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MAIL NOTICES,

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|sj)l)«rfira fearfchnt Magma est Veritas et Pk49?au3bit FRIDAyT JANUARY 25, 1895 SUNFLOWERS AS A SEED CROP.

In these days when farmers are at their wit*' end to devise means for making the " cultivation -of the soil yield a profitable return, great interest attaches to every feasible suggestion which may help them to solve what is really the pressing problem of the times,. And not a little aid will, we venture to thlnif be found in the direction of hitherto unconsidered trifles, such ac the growing of seeds such as will find a market with manu facturing chemists and in other in dustries, of flowers for the distillation of perfumes, not to ment'on mustard, cartways, canary seed, and many other articles of common demand, i Among possible farm products to which hit'hert,o no notice has been devoted is that of sunflower seed, which is valuable far th.c manufacture of oil, besides being (capital feed for poultry, and indeed in some gountriies; commands a good price as an article of human food. We find, on the authority of an English journal, that in Russia the sunflower crop is one of the best paying props grown. A good crop is worth, as it stands in the field, £!j an acre. The seeds are sold by fche farmer for from 4s to 63 a pound ; then the merchants salt them and retail them for 12s a pound, and at every street crossing in Russian provincial cities are stands and pedlara with baskets, selling to the passers-by? the- salted product of the big sunflowerj • which ii- S.I 1

saten. Some mouths ago Messrs Kemp j ;horne, Prosser and Co. intimated their willingness to purchase sunflower seed n considerable quantities, and we earn from the Clutha Leader that at least one farmer on the Taieri plain has taken advantage of the oft\r, and has about a quarter-acre of the plants growing luxuriantly. "As we passed along the road on a drive to Outrjm i (writes our contemporary) the sun flowers towered above the oats in the neighbouring fields, and their gorgeous flowers, already about the size of a soup plate, shone in the radiant sun, making a picture that would please aesthetic eyes. We hope the cash returns will equal the grower's expecta tions." We also join in that hope, and , it would be interesting to know, if the result prove satisfactory, what is the, extent of the demand for the new product which may be looked for. In this connection the following further information, which we compile from a standard authority, will be of interest. The sunflower (Helianthm annuus) is of the same genus as the Jerusalem artichoke, and is eminently suited for important economical purposes, The steins form excellent fuel and yield a considerable quantity of potash, and the leaves are said by some French writers to be excellent food for cows and to be greedily eaten by them. " In Portugal the seeds are made into a kind of meal and into bread; in America they are roasted and used as a substitute for coffee; in all countries they are highly relished by birds, both great and small, both wild and domestic; in various countries they are esteemed for the expression of an oil, which is well adopted for burning in lamps, and is nearly as good as that of the olive for domestic purposes and for making soap; and in Great Britain and Ireland they might be remunerat ively produced for the sake both of yielding the oil and of feeding poultry, —and they are said to possess the peculiar recommendations for this latter purpose of being cheap food, and of rendering hens prolific. The pro duce per acre will widely vary accord ing to soil, situation, and culture, but has been found to average about 50 bushels of seed—equal to 50 gallons of oil and about ISOOlbs of oil-cake ; and the stems of the crop, if burnt for alkali, will yield about 10 per cent, of potash, while the leaves may be dried and pulverised and mixed with bran for fodder. When the heads are quite or nea^y ripe, the plants should be cut down at about an inch from the ground, and removed to «a shed or some other place of complete shelter from rain, and there left till they be come dry; and either then or after wards, they may be freed from the seed ; but they must not, in any case, be left on the ground, as they have a great capacity for moisture, and would be very likely to attract it and to be come filled with insects. The crop, however, has a very scourging effect on land, and particularly robs it of potash, and is peculiarly unsuitable for going before potatoes in a rotation. The soil most suitable is light, friable, and richly alkaline; and does admirably well to be manured with fresh seaweed ; and if loamy or clayey, may be ad vantageously prepared by conirxrixa tions of shell, sand, limestone gravel, or any other opening calcareous sub stance ; and, in any case, must be well tilled and finely pulverised, The! situation most suitable is a moderately shady one, with sufficient exposure to enjoy free and constant circulation of air."

