Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, JUNB 19, 1896.

THE METRIC SYSTEM.

According to a recent cablegram, the Associated Chambers of Commerce seek to introduce the metric system into the business life of Britain, and but recently delegates representing no less than forty : six of those Chambers waited upon the First Lord of the Treasury, and urged upon him the advantages that would be derived from adopting the recommendations . o! a special committee of the House of Commons m regard to the metric , system- Those recommendations were three m number. The first was that the metric system should forthwith be legalised, the second that after two years all other systems should be illegal, and the third was that the metrical system of weights and measures should be taught m all public and elementary schools as a necessary part m arithmetic. Mr Balfour at once expressed his approbation of the first and third resolutions, and said that arrangements had already been made to have the metric system taught m the sahools, and he would consult his colleagues as to giving further force to the recommendation. He was not sure, however, of the advisableriess of adopting the second recommendation. Two jears were but short grace to give the country on a question like this. There was the prejudice of centuries to ibe overcome, and John Bull is slow to change from the habits and customs of his fathers. He is Liberal m many things, but m others he is Conservative m the bigbest degree, and is apt to resent with considerable bitterness sudden changes that are likely to move him out of the beaten track he has followed through many generations. But Mr Balfour was not without hope, and the first step he intended to take towards the bringing of that hope to fruition would be the introduction forthwith of the metric system into the Government dockyards, Further, Go vernment would have made sets of metric weights and measures for general use, and would legalise the system to the extent of giving it a legal standing equal to that of the existing system. ; This is a good deal more than the putting m of the thin end of the wedge. It is the striking of many blows upon the thick end, and tho first sounds of the rending log. It is a bright promise that within a few year* Britain will have adopted a s wif t and easy method of measuring her articles of commerce, m «upercession of one which is m comparison painfully cumbrous and unwieldy. Besides Great Britain, and of course all her colonies, the United States and Russia are the only civilised countries m which the metric system is not m operation, and even -America uses it m her monetary system, and her people point to th.a"t system of dollars aid cents as being the most perfect m the world, and the easiest of all m calculation. " A hundred cents, one dollar," says one writer on the subject, " and there you have the whole money table of the nation." Bug America, too, has begun to agitate for the adoption of the metric system of weights and measures, and it is quite possible that that go ahead country, once the ball has been set fairly rolling, may have the metric system m common use through out her whole territory before John Bull has come round to a realisa tion of its benefits. And a com parison of the two systems will at once show what these are. Look for a moment at the numerous tables a child at school has to master before he can do anything at all inpractical arith metic, and note how intricate those tables are. In weights you begin with grains, and run along through penny weights, drams, ounces, pounds, stones, quarters, hundredweights to tons. This would not be so bad, but the weights take different quantities for the same nomenclature according to whaty ou hav^to wfigh. your grocer uses a pound of sixt,eei> ounces when he sells you tea and sugar, but if you go to the druggist next door you find that his pound is only twelve ounces, and so also is the pound of the gold buyer. In measures the same cumbrous intri cacy is manifest. If you look down the lineal measure tables you find the schoolboy has to be crammed with inches, feet, links, yards, and all the rest of it, with most irregular propor tions to remember. So m land measure ments, and sa in measures of capacity, th§ tables oi the latter varying accord ing to the nature of the article sold, The sweeping away of all this coil of unnecessary " top hammer " would save a year's study to the children, for the metric, system could be learned m a week. Every teacher knows that amongst the J^rst arithmetical facts that a child realms is, thaib counting by tens and hundreds ia the easiest of ail < counting, and if all our tables were made up of weights and measures that progressed by tens, the mastering of these tables would be the easiest thing m the world ; but as they are now, they are a trial and a vexation of spirit to the cb»l4» Tfeere is no absolute neces sity for retention of ]bhe French terms used m the metric system when £t lias been adopted m British schools and m British trade. Some of our old terms might be retained because of their familiarity, although they would indi cate new quantities. In the French system thef basis or unit of measure ment is the " metre,* w,hic,h is naaply equivalent to three feet three inches and a-half, English measur.enien' t. : The subdivisions of this are m tens, which are distinguished each by a Latin affix : thus the tenth of a metre is a decimetre, the tenth of that a centimetre, and the tenth of that, or jbhe thousandth part of a metre, is a millimetre. The multiplication of the metre is similarly* by tens, wljipl? are distinguished by a Greek" aflix : . thus ten metres maka a depajnetre, tpn of this measure is a hectometre, and ten of this or a thousand metres is a kilo metre. Similarly the unit of weight is a "gramme" and the unit of cap acity a "litre," the BUbdiYte ion » and the multiplications being mau? D J tiatin an/Jsr,eek affixes respectively. As a consequence a column .of figures representing these various weignts or various measures, U jmt a column

