MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the following places as under, subject to the necessary altera ions: — Tjhe next parcel mail for the United kingdom, Europe, e*c, will close about August 22nd, ppr Tdinui. Due London October 2nd. The Letter Box will be ciearpci for ,the despatch of correspondence from Ashfcurton for the undermentioned plages as follows •• — Burnham and Dunsandel, daily 3,15 pm Chertsey and Rakaia, daily 6 30 am 3 15 pm 6 30 pm Christchurch and north, daily 6 30 am -315pm and 6 30 pm ttU«i Oii fc|.Q#(fayS, Wednesdays, ana Fridays at iO t% am Dromore and Selwyn, daily 6 30 am 1 Eiffelton, Willowby, daily ... 10 30 a m ■ Lismore, Tuesday, Thars ! and Saturday ... 10 30 am Jslg«a,' #a^an^i, and River side, daily ".'.. .S3O am Seaview, Seafield, Kyle, and Newlands, Tuesday, j "piftti'sday, Saturday ... ,6 30 am Greenstreet, Winch^orp, an;d Forks, fuesday, Tli^rjt day, Saturday ... ,§&)s,ty Wfee»tßtosie, Asjti ton, JLopgbpach, a^d J?len>ingtoß, da% v , 3 4.0 pjp Mount Somers, Sprjngbur», I Ba&hside, 4lford Forest, Staveley, dally .. „, I pm Methven, daily 3 IS pm Geraldine, and Orari, daily,. 12 30 pm Oamaru, Dunedin, Waimate, south, daily ... 12 30 pm Etlpg, 'k&rtf&typfkj daily ... 10 30 am 12 " 30 pm Temuka, Tima.ru, i^ily, jLO 30 am 12 \ md T»cgday, Thursday, 30 and Satuifda^ ... ... $ \ff pm Tinwakl, Wioslow, liind.B, \Q go am 12 daily .. ...  SO pm And Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday 315 pm Ruapuna, Monday and Thurs day .- ... ... 4 pm May&eld;, Monday, Tuesday, ' ThursSay, aad ... 4 pm Lowcliiffe, Jilo'naay/W.c^n.aS' day, aad Friday & jy %ty i*^> .

DEATH.

Ckaighead,—Afc High Street, Newburgh, fifeshire, Scotland, on 25th June, Alexander Craighead, aged 70 Friends omitted please accept this inti mation.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1895. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Agricultural Department has con vened a Conference, to be held at Welling ton on August 27, to discu-s the proposals of Messrs Nathan and Orbell,

The Gazette contains an an intimation o the purchase under the Laud for Settlef menfs Act of the Marawhenua Estate. Otago, containing 11,150 acres. Mr W, J. Adams, tinsmith, plumber, and gasfitter, late of East street, notifies that he has removed to the new premises, next door to the Mai', office, in Burnett Street. The estimated population of the colony lon June 80 exclusive of Maoris was 865,365 males, and 324,110 females, an increase of only 352 or* the preceding quarter. We note a change of advertisement, by the Ashburton Drapery Company, in to day's issue. They particularly desire to emphasize the fact that their stock is composed of perfectly fresh and new goods. , The qaestion whether a stepfather, whose wife has deserted him, is compelled to support the child of her former husband (from whom she was divorced, and who ia still living) was decided in the affirma tive on Wednesday by Mr Martin, the Stipendiary Magiatiateat Wellington.

A Press Association telegram from Wei. lington states that the County Councils- Conference has been adjourned until the 23rd Insr. Several delegates, who had arrived at Wellingtoa expecting it to open on Thursday, were greatly disappointed, and will not wait for the adjourned meet ing.

A very interesting game at hockey was j played on the old sports ground on Thurs • j day afternoon, sides being chosen by! Messrs Broad and Silcock, The ground was in excellent condition for the game, having been marked oft' and gaol posts ereoted by Dr. Leahy, The game resulted in a win for Broad's team by 6 gaols ir> their opponents 5, Meetings held at B&lclutha and Kai tangata endorsed the Alliance's Liquor Bill, and called on the district member to support the same. At Clutha the meet- Ing protested against Mr i?eddon\s apathy as to the enforcement of the licensing law in the Clutha electorate, and urged him to remove the suspicion that his sympathies were with those who defied the popular will by immediately tak n* steps to sup press s'y-grog selling.

Mi-ia MacGregor, lately from Madras, addressed a meeting in the Presbyterian Church last night on the Zanana mission. Her story was told with exquisite madesty and great felicity of language, and she gave a most realistic description of the c iintnon everyday life and difficulties of the women of Indi*, and showed how the Gospel of Christ was the only power fhac cculd alleviate and brighten their lot. She will speak aga'n about Zenana work on Sunday afternoon, and all who care to hear about the ptogress of the Kingdom of God are heartily invited to attend.

The usual weekly meeting of the Star of the East Loda;o, I 0.G.T., was held in Hie Templar Hall on Wednesday evening, when ins foil iwing officers were installed for the tnsuing quarter—Bro, Hunter C.T., Bro. Korff P 0.T., Sis. Oliver V.T., Br >. Pearson Secretary, Sis. 10. Andrews assistant Secretary, Bro. Crock? Financial Sesretary, Bro A. Andrews M., Sis. C. Andrews 0., Sis, Smitheram D M , Bro. PegUy G-, Bro. Sando 8. Tin D.D. acted as installing officer. Several accounts were passed for payment. The Lodge was reported to be working satis factorily.