The right of the Sta'e to participate for the benefit of the general body politic in the accumulations of ln kkgwsh dividual*, and that the estate duty, public share should be a substantial one after those accumulations have reached large figures, is beginning to be generally ad mitted, and it is in this direction that the anomaly of multimillionaires and starving thousands will, if evsr, be adjusted. The (Imperial) New Finance Acg which regu lates the death duties payable on the estates of persons dying after August 1, 1894, is a step in this direction. It con tains a fresh provision by which the old probate duty is abolished, and in lieu thereof a duty called estate duty is created. Probate duty was payable on personal property only ; estate duty is to be payable on real and personal property. Dibts can be deducted, and duty paid on the net estate as before. The rates are, where the principal value of the estate — Ewsaeds .£IOO and does not exceed iJSOO, 1 per cent,  JBsoo' „ „ JE1000,2 „ „ i'looo (i  £10,000,3 j, „ £10,000 „ „ £25,000,4 „ increasing gradually to § per cent where the property exceeds a million. Panama papers of 21st November, com menting upon the resumption of work on ' the unfinished canal, says the panama that the excitement caused castas, by the news received a month ago regarding the formation of a new canal company is wearing down. The extraordinary low rate of 70 cents per day—which at the exchange to gold is only worth about S3 cents being paid to the workmen finds but very few eager for the hard labor of the canal work. All the negro laborers stfong .he line recently struck for Idol a 4<*y t but, Gading that the company was not anxious about them, some of them returned to work at the old figure. The high price of food stuffs makes it almost impossible for the men to live on these wages. One item alone may be cited : Meat, formerly selling at 10 cents per lb, is now ticketed at 35 cents. Everything e 7se is in pro portion, A np&iber of Europeans, chiefly Italians, are laboring in plape of the negroes. The people now declare that the show that the new compiny, which they say is no new company at all, i<> making is only a game of bluff to get an extension of the concession. All the old machinery and belongings of the company, rotting and rusting for years, haye hedn puttipd up and given a coat of paint to make a good showing, but an examination proves that they are almost useless. It is the general impression now that the. Frenchmen will never complete the canal. The isthmians have great faith in Ameri cans for such an undertaking, and com pare the great amount of work done by the American dredging company with the smill performance of the Frencjfr in £he. same time. k' ;' ■"- |

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The time for receiving applications for the Government bonus on starch has been extended to the 30 h April.

A farmer named Daly has just died at Clonmult, Ireland, aged 105. As re cently as six months ago he worked on his farm A wa rant hai been issued by the District Court for the arrest of Te Whiti, in connection with the bankruptcy pro ceedings. At Hawora, A. Tourner, a bankrupt, 1 had his discharge suspenied for twelve months for failure to keep books. Notice of appeal wa? given. A sarcastic individual remarks that the easiest weeds to kill are wHowa' weeds. The wretch explain? th*t " you have only to Bay" Wilt thou? and they wilt." The King of Corea, who according to latest reports has just been murdered, rejoiced in the name of Ll-Hi. Reckon its a caseol "lie low " now.

Mr W. H. Tait, teacher of drawing, announces that he intends commencing evening classes for drawing, the terms for which will b8 very moderate.

Standing in the heart of (he City of London is a magnificent stone building, the office of one of the Scotch banks, which was built entirely out of the accu mulation of unclaimed balances.

The Queensland Government has placed a small sum in the hands of the British Consul at Buenos Ayres to relieve the needs of the immigrants from Queensland in Paraguay.

Mr Hawke, a noted Vet., is of opinion that If the shipping companies agreed to a £10 freight, New Zealand hunters could be very profitably shipped to England in September or October.

According to reports received by the Agricultural Department on the state in which the first shipment cf graded butter was received, the new system has given satisfaction.

The Savinge Bank business last quarter showed an excess of deposits over with drawals of £68,973, while the same period of the previous year showed an excels of withdrawals over deposits of £46,626.

A curious barometer is used in Ger many and Switzerland. It is a jar of water, with a frog and a step-ladder in it. When the frog comes out of the water and sits on the steps a ramstorm will soon occur.

It has been estimated that the land in the United States is worth £2,500,000,000 ; cattle, £1,1C0,000.000 ; the houses, £2,850,000,000; the furni ture, £1,440,000,000; the railroads, £2,000,000,000.

A machine called the "Rapid Shoe maker " has been recently invented which is capable of turning out a pair of boots or shoes, with buttons and button holes com plete, and packing them in a box, all in the short sp»ce of sixteen minutes.

