PHASES OF THE MOON.

Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1895. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A cricket match was played on Thurs day afternoon on the Borough school ground between elevens of the High SchooJ and Borough School, the former winnins. by an innings and 17 runs. Friedlander and Baxter d|d b9st 'for the winner?, and the former and Crisp got most of the wickets. For the losers Kldd and Clarke .uade the best show.

A most successful entertainment was held in the Doiie schoolroom on Friday last, in aid of the school prize fund. Mr S. E. Boyce, chairman of the school ocmralftpe, presided. Mr W. Harrison gave an exeejle&t ianfcevn exhibition, show ing views ot hts tr'p from t?he old country. qI which he gave a graphic description. Some excellent views of London, and a series of pictures Illustrating a sketch * Utopia/ ware also shown, and described by Mr R. Sharp, who also sang 'The village blacksmith.' the song being illus trated by lantern .slides, as also wa. the recitation given by Mr McCandlisb, * Cur few must not ring to-night.' Songs were also contributed by Mrs Boyce, Mis. Thompson, and M_ Malcolm. Miss W. Harrison acted as acaompau-sjj. At the entertainment light refreshments were j supplied by the ladies.

Mr Michael Davitfc is a passenger by the Mararoa for the Bluff

A match at cricket was played at Rakaia on Wednesday afternoon between teams representing the Rak.iaand South bridge Clubs, and resulted in a win for the former by 1 wicket and 62 runp. S.uthbridge scored 71--T. Cooper 12, A. Cooper 11. R. T, Hill 16, and Dr Wither. 20. Rakaia responded with 133 for nine wicketf, Macdonald 49, R. Sharp 33. Lyttelton 10 (nob out), Bulr.ois 7, (not out). Mscdonald (Rakaia) and Collier (Southbridee) w«re the most successful bowlen, while Petrie (Rakaia) and Cox (Southbridgc) were most prominent in the fi .Id.

The annual summoned meeting of No. 25, L O L, Sou h Rakaia, took place on Saturday evening, there being a large attendance of members—W M Bro Cromie in the chair. Correi-pondence was read and dealt wibh. The resignation of a member was received and accepted. The balance sheet was read, and showed that the Lodge was in a sound financi.l position. Ten new members had joined in the twelve months. P M Bro C. Shannon, assisted by Bro A. Patton, then installed bhe following officers :— W M, Bro S. Ross ; DM, Bro G. Smibh ; Secretary, P M Bro W, H. Shephard, (re-elected); Treasurer, P. M. Bro A, Haslett (re-elected) j Tyler, Bro G. Ross; Chaplain, Bro A. Rowntree; First Committee, P.M. Bro 0. Shannon ; Auditors, P.M. Bro C. Shannon and Patton. A vote of thanks was parsed to the installing officers, and to bhe outgoing officers for their past services. Ib was proposed to hold an A P night on Novem ber 22, when five candidates will receive their degree. It was proposed bo invite the Grand Lodge officers to attend, with all 'he country lodges. The Lodge was then cksed by the WM in the usual manner.

Mr Phil Norman, the well-known bridge contractor, has finished the erec tion of the foot and stock bridge over the Hinds liver at Mayfield crossing. The bridge was completed on Saturday even ing, before dark, and our eld friend made for home as soon as his work was done, reaching Ashburton in time at least for morning service on Sunday. Mr Norman was engaged a whole month on the job, and bis finished work supplies the Mayfield people with a bridge 180 feet long and 4 feet wide —just large enough to allow foot passengers, stock, and horsemen to pass, but barring wheeled traffic. The children will henceforth be able to go to school in all states of the river, and the mailman need never now be stuck op. r! he piles are railway iron of 411b to the yard, caps 9x6 timber, b.aces 6x4, corbels 9x9, stringers 12x4, with 3in decking, rail ings on both sides, and that the work has been satisfactory to that keenest of all keen judges—Mr William Baxter, county engineer—is amply proved by the fact that Mr Norman has got his cheque. We congratulate the Mayfield people on this addition to the comfort of life in their district, and trust they will be able to enjoy many sermons on Sundays, and their children many lessons on week days that tho brawling river would otherwise have stood in the way of. Mr J. B. Steele supplied all the ironwork.