A Preaa Association telegram states th\t Mr C. Dal born picked up a bottle on the oast at the back of Araiapu containing a message from tha sea The bottle had been all at for nearly twelve snonths, and the paper was somewhat wornl The paper had bsen thrown overboard froai the ship Saint Enoch, 18§2 tons, Captain G. G. Gordon, on July 1?, 189-f:, in latitude 4'J'ieg plmin south, longitude lf?ldeg 11 mm east, the vessel beirg then sixty daya out frtnj. Rio Janeiro and bound for Few castle, New South Wales. The bottle floated a long distance to the westward, and must have rounded North Cape.

On Wednesday afternoon it leaked out that on Monday last a mail sent from Denniston to West port was tampered with. £160 being abstracted. Of this sum £115 represented mmeys of the Post Office, tbo balance being in registered letters. The bag was placed at 3.45 p.m. on Monday on a truck at the top of the Coal Company's incline at Denniston. Thence it reached Conn Creek station, where the railway guar.cj took charge of it, and the bag was brought to WestpQrt by train, where it arrived at 8 p.m. It was then taken to the Post Office, wfoere the robbery was discovered, Inquiries are being prose - cuted, but so far it is understood thgre is no cluo.

The fancy dr«ss ball given by the Caledonian Society last night was quite a brilliant affiir, and was perhaps the most largely attended of any gathering of the kind ever held in the Oddfellows' Hall, as it was also unfortunately the last gather ing of any kind to be held In that hall, seeing that within two hours after the dance was over the Hall was a smoulder ing' rum. About 25jQ dar.eers attended the bali ? the great "majority of them arrayed in £*n.cy gosturn^, and many of the dresses were new and origins). There was the usual contingent of men fn mili tary uniform, and one gentleman appeared In the unifoun of a lieutenant of the navy. Athletic clubs' and kindred costumes were numerous, to were theatrical character?, and the more picturesque costumes of Southern European countries and Highlanders of course were largely represented. Special attention Had baes bestowed by the ladies upon their costumes, and aU we*'a ppetty indeed. Mr Frizzell was the excellent and nnobtru'ive M.O. he always is, and the music was supplied by Mr H. A. Gates' bard of four, with Mr W Blacdo^ld £t the cornet. The;'admirable music tor dancing fco'cas spesially re marked upon by* many dancers. Sapper was laid on the stage by ' Mrs ganger* in I^er usual style, and full justice was dono to it. Btfcwte'^ th f 0 dances songs were sung by Messrs I^ammond and Lambie (Kyle^ and Miss )L(Hmbi'e(Aßhbu'|rtonj, and 'al.pgeth.er the gathering wag' a grand ' "recess.

FIRE.

Tils Oddfellows' Hall Bnru«>d.

This morning, about four o'clock, Mri John LaniUe, of Kyle, who was staying in Ranger's Temperance Hotel, the next building to the Oddfellows' Hall, was awakened by a noise he though t. was thunder, and fkshes he thought were lightning He got up, ar.d a glance through the window at once told what was the matter. The Oddfellows' Hall was on fire, and flames were bursting out from the windows next the front door. Ihe noises he had heard were caused by the falling timbers in that

portion of the buildiDg. He alarmed the house, and with no loss of time the fire bell was rung, and the Brigade turned out. But by this time it was hopeless to save the building or anyihing in it, so firm a hold had the dimes got of it. The fire soon ran along the dado, the floor, and roof, and in a few minutes had the woodwork of the Btage in ite grip, so that in a very short time indeed nothiDg remained but the brick walls of the building. It was a sad sequence to the merry meeting that had closed but two hours previously, when the Caledonian Society's most successful fancy dress ball had passed the hours gaily from eight o'clock. This morning at ten o'clock the scene was mourn-

ful indeed as compared with that of the same hour the night before. So rapid was tho progress of the fire, and so great a start had it got of the alarm that not a {single article of any vaUie could be saved. The whole of the Lodge furniture in the upper room was destroyed, so also was the large stock of stage accessories and properties belonging to the lessee—and these repre sented considerable money value—as well as the whole stock of rink skates and rmk fittings which Mr Elston had stored in the front portion of the hall. Mr Elston's property in the building was valuable enough to carry an insurance of £75, among the rest being a valuable magic lantern with slides. Mrs Ranger, who had charge of the catering department for the ball the previous evening, lost all the crockery, glassware, and cutlery she had in the halS, end her loss, uncovered by any insurance, will be from £15 to £20. Mr Horace A. Gates, whose band supplied the dance music, was unusually lucky, tie had taken home with him a portfolio of valuable music, and had made up his mind to leave his bass viol till next day, as well as his music stands. After reaching home, and noting the weather appearances, he decided to return to the hall, and while it was still fair weather, to carry home his big fiddle, so that he should not have to carry it home in the wet in the morning. This happy thought just saved him £15, the usual coat of an instrument of

the kind. The Oddfellows have insurances on the hall and its contents, so far as the latter were their property, of £400 in the Com merical Union, and the same amount in the South British. Mr Elston's £75 is with the Manchester. The loss of the hall will place the town at a disadvantage for pethaps three or four months, inasmuch as the Oddfellows' was the only hall of any size in the town, so that public meetings will have to be held in any make shift th&t will get over ili9 difficulty, whi'e travailing theatrical and other com panies must of necessity pass on, and local concerts will have to be postponed till some thing large enough to hold an audience numerous enough to be remunerative has been erected. We understand that a strong section of the Oddfellows in town are averse to reinstating the hall, not finding that such investments are particularly remunerative. In fact the experience of most of the friendly society lodges in the colony who have put large sums into buildings of this class has not been very happy, but in the case of the Oddfellows 1 Hall in Ashburton the fault lay in the fact that the building was too small, both in stage room and auditoium, and many companies had to leave out Ashburton

on their tours because they could not place in the hail an audience large enough to pay them. It was necessary to charge high prices, and so exclude the crewd who would be Willing to pay low prices, whereas with plenty of ioom in the auditorium, there are enough people in the district willing to pay the customary shilling for a good entertain ment to make it worth while for good com panies to visit us.

