Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalbit SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1895 THE WORLD'S ARMAMENTS.

Nearly every European Sovereign and P. remier, or the equivalents of these, Jias within the past few months given to the particular people addressed, but at the same time to the whole world, a hearty assurance that the peace of the world is established. But while this as surance has everywhere been given in Europe's high places when an oracle has spoken, at the same time the Parliaments have been asked to pass war yotes of immense sums, and in most cases the strength of the armies has been increased. If the intentions of the Sovereigns and the Governments are so very pacific, why the extensive preparations for was going on simul taneously with the assurances of peace? One cannot accept those assurances as sincere while larger armaments are maintained by the European powers than ever wer3 maintained before. And a glance at the figures showing the strength of those armaments will, as soon us the immensity of the fighting forces of the nations is realised, rai«e the same doubt in the mind of the reader that we have given expression to Beginning with the Great Northern power we find that the effective stre-ngth of- the Russian Army in time of peace is 1,020,000 njen in time of war the armed force of Russia can be carried to 4 500,000 men with 3360 ' piece 3of artillery, Coming westward we find that the army of Germany on a peace footing is 557,000 men ; war footing, 1,300,000 men, with 2964 pieces of artfUerv. And the others figure up as follow :—.-Great Britain : Peace footing, 211,000 men, war footing, 024,000 men with 8000 pieces of artillery. Austria > Peace footing, 309,000 men • war footing, 1,427,000 men, with 1912 pieces of artillery. Spain : Peace footing, 100,000 men j war footing, 700,000 men, with 800 pieces of artillery. France: Peace footing, 572,000 men ; war foot ing, 4,000,000 men, with 2880 pieces of artillery. Italy : Peace footing, 220,000 men ; war footing, 2,980,000 men, with 1620 pieces of artillery. Turkey: Peace footing, 170,000 men , war footing, 1,100,000 men, with 2500 pieces of artillery. Total war footing, 19,'631#0Q, TKvS.e are appalling figures. About twenty million of fchp j flower of Europe's manhood standing ready, awaiting the signal to fight! And a fight in which those men, armed as'they noiy'.&je with the most deadly ] weapons the world has ever Jfj&owri, and trained in the methods of war. faro wbfch the [experience of Bj*ny

generations of trained and thinking military minds has shown to be superior to any ever followed in the past—with tho aid of science in the swift transit of men and guns and munitions of wir; in making camp life not only tolerable but even enjoyable by the i.lmost certainty that the neces saries of life shall not fail, but that the comforts of life shall be available ; in the saving of time in communication by tho use of the field telegraph and other imdes of signalling unknown twenty years ago—a fight in which those men so prepared for war may engage must be something to fear. The Prussian needle gun changed everything in warfare when it was brought into pJay, but the fast tiring and precise arms now in use are as much superior to the needle gun as the breechlouding Snider was superior to the muzzle-loading Minio, which it superseded. In these days of low prices and alleged over production, the figures we have quoted above are j pregnant with meaning. If the low prices are caused as somo assert by alleged over-production, what would happen if all those fighting men were to be set to work at the arts of peace ? And while they continue to devote their whole time to the study of the art of war, producing nothing Jbut consuming much, the cry is still of over production and low prices for products. The terribly crushing weight of taxa tion which is imposed for the mainten ance of those immense armaments cannot long continue, and we fancy the day is not far distant when the people who have to bear the burdens will cry out against them, or to divert their attention from those burdens this great mass of warlike machinery will be put in motion. When the signal for the moving of that machine is given, the revolution of its wheels will agitate the whole world, and the shock of its working will be felt in the utmost corners of the earth. Tha poefc was a sage indeed who said that war was a game which, were their subjects wise, kings would not play at.