SPORTING.

THE NEW ZEALAND CUP.

The following is the final payment:—

The Derby Stakes, of 20 soys each, with 500 soys added.—-Mr H. Craig's Euroclydon, Mr G. G. Stead's Mauser, Mr G. G. Stead's Mannlicher.

CYCLING

Melbourne, October 31

Zimmerman is confident of beating Parsons when they again meet in a five mile contest, as he has done the distance in 75sec under Parsons' time.

Martin, a crack American, and Porta, an Italian, both cyclists of some repute, have arrived by the Austral and intend competing at the principal events this season.

The Situation in Europe

London, October 30 The situation has depressed the Bourses on the Continent.

The Times' Vienna correspondent declares that the Sultan is convinced that the Great Powers are trying to isolate British hostility, and that the official Press indicates that Russia and France are ceasing to co-operate with Great Britain regarding Armenia, and are leaving Germany inactive.

European and Other Foreign Items.

Berlin, October 30 Herr Dierle, editor of the Vorwartz newspaper has been sentenced to six months on a charge of Use majeste, in ridiculing the Emperor's remarks at the Sedan ceremonies. Sir J. E. Thurston desires to com plete his plans for the better protection of life and trade in the Solomon group before his departure, which is there fore delayed in consequence. Bishop Barry presided at a meeting at Paddington to raise funds for the see of Grafton, New South Wales. Bishop Moorhouse and Mr Justice Stephen strongly supported the schema To-day donations amounting to L 1350 were received, including Mr ]?. Dahgar LSOO and Messrs Daniel Cooper and Gilchrist LIOO each.

CQHsi'ANTiNoji.f'',. Qsrober $Q Twenty-six thousand .Armenians have broken out in revolt in the Leuor* district,

Cah-Town, October 31 Mr '<$. tt. Robinson's agent was narrowly prevented from "jumping '• 1000 claims of land, valued at two millions sterling. [ New York, October 80 j Lynch law was carried out to-day at Tymer, in Texas, on a negro who had first committed an outrage on a woman and afterwards murdered her. The unfortunate black was secured to Stakes and burned alive, his torture being witnessed by thousands.

ASHBURTON A. &P. ASSOCIATION.

THE SHOW.

The eighteenth annual show ! The number is steadily rising, and as it rises it cal's to the recollection of the old member of the A. and P. Associa tion - the men whose names have been on its lists, their hands in its work, and its interest and welfare in their hearts since its beginning in 1878—many faces that have disappeared from among us during those years. There are members of the Association now lend ing sturdy help at the annual Show who were but in the very bud of life when the first show waa held, and had no idea at all, not even the faintest, of the aims and objects of an A. and P. Association, as they toddled about the stock pens of the earlier shows. And men who, at the outstart of the Society were supple of limb and clear of eye, and whose locks wore still their youth-

ful color, are now experiencing a strange stifinesd about the joints, a haziness in the vision, and a bleaching process going ou in hair and beard. But the wheel of life moves on that way, and time brings along many changes. The men who laid the foun dation of the Ashburton A. and P. Association have had no reason to feel ashamed of their work, so far at least as the annual show is concerned. Per haps the functions of the Association could be greatly extended, and it could discharge, if it were so minded, other duties than that of simply conducting an annual show. There are those in bhe county who occosionally bring up this subject, and indulge in a sneer at the Association for existing for the one object of holding a show, But the Association i« made up—not of farmers alone—there are a good many mer chants in it as well. And the time has been when other work was undertaken. We remember the giving of a series of \ lectures under the Association's auspices. It was a miserable failure. The lectures were given bj practical men —men who knew well the subjects they were handling, and the local press found abundance of space for the publication of the lectures. But the audiences who listened to their delivery were made up of never more than a score or so of people, mostly the mer cantile members—the farmers were either in less sedate company, or in full flight home to their own firesides. The writer had a conversation recently on this subject with a lukewarm farmer,

