The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1896.

The London Times recently devoted some space to the consideration of the questionof federation, federation, and the growth of

the movement m the colonies. That journal notes the grow ing custom of settling important ques tions by a system of intercolonial con ferences ; the practical necessity which is admitted for assimilating systems of defence, postal and telegraphic communication, land laws and other matters, which m a federated Aus tralia would fall under the decision of the Federal Government ; And the recognised advantage of taking com mon action m such matters as the granting subsidies to steam shipping companies and the construction of the pacific cable. These, the paper says, are not the only indication of the gradually ripening views of the Australian colonies on the question of federation. The financial argument of the sub ; stantial advantage to be drawn from a i federation of the guarantee for the public debt and the consequent saving of interest that might be effected even though the saving could not be immedi ately brought about, is already fami liar. The capital bum of the colonial Government loans repayable m Lon don was, at the end of 1894, £194,507,000. The interest at the average rate of £3 18s per cent, per annum was £7,589,000. Notwith standing all that has been said by the detractors of Australasian Government securities, the present price of Austra lian stocks makes it reasonable to sup pose that, with a federal guarantee, loans would be readily obtained at 3 per cent. The difference between £3 and the present interest of £Z 18s per cent., calculated on the capital at the beginning of last year, would be no less than £1,754,000— a saving which is by no means to be despised upon the public revenue of a population of less than four million persons. Were it possible to effect the transmutation by the stroke of a wand the sum which could be placed at. the command of the Australian Governments would he enough to pay m one year for the whole construction of the Pacific cable. The difficulties attendant upon the con* version at their present high price of loans of which the date of maturity is fixed would evidently interfere to pre vent the earlj realisation wf any econ omy so sweeping, but the salutary effect of a unification of the public debt of Australia cannot be doubted. The fiscal argument m x»vor of feder ation is no less cogent and no less well known.

There has been placed m our hands a copy of the { Proceedings of the General Assembly of the Pres- THE BIBLE IN byterian Church m schools. New Zealand, held at Wellington, February 1896 " at which gathering a report was read from a Committee on Education, m which the Assembly was recommen ded to support the Scripture Text Books Bill. The report was adopted, but as the motion that carried the adoption, moved by Rev. Gordon Wetater, sets forth exactly the position taken up by the Ohurch generally on this subject, we have been asked to publish that motion m full. It is as follows : —

Adopt the report, with thanks to the Committee and especially the Convenor; record satisfaction with the progress referred to m ib, the extent to which the Scripture lessons for national schools, commonly called the Iriah Text Books, have been accepted a* suitable to be used m public schools for im parting religious instruction m a simple and undenominational form. At the same time the Assembly recognises and sympathises with the concern that is felt m the community generally that the introduction of the Text Book shall be regarded as final j m the sense that State aid for denominational schools shall not afterwards be asked for. The Assembly deems it right, m present circum stances, to declare its cordial adherence to the National system, that State aid for denominational schools will not be asked for by this Church, and the Assembly regard it as reasonable and necessary that a similar dis olaimer should be made by all parties petitioning for th* introduction of the Text Books. Finally, the Assembly approves generally of the Bill of last session on this subject, and would warmly welcome its acceptance by Parliament and the country, on the understanding that there is then to be finality m the sense explained.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Reports of householders' meetings will be found on. the fourth page.

Steps are being taken m Dunedin to prevent further Sunday concerts being given m the theatre.

Letters from beyond the colony, ad dressed as under, were received at the Ashburton Post Office during the month of February, and are still unclaimed :— Miss Mary Bradbury, C. G, Porter.

The Wellington Agricultural and Pas toral Association has decided to adopt the points prize scheme, and to give four prizes of £50 each — one for Llncolns, one for Ayrehires, and one for beef breeds, and fat cattle.

It is expected that of 200,000 salmon ova recently imported by the Government 20,000 will be saved &t> the Wellington acclimatisation ponds at M&sterton. The consignment was landed m bvi condi tion.

A few months ago a Lyttelton resident obtained some small potatoes from an American barque lying at the port. A few of them were given to Mr Orton Bradley, of Charteris Bay, who planted them, and the crop has just been dug. Some of the tubers turn tbe scales at two pounds, and Mr Bradley estimates the yield as oertalnly nothing less than an average of thirty-five tons to the aore. Some stalks which were on view m Lyttelton on Friday, measured the immense length of 10ft 6in. Experts' who have seen the potatoes pronounce them to be of the White Elephant variety.

