The Primitive Methodist Church.

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By Qftthrimmoi On Sunday evening the Rev Jame» Cocker preach d his fareweU sermon to the people of hi* cHargj in the Primitive Methodist. Church. In spite of ihe boist erous weather the church was full, and a pleasing fe^tura of ihe congregation pree ent. was the fact that fully two-thud- of the pe< pie were men Mr Ji cker preached one of those serin ns which have been so sharacJuristic of Us minisMy-earnest in his appeal to those who ha*e not ytt accepted ; comforting to the mournful; «m com lading to faint he-rti'--' ; s;<vi' <i woids if salutatin and^c tine- ■■- le ttr«n>R workeri;. I was no- >.re . n l. \-\> peopl- wert to 8< ► of him a* 'li-y wli meet him again un w>d-i- d-y • :>•.■ a farewell ga 1 hut ing ■■•■i t.i) !■• un;:. iv afd r that, the syssuii ut' ;h< M*-<rn^jM Church U such that the p ople of Abh~ burton may nob s^e him again for inwy years. In that ca.te a short. hioipaphicHl notice of the gent ftnan who is v out tn leave us, *nd a short hketch of the work he has been engaged in while among as may not be uninteresting Mr Cocker ia but thirty-three years of age. He was born in the villiage of Calver en the Derwent, in Derbyshire. It is a beautiful spot of a beautiful district, —a district Rufrkiß speaks of as the Switzerland of England, and Byron—from wh« in praise of bcenery was praiwe indeed—whs gracious enough to sey of northern Derbyshire that glorious (Greece rou'd no r nurp i«b v for beauty of econery. In such coun try ha spent his boyhood. Hie family were farmer* and lime burners. At sixteen atter acquiring such education as Calver could give him he went to work at the Boston lime works, and for ten years he toiled at the kilns. Six dsya in the week he was away from home at the kilns, but the seventh he spent with his parents and worshipped in the old Methodist chapel In the village in which his father and grandfather before him had praised their fathers' God. It was here he was converted, and here the desire to serve the Master was born in his heart. He had great misgivings about opening hi* lips as a preacher of the Gospel, but by-and-by circumstances occurred which forced him to enter ■upon the work or see It lag. His first sermon was prompted by the sight of a drunken man, and h s subject was therefore temperance. He became a local preacher, and there were occasions on which he did not shrink from a twenty miles, walk to preach twice on a Sunday, and on 'other occasions be tween Saturday night and Monday morn ing he covered forty miles on foot to preach the gospel. His church decided to recommend him for the ministry and he began to study. . Be labored earnestly, but when the time came far him to pass his examination and' obtain admission to the ministry—what happened? He was rejected. The examiners were fasti dious, and would have none of a man who ■poke a dialect like that of Derbyshire and with an accent as broadly marked as an Aberdonian. The examiners forgot that Peter's accent most have been quite a« •• thick " as Mr Cooker's when a little maid could identify it in the crowd. Those who know Mr Cocker know that he is not yet wholly innocent either of Derbyshire accent or Derbyshire idiom, bnt it was to men and women who bpoke with a broad accent he was required to preach, and who were not likely to find «.ny fault with the rugged eloquence of the young preacher. But if the " elders of the people " rejected the young provincial, the people did not, and soon the church at Ashton-under-Lyne asked him to be their home missionary. An offer of free train ing in a university had been made to htm if he would enter tt.e Church of England, tut.he preferred the church of his fathers, and went in the humbler capacity of home missionary. His success under God was phenomenal, and the examiners who had rejected him atked htm to sit again for examination, and he parsed with flying colon. Hehadother difficulties to con* tend with in the rules of the church tits *' call" co the ministry bad come later than the roles provided for— he was twenty-five—but no conference under heaven can stay the course of God's will, and ultimately Mr Cocker was accepted, and entered the church college, with the object at the close of his curriculum of coining to New Zealand, which he did. He labored foi a few weeks in Auckland and ft the Thames, and arrived >'n Ash burton on November 7, 1890. This was really his first charge. The 7rh was a Saturday and the following day he occu pied the little pulpit in the little Be hel that had so many years done duty as the Primitive Methodist Church. His succ* ss in Ashburton has been phenomenal. He had only been two months in harness wben his people were forced to take steps to enlarge the church to find accommo dation for the ccngregations. The enlarge ment was effected an the cost ef £900 and the people rained £211 to defray it. The enUrged church was opened in March of 1891, and in July of 1892 Mr Cocker added a helper to the cause, and that cause has had no reason to regret; the coming of Mrs Cocker, During the time he has been in Ashburton he has ha-t a varied experience. He came from the college at Manchester a single man, and ha leave* the station a married man. He passed all his four years' probationary examinations while here, and wan married while still a probationer—a thing con ference had never sanctioned before in the colony. Conference sat in Ashburton daring Mr Cooker's probation, and the young clergymen has taken a deep in terest in the general welfare of the town, and was successful in gaining a seat on the Licensing Committee at the election of that body. From an ecclesiastical point of view the work of Mr Cocker has been eminently satisfactory—aver 100 conversions having been recorded during his Ashburton Ministry, and throughout the town he has made troops of friends One can always gather the feeling in a church by the financial position—at leesfc a church of poor people, as people readily give towards a thing they love. During the time Mr Cocker has been here the church has raised some £1500. With this they have paid their minister, met ill the current expenses of the church, built the enlargement to themain building, and a vestry at the back—now owing no man anything, or near enough to thai proud and happy position, Mr Cocker has won the good opinions of even those who have no love for the cause he chain pious most, and they give him the credit of "fighting fair,'* and there are very many in this town who will miss th> sturdy little figure with the hearty smile on the broad honest face, and the unconscious "Well, how'art to-daa?"— with the heart behind it all trusting with the implicit confidence of a child in the goodness of the Father.