who, while he pleaded guilty to frequent absenteeism from those lectures, had yet a reason to give for it. In those early days there was more to do on the farms than there is now. The land was new, thare was much fencing to be done, and many jobs had to be under taken for the new farms that are not now required, or not once in several years—roads had to be made, and a thousand and one duties claimed the attention of the struggling farmer that required all his time and attention till he got his place into shipshape. Then the families were young, and there were few female servants available, so that visits to the town could not be many, and such as were made were o. the shortest, the farmer hurrying home as soon as the business he came to do was transacted. He can afford more time now, and thf. farmer referred to was of opinion that were a course of lectures inaugurated by the Association they would be attended mostly by the farmers, and appreciated by them. He fancied, too, that if the members were called together frequently to meet as a farmers' club, for the interchange of ideas and the comparing of notes on subjects of special interest to the tillers of the ground and the feeders of flocks, the response would be more hearty. But this is a digression that was not meditated when the first sentence was written, though the matter is not un worthy of consideration by members' of the Association, and the hint thrown out may perhaps give some of them food for thought. Times have changed much within the last eighteen years The franchise has been so extended as to include not only every man over twenty-one ye^rs of age, but every woman, so that, whereas when most of the farmers of the district took up their land, they only on the farms possessed votes, now every man who visits them in search of work, and gets tbe usual dole and shakedown, has as much weight at the polling booth as the farmer hjmself. So that the m.any political questions that so closely affect the' farming interest would afford abundance of matter for consideration by the Association sitting aa a farmers' club. The annual show is a hundred times more important to the farmers of the county to-day than it was eigh teen years ago. Then the farmer on the plains grew wheat and wheat only. In many parts of the county it was impossible to. raisp sheep t>v kpep pows 3 owing to the absence of water, The County Council's admirable system of ' water races has changed all that, and it is possible for every farmer in the county to raise stock. The growing of wheat was both easy and profitable in those past days s because handsome price, were obtained for the crop. 'But suace the bottom has fallen so com pletely out of wheat-growing as m industry, by the low prices that have prevailed for the last five or six years, *u„ f nvniat , I,^ had to cast his eye away

from the furrow to the pasture, and seek the return from "the golden hoof" that has been denied him by the golden grain. Jle has been forced also, where Us land suited, into a higher respect for the dairying Industry, and in many cases he bas further found that tb.P pig is not without a substantial money' value, While wheat wai-f his sole product the show of stock waa more of an entertainment to the farmer than a thing of real import, and its most important department in bis eyes was the implement yard. The latter has not yet lost its attraction, and never \dll to a practical farmer, whether" master of man, but tjie sheep and cattle pens have now an "interest that they did not possess in the past, and just as the frozen meat trade added to the sheep of this colony a money value apart from wool, wd caused a tremendous extension of the number of sheep raised in the colony, so has that trade caused a closer attention to t)e paid to the class of sheep rai§pd. And it is not too much to say that the sheep shown at the show of 1895 are fir superior in point of quality for the par ticular trade »ow qarriwl oa bf the

colony than was the very best that could have been shown ten or fifteen years ago. In the earlier shows the staple of the exhibits were merino sheep. At this show there was not a single entry of this breed, which is the foundation on which all our flock owners work. The heavier breeds were but poorly represented in the old days, but now we find Lincolns, Leieesters, and Downs shown numerously, while the inbred halfbreds of Mr James Stringfellow filled a long line of pens. One can fancy good old Oharles Bead, ef Westerfield, looking at those tre mendous sheep, and fancy, also, how terribly outraged his sense of the fitness of things would have been as he looked at them, and how he would have turned away mourning over the degeneracy of the times. But sheep for export must be produced, and the London market must be supplied with what will yield the highest profit, and with just what the London market wants, and that being so, many of the most cherished of our ancient traditions have had to go by the board. For many years our cattle pens at the shows did not con tain very brilliant samples of the bovine race, with the exception, per haps of a few really good ones entered by Mr John Grigg. But as the dairy ing industry began to burst into flower and flourish, so began a new era in cattle, and now we have Shorthorns, Ayrshires, Jerseys, and Frierians of which no Association need be ashamed. We have always had a good name for horses, both heavy and light, and this year the district has not belied ita reputation, while the pigs shown were of the highest class.

