Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, MAY 13, 1895. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A column of interesting reading matter will be found on the fourth page.

Parliament will be opened about the same time as usual, the third week in June. The New Zetland Times says the Government policy measures are in a forward state.

The Press Association reports that the cable steamer Terranora returned to port on Sunday, the weather being too rough to enable the work at the cable to be con tinued.

It was reported to the Wellington City Council .last week that vinegar sold by three firms in that city was suspected of being adulterated. The Council author ised their inspector to take the necessary steps.

The New Zealand Pharmacy Board have requested the Government to agree to the introduction of a Bill next session embody ing several amendments in the Pharmacy Act. The New Zealand Times says the matter will be considered in Cabinet.

The programme of the Ashburton Trotting Club's winter meeting is adver tised in this issue, and owners and sportsmen are reminded that nominations close with the secretary, Mr R. J. Henry, Ashburton, at 9.30 p.m. on Monday, May 27.

Mr E. H. Dobson, of Lowcliffe. Hinds, met with a nasty accident a few days ago. He was passing at the back of an old horse when the animal suddenly let out, Mr Dobson receiving a kick on the chest from one foot, and a very serious cnt over the eye from the other.

A Press Association telegram from Dunedin states that Mr GUruth, the Gov ernment veterinary surgeon, visited the property of Mr J. E Anderson, at Stirling, on Saturday, and satisfied himself of the presence of swjine fever among the pigs. He goes to Stirling again to-morrow to arrange for the disposal of the pigs.

At the Police Court this looming— before Mr T. E. Upton J. P.—George Thompson^, for being drunk in Kist street, the second offence within six month*?, was fined (jh and 49 expenses, and was allowed fourteen days for payment, or in default seyen days' Imprisonment;. Joseph Sloane for being drunk in C^ss street, fclfe third offence within six month?, was fined £2, or in default seven days' imprisonment.

Hollqway's Ointment and Pjlls.—As winter advances and the weather becomes more inclement and trying the earliest eri dences of ill-health must be immodiately .checked and removed, or a slight illness will jresult in a serious malady. Relaxed and sore fcfaroat, <j[ujinsey, influenza, chronic cough, bronchitis, and most other pulmonary affections will h§ relieved by rujbbjing this cooling ointment i^to the sljin as nearly as practicable to the neat of misphief, Thp treatment, simpta yet effective is admirably adapted for the romoval of those diseases during infancy and youth. Old asthmatic invalids will derive marvellous relief from the use of Holloway's remedies, which have wonderfully relieved many such sufferers, and re-estrblnh health after every other

The Central Otaga Vine and Fruit 1 Growers' Association now numbers one hundred members. The trophies won by members of the Ashburton Amateur Swimming Club ate now on view in Mr G. Jjeson's window. Amongat them are two handsome watches presented by G. A. M. Buckley, Esq., for the swimmer scoring most points in all races during the season in Senior and' Junior contests, and won by MoTeague Brothers. The members of the Tariff Commission, with the exception of Mr J, McGowan (who has remained at the Thames), have returned from their Northern tour. Since leaving Wellington the Commission has taken evidence at Palmerston North, Marton, Wanganui,New Plymouth, Auck land, the Thames, Hamilton and Napier. Altogether the Commission has examined something like 1500 witnesses, and has travelled nearly 3000 miles in 95 days (inclusive of delays), or an average of about 30 miles a day. Application is being made to the Government for an extension of time til the end of the month. The Commission will now prepare its report, but with such a mass of evidence to review this must necesbarily occupy some little time. Found guilty of malice ,in prayer I A recent issue of the Publishers' Circular has the following paragraph:—" A reverend gentleman of Los Angelos, California, in the course of his vocation thought it incumbent upon- him to offer up a few words on behalf of the young lady who has charge of the local library, and his religious zeal led to trouble. The prayer * was to the following effect:—' 0 Lord, vouchsafe Thy saving grace to the librarian of the Los Angelos City Library, and cleanse her from all sin, and make her worthy of her office.' The young lady resented the intercession, took the matter into the courts, and was awarded £1000 for 'the defamation of her character in public' The office of the pastor begins to involve undreamt of re sponsibilities."

Few polo players are aware of the ex treme antiquity of that gums. It orginated in Persia, where it can be traced back as f« as the year 333 8.C., and thence it spread westward to Greece and Egypt, and eastward to many parts of Asia. The ap proaching visit to England of the Maha rajah of Patiala with a polo team is likely to make the sport more popular than ever. In India the Emperor Akbar was so passionately fond of it that he often played it at night, and on such occasions the bulls, made of a slowly combustible wood, were sco on fire. The ladies of hia court took part in these tournaments. It was not until the year 1869 that polo was introduced into England by soldiers of the Tenth Hussars; but there are now twenty clubs for polo playing in the Mother Country; and *at present,' writes Mr Dehlavi, in a recent article in one of the reviews, 'wherever the British flag waves, or British influence reaches, there the goals of polo are pitched.

