Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1896. THE WORLD'S WORKERS.

Our article on the ••' "World's Workers " has brought a nice ra^le afeout our ears from " Senex," who was good enough to criticise it. But he is either criticising some other article he has read, or has misread our own. We said at the otftsujte we were not m a position to criticise the doings of the Congress, because its meetings were not reported by cable, and we dealt almost wholly with such speeches as we had seen from at least two out of the five hundred delegates who were sent to the Congress, We felt justified, from other knowledge we possessed, m taking those delegates as a sample of at least a section of the Con gress. Those speeches were very strong, and m them* an appeal "to the popular arm " was urged if all the demands of " the people n were not granted. We would not ourselves be respectful to the law of the land were we to deny to anyone the right to use every possible " constitutional means " to obtain redress of grievances, but it was the unconstitutional means we deprecated, and pointed out their futility. We are not aware that we promulgated any fallacies m that. Perhaps we had no right to assume that the more fiery delegates would not refrain from making fiery speeches at the Congress, but w& will wait for the newspaper reports .to see whether tfyey did or pot. We are just as much alive as our correspondent is ( to the feeling of unrest ar>4 djsc,onten ( t that exists throughout the world, and , the very laudable desire that is mamfaitecl iv

both the old world and the new for a ( chunge m the social conditions, and we are only too proud to add that we, too are amongst Ihose who desiro the change. We are also fully alive to 'he fact that the claims of the toiler for a larger share of the produce of his toil are being more and more forced to the front every day, and that th >se who renp most ot the benefits of the pro ducer's toil are learning more ard more every day that tho^e claims can not bo neglected. A sense of the justice of those claims is steadily permeating the larger body of the people — not alone the men who have to earn their bread by daily toil, but the middle clashes both of Kurope and America, and when a dpsire for reform takes j root among those classes the advent of that reform is not far off. That the upper classes are alive to the chang that is going on is evident by the conduct of the Government now m power at Home, and the measures they are trying to pass — measures that could hardly have been hoped a Government with Lord Salisbury at its head would have even looked at twenty years ago. We are just as much alive to all this as our correspondent is, and we do not think our article betrayed any ignor ance of it. But at this distance from the Congress meeting we can surely be pardoned for not see ing any practical means proposed by it for bringing about the great changes desiderated by the Congress when John Burns, perhaps the foremost man m the labor move ment of the day, sees only " ghastly failures" m the schemes proposed by those who took part m the delibera tions. And some of those schemes are to our mind quite visionary and beyond the possibility of realisation. Great Britain already is the state proprietor of the telegraphs, but to buy out the landlords ; to purchase the railways ; the mercantile marine, with its great wealth m ocean going steam lines ; the factories m which so much capital has been invested, so much labor employed, and so huge a value created m good will ; and every enterprise m which labor is employed — and make all these the property of the State, and the State the employers of all the labor is an idea too vast for our very finite mind to grasp; though it may come — when we reach the millenium. By that time, perhaps, Great Britain will have ceased to require either Army or Navy, and will have paid off her nine hundred million of National Debt, and ro perhaps found the means to purchase all the valuable properties suggested. The State is an exten&ive owner m New Zealand, but the conditions of Great and Greater Britain are hardly similar. In no country m the world is greater political power enjoyed by the mass than m this colony, and it shows every sign of an intention to make a sort of experimental farm of if self (if the term can by a figure be used m a political sense) for the bern fit of the world. We never thought of confounding the Anar chists and Nihilists of the Conti nent with the men now meeting m London, 1 ei'.g fully aware that they have no affi'»i y, but the Socialists m somo of the Continental countries, with institutions less free than those of G eat Britain, have great difficulty md"rd m getting the authorities to believe that Anarchism is not Socialism run mad, and so those authorities, bslieving that Socialism is the root from which Anarchism spring?, are apb to seek its eradictaion, or at least to restrain its influence. But the extreme of Anarchism, which seeks the sub version of all law and order, and to sub stitute license for liberty cannot be oonfounded with the rational claims of Socialism, when these are sought by constitutional means. He would be a fool who would charge John Burns, Keir-Hardie, or Tom Mann with any leaning towards Anarchism, though the first named was the leader of the mob who resisted constituted authority m the Trafalgar Square affair and asser ted the right of public meetings there. For his share m this he suffered six weeks' imprisonment. Nor can any charge of Anarchism be laid against the leaders of the many Fabian Societies m Qreat Britain, the Sopial Democratic Federation, the several Leagues all working with the same common aim — : the recognition of the equal right of all to the material conditions of existence, m. return for the equal duty discharged of laboring m relatively equal propor tion for the maintenance of these condi tions. To bring about this state of things would mean a complete readjust ment of political, religious, and domestic relations, and the question has the earnest thought of the ablest men of the age. That a change, and that a speedy one, is necessary, the sickening conditions of slum life m the cities, and the necessity for the God-like mission q£ Dr Barnardo »nd his co workers is evidence sufficient. We might quote from Mr William Morris ? s article m the Forum for April, showing the social outlook m England, but space prevents atiy lengthy excerpt, though a few lines may not be unaccept able :— The general idea of Socialism is widejy accepted "amongst the thoughtful part of the middle classes, even where their timidity prevents them from definitely Joining the | movement. The old political parties have lo3t their traditional shibboleths, and are only hanging on till the new party (which can only be a Socialist one) is formed : the Whigs and Tories will then coalesce to oppose it : the Radicals will some of them join this | reactionary party, and sqme jsrill be absorbed by the Socialisb ranks. Thab this process is already going on is shown by the last general election. Socialism jfjas not yet formed a party m (Great Britain, but; it is essential that jb should do so, and nob become a mere tail pf the Whig Liberal party, which will only use it for \k& own purposes and throw it over when it conveniently pap. 1 his Socia list party must include the whole of the genuine labour movement, that is, whatever m it is founded on principle, and is not a mere temporary business squabble ; it mu»b also inplude all that is definitely Socalist amongst the middle class j and jfc must have a simple test m accordance >yith its pne aim the realisation of a new society founded on the practical equality of condition for all, and general association for the satisfaction of the needs of those equals. The sooner j this party is formed, and the reactionists find themselves face to face with the Sooia- ■ lists, the better. For whatever checks it may meet with on the way, it will get to ■ its goal at last, and Socialis/n will melt into society.

The body of T. W. Tuffnel, accountant at the Hawke'B Bay Timber Company, i missing since July 27, was found m the j Tutaekawa"' riv.qp ou Saturday. The inquest disclosea no oaase of death. £n j examination of his accounts 4 ehoy/ed that ' everything was correct. Deceased leaves ' a wife and tfrree ohUgrpi, ;

TINNED LIGHTNING.

Che Americans are, of course, the nost go-.ihead people under the sun. Wo say of course, because sixty-six nillions of people, owing allegiance ro :o the stars and stripes, claim that America and Americans " lick jreation," and humble people like >urselves would be wanting m polite ness were we to question the claim of such a number of good people to the pre-eminence they consider their right. But whether the United States people are or are not the most go-ahead people m the word is a question we need not 3top to discuss. There can be no doubt at all th*t they have m them a very great amount of energy and enterprise, and the inventive faculty has be.-n largely developed m them. To America the whole world has been indebted for ideas the de velopment of which, has revolutionised many industries and increased pro ductiou, m some cases a hundredfold. The United States gave us Edison, the the great Aristarchus of the application of electricity to the work of everyday life, and we owe him a deep debt of gratitude fer many new things he has dug for us out of the mine of Nature, many of Nature's secrets displayed and applied to our use, He and his co workers have given an answer to that question — m a limited degree to be sure, for no man can take it upon himself to say that the full measure of the application of electricity has been reached : that goal may take ages to reach, if it ever be reached this side of time ; but m a limited degree an answer has been given to the question put to Job— "Oanst thou send lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, '"Here we are?" The lightning has been harnessed to the work of carrying messages with lightening speed to the very ends ot the earth. It enables us to com municate by actual word with our fellow-beings at a great distance — to hear and recognise their voices and reply with our own. We have bound the electric force as a motive power to our machinery, and find him as faith ful and powerful as the giant steam that has held pride of place for a period. We have used that same force as an illuminant, and the time may not be far distant when, even to the hamlets and homesteads of New Zea land the illuminating wire will come and lighten every room, while its arcs will dot at intervals the long country roads and lighten the wayfarer through the [ night. We could multiply on paper the possibilities of electricity endlessly, but the Americans have done it m fact. In the city of New York, the" mystic fluid is generated and stored m cans at a factory, and those cans are carried round to the factory's customers every day, just as the milkman, the butcher, and the baker make their rounds. The household sewing machine is driven with it, the cradle is rocked by it, the little sausage machine is forced to do its work by its agency, and so is the coffee mill, and the wheat grinder for whole meal. The amateur mechanist has his lathe, grindstone, fret saw, etc., turned by it ; the dentist hitches on the end of his patent drill to the motor, and drills out the old stumps of his patient j the medical man carries with him m his vest pocket a miniature battery, or he has it m his instrument case, and uses it when delicate operations are necessary m the course of his daily rounds. The cans are graded to the wants of the customers, so that stepping beyond the household use th 9 small tradesman can relieve himself of much manual labor by applying it to such machines as he may have to use. In the tailoring and shoemaking establish ments all the machines are driven by olectricity. The cabinet-makers u*e it for their wood-turning and other contrivances, so do the carpenters, while the printing offices have it for driving their rotary presses. But m every case the batteries are supplied as we have stated — every morning by the waggoner who carries round the stored force, and distributes it to those who require it. One farm has eighteen large waggons m use every day m this work, nine smaller ones for small orders, and several large waggons devoted to the supply of large establishments alone. We leave our readers to vror^. out for themselves how far this wonderful agent may yet be utilised m the daily life of the I* colonists of New Zealand,

A spegial wire to the New York Sw) by its London correspondent, dated May 16, says : — lt hung chanq's Li Hung Chang's coffin. * coffin arrived m London on Thurs day, and a few curious visitors have been allowed to inspect the gruesome last resting place of the great Chinese at the Albert dock. The famous Viceroy, with admirable good taste, refrained from taking the great casket to Moscow with him, because its presence would be too suggestive among the gay scenes of the coronation. No doubt is felt that he is more likely to have use for the big box m solemn London, which he will visit late.r, than m the festive city of the Czar's dominions. It may be interesting to note that the massive casket is of the heaviest mahogany, cut from a single tree trunk. It is ejght feet njne inches long, three feet wide, and two feet ten inches deep. It is heavily girt by huge bands of brass, with miglity handles, all brazen, 3?he claspings are ! hingeless, being roughly cast to fit the coffin shell. It is tightly closed, but its contents are said to bp forty suits of clotliing for elysian use, an opium pipe and a piece pf golcj to pay the rerryman. Li Hung Chang will be tfte recipient of any amount of h,onors and flattery when he comes to England. The aged Oriental is said not to be susceptible to this sort of influence, but npthjng the ingenuity pf thp British Qovernmpnt can ppnpeiye will be omitted to win the shrewd old man away from his Russian attachment, Tnß St louis Republic, of course, an American paper, thus prophecies :— .Do you know that the LONG days. day, which is now only twenty - four hours long, is slowly increasing m length, and that it will eventually be twenty-five, twenty-six, or even 100 hours m length? This statement, strange as it may sound to one whp has .never read the results of obser vation B 'made on tfcat soorfy is b<?lfeyod

to he true m pvery respect. Not only will tho earth's motion slow up until the day will be one, two and three times as long as ir is at present, but thh pace-slackpmng process will inoresfce with time, until the day will eventually be a week or even a month, m length. The " retarding medium," which the astronomers speak of as' being the cause of this phenomenon, is not fully understood at present. Professor Bail «ays that it is the f i iction of the tides which is responsible for the most of it. He urges that the time will come when the day will be a full year m length. Others among the investigators along this line declare that it will be absolutely impossible for the day-lengthening process to increase beyond one lunar month. This certainly looks plausible if we consider the tides as being theciuse of the trouble. However, Professor Ball, who has long been Astronomer Royal of Ireland and the greatest British authority on astronomy, knows just about whereof he speaks, and if he says the day must eventually lengthen to a year, we had better prepare for the nigh tless season without asking any questions. The editor haa never seen a word from Professor Ball as to what will be the final outcome of this day lengthening process — as to whether it will increase or decrease after the one year-day period has been reached. Evidently the process will continue, and the next day will be a fraction longer and finally the earth's rotation will cease altogether. Some argue that when that time arrives the earth will take a sudden tilt to the west, and from that time forward the revolu tion will be m the opposite direction.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A report of the meeting of the Rangi taia Goad Board appears on oar fourth page. The Premier says there is no hope of the Local Government Bill passing this session. The