The entries this year were not so numerous as last year, but those for what one may call the show proper were just about the same. Last year the ladies took a " pet" of " scones," and the competition for this dainty waa something to be remembered. The home-made bread lists were also very largely filled, and all round the produce classes were fully entered. But this year the "side show" classes have fallen off, so that we have to chronicle a reduction oa the whole of 89. But, as we have said, the,* show, as an exhibition of stock and implements, is quite up to last year as regards entries, and in quality it has lost nothing of its old form. Following up our usual custom, we give the list of entries at the show from the first show held in 1878 to the one we are now recording;

The show morning was anything but promising as regards weather. Bain had fallen pretty heavily, more or less all night, and at dawn there was a considerable downpour. From six o'clock a thick drizzle kept on till seven, and the exhibits came into the yard all weather stained and be d raggled. Towards eleyen o'clock sjgD.| of clearing manifested themselves, and t-sere was a faint promise qf a 'gosd day, but the ground was sloppy in the extreme where the main traffic had been, Pools of water lay in the track leading past the implement yard, and there were many and soft ruts that the wheeled traffic had made. The weather, too, prevented not a few in tending exhibitors fronq putting in a$ appeap-pce, but thjs wag not go mucji the case among the stock entries, the pens of whioh answered fairly well to the catalogue, but sad holes were made by the weather among the smaller and extra exhibits which were sensitive to the weather.

JMPJxEMEN|Sj. To the true farmer, the genuine .flies: qf the goil, who loves fy§ avocation «.r;d takes a pleasure in his toil, and looks upon agriculture as a science and studies ib accordingly, the implement yard is a school in which he may learn many v»!u-.bis !_t£fsot.s. If, from a love for the work he has to do every day of his life, an interest in agriculture has been awakened in him sufficiently keen to impel an inquiry on his parif Into wh_4! means were"'employed in past lakes' for the cultivation of the soil, whs* systems followed, what rules observed, in the prosecution ci such an inquiry his i^ind would soon become familiar, both from Ifterary description and pictorial illustga? tion, with the implements In use 'ia primitive times. He would have followed the history of the march of improvement, and noted the stages readied In the progress of. agriculture as a science towards the .point, on # „fehe highway-to perfection the implement makers of to-day have reached. He would have learned the difficulties his forefathers had to coAtend'w'itb In following the of tillage with their imperfect implements 8S compared with his, relaitively, ""gentle man's life," If he p'e familiar with the tools of fifty, yea twenty years ago, and lb h&d eyer bepn his lot to have to wor|c tßero, the clumsiness of tpeir consteia; tion, their weight to handle, and their ponderousness for borse^r&qj&t will eeem to him as a mountain tp a p_ole hill when he looks at the clean, light, handy, yet effective tools of to-day. The twenty year old colonial stripling knew* only of the old single-furww swing plough from hia fathers winter night ttlw •$ tbf

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN i FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 18%,



November— Full Moon Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter

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sb lb *. Atlantic ... 9 0 Uernclnser ... 8 6 impulse ... 8 5 _. Zetland ... 8 5 Skirmisher ... 8 4 'egasua ._. 7 10 _..der_hot ... 7 8



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Classes.

1878

1879

H880;

18S1

1882

1883

11884

1885

1886

1887

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

:1893

11894

1895

Sheep „ Cattle Horses ._. Pigs ... .-. Poultry .. _.. .. Implements Dogs Dairy Produce ... ... N.Z Manufactures Extra .Exhibits ... Wool Horse Shoeing ... Small Bitds :Egga and Heads „ .„ ..