The small settlers along the course of the Waltakl River, which forms the boun dary between the districts of Canterbury and Otago, have been concerned of late at the proposal of the Lands Department to lease the islands in the river, so as to ensure the keeping down of the rabbits with which they are infested. The settlers have been in the habit for years past of running their cattle on these islands, and they do not, therefore, like the prospect of losing the pasturage and and of being put to the cost of fencing. They would be prepared to pay a moder ate rental for the islands rather than face this contingency, and would most probably also undertake to keep the rabbits in check. At any rat ) representa tions have been made to the Government on their behalf by theHon Major Stewa-d, M.H.R., and Mr Thomas Dunph, M.H.R., and in the meantime the islands have been withdrawn to enable some satisfactory arrangement to be made with the settlers in respect of them.

The passengers by the R.Ms. Kaikoura on her last homward voyage were fortu nate enough to see the magnificent scenery of the Straits of Magellan under most favorablecircumitancss. In lovely weather and with the sea perfectly smooth, Cape Pillar, at the west entrance of the SbraiK was passed at noon. From thea until 9 p.m. the scenery was too beautiful for words; the moonlight followed almost immediately the daylight failed and added, if possible, to the beauty of the glaciets and bays which open out at every turn. Next morninp at daylight Sandy Point was sighted. This port a short time since consisted of a few huts. It is now a fair sizad township with quite a fUet of steamers in the anchorage. The settle ments from Sandy Point to Dungeness have also increased v^ry rapidly, and several steamers are employed collecting the wool from the various stations along the coast; a frozen meat trade with Eng land has also been opened up, and a famous old sailing ship, the Oneida, is stationed there ss a freezing hulk and depot. Much excitement was caused on board the Kaikoura during her passage through the Straits by a canoe fall of Tierra del Fuegians who came alongside and were presented with some tobacco, &j. At 1 p.m. Dungenees at the eastern entrance was passed, the ship taking just twenty-five hours to accomplish the passage, a distance of about 320 miles.

THE WEATHER.

AFFORD STATION.

The following is the Meteorological report for the week ending May 10, 1895 :—

Model Yacht Club.

The first heat for Mr W. G. Murray's trophy was sailed by the yachts of the Model Yacht Club on Saturday. The weather was perfect, except that the wind was very light. Quite a large number of townspeople assembled to witness the sailing, Two new boats put in an appearance, one a cutter built by a professional and imported by Mr R>. Lechner, the other a four-foot cutter built and rigged by Mr G. W. Braddell, for Mr Stewart of the Union Bank. The race was started at 8 15} the course was from the boat house to the lower end of the reservoir, twice, the hqat to be finished in one hour. Mis 3 Stuart's " Bluebell" came in first, with one minute to spare; Mr Stewart's •• Bonnie Scotland,'? second ; Mr Lechner's f• Arawa," third ; Messrs McKeig and Cuth bertson's 'f Fleetwlng," fourth j but as none oft c above except the '" Bluebell," -vyere withiu the time limit, no points were awarded th^m. We are pleased to learn that this heajthjul and instructive amuse ment has becqine so popular here, and be lieve that the expectations of Mr Charles Braddell (the originator of model yachting in Ashburton) has been more than realised. But we would point out to the Club'one matter which wp think should be altered— that is, boats built by members of the Club, tnosf; or whom are bpys brought up in inland places, having to compete against those built by professional boat builders. Amajbeur and professionally built b,Qafcs should 'be in separate classes. Thjs plub suffers a good deal from not having proper wate», the re : servoir in the Domain is narrow, and so shut in with trees that a steady wind for more than a few yards cannot be got. If the Domain Board were properly approached it £ might be induced to make suitable water

ON THE PITCH.

By The Barber A side of mutton for les& than two shillings ! A good many winters have passed since a quotation like that could he made. But mutton was sold in Ash burton on Saturday at less than a penny pnr pound, and there are farmers who will gladly supply dressed sheep to a sufficient number of families at that figure When the frozen meat trade be gan to " shape," miltton rose very materially in price and we all thought Dick Lancaster's days had gone for ever —when you could procure a loaf of bread and a side of mu-ton, or a whole shaep if you liked to take it —all for a shilling ! But if things go on as they are going Butcher Lancaster's days may come back. At any rate pries »re pretty low now, and it watt rather a new way for a man to ask for a helping of roast mutton at a certain table in town on Sunday—"a happorth o! mutton, please." It wait a new sensation the gentleman wielding tln> carving knife had, too, when after cutting off a chunk large enough to block a blast furnance, and surveying it critically for weight, he came to the conclusion that he could not at on* cut give his mate as much aa he had asked for. Surely with mutton as low in price as that there should be no hunger in this town.