The Jiji Shimpo expects that the present war between China and Japan will bring about a great development of japan's the maritime trade of the latter marine, country. It gives the following comparison of the merchant shipping before and after the outbreak of the war, taken from the register of the Marine Bureau in the Department of Communications:—The total number of Japanese vessels in the country at the end of May last w js 417 steamers, with an aggregate tonnage vi 181,819, and 212 sailing vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of 33 553, making a total of 629 vessels of 215,372 tons. This number had increased at the end of October last to 446 steamers, with an agg egate tonnage of 252.796, and 212 sailing vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of 33 553, making a total of 65S vessels of 286,349 tons, 29 steamers with I an aggregate tonnage of 70 977 tons havinar been purchased since June last The Jiji adds that the marine transport business of Japan has continued ho develop year after year, but the total ionnag! of the marchant vessels in Japan was consider ably below 200 000 at the end < f lasi year. This rose at the end of May last fco over 215,000 tons. Since the outbreak of the wir a considerable number of the steamers engaged in the coasting trade have been withdrawn from that service, the Government, aa well as private indi viduals, hf^d to purchase many foreign steamers, and the Government arranged to allow foreign steamers chartered by Japanese to engage in the coasting trade. But the scarcity of vessels Is still fel% a 9 the high rate of freight resulting there from is s4ll maintained. At present no business is known to be more remune rative than the shipping trade, and con sequently many capitalists are anxious to ( invesb their monpy in shipping, and a still further increase in the number of vessels is expected before the war Is finished. When the war puds in the completo victory of Japan, it is well under stood that the trade of Japan will con siderably increase, causing a great develop ment of traffic, and the steam services abroad will be considerably extended. BiU it is doubtful whether all the steamers which have recently been purchased, or are to be purchased, will be able to find employment.

LOCAL AITS GENERAL.

Mr Cr. J. Neill's sale, preparatory to stock taking, is the subject of his new business advertisement. A property with forty-two feet frontage to Willis Street, Wellington, was sub mitted to auction and passed in at £9350. Miss Pridham, who feU off the train at Johnsonville on January 22, has recovered consciousness. The Railway Department intends to arrange this summer for excursions of school children to the seaside at low rates. The second competition for Mr Buckley's trophy presented to, tfye Ashburton Rifle Olab will teke plica nexb Wednesday afternoon, firing commencing a 1; 2 o'clock, A begrgar, on being arrested by a Marseilles policeman, was found to possess railway shares and other stocks represent ing £19,000. Since the publication of the Kaiser's ' Song of M%is' a nurobar of male chil dren in Berlin have received the Christian name of ifrj^is, For the benefit of our country readers reading matter which did not appear in our country edition of yesterday will be found on the fourth page of to-day's issue. The conference of delegates from the boroughs of Newton, Newmarket, and Parneil, presided over by the mayor of Acckland, decided on Saturday for the half-holiday. Butchers, photographers, and hairdressers were allowed to choose Wednesday, as provided by the Act. At the iCimberley mines a strange dis covery is said to have been made. Two diamonds were found imbedded in a piece of well preserved wood, unearthed at a great depth from the surface. On splitting the blojjk a cavity was disclosed to view, in which repqsed a lining specimen of the tree frog. A Maori horse-owner at a recent meet ing in the Uortb Island vowed dire venge ance on the jockey who had ridden a race for him and threatened to bring him ! bgfpre th& Stewards for ljding pontrary to ordare. He had Instructed the .fockey not to win and the latter had ta&en it upon himself to disregard orders and score a winning bracket. Hollow ay's Pills.—Enfeebled existence —This medicine embraces evgry attribute re. quired in a general and dowestiq remedy. It overtures the foundations of disease laid by defective food and impure air, In ob< structions or congestions of the liver, lungs, boM rels, or any other organ, these pills are especially serviceable and eminently suc cessful. They should be kept in readiness in every family, being a medicine of in comparable wtjlity fyr young persons, especi* ally those of feebls 'popßticptig'ns. rJI-]igy never cause pain or irritate the most mu^i tive nerves or moat tender bowels. Hollo way's Pills are the best known purifiers of the blood, the most active promoters of bsorption and secretion, whereby all poison us and moat obnoxious partioleo are remove frcm both solids aad fluids,

