain what influence the hard times had upon his; congregation, and said, at the close of his sermon: "I would apk everyone who still is able to pay his debts to rise from his seat." The whole congregation arose, with the exception of one man. The parson then asked that all those who were unable to meet their bills should rise. Thereupon the aforementioned solitary individual got up, a hungry-look ing, poorly clad man, whose features revealed the terrible struggle of one fight ing hopelessly againsb the vicissitudes of this world. The minister regarded him attentively, ynt kindly. ** How is it, my friend," he said, " that you are the only one among all these people who cannot pay hSs debts?' "Sir," answered the man, hesitatingly, ''I publish a newspaper, and these my brothers who rose jast now are all subscribers, and- " But the minister interrupted him hastily, "Let us pray,' he said.— Evangehscher Botsch after, (Berlin) G. A. M, Buckley, Esq., of Lagmhor «rifck hiv oroiioMmod lvheraliby in support ing sport of any description, has givon to the Ashburton R fie Club a splendid trophy to be fired for, viz , a powerful pair of long range binoculars valued at £7 10a. At a meeting of the Rifle Club Mr Buckley's generous offer was accepted with thanks, and the following conditions have been made : —To be won in a series of fortnightly matche3, commencing on Wednesday afternoon, the 16th inst., at 2 p. m , and continuing on every alternate Wednesday thereafter till the trophy is won. The highest seven in each match to count pcinfs as follows:—Highest scorer 7 points, second 6, tlird 5, fourth 4, fifth 3, sixth 2, and seventh 1 point. The one who makes 21 points first to be the winner. Th.6 matches will be handi cap, the competitors being re-handiaapped after each match. Either Martini Henry or Snider rifles to be used, those using the former to be penalised 12 points. Ranges 200, 300, and 500 yards, seven shots 'at each range, one sighting shot allowed, optional to be reckoned in score. For the convenience of those who cannot get to the range at 2 o'clock, arrangements will be made to allow them to fire later in the afternoon. The trophy is on view in the window of Mr S. Salek, jeweller.

CRICKET.

NEW SOUTH WALES v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Adelaide, January 9 The South Australians succeeded in scoring the 170 runs required to win for the loss of six wickets. F, Jarvis made 24, Giffen 26, Blinman not out 67, Darlington not out 26. Howell took four wickets for 55, Callaway two for 38.

THIRD COMBINED TEAM.

Adb&aide, January 10 The third combined team was picked late last night as follows :— Gregory, Iredale, Callaway, G. Giffen, Darling, A. Jarvis, H. Trott, A. Trott, Bruce, Worrall, and Harry. Emergency —Turner. As the latter is now confined to bed with severe sore throat, ife is likely another emergency man will be chosen. A strong effort was made to include looses, but business prevented him taking part in the games The team is regarded as strong in batting, but in' bowling not too good.

CORRESPONDENCE

fWe do not hold ourselves responsible lor the "pinions exptessed by our correspondents)

WOOL SALES.

TO THE EDITOR, Sir,—Mr Thomas, we find, is still disquieted as to the number of bales of wool catalogued by him and other local auctioneers* We will allay his perturbation by giving the correct numbers catalogued, sold, or otherwise dis posed of by him and ourselves, for the season 1894-1895 :— MR THOMAS' CATALOG VKH. bales Ashburton sale .. ... 1720 Less Lyatt, which we sold ... 100 }620 Christchurch sale , , M 735 Total ... , 2355 I'IiIKDLANDEK BEOS., CATALOGUE. Christchurch first sale... ; . 289 Ashburton ... ... wn 1183 Lyatt .. ... • 100 Ghrfctchurch second sale ,«, 1011 Total .„ .., 25*3 Baga and bin wool are not taken into consideration, nor the wool we have already in store for our fourth sale to be held on January 25th insfc.-—We are, etc, Fkiedl^per Bros,

Primitive Methodist Conference.