THE COREAN WAR

Shanghai, March 4

The Japanese have occupied the Sar gentai district, in Manchuria, as far a» Tapeckon. They are steadily advancing on New Chang. They have had fre quent fights with the Chinese, but Buffered only trivial loss. Three Japanese cruisers engaged the forts at Tenchyor for a time, and then retired, for what object is not known. Mutual peace negotiations are pro gressing favourably.

LATEST CARLE NEWS.

IUX I.ATK MAWVAY

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]S«w York, March 3 From the debris of the railway acci dent in Mexico, caused by the derailing of a train, the bodies of 130 pilgrims were recovered. Many others are still embedded. In numerous instances heads and limbs were dismembered. It is alleged that the driver was under the influence of liquor at the time, and his not slackening speed at a curve caused the train to fall over a preci pice.

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■ i,v>Ni>'>N vl -<. h 4 The stormy weather juwi-'rifs th> floating of the Oraza Her passesj^ert* were all landed safely. Itishopipd the vessel will be got off to-morrow. The place where she lies is a shift! g sandy bottom The steamer has been lightened as much as possible. ,

THE REDFERN ACCIDENT

Sydney, March 4

A number of claims for compensation in connection with the railway acci dent at Redf em in October have been settled by the Commissioners. So fa* the maximum amount paid is £1000. Some claims will come before the Courts, as they are considered excessive.

The Clarke Divorce Case

Sydney. March 5

In consequence of the divorce pro ceedings, the Primate has appointed a commission to enquire into the Rev Clarke's behavior, and meanwhile has inhibited him from officiating.

NEW HEBRIDES COMPANY

Sydney, March 5

The Australian New Hebrides Company has chartered the steamer Katoomba, and intend to establish a tri-weekly service between Sydney and the Hebrides. The first trip starts ou Thursday.

Suspected Murder.

Sydney, March 8

The body of an unknown man, muti lated and the head severed, was found near Coonamble. There is every in dication of a brutal murder. ' e<

Disastrous Fire

Sydney, March 5 The China steamer brings news of a | disastrous fire at Singapore on January 31. A hundred and fifty houses were destroyed. The estimated loss is a quarter million dollars. It originated in a lad letting off fire works in a Chinese shop.