of figures and nothing more, without! 'any "dots" separating them as we ' separate hundreds, quarters, and ' > pounds, or perches, yards, and, feet, and it is operate i upon m addition, ■ subtraction, multiplication, or division, ' exactly as a body of figures of one denomination. Once a child has learned the names m the metric system he has mastered the whole thin&, for the principle of division is uniform throughout all the forms of weights and measures, both of length and cap acity, and as the American cent and dollar show, is just as well fitted for money. The adoption of the system would not only save a tremendous amount of quite unncessary labor to the child at school, but- would be an immense relief to grown people m every walk of life, while it would very greatly simplify international t rade by making the system of calculating uni* form. We feel quite certain ( hat men now ia the prime of life will ace the metric system universal, while the children now at school may safely look forward to having to work through their lives with the metric system as their tables of calculation, and that being so the education authorities should follow the lead given by the Hon. A. J. Balfour m his reply to the delegates from the Chambers of Commerce, and have the system taught m the public schools of the colony.

"LIFE IN THE COLONIES."

"Life m the colonies"is the subject of an article by Lady Jersey, wife of the

recent Governor of New South Wales. Lady Jersey writes m the Daily Courier t a

new journalistic \enture of Sir George Newnes, and she more particularly deals with New South Wales. She writes with her accustomed charm of the colony m which she spent so brief a time. The sketch of her temporary home, which an ex-Governor's wife can draw, is, Lady Jersey assures us, ' fortunately, bound to be a pleasant one.' Lady Jersey naturally lingers over the beauties of Sydney Harbour—" a long succession of lovely views," framed by the Southern sun,' m quivering blue and gold '—the native grandeur of the Blue Mountains, the weird formation of the Tenolan Caves, and the profusion of wild flowers peculiar to Australia. She runs rapidly over the social features and festivities which characterise the parent Austral colony. Australian girls come m for a good word. Lady Jersey admires the keen ness with which they enter into the business of life, whether it bo play or work. It is unavoidable m a country Jike Australia that girls who are leaders m the ballroom one day may be com pelled to cook .the dinner the next. Lady 3 ersey finds compensations for the drawbacks to life m the bush, m the freedom from constraint, and the boundless hospitably, dear to the Australian heart, which is rendered possible by the fact that guests are ready to take things as they find them.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There are 29 Smiths on the new Com mission of the Peace. Pheasants and quail are rapidly increas ing m the Forty Mile Bu3h. A disease m causing the death of hun dreds of flying foxes m the Colo district; (N. S. W.) D* Murray ■Ay ns^ey, late of ( hrisbchurch Hospital, has commenced practice m Eke tahuna. — A 16 >z nugget of gold has been found at Wandi, m the northern part of South Australia. At Wanganui, G. D. Klrkwood ha? been committed to the asylum for twelve months as a habitual drunkard. Bishop Verdoii, on his first visit; to Mosgiel, was presented with a reading and music stand of New Zealand woods. The latest addition to the Ashburton telephone exchange ia No 89, Messrs Baker and Brown, coachbuilders, Have lock street. 'After a dissertation on the disadvantages of the use of the old time flint and steel at the Napier Philosophic *l Institute meeting last week, the JRev. W. Cclenso said he was one of those who was almost sorry that matches had been invented, as it led to the increased consumption of ' that wretched tobacco.' Mr Percy Oox, who has jaet returned from a visit to Australia, informs us that the locally invented bicycle (Crum & Oo) is likely to prove a complete attcoess. Several leading Australians have joined the syndicate, and it is expected that m about six months it will be successfully launched In the European market. There is a considerable amount of dis tress reported from Hapal owing to the scarcity of food consequent upon the hurri cane m January last. A few deaths from starvation are reported* It is to be hoped that such a state of things will nob be overlooked by our paternal Government, considering that there is plenty and to spare m *£onga, A large shipment of bananas goes over by ne;jrfc steamer, and should help the Hapal p9oplp somewhat, bananas being a staple article of food now with the natives. According to returns published the total mileage of railways m Japan when the contemplated roads are completed will amount to 5411, costing 258,619,000 yen. At present the* length of Goyarnraent and private roads .is 21,87 miles, ' costing 98,753,000 yen, while lines now being constructed and others for which charters have been granted extend to 1832 miles, estimated to cost 84,587,000 yen, m addition to 1342 miles of lines which it has been decided to construct at an esti mated cost of 95,379,000 yen. The sheep inspector has no intention evidently of neglecting his duties m regard to the enforcement of the Act for the protection of the flocks'. He allows every opportunity, and lends what aid he can, for farmers to dip their sheep and keep them clear of parasites, bub he will ( atand no nonsense.' There are farmers who will go through the work of dipping such shpep as are likely to be kept on their /arm's for a pprfod, but carefully dra'fb out befire dipping suoh as are to go to the yards for sale. Tfs cleanliness of those sheep cannot always be vouched for and the buyer is thus saddled wjtfi a purchase, the possession of which may lay him open at any moment to a prosecution The inspector has now his keen eyes widely open for lcuay sheep, and farmers and others bringing sheep to the yards for sale would do well to mske perfectly sure that all the requirement's of the Act hsye been complied with,, otherwise seyere fines maybe In^floted. The first giqes fchja season were brought; before the S.M. on Thursday, and were Jenlently dealt with, both by the Inspeptor Jn the way he laid the information, aad by the Magistrate m the fineß inflicted. Farther breaches oi the Act may nob be treatfl* with equai CiCmency. If you want delicious Coffee try the cefebntted Family Brand; to be obtained! c erywhere; " ' ' •- ; • . |