Wellington, January 9 j The conference opened to-day. President, Rev W. Laycock; Vice-president, Mr R. Linton, J.P., of Halcombe; Secretary, Rev Thomas Lyon. Fifty delegates were pre sent, . The first draft o£ stations was submitted as under: — Xew Plymouth—Rev W. S. Poster; Wellington—Rev J. Guy, If. W. 8.iy.3, John Dumbell, and W. J. Dean; .Auckland First—R-v C. E. Ward, and G. VV. Maun ; Auckland Second—Rev J. Saxon ; Invercargill—Rev P. W. Jones ; Bluff branch—Rev W. C. Woodward; | TiniMu—Rev J. Shaape; Thames— Rev VV. C, Wood; Greeendale — Rev T. C. Lyon ; Christchurch —Rev. J. Dawson ; Ashburton—- Rev. J. Olpbert; Feilding — Rev James Cocker; Halcomba—Rev J. Grindley; Gerakliue—Rev, J. Williams ; j Dunedin—Rev W. Laycock; Foxton—Rev. ! S. Barnett; South Invercargill—Rev. W. Woollase; Stratford—Rev. J. W. Hay ward ; Waimate and Oamaru—Rev. G. Clement; Westport and Dunedin —Revs. J. Clover ani G. Carr; Hunterville—Ooe to be ob >ained ; Eltha/n—Rev Harris; Makinuhi — Rev R. Kaine ; Cheviot—Rev E Drake ; Ingle wood—Rev S. Henderson. Sick le^ve, Rev J. W. Hinds.

WEDDING.

ST«WAIIT-*AlttiEßO;ir.

Wakanui has looked forward for some time to the wedding of Mr John Stewart and Mis 3 Jean Jamieson. So has a section of Ashburton. "Jack Stewart" was a staunch Volunteer, and long enough a member of the Ashburton corp3 to win his stripes as a Sergeant. A man does not do that without gaining some degree of popu larity among the young men of the com munity in which he has been living. Mr Stewart served an apprenticeship as a saddler, but when his father's land—Mr Peter Stewart, of Wakanui—grew large enough to require the attention of more than the " old man's " eye, who more fitted to come ia and supply the extra caretaking ability than his trusted son? Also, what more natural than that the young man should want a, wife? Also, what more natural than that a neighbor with a houseful of the finest ■■■■ —. All right! Sergeant Stewart visited there and met his fate. The Jamieson family and the Stewart family are old settlers in Wakanui, and this is not the first wedding in which a Stewart and a Jamieson have gone to the altar. But that I need not be recalled. The wedding of Sergeant Jack Stewart and Miss Jean Jamieson took place yesterday at the Presbyterian Church in Ashburton. Itwas fixed tor two o'clock, but the much loved pastor—Rev. Q. B. Inglis—had been booked for an induction at Flemingfcon, and the wedding came off twenty minutes earlier than was expected. Choir, orchestra, and gossips were all disappointed, but there was a crowd at the Church all the Bame, and plenty of flowers and rice. Miss Grubb played the organ, and the bride marched out, after the pastor's blessing, into her i new life to a well played march. The bride wore a silver grey tvreed dress, , trimmed in keeping, with a vests of shot silk also in match, with the orthodox veil in white tulle. Her bridesmaids ware Miss Alice Lusk, Miss Prescilla Chapman, and the bride's sister Miss M. Lennox Jamieson. The bridesmaids wore dresses in which heliotrope silk was the prevailing feature, and altogether it would have been difficult to imagine a finer picture than that pre sented before the sternly Presbyterian altar. Some " old young " lady friends of the bride had stolen into the Church when nobody was looking and hung the pulpit with flowers and jasamin and wild rose and veronica, and the staid clergyman hardly knew his own pulpit when he stepped into it. But the decorations, fine as they were, did not prevent him from sketching out in thorough Presbyterian style the duty of the young couple in their new relationship, and the short service over, and the necessary signatures written, the organ pealed out its song of joy, and the party left the Church, running the gauntlet of couso of showers of rice. Fernyside Farm was en fete. When the wedding party arrived there, there was a grand reception awaiting them. The ample granary had been cleared for the wedding least, and over a hundred sat down. The baide and bridegroom of course held the seat of honor, with the bridesmaids in the immediate vicinity, while Mr Hugo Friedlander and Mr Dcnald Williamson divided the honors of chairmanship. The toasts proper to the occasion were proposed and honored, and excellent speeches to each were delivered. Mr Friedlander paid high compliments to the parents of bride and bridegroom, and so did iVlr Williamson, the latter giving some interesting information as to Ashburton j settlement twenty-five years ago. This must be kept for a time when spice is less valuable. Mr Lambie, and Mr Joshua Tucker also said nice things, and when the toasting pf the bridesmaids came on Mr Robinson, the best man was at his post. Mr Charlie Chapman, one of Ashburton's best bowlers, who had come down from Napier to do honor to this wedding—and who will have to come down again very soon to be the hero in a similar function. God speed him ! —acknowledged the toast of the "young people of both families," and generally, after all that should be said had been said of the grand old pioneers who head both families the toasfc of the Chairman and Vice-Chair man was proposed by Mr James Jamieson sen., and suitably acknowledged, and God save the Queen was sung. The granary was beautifully decorated, the legend "A quid New Year tae ana an 1 a'" in fern leaves covering the panes of the southern window, while the wild vegetation of the country was made extensive use of to drape the pillars. Of the tables need more be said than that Miss Annie Jameison was re sponsible for the weight of goqd things they bore. The toast list finished, the guests visited the homestead, where the largest room had been devoted to the display of the numerous and costly presents, and the granary was cleared for an altogether more lively and joyous gathering (which took the place of the hundred and more ataid old people who had sat down to the wedding feast), and the time soon arrived when Youth and pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours with flying feet. Mr Gates and Mrs Claridge found the music, and Mr Xambie, of Kyle, was at hand with a violin whose strings were still in tune. Mr Scott's pipes were also found to have a skirl left, and that being so, need we say more 1