The Harapstead School re-opens on Monday. . The annual revenue tax from the i Cheviot leases now amounts to £14,000, i and £35,000 received from cash salei. 1 The estate is yielding about 5 per cent-. | Among the properties (n Canterbury ' effjred to the Government is J. D. Lance s ' Horsley Downs estate. Mr McX rrow I' has been inspecting it on behalf of the Government. Apropos our leading article of yester day on the subject of buufiowera as a see* crop we note that the Temuka Leader records tl a' Mr W. G. Aspinail, of Mil ford, haa this year five acres of sunflowers which are looking splendid. News has been received that Mr Kitchener, accountant at the National Bank, Tauranga, shot himself in the h*ad yesterday at 2 30. Kitchener is still alive, but little hope of hia recovery is entertained. John Russell, a well known importer of draught s ,ock and judge ab .he A. and P Shows of the Sou'h Islaud, d ed on Thurs day at Invercargill, aged 58 He had been suffering some months from internal dis ease. ■ The newly formed Bums Club, at Invor i carglll, held its first celebration of the an i niversary of the poet's birth last nighc. The speakers were the Rev. J. Anderson Gardner (Blufi) and Mr T. Denniston. There was a good attendance. Mr Reeves, referring at his Wellington meeting to the Undesirable Immigrants Bill, said he intended to go on talking to the people of New Zealand about it until he had converted them to his way of think ing. Even now public opinl nwa« gradually changing in its favour. Mr Moyes, who was chief officer of the Wairarapa when she was wrecked at Great 1 Barrier, has withdrawn from the Union Steamship Company's service. He in tends to abandon the sea, and to settle either in Wellington or on land In the country. The Mail says th%t an Oamaru sports man made a rush to catch the train home from Waikouaiti on the day of the races. He mounted the platform as the train moved away, but, not getting properly aboard, fell off, and wa3 left on his back lamenting. In sheer disgust ho went back to the course and backed Count dOrsay for spite. Dividend, £13 19a. The mail train on the Bengal and Nagpore Railway recently ran into a wild elephant which was straying along the line near Guilkhers Station The engine hav ing carried bhe animal about 100 yds, then left the rails with the first five carriages. The elephant was thrown down a bank 60ft high, and was found dead at the bottom. No one in the train was injured and no damage was done to the rolling stock or to the line. In his speech ab a public meeting in Wellington last night gpoaking of the Shops and Shop Assistance Act, Mr Reeves said that his ideal day for a half holiday was Saturday, and he hoped to see the time when that day would be anlversally adopted throughout the colony. If a local body failed to select a day for the half-holiday his idea was that it would be the duty of the Government to at once fix on Saturday in th>fc particular distrist. There haj been a good deal of specu lation amongst cyclists of this town, as to the exact distance from the end of the bridge to Mr Buckley's gate and bask, that being the course to be riden over for trophies given by that gentleman for a road record by the members of the Ash burtan Amateur Cycling Club. To settle the question Mr SSabk attached ona of his lately imported Rotherham Cyclo meters to his machine and travelled over the distance, which ia exactly 14 miles 120 yard,s. Lvst evening the usual weekly meeting of the Star of the East Lodge 1.0.G I. was held in the Templar Hill. There was a very good attendance of members. After % good deal of routine business had been transacted, the election of officers for the ensuing quarter was proceeded with, in which, rauoh interest was taken. The following is the result of the election. O.T. Bro R. B. Dowle, P.C.T. Bro W. Pearson, V.S. Sis Pearson, Sec. Bro Hunter, Chap. Sis M. Andrews, F,S. Bro S. Crook*, Treas. Bro Q. W. Andrew*, W.lkf- Bro Rorff, LG. Bjjo Lyno'i, O.G. Bro W. Sando, I.J.T. Sis Clephane. The installation will take place next week. A young lady had an experience the other evening. She was upstairs, and had just turned out her light when she heard a caller ask for her. She nude a dive for her powder puff in the dark and dusted her face with powder. She went to the parlour, and found a distinguished stranger, on whom she was anxious to maka an impression. He appearod rather non plussed at her looks, but being a man of the world—which means a man wise enough not to tell a woman her faults— he said nothing. She sat and chatted grace fully, and had a delightful evening. As soon as he had gone she rushed to the mirror, as every girl does when her beau leaves. She gave one scream, and went eff into hysterics, for in her haste and in the dark she had dipped her puff into a box of pulverised charcoal, and she had the appearance of an amttaur coloured minstrel. The contrast to her dainty dress and blonde hair was very striking. Owners of orchards who have suffered to. any extent from the ravages of the blapkbirds will be pleased to be made acquainted with Mr G. T. Smith's mqde of destroying them, and the marked success that has attended his efforts. The blackbirds had been making havoc with his fruit, and the earlier sorts lookei as though they would not yield the grower a solitary sound apple unless something were done to protect them from the feathered thieves. Mr Smith b,eg|an operations by noting the trees on which the birds had been at work. Selecting a npe apple on which the birds had been feeding he made slits on either side of the hole the birds had made, and into the slits put a pinch of strychinne, closing up the slit after inserting the poison, and placing the apple on the ground beneath the tree. Within the last week Mr Smith has picked up fifty-five dead blackbirds, and from the readiness with which his baits have been attacked he concludes that this number does not represent half the birds that have di^d, A neighbor, Mr Daigety, who has a small orohard followed Mr Smith's example, and reports fifteen dead birds. Now is the best time to attack the birds in this way, as an apple is an excellent medium for carrying the poison, bat during the strawberry and currant season the birds will look at neither apple no? fiaar, to wtiit for them when they are ripening on the tree. Mr Smith has not seen a live blackbird en his property since he was able to accomplish this wholesale slaughter, Of ourse, the very greatest; caye has to be taken that only birds have access to the poisoned apples.. For InbigestjojJ) the best remedy is un doubtedly Norton's Camomile Pills. They can confidently be recommended as being mild in operation and absolutely free from injurious drugs, Acting at onoe aa a splen did tonic and a ge»tle aperipnt, j*'or nearly 100 years they have proved unequalled for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, sick Headache and for Liver and Stomach compla ts. Sold in bottles Is Ud, 2s 9d, and Us, by all Medi cine Vendors throughout the world. A ample, safe and certain remedy. One Box ot Clarke's B 41 Pills is warran ted to euro all discharges from the Urinaiy Qrga.ns,'.sd either e'ejef {acquired o? consti tutional), Gravel' and tains in tho Back. j Guaranteed free from Mercury. Sold in Boxes 4s 6d each, by all Chemists and Paten. Medicine Vendors throughout the World Proprietors : The Ljnooln and Midland , Cqwnwss D»ua Uompaqy, Lincoln, Eoglaad ,