The Wellington City Council has author ised an expenditure up to £20,000 on necessary works within the city during the current year. In a divorca case heard m Sydney the petitioner told the Court that she was 14 years of age at the time of her marriage to the respondent. A lad named Nils Olsen, attending tbe < Norsowood School, had the misfortune to bre«k one of his legs last week while playing football. Mr J G. Gray, who is to succeed Mr Barron, as chief of the Hansard s'aff, entered the service 21 years ago, and has nine or ten years' seniority over the rest of the staff. The 3uratura tea is advertistd on another page of this issue. It is claimed that the ' speech from the throne ' omitted to mention that the prospeots of returning prosperity are due to the increased use of Suratura tea. A very serious emission this. Mr James Smith, butcher, kit v>rd Forest Road, has killed a fine steer weighing 930 pound?, and fed by Mr P. Chalmers, Beach Road It ia a grand piece of beef, and speaks volumes for Mr Chalmers' pasture as well as for Mr Smith's eye to good business. Forty-two applications for the position of mechanical engineer for the pumping works m the drainage department were received by the Wellington City Council. The salary is £240 per annum. Mr Hast well. chief engineer of the steamer Tas mania, has been^ppointtd. At Dunedin yesterday a baker was fined 20s aud costs for selling bread under weight, and the same penalty for selling unstamped bread. He had been turning ouc wholemeal bread, and thought he did not come under the provisions of the Aot. Another baker was fined for not having ecalea m hia cart. Conatabia Strean, of Timaru, who has tendered his resignation to Inspector Broham, was for nine years m the Irish Constabulary ; served for four years In Tasmania and had an uninterrupted reoord of twenty-eight years' m this colony — a grand total of forty-one years' active service. He is entitled to a retiring allowance, and ei'peots to end his days m the quiet circle of his family m Dunedin. An inset accompanies the Guardian to-day -the announcement of a dissolution sale to be held by Messrs G. L Beath and Co, at their premises m Tancred streob. The Ashburton branch of the business is about to be closed, and the firm finding it more advantageous to sell off here than to pack and transport to Christchurch, have decided to *mark down' and *quit' m Ashburton at bargain prices. Housewives will find the announcement interesting reading. It would seem, saya the Wellington Post, that there are not likely to be many New Zealand entries for the New South Wales Sheep-breeders' Association's annual show and atud Bales, which begin ab Sydney on J uly 2. The short prices fetched m last year's sales are probably answerable for this. Mr G. H. Scales is taking across a oonsienment of 250 sheep iy the Mararoa on Wednesday, and h«a arranged for another lot to follow by the Wakatipu at the end of the month. So far only one Southern breeder appears to be sending any. We congratulate the Colony, says the Otago Daily Times, on the appointment of Mr John Mackay as Government Printer. As we have never heard that Mr Mackay displayed any marked political leanings, and have no reason to suppose that he waa m any way m political sympathy with the Governrmnti, we feel satisfied th ib his appointment is not a piece of favouritism. The fact ia that Mr Mackay has been known a-3 a suitable man for such a post. He has worked upwards as a printer from his apprenticeship, and is thoroughly pony'ersant with all the details of the printing business. Some sensation was created m East street opposite the courthouse last evening, when the horse attached to a baggy containing a lady and gentleman suddenly commenced kicking. It seems it was the animal's first experience of this kind of vehicle. After a remarkably lively display, lasting only a tnuple of minutes, it succeeded ia freeing itself, and turning round, probably to see what sort of an invention it hid just got lid of, saw the lady and gentlement sitting m the buggy calmly contemplating the position. I The lady seemed as unconcerned as if she were listening to a political address. Miss Gertrude Wise, says the Otago Daily Times, who went Home with her parents on a trip some six months since, had the misfortune to lose her purse con taining money and other articles of value whilst paying a vi3it to the opera. She naturally thought her pocket had been picked by one of the expert thieves who lnjfeac the great; metropolis, and duly recounted the event by letter to her brother who resides In this locality. The last mail, however, brought the missing purse from London. 'I he finder who was evidently an honesb man, had posted the lost artioles to the address of the owner — viz., " Burkes, New, Zealand," which wa9 luckily contained m the purse.' Holloway's Ointment and Fills.— Oolda, Coughs, Shortness of JJreath. — These maladies require early and unremitting atteDtiOD, for if negleoted they often end m aetbma, bronobitis, or consumption. The ointment well rubbed upon the chest and baok, penetrating the skio, is absorbed and carried directly to the lungs, whence it expels all impurities. All the blood ia the body is perpetually passing through the lungs, and there are noxious particles, tending to disease can be quiokly, thoroughly, and permanently neutralized, rendered harmless, ejaoted from the system. Hollo way 'a Ointment and Pills ptrfeotly aooomplißh this purification ; and through the blood thus cleansed, the influence of these wonderful medioaments reaohes tbe remotest parts of the human body, and thus cures all diseased action, whether internal or external. - '