This cheap mutton movement ought to be a tip to our butchers. It is extra ordinary the demand there is for those cheap carcases. No ; extraordinary is nob the word. There is nothing extraordinary about people rushing to buy as much for eighteen pence and two shillings in an auction room as they had previously bean paying more than twice that amount for in the butchers' shops. Human nature is built that way somehow, and it make? Flo allowance for superior dressing, careful selection Jby skilled men, delivery at your door, etc., But the butchers ought to take the tip, and flood the Saturday's trade with cheap mutton. If sheep can 'be bought—and they have this season— at two bob a head in the wool, the buyer can surely afford to dress them, keep the skins and offal, and sell the carcases at two-bob a side in the open market.

I hear the caretaker of the Domain suggests the replacing of the macrocarpa fence in West street by a new fence, live or otherwise. I have not heard what the Board means to do in the matter, but T have never taken kindly to that ragged look ing macrocarpa fence. It was stuck in and allowed to grow at its own sweet will, with but occasional and very perfunctory trimming, till now it looks in places as bare and scabby as a mangy dog. It would be wisdom to root it out, and re place it with the fence round Baring Square. There la not the least necessity for that fence. It keeps nobody out who wants to go in, and though a considerable amount has been spent in trying to keep down, the weeds in the borders so that the shrubbery may have a show and things look a bit tidy, now that the young men have taken football bad again, and an extra club of boys has been formed, the square will be made a practice ground aerain this winter, and every meal hour will be a time of danger for the shrubs. I say, remove the fence altogether, throw the square open and lay it down in shingle. The square as it is, is but a poor orna ment, und would be a thousand times more useful to the community if it were an open roid.

The running of the railway right through tha town of Ashburton spoiled the square, and rendered ib useless lor the purpose for which ib was laid out. With a domain such as the Ashburton Domain wi hin aim' sb a stone's throw of it, the acre or so set aside as a square is a farce, and would be more valuable as a tawn reserve let for building purposes From the OW Town Hall to launders' Buildings the frontages are all reserves, and make a s id break in the business line. Why not shift the Post Office bodily to one end of Baring Square, the Courthouse to the other end, and put a police station in the middle 1 Then we would have all our public buildings within coo-eh of each other. The Borough offices just across the line, the Railway Station at the top, Post Office, Police Station, and Court house aU in one block, and the County Chambers just beyond. The sites vacated by the Post Office, Courthouse, and Police Station would yield in the imrket eiiher sold for cash or on building lease, far more thon would pay the cost of moving, and would give us one complete main street Hne. The thing is, 1 chink, worth con sideration by our City Fathers.

I read leading articles on political sub jects for the amusement they yield me. After reading the Evening Post of Wel lington I am ieffc with an impression that hanging, in the editor's opinion, is hardly k sufficient punishment for the present Go vernment- When I have sailed through the reply of the Government paper of the same city, I find clinging to me a notion that in the opinion of the Government paper it is the Post man that should be nude a Ham in of. In Chriatchurch the Press is quite as bitter against the Seddon Government as is Its Wellington evening contemporary, while the Times does a daily weep over the degeneracy of its op position neighbor. But for fair and square tongue, or rather pen-lashing, in Billingsgate done into presentable English commend me to the political writers of the New Zealand Press, If either Go vernment or Opposition is to be judged by the leading articles, whether laudatory or denunciatory, written about them, or even by the speeches of attack or defence made by the members of either political party when on the stump—then all I can say is, in the matter of abuse, there is not one to mend another with, and one is greatly tempted after a perusal of the "you're another" articles the political scribes give us, to pay, a? one of Shake speare's characters says (for both sides cannot be speaking truth) " Lord, how the world is given to lying,"

It is told of Mr Seddon in his private member days—when he was only Richard of Kumara—that he male some rash promise on the subject of members' honor or ia. The promise was not fulfilled. I will not swear to the accuracy of this, but it is near enough for the story. At any rate Richard came back with an unre duced honorarium jingling in hia pocket. Tackled about it by some cheese-paring digger, Richard replied, stating the cir cumstances of the case, and wound up by the happy remark that perhaps the greatest want the Kumara people had was foreign capital to* be spent amongst them. That being so, he would not be the man to stand in the way of foreign capital coming in, and so he had brought back wih him from Wellington as much as he could. The answer elicited rears of laughter and Richard was forgiven.