ROAD BOABD.

SM.OVVST SOIttBRS

The usual monthly meeting of the Mount Somers Road Board was held last Monday. Present—Messrs Hood (Chairman), Herring and Harrison. The Overseer's report was read and considered, and instruction was given for a groin to be put in at Freeziug Point, and the flood chanuels on the Oeme tery Road to be cleared out The oversesr was instructed to give all the contractors notice that all the works in haud must be finished by the 28th, or the penalties would be enforced. Correspondence was read from the receiver of land revenue, stating that the sum of £8 7s had been paid to the Board's credit.—Beceived. From the Commissioner of Taxes ? stating that a voucher for the subsidy had been forwarded to the Treasury. —Received. Resolved to hold the n'exfc meeting on the 28 th. The paysheet, amount* ing to £109 was passed for payment and the Board adjourned.

LATEST CABLE NEWS. THE COREAN WAR

7'okio, January 9 Count Ito, Premier of Japan, speak ing in Parliament, attributed the vic tories of the Japanese to the devoted loyalty and bravery of the soldiers. The King of Oorea has proclaimed his independence in his ancestral temple.

JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE.

Sydney, January 8 While a man, named Fairchild, was attempting to rob a house at Forbes, Constable Hawkins, who was watching his proceedings, shot him dead through the eye. A verdict of " Justifiable homicide " was returned.

A FRACAS

Thursday Island, January 9 A serious fracas has takeu place between Japs and the Malays and Kanakas, A number of the former were severely knocked about.