New South Wales Politics

♦ THE DEAN COMMISSION. • ' * — i "WANT OP CONFIDENTS MOTTON. Svpnpy, tTuqe 18 In the Legislative Assembly Mr Chapman sought to move the adjourn ment of the ' House m order to call attention to the cost of the recent Dean Commission, it being alleged that when the Commission sat m the morning and also m the afternoon two fees were charged, instead of the Qom ? missionerg treating the day's work as one sitting. As Mr Chapman was thwarted m his desire, both at the last sitting and also at to-day's, the Opposition regarded the action as a desirp pn tfte part of the Government to evade the matter* Mr Lyne, leader of the Opposition, thergfore/ 5 moved that thp method of payment of the Dean Gorpmissionepa amounted tg a misappropriation of public funds. The Premier accepted the motion as tantamount 1 to one of want of con fidence and moved the adjournment of the House, which was carried. The Opposition are thought to have but sttiall chance of success.

PARLIAMENTARY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Wkllinoton, June 18 The Council met at 230 pm x s coroners' b ii, <■' On the motion of Mr Worker, the Coronern 1 Bill, to simplify the law regu lating Coroners' inquests and to empower Stipendiary Magistr ates to act as Con ners, was read a Fecund time INFANT LIFE PROTECTION B'lL On the motion of Mr Walker, the In fant Life Proteo ion Bi'.l, which, he ex plained, was designed to regulate what was known as baby-farming, was read a second time The Council then adjourned.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