The postal revenue for the last quarter was £49,463, as against P 47,678 for the same period of the previous year. The telegraph revenue was £32,816, as against £30,946, exclusive of Government tele grams.

Two kinds of starting machines were used at the Wellington races on Tuesday. Gray's machines were used at three dis tances and worked smoothly, and Craw ford's at one—in front of the stand —and in this c*se ten horses moved away like a line of cavalry.

Mrs Luxon, who celebrated her 103 rd birthday on New Year's Day, 1894, has died at Bodmin, She enjoyed good health and retained her faculties almost to the last. She recently said she believed her days would be lengthened if she 4 • could only see more life. "

MrE. M. Smith, M.H.R., aspects that negotiations for a lease of the ironsand beach at New Plymouth will shortly be successful, in which case he intends to form a company, with £60,000 capital, to purchase the Onehunga works and remove them to New Plymouth,

In Japan smoking is so common that all men and mouo ladies smoke, the girla beginning when they are about ten years of age. The ladies have pipes with longer stems than the men, and if one of them wishts to show a gentleman a special mark of favor, she lights her pipe, takes a whiff, hands it to him, and lets him smoke,

A small boy was shown by his father his newly-arrived brother. He eyed the baby critically for some time. <l It's got no hair, "he remarked presently, There was no denying it. "And its got no teeth," he added. The fact indeed was evident. He turned mournfully to his parent. "You've been had, father, "he said; "it's an old one."

The Napier Telegraph has earned the bun. In a recent issue it assures its readers that out at Greenmeadows a new pest has made itself evident in the shape of the hares. " which nibble the apples while the fruit is still on the trees." Evi dently our contemporary is'nt a George Washington or else he has been had. Hares hav'nt taken to clirabpig trees yet;

The first temperanco hall bujlt in Eng land was erected at Bradford, 'in York shire, in 1837. The first temperance society in England was formed at Brad ford, on February 2,1830, tfye chief mover being Mr Henry Forbes, who had signed the pledge at Glasgow. Bradford's" ex ; ample was speedily followed by tlje forma tion of a temperance union.

A number of red deer calves are now being obtained in Victoria for the Otago Acclimatisation Socie y, Mr Blackwood, of Melbourne, who is interesting himself in the matter on behalf of the local society, writes that he will try to secure six calves and a §tag. The Union Steam Ship Com pany haye agreed to, ship the animals to New Zealand free of charge.

I Mr Adfttnson. the licensee forfche Mount | Cook Hermitage, was charged on Monday ac- Fairlie, on the information of Mr E W. j Boper, with failing to provide sufficient [ accommodation as inquired by the condi tions of his license. Defendant explaiued how he was sitaatcd, between the mort gagees and the niminal owners, and his Worship inflicted a nominal penalty of ss, with cos's 9 3. Mr Adamson has informed the Timaru Herald tl at the Hermitage Is now closed, and thatunlessMessrs Garrick, Ccwlishaw and FLmer,a?ents for the mort gagees, instruct him to continue to hold it. he will forfeft tl}e ljsense. We extract the following from the Aharoa Afwh under the 22nd inst. :— "The Canterbury Seed Company Limited, in their last week's report in tbe. Christ church pipers, say :— * Reports from the Peninsula are not very promising; the continuous rain and foggy weather has discoloured the grater part of the seed. None of the Peninsula crop can be said to be on the market. A few small lines from other parts of the district have been de- j livered'during'the week at gd to 3|d. Prices are nomlnej.' 'This is entirely incorrect,' and we take the first oppor tunity of porreeting it. A little seed jeu£ too green on the rpads is not a good colour, but most gf thg heaviest sppd is not yefc down, none near the tops haying been cut, and the greater pirt of the seed, instead of being discoloured, is plump and bright. A quantity of seed was cut yesterday, and in the af^'s£ori there was s good deal threshed ojjc, and given a fortnight's fine weather the harvest well advanced, Several buyers have been already offering 4d for 151b seed, and if anything the market promises to have an improved ten* decay/ ,

\t Adelaide the ofcher day Sarah Fran cisco was sent to prison fordr«nkenne?sfor the 200 th time since 1875.

It is stated by a Napier paper tint the nhortsge in wool this year in Hawke's B*y is equal to a value of £25,0G0.