It is interesting to read the remarks of Mr Ward's bitterest journalistic foes on hia success in raising a million and a half in the London money market at three per cent infcsrest, a.nd at the first time of asking. They hardly know what to jmka of it. Some of them let out a li.fr le grcwl about the 5,£ per cent discount to be paid, and most refer feebly to the present state of the money market, the dearth of pro fitable investments, and how easy ie would have been for anybody e Js,9 to have ctone just exactly what Mr Ward has done. The fact, i$ the news of the intended raising of the loan came to them $1 news indeed, and struck them all of a heap. When it was subscribed four times over the fact fairly took their breath away. It was a most agreeable surprise, and has to a very great extent taken the acerbity out of th»ir wetting about Mr Witf » a a Jib

."ky-rockefc finance. In fact they are 1 mostly like Richard's Kumara diggers, very glad indeed that so much foreign capital, and at- so low a rate of interest, is to be brought into this colony, and let loose among the cockatoos. Probably, now that the Lending Board knows where the money is to come from they will, allow themselves a lUtle more latitude than they have been doing hitherto.

European and Other Foreign Items

London. May IJ. The Privy Council dismissed the New Zealand appeal case Johnstone v O'dham with costs. A Committee of. Manchester mer chants and manufacturers is negotiat ing with the Gulf line of steamers for the despatch of steamers direct from Australia to Manchester, beginning in October. May 12. Lord Rosebery is cruising in the Channel, under medical advice. Paris, May 12 The French religious orders are intensely excited and unable to decide on their attitune towards the taxation of the Bishops, and are disputing it. The Cardinal. Priests, and Bishops, and 150,000 monks are affected by it. Bishop Fuget urges that the tax should be paid under protest, as a refusal means war against the State, and a causus belli between France and the Vatican. Ottawa, May 12 The Hon. G. Foster, Minister of Finance, states that Newfoundland has agreed to .the union with the Dominion. VICTOKiA, B C, May 12 The Government complains that the United States has not yet paid the Behring Sea award, and that the fishermen are, therefore, practically penniless, and unable to refit for the present season. Madrid, May 10 News has been received that a survivor of the Reina Regente, the Spanish warship which recently foundered off the entrance to the Straits of Gibraltar, was found lashed to a plank drifting in the mid Atlantic, by an outward bound ship, but died a few minutes after being taken on board.

The French in West Africa.

Pakis, May 10 The French Press report that the Governor of 'Dahomey has completed the formal occupation of the country up to the Niger. London, May 10 Captain Lugard has returned from West Africa. In the course of an interview he vouched for the truth of the statement that the Governor of Dahomey led the French Expedition up the Niger river, and declares that two large forces are assembled at Lower river. Captain lugard concluded a treaty with the chiefs of Borgu on the Niger without paying attention to French claims. May 12. The Times does not question that the French seizure of British territory in the Niger, and their claims, involve a monstrous pretension, and that the good feeling existing between London and Paris alone prevents the Company's troops ejecting the French.

The Colonial Treasurer.

London, May 11 The Canadian Government has in vited the Hon. J. G. Ward to visit Ottawa to discuss matters of general interest as between Canada and New Zealand. Mr Ward accepts the invi tation conditionally on his engage ments permitting it.

Mr Ward informed the colonial party of the House of Commons that New Zealand desired a naval station in view of the results of the Japanese war. Sir Charles Dilke considered the station in Sydney was sufficient.

THe COREAN WAR.

London, May 10 The Great Powers will not reduce the squadrons in Chinese waters until the final settlement of the terms of peace. May 12. Reports from Tokio state that Ad miral Kabana has been appointed Viceory, and has sailed for Formosa with a view to obtain the transfer and take possession. The Times 1 Paris correspondent states that the Powers are discussing the Chinese indemnity, which is believed to be fixed at LI 10,000,000, and will not be surprised if the total loan to repair war damages and restore finances reaches LI 80,000,000. Shanghai, May 10 It is believed that Japan will with draw her contingents gradually, as the indemnity is paid.