' Wellington, June 18 The House met at 2 30 p m Mr Guinness was m the chair THE ADDRESSIIT-BBPLY Mr Buchanau renamed the debate on the Addrees-in-Reply. He spoke m con demnation of the cheap money schema, which, he considered,, had already cosb the country £30,000. He attacked .Mimaterb' statements m regard to the increase of .the public debt and the redaction of iafceresfc charges, and con demned the personalities indulged m by the Premier on the public platform. The surplus of £215,000 claimed by the Government was made up by the increased oustoms taxation, and by depriving small settlers of the sinking fund of local bodies loans. He predicted that the Government would suffer a greater defeat m the country than they had done m the Chriatohurch election. Mr Carnell referred at. great) length to the Russell land grant, and contended that Captain Russell had not complied with the corditions of military settlement. He had got land wrongfully, and he ought to restore it and pay interest on the money. The party to which be (Mr" Oarnell) belonged m Bawke's Bay had been boycotted out of existence, bub the handwriting waa on the wall, and when members went up at tbe next election th^y would see a change. He made reference to several Hawke's Bay trans actions which he strongly condemned. The Hawke's Bay land owners were dis charging all the men m their employ so as to intensify the labour difficulty, Mr Thomas Mackenzie taid that, the prohibitionists were responsible for send ing a class of men to the House who were not fitjfco sit on a Road Board, and the member for Napier was one of them. His speech was pimply a tirade of abuse against the worthy leader of the Opposition, and he (Mr Mackenzie) ventured to say that there was not a word of truth m what he had uttered against Captain Russell. Mr Hogg said that the conditions for receiving 400 acres as a military land grant had not: been compiled with by Captain RusselJ, and yet fee had afterwards received 800 acres by a narrnw vote, m the Legislative Council. He defended the Advances toJSettlera Act as having brought down the rates of interest all over the country. He admitted that the lands administration of the Government was weak, but this was due to the machinery with which the Minister had to work. He charged Sir Eobert Stout and Mr Dothie with having voted against roads and bridges, and said that Sir Robert Stout had once been loved by.the Liberals, but waa now detested by them. . The debate was interrupted by the 5 30 p.m. adjournment. The House resumed at 7-30 p.m. Dr Newman resumed the debate on the Address^n-Reply, and adversely criticised the Government! policy and admlnistra* tion. He declared that a deplorable state of tffdra existed among the settlers m the bush districts of the North IslancJ. Whilst admitting the anxiety of the Minister of Lands to settle people en tbp lard, he qaeatioued his ability to success? fully effect settlement m those . parts of ihe colony, and said that unless settlers received some concession m regard to rent some of them would have to forfeit their holdings. He contended th»t there was no real surplus. Mr Collius said that he had great sympathy with the late treasurer m hla troubles, but although Mr Ward had gone urder he should not suffer alone, and those who had deceived the House and had signed certain documents should also bear their share aa well as the ex- Treasurer. He regretted that they were to have further banking legislation, and thought the Government should come down boldly and establish a State Bank for the colony. If the Government did not wis>h to go so far as that, let them declare that the State alone 6hould have the Issue of a paper currency. Mr Dnfchie contended that the Premier had got office under the Anglo-German syndicate merely because he was Premier of the colony. He would be cheap for this company at £10,000 a year, as the name of the Premier iei 'London would be of immense value to the syndicate. I& was very improper for Mr Seddon to accept such a position with the knowledge he possessed, and the Premier should ba impeached for doing so. He generally condemned the policy and administration of the Government! ! . " Mr Ward said that he bad warned the Housethat whenever it was proposed to bring, the private accounts of the Bank of New Zealand before the House there would be a strong objection to it, and they had just heard now from Mr Duthle that he hoped they had heard the last of that bank. Efforts had been made thab day m the Upper House to alter the order of reference of the Select Committee proposed to be set up to enquire into the cause of the losses of the bank. It was an attempt to prevent a fair and impartial enquiry into the question— an enquiry tha.t the people would demand. He hoped that the Opposition would see that jthe' enquiry was not a one-sided investigation It could do no harm totha bank itself, although it might expose the private afturs of some people who were soanxioU9 to see the private affairs of other people exposed for party political purposes. He deprecated the .in whjch, Mr Duthle had attached the private " ajjfrirs of thp Premier, and said that the company he had joined would tie the means of bring. ing large sums of money into the colony. Mr Duthie had been most unfair m his criticism of the Advances to "Settlers Act, and bad omitted to state that the loan was earning 1 per cent over what had' been paid for it, and thab the cost of raising would be spread over the whole currency of the loan. The cheap money system was absolutely and primarily responsible for lowering the ntfteij of interesd, and to this fact he attributed a great deal' of the hostility which was displayed towards the scheme. The price of money had fallen f tally two per cent, which meant a saving of £600,000 a year to fche people of the colony. The Act required to tje amended m- order to givd greater powef tp the. !d|str|at boards, and thus prevent the,jrexatiasg delay which eventuated through having to communicate with head.q&arters la Wtlli'gton. Tb ; a Act had-abo caused sn enormous reduction m the law costs of the settlers,. sn& had saved them many thousands of pounds m this direction. The man who opposed the advances to settlers eoheroe was an enemy of the pegple of t£e qpuntry, a,nd the people were befjoming. alive |o that fact. With regard to the finances of the oolong to §«d that it coqld no£bp denjed "that fc|»f actual receipts sftowea an excess over the expenditure. , -" -,wr. . Alien edndemned the proposal to set up a .banning vo mam toe, aiia blamed the QvrevnmenC fo&nob haying made fuller enquiries before asking the House

?THE ASHBDfITON GUARDIAN j FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1896.



The advent of the comedy. Trilby, ia ba ■ ing looked forward tq by all tbeare-goers , but a more interesting topjp to heads of ; families ia the advent of Woods' Grea. Pep. permintCarerj;C:!:! ha and Oo'A 3 v I»hw been found by aU that^ave tried iei 9 Da iuj , most efleotivo Cough remedy yet introduced I ' Prige, 18 W RQ a 89 Qi, SU 'GrQMm Ma - < Ob9ipi|t9, " V