A fire broke out to-day in the Railway 1 plantation balow Kermode street, and J made rapid progress among'the pines aid \ maeroearpa in the immediate vicinity ot ' the spot whero ib began and soon a greu r eye way was (pened through what had i before been a der sa maw of evergreen ' foliage, giving a glimpse of a part of the railway line (hat has been Hd from the passerby for a long ti-iie. Tlv; alarm was given by those in chargo of a traction engine at the corner of West and Have lock street. Ie wis " spell oh " with the machine in -n for Janchoon, but seeing the fire thuy sounded tbo siren of their engine with effestive screech, and boon the steam fire engine was oa the w*y. It bikes twelve minutes in any case to get up steam on the " Pride of■ Ashburton " and the water wa • playiiig on tho tire well within the stand ard time. Ten minutes after the steamer was at work the fire was out. The cur ricle was also on the ground, but was not required; end the small hydropulfc also did good work in extinguishing little isolated patches of fire among the grass thafc but a slight gust of wind mißht have fanned into into a fresh blase. The fire has caused an i unsightly bmk in the line of plantation, i and a good number of trees that have suffered by the blaze will have t br> removed. j

MAGISTERIAL.

SOUTH RAKAIA-FRIDAY. (Bpfore Mr C. A. W*ay, S.M., and Messrs Hardy and Oxley, J.P.'a. Prohibition Osdeb«—A prohibition order was granted for twelve months against Aaron Withell, of Rakaia. Cruelty to Animate—James O'Keefe, for cruelly spurring a horso engaged in a tiotting match, was convicted and ordered to pay 21s costs and witness's expenses.— William Lindsay, of Ashburton, charged with over-driving a bay gelding and cruelly beatiDg the same, and with cruelly over driving a black filly and cruelly heating the same; and Thomas Harrold, charged with cruelly overdriving and beating the tame animals—did not appear, owing to a mis understanding, and the cases were adjourned till Friday next at Rakaia at ten o'clock.

CRICKET.

AUCKLAND V. FIJI.

Auckland, January 25. In the oricket match Auckland v. Fiji, the Ancklanders were in all day and only six wicketa are down for 311 runs.

Sad Battling Accident.

Three Young- Women .Drowned.

Avokland, January 25 The following particulars are to band : A large number of Wairoa residents were camped on the coast, holiday making. A lagoon, in which sixteen of the number were bathing, became like a whirlpool when the tide rushed in. The wash from the breakers assisted to carry the swim mers seawards. Mr Querring, school master at Aratapu, assisted several ashore. A large number of people standing on the beach witnessed the accident, and were powerless to help the unfortunate people. The body of Mies Bessie Scott was secured quickly, but all efforts to effect restoration of life proved unavailing. Miss Evelyn Hogg's body was found half a mile further along the beach. Miss A nnie Woollam's body has not yet been recovered. Mrs Hope and Miss Florrie Jones had a narrow escape from sharing a similar fate. Much sympathy is felt throughout the district, and flags were hung on public buildings at half mast. Mi^s Evelyn Hogg w->s one of the younger daughtara of Mr W. Hogg, grocer, New market. She was on a visit to her aunt, living at Aratapu, and was accompanied by her mother.

The same morning fche little daughter of Hector Alcock, Aratapu, was drowned in the Ksuri Company's boom.

An Unlucky Peroration.