NEW FOUND LAND

St John's, January 8 Great distress prevails, and owing to the threatening attitude of the mob who demand bread, the blue jackets from H.M.B. Tourmaline have landed to preserve order. : January 9. The unemployed stoned the Parlia ment House and smashed in the doors and afterwards looted two stores. The Premier of Newfoundland assur ed the unemployed that measures for their relief would be undertaken. The crew of the British warship re stored order.

A Suspension.

London, January 8 Alfred Shaw and Co., Australian merchants, of 30 East Cheap, have suspended. The cause is attributed to the absence of remittances from Bris bane, where the firm recently filed a petition to go into liquidation.

LABOR.

Sydney, January 9 The Premier has received a letter from the manager of Hetton colliery, and another from the secretary of the Newcastle miners, in response to a communication he addressed to them last week. The manager has promised to call a special meeting of the Directors of the Company, and the secretary has intimated that the Premier's suggestion for the stalu quo for two months meets with theapproval of the miners. The Premier is sanguine that the conference, which is to take place to-day, will lead to a settlement of the points in dispute. A gentleman interested in tha Hetton colliery says that as the miners have conceded three of the important points in dispute it is almost certain that the quarrel will be adjusted. The Premier's j interference is not favourably regard ed in all quarters. A statement comes from Newcastle that the opinion of I those who kno«v anything about the coal trade is that the matter should be settled at once, and the indications are that it will be so settled, if the Premier and others keep their fingers out of the fire they have no right to pick at.

MORE GOLD.

mcr aujcj-cusrs

Perth, January 9 For many weeks past rumours of a valuable discovery of alluvial gold at Ooolgardie have been rife. A well knowii firm here has now received 150 ounces of gold which is alleged to be a third of what was obtained by one prospecting party. The gold is rough, and mostly in large bits, one piece weighing eleven ounces. The locality of the find is being kept secret.

Wood Pavements.

Melbourne, January 9 The American Consul has informed the Age that American timbers are not suitable wood for paving, and directs attention to what will probably be a field for a great export industry. The Consul suggests sending representatives with a sufficient supply of blocks to lay down an experimental section in the main streets. The local authorities would probably pay for laying the blocks, which, it ia understood, would be admitted duty free.

Victorian Railways.

Melbourne, January 8 Soms three years ago it was em phatically declared that nothing could be done to produce better results on the Victorian railways, yet, since retrenchment was asserted to be an impossibility, the cost of working the railways has been reduced by £630,000 per annum,

New Zealand Eulogised.

Sydney, January 8 The Rev. J. McNeill, the evangelist who lately visited New Zealand, has been giving his views on that colony to the Daily Telegraph. He describes it as a glorious country, and says h,£ did well at t)unedin and Christchurch, but as for Wellington, in scriptural language he was almost tempted to shake the dust off his feet. It is, he says, "a cold unsympathetic place. There is a little clique which calls itself society, and ignores everything outside its own particular pale. This feeling Ins extended to the churches, which are somewhat cold." The Auck land mission was very successful.

Tasmanian Loan.

London, January 8 The amount subscribed for the Tasmanian loan of .-£750,000 was £2,400,000. Tenderers at\£97 18a receive four per cent. A syndicate tendered for a million and a quarter at that price. The loan will average gibous £9§ 10s.

TH$ AB&BtfBTOfl CHJABI>IA»: IWBS'DAY, JANCJAEY 10, 1896.