58 11 82 8 11 50 8 13 19 18

75 16 76 11 17 48 9 23 12 75

61 23 105 11 29 67 14 41 12 32

87 36 j 94 9 37 75 12 44 11 33

89 29 130 19 34 67 17 41 15 81

89 ! 2S 97 6 11 94 20 23 5 54 4

102 39 115 21

79 39 3 16

123 41 132 45 8 79 21 52 13 7

111 34 114 22

77 24 73 3 4

59 55 150 20 j

77 20 96 8 7

74 34 181 56

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105 : 9 98 ! 9 17

85 42 245 31

68 15 122 5 8

91 41 237 18

i 87 16 127 6 14

123 44 216 52 !

116 18 108 3 24

171 60 226 18

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94 19 171 16

1213 71 245 20

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102 21 146 ! 1 30

168 80 240 30

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77 13 236 35

168 74 241 20

87 12 i 159

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15

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13

16

5

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4

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395

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499

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640

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Business Notices. ( Cheaper Tlian Eyer. GT XT T? T T T , v* 11 Ii 1 Jj L TN Premises lately occupied by F, Nokxs, Bootmaker, next Shearman Bros Ladies- 1 Trimmed Hats 4s lid Boys' and Girls' Sailor Hats lOd each MILLINERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Ladies' Norfold Bodice 2s 9d New Dress Goods Goods 6|d Good Washing Prints 3s lid dozen New Dress Goods Is Good White Muslin 3s lid dozen Corsets 2s 3d pair GLOVES AND RIBBONS AT YOUR OWN PRIOE. Men's All Wool Colonial Twoed Suits 19s 6d Boys' Trousers at Any Price Men's Kaiapoi Tweed Suits 22s 6d Men's Trousers 5s lid Boys' Suits 3s lid HATS, CAPS, S.HIRTS, AND TIES AT HALF PRIOE BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. All Our Boots are made Specially to ou. order. Every Pair Guaranteed, Men's Nail Shooters 7s lid Women's Shoes 4s 6d Men's Bluchers 4s 9d - Women's Shoes 5s lid Men's Balmorals 7s 6d TAN BOOIS AND SHOES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION & J. NEILL, BDRNETT STREET NEXT SHEARMAN BROS.



TEA TFA. TEA. GREAT REDUCTION. GREAT REDUCTION, FLETCHER BROS., HAYING cleared out of bond, Large Parcels of Tea at 3d per lb Reduction on the old tariff, we are enabled to sell better Tea at a Lower Price than anyone in Ashburton Get Our Quotation Before Buying Elsewhere, Seeds! Seeds!! That are Sure to Grow. TUBNIP SEED. Our Turnip .Seeds are grown from Specially Selected Roots by growers o! repute in the South of England. The following varieties are in stock :— Carter's Elephant Swede Aberdeen Green Top Yellow Improved Skirvinga Purple Top Aberdeen Purple Top Yellow Swede Mammoth Purple Top "White Devonshire Grey stone Etc., Etc. Rape Seed. Rape Seed. BKOABLEisF ESSEX KAPE. _ mci FIELD CAKROTS. FIELD CABBOTS. As in the case of our Mangel Seeds, these have special atten tion by the careful selection of well shaped Boots from which the Seeds are grown. James' Scarlet Intermediate Giant Green Top White Scarlet's Short Horn Belgian, &c, &c. Mangel Seed. Mangel Seed. The Greatest possible care is taken in growing all our Mangel Seeds. Grown from selected roots, they cannot fail giving the greatest satisfaction. Mammoth Long Bed. Champion Orange Globe, Etc BE SURE AND GET OUR QUOTATION BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE Seasonable Goods. We have just received and to arrive several large con signments of Seasonable Goods specially selected for us. , 10 Oases Sheep Tongueß, lib tins 5 Cases Fresh Herrings 5 Oases Sheep Tongues, 21b tins 3 Cases New Zealand Mullet 10 Oases Salmon, Oocktail Brand 2 Cases 21b tins Corned Beef 2 Cases 21b tins Corned Mutton 3 Oases Preserved Pears , 3 Oases Preserved Apricots 3 Oases Preserved Peaches 15 Oases St Georges' Jama, lib tins 10 Oases Jam, 21b tins 5 Oases Strawbery Conserve (most Delicious 50,000 Corks. 50,000 Corks. To Herbal Beer Makers and Others. We have just landed 5 bales of some of the Best Shape and Size Oorks which have ever arrived in Canterbury, which we are_enabled to quote'at Very Low Prices for Large Quantities, FLETCHEK" BROS., CASH SUPPLY STORES, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, AND 116 and 118 High Street, Christchuroh. Advertised Agents for Nimmo and Blair s Reliable Farm and Garden Seeds