" It is well for a speaker to know where ihis peroration is going to stop when he begins," said a well known orator. " I heard a young fellow make a maiden speech in defence of a fellow who was about half wittod, and who had been arrested on the charge of stealing a hog. The defence of the young barrister appointed by the court was that his client was an idiot and unable to distinguish between right and wrong. He closed a flowery speech with a peroration like this :— ♦ Gentlemen of the jury, look at my client. That low receding forehead, those lustreless eyes portend that he was deprived by nature of the power of distinguishing right from wrong, ignorant of the destinction which exists between his owe property and that of others. To him, as to the two year old child, what ever he wants and can reach belongs to him. He knows neither why it does nor why it does not. But, gentlemen of the jury, such are the institutions of this our free and glorious country that my ollent, idiot that he is, stands for (trial to. day by a jury of Ms peers." The culprit got the full limit of the law.

Death of Lore! Churchill

lon don, January 25 The Marquis of Devonshire, re ferring to the death of Lord Randolph Churchill, said the Unionists had suffered an irreparable loss. The deceased statesman's efforts to bring the Tories into tou,c.h with Democratic opinjon were unequalled, and his memory would never fade.

The English and the Foreign Press contain laudatory and regretful notices of the death of Lord Churchill.

Victorian Politics.

Melbourne, January 25 The Legislative Assembly has con cluded business. Mr Hancock moved the adjourn ment of the House, with a view to de bating a scheme fqr the release of current accounts belonging to de positors, municipalities, societies, and other corporate bodies, with a view to giving employment to the starving thousands. He proposed to borrow: gix million's at fqtir per G6,nt., in re turn getting three per cent, from depositors, "and ihee per cent, from banks. The Premier considered it te.o late for Government to interfere, and the proposal would do more harm than good. The motion wasnegatived,and the House authorised the issue of a quarter millon of treasury bills in anticipation of the income tax. The treasurer does not anticipate that it will be necessary to go outside of the colony for money. The Legislative Council passed the Salaries Reduction Bill, but rejected the Primage Duties Abolition Bill by 14 to 4.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

European and Other Foreign Items ♦■ -

London, January 18. Mr Cecil Rhodes, addressing the shareholde s of the British South Africa Company, said there would be no more fighting with the Matabcle in the future. A Custom? Union of the i whole of South Africa was certain to be effected. The Chairman of the Peel River j Land Company said that if the Government of New South Wales im posed fair taxation the Company's prosperity would beequal in the future to what it had been in the past. They intended to promote a trade in wool and mutton with Japan. The rumour that Sir H. Blake was to be appointed Governor of South Australia emanated from the inferior service. The Press generally ignored it, and the Colonial Office atfcte that his time in Jamaica has been recently extended. He has not been approach! Ed on the subject and, after the storm aroused by hia proposed appoinement to Queensland, never will be. A labour agitator wrote to Lord Ripon that there were 50,000 unem ployed willing to emigrate if they were granted free or assisted passages to the colonies. Lord Ripon replied that the project was impossible.

Insurrection in the Sand wich Inlands.

Washington, January 23 The discussion in Congress over the outbreak in Hawaii was rather excited, owins to a report that a British steamer conveyed arms for the use of the insurgents. Mr Lodge asserted that Great Britain was trying to establish her supremacy over th« Islands,

The United States Government has ordered a cruiser to Honolulu.

Armenian Massacres.

Rosin, January 18 The Sultan asked the Pope to exert his influence with the Powers in favor of Turkey regarding the massacres in Armenia. His Holiness replied that he was waiting for the result of the enquiry. London, January 23 It is reported that Hastens Pasha, the Turkish Ambassador in London, is recalled because he failed to prevent England taking up a resolute attitude over the Armenian massacres.

London, January 23 It is reported that Hastens Pasha, the Turkish Ambassador in London, is recalled because he failed to prevent England taking up a resolute attitude over the Armenian massacres.

LORD ROSEBERY'S SPEECH.

London, January 21 Lord Rosebery, in his Cardiff speech, said the discontent among the Liberals was merely on the surface, and they had a good working majority. A general election would probably take place in the immediate future.

The Australian Banks.

London, January 21 It is believed that the origin of Friday's rumor that the Scotch banks were willing to assist the Australian reconstructed banks in paying interest on deposits, was that a number of Scotch agents were of opinion that the depositors in these reconstructed banks were willing to accept reduced interest and extend tb.9 psriod for repayment

A Timber Company.

London, January 21 An Australian timber company, witb a capital of £SQ,QQQ r has been regis tered.

AUSTRALIAN FINANCE.

London, January 21 Mr L. A. Jessop, in a letter to the Standard, declare? that South Australia is sailing dangerously close to the wind in the matter of borrowing, and that repudiation is inevitable unless the bondholders cease lending. The Times suggest that Mr Turner, Premier of Victoria, should take the prospective deficit from the education grant.