ROAD BOARD.

IUTOITAT.I,

The usnal monthly meeting of the Rangi tafca Road Board was held on August 1. Present—Messrs Harper (chairman), Peter, Sawlc, and Tarbotton. The action of the Chairman and Mr Peter in accepting tenders for stone picking, and the passing of accounts for piyment on July 4, was approved On the motion of the Chairman, leave of absence was granted to Mr Wright. The report of the Overseer was read and considered, and tenders were ordered to be invited for form ing about 25 chains of road at Maylield ; for breaking the stones on the Scuth Hinds road jn half mile lengths ; for forming over three iviiles of Hinds to Bridge road ; for forming about 90 chains Ealing-Montalto road ; and for making % cutting into the Hinds at Mayfield. The Clerk was instructed to have the: Hinds fords repaired ; to inspect road at Hjnds village settlement; and, with Mr Sa^yle, to deyisc tlje best means of letting the water off th.c road to enable children to get to school; also to have about t}ve chains of road formed near R.S. BSOfjl | and to give notice to contractors near Ealing to remove their camp from the road. The tender of J. Brown was accepted for forming road at Mayfield south, at 63 per chain, and for metalling at Is 6d per yard. The tender of R. Kell&han wa3 accepted for cutting tussocks, at Is 6d per chain. A large amount; of correspondence was dealt with, and after passing accounts, amounting to £26 7s Bd, the Board ad journed.

THE NEW ZEALAND TARIFF

S^WEY, August 8 The Herald, referring tq the N&w Zealand tariff proposals, states that comparing the present tariff with that proposed to be substituted, there hardly seems much to gain by the remissions or decreases. Many of the increases, if they oparate at ail, will do so against Australian exporters. How ever, the changes are not extreme, and indeed, seem cautious and tenta tiye, perhaps for gain. The disturb ance oi business may be dearly bought, as the experience in "Victoria is th,at seeking revenue through the Customs by increasing duty often lowers receipts by checking imports.

WRECK of a STEAMER

THE CATVVHIHVir IOSX

Sydney, August 8 1 The steamer Oatterthun struck on ihe Seal Bocks at 2,30 this morning, and sank in fifteen minutes. A boat containing the captain, doctor, second mate, two other white men, sixteen Chinese, and some of the crew have landed at Forster. The others are supposed to be lost. The boats which landed at Forster

contained thirty Chinese, including sixteen of bhe crew and the following white men:—Doctor Oopeman, A. W. Langfear, second mate, Mr Crane, and Captain Fraser, the pilot. The other boats, containing the captain of the steamer and other officers, are missing. The Catterthun left Sydney last night for China via way ports, in charge of Captain Neil Shannon and the following officers :—Wi P. Pinney, mate ; Langfear, second mate ; Harold Leffler, third mate; H. Anderson,

surgeon ; J, H. Harper, F. Wilson, J. W. Adams, A. Wolsterholme, chief, second, third, and fourth engineer; R, Manning, chief steward ; W. Jackson, quartermaster, three Chinese quarter masters, and a Chinese crew of forty four. She carried as passengers Messrs R. Fraser, T. 0. Crane, Copeman, Dr Anderson, Captain Fawkes, Mesdames Mathias, Loring, Miss Loring, and fifteen Chinese. Tugs have been sent from Newcastle to the scene of the wreck. An intense sensation was caused in the city by the loss of the Catterthun, which was accentuated by the un certainty as to the fate of the missing people. The weather for the past day or so has been boisterous, and an angry sea was running when the steamer left Sydney yesterday. Owing to the isolated part of the coast where the wreck took place, very little intelli gence is yet to hand. The survivors were very much exhausted when they reached land. No accounts have been received from them. The vessel must have been some-

what to the south of the lighthouse, as the keeper did nob see her. The tug has just returned, and reports a high sea and no sign of a vessel or boats. The Oatterthun had eighty-one on board all told. Accounts are conflict ing as to the number saved, which is variously stated at twenty two and twenty-five, but the latter is certainly the limit. Several coastal steamers passed the Seal rocks during the da^, and their arrival is anxiously awaited here tonight with an almost forlorn hope that they may have picked up a boat. Passengers saved are Dr, Copeman, of London, Captain Fawkes, the pilot, and Mr Crane, an official of the Eastern Extension Company. The spot where the survivors landed is ftwejity' miles from the Seal Rocks. Among the missing are Mrs Mathias, the wife of the captain of the steamer trading in Chinese waters, who was