For ten subdivisions of what was part of the Tabri Lake Station, held by Mr Scobie Mackenzie. 420 applicants were received by the Lands Department, the bulk oi the applications being for two sections.

Th<J Advocate says that a number of farmers, encouraged by the success that has attended the growing of linseed in the Taieri district, will probably give this branch of agriculture * trial.

The time for the registration of societies under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act has been extended to the 2nd of April This is to give ample time for the election of boarda, and for employers and employees to register.

The Auckland police have been inspect ing the houses where infants are boarded out. So far as the investigation of the police go baby farming in the ordinary sense of the term does not exist in Auck land. Only one case is known in which a child was taken over for a lump sum.

Asa result of the recent election three women will take their seats in the Colorado House of Representatives at the next session of that State Assembly, and a woman will occupy one of the commodious offices in the new capital building—that ff the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Considerable curiosity is expressed as to what these feminine officials 'will do with their opportunity.'

It is notified in the Gazette that a bonus of £1000 will be paid for the erection of a plant and the manufacture in New Zealand of the first 200 tons of crude cyanide of po'assium from colonial produce. The {riant must, be capable of producing at east seventy tons of crude cyani ie of p* assium annually. The crude cyanide of potassium so manufactured shall contain at least 75 per cent, of cyanogen.

, In the list of winners of scholarships presented to the Board of Education on Thursday are the following local names :— Junior Scholarships—Otto Friedlander, Ashburton, 381 marks ; Sidney Culver house, Tinwald, 368 ; Hamilton Douglas, Ashburton, 365 ; William Brock, Hamp atead, 355. In the list of pupil teachers' passes the following appear: -End of first year; second class—Edith Bell, Ash burton; Ronald Douglas, Ashburton; Herbert Gillman, Alford Forest; Emilie Leggett, Hampstead ; Alice Orr, Hamp stead. End "of second year—Percy Revell, Ashburton; Claude Rapley, Moth yen ; Emma Thompson, South Rakaia. End of third year ; first class —Rosamond Bonnington, Ashburton ; second clasp—- Katie Rattray, Hampstead. End of fourth year; first c^ss—John Lewis, Tin wald ; John Purchase, Ashburton ; second class—John McNair, Rakaia.

COHRESPON D£NC£i.

iWe do not hold ourseives responsible tor the "pinions expressed by our correspondents)

HINDS SCHOOL.

TO THE EDITOR.

Sir,—As a father of a family, and having children attending the Hinds school, I am anxious to know the results of the examina tion held about the middle of December last. Now, how is this to be done ? Are we to rely on public gossip, or what ? Applications to schoolmaster or committeemen bring no result whatever. Now, we notice reports published of all the surr unding school*, and why is the Hinds school withheld ? Something must be wrong, and if yoa can tell me to whom to apply for the informa tion yo,u will oblige.—l am, etc., Anxious Father.

JEdueutioii

The North Canterbury Education Board met on Thursday.

A statement of accounts was submitted, showing that, after providing for works in hand and already authorised, there re mained a b dance of £206.

The, following tender was accepted :— Ashburton (iron roof), J. Smith and Son £108 5 3 .

A number of questions in connection with the appointmeut of pupil teachers were considered, as follows:-—From Ash burton—One of the fourth year pupil teachers having failed to pass, the appli cation of the School Committee for leave to retain one for another year was virtu ally complied with. Prom Tinwald—lt was agreed to allow J. Lewis to remain for another year, 'ihe Rakaia School Committee applied for leave to retain a pupil teacher who had passed the fourth year. It was resolved that the request could not be complied with. Applications for appointment as mistress at Bushside were received and considered. The Chair man stated, concerning the pupil teachers' examination, that 171 presented them selves for examination as against 177 last year. The result was, he considered, satisfactory, as 84 per cent of those who had presented themselves had passed. In connection with the scholarship examina? tion Mr Veel, in h's. report, stated that of 14§ competitors for junior scholarships ninety-one came from schools defined in the Board's regulations as town schools, and fifty-four from country schools. The result showed an exactly equal division of the scholarships, each class of schools sending up the winners of. six. Mr Joyce gave notice to move —4< That the Secre tary be instructed to provide & high seated chair for the use of each female teacher when instructing scholars in our public schools."