Wanted. j ( \\i ANiJBD TO SELL-A Good Quiet v ~ Cow, doe to calfj the third calf. — J. Harris, Allenton 699 TnOR, SALE, Cheap— Harness Pony, D fit for » child to drive. Apply A.8., , Guardian Office 6 100 Jl_# "|Z"IRK wants friends and • -LJ. X\. oustomera to know he i has resumed business m Triangle. 698 | OTANTtiD— An experienced General ' ♦ Servant ; references indispensable. *pply Mrs 'lompkins, Holly Lodge, corner of East and Cox Street. 6 95 P,S TOMPKINS having taken the houße lately occupied by Miss> Flower, is prepared to receive a limited number of gentlemen boardern. All home comforts Teimi on application. 696 r^HOOOLATK Confections.— l have m v> stock over thirty varieties of the best English makes— (Fry and Oadbury'd), •' Murray's "Seed and Dorothy Caramels. —Flower, Fruiterer and Confectioner. W' ANTED Known— The ' Economic' Kid Glove, four buttons, Is 9 1 per pair, is the Glove for everyday wear. — W. H. Collier. WANTED Known— That E. Mahood Is still selling all kinds of Grooery, Crockery, and Glassware at as reasonable a price as »ny other house m the trade Orders by letter or Telephone promptly attended to Families waited on dally. Telephone No 76. WOLF! WOLF! WOLF! The old cry. He has come this week, and Is slaughtering Music at unheard of prjeea. Is pieces for 3d ; Is 6d pieces for 4d ; 2s pieces for 63 ; 3s pieces for 9d ; 4s pieces for Is. 3500 pieces to select from at L. F. Andrewes & Uo.'s Great Sale. 593 A MERIOAN BOSS and Nougat JLJL Creams, simply delicious. Hot Pies, Tea, Coffee, and Cocoa — H. Diggle, Up-to-date Confectioner, East Street. WANTED Known— Monate Clear ing Boot Sale at Mjsllob 1 Zealan dia Boot-, Store. ANTED Knpwn— Buots and Shoes from U 3d to 27s 6d.— Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale. fir ANTED Known— Go toTHECoRNER V V for Newest Styles In Drapery and Millinery— W. H. Collier. OTIOE.— Are you going to build? Because the cheapest shop for Roofing, Iron Ridging, Gutters, Nails, Lead, Spouting, Water Tanks, Pumps, Ranges, Register Grateß, Locks and Hinges, Washing Boilers, and all sorts of Ironmongery, is J. W. Hardley'b, Ironmonger, Plumber, and Tinsmith. Telephone 32. MR3 KNIGHT, cash purchaser of Ladles' and Gentlemen's left off Clothing, etc. Letters promptly attended to. Near Post Office, 5 100 EVIEW OF REVIEWS for May. Tales from Welsh and Wales. Tale of Ten, Transfiguration of Hannah Sfcubba, Lady Adelaide 2a 6d, Sheep Breeds and Treatment Is 3d. New Stationery, New Books, all at Lowest CAflb Pricee. A few copies of the Irish Scripture Text Book on sale. — H. M. Jones* REaD THIS -Sixpenny Books at 3d Shilling Books at 4d, Eighteen Penny Books at 9i, Half*a-crown Books at Is, Envelopes from 3s 9i per 1000, or 250 for 1<?, Bnxes of Note Paper and envelopes from 4^d, Shilling packets of Note Paper at Bd, Two shilling Packets for Is 31— at L. F. Andrewes and Co's Great Sale. 5 46 WANTED Known— lf you miss the Cheip Boob Sale you will be scrry.— Mellor's, Tancred Street. \1 ; ANTED Known— 6ooo pairs of W Boots to be cl Bared m one month, —Mbllok's Zealandia Boot Store. r MEN'S Bluchers sa, a good Strong Nailed Shooter at 8s 6d ; a nice assortment of Ladies' and Children's Boots nd -Shoes from Is 9d a pair at R. ALGORHB ANTBD kVoWJN.-'Mps Hvffam having taken tho premises lately occupied by Mr G. Neill, intends to open same as Lidics' Dining and Refresh- ment Rooms, where visitors will find a long felb want supplied. Meals at all hours. A few boarders will find all the comforts of a home. 4 196 OWN Make m Ladies and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina- fores ; also a good assortment o! Calicoes, Muslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs Aloorns new shop, Baker's "uildlngs. WANTED Known— A Magnificent Display of Ladies' Jackets m all the Newest Styles, just landed and now, on view. See window.— Mitchell and TcßNsii^ ___ t ANTED Known — 6000 pairs of Boota and Bhoes to pick from. Mellor s Great Boot Sale. I AM making Irish Moss Jujubes, m valuable for cough?, colds, influenza, etc. — H. A. Flotver, Confectioner, JSaet Btreet. p2 B~" CTTER. BUTTER. —Finest Faet,o?y Butter, lOd per lb. — Flexgher Bros » Fast Street, Aehburton.;. WANTED Known— Lwge delivery of j the 4 Fooncmic' Kid Gloves, four buttons, la 9d per pair, worth much. more— w H. Collier. ANTED Known— Having bought our Winter Supply of Blankets and Flannels before the great advance m prices we intend giving our friends full benefit of same.— Mjtohell and Turner KINGFISH, Barraconda, Blue Cod, Rock Cod, Groper, Ling, Bream, Crayfish, Smoked Fish, Oyaters, and Kabbits. Hot Fish Dinners at Suther- land's, Tancred Street. ■ i/zATSTED Known— so pairs Ladles W and -Girls' Leather Top and Canvas Tennis Shoeß, atjhalf usual j?ri,Cfl» for' two weeks only. — Andrew Oiyi jlO 136 ST. STEPHEN'S CHUROH, Ashburton ' Thursday- 4 G.F.5.,' 7 pm j Friday— Evening Prayer, 730 pm ; Cboir Practice, 8 pm !. SCNDA^T SOHQOLS EXAMINATION Satnrdny, 2Gsh— Hampßtead Scholars (Infants to 111. standard, inplnsivb) £.30 P Sunday, 21st- IV., V., and VI. standards of both schools meet at the Hampstead school at ,2 30 pm Monday, 22ud— Sb Stephen's Scholarp, Infants to 111. standard, 9.30-12 30} O. M.F. Collectors, 3 pm, at the Vicaragej Sunday School Teachers, 7.30 pm SUNDAY SERVICES. *11— Morning Prayer and Holf Com munion, Rev J. F. Teakle * 6.30 pra--Even,iug Prayer,' Rev J. Teakle 3 pm— DROMORE, Mr W. Bowman Fox * Special o%9t\v^ for the Church Mieslon Fond.