FRIEDLANDER BROTHERS, LIMITED, , —to:—*" WE HAVE FOR SALEa Stock of Few Season's SEEDS from the old established and well known growers, BUTTON & SONS, BEADING, ENGLAND, at Lowest Current Rates, viz :— — MANGELS- Long Red and Yellow Globe. —TURNIPS— Purple Top Mammoth, White Stone, Purple Top Yellow Aberdeen, Devon Grey Stone, Green Top Yellow Aberdeen, Imperial Green Globe, Green Top Yellow Swede, Etc. j u_ CARROTS — Intermediate Red and Yellow Giant White Belgian. —rape- No 1 Broad Leaf Essex. Also— —CLOVERS— Colonial Red, White, Oowgrass, Timothy and Alsike. — GRASS SEEDS — Machine Dressed Rye-grass and Cocksfoot. MANY R E S For all kinds of Crops always on hand, from Islington. Productive Manure Syndicate, ard all other makers. ALSO— Superphosphate and BonedusL — ——:o: We are now Booking Orders for WOOLPACKS, Seaming Twine, and Branding Material for the coming season. Also Binder Twinß at exceptionally low prices. FHIEIIIiAMOIEIS' o''BßO*, limited.



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Wanted. ODDFELLOWS' BallTa^inwalcT ~ou Show Nighb. Double tickets, 4i; single 2s ; ladies, Is. Refreshments free 10 191 ICE Cream. Ice Cream. —Wanted, 5000: people to try Flower's noted Vanilla Ice Cream. leer' drinks of every description. Fresh Toffies and Chocolates a specialty. H. A. Elower, Leading Confectioner, East Street. WAN'fED Known —A Preliminary Meeting of those interested in forming an Ashburton District Branch of the Educational Institute of New Zea land will be held in Bullock's Arcade Rooma on Saturday, the 2nd November at 12 30 Business :—To take steps for incorporation under the new Aob, 10 192 *&/ ANTED Known—Repairing made *» to look like new. Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store,



GENUINE Reductions for Cash- Being still over stooked, and tn make room for new goods .hortly to arrive from LondoD, I am selling in all depart ments at lowest, possible prices tor cash to clear.—H, M. Jones. WANTED- People who are in need of Good Strong Durable Fnrniture to leave their orders with H. Bairstow, 8 80 WANTED Known—We are now showing all kinds of Summer ■ Drapery, Millinery, &c. Everything marked as low as possible. —-H. C, Segers, Melford House. OEVOLUTION in Prices—3e^_ii^ Xli Electroplate-ware. Lawn Tennis Material, and Lawn Mowers. See our Window and Prices. —W. H. Collins & Cc 10 113 WANTED —Every man to try Mellor's Blnchers, only 4s lid, WANTED KNOWN—Art Muslins, Art Cretonnes, Art Curtains, &c, to be seen in our New Show Room. A beautifal promenade, — 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., ab Mrs Alcorn s new shop, Baker's Buildings.