THE ITALIANS IN AFRICA.

London, January 24 Italians have occupied Hurrur, in East Africa.

ANOTHER EABTHQUAKS.

London, January 24. The town of Kuchan, in Persia, baa again been destroyed by an earthquake. Many were killed and a hundred women were crushed to death in one bath.

COALING STATIONS.

London. January 24 Some newspapers assert that it is probable a loan of twenty five millions will be asked for when Parliament meets, to establish coaling stations in the Mediterranean.

THE SOUDAN

London, January 24 It is reported that SI at in Bey has escaped from the Mahdi.

The French Crisis.

Paris, January 23 The newly-elected President, in an interview, said France requires strong and dignified peace. He w.aa proud of the revival of political feeling, because it would enable the country "to co operate, in the harmony- o.^_ nations. Her foreign policy would be nap changed whatever section of Repub licans took the lead.

THE COREAN WAR

Shanghai, January 25 The Japanese occupied. Minghai, between Chefoo and Weihaiwei, with out opposition.

The Japanese effected a landing at Niuchwang, under cover of a snow storm. The whole of the Chinese northern fleet is entrapped in Weihai* wei, but the Chinese declare the gar rison is able to withstand a prolonged attack.

Ship on Fire.

Ssydnby, January 25 The ship Bencruachan, while abotot to leave Newcastle, was discovered to be on fire; but the dames were ex tinguished before any iwrioui damage wan done,

THE ASHBJBTON GUAKDIAK : SATUEDAY, JANUARY 26, 1895.



Business Notice 1. STOCK-TAKING SALE OF General Drapery, Clothing & Boots AT G. J. NEILL'S, FRIEDLAKDBBS' CORNER, EAST STREET, ASHBtJRTON. EVEBYTHING BEDUCED. TU\6 REASOFABLE OFFER REFUSED. TEHMS CASH. 18 » 4. Christmas and New Year's Greeting F.LETOIIEK BROS-, HAVfi JUST RECEIVED EX GOT|HIC— 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 lb ALSO THE FOLLOWING JUST TO HAND FOR CHRISTMAS TRADE— Jordan Almonds Dessicated Cocoanut Keene'a Mixed Spice Preserved Fruits Preserved Ginger Pears, Peaches, Cordials, c&c. Apricots, &c. Valencia Almonds l\h bottles of Persian Sherbit, 8d per bottle. A splendid line of Christinas Cake in Fancy Baskets to be sold at Is G.l each. PLF-ASE NOTE that all these 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. —- :o:— — PRESERVING SEASON, 1895. JUST LANDING Xx AURIGA, j 25 tons Finest Muuitms Cmc Sugar (1 16-t bags ( This is the FINEST C \NE SUGA.It to be sot] ami jam, *c, made with it will keep almost any length of time. NOTE ADDRESS FLETCHER BEOS., CASH SUPPLY STORES, ASHBUKTON, AND LOWER HIGH STREET, OIIRISTOHUROH. Don t miss seeing our splendid show of Christmas Fruits, &c. jy. B. RBSTaLL, COMMISSION AGENT, ABCADJE. AGENT 10?. WALTKR A. WOOD'S SINGLE APRON HARVESTERS, MOWER SIDE DELiVJkRIh-S, cr Peas, Clever, etc. fiowere, Rakes, Knife Grinders, Twine* Oil. Extras day and night throughout harvest, ffioes oi* 1 • Alliance Assurance Company, Colonial Mutual Life Assurance, Go., Ltd. " Tradesmen's Bofiks Kept, Debta Collected. X B. BESTELL, ARCADE. JOHN JV^ILSON. ARTISTS MATERIALS. I have Received a in a position to Supply [.diem, Foreign Canvas <Me* 3tock of Winsor ■ Uw Artists of Ashbur- Academy Boards, Oils, and"Nf Wrox's Abtist's ton with Oil Tubes, j Easels, Etc., Etc.. afc A, Materials, and am now Brushes, C&ww Stret-1 Very Cheap Rate. , House Painting* & Paperban^inff. i I HAVE Kapeei&lly hanging Dwellings dur- Very Beat ,o£ O/Is and Reduced the Prices ing the aumwer months. Lead used pin the \srork. of Painting and Paper- y.8.--None but tiie A Lurize Stock d Paperhangings, Window Glass, and Picture ¥ra«us Mouldings * [4SB the i"reBJS«9. j. wilsoist,