The Australasian Debt

Mkibourne, May 11 The Argus, in an article on the private and public debt of the Austra lasian colonies, estimates the amount at £315,000,000 and that the interest sent to London is nearly £13,000,000 annually. During last year, owing to the financial crisis, £8,000,000 of paid-up capital, invested in squatting concerns, received no dividend what ever. Following up the articie, the financial editor apportions of this amount £3,682,000 to New Zealand and the balance to Australia and partly New Zealand, and goes on to say j— ". British investors have made far greater Josses in New Zealand than in the whole of Australia. Investors," he says, " were deceived in the pa*t by high f alutin nonsense about the Britain of the South, and New Zealanders are, as a rule, elated at the spoiling of the Kjritons of the North. New Zealand has for some time past been engaged in the ignoble occupation of kicking over th,e ladder up which it climbed. An old Anglo-French Banking Exchange house, in its last private circular to its Continental clients, written in French, warned them against touching any thing in New Zealand, on account of |<the want of principle in financial matters displayed by the New Zealand people."

The Winton Murder Case.

Discovery of the Moilrn.

Duneiun, May 11 At Winton this morning, the police after i close search of the premises ot the Deans, commenced to dig up thi gardens, finding bhe bodies of two baby girls which answer to the discription of those left in charge of Mrs Dean. As the bodies were quite fresh it is assumed that the burial was quite recent. Dean haa been been arrested on a charge of murder. The woman Dean, arrested at Winton for child murder, it believed to have made away with another child. May 12. One of the bodies found in the garden at. Dean's at Winton has been identified m that of the child which the woman Dean had on April 30 The police theory is that when the woman got out of the train with the children at Dipton, she killed the child, and placed the body in a large hat-box which she was carrying. She then joined the train, and proceeded to Lumsden. Next day she travelled by the Waimea Plains line, and caught the express to Dunedin at Gore. Between Milburn and Clarendon she received another child, and getting out at Clarendon is supposed to have disposed of the child, and placed the second body in the hat-box. She then joined the evening train south, and after slopping at Clinton for the night, made her way home. The grandmother of the latter child, and the woman who had had charge of it for some time, left for Clinton yesterday afternoon, and were to drive with Dectective McGrath to Winton to identify the body. The woman is believed to have carried on the trade for years. She left Christchurch because the police had inter fered in a case in which she had received a child from a young woman and her mother* The child was being badly treated, and the police learning of it, and tracing the mother of the child, insisted on its being taken away. The extent of the trade carried on by the Deans can only be ascertained by those who entrusted them with children coming forward and giving information to the police. Invercaroill, May 12 There is not»much new to report with regard to the child-murders. The garden at the Larches, the house occupied by the Deans at Winton, baa been further searched by the police. The only thing of a suspicious nature found was a small skull, but it is not certain yet if it is human. The elder infant, whose body was found in a flower-pot, w<ns in Mrs Dean's custody for four or five days before she started for Milburn via Lumsden and Gore, and went with her. The doctors who have ex* amined the bodies found no distinct traces of violence. There were a few marks about the neck of the month old baby, but they may have arisen frcm decay. The grand mother of this child identified its clothes in Dean's hause. It is supposed that the in fants were stifled by holding a cloth over their faces sufficiently long. Charles Dean was at one time the holder- ot a large area of land at Etal Creek, Wairaki, but gave it up some years ago. He is a very old resi dent. Mrs Dean is his socond wife, and was the widow of a doctor. She gives her age as 48, but looks older. She is well educated. A preliminary letter to a rela tive of Hornsby, the baby, made great professions of kindness to the child, spoke as if the woman had a good position, and said the relative would understand the yearning of a woman who had lost all her children for the love and care of the little one. Dean is somewhat affected by his arrest, but the woman was im perturbed. She denied stoutly that she had ever seen the person from whom [she received Hornsby, the infant. While doing so Detective Herbert noticed her surreptitiously fumbling with some clothing; which she stuffed into; the bed. Herbert pulled it out, and the woman identified the articles as the clothing which Hornsby, tha infant, wore when she handed it to Mrs Dean, who thereafter maintained a stubborn silence. The people of Winton long had suspicions of foul play, and the police were, keeping an eye on the woman, but had great difficulty in approaching her, as she declined to register her house although she was once fined for keeping children without a license. It is probable that an effort will be made to connect her with another infant found some time ago. The police also have infor mation tending to show that Mrs Dean blackmailed a single woman whom she knew had given birth to children.

LABOR

Sydney, May 13 The Heaton miners have accepted a reduction of twopence. Dugdale and Ferndale pits are the only two now idle.