formerly connected with Money, Wigrarn'ej Australian steamships ; Dr. Anderson, the ship's surgeon; and a young Victorian doctor, named Smith, who joined the ship at the last moment, Her Hull was insured in London. The general cargo was insured for between L2o,ooQand LBO.OOO. Those chiefly interested are the Berwent, Tatnar, Canton and. China traders. There was LIO,BOO in specie on board ; LSOOO was shipped at Adelaide, and the rest belonged to Chinese passan gers. The gold was insured. There was one bag of mails from Wellington and two from the Bluff. if he following statement was ob tained from Crane :—"We cleared the Heads at 5:30 last night, followed by south-west gale, high broken sea and rain squalls. All went well till 2 25, when the passengers were aroused by a seyfere shock quickly followed by a secbnd. The captain quietened the passengers, telling us we were only struck by a sea. Shortly after, we were roused out by an order from the captain and told to go on deck. The ship had a strong list to starboard, and heavy seas were breaking over hpr fore and aft. The position was appal ling, for the $hip was evidently settling fast. The officers and crew had already succeeded in getting out the life boats, but their efforts to lower them were greatly impeded by the tremendous seas which continually broke aboard, carrying the boats in again. The port lifeboat was swept off the davits. A noticeable feature was the coolness and discipline of all on board. The captain, the chief and the second mate and Captain ]?awkes were swept over the bridge, and the same s.ea smashed the cutter to atoms. Tfie sea was then leyel with the rajls anpj breaking clean over the poop. The starboard lifeboat was successfully launched, and a moment after the steamer gave a sudden lurch to starboard and disap peared. The crew of the starboard boat were subsequently picked up, and all are survivors." Captain Fawkes states that just before the ship disappeared, he, with the captain and chief officer., were) swept off the bridge. He saw no more of his companions, arid was thirty ijjjnutes in t<he watef? before fie was rescued. Crane remained in his cabin to within a minute or two of the founder ing, and then went on to the poop and remained twenty minutes in the water before he was picked up. Dr Cope man was on the starboard cutter w]u;n ifc was washed away. He clung tw a spar and then dropped into the water till he was picked up by a lifeboat. ! After examing the wreckage the life boat proceeded to Charlotte Bay, where a trading cutter conveyed if to 'Qtpe Hawjce. La'ngbear, who was in charge of the bridge, refused to make a statement. After striking, the steamer continued her course for some distance.' It is supposed that she gfcruck a sliding blow on the outer reef. Tl]e ropks ripped open fier sidp, and she swung off af; a tangent, and went aljead tilt sh.fi tilled wjtfr watpr. Off the outer rppk there is a tjepth of twenty r fiye fathoms. " The Mararoaj which has just (IL§G p.m.) arrived, saw nothing even to indicate that disaster had occurred.

SPORTING.

GRAND NATIONAL MEETING.

Chkiotchurch, August 8 The Canterbury Jockey Club's Grand National Meeting was commenced to-day. The weather was gloriously fine, and the attendance, which included visitors from all portions of the colony, large. Following are the results :— First Hunters' Handicap Hurdle Race, of 50 Boys ; once round and a distance.-— Vagabond, list, 1 ; Much Ado, list B.b, 2; Brin, list 111b, 3. Won by two lengths. Time—3.l3. Dividends—£ls 18s 6d and JL'9 I2s. Maiden Handicap Hurdle Race, of 100 jjovs; one mile aq>d three-quarters.— Invader, lOst 91b, 1 ; Gillie, lO^t 61b, 2; Variety, flat 111b, 3. Won by two lengths. Time—3.36£. Dividends—£s 7s aDd £8 Is. N.Z. Gkani> National Handicap Steeple chase, 500 soya ; three miles and a half. Mutiny, list 51b (G.Hope) 1 Bosoius, list 111b ... (Alexander) 2 Norton, 13st ... (Mr S. H, Gollan) 3 Liberator 12st 71b, Dospißed lOut 7lb, Booties lOat 61b, Austral 9st 131b, Chrystal 9at 71b also started. Roscins and Despised made the running the first time round, closely followed by Liberator, Mutiny, and Norton. Passing the stand the second time Despised waß three lengths in advance of Rosoius, with Liberator and Mutiny, who ware next, just heading Norton. At the sod wall Despised came down. This left; Mutiny in the lead, which he held to the finish, winning comfortably by five lengths from Roscius, with Norton third and Liberator fourth. Time—7 26. Eividends— £3 12s and £3 63 6d. Tally ho Plate {Steeplechase, of 60 soys ; about two miles.—Hawai, 12st 71b, 1; Glengarry, 12st 7lb, 2; Armstrong, I2at 7lb, 3 Won by four lengths. 'I ime—4.27. Dividends—£3 12s and £4 8s 6d. Ladies' Bracelet, of 7^* soys 5 two miles on the flat. —Jewel 1, Mystical 2, Ulster 3. Time - 3 49f. Dividends—£6 and £11 Bs. Enfield Steeplechase Handicap, of 75 boys ; about two miles, —Marechal Neil, lOst 61b, Nero lOst 7lb, 2; Gillie, MM, 3 Won by three lengths. Time-—4.20. Dividends— £3 18a and £3 8s 6d. Winter Handicap (Flat), of 115 soys; one mile and a quarter.—Vog«ngang, lOat 9lb, 1; Triton, 9st, 2 5 Silver Spec, lOsfc hh, 3. Won by three parts of a length. Time—• 2 134. Dmdends-JE4 15s and £4 7«.

NEW AUSTRALIA.