ITitJVgreraici'fe* uirous and Menagrerie*

If there is any kind of entertainment that the British boy lovea more than another it is the circus. This lpve is Hereditary like the Briton's love of fair play, and, like many other traits of the British character, it develops wonderfully on colonial soil. The advent of a circus is, hailed by the boys of an English town with glee certainly, but then circuses are more frequently seen there than in New Zealand. But in New Zealand when a circus arrives it may as well be Christmas for all the work Master School boy is likely to do, or for any influence for order the schoalmaster is able to exercise [ over him until the lad has seen a 1 that is to be seen—at least of the outside—of that oirous. The eomii^g ot Fitzgerald's big circus has been the subject of the young people's talk for many weeks, an 1 there was much fear in their minds lest Ashburton should bepawed. For your colonial boy is long hevde'; He knows alt aboqt depres sion and scarcity of-money, etc., «md feared lest the ghoul which hai frightened away half and more of bis .own pQcket-.money, arid shortened his father s income, would al§o frighten away the circus, But th;s fear has proved 10 be groundless, and the Fitzgerald's are to be here, opening on the first day of February. The show is a big thing. It has in •onnection with it a menagerie of lions, tigers, panthers, leopards, wolves, hyenas, jaguars, chttahs, pumas, monkeys, and what not, and the stud of horses is said to be j;he finest that has ever visited this colony. This statements will find proof or otherwise no doubt, when tlje critical eyes of an ABhburtbn crowd pass the hqrses under review-for the 4shburt§n farmer knows a horse when he sees it. Few circuses that have visited New Zealand have qbtained more favorable press "notices of their purely ring work, and after reading thpjie notices one fee's justified in expecting something really good, and we have every belief that that expectation will not be belied. The old stand oa Mr ■ John He%ds paddock, oppqsiteMrs Butler's iJoiiel, has been selected as the site for the shjjw,

European, and Other Foreign Items

London. January 18. The New Zealand Trust and Loan Investment Company has declared a dividend of 7 per cent.

The Pall Mall Gazette says the Scotch Banks have not yet decided to guarantee the deposits of some of the reconstructed Australian Banks, but negotiators on the subject are pro ceeding.

The Official Receiver has examined Messrs Meldrum, Cuthbertson, and Anderson, mainly to ascertain whether the Bank of South Australia paid recent dividends out of capital.

The shareholders in the South eastern Railway Company have with drawn the motion for the appointment of Mr Eddy as President of the Company.

Sir W. V. Harcourt, speaking at Derby, ridiculed the rumor of an impending dissolution of Parliament, and said it was the intention of the Government to complete the Newcastle programme; The Qtieen visits the Court of the Grand Duke of Hesse in Apri\ when she will meet the Czir and Czarina and the Emperor William of Germany. Bomb, January 18

The ruler of Abyssinia has formally declared war against Italy. The Italian Government is sending rein forcements.

Constantinople, January 24 The Sultan has refused to permit the Times representative to make a separate enquiry into the Armenian outrages.

THE <JOJEtEA.TV WAR

Shanghai, January 24 It is reported that the Chinese re pulsed the Japanese at Weihaiwei.

Shanghai, January 24 Fekin officials are regaining confi dence owing to the sufferings of the Japanese in Manchuria through the severity of the winter and the fact that there has been a great deal of sickness in their army from the want of supplies. The departure of Chinese envoys to Tokio to negotiate for peace has been delayed in consequence.

Twelve thousand Chinese attacked the Japanese in the vicinity of New Ohiang. The excellent firing of the Japanese artillery threw the Chinese into confusion and following up their success with a great charge the Japanese produced a complete route. The Chinese lost 900 and the Japanese from forty to fifty.

Japanese vessels have landed a force at Yangtcheng on the Shangang pro montory and it is now within thirty miles of Weihaiwei.

British, American, German and French blue jackets have been landed at Ohefoo from their respective war vessels, in order to protect the con sulates. This step has been taken as a precautionary measure.

LABOR

New York, January 24. The militia fired on the 'rioters in connection with the tram strike at Brooklyn, killing several of their number. New York, January 20 Three thousand militia have been ordered to suppress the Boston tram strike. Sydney, January 24 The Seamen's Conference has decided to recommend the branches in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland to agitate for an extension of the fran* chise to seamen on the lines of the best points in the New Zealand and South Australian Acts. The Newcastle miners' funds are ex hausted. The Secretary states that after the payment of the strike allowance to-morrow nothing will be left.