1 public Notices. "havelock street produce store. fTIHE UNDERSIWNBD HAS IN X STOCK SOUND DERWENT Table Pot aloes, ( Locally Grown, and from Orari, at • 4s 9d to 5a per sack. Prims Well-saved Onions, Carrots, Linseed, Crushed and Whole Oats, Chaff, Ohiokwheat, Etc. 1 AUTUMN PLANTING. I have a Woll-aesorted Btock of APPLE TREES, oholoe quality, ai>d with good fibrous roots. The majority of theae treea will bear next season. Are all sturdy and j free from blight. In conseqneoca of nav- ing decided to relinquish this part of my business, I am prepared to dispose of the above Treea at Low Prices. GRISTING. Farmers and others ein leave their Wheat at My Store for Gristing at the Wakamil Mills, . No charge made for handling. . J. Thomas, PE O D UGB DEALER HAVELOOK STREET. WOOLLEN GOODS EOR .WINTER WEAR. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. Men'a Overcoats, with Cape, from 20a Boys' Overcoats from 8a 6d Men's All Wool Sao Salts from 27s 6d Man's All Wool Trousers from 8s 9d Boys' All Wool Knicker Saits from i 7s 6d Men's Cover Coat from ... 29s 63 U BLANKETS. BLANKETS. BLANKETS Moagiel. Aahburton. Moagiel 16s 6d per pair. RUGS. RUGS. RUGS. Wellington, MosgieU Tiraaru 12s 6d. L.W. Pants, our own make, 3s lid. Flannel Shirts 3s 6d. THRIVING GLOVES, Wool Lined Sloveß, Mufflers from Is, Wool Socks Is, Men's Golf Caps from le, Boys' Caps 6d NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. ALEX HENDRY, Manager. - SPECIAL PURCHASE. WAREHOUSEMAN'S CLEARING LINES. Please no(e the following quotations:— Dyed, Pink, and Coral Flannelettes, 4W yard ; U6ual price 7d ~34in Striped Flannelettes, 4* lid doz ; usual price 6s 9d , 31in Linen Tick, Is 2d yard ; usoal prne la 7d 72in White Twilled Sheeting, Is 2£d yard ; usaal price Is 4^d 72ih Unbleached Twilled Sheeting, er Is 2*d ; usual price Is 61. . f- White and Colored Bordered Handker* - chiefs In lots, 4 for 6i ; worlh Is Ladiea Hcm«stitched Handkerchiefs In lots, 3 for la ; worth Is 6d Ladles' Heavy Cashmere Hdee, 12£ d and Is Hd ; asual price Is 4d and Is 6|d Girls' Cashmere Hose, 2 to 6, 10id l ~ pair ajl round 5d Ladle*' White Muslin Aprons, Bfcd sp eatfh ; naval price Is • Maroon and Browo Meltons, dress length, 6 yards for 4a lid ; usual price 6s 9d. Costumes made from this material, complete for 17s 9d. 3fc -JUBT/REOEIVED- e, Another Shipment of Our > c "CLINKERS CORSETS J f at 2s lid. m rs Ashburton Drapery Company, ARCADE HOUSE. of i: — _ — » Is Wanted* " ii 1 ANTED Known— Everybody to roll VY up to Mbllor's Cheap Boot Sale, ill Now's your time to buy. 18 ri BEAT SALE NOW ON at L. P. VJT ANDREWES & Co. £30,0 worth of Books, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Toys, Music, &c, to be sold this month regard- N less of cost, Sato now on ac L. F. Andbewes & Co, Stationers' JSull. 425 WANTED Known— You save |» m every pound if you patronise Meixor'b Cheap Boob Store. ; y\ ■ ANTED Known— Ladies Shoeß ' VV tan or black, 6s 6i. — Mkllor' Cheap Boot Sale. ii/ ANTED Known— Our Season's VV Dceaaea m all the New Colonial Tweeds and Choice Home Materials now opened. An inspection invited.— _ Mitchell and Turner. WISOOI i;he cure for indigestion. Aehburton Drug Company, Agents 11 108 COUGH, Cough, Cough— l am still making my celebrated Cough Drops, None genuine unless stamped FfcOWJ3R'?3 OoogK — H. A. Flower, Confectioner, £ast street. 5 24 BAN ANAS. Bananas, ripe and sound i aho sweet D.K. Oranges at H. A, '> Flower's, jJonfectioner aud Fruiterer, East Street. Have you tried Kozib Tea 2 It not do so at onoe; it is delicious ym try the/few Venus gVfagft ,