LABOR

Sydney, March 5

Tn connection with the friction be tween the pastoraliste and shearers Mr Spence, the secretary of the latter's Union, states emphatically that there is not the slightest hope of the pastoralists meeting the shearers' representatives in conference. His Fnion is quite prepared to renew the fight during the coming season. A good deal of the time of the late conference was devoted to perfecting arrangements to meet the coming diffi culty. Mr Rae is hopeful of the result of the coming struggle, and asserts the Shearers' Union is stronger than ever. He states the pastoralists individually are being misled as.to the resources of the Pastoralists Union, and that the experience of the past is distinctly against anything like unanimity in the future. Squatters who are in a posi tion to take independent action simply study their own interest, and shear with unionists. Last season the cost of the food supplied to shearers on strike was £15,000.

EXTENSING SMUGGILING

Melbourne, March 5

The Customs authorities made a sensational seizure of jewellery on the j premises of Kilpatrick and Co., Collins street. It was discovered the firm had j been evading the Customs for a con*! siderable time. The whole of the large stock was seized, but released upon the firm depositing £3000 ad a guarantee that it would not be re moved. A fine of £3000 was inflicted, and the firm ordered to pay £1000 back duty. |

SMALLPOX

Melbourne, March 5

Mrs King, a patient in Melbourne hospital, supposed to be ill with typhoid, was found to be suffering from virulent smallpox, directly traceable to the recent outbreak on the Clon curry. One of the officers, after re lease from quarantine, stayed at her boarding-house, and she handled his dirty linen. The other patients in the ward, and all the occupants of the boarding-house were vaccinated and placed in quarantine, the strictest pre cautions being taken to prevent the contagion spreading.

Railway Deficiencies.

Adelaide, March 5

The Railway Commissioners have prepared a comparative statement of results. It states that the railways in Australia for the last six years, South Australia had a surplue revenue of £185,000 compared with interest and working expenses, whilst the other colonies showed the following de ficiencies—Victoria, £2,290 000; New South Wales, £1,448,000} Queens land, £1,595,000; New Zealand, £967,000.

Latest Cricket.

TODAY'S PLAY.

Melbourne, March 5

A strong nor'wester with clouds of dust is blowing over the ground, with a bad light Loekwood was bowling down hill, and Ye& owlingfrom theocher end. When Trott. 1 tA made 42 he was clean bowled by Peel. Giffen (not ont) 23, Iredale (not out) o—two wickets for 83. Both sides are straining every nerve. ____^_



FOR SALE, on acconut of the Mort gsgee, at a considerable sacrifice, Property known as Compton's Buildings, well situated in Moore street, being T.B 89, containing £-aore, with four Shops and Dwellings. Offers aw Invited for this Property, thf Mortgagee having decided to sell at a con-