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MEN'S Bluchers 5., a good Strong Nailed Shooter ab 8a 61 ; a nice assortment of Ladies' and Children's Boots and Shoes from Is 9d a pair ab R. Alcorn's WANTED Known—Men's Shearing Shoes Is 6d, Ladles' Leather Strap Shoes 4. 6d, Men's Carpet Slippers Is lid, Youths' Bathing Pints 4d and 6d, Boys* Jersey Suits half ordinary price.— ' Andrew Orr. 10 ill 147 ANTED Known—For Ashburton ! f ? Show, beautiful Trimmed Hats and Bonnets; also Ladies' Mantles, Capes, Jackets, Corsets, &c.—Andrew Orr. 10 112 ♦ STANTED Known-Thab H. B__ir VV stow makes to order every description of Trap Cushions and Trim mings. 8 81 Tl7 ANTED Known—24o Pairs of VV Sample Boots at cost price*— Meilor's Zealandia Boot Store. »IfANTED Known-50 {airs Ladies VV and Girls' Leather Top and Canvas Tennis Shoes, at half usual price, for two week, only. —Andrew Orr, 10 136 V\7"ANTED Known—Newest Goods in ** Drapery and Millinery for the Summer Season, direct from London— w H. Collier, The Corner. ANfED~Know-i ~U irls'"n"eaTKid Shoes 5j 6d at Mellor's Zea landia Boot Score.



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11/"ANTED Known—For good value VV in Drapery, Millinery, &c, go to Melford Hnnse. Tickets tor presents given to all cash purchasers.—H. 0 Segers. \\'/ ANTED Known—Mellor's Zea v'V lanclia B>ot Store has Ladies' Kid Shoes at 6. 61 \t J ANTED Known— Go .oTheCorher 'vi f_r Newest Styles in Drapery and Millinery—W. H Collier. C~7mKSToO^ _SrFo7o^^oTk-7Noli^ to Herbal Beer makers and others. Wa have ju.b received five bales of splendidly shaped Cork., which we can quote at a very low price for large quantities. —Fletcher Bros., East Street, Ashburton WANTED— Ladies to see the lates styles in Boots and Shoes.— Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. MRS ALCORN, having secured the services of a London Milliner, wil now be able to Supply Ladies' and Chil dren's First-class Millinery in the most Artistic and Fashionable style in New Zealand. A nice assortment of Dress goods in stock-



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WANTED Known—Men's Suits 17s 6d, Kaiapoi Tweed Trousers 9s lid, Knlcker Suits 4s Ud, Caps 63,— Ihe Corner. W. H. Collier yi7 ANTED Known—lf you are hard V'V on Bjots try Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. \,l/ANTED Known—Stacks of cheap •V Boots and Shoes at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. ANTI-Dll-nown^-^i__o~k¥BooT and Shoes stand like brass ; try a pair. WANTED Known—No old fashioned Goods at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. OTANTED~KNOWN--We are now VV making a magnificent display of Linolenms, Carpets, &c, in our New Show Room. —Mitchell and Turner. BJCRBAL Beer Extract 7d per bottle. ' Su#j_ie__t to make six gallons cf ! splendid H«rbal J*oer. This extract s%ves | boiling herbs ; is pure ,' iii^h^ a Splendid tunic b66i* j n (^intoxicating, with a *"«amy head, like bottled Ale.—Flrtoher Bros., Whd'f*l*B .m& Beted, igents, Ashburton and Christchurcli I | OLID AY Suits—A Nice Kaiapoi |~t Suit for 27s 6d, Boys' Knicker and Cambridge Suits from 7s 6d, Men's Suits to Measure from 45a, Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed at It. Alcorn's



WANTED— Everybody to examine the Goods and Prices at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. |iyrANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye YY Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything In the optical line at S. : Saxek's, Optician* 11 1 ANTED Known—Mellor's Zea« v # landia Boot Store is the cheapest Boot shop in Ashburton, OEDUCED PRICES _o.~Cash this «*^ month for Books, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Toys, Etc. Fancy Glass and China ware, Photo Frames and Albums, Scrap and Foreign Stamp Albums, Fire Screens, Cricket and Tennis Material, Balls, Etc. School Bags, Straps, Work Boxes, Writing Cases, and Desks, Etc., all at reduced prices for Ga.h.—l.. F AgpftgWEg & Co.