Adelaide, August 8 Mr McNamara, a Queensland journa list and a prominent pioneer in New Australia, has returned. He states that when he left Paraguay four months ago the disorganisation of the settlement was complete, ho long as the settlement was worked on the lines of Socialism it succeeded, but as soon as these were abandoned difficulties began. He believes that all who seceded still cherish their original ideas, but they are full well agreed that small voluntary associations like New Australia cannot solve the social pro blem. It requires the power of the State. In reference to climatic con ditions, he says that agriculture is co unremunerative and uncertain in Paraguay, that people cannot be in duced to undertake it without Govern ment assistance. Even then it would result in failure in ninety out of a hundred cases. The economic con ditions were an insuperable obstacle to the success of agricultural and in dustrial enterprise, which are com p'etely isolated from the world's markets, as carriage by rail and river is prohibitory. The local consumption is insignificant and the country will not compare with Australia or Argen tina for farming and stock raising. The climate is intensely hot, and forces prolific gSwth foe a time, but the crops wither before they come to any good. Maize is about the only grain crop to "mature, and even it is inferior. The insect pests are terrible, and locusts devastate the crops.

PRISON REFORM

Sydney, August 8 Mr Abigail, dealing with solitary confinement, state that there are few men who yajo through this treatment, however strong they may be at start ing, but come out more or less affected in mind. Of pourse the authorities take no notice of this while the men appear harmless, and, it is only wfyen. they develop dangerous tendencies thai they are placed under obj=ervat}qn. When tfyey get noisy and, scream^ out, as many do, men wh,o are doing th,eir nine months of solitary confinement in the same wing have to listen to the shrieks of the unfortunate madmen below, He regards it as true that many m°n are forced into crime and criminal associations by the first un just charge, and says that many men have told him how a first injustice plunged them into wrong doing, and how the gaol associations crushed out of their nature all that was right and good;; and now said that while they ! lived they would, so far as they were able, punish society for the wrongs it had done them. Tip wriler qontfau^ that from his own qbseryatjons alon^J jjhis terriqle indictment is $be s^solutg truth.

Sheep Diseases.

Adelaide, August 8 The report of the stock inspectors shows that foot-rot, fluke and lice sre prevalent among sheep in the south east and northern districts. Some thousands of sheep also died from worms and inflammatory fever.

A Sensational Forgery.

Meisourne, August) $ A sensation has been caused in Ballarat by the arrest of a girl named Bones, aged 18, the daughter of a well-known land and estate agent, on the charge of forgiDg a cheque for £$7i on her father, and uttering it. She cashed the cheque at the Union Bank, but the manager, suspecting that the signature was not genuine, sent for Bones, with the result that the cheque was found''to be a Forgery! The girl, in the course of conversation, incrimii nated a young man named Warner, a clerk to whom she was' affianced, and declared that he induced her to lorgp her fatheris signature to the cheque, which hi? "filled in for' tl^e amount named. Warner has been arrestecj. "

THE ASHBUKTON GUABDIAft : FBIDAt, AUGUST 9, 1895.



I— —————— ■ —■"> ■■ ■—»■ ——*»-»———.—— Biisix>QßS Notices. ' G. J. NeilFs CLEABING SALE 18 NOW ON ; AT FMEDLANDER'S COENEB. EVERYTHING MUST BE SOLD, NOW 13 YOUR TIME. ladies' Jackets, this season's goods, Grey Oalico Is lld doz 2 Is—Eeduced to 12s 6d Tfchite Oalico Is 9d doz loraets 3s lid—Reduced to 2s 6d Men's Colonial Tweed Suits 80s—Re- Ooraets 4s lid—Reduced to 2s lid duced to 22s Gd . Heavy Dress Tweed,double width, 2s 6d Men's All Wool Suits 19s 6d —Reduced to Did, this season's Boys' Suits 3s lid goods Men's Tweed Overcoats, with capes, Double Bad Sheeting B|d 18 6d rjolonial Flannel, all wool. Is—Re- Men's Macintoshes, with eapea, and duced to 8d sewn seams 22s 6d Blankets 5s lid per pair BOOTS. BOOTS. Men's Nailed Shooters 7s lid Boys' Nail Shooters 4s lid Men's Bluchers 4s 9d Women's Stronu Leather Boots^l Id Men a Watertights, Heavy, 10i 6d Women's Shoes 4a 6d BVBBY Urn MUST^ b C^BKD rroe OOMPABE OUR PRICES^ G. J. NEILL Fl> BDLAKDER'S CORNER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. CASH CASH Heeds, Seeds- Seeds. — JUST ARRIVED — New Season Flower & Vegetable Seeds 111 l Will I 111 I 'II II Q lIIIIIIHIIMI-IH* FLETCHER BROS HAVE «rcat pleasure in intimating that they have just received their New Season Stock of NIMMO & BkAIR'3 Celebrated Flower and Vegetable Seeds in the following order :— 111 Per Packet FLOWER SEEDS, !» Per Packet) Aiyssum, Sweet Mignonette Lobelia speciosa Antirrhinum, fiine mixed Nasturtium, Tom Thumb. Marvel of Peru Balsam, fine mixed Nemsphila maculata Nasturtium, tall Candytuft, mixed Petunia, fine mixed Neinophila insignia Canterbury Bells, mixed Stock, German, ten-week Pansy, mixed Chrysanthemum tricolor, Aster, Germ vi Poppy, « The Shirley ' mixed Astei^Betteridge's quilled Pea, sweet, mixed Columbine, mixed Candytuft, dark crimson Piilox Drumraondii I Convolvulus, mixed Carnation Stock, Virginian, mixed Dahlia, mixed Clarkia elegana Sunflower, tall Everlastings, mixed Convolvulus major Wallflower, mixed Godefcia, The Bride Oyanus minor Portulaca, mixed Jaeobiei, mixed Delphinium, mixed Sweet William Linum, grandifljrum Forget-me-not, blue Verbena, mixed rubruin Indian Pink Zinnia, clegans, doublr-, Marigold, African Larkspur, mixed mixed 3»-Per Packet VEGETABLE SEEDS. 3d Per Packot PB\S. Stock wood Rid go Champion Scarlet-runner American Wonder Cress—Extra Curled Bean Little Gem Large Musselburgh Leeks CABBAGE. Stratagem Triple Curled Parsley Drumhead Veitch's Perfection Hollow Crown Parsnips Early York Wm Hurst lUdish —Three Varieties Enfield Market Yorkshire riero, etc Turnips -Four Varieties London Market, Etc. Been Blood Red BEAN* Durahead Savoy Borecole—Dwarf Greeu Broad. Harlington CARROT. Curled Windsor Early Short Horn Brussels Sprouts— Green Windsor James Intermediate Gia-.t W-irly Long Pod LETfaCE. CAULIFLOWER. French or Kidney— -Drumhead Karly London Canadian Wonder Neapolitan Walcheren, etc Pale Dun Giant White Coin's Crystal White Mammoth Negro Long UNION. Oelery ot' Brown Globe Cl/boMBKH. Early Goldon Butter Brown Spannish, Etc. Long Prl kley or Wax Tomato — Large Red Please remember that these are all Fresh and Reliable Seeds and that you *et'as'much Vegetable Seed for 3d as is usually given for Gd, and as much Flower Seed for Id as is usually given for 3d. The increase of Nimrao and Blairs packet trade has been pfaenominai and 'this year it is expectedjto.total % Quarter of a Million. U^" NOTE ADDRESS, FLETCHER BROS, CASH SUPPLY STORIES, ASHBURTON & CHRISTCHUROH. mO OWNERS OF NEWLY ERECTED MANSIONS, VILLAS, AND Ji COTTAGES. GEAMO OPPORTUNITY. Linoleums and Floorcloths direct from the Mills to our Warehouse. TH ') LARGEST STOCK outside of Christchurrfi. Fo Intermediate Handling. ONE LARGE PROFIT SAVED. latost Fa!terns, per s.s. lonic, to bund, Beautiful Designs Lovely Shades. MITCHELL AND TURNER. TANOBfiD STBEJST.