"Wanted. WANTED a Hoy able to imiK ana drive, and tmke himself generally useful—a boy from the country preferred Apply, A. Okr, East street. 1 149 rOS T in Domain, between Swimming -J Baiha and Winter street, Gold Watch Gua-d. Finder rewarded. This tflice. 1 155 REV. TrMK^OciKEßTwill conduct the services To morrow in Primitive Church. Evening im\ ject—"TheGirding of Cyrus. Seats free. 1 159 WJi S LEfAN Church" To-morrow. Morning—Rev T. G. Brooke, "Trumpet tones,''; Evening, Rev C, Aberne'.hy. An open door to all, come to. ; l.l^ I^OK Sale—Good Second-hand Pneu ■- matie Tyred Bicycle, cheap. For address apply Mail Office. 1 113 r|7"ANTED TO SELL«-Whitechapel » » Cart almost new. Harness and Horse, latter can be driven by lady. Apply Mail Office. 1*139 WANTED, by end of January, Eij>ht or Ten-roomed House, Ashburfco n or Suburbs. Apply Mail Office. 198 STEER Lost, Thursday, one year old, half Jersey, from High School reserve, Smith's Koad.—Charles Reid. 1 144 AJSTED, Smart Youth for Office work. Apply John Obk ahd Co. 1 128 ANTED KWOWN^FREDrsT Jeffkries, leading Confectioner and Fruiterer of Ashburton, East Street, nexb the Corner. Ice Creame, Fresh Fruits, Confectionery, Summer drinks of every description. Ice at reasonable rates. Ladies Room a specialty. 1*153 GIVF,N~AW AY—Family Albums 3s* Young Ladies' Xmas Double Nun • ber, Holly Leaves and Yule Tido Is 61 each, Papetieres Is 6d, LaTge sized 22 ---staff Music piper Is per quire. School Bcoka, Circulating Libraiy.—J. Mahsdem 1 152 WANTED Known —• Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optlea line at S. S*xek's, Optician. ~ ANTED Known.— Having had such a successful season with Dresses, balance to clear *t nominal prices.— MITCHEtL ASD TufiNEH. fXTANTED Known — Mils Hoopek * ' (monthly nurse) is open to accept engagements. Apply, by letter, to Mrs Hooper, .Alford Forest Road, Ashburton. 11*134 \ irANTED Known —Holders of YY Present tickets can new get them changed.—H. C. Sbgbrs. Molford House WANTED Known—A tremendous run on our Gloves, 4H upwards. —Mitchell and Tuener. ANIED Known—That H. A. 1 lower, Confectioner, Eas* street, has a splendid variety of Fry's and Cadbury's Chocalate Boxes, now in stock. BLANK ET S bought at Edwards Bennet's Sale, a special line of Double Blankets at 7s 9i. Ex^ra l»rge and heavy 15i 6d and 16s 6d.--Robert Alcorn, Biker's Building OWN Make In Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, vlu.sluh, Flannelettes, Tiitnmings, etc. ; at Mrs Alcobn's new shop, B-.kei's Bui'dings. ORKSKNTS. We are now giving IT Presents to a'l purchiFpn- of 2i 6d and up\Virds.-—H. C. Segebs, Melford House. v ANTED Known—The Corner Is W showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H, Colmek. OBERTT ALCORN has opened }n Baker'B Buildings, next the Court? house, with a stock of Clothing, etc, at Edwards, Bennett's and the Kaiapoi S%les, the cheapest lot of goods ever brought to Ashburton, Also an assortment of Boots. BOY'S and Girls Own Annual, British Workman and Workwoman, Infant's M*g;)zino, The Prza, Child's Companion, Children's Friend, Litilo Dot, Family Friend, Band of Hope, Young England, and other New Bocks at Lowest Prices.— L. F. Andrbwes and Co. 11 98 ~\T OTJCE 1 Notice Sport for all i\ G^ns let out on hire cr sold on tima payments. H%ying a professional Gunsmith on the pTeunsac, I undertake to repair Guns of any description. Gun fittings in stock. Prices low.—J. W. Haiidley, Ironmonger, etc T" ADIF.S 1 aud Gentlemen's left-otf LJ Clothes and all kinda of goods boughc, cold, or exchanged. — Mrs Knight, opposite Templar Hall, near Post Office. £1 170 f^HEAP Ohrisuias Presentp, Cheap \J New Year G^fcs, Cheap Toys, Cheap Dolls, Cheap Fancy Goods. Mfs Adams, Saunders' Buildings. VIY ANTED — Every Lady to try W Madam Balcosibe's Patent Ex panding Belt Corset (registered), guaran teed vhajebono throughout. Orders left at Mr E. Hall's, Herbaljst, Ashburton, will receive prompt attention, 10 86 ANTED Known—Special line of v J Gents' Regatta Shirts, all sizes, with or without collars, 2a 6d.—W. H, Collier. T3EAUTTFULar,d useful Presents to I > all purchasers of 2s 6dand upwards. —11. C Segers, Melfcrd House. GUNS ! Ours ! Gune ! My new stock of Gunsj ust to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Shigte Barrel Breech Leaders, Rifles, etc. In spection invited. No old stock to select from at J. W. Hardley's Sporting Repository EIiBAL ißeer, Herbal Beer. Six _ gallons of splendid Herbal Beer for 7d. Made with a bottle o£ Potter's Herbal Beer Extract, price <fd per bottle. Warranted purely herbal. Fletcher Bros.. Wholesale and Retail Agents, Cash Supply Stores, Ashbnrton and Christchurch. BANG ! Bang i Bang ! My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, Clui> Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Hardley's, un Emporium /^HRISTMAS Presents, Choice^rna \y ments, Zithers and Jew's Harps, Balls acd Dolls for everybody from Id each; Jointed Dolls for 6J, Sleeping Beauties Is, Chinese Conquerors 6d, Russian Embassies Is, Walking Men, Talking Boils, Ssotjh Greys, and Ennis kiUen Dragoons all wonaerfyjly cheap at Mrh Aloorn's Ladies.' Dndercldthing and Fancy Bazaar, Havelock street;. WANTJiD Known—That owing to the succe^u %i the Sale now being held up at Saunders' Building!?, opposite Rail way Station, ifc will be cdntruned for another twenty-eight days. lam not adVei'Usiaa » few cheap lines, but the yjfhoie of the atoek., Ppn't lose the oppor tunity of securing genui»« A L LAW»IIS ' ' " " ' ffi.