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Tenders. „ TENDERS. TNTjKRSfor erection nf a B»ll a Greenstreet School, Material and Painting included. Plans to be seen at Mb John Wilsok, Painter. Tender* to be sent to E. F. Healy (chairman) Green j street Post Office, Not Late* than; FRIDAY, Maiohß, 1895. 3 301 Mr D. Thomas. '_____■ GREAT CLEARIhTsaTe. SUPERIOR HOUSEHOLD FURNT TOKE AND riTHKR KF HOTS. THUHSDAyTmx CH 7. VJR DAVIOTH Ma h-s •• c**iv«-ri .-*-»'•■■ instructions from Mr F. JM .^IOKMAN, who has sold his property known as ''Koromiko," fco hold'a S*le m chose premises, Wakanui Road, as above, FURNITURE, BFFEGTS, HORSES, PIGS, BUGGIES, SPRING CAJtTS, HARNESS, Etc., aa follows :— ' DRAWING ROOM.—Suite of Furni ture in repp and walnut; large mirror, tables, fenders and fire irons ; and other items. HALL.—Maple hatatand and twc .chairs, hall clock. DINING R< »OM. Inlaid Totara book case, Oak sideboard, Devon port, ; ornaments, table lamp, Piano by Wagner, 100 volumes of popular works, splendidly bound. NURSERY.—Large Kauri pine ward robe, mangle, two tables, chairs, and sundries. Venetian Blinds in good order for a ten-roomed house, LIVE~STOOK. IBAY COB, Tommy; 1 GREY MARE, ' Bluey—good jumper—and both carry a lady. l DAIRY COW and 1 Purebred Ayr -*• shire, bred by R MacDonalf 1, Taieri. 3 YORKSHIRE SOWS, eight moatha old. -j BUGGY by Abbot and Set of Harness, -"- 2 Superior Side-saddles, double rein ! bridle ; two lawn Mowers, Tools, and a lot of Sundries too numerous to particularise. Also a prime lot of POULTRY. The Sale will be held on THURSDAY NEXT, MIRCH 7, on the premises at 2 p m. dZvid tbomas, 3t24 Auctioneer. Public Notioes PUBLIC NOTICE. RATING ACT, 1894. THE Assessment Court for the District of the Borough of Ashburton. for the purpose of hearing and determining all objections to the Valuation List or Lists for the baid Borough, will be held at the place and on the date hereunder mentioned, viz:— Ashburton, at the Magistrate's Court house, on THURSDAY, March 28,1895, at; 10.45 a.m. C. A. WRAY, Judge. Magistrate's Court, Ashburton, March 5, 1895. 3 32 JkSHBtfRTON COUNTY CUUNCIL. DO& COLLARS, 1895. NOTICE is hereby given that Constable Eade will sell Dog Co'lara in the place of Constable Watt, who has been transferred. By Order, F. MAIN WARING, Cleik Ashburton. March 4, 1895. 3§27 FOU IMMEDIATE SALE. rpHE Well-known Trotting Stallion X CAMEL, 17—1. by Berlin—Gentle Annie. Must be disposed of to settle Dartnershiu account. Apply R. KIDD, c/o S. Myers & Co., Dentists, 3 25 Duhedin. , PBKSBYTERIAN CHURChT^ T I N W A L D. TEA MEETING, TJ Welcome the Rev. J. Skinner, to be held in the TINWALD TEMPLAR HALL, ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1895. Tea at 5.30. lt Tickets Is 6d, Public Meeting after tea. Addresses by the Revs Inglis (Achburton), Mackie (Souihbridoie), Todd (Geraldine), West brook. Abernethy, and Adjutant Wilson. 3 16 PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH. FAREWF^L^ATHEEING TO REV. JAMES COCKER. SEAPIELD—TUESDAY 8 p.m.—SOCIAL ASHBURTON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6. Great Farewell Tea from 5 to 7. Public Meeting, 7.30. Splendid pro gramme. Tickets for Tea and Meeting, Is 6d. Public meeting only 6d. 2173 NOTICE. "TT7E BEG to notify to the Farmers of the Ashborton District that we ar BUYERS OF WHEAT A FARM PRODUCE, AND HAVE APKHHTE© MR F, FERRIMAN to BUY for us in the district, WOOD BROST, LIMITED, millers, christchurch, (•TnTo k c THE NEW VENDS Dark Aromatic Plug Tobacco. THE CELEBRATED & BEST BRAND MANUFACTURED FROM CHOICEST VIRGINIA LEAF. 3 29 DOLLAIT CIGARETTES, 3d. T No holders or photoe.— Hbnby ZaNDBB* Whole sale Agent,-