Business Notices. ... , j I opk. Look. ... ;o: — ■ ■ G. J. NEILL js now Celling oHE^PEa than ever, make no error * GO TO NEILL'S FOR GOOD & CHEAP DE\PERY, CLOTHING, & BOOrS NO OLD BTOGK, EVBRtTHING NEW» OOME AHD SEE, AND COMPARE OUR PRICES. WE DEFY COMPETITION DRAPKiRY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS, OF BVBRY DESCRIPTION. fcteVa Boptf 9nd Shoes. Women's Boots and Shoes Boys' Boots and Shoes. Girla 1 Boots and Shoes of Every Description. ©♦ J. WEIIjIi, Friedlander's Corner, East Street. TERMS CASH. — FOR — WEDDING PRESENTS. WEDDING PRESENTS. Pay a Visit to the JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT OP 8. SALEK, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. WHERE la to be seen the Largest and Finest; Stock of JEWELLERY, and SILVER PLATED WARE m oar district. SOME VERY SUITABLE ARTICLES FOR WEEDING PRESENTS AT REASONABLE PRICES. r Seeds. Seeds. Seeds. FLETCHER BROS. TTAVE Just Pece'Vi'd their New Seascn's Btock of Fimmo & Blair's Flower U' *hd Vegetable Seeds. • Flower Seeds m One Penny (id) packets, seventy- two wieties j Vegetable Baea 8 In Threepenny (Sid) p«cke!s, 100 varieties. - NOVELTIES FOR THIS YEAR, 1896. . NEW JAPANESE ROSE— CJRIM3ON RAMBLER. IVs new Rose is the sensation of the hour m the lloral world, and well may it be, for it is an entire novelty, distinct m character and of great merit. It originated m Japin, and is a hardy, everblooming, climbing polyanthus, bearing rich deep crimson flowers m Itrge panicles. The flower, when cut, will keep m water for, a long time, and will bloom for nearly a month if left on the tree. Extra Strong Booted Plants, 53 ; Strong Plants, 2s 6 J. ♦« WHINHAM'3 INDUSTRY" GOOSEBERRY. - This Buperb variety. has fairly established its reputation a§ one of the finest airi'mbst profitable Gooseberries m existence; The fruit is of enormous size, and when ripe, of a dark, dusky red colonr ; it is of fine quality, and cannot be atttt>ia6ed for preserving. The plant is of robust growth, and is marvellously prolific. Upwards of three tons of splendid fruit have been gathered from half an acre, and as much as twenty-six tons of this fine Gooseberry h»ve been grown on &§ acres , . ' Price, 2s each ; 20a per dozen. Retail, 2s 6J each ; 24s per dozen A full catalogue of novelties will be ready m a few days, and Market Gardeners tnd all who go m for prize stock, should call and get one TO STOREKEEPERS, HAWKERS, Etc, j We cffer to Storekeepers, etc, a liberal dipconnt off Id and 3d packets of ficedi,and can thoroughly recommend them as the best and most reliable Ceeds inthß market, During the past season (1895), we sold many thousands of packets of Betdp, and m almost every caße we have heard of Splendid Results. If you have not previously handled Nimmo & Blair's Standard Seeds, it will pay you to do so now. We fully expect to treble our sales of these famous Eeeds this season _^ ■ Proriflion*. Provisions. AVB HAVE IN STOCK SOME OF THE FINEST PROVISIONS IN ASHBURTON BACON. Finest Smoked Rolls Finest Pale Rolls Fißeet Bmoked feides Finest Pale Sides Finest Smoked Hams Finest Pale Hams CHEESE. tfineat Akaroa Cheese Finest Factory Cheeßfl LARD. Lard m Bladders and Sausage Skins BUTTER 101 per 1b Finest Factory Butter lOd per 1b : POTATOES. POTATOES. tf ioe»t Blue Derwent Potatoes, 4s lld per bag ; or two b»gs for 9b 6d, Delivered anjwhere within the Belts* FLETCHER BROS., |CA&H SUPPLY STORES, j BAST STREET, ASH B U R.T.OJN, and High street, Chriitohurcb. \ TBIWHONI24 . Bo * € * * ■ . .... . .4 1