Business Notice". _ Holidays Holidays. HOLIDAYS ARE NOW IN FULL SWING. mHE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN CANTERBURY FOR Drapery, Clothing, and Boots. G J. JNEIL L. Flannelettes 2s lid doz >n ! Double Bed Sheeting 9|d Good Was?Lg PHnt 3}i A Man's Real Good Suic for a Pound A Holiday D-ess for 3s lid A Boy's Suit for 3s lid Calico 2s lid dozen ■ BOOTS. BOOTS. Laaies Shoes 4s lid I Men's Bluchers 4s lid Men's Nailed Shooters slid I G. J. NEILL. EAST STREET, FRIEDLANDER'S BUILDINGS. KAIAPOI HOUSE, A HAPPY & PROSPEKOUS NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL MANY THANKS FOR PAST SUPPORT. TTTE HOPE TO DO STILL BETTER THIS YEAR. LAKGE IMPORTATIONS, FAIR PRICES, MITCHELL & TURNER, TANORED STREET. 1 § 9 4. Cli'istmas and Wow learo a i FLETOHEE BROS-, HAVE JUST RECEIVED 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 Musoatels, to be cleared at 8d per lb ALSO THE FOLLOWING JUST TO HAND FOR CHRISTMAS TRADE- Jordan Almonds Dessicated Cocoanut Keene's Mixed Spice Preserved Fruits Preserved Ginger Pears, Peaches, Cordials, dfce. Apricots, &c. Valencia Almonds Jib bottles of. Persian Sherbit, 8d per bottle. A splendid line of Christmas Cake in Fancy Baskets to be sold at la 6d each. PLEASE NOTE that all those Goods are of the very FINEST QUALITY PROCURABLE, whbh we intend to sell at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE. A look at our windows will show. PRESERVING SEASON, 1895. JUST LANDING Ex AURIGA,— 25 tons Finest Mauritius Cane Sugar (1164 bags*) This is the FINEST CINE SUGAR to be got] and jam, &c , made with it will keep almost any length of time. NOTE ADDRESS FLErOBER BROS., CASH SUPPLY STOKES, ASHBURTON, AND LOWER HIGH STREET, CIIRISTCHURCH. Don t miss seeing our splendid show of Christmas Fruits, «fee. MAGNIFIOEKTiBuiiIdins? 3 te, corner I W I N S L O W. of Town Bait West and Winter's Road, [ fronting the Domain. CE 3TIONS 140, 141, 150 and 151, an jr*/! A PRIOE required for lots 13, O acre in one Mock on the upper side 14 } 15 ) containing 3 rood*, of railway. Offers are invited for these, deposited pi vi 484. Thh was purchased Terms if required. Apply to in 1832 tot £100 Apply to T. BULLOCK. T. BULLOCK. _ ACRE, Capital Building Site, wall mO LET, at a low rental, small shop in situated in Cox Street, being T.Ss 796 and I tho Aroadn next but one to Tanciod 797 ; for sale on very easy terms of pay "lrWti T BULLOCK. mm' T BU&LOCK, ,