Mr nenry z-anaer. HENRY ZANDER, I BEG to intimate that I have just landed a Large and Varied Stock of Onus. Ouds. Guns. HGLLTS' BEST MAKE. Single and Double Barrel, Breach and Muzzle Loading, well worthy of inspection. REVOLVERS. REVOLVERS. AMMUNITION. AMMUNITION. Cartridges and Cartridge Cases, Caps, Shot, Qunpowder, Powder and Shot i Flasks, Cartridge Belts, Reoap* pers, Loaders, Wads, Punches, etc. < SCOTT'S WELL-KNOWN RANGES GBEATLY REDUCJBD PRICES. I HAVE IN STOCK AND to LAND— 100 Drums Linseed Oil 2( 0 Cases Valvollne 200 Cases Castor Oil 100 Bales host 5-ply Seaming Twine China and Glassware Hornnby's & Ransome's Plough Shares Barbed and Fencing Wire Mauritius and Queensland Sugars China, India, and Ckyion Tjba Beat English Leather Belting —now in stock- Two Hundred Galvanised Steel Elastic Horse Collars (in all sizes). Early application necessary They^ are giving Universal Satisfaction WINES and Spirits, Ales rand Stout, Liqueurs and Habana Cigars, Cigarettes, in view of approaching holidays, at SPECIALLY LOW RATES. GROCERIES AND ALL OTHER GOODS SOLD FOE GASH At Ghristohuroh Prices, Henry Zander, AGENT FOR— Sun Fire Insurance Office Australian Mutual and Provident Society J T Ford and Co E. W. Hanmer. TO THE FARMERS" IN THE ASHBURTON COUNTY. T HAVE DECIDED TO GO INTO BUSINESS here on my .own account, and I am a CASH BUYER or Wheat, Oats. Barley, AND ANY OTHER PRODUCE AT MARKETJATES- I shall be Regularly Represented at the TINWALD AND ASHBURTON, SALES, and have arranged with MR D. THOMAS TO SILL FOR ME until I am able to get about without crutches. I have been appointed AGENT for ' LITTLE'S SHEEP DIP. The best in the World. ; E. W. HANMER. n.b. AT THE OLD PLACE. Mr T. Bullock. T.S.'b 792 and 793, Cox Street, Etst, for sale at a low price and on liberal terms. T. BULLOCK. VALUABLE TOWN SECTION, CONVENIENTLY SITUATED. FOR Sale that valuable T.S. 754 front ing Wakanul Road and Wills Street, not far from the Post Office and Railway Station, exceptionally easy terms. T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE. CAPITAL Building Site, Cameron .. Street West, being T.S.s 1184 and 1185, containing half acre. Those desirous, of building arts invited to inspect; Easy terms, T. BULLOCK. MONEY— A special sum of £1150 to Lend on first-class freehold security. Apply to T. BULLOO?. TjIOR Sale or to Let, Commodious Wool -*- and Grain Store in West Street T.S. 6tf. T. BULLOCK,



16 Bales ex lUiapihu. ' "FIRST AUTUMN SHIPMENT. NiW PATTERNS IN OILCLOTHS NEW PATTERNS IN CRETONNES NEW PATT . N3 IN* T-BI.K BAIZE *D I X ' J A 'XX T S AND FORS. NEW SERGES NKW TWEEDS NEW MELTONS ' ''■■• .'■ ■ ' r*-' A FEW CHOICE DEE SPS. M WO HELL & TURNER, STREET.