The Seamen's Conference has de cided to bring the question of the as similation of the Australian shipping laws before the conference of Premier* at Mobart.

DEATH OfMRD RAinOiPB CHURCHILL

(Received January 25, 10 a.m>

London, January 24 Lord R, Churchill died to day after being in a state of coma for thirty-six hours. His death was peaceful. His deathbed was surrounded by members of his family. ■"

VHE JFAIAK PRISM FIfiHT _f

Nbw Yobk, January 19

Fitzsimmon, the New Zealand pugilist, has been indicted by the Grand Jury on a charge of man slaughter, arising out of the death of Riordan, who died during the fight.

The Cable Interruption.

Sydney, January 24 The bulk of the cable messages between the time of the stoppage and, this morning have been sent south from Oodnadatta by special train to a station whence they are being tele graphed to Adelaide. This is being done before complete communication is restored. The train is expected to reach its destination at two o'clock in the morning.

Wellington, January 24 The Telegraph Department advises the receipt of the to'lowing from $he' Superin tendent of Telegraph?,' South Australia ;— " Have sent an operator on a ballast i envine to find and remove . the fault between William Cre«k and Beake. - Iss takes all m?ss*ges and will send theis on, to Oodnadatta arid will bring. all outward messages, being met at Peake byatricycle from Oodnadatta. The operator spoke ft cm Anna Creek at 6 p.m, and will probably reach Peake at 9, and be back at Strang ways by 1 or 2 o'clock if all goes well."

THE FLOODS.

Brisbane, January 24. Maryborough is preparing for floods. At Bundaberg six inches of rain have fallen wnoe Sunday, and it is still raining, A flood is antioipated.

»ATA& COACH ACCIDENT

Melbourne, January 24 By the capsiae of a coach on a steep incline, near Bruthen, the driver, Walsh, was killed. The passengers, Messrs Graeber and Thomson and Mrs Withers and two children, were, wvertly injuwU

THE ASHBOBTUW OUAEDIAN : FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1895.



Ku^m^s Notice 3. Holidays Holidays, HOLIDAYS ARE NOW IN FULL SWING. »pHE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN CANTERBURY FOB J>rapery, Clothing, and Boots. G, J. NEILL, Flannelettes 2s lid dozen 1 Double Bed fhwjWJJd Good Washing Print 3}d A Man's Re } \ Good bmc for a Pound A Holiday Dress for 3s lid A Boy'B Suit for 3s lid Calico 2s lid dozen * BOOTS. BOOTS. Ladies Shoes 4s lid j Men's Bluchers 4s lid Men's Nailed Shooters s lid I G. J. NEILL. EAST STREET, FRIEDLANDER'S BUILDINGS,



18 9 4. Christinas and New Year's Greeting F.LETCHER BROS-, HAVE JUST RECEIVED EX GOT|HIC— 100 cases Fine3t New Vestisan Currants 50 boxes Finest New Sultanas 30 boxes Finest New Valencias 50 boxes Finest New Elemes 25 boxes Australian Muscatels, to be cleared at" per lb ALSO THE FOLLOWING JUST TO HAND FOR CHRISTMAS TRADE- Jordan Almonds Dessicated Cocoanut Keene's Mixed Spice Preserved Fruits Preserved Ginger Pears, Peaches, Cordials, <fee Apricots, &c. Valencia Almonds lib bottles of Persian Sherbit, 8d per bottle. A splendid lino of Christinas Cake in Fancy Baskets to be sold at Is Gd each. PLEASE NOTE that all those Goods are of the very FINEST QUALITY PROCURABLE, whiah we intend to sell at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE. A look at our windows will show. PRESERVING SEASON, 1895. JUST LANDING Ex AURIGA, 25 tons Finest Mauritius Cane Sugar (1161 bags Tlii* is the FINEST CVNE SUGAR to bo got' , and jam, Ac, made with .it will keep almost any length of time.