Wanted ' ANTED by a lady, Furnished Room, conveniently situated in Ashburton. Address—N.Z., Guardian office. 1 60 ANTED Strong active Boy ; able ' (o drive and milk.—E. H. Dobson. Lowoliffe Estate. 1t59 HYDE'S Fancy Fair, last Two Days. Don't-, forget Saturday laat d<*y. Hyde's Fancy Fair. Empty cases for Sale. I^2 FOR SALE — Purebred Partridge Cochins, also young Houdans. App'y " Fancier," Mail Offioe. 1 56 WILL the Person who took an Umbrella in mistake last Sunday morning at 11 o'clock return same to Moisons. 1_55 11TASTED Known -Holders of W Present tickets can now get them changed.—H. C. Sbgebs, Melford House. \"\7 ANTED Known —A tremendous VV run on our Gloves, 4£d upwards. —Mitchell and Turner. WANTED —Every Lady to try 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 A.NTED Fnown—That it! IT Slower, Confectioner, Eas*> street, has a splendid variety of Fry's and Cadbury's Chocalate Boxes, now in stock. WANTED, Everybody to use Titan Soap, greatest marvel of the age. H. Zander, Sole Agent. WANTED Known—All wool Delaines, Prints, and Crepons below whole sa^ rates.~~MiTC.HBLL and Turner. PRESENTS. We are now giving Presents to all purchasers of 2s 6d and upwards.—H. C. Segers, Melford House. WANTED Known.— Having had such a successful season with Dresses, balance to clear it nominal prices.— Mitchell and Turner. WANTED Known—The Corner la showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H, Collier. WANTED Known—Special line of Gents' Kegatta Shirts, all sites, with or without collars, 2s 6d.—W. H. Collier. "OBJAUTIFULancI useful Presents to J3 all purchasers of 2s 6d and upwards. —H. C Segers, Meliord House. WANTED Knowu — Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optica line at S. Saxek's, Optician. OWN Make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, aluslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc.j afc Mrs Aloorn's new shop, Baker's Buildings. BLANKETS bought at Edwards Bennet's Sale, a special line of Double Blankets at 7s dd. Extra large and heavy 15s 6d and 16a 6d.~Robert Alcorn, Baker's Building WANTED Known — Bins Hcopek (monthly nurse) ia open to accept engagements. Apply, by latter, to Mrs Hooper, Alford Forest Road, Ashburton, 11*134 \\ WANTED — Everyone to see our W splendid display of Christmas Fruit, etc. Don't miss seeing the Finest C.Uun In ASllDUriun. K»t o «JJ - Fletcher Bros , Wholes de and Retail Grocers, Cash Supply Stores^Ashburton. BOY'S and Girls Own Annual, British Workman and Work worn in, Tnfanc a Magazine, The Prize, Child's Companion, '!htfdren'« Friend. Li^ n^ iraimly „■-.-", oi Jtlope, Young England, and other New Books at Lowest Prices.— L. F. Anjdrbwes and Co. 11 98 OOBERT ALCORN has opened in f-v Baker's Buildings, next the Court house, with a stock of Clothing, etc., bought at Edwards, Bannett's and the Kaiapoi Sales, the cheapest lot of goods ever brought to Ashborton, Also an assortment of Boots. "OTICE ! "Wofcice Sport for all Guns let out on hire or sold on time payments. Having a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to ! repair Guns of any description, Gun fittings in stock. Prices low.—J, W. Hardley, Ironmonger, etc' GUNS ! Guns ! Guns ! My new stock „ of Gunsj ust to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Leaders, Rifles, etc. In spection iiwited. No old stock to select from at J. W. Hardley's Sporting Repository _______ BANG ! Bang i Bang .! My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, Quo Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality at .T. W. Hardley's, Gun Emporium. WANTED Known -That if you are in want of a first; class article in sum roer Boots and Shoes, you cannot do better than call at J. Moison's ; you will get the very bast at reduced prices. As for his own make, they are well known to the delight of the wearers, throughout th,© iustralasian colonies. Repairs well done and at once Premier Boot Maker, Town Hall Boot Store, "FV street, Ashburton. /^HRISi'MAS Presents, Choice Orna■ \_J ments, Zithers and Jew's Harp?, Balis and Dolls for everybody from Id each ; Jointed Dolls for 6d, Sleeping Beauties la, Chinese Conquerors 6d, Rusoian Embassies Is, Walking Men, Talki»g/)olls, Scotch Greys, and Ennis- I killen Dragoons all wonderfully cheap at Mrs A morn's Ladies-' Underclothing and Fancy Bazaar, Hay.elopjfc street. T" ADIFiS' and GentlenseiVa left-off i_J Clothes and all kinds of goods bought, sold, or exchanged. -^ My.it, Knight, opposite Templar Hall, near Post Office. 11 170 CHEAP Christmas Presorts, Cheap New Year Gifts, Cheap Toys, Cheap Dolls, Cheap Fa^cjr Goods. Mas Adams, Saunders' 'Buildings. WANTED Known—That owing to the success of the Sale now being held up at Saunders' Buildings, opposite Rail way Station, ib will be continued for another twenty-eight days. lam not advertising a lew cheap lines, bub the whole ,of t&e stock. Don't lose the oppor-, tunity of se^ur^ng genuine bargains—A Lawrie. 166 -j QQp^ New Year Cards and Ne^/ J^ Q\j O.» Year Gifts of various kinds* F*ncy Goods, including Fancy Glass and, Cbinaware, Toys of various kinds, Chinese Lanterns, New Games for indoors and outdoors, including Tennis and Cricket Material j WpHing Deska and Cases, InkstandF, Photo s»d Scrap Albums, Ladies' Hand Bags, Picture Frames Pictures, Texts, AccorcteoriSj.Corieert^nas, Violins, XitUw Harps, Banjos a,nd a j great variety of o,fchei- goods all at Reduced; Prices for Cash at U 3F* Ajwujswas asj? .Co. 1*