THEORY OFIMUSIC. ! \M RS BOWMAN FOX will commence ITJL A class at once for the above, and will prepare pupils for the Trinity College Examination to be held in Ashburton in June next. Students will kindly Bend in their naaaes as soon as possible 2 136 ASHBURTON FOOTBALL CLUB. THE Annual General Meeting of the Ashburton Football Club will be held on FRIDAY, March 8, Arcade j Chambers, at 8 p.m. , D. THOS. TODD, 318 Hon. Secretary. \ ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. i THE Monthly and other payments will be received at the Office, Tancred Street, THIS DA.Y_ TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1895, ~* at From 10 a.m. to 4p.m., ftud from 7 p.m to 9 p.m. \DWABD STEPHENS, Manager. [a card.] DR GREENWOOD XT AS Commenced practice in Ash burton, and will occupy the, house and carry on the practice of the late Dr Tweed. ALLANDALE COAL COMPANY Limited. Sarinff or a* p*r ««nt. on Tnr €••! BUI, HWB APPOINTED JAMKW ELLIOTT, COAL MERCHANT, WEST STREET, Agent for the County ALLANDALK is the best nature coal produced on the Eastern Seaboard. It i* an excellent Steam Coal, unrivalled for Bakers, splendid Domestic Coal, does not sparkle and barns with a flame. Note the Address— JAMES ELLIOTT. WEST STREET, Opposite D. THOMAS. : Newcastle Coal, Westport Coal, Fire- j wood, Stakes, Poets etc. in stock. | i j BUSINESS CHANGES. \ THAVE this day sold my Retail Boot and Shoe Business, Tancred street, Ashburton, to MR JAMES MELLOF, Bootmaker, Dnnedin, and respeotfully request on his behalf a continuance of the support accorded to me. J. BISHOP, Ashborton. January 30,1895. HAVING purchased the Business lately carried on by Mr J. BISHOP, Tancred Street, Ashburton, at a very large discount, I have determined to offer the whole of the STOCK IN TRADE AT AN ENORMOUS SACRIFICE, FROM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2. I Every line will be offered at such a price as will insure a prompt clearance. This will be the greatest chance the : Ashburton public have yet had to buy first class Boots at exceptionally low prices:— | Children's Strap Shoes from Is Men's Bluchers, 4s lid Women's Kid E.S. Bs, coat KM Women's Lasting Slippers, 2s lid , Children's Lace Boots from Is 9d ■ Women's &id Lace from ss, worth 10s of Men's, Women's, and Children's BOOTS AND SHOES AT HALF-PRICE. This is no.bogus attempt nt a sale, and such value could not be offered unless under the special circumstances of this cheap purchase. The Sale will last twenty-one days, when ©very line will be cleared JAMES MELLOR intends to carry on the Business as a First-chss Boot and Shoe Shop, and will keep nothing but really good boots at moderate prices. The public want good hard wearing stuff that is comfortable, and they ahall have it; bat the first thing is to reduce the present stock, which is a very stood one, all the lines being imported at first hand Roll up in thousands and secure the BARGAINS. Look at the windows and tickets JAMES MELLOR will make a special point of good repairs and bespoke work. JAMES "mEIiLOE, (Late J. Bishop.) TANdRED STREET, ASHBURTON. WANTED, Everybody to use Tit* Soap, greatest marvel of the age H, ZiM>EB, Sole Agent,



FOR SALE-A BARGAIN. ~T7"ERt Desirable V.lla Residence of V five rooms, with Scullery, Ac Half-acre of land, corner section. Garden well stocked with fruit trees. Three minutes walk from Post Office. Apply <' House," box 82. 2 167 Xat«rc*l»Mlal HwlmMlar THratmil WlßMinAy, MLAHCH ft ASHBURTON _^ FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, JTanored Stbket." TTT TTNDBILL 0. f\ O • Jit UNDRILL Hi VO.J IPIOTURB FRAMERS. ■ ur: riTE HAVJS JUST RECEIVED, VV direct from the Maker*, A CHOICE ASSORTMENT •."■■■■■ ' 'OF ' Picture Mouldings, Which we intend Selling at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. Those having Pictures Frame*! would do well in inspecting our Stock. We have also jiwt imported one of the latest Patents for Picture Frame making, which enables us to make Frames at a very low price, and ensures pel feet Corners, etc. —Please Note the Address— T.H.I) lIDRILL&CP.. CABINETMAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, AND PICTURE FRAMKRS. Tanored Street, (Next to Building Society's Office Public Dips. HINDS, ASHBURTON, CHERTBEY. BFOOKE'S PERFECT SHEEP DIP is now being used at the HIJSDS PUBLIC DIP ■■■■■■■• OH': ■ MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, AND FRIDAYS. MR GEORGE HARRIS IN CHARGE. AT THE ASHBURTON DIP Railway Reserve, opposite Kaleyards, MR PETER WILLIAMS IN CHARGE. Residence, coner Town Belt, opposite Gasworks. CHESTSEY SALEYARDS DIP. MR JOHN DOWNIE IN CHARGE. 3*B TjTTANTED, F\T OR TALLOW *'OR BROOKES TDERVEOT QHEEP T\IP ITERFKGT O HEEP JL/IP PRICES AT FACTORY-lit per pound for kilney fat, lfi for good tallow—not dripping WHY PAY 75a, for Cooper's Dip, whef> Brooke's Perfect Dip was proved better at the Christchurch trial. And the price is 55s for the same quantity DO NOT be misled with Little's Powder Dip, combined with glycerine Owing to ths permanent liquid nature of glycerine, all there is t f it in this powder dp is not worth mentioning DO NOT be fooled with any nen poisonous dip, unless you are prepared to dip twice, or run the risk of lousy sheep In these hard times, why not KEEP YOUR MONEY IN THE COUNTRY to be spent here by 0. M. BROOKE, Dip Manufacturer, Ashburton, and hiu Employees. DIP AGENTS—Messrs D. Thomas, H. Zander, ani J. Orr ft Co. If OR SALE, a paddock containing 29 *- acres, 3 roods, 10 perches, a short distance below the County Saleyards. All in English grasses. Apply te T, BVLLOQE.