The public, and especially the Scotch and Irish public, are reminded that the Gourlay-Stokes Company will appear in the Oddfellows' Hall on Tuesday night) for a season of two nights. The Company do not pretend to be either Scotch or Irish, but essentially Colonial, and make their appeal to thb public on their own meritß. Bat Willie and Amy Gourlay's father and mother were aa well known in Scotland and Ireland twenty-five jean ago, as the Kennedy family was, and quite as popular. jThe old family had a specialty called ' Miss McGregor's Levee,' in which the " old man and old woman," and wea Johnny Gourlay, were the only per formers, and this fanny sketch kept orowded houses in roan of laughter, None of cur Scotch lady singers hare been able to give us " Caller Herrin " as Gourlay used give it, and none of the reputed " Scotch acton " have been able to pour tray Scotch chatacter as Gourlay used to do it. Willie Gourlay, who li the head of the Gourlay-Stokes company in said to have caught his father's mantle, and is as good in Irish as ho is in Scotch, but he knows just as well how to amuse an Bng. lish audience.

Don't Cough.—Relief can be obtained immediately. Use " KKATING'S COUGH LOZENGES "—well known aa the utterly unrivalled Cough Remedy. Strongly re. commended by many eminent physicians. They at once check the cough and remove) the cause—without any after effect; the most delicate can therefore take them. One Lozenge alone gives ease—one or two ad betime ensures rest. Sold everywhere in, tint 13£ d each.

THE ASHBURTON GtJAKDIAN: MONDAY, MAY 13, 1895.



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r-^siuess Notices bTcTT I M E S- ~~~ NO MONEY- NO MONEY TT is almost impossible to give things away, but never mind, come and try G. J. NELLJL FOR DRiPEBY, CAOTfIING, & BOOTS. Make no error ; he is cheaper than any other in Canterbury. ■ 6—-— Dress Goods 4*d Double Width Dress Goods Is 6d now Is White Calico, Is lid d< zan Double Bed white Twill Sheeting, 9§d Flannellettos 2s lid dozen Plaids, B£d and 6jd Towbls 21d each Cretonne 3*d Blankets "Blankets. Double Bed Colonial All Wool Flannel, white, grey, and pink, Blankets 25a 6d, reduced to 18s 6d 8&d Ladies'and Children's Ulsters and Jackets Corsets, Corsets Millnery at y«ur own price Ladles Stqclcings 6d CLITT OHTNa Men's Tweed Suit, 18s 6d Colonial Heavy Tweed Suita, 32s 6d, re- Men's Saddle Tweed Trousers, (all wool) dnced to 21s 6d. 13 9 6d Men's Tweed Trousers, 6a lid Men's Tweed Overeeits with Capes, 18s 6d Boys' Suits, 3a lid . ; Boys Caps, 6d each Socks, Shirts, and Hats, at your own price bootsTboots, V he maker of oar Boots guarantees satisfaction, or he will replace them. Men's Bluchers, 4s lid Men's Balmorals, 7s 6d Children's Strong Leather Boots from Woroens Strong Leather Boots, 5s lid 3s lid, this Is no rubbish Women's Strap Shoes from 4s lid Women's Carpet Slippers, Is 3d. _____^ v_____. Q. J~NEILL FRIEDLAKDEE'S CORNER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Aeent for Yarmouth Oil Skins. FLETCHER BROS. A RE JUST LANDING THE FOLLOWING GOODS FOR COMING SEASON, 130 CASES WHITE ROSE KERO- 50 OASES « LIGHT OF THE AGE " SENB, 150 per cent Teat. KEROSENE, 150 per cent Test. These two brands of Kerosene are the Safest and Best Light-giving Oils Procurable. 5 Tons Moir's New Oatmeal 5 Owt Oatina or Rolled Oats in Packets 5 Cwt Germina and Bags i £ Ton Golden Syrup in 561b tins § Ton Black Treacle in 561b tins g Cases „ „ „ 281b „ 4 Oases „ „ „ 281b „ 8 „ „ „ „ 141b „ 2 „ „ „ „ 141b „ 5 „ „ „ » 71b  5 „ „ .„ » 71b „ 5., t ,  „ 41b , s■„ „ . „ „ 41b „ 5 „ „ .< ,i 21b jt 5 „ „   2lb „ 2 TonWheatmeal SUGAR. SUGAR. SUGAR. We have just made a contract with the Auckland Sugar Refining Com pany to be supplied with their finest No 1 Sus;ar at a greatly Reduced Rate. Enquire our price before going elsewhere Dairy Salt. Dairy Salt, We bave just received a Consignment of the Finest Refined Dairy Salt. . £ Tons Fine Salt in lewt bags 2 Tons Fine Salt in 561b bags •I  „ „ 141b „ 2 „ „ „ 71b „ JUST ARRIVED—A Splendid Line of Hudson's Water Biscuits in 41b tins, to be cleared at Is 7d per tin. lins Free. FLETCHER BROS., CUSH SUPPLY STORES, ASHBQRTON AND CHRISTJH€ROH. — IMPORTANT,— THE CORNER —Has the pleasure to intimate that it is to-day prepared in all departments with everything New for Autumn and W^terwear. Great show of New Winter Dress Materials. No lady visiting ou iirress and Millinery Department can possibly be disappointed. MELTON CLOTH, especially suitable fnr children's dresses, 1* 3d per yd HEAVY DIAGONAL SERGES, Very Strong Is 6d per yd ALL WOOL DIAGONAL SERGES, in All Colors Is lid per yd ALL WOOL FANCY SERGES, guaranteed fast colors 2s 9d per yd TBIMMiNGS IN BEVERS, JETS, GIMPS, BRAIDS, IN ALL COLORS, —MILLINEEY"~iDiPARTMENT - We are now showing tho Newest Styles in Jackets, Waterproofs, Tunics, Hats, trimmed and unfcrimmed, Corsets, Underclothing, etc. BLANKETS. BLANKETS. Eest Value in the County, j Colonial Flannels in all Colors, B|d, ! Linoleums, Oilcloths, a New Stock Just Arrived. —CLOTHING DEPABTMBNT— Men's, Youths', and Boys' Colonial Tweed Suite at Astonishingly Low Prices Boys* Serge Varsity Caps O.s bd Boys' Plush Varsity Caps Is Od Boys' Serge Sailor Caps Is 0d Youths' Tweed 3vercoats with Capes 8s 9d. SUITS, COVERT COATS, AND OVERCOATS, MADE 10 ORDER —BOOT DEPABTMENT — Boots, Sboes and Slippers for Men, Women, and Children, .at prices that will astonish you. W H. COLLIER THE "CORNER." '