NOTE ADDRESS FLEIUHER BEOS,, CASH SUPPLY STORES, ASHBUE|TON, AND LOWER HIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH. Don t miss seeing our splendid show of Christmas Fruits, &c. -p. B BESTELL, COMMISSION AGENT, ABOADE. AGiOT im WALTER A. WOOD'S SINGLE APftON HARVESTER*, MO'AER SIDE DRLLViiRi. o, o Peas, Cl< ver, etc. Mo-.vtrg, Rakes, rvniro G-inder?, Twine, Uil. Kxras day and nigl t t^ughout harvest. Owic&J of • Alliance Assurance Company, s-« i ..nial Mutual Life Assurance, Co., Ltd. Tradesmen's Books Kept, Debts Collected. B. B. BESTELL, ABOADE. JOHNJHLBON. ABTIST'S MATBBIALS. I have Received *J in a position to Supply I chers, Foreign Canvas Seloc. .Stock of Wixst»B <fco Artists of A shbur- Academy Boards, OHs, and Newton. Aimsr's tan with Oil Tubes, Easels, Etc Bto. at a Materials, and am now Brushes, Canvas^ Stret-1 Very Cheap Kate. House Painting^ Paporlian^ing. IHA.VB Specially 'ha.ngi.og Dwellings dur-| Very $eg of Oils and deduce J ike Prices in g the summer months. I Lead ,p.sed in th,e yfiFf. . r>f Painting and Paper- N,B,—None foufc the j _. A Large Stwk of Paferiwgings, Window Glass, and Pieties jjgftme Mouldings ; jm the Premises, J. WILSON, tJQKMStI OF ARCADE W» BURNETT UTKWT, ASH^TQN. j



Wanted I fT^NTED, a good uTcful Girl "fo"r I *• general house work. App^ Mrs J H. J Taskbr, Cux street, 1142 TEER Lost, 'j h ireday, one year eld 1 half Jersey, from Hiah Schoo 1 roiervc, Smith's Itoad. —Charles J?kid 1 144 W~ A^T¥lsr^arri^rhlor~(sflb.' work. A pply J ohs Oi»r a^- dCo 1 128 IT7"ANTEL\ by end of January. Eight W or Ten-! oomed Housp, Abhburto« or Suburbs. App'y Mail Office. 198 WANTED Known—Special line of Gents' Regatta Shirts, all sizes, with or without collars, 2s 6d.—W. H. Collier. EAUTTFULar.d useful Presents to all purchasers of 2s 6dand upwards. —H. C Segers, Melrcrd House. WANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optica line at S. Salek's, Optician, ANTED Known.—Having had such a successful season with Dresses, balance to clear *t nominal prices.— Mitchell and Turner. WANTED Known —Mrs Hooper (monthly nurse) Is open to accept I engagements. Apply, by letter, to Mrs Hooper, Alford Forest Road, Ashburton.; 11*134 PRESENTS. We are now giving Presents to all purchasers of 2s 6d and upwards.—H. C. Segers, Melford House. WANTED Known—All wool Delaines, Prints, and Crepons below whole sa'e rates. —Mitchell and Turner f YTANTED Known -Holders of VV Present tickets can now get them changed,—H. C. Segers, Melford House. WANTED Known—The Corner Is showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H. Collier. WANTED Fnown—That H. A. Slower, Confectioner, Eas f street, has a splendid variety of Fry's and Cadbury's Chocalate Boxes, now in stock. BLANKETS bought at Edwards Bennet's Sale, a special line of Double Blankets at 7s 9d. EaOra large and heavy 15s 6d and 16s 6d.~Robert Alcorn, Baker's Buildinjp-.



OWN Make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, vluslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs Alcorn's new shop, Baker's Buildings. WANTED Known—A tremendous run on our Gloves, 4Jd upwards. —Mitchell and Turner. ROBERT ALCORN has opened in Baker's Buildings, next the Court house, with a stock of Clothing, etc., bought at Edwards, Bennett's and the Kaiapoi Sales, the cheapest lot of goods ever brought to Ashburton, Also an assortment of Boots, BOY'S and Girls Own Annual, British Workman and Workwoman, Infant's Magazine, The Prize, Child's Companion, Children's Friend, Littk Dot, Family Friend, Band of Hope, Young England, and other New Bocks at Lowest Prices.— L. F. Andrewes and Co. 11 98 jVTOTICE! Notice Sport for all I N Guns let out on hire or sold on tims payments. Hfcving a professional Uunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns of any description. Gun fi. tings in stock. Prices low.—J. W Hardley, Ironmonger, etc O UNS ! Guns ! Guns ! My new stock _7 of Gunsj ust to hand direct from die manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Leaders, Rifles, etc. In spection invited. No old Btock to select from at J. W. Hardley's Sporting itepository