I Wanted ) WANTED Known—All wool Delaines, Prints, and Crepons below whole sa'e rates. —Mitchell and Tubnjeb WANTED Known -That if you are in want of a first class artcle in sum roer Boots and Shoes, you canuob do better than call at J. Moison's ; you wU get the very best at reduced prices. Ak for his own make, they are well known to the delight of the wearers, throughout the Australasian colonies. .Repairs well done and at once Premier Boot Maker, Town Hall Boot Store, TV street, Abhburton. -I QQpt ew Year Cards and New JL OtJtJ * ear Gifts of various kinds. Fancy Goods, including Fancy Glass and Chinaware, Toys of various kinds, Chinese Lanterns, New Games for indoors and outdoors, including Tennis and Cricket Material; Writing Desks -and Cases, Inkstandp, Photo and Scrap Albums, Ladies' Hand Bags, Picture Frames Pictures, Texts, Accordeons, Concertinas, Violins, Zither Harps, Banjos and a great variety of other goods all at Reduced Prices for Cash ab L. F, And hew as and Co. s



NEW ZEALAND GLOWING FACTORY, EAST STREET. Half-Yearly Stocktaking. STRAW HATS to be cleared out at Greatly Reduced Prices. Boy's Straw Hats 3s 6d for Is Men's Straw Hats 3s 6d for Is Men's Java Straw Hate 2s 9d for Is 6d Men's Straw Hats 6a 9d for 3* (id We do not often advertise Cheap Goods, but these are GENUINE REDUCTIONS. BOOTS. ]3O~OTS. BOOTS. Boy's Strong School Boots 5s 6d Men's Light Balmorals 8s 6i Men's Strong Canvas Shoes 5s Men' .Strong Nailed Shooters 9a 6d You will Save money by purchasing your Boots from the H. Z.J- F. <Vcmen s Canvsw Shoes 49 95 Women's Glace Kfd Shoes 5s 6d Maids' Tan Strap Shoes 5s 6d NEW ZEALAND CLOT HITS G FACTORY. [ Hallbnstein Bros i*ouni\ jiixit. BVIVIT.



mHESE WATCHES are proving the BEST VALUE EVEU OFFERKD IN ASHBURTON. Prices: 12/6, 20/-, 25/-, & 30/. Only to be obtained from S SALFK, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, EAST tiTREET, ASHBURTON. 1 126 4 ——^



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KEATING S POWDER destroys Bugs Fleas, Moths, Beetles and all other insects, whilst quite harmless to domestic anitßals, In estertninsting Beetles the success ofithjs Powder is extraordinary. It >is perfectly clean in application. See the artioleyou purchase is KEATING'S, as imitations are noxious and ineffectual. Tins, 6d and Is, ie with the signature Thomas Keating on eaeb tju. Sold by all ehemiits