CHRISTMAS & KiiW YEAB 1894-95 M. Z, C. F. Opened up this week for the holidays, NEW TIES, NEW SILK HANDKERCHIEFS. ALA/JE shipment of Men's Navy Blue and White STRAW HATS, to be Cleared at 3?, worth 4s 61. BOYS' STRAW HATS Is. We have the Latest shapes in Hard and Sofc FELT HAT 3. See our Windows for Grrand Christmas Display, For comfort try i>ne ot the Isew Soft Felt Hats—weight l|oz CLOTHING DEPARTxMENT. few Boys Washing Blouses to be Cleared at 3s 3d. Gents' Fancy Vests in Great Variety. for ;travelling- Steel Trunks from 12s Portmanteaux and Gladstone Bags. HANDSOME PRESENT— A Bismarck Sewing Machine with Coves for £5 lOs. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager 1 " MAIirNOTICBSi The Letter Box will be cleared for the despatch of correspondence from Ashburton to the undermentioned placea as follows :— Burnham and Dunsandel, daily 3,15 pm Chertsey and Rakaia, Christ church and nor th, daily 630 am 315 pm 6 30 pm and Monday, Wednes day, and Friday ... 10 30 am Dromore and Selwyn, daily 6 30 pm Eiffelton, Willowby, daily ... 1030 a m Lismore, Tuesday, Thurs day, and Saturday ... 10 30 am Elgia, Wakamii, and River side, daily 6 30 am Seaview, Seafield, Kyle, and Newlands, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday ... 630 am Greenstreet, Winchmore, and Forks, Tuesday, Thurs day, Saturday 630 am Wheatstone, Waterton, Ash ton, Longbcach, and Flemington, daily ... 3 45 pm Mount Somers, Springburn, Bufchside, Alford Forest, Staveley, daily 4 pm Methven, daily 3 15 pm Geraldine, and Orari, daily.. 12 30 pm Oamaru, Dunedin, Waimate, and south, daily ... 12 30 pm Eiling, Rangitata, daily ... 10 30 am 12 30 pm Temuka, Timaru, daily, 10 30 am 12 and Tuesday, Thursday, 30 pm and Saturday 3 15 pm Tinwakl, Winslow, Hinds, 10 30 am 12 daily 30 pm And Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday ... ... 315 pm Ruapana, Monday and Thurs day 4 pm Mayfield, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday ... 4 pm Lettp,r« <--■■•■-•« nmrMung of value be registered. Letters containing coin or bank rjotes if posted unregistered will be compulsorily registered, and charged double registration fee. TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. Owing to the large amount now owing for subscriptions to the Mail and Guardiin, we are compelled to press for payment, and have to notify tint we shall take immediate steps to recover all sub scriptions that are more than one year overdue. flre~alarms Allenton ... , . fl , .. one toll Borough, north of railway „, two tolls Borough, south of railway ... three tolls Hampstead „. four tolls T(TT)Ur^ubscliißers SOME of the Guaei>ian irunners having been changed, our Subscribers are respectfully requested to notify the man ager at oncß any irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Aflhbarton Publishing Co., January 3, 1895. BORROWER PLEASE NOTE. The person who borrowed a yolume of Statutes for 1891 from this office some time ago is requested to return the same. Ed. Ashbtjrton Mail.



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