HERBAL Bw, Herbal Bjer. Six gallons of splendid Herbal Beer for 7d. Made with v. bottle of Potter's Herbal Beer Extract, price 7d per bottle. Warranted purely herbal. Fletchek Bkoi.. Wholesale and Retail Agents, Cabh Supply Stores, Ashburton and Cnriatchurch. BANG ! Bang i Bang ' My new sea sen's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and. Quo Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Cape, Wade, Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality , at J. W. Haedley's, un Emporium i LADIES* and Gentlemen's left-off j Clothes and all kinds of goods bought, sold, or exchanged, — Mks Knight, opposite Templar Hall, near j Post Orace. 11 170 j CHEAP Christmas Presents, Cheap! New Year Gifts, Cheap Toys, Cheap Dolls, Cheap Fancy Goods. Mbs | Adams, Saunders' Buildings. WANTED —Every Lady to try Mazum Balcombe's Patent Ex panding Belt Corset (registered), guaran teed whalebone throughout, Orders left at Mr E. Hall's, Herbalist, Ashbm?ton, , will receive prompt attention. 10 86 WANTED Known—That o wicg to the success of the Sale now being held up at Saunders' Buildings, opposite Rail- j [ way Station, it will be continued for atiothe* twsnty»eight days. lam not i advertising a few lines, but the ' whole of the stock. Don't logs the oppor tunity of securing genuine bargains—A j . Lawbib. 366] | . — j CIHRISrSf AS Presents, Choice Orna- J naentsi Zithers and Jew's Harpp, Balls and Bolfs for everybody from Id I each ; Jointed Dolls for fid. Sleeping • ' Beauties Is, Chinese Conquerors 6d, Russian Embassies Is, Walking Men, Talking Dolls, Scotch Greys, and Ennis killen Dragoons all wonderfully cheap at Mrs Alcobn's Ladies' Dnderclothing and Fancy Bazaar, Havelock street,



WANTED Known—That if you are in want of a first class article in sum mer Boots and Shoes, you cannot do better than call at J. Moison's ; you will get the very best &t reduced prices. As' for his own make, they ar^e well known to' the delight of the wearers, throughout the I Australasian colonies. Repairs well done' and at once. Premier Boot Maker, Town ! Hall Boot Store, "FV street, Ashburton 1 QQP\ "^ew ear Cards and New j I O c/O. Gifts of various kinds. i Fancy Goods, including Fancy Glass and I Chinaware, Toys of various kinds, Chinese | Lanterns, Gam*s for indoors and I outdo >rs, including Tennis and Cricket Material; Writing Desks and Cases, Inkstand?, Photo and Scrap Albums, Ladies' Hand Bags, Picture Frames Pictures, Tex's, Accordeons, Concertinas, Violins, Harps, Banjos, and a greafc variety of other goods ail at Reduced Prices for Cash at I. F> A-Sbkewes' and Cp.» ' ' ;' ■ '<• - * | DOLLAR CIGAFETTES - 3d. No' holders or,g*h«tcs.«-B*SNBX Zakdbb, Whole, iale»geot' r "•



NEW ZEALAND ■ GLOTHINQ FACTORY, EAST STREET. Half-Ye ably Stocktaking. STRAW HATS lo be cleared out at Greasy Reduced Prices. Boy's Straw Hats 3s 6 1 fur Is Men's Straw Hi's 3, 6 1 for Is M*n's Java Stnw Hate 2s 9d for Is 63 Men's S.raw Hate 6s 91 for 3. 6.' We do not often advertise Cheap Goods, but these are | GENUINE REDUCTIONS. BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. Boy's Strong School Baots 5s 6d Men's Light Balmorals 8d 61 Men's Strong Canvas Shoes 5a Men' dtrong Nailed Shooters 9.3 6d You will Save money by purchasing your Boots from the H. I.J}. F. <Vcmen s Canvas Shoes 4s 9d Women's Glace Kid Shoes 5s 6d Maids' Tan Strap Shoes 5a 6d NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. Hallenstein -Bros] mxiiv ISixitT DIXIT. mHESE WATCHES are proving the BEST VALUE EVER OFFERED IN ASHBURTON. Prices: 12/6, "20/-, 25/-, & 30/. Only to be obtained from S SALEK, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. I 126



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