Despite the fact that all the vacancies m the police force have long ago been filled, tho Minister for Justice still continues to be deluged with applications from men m all parts of the colony, and frequently, too, the applications are made In person. A few days since (says the New Zealand Times) three stalwart 1 , strong, sinewy young men waited on the Minister, bub Mr Thompson informed them (here was no chanoe of there being any vacancies for a considerable time, and remarking that they looked strong, healthy men, capable of securing a more independent position m life than that of a policeman, asked them why they were so anxious to join the police. To this one man, who had left) a billet at whioh he was earning from 15s to £1 and his keep, replied, * It's | a nice, oline t easy job.' I

On several properties m the Otaki dis trict, North Island, the caterpillar pest is doing enormous damage. In fact so destructive are they that several fat mere fear that they -will be obliged to dispose of iheir stock for what they will fetch, simply for the want of food.

Mr Edison professes to have discovered a chumical substance which enables the Ron 1 sen shtdows to be seen directly by the naked eye, with the result that the physician may dot n be able to study his patient alive as he now does at an autopsy.

The annual general meeting of rate payers of the Colds bi earn Road Board, to have been held yesterday, lapsed, only three ratepayers (including two members of the Board, Messrs Dobson and Wills) being present. Only one member for the Board was nominated, Mr E. G. Wright, who was declared elected, and an ex traordinary election will be held for another member.

Cardinal Moran aed Archbishop Carr, of Melboune, arrived at Dunedin on Friday to take part m the consecration of L)r Yerdon, as Roman Catholic Bishop of Dunedin. A large crowd met them at the station, where members of the H.A.C B. Society formed a guard of honour, and they were then driven to the Cathedral. Toe convent adjoining and the Bishop's palace opposite were brilliantly Illumi nated. Ac the Cathedral addresses were presented by the clergy, laity, and children.

Mr R. Crahb, the New Zealand lectnrer for the Grand Lodge, 1.0. G.T., haa resigned his appointment, which has been offered to and aooepted by Mr Thomas Walker, of Sydney, who has been recom mended by the leading temperance" workers and clergymen of Sydney as possessing exceptional qualifications for the work Mr Walker ia expected to begin his labours m Dunedin about the beginning of M*y. He wan a member of last Legislative Assembly m New South' Wales, and is spoken of as being, without exception, the most eloquent speaker m that colony.

Mdlle. Antoinette Trebelli has been sooring brilliant successes m Ohristchurch, and her splendid singing has been bewitching every ear that heard it. Her baritone, Mr John Prouse, who has already made a favorable impression m Ashburton, has also been adding laurels to his wreath, as has Signor Salvlni, whom we have not yet had the pleasure of hearing In Ashburton. The programme for the concert on Monday is a most attractive one, and there is a treat m store of a high order for the many patrons Mdlle. Trebelli is sure to face. The company are expected to arrive m Ashburton this evening.

Colonel Fox inspected the Dunedln Naval Artillery on Thursday night. Addressing the men afterwards he said he understood that fifty men had earned the pound, which meant that the Company had fifty men m its ranks who could be depended upon m case of emergency. Having, by request, presented the Com pany's belt to P. O. Woolleb. he said he was glad of the opportunity of saying his sympathy was altogether with the volunteers m shooting. He had little sympathy with shooting which took prizes aw»y from volunteers, which provided prizes for nun who did not do their duty as volanteere. He would like every grantf made by the Defence Department devoted solely to the benefit of the volunteers* He dii not depreciate the value cf good shots m Rifle Clubs, but he did not think they bhould be allowed to compete with volunteers, vho hal to do any amount of duty during the year, whereas the former were mostly independent men. He hoped the time was not distant when competition for the champion belt would be confined to volunteers, and whyn other men could have their own and a different championship.

Hollow ay's Pills. — Sudden transitions from heat to cold, or from raw inclement weather to. oppressive climate, favor the de velopment of manifold diseases, which may m moat instances be checked and rendered abortive by an early resort to these purifying, regulating and strengthening pills. This well-known and highly esteemed medicine affords a safe and easy remedy for almost every constitutional wrong which unhealthy climates, rapid changes, v or dietetic errors, can engender, and effectually removes any weakness that self-indulgent habits may have induced. In all apathy, listlessness, and restlessness, Holloway's Pills will prove es pecially serviceable m begetting the vivacity of mind and body appreciated by both sound and sick.

Labor Questions.

Sydney, May 1 Several firms have seceded from the Boot Manufacturers 11 Association, and having guaranteed to uphold the existing statement the employees are returning to work.

Sydney, May 2 The strike at Hudson Bros', works has practically fizzled out, and the men, with few exceptions, have returned to work. The overtures to resume work at New Lambton colliery proved futile. The strike is causing a heavy demand on the southern miners to enable three thousand men to carry on the strike.

THE SOUTH AFRICAN CRISIS.

Pretoria, April 30 The reform party are very bitter against the severe sentences passed on the prisoners, and consider their plead ing guilty was ill-advised. The majority of the accused declare they would have been able to prove they only signed the manifesto. A number of leadiDg burghers have signed a petition asking that the imprisonment shall not be enforced.

Capetown, May 1 Telegrams put m as evidence at the trial at Pretoria went to show that Rhodes, Beit and Harris, secretary of the Chartered Company at the Gape swayed the reformers' movements, and thattherewasa daily exchange of cipher messages from Dec. 7 to Dec. 30 regard ing the raid and arranging plans, also that Mr Rhodes instructed Dr Jameson. Harris wired, 'We cannot have a fiasco* The key to the cipher was found m Dr. Jameson's papers.

Paris, May 1 Le Temps' Pretoria correspondent states that the Government possesses proof that Sir H. B. Loch, m July 1894, discussed the invasion of tbe Transvaal with the Reformers, and offered to assist them, and further that he inquired from Mr Phillips the extent of arms.

London, May 1 The Times considers that recent events show beyond the possibility of doubt that Rhodes, Beit and Harris were privy to Dr Jameson's movements, and that it is clear that Mr Rhodes consented to support Sir H. B. Loch, which indicates that he was aware of the intention of the TJitlanders to forcibly redress their grievances.

COMMERCIAL.

London, May 1 The wool sales; show a slightly better spirit.

Navier, May 1 Messrs Nelson Bios, have received the following message from their London office : —Stocks of frozen meat of all kinds are still very heavy. To-day's market quotations are: Best Canterbury mutton 3|d, best Dunedin 2fd, Napier and North Island 2§d. The sales last week were a little above the estimate

Messrs Dalgety and Co , Limited, have received the following cablegram from their head office :

London, April 29 Wool-sales continue active, and compe tition brisk The prinoipal operators are the English and German buyers, but prices are on the average 5 per cent to 8 per cent lower than closing rates of last series, exceptirg for the bulk of super and good lambs' woo). The bulk of medium and inferior lambs' wools are neglected. American buyers are buying nothing.

ASHBURTON MARKETS.

Mr Henry Zander (Mr David Zander auctioneer), reports on the livestock market' for the week ending April 29, as follows : — There was a large entry of all classes of sheep at the Ashbnrton yards on Tuesday, and a marked improvement was evident m the demand for forward turnip sheep. Several good pens of this class came forward, and keen competition resulted for them. Mr Maxwell sent m a line of forward two-tooth wethers, for Which I topped the market at 12s 9d. The Attendance of buyera was good, many northern buyers being present, which helped the sale, to a certain extent. The Mesopotamia merino wethers sent forward by 'Mr McMillan were a really good lot, and as there are not many of this clasß about this season, they readily found buyers, Cold weather is beginning to set m, and th« de mand for butchers 1 sheep was slightly better. Fat merino ewes sold from 3s 9d to 6s, crosß bred ewes trom 6s to 8s 6d ; two-tooth fat crossbreds up to 11s 6d, merino breeding ewes (sound mouth) from 3s to 4s 6d, cross bred sound mouth ewes from 6s to Bs, for ward two-tooths for turniping 103 to 12s 9d, . backward two-tooths 7s 6d to 9s. Merino wethers, sound mouthed and forward, made 6s 3d. Lambs of all classes were slightly easier. Oat of. my entry I sold the follow ing lots — 25 crossbred lambs 7s 93, 51 fab merino ewes 4s, 2 woolly sheep 10s, 208 four tooth crossbred wethers 11s, 96 two-tooth forward welhers 12s 9J, 701 two-tooth wethers 8s 6d, 414 crossbred and merino boilers Is 9d, 4 Border Leicester rams 1J guineas. I had a nice line of 40 porkers m, but as the sale of sheep and cattie could not be got through till pretty l&te m the after noon, very few buyers attended the pig sale. I held my first skin sale oa Friday, and although my catalogue was not a very large one, I sold them all at satisfactory prices. I intend holding regular fortnightly sales m future on the same date as other auctioneers.

Mr David Thomas reports upon the live stock market for the week ending April 30, as follows :— On Tuesday, at the Ashburton yards, there was a heavy yarding of sheep, j the entry of cattle and pigs being average. The attendance of farmers and others in terested was large, and the quality of the sheep on offer of a much higher class than during the last' three months. . Sheep suit able for turnips were m request, and nearly every line of this description offered was disposed of at a slight advance on late rates, whilst inferior sheep of all sorts were a Bhade lower than last Tuesday. This was more particularly noticeable m lambs of poor condition. The totals yarded for the day comprised 15,251 sheep, 25 head of cattle, 46 pigs, and 11 rams, of which my entry consisted of 7630 sheep, 10 head of cattle, 4 rams, and 9 p'gs, and I succeeded m disposing of the bulk of them ab the following prices : — 39 crossbred ewes 53 2d, 20 fat crossbreds lls sd, 13 fat lambs 9s 3d, 155 fat merino ewes 4s 9d, 71 fat crossbred ewes 6a 6d, 25 at 9a 4d, 42 fat merino ewes 4s Sd, 20 cross bred ewes 9s 2d, 19 fat crossbreds 10a, 86 cull crossbreds 4s 7d, 34 fat crossbred ewes 9j Id, 61 fat crossbred ewes 9a 3d, 33 cross bred lambs 6s 9d, 33 fat merino ewes 6s, 6 cull lambs ss,5 s , 37 cull lambs 3s Id, 181 small lambs 5s 6d, 271 small two-tooths 7s 6d, 118 crossbred lambs 7s 6d, 80 at 7s 10.1, 295 six and eigbfc- tooth crossbred ewes 8s 6d, 185 crossbred two-tooths lls lOd, 270 Bmall lambs 5s 2d, 756 crotsbred lamb 3 7s, 172 half bred lambs 6s 7d, 33 merino ewes 2s Id, 70 crossbred lambs 7s Id, 110 cull lambß 4s 7d, 127 small two-tooths 7s sd, 77 small lambs 5s Bi, 40 cull lambs 3* 7d, 120 cull merino ewes Is Bd, 155 fat two-tooths 12a Id, 173 four, six and eight-tooth crossbred ewes 8s 3d, 341 forward two-tooths 10s Bd, 726 crossbred two- tooths 10s 7d, 207 crossbred lambs (small) 4s 3d, 200 crossbred lambs 83 6d, 286 crossbred two-tooths lls 3d, 234 old merino ewes 2s 3d, 50 cull crossbred awes 4s, 80 cull merino ewes Is Bd, 84 crossbred lambs 7b 7d. 86 crossbred lambs 8s 6d. In beef, I sold 1 cow at £6 15s, 3 head at £5 old cow £1 4i, 1 bull 159. In pigs, I sold 4 baconers at 80s, and m rams I sold 3at 1 J guineas, 4 ab 1 guinea, and 2 at 3s 9d. Taken all round the sale was fairly satis factory. On Saturday, at the Arcade, there wai an entry of about 25 horses, and a large quantity of drapery, on account of Mr G. J. Neill. I sold 14 of the horses at — for draughts £10 to £17 10*, but for light horses there was no demand. The drapery told well*

Clearing Sale. — On Wednesday, at the farm of Mr D. Kell&han, Mayfield, I held a bearing sale of land and live and dead .stock. I did not sell the land, but am m hopes of doing so shortly. Everything else was cleared at values which must be con sidered satisfactory when the quality of the' articles on offer is taken into consideration. Aged draught horses up to £15 10s, drays to £9 ss, aged crossbred ewes to 6s 6d, cross bred lambs 6s 6d, will give a fair idea of how matters went.

Horse Fair. — On Thursday I held my seventh horse fair m the Arcade, and was favored with an entry of 240 horses of all discriptions, the majority of them being o! a good U3eful stamp — draught hones, most£of them up m years. The attendance was about the largest I have ever seen m the Arcade, buyers being present from Dunedin, Wellington, Christchurch,Timaru, Geraldine, and from nearly every part of Canterbury. The draughts from Messrs Grigg and Ballantyne were the chief centre of attraction, and as each of these lines was offered without reserve, they were eagerly bid for, and every horse was disposed of on its merits. Of my total entry I sold 179 horses, and several lots of harness, and '■ although the sale was started punctually at 11.30, and was kept going without interval till 5.30, the biddings were as brisk at 5 30 as they were at the opening. Young sound draught horses brought £23 10a, £25, £26 10s, and was passed unsold at £28 10s. ! Aged draught horses brought £12, £15, £17, £18 101, k £2o, £23; £24 to £24 10s, Light horses were not m demand, but I sold several at from 103 to £16 103. Weeds £4 to £9. Screws 10a to £10 as per description. Private Sales — Mr Ballantyne's ponies, j very nice, but small, were sold without re serve, and brought from £6 to £9 each. Daring thd week I have sold 104 fat lambs, 10s ; 380 fat crossbred two-tooths, 12s 9d ; ! 151 crossbred store two-tooths, 9s ; 248 sound moath crossbred ewes, 83 6d, etc.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

DnrnmyiMu

New Plymouth, May 1 The Auckland Land Board commenced an enquiry here this morning into the charges of dummylsm at Awakino. Messrs O'Hara Smith and Skerrett appear for the Land Department. The enquiry will probably last some days.

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The Hills District.

THE LIMB KILNS. From Our Own Correspondent Mr George Park has more than one iron m the fire. In addition to the coal measures at the upper terminus of the Mount Somers tramway, he has m hand the working of the limestone quarries and kilns on the property of Mr A. B. Peache. The site of the lime kilns is about three miles up the gorge from Mount Somers township, and close to the line of tramway. There are two kilns, built side by aide, m the breast of the hilll, and they measure over all about fifty feet m width by forty m depth. The demand for lime is not sufficient to keep both kilns m constant work, but if; is enough to keep one constantly going more than enough, m fact, for the one m constant use has to put its very best foot foremost to supply Mr Park's orders. The coal used is the slack, etc., from the mine above, and to feed the maw of the monster to the mouth quite fifty tons of limestone and fuel are required. The kiln is first lit by the aid of brushwood and timber, and layers of coal and limestone m suc cession keep up the fire and carry on the burning. The quarry from which the limestone ig taken is about & mile from the works, well back m the hill, lying just under the shadow of the mountain which gives its name to the village, and just adjacent to the celebrated limestone caves. A tram way extends from the quarry to the kilns, on which the stone is carried, and, for the purpose of getting the stone, sluicing is resorted to. This is rendered necessary by the fact that much of the stone is covered by soil and mullock, and a large quantity of this has to ba "stripped " — as the coal at the mine has to be, as I mentioned ia a former notice. Mr Park has had water laid on for sluicing purposes, and when the stone is bared large quantities are blasted. From a com mercial point of view one cannot but wish success to Mr Park and.'his kilns. But there is another point from which that success can only be viewed with regret. The beat stone is .embedded m the heart of the mountain ia parlous proximity to the caves, and as Mr Park's industry is carried on, the obliteration of these curious freaks of naturemustbe onlya question of time, as the part of the hill m which they are situate is being rapidly broken up for stone. The stone, too, is rich m curios, and these afford interesting study to the geologist. In the stone are to be found sea-shells of all shapes, many quite unknown to the con* chologist of to-day; pebbles of all shades of color, extremely beautiful, and to fix the age of the«e stones or describe how they acquired their beauty and diversity of hue would be a difficult task for the learned savant. Mr Park has amongst his collection of curios rescued from the debris of his rocks, m which they were firmly embedded when he found them, the teetn of some marine animal, greatly resembling those of a ahark. The caves have suffered from the " souvenir thirst " of the tourist, and much that was curious, much that was interesting to the student visitor, as well as the more heedless, has been chipped off, dug put, and carried away. A shoot at the end of the hill tramway receives the broken stone and conveys * it direct to the kilns. As burning proceeds, the lime is riddled and sifted, and then bagged up for delivery. Mr Park says agricultural lime is but little used, excepting on a few large farms. One was hardly prepared to learn this, seeing the vast extent of land there is under cultivation m this county — from which crop after crop is being taken, with nothing done to replace the marrow taken out of the soil— and seeing, also, the excellent results ob tained by the use of lime m judicious proportions. Mr Park's own garden is a standing advertisement of the virtues of lime, for his abundance of vegetables, and his superior potatoes, are worthy of note. Olover paddocks are also to be seen m the district on which the lime has been used, and better crops could not be desired. The clover was almost knee deep. Mr Park uses the lime screenings for agricultural purposes, and these are sold at 4s a ton, or 8s per two-horse dray load, and a heap of 300 or 400 tons lies ready for sale at the kilns. The proprietor has every faith, how ever, m the future of lime, as the time must now be very near when something will have to be done by the men of the plains to renew their already over cropped lands, and his lime lies there to the farmers' hands to do just what is necessary.

Having seen all that is to be seen at the coal mine and the lime kilns, one finds an hour or two on hand to spend, with any casual friend who may be about, m specimen hunting. "Petri fied^Gully," a break m the mountain affords this "sport," if I may use the term. This must, at some time or other m the far past, have been forest covered, for m the gully are to be found pieces of petrified wood of every conceivable shape. That those pieces of what are now stone have at some time been timber the concentric rings, and the unmistakeably timber grain abundantly show. But when. Probably anterior to some great upheaval that swept New Zealand of its in habitants ; of its moas and other extinct specimens of huge living things ; and left it under sea or under volcanic debris, or heaven knows what. But there is the gully, and m it you can find some of the most beautiful things m petrified wood, as well as an abundant reward for your visit m scintillating quartz and pebbles, from which glance "every color of the rainbow.

Your readers have had about enough of lime kilns 1 take it, and so I leave my notes of a visit to Stavely for another article.

THE ASfiBUR'IOft GtJAfcfilAN : SATURDAY, MAY 2, i 896.



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It will be seen by a new advertisement m another column that Messrs - Oraighead and Berryman are determined to maintain their reputation as the leading tailors and outfitters of Ashburton. Their grand dis- play of new winter goods and their reduced prices should prove a great attraction to all who wish to prepare for winter*— {Advfc)



Wanted. / WAHOO ! THE CURE FOR INDIGESTION. Vshburton Drug Company, Agents 11 108 i\ T ANTED Known— Monster Clear- YV ing Boot Sale at Mellob 1 Zealan dia Booh Store. fXT ANTED Known— Having bough' 1 »" our Winter Supply of Blankets and Flannels before the greab advinc* m prices we intend giving onr friends full benefit of same.— Mitchell and Tdrner \\J AJS TED Known— That it is lament * * able to hear people ask why there is ho much trash m the Boot Trade nowa- days ? But no wonder I say. They m!>y strike their breasts and say, ' By our own fault, who buy such trash at cheap sales.' Though oheap, a profit must be levied, and yon don't get the worth of your money But yon have yet a remedy by calling at J . Moiaon. the Premier m the Boot Trade, where a solid, dry, and good wearing boot can be got. Secure good boots for winter or your feet will be wet. Get your repairs done at once or while you wait at J. Moison's Impermeable Boot Depot, East Street, Ashburton. 2 127 THE WONDERFUL SERGE IN NAVYBLACK, MAROON, MYRTLE AND GREY' A DRESS LENGTH FOR Os llu. LADIES' JACKETS from 0s XI D, NEWEST GOODS. tl/fOSTiStylish andOheapesb Milllneiy •*■"■*- In Ashburton. EVERYTHING NEW AND FRESH AT LOWEST CASH PRICES. AsJiburton Drapery Company, Drapers! Clothiers, Milliners and Press- makers, Arcade House. -OPENED UP— O TRUNKS MfiN'3, YOUTHS' AND BOYS' BOOTS AT NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. We have gained the reputation of j Keeping a GOOD ARTICLE, an4wej intend to Retain ie. : * I The Goods are all marked m Plain Figures at the VERY LOWEST | POSSIBLE PRICES. j 4 Ttanka GENTLEMEN'S '.ENGLISH BALMORALS, Sewn, at prices that will pay you to in- speobandßuy; TRY THE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY FOR YOUR NEXT PAIR OF BOOTS ALEX; HENDRY, Manager. HAVELOCK STREET, — CASH— CRAIU& PRODUCE STORE XHaVE to express appreciation of the manner m which my numerous Friends and the Public of Ashburton generally, have m the past extended to me such liberal support, and I take this opportunity of soliciting a continuance of their valued patronage. Amongst other commodities, my stock inoludes : — FLOUR, BRAN, SHARPS, CHIOKWHEAT, BARLEY, OATS, CRUSHED OATS, STRAW & OATSHEAF CHAFF, CAPE BARLEY, GOLDEN TARES, ONIONS, LINSEED, KTC, ETC* : POTATO KS! POTATOES'! POTATOES ! ! I POT PLANTS, BULBS, AND FERNS. Customers may depend on receiving prompt attention to orders, and -every effort will be made to give both large and small purchasers perfect satisfaction. J. Thomas, P R O D U 0 E D E A L E R, HAVELOCK STREET. 4 172 PHASES OF THE MOON. AVAIL — Last Quarter ... 5 11 54 am New Moon ... 13 352 pm First Quarter ... 21 10 16 am Fall Moon ,„ 28 1 17 «m



Wanted. WANTED Known— Board and Resl- depca for a homely Girl, m central position, with piano. Terms — 10d per week Apply Guardian Office. 519 OKfESLEY.xN Church— To-nvwir.- --* Morning, Mr J. Hayman ; ttven ing, Rev T. G. Brooke. Monthly seivio for young people. Subject — • Tho King's Letters.' Young ptople and straneeiK cordially invited. 5 20 LAM making Irish Moss Jujubes, m valuable for coughf 1 , colds, ii fluerz' etc. — H. A. Flower, Confectioner, K"ap« street 5 23 piOUGH, Ccugh, Cough— l am utill making my celebrated Cough Drops, None genuine unless stamped Flower's Cough.— -H. A. Flower, Confectioner East street. 5 24 /^REAM Dates— The original maker. \J Don tbe misled by other makei. H. A. Flower, the old reliable Confec- tioner. Hob Pies, Tea, Coffee and Cocoa. 525 .__ „ SHOOTING SEASON, 1896.- Boy yocr Guns, Ammunition, Etc., at J. W. Hardley's. 3 79 riUNS ON HIRE; also Guns thoroughly repaired. Please forward early to avoid the rnsh. 0 . W. Hardley. 380 WANTED— Respectable, tidy, willing Girl for Domestic Work. Apply by letter only with references M.R., Post Office. - 4 230 WANTED Known — That Smith Mackwell makes, repairs, and re-covers Umbrellas and Parasols at j Lower East Street, Ashburton. No ] persons employed to canvaes or collect Umbrellaß at the door. 4 144 WANTED KNOWN.— Mrs Huffam. having taken the premises lately occupied by Mr G. Neill, intends to open same as Ladles' Dining and Refresh- ment Rooms, where visitors will find a long felt want supplied. Meals at all honrs. A few boarders will find all the comforts of a home. 4 196 'f If ANTED Known — Bargains from VV floor to ceiling.— Mellor's Stock taking Boot Sale. TOOTBALLS, various sizes. Chil- dren's Footballs from 2s 6d ; new stock. New Games for winter evenings. New lines m Fancy Crockery, chaste and pretty. New Books and Stationery. Lowest cash prices. — H. M. Jones. /"^OMFOKTABLK Board and Lodging V-^ with every home conrifoir, 16s per week ; meala at all hours, Is ; beds, Is. Tea and Coffee always ready, 2d per cup. Truckle's Coffee Palace (late Lyttelton Boardinghoaae) Cameron street, Abhbar ton. 3_23 WANTED Known— Large delivery of the * Economic ' Kid Glove I*,1 *, four buttons, Is 9<i per pair, worth much more. — w H. Collier. WANTED Known— A Magnificent Display of Ladies' Jackets m all the Newest Styles, just landed and now on view. See window.— Mitchell and Turner, • WAlsTfcD Known — 6000 pairs of Bootn and chocs to pick from. Mellor s Great Boot Sale. WANTED— A. few Tons of Prime Oat Sheaf Chaff. Apply, with samples and price, to Flktchbr Bros , Cash Supply Stores, Ashhurton. COUGH NO MORE— The OHgina and only Genuine Paregoric J abes as sold by me list Winter. Try them — B.Digglb, tho up to date Confectioner, East Street. 4 215 MEN'S Bluchers 53, a good Strong Nailed Shooter at 8s 6d ; a nice assortment of Ladies' and Children's Boots and Shoos from Is 9d a pair at R. Alcorns WANTED Known— You save 6s m every pound if you patronise Mellor's Cheap Boot Store. HOLIDAY Suits— A Nice Kaiapol Suit for 27s 6d, Boys' Knicker and Cambridge Suits from 7s 6d, Men's Suits to Measure from 455, Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed at R. Alcorn's WANTED Known— Everybody to roll op to Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale. Now's your time to bay. WANTED Known— The * Economic Kid Glove, foar buttons, Is 9J per pair, is the Glove for everyday wear. — W. H. Collier. OYSTERS, Wild Rabbits, Groper, Ling, Mokl, Rock Cid, Blue Cod, Smoked Wsrehou, at Sutherland's, Tancred Street, riTANTED— Eggs m any quantity W must be quite fresh. We are also buyers of good Beeswax m small or large quantities. — Fletcher Bros , East Street. Ashburton. WANTED Known— 6ooo pairs of Boots to be cleared m one month. — Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. GREAT SALE NOW ON at L. F ANDREWES & Co. £30"0 worth of Books, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Toys, Music, &c, to be sold this month regard* less of cosb. Sale now on ac L. F. Andbewes & Co, Stationers' Hall. 4 25 ANThiD Known— We intend to shake up every Boob Shop m Ashbnrton.— Melloh's Clearing Boot Sale WANTED Known— Boots and Shoes from It 31 to 27s 6d. — Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale. lIfANTF.D Known— so pairs Ladies YY and Girls' Leather Top and Canvas Tennis Shoes, at half nsnal price, for two weeks only.— Andrew Orr 10 136 WANTED Known— lf you miss the Cheap Boot Sale you will be sorry. — Mellor's, Tancred Street. WHEN you are m Christchurch don't fail to go to Warnes, Caahel streef, for Ftsh or Oyster Lunch, Tea or Supper. — Joseph Taylor and Co . Proprietors. 3 4 Ift / ANTKDKnowii— 'Jo to ThkCokkek W far Newest Styles m Drapery and Millinery- W. H. Collier. WANTED Known— Our Season's Dresses m all the New Colonial Tweeds and Choice Home Materials now opened. An inspection invited. — Mitchell a»d Turner OWN Make m Ladies and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina- fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, Mnslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs Aloorns new shop, Baker's Buildings. WANTED Known.— The popular Tea and Coffee Rooms, 131 Llohfield street, ChrlsLohurch, late Rundle's. Tea and Coffee Id per cop. Bread and Butter 2d per plate. Ham, Hot Pieß, and Pastry, Sconeß, Buns, etc.— M. Cooke, Proprie- tress. 3 243 WANTED Known— Ladies Shoes tan or black, Gs 6 d.— Mellor' , Cheap Soot Btle.



Business Notices. ' Warehouseman's Clearing; Sale. QALE OF THE SIOCK OF LATE H. OLNBST, CHRISTOHURCH. £j W H- OOLUKR, HAS BOUGHT FROM TELE ABOVE ESTATE X line of YOUTHS' OVERCOATS 6s Gd upwards, worth double. Men'i CARDIGAN JACKETS 4a 9d, worth 8* 6d. .? Bl»ck OSTRICH TIP> 4£d, worth 1b each. A line new black bead DKESS TRIM &1I GS 8d to 6d» worth double Ladiet' handsomely beaded Cashmere MITTS 4£d pair. White embroidered OOLL \B hTTRS for children 8d each, formerly li. Children's Woollen JACKETS Is 6d each, about half-price. Hale Mow On. "THE CORNER. 1 ' , I, , i - -» -^ ii ■- . . . .— IT IS A FACT!!! THAT FOR WEAR, flt, AND VALUE, McDonald and McDiarmid's CASH BOOT SHOP IS UNRIVALLED. Thousands of Pairs to Select from, and being straight from the Manufacturer and Importer to the Customer, all middle profits are avoided. A»Y DESCRIPTION OF BOOTS AWD SHOES MADE TO ORDER AT LOWEST PRICES /lALL AND INSPECT WINTER STOCK NOW OPENING AT THE CASH BOOT SHOP, E A 8 T STREET J. SICHOLAS, Mft&aftr " rr NOTICir~" YOUR ATTENTION W DIRECTED TO THE FOLLOWING •.- AS the Representative of my English Agents is at present m the Colony, and will be going Home shortly, I am now taking orders for the REPLACING of any parts of BROKEN SETS m CHINA or GLASSWARE. A Cup, Saucer, Plate, etc., of any description or design replaced by leaving the broken parts or » sound one ns » sample. Any ] Glass or Ctina Dishes belonging to Electro-plated or Silver ware can be made to otder. KINDLY LEAVE YOUU ORDERS IHIS WEJGK IF POSSIBLF. 8. s'ALEK, watchmaker and jeweller, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. April 27, 1896 SOMETHING WORTH GROWING. NEW STRAWBERRY "LAXTON'S NOBLE" THIS new Strawberry has established itself m the Home market as the Very Best Strawberry under cultivation. The fruit is Urge, firm, and handsome, the bright crimson scarlet barries weighing as high as 2oz each, while the flavor is rich ivnd vinous. Besides these recommendations, •« TH E NOBLE is one of the earliest fruiting strawberries, and we have no hesitation m saying that it is ot doubtedly the Strawberry for growers of this favourite fruit . The following is extracted from the Otago Witness of January 2, 1896 : « New Strawberry : " Laxton's Noble "— . . This strawberry cxc« Is both m eisje, flavour and appearance, anything we have had m New Zealand before. . . Some of these fine berries were sent by the Countess of Pembroke to the Emperor of Germany, each berry being about the Biza of an apple. They were said to be larger than had ever been seen before. The fruit arrived m ex- cellent condition, not a berry being crushed, speaking well both for the packing and the travelling qualities of the berries. On the average the berries weighed 2oz each. They were not big, ugly fruif , but were full and handsome. . . "Laxton's Noble" Strawberry convs early into bearing, and is a very hiavy fairer and it should be very serviceable for «ny cottager with email garden Bpaco or for market gardener?, as it is a splendid grower and a heavy cropper, coming earl? into fruit. Mr Bennefc has on young plants, laid m the spring, eight to ten lar#> terries, averaging, say, 2 z each. Toey are fine handsome berries, and of good travelling qualities." . ". .. A8 Stock is limited, ye recommend Ordering Early for delivery early m May Strong Well-rooted Plants, 6a per Dozen ; 40s per 100. Authorised Sole Agents for Ashburton and Christcburch for— NIMMO & BLAIR, SEED MERCHANTS AND SEED GROWERS, DUNEDIN. Kerosene. Hcrosene, Kerosene. 100 Cases, 100 Cases. We have m stock and to arrive 100 cases < Evening Star ' Kerosene, 150 degrees fire test. This oil is, without doubt, one of the Safest and Best light-giving oils m the mtrket. Cream of rart^r. Cream of Tartar 11201bs. 11201bs. We have just received half a ton of Pure Cream of Tartar ground apeci«lly for us from the crystals. This Cream of Tartar is guaranteed Pure, «nd iathe Strongest and Best procurable, and having bought it before the ns© m the Home market, we are enabled to sell at a Lower Price than any other storekeeper m the town. coffee. Coffee. Coffee. We are giving special attention to our Coffee. The Coffee Beans are selected with the greatest care and freshly roasted and ground on our premises by the most approved machinery. We can recommend it with the greatest of confidenco as Superior to any other Coflee m the market. Give it a trial youwi ÜBe |° o^ IC ' E T0 faBMEBS, Etc. We are Cash Buyers of GOOD BEESWAX m any quantity, at Highest Market Bates. . , , Orders by Post or Telephone Promptly attended to FLETCHER BROS., CASH SUPPLY STORES, BAST STREET, ASHBURTON, and High street, ChrUtchurob. TWJPHOHBS* , | 0X67 J