Waftted. BOOKS —My Shop will be Closed up on Saturday night, June 1. Be in time for extraordinary cheap bargains. — John Marsden, Tancred Street. |*EVIKW of Reviews for April. -M/ .The Windsor Magazine now to hand. Cheap line School Bags, Books and Slates.—H. M. Jones. 5 94 ALL Accounts Owing to Joseph Taylor, East street, Ashburton, mast be paid on ot before Monday, May 20, or will be sued for without farther notice. All goods will be sold for Cash Only from this date. 59? \%J" A tfTJSD Known, that the crockery » and earthenware business of the late W. J. Hampton, East street, will be carried on by Mbs Hampton in Burnett street-, opposite the Club. 5 24 ALL persons owing Accounts to the late W. J. H»mpton, furniture dealer of East street, are requested to pay same at once to Mrs Hampton, Burnett street. 5 25 BICYCLES.— Orders now being booked for our next shipment Cushions, £10; 95 Dunlop Tyres, £16.—Carson and Co. 5 4 /CHOICE New Season Fruit. Grapes, v/' 1 Peaches, Pines, Plums, Bananas, Apples, Apricots, jand Tomatoes ; the best in town,—ADAM 3, Saunders' Buildings. WANTED Known —Great Bargains are now being given for Cash in all departments. Befcre laying out your money for Drapery, Boots, etc., give as a call.—H. C. Segebs, Melford House. ANTED Known.—Lowest possible prices for Men's Knit Under clothing, Shirts, and Heavy Boots.— Mitchell and Turner. OWN Make In Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, Muslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs Alcorn's new shop, Baker's Buildings. /CHOICE FRUITS,— Peaches, bananas, A- 1' ©ranges, lemons and tomatoes, at H. A. Flower, Fruiter and Confectioner, East street, WANTED KNOWN.—Warm carpeo slippers for Winter wear, girls 9d, Is, woman's Is 9i.—W. H. Collier, " The Corner." WANTED— Everyone to visit our Large Show Room now replete with new styles for the season.—Mitchell and Turner. \jkj ANTED KNOWN. -The celebrated •* Yarmouth Oilskins can be ob tained at W. H. Collier, "The Corner." CASH, CASH. Drapery, Boots, Cloth ing, etc. New Goods just opened. Everything reduced for Cash.—H. C. Segers, Melford House. F F. ANDREWES & CO.—SalTnW -"-^» on of Surplus Stock of Fancy Goods, Toys, Books, Stationery and Account Books, and all a♦; greatly reduced prices for cash, at L. F. Andrewks & Co. WANTED Known—We are reducing the whole of our Drapery, Boots, Clothing, etc, For Cash. New Dresses, New Jackets, New Hats, etc., will all be reduced.—H. C. Segeks, Melford House. i^HARPS, Sharps. Bran, Brat.. I you a c requiring either of the above for your Pigs or Cattle enquire our Pnce before buying elsewhere. Special quota tions for ton lots. Flour at Mill Price.— Fletcher Bros., Ashbarton. SPKCIAL NOTICE.—Suits and Single Garments made to measure. Fit and style with prices to suit the times. Large purchase Heavy Kniapoi Trousers and Knit Underclothing.—Mitchell and TtTRNBH. NOTICE! Notice Sport for all Guns let oub on hire or sold on tini9 payments. Having a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns of any description. Gun fittings in stock. Prices low.—J. W Hardlby, Ironmonger, etc OY'S and Girls Own Annual, British Workman and Workwoman, Infant's Magazine, The Prize, Child's Companion, Children's Friend, Little Dot, Family Friend, Band of Hope, Young England, and other New Books at Lowest Prices.— L. F. Andrewes and Co. 11 98 BANG ! Bang : 3»ug i My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley'a, 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 OBERT ALOORN has opened in 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 Ashburton, Also an assortment of Boots. WANTED.— 1000 Men to look at the Cheap Drapery from Australia, at Melbourne prises. *' The Blue House " is the place to get it, at the Corner of Arcade, and dox't you forget it. 4 240 "POTATOES. Potatoes —Just arrived •*- a Consignment of the Finest Blue Derwent Potatoes, from tha best potafcoe growing district in North Canterbury, to be sold at a very low price. Special quotation for ton lots. — Fletcher Bros , Cash Supply Stores, East Street. Ash burton. ANTED KNOWN-. — F. S Jeffries, leading Confectioner and Fruiterer of Ashburton, East Street, nexb the Corner. Ice Creams, Fresh Fruics, Confectionery, Summer drinks of every description. Ice ah reasonable rate;?. Ladies Room a specialty. 1*153 BACON, Bacon, Baoon.-Best Grain Fed Bacon from the Waterton District, Sides #d per 1b; Trimming Slices, sd; Best Cute, 6jj<J. Cheese, Cheese, Oheese.— Best Local Dairies and Akacoa sid and 61 per Ib. Look at our window, —Taylor, East street. English Vinegar, 6d per bottle* Worcestershire Sauce 4|d, /"iHRISI'MAS Presents, Choice Orna \_y meats, Withers and Jew's Harp?, Balls and Dolie for everybody from Id each j Jointed Dolls for £d, Sleeping Beauties Is, Chinese Conquerors #d, Russian Embassies Is, Walking Men, Talking Dolle, Scotch Greys, and Ennis. killen Dragoons all wonderfully cheap at Mrs Ai-corn's Ladies.' Underclothing and Fancy Bazaar, Mavelock street. GUNS 1 Guns ! Guns ! My new stock of Gunsj ust to band direct from the manufacturers. Bauble and Single Barrel Breech Leaders, Rifles, etc. In spection invited. No old stock to select from at J. W. HABDixVa Sporting Repository ___. WANTED Known-That if you are in want of a first) class article in sum mer Bocto and Shoes, you cannot do better than €«11 at J. MoisoNSjyou will get the very best at radpced prices. As for his own make, they «r« wjejl known to the delight of the wearers, throughout #he Australasian colonies. Repairs well don« and at once. Premier Boot Maker, Town JSU 1 Boot stuf# Efrft street, Aehbartoa