1 Wanted. ] STRAYED within past two days from the Riverbed, near Duucm Mc- Millan's, a black and white Cow with Calf at foot. Finder will be rewarded. Apply E. Cookson Ashburton. 10 193 TO LET.—Comer Shop with Oftic.s adjoining. All in one or separately, at the oorner of Moore and East Street, at a low rental. Apply to Henry Zander 10 178 FT ANDREWESTCO.—SaIe now « on of Surplus Stock of Fancy Goods, Toys, Books, Stationery and Account Books, and all a. greatly reduced rices for cash, at L. E. Andrewes & Co \ 1 ; ANTED Known.—That I have just VV received large consignments of Groceries, Crockery, Glass and Enamelled i ware, which I am prepared to sell at lowest possible prices for cash. Inspec tion invited. Goods delivered daily in Town and Suburbs. Families waited on for orders. E, Mahood, Easb Belt Cash I Store. 10 152



WANTED Known—We are now giving Tickets for Presents to all cash purchases of Drapery, Millinery, &c—H. 0. Segers, Melford House.



WANTED KNOWN. — F. S. Jeffries, leading Confectioner and Fruiterer, of East Street, next the Corner. Hob Pies at any hour and Tea and Coffee also. N.B. Lady Attendant, Fruit of every description. Ladies Room a special. 7. I*ls



SHOW DAY. GRAND EXHIBITION ON THE SHOW GROUND. mHE FAMOUS VICTORY SEWING MACHINE. Ladies: Do Not Fail to See this Marvellous Sewing Machine It has all the Latest Improvements, incinding the New Vibrating Shuttle. Prices from ... M, Time Payments the Most^Liberal. H ALLEN STEIN BROS, Sole Agents. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY, ASHBURTON. 8- SALEK, JEWELLER AND OPTICIAN, E.sb Street, Ashburton XMPORTER OF DIAMOND GOODS, SILVER and E.P. WARE GOLD AND SILVER JEWELLERY Importer of Good, specially suitable for MaRRIaGE OR BIRTHDAY PRESENTS or PRESENTATIONS DEPARTMENTS: WATCH REPAIRING DEPARTMENT A stall of skilled workmen only em ployed. Repairs receive careful attention MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT. Every description of Diamond, Gold and Silver Jewellery made np to order OPTfCAL DEPARTMENT. Sights Tested and all errors of refrac tion corrected by an improved method of testing, IHE LEADING JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT in the DISTRICT



Holloway's Ointment and P_li<s.~ Abscesses, Erysipelas, and Piles.—Unvary, ing success attends all who treat these diseases according to the simple printed directions wrapped round each pot or box. They are inyaluable to the young and timid, whose bashfulnfess sometimes endangers life. Though apparently local, diseases of this nature are esentially blood diseases, but a trifling expense will enabla the most diffident to conduct any case to a happy issue without exposing secret infirmities to anyone. The ointment checks the local inflammation and alleviates the throbbing pains. These direc tions also clearly point out when and how Holloway's Pills are to be taken, and their purifying and regulating powers may assist by adjmfciag aud strengthening the coastitu tion« i



Messrs McDonald and MeDiarmid's boot shop, in East Street, will be open on Show Day till one o'clock. Visitors to the Show will thus have an opportunity of securing a pair of their genuine boots at the clearing sale price. Remember every pair ia subject to a large discount, and the sale is en for one month only,—(Advt)



Those who never read the advertisement in their newspapers miss more than'they presume. Jonathan Kenison, of Bolan, Worth Qq. t lowa, who had been troubled with rheumatism 'in his back ? arms and .houlders read an item in his paper about how a prominent German citizen of Ft Madison had been cured. He procured the same medicine, and to use his own words: 'It cured nje right up.' He also says: 'A neighbor and his wife were bpth sick in bed with rheumatism. Their boy was over to my house and said they were so bad he had to do the cooking. I told him of Chamber lain's Pain 8,.1 m and how it had cured me j He got a bottle, and it cured them up in a week. Fo£ Bftl« by ASH-.UJW.QJ. DfiTO