The Portable Water Barrow. • ■ ! To ensure keeping the family in the enjoyment of Sound Health, to* * immediate surrounding! of the Home should be Bweet and Glean. How to do > this without proper requisites is a problem difficult to solv*. The Portabk Wash Barrow is just the one thing indispensable in the direction of perfect sanitary arrangements. They can be put to various kinds of use, and they are so admirably constructed that, with them, a child can do work whiofc otherwise requires the strength of mature years, DO NOT BE DECEIVED! / " Tis strange, but true, for truth is always strange, stranger than fiction* IT ALWAYS PAYS TO DRENCH YOUR LAMBS. • j No one will dispute the statement that if, by spending £1 you save £I<V this is true economy. Lowest cost per head of any drench in the market, and ' its work cannot be excelled. From Three Kings to Bluff, the testimony of farmers and station-holders has invariably been that the effect of drenchiag with JOSEPH FORDS MIXTURE HAS BEEN MARVELLOUS JOSEPH FORD'S Scour * JLuog- Worm mixture. F. FERRIMAN, LAND AND ESTATE AGENT, ASHBDRTON. [ f North British Fire Insurance Company AGEMOIES Union Steam Shipping Company, Limited. Parcels and ■■ Goods sent to all parts of the colony { Remington Type Writer—Specimen on view Most Extraordinary Revolution IN THE Tailoring* Trade. NO MORE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO CHRISTCHURCH OR ELSEWHERE FOR THEIR TAILORING; W- SPARROW ETAS proved from past experience that the credit system is unsatisfactory! ■^ both to buyer and seller, the good marks have to pay for the bad ones, r Be has therefore decided to CLOSE HIS BOOKS and go in for the CASH SYSTEM entirely, and will sell at prices which are bound to command a land turnover. The following quotations will give some idea of the BEDUO» ;. TIONS :— Fint Clau Tweed Sac Suit _ .„ 655, former prioe 7<fc First Claw „ .« .. 60s, former prioe 76s Fint Clan „ ... .. 65t, former prioe 80s "FintClMs „ ... ... 70^ former prioe 85s <Be«t Quality Tweel money can procure .« 755, former price!9ot NoiiToxesSergeSnit .. ... .. £3 12s6d -> Best black or blue Worsted Cost and Vest, bound, with best quality Trousering .., £4 0s Od , Remember these Prices are for First dan "Workmanship. FIT AND STYLE GUARANTEED. WILLIAM SPARROW, EAST STREET. Njr—As||tfaese*prices may be copied by other Firms, please call or send for samples and compare qualities. SHEARMAN BEOS., GROCERS AND IRONMONGERS. o : ■• SUGAP. SUGAR: SUGAR; We Have Just Uaded 1O lONS OF MAURITIUS SUGAR for the Jam Season. Al who wish their jam-to keep well should use Uixmat a Scats FINEST \TEW AURRANTS, TfALENCIA T)AISINS fIL C\T3II&XA& r li 0 V 11 So These Fraita are a Splendid Ssmple, this seasons crop, WE hare also to hand, per b.b. Rtngitars, 6 Orates of Assorted Crocksrjr including some choioe lines of CUPS AND SAUCERS, MOUSTACHE CUPS AND SAUCERS* TOILET SETS, SETS Of JUGS, Etc, Etc., Which we are now offering at Very Low Prices. INSPECTION INVITED; AGENTS for the Famous TIGER BLENDED ALL GOODS SOLD AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES K)R Orders by Post despatched with punctuality. Goods Delivered in Town and Suburbs, Customers waited upon for Olden. Satisfaction is Our Motto. SHEARMAN BROS, jd MARKET HOUSE. .^|^H