Wanted ' WANTED Known — Mks Hooper (monthly nurse) is open to accept engagements. Apply, by letter, to Mrs Hoofer, Alford Forest Road, Ashburton. 11*134 WANTED Known—Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggleß, Folders, and everything in the optical line at S. Sieek's, Optician, WINTER. I 152 Men's, Boys' and Youths' Tweed Overcoats, with Cape, to be cleared this season at 20 "per cent under ordinary prices 69 Boys' and Youths Macfarlane Over ooats, new shape, to be Sold at 12J per cent; lower than last season 28 Boys' Double-breasted Reefers from 10s 9d WATERPROOF GOATS. Our Coats are to be seen all over the Country. SPECIAL. Ladles' Waterproof Cloaks made to measure ; all Sewn Seams. A SHBURTON T3LANKETS, I XJL ±J Large Double Bed Size, WINTER BOOTS. j Ife>illfpay you to Buy yourpOOTS from the NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTOR/. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager. NEW WEDDING PRESENTS. CHOICE BIRTHDAY PRESENT?, AND PRESENTATION GOODS, AT S. SALEK'S, WATCHMAKER, AND MANUFACTURING JEWELLER.I EAST STREEr. \ T THIS JEWELLERY ESTAB *X LISHMENT IS TO EX SEEN THE LARGEST AND CHOICEST STOCK OF JEWELLERY & SILVER WARE In the District. 5 84



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