Wanted. BOOKS and Stationery. -~ A very eho?ce selection of Plain and Fancy Stationery. A large assortment of Picture Books School Books, Slates, etc. All goods Cheaper than ever. Note 1 - The Little Shop, East street. J. Marsden, Junr. PICTURE Mouldings.— Kew and artistic designs just landed ex lonic Best value ever imported in this district —W. H. Colliss and Co. 7 188 "TpLOSSARD'S Cigars- 25 for 2s. JD Three 0 stle Cigarettes 50 for 2s, Cleop%tra s 3d, Bay Rum Ip. Piesse and Lubins Scents Is 61.—McGregor's » l/ANTKD Known — Twenty dozen » V Boys Polo Linen Collors, 12 and 12^ inc-h, 2.s per dozen instead of 6f.—A Okk's Cheap Sale.



Wanted UI7ANTED Known—l have good * * Bluchers, only 4a lid.—Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store.



OWN Make in ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, Maslina, Flannelettes, Trimming*, etc., at Mrs Alcorn*3 new shop, Baker's Buildings. LF. ANDREWES & CO.—Sale now » on of Surplus Stock of Fancy Goods, Toys, Books, Stationery and Account Books, and all at greatly reduced prices for cash, at L. F. Andrewes&Co.



ritTANT^D Known—6o Ladies' Black * * and Colored Wool Jerseys at 2s 6d, formerly 10s 6i ; 100 Pairs of \Miite Blankets at 10s 6d, LaoWHuffd 3s 6d, Umbrellas Is lid, Corsets 2i 9i, 6 and 6| four button Kid Glovrs 6d. Bents Silk Ties 6d each. Large Wool Hearth Roes 6s 6d each.—Andrew Ore's Sale. 6 220 V*XANTED Known-Football Boots, »* sure goal kickers; they never fail—Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. / LARSON ANlTc<7s°itocktaking Sale v Now on. Groceries, Ironmongery, Brushware, Glass and China, at very low prices for cash. 5 129 CHOICE New Season Fruit. Grapes, Peaches, Pines, Plums, Bananas, Apples, Apricots, and Tomatoes ; the beet in town.—Adams, Siunders' Buildings



pOTATOB]-'. Potaoes.-Mind you 1 get your Potatoes at "Fletcher Bros- The quality of our Potatoes is tirat class and have fc&ken the Firgfc Piizj at the Timaru dhow four years in sacc asion Don't forget address— Fibtchek Bros., East Street, Ashburton. WANTED Known—Small Profits and Quick Returns.—Melior's Zf>alandia Boot Store. WANTED Knowo—Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything In the optical line at S. j Svusk's, Optician j \ & / AN TED KNOWN. —The celebrated ; VY Yarmouth OilskSns can be ob ainedatW. H Collier, "The Corner." j \\ /"ANTED KNOWN~The Ladies VV are invited to call and inspect new designs in Linoleums, etc. Will be landed in a few days.—Mitchell and Turner. /CHOICE FRUITS,— Peaches, bananas, V-^ ©ranges, lemons and tomatoes, at H. A. Flower, Fruiter and Confectioner, East street. WANTED Known—Ulsters 4s lid, For Collarettes 3a 3d, Kid Gloves 2i 6d, Plushes 2s 6d, Towels 4jd, Flannels B|d. -The Corner, W. H Collier ■TTy ANTED KW»WN-A few lota of VV Remnants left over from sale to ba cleared.—Mitchell and Turner.



riHEAP Wool makes cheap Blankets, cheap Flannels, cheap Clothing. I have got in a nice assortment of this season't? Blankets, men's and boys colonial Tweed Suits and Overcoats, cheaper than ever they have been in New Zealand. Men's colonial Tweed Kaiapoi Bmtß for 27a 6i, a marvel at the price; Kaiapoi Knieker Suits from 7s 6d.—Robert Alcmin, Clothing and Boot Warehouse, Havelock street.



WANTED Known—The Largest and Beet shop for Evening Shoes in A shburton.—Melior's Zealandia Boot Store. __ iItTANTED Known—Bargains to be » * had every day at Melior's Zea asdia Boot Store. HINDL'rf Hair Curlers 6d, Birch's Watch Keys 6d, other Watch Keys 3J. Afghan Silver Watch Chains 1-, 6d.—McGregor's. 44 7 ANTED -Everyone to call at VV Melior's and get, his price. No one asked to buy. WANTED Known — Mrs Hooper (monthly nurse) is open to accept engagements. Apply, by letter, to Mrs Hooper, Alford Forest Road, Aahburton. 1*134 "ii/ANTED Known—Great Purchase V y of D;ess Stutfs. Lot No. 1 great variety, double width B|d. Most of these goods were Is 3|i wholesale. Melford House Sale. Everything reduced, —H. C. Segeks. \if ANTED Kaown—Great Purchase VV of Dress Stuff, for Melford Houso Sale. Lot No. 2 great varieiy, doubl J width at Is Some of these were Is 9A wholesale. Everything reduced.—H. C Segeks.



117" ANTED Known-That I am hold * • ing a, Sala at Reduced Prices fur One Month. Come for Bargains. I havri the advantage over mmy in the trade for the simple n ason that I have no partners to pay dividends to, or intorcßt on loan to carry on big concerns. But I bay and sell none but the best, no traih to draw the unwary. Repairs as usual, done at Once.—J. Moison, Boot Store East street, Ashbarbon. 5 138



1 jRAYKR and Hymn Books; Photo, F Scrap and Stamp Albums ; Parlour Gitnes (a great variety); School Bags from 6d each ; Notep iper from 61 a packet of 5 quires ; Envelopes 100 for 6d ; Photo Frames, and Albums, Vases, Fancy Tea Pjts, Toys of various kinds all at greatly reduced prices for Cash at L. F. Aniiekwks and Co.'s Expiration of Lease Sale. 7 123 UP TO DATK SAL'*:—ls7 Pairs Girls Boots 2s 61, 120 Pairs Maids' Boots 3 j 6d, 117 Pairs Maids' (best) Boots i* 6d, Ladies' Shoes 5s Hi., Gents' Boots 4s 6d and 08 6i. All siz^R guaranteed for one week, —A. Ojir's Cheap Sale. 6 221 iff ANTED Known—Mothers, be wise * and buy your school boots afc Mellor's ZdaJandia Boot Store. S SAVING Sticks — Pears' Juvenia, Wii i urn's American Is. Eagle Ink Pencils £ I, Stationery Boxes 6J, Ink 6d t per dozen bottles —McGregor's



WANTED Known—Ladies Lasting Slippers only 2s lid—U.sual price,, £a 6d.—Mellor's Zealandia Boot Sfcora. WANTED KNOWN—Our best quality Men's Waterproof Coats, usual price 60a 6d, to be cleared at £9* 6d.— Mitchell ani> Turner. WANTED Known—Men's Suits 17s 61, Kaiapoi Tweed Trousers 9j lid, Knlcker Suits 43 lid, (Japs 6cL— Ihe Corner, W. H. Collier W4IPTED, Everybody to try a psir of Houfte flippers, only la. Mellor's Zealattdia Boot Sale-Mrs Alcqrn O will give large reductions of Millinery, 1 Jackets and Mantles, Children's Pilisses, DreejS Material, Glassware and Fa,t:cy Goods, ifop we month previous to stock taking, — i!?ep £)/??irthon&e, Havelock street



WANTED KNOWN. — F. S. Jjßtfp&iEK, leading Confectioner and Fruiterer, of Ea«st Street, nest the Corner. Hot Pies at any hour ftnd Tea and Coffee also. N.F. Lady Attendant. Fruit of every description. Ladiss' Room a specialty. 1*153 WANTED Known—Great Purchase of Dress Stuff*. Lot No. 3 extra quality, Nun's Veilings all shades. Ntvy and Black Diagoml Serges all at Is 3d, usual price 2a 3d. -H. C, Sbcbrs, Mel ford House. WANTED Known—T/an per cent uad&r Cfaristcburcb prfees a,t Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store, \TJ ANTED Known — Mellor's %ea- V.V landia Boob Store is the Cheapest; Store for Boots and Shoes.



FpLOWEIt SEEDS, Id per packet; ' Vegetable Seada, ol per packet. All New Se&suar'a Seeds from the well known tir.n of Nicat&o uy}. Blair, Order your Seeds early, because as t»e aeason advances some of the varieties are soli >ut, and iv the past years we have not been able to replace them.—FlETCHfiß Bros,, Ashburtofl.



WEDDING PRESENTS WEDDIKO PRESENTS WEDDING PRESENTS ffIHE Largest and Choicest Stock of X New Goods suitable for Wedding Presents is to be foand at the JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT OP S. SUE X- All Goods marked in plain figures at lowest prices, S- SALEK, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, iiJAST STREET. The noted place for sound and reliable workmanship in watch repairs. HALF-YE a RLY STOCK TAKING. "VTEW r/EALAND ±N bw Zjealand CLOTHING TjIACTORY LOTH ING X 1 ACTORY We rind tint we are Overstocked in many lines. We will, until the end of this month, mark goods at prices that will ensure a Re a ly Sale.



Men's Overco'ifcs.'with cape?, 23s b" 1 Boy'a Overco its, with enpes, 8i 61 Men's Sac Suics ... ... 18s ISI Boys'Ashburton Tweed Suits from ... ,„ ... 8s (|d Boys' Tweed Sailor Suits Ss 6d Boys' Odd Kirckera all fiiges Men's Heavy Mosgiel Pants 4s 9d Men's Woikitg Shirts , Is (i 1 Boys' Tweed Hata , Is Od Girls' and Boya' School Boots from ... in 6d Men s Boots at prices that will Sell them It^jwill be to your advantage to give us a call for your^ next pair of BOOTS, NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTO ay. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager.



Hof4/)>yA>-"s f'u^. — Whjsa i^de^ent weather sheets to a considerable extent the action of the skfn, g.n alteratiye is re/juire^ to compensate the body by t^eafts of, otljer channels. Holloway's JPills can bo con ; fidently recommended as the easiest, surest, and safest means of attaining this desirable end without weakening the most delicate or incommoding the most feeble. When from frequently recurring chilis or the inhalation of impure ai^- the blood becomes foul a#d the secretions vjtiated, these J/Hls pres-iht a ready and e^jcient jj^eans pf .cleansing tjje former and correcting the letter. B,y tjj'ja salutary proceeding disease is arrested' g,t it $ outset, its paics and inconveniences averted, and the nervous structures saved from the depressing clients entailed upon them by an jil»c88.— l&&n), j



g^ABTDIiR & Sons Hucalypti Extract There an* imitations of Eucalypti 1 Extract in the market now, products of simple distillation forming ride resinous oils. In order that these crude oils «*ay uofc Sjb taken, Our Pure Volatile Eucalypti Extract, whio'> is re&fifmssed by the medical division of ihe Prussian Government to be of per fectly pure origin, as their information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2,1878 we state : - Is proved by tests by the Medical Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and GriefswaV, Prussia, and reported by Dr Schulz, Professor of Parmacology. at Eon. f»ud Professor Dr Mosier, Director of the ' Medical Clinic at Greifswald; that only products that 1 ■ire saturated with oxygeu and freed of a"ids,resinoce and other substances, adherent to primary distillation, will develops the sanatfve quulities -proper to the plant according to these authorities, and according to Pro fessor or Lister of England, and to Drs Bauer IjCclntitß, Wood, Hazard,' etc., of America, is the only extract 1 corresponding to scientific tests, and the t>nly on which possesses tha proper therapeutics val'ie. Sandbs & 'S.Qjjr'p Kyc'A.pY?Ti Extbact All other crude oils are to be classed among the turpentines, 'i-Wgh h»ve'; when' used 1 as medicine.no tberagejitic esect and aye abftndbijed as an internal meflicjmjsnk ThaSe bo called Eucalypti Extracts \yhicfr may have jieceiv^d d'^ttoctiqa at Exhibitions as loi^mejpißl arficlies aj:e n^ fpjr iheoUaniOal pur poßMwaonly^SFSiWsJ-r' ' " By their deficiency W pjjßaen(; qijqur (Which our product, the only genuine Bucalypii Extracts dej velopes most freely thi-ougb its surplus of oxygen) By their alcoholic thin and mobile appearance, being tcouced in specitc density through the ! presence of acids ! By their taste, the result of th contracting ten dency o£ yosins and tennates. it these * crude oils, s.j called eucalypti extracts are applied by inib.taie in Casei; o cyoup, bronchitis, diph therja, internal iiftfammktibna,dys(fcterAi:\V6iitias,; th consequericsj »f.e apii&Xline ' Forsafety alwa^-d ask to Sanoeb 4VO scjfj s IJDCALypTi tx-riiAcx and cc the old, wedges'bd a;,d re)iiiible prspai-ation.^-Soad burst) Victor Australia, SANDER AND SON' 3



O W. 0. Hardman, Sheriff of Tyler Co., W Va., appreciates a good thing and does not Leaita-te to say so, He was almost pros irated with a cold when he procured a bottle of phamberlajii's fiough Remedy.' He saya : tlt gave me nronipfc relief. I find it to be m invaluable remedy for coughs ft»a oolae,' For sale by the Prog Qo,



\ A Ijis Monies woman who has been troub led with frequent colds, concluded to try an. old remedy in a new way, and apqordingly toqk a tablespoonfnl (four titnss the usual 4ose} of Chamberlain's Oough Kemedy jusb before going to bed. The next morning she foond that her gold had almost entirely dis* appeared. During the day she took a few doses of the remedy (one teaspoonful at a time) and at night again took a tablespoon ful before going to bed, and on the following morning awoke free from all symptona ol the cold. Since then she has on several oc casion?, used this remedy in like manner, X/ith tfip same g«jod results, fj,n(j \s much elated ovpr her discovery ofsp'quipk «v way of string a cold, for eale by the &htraitpi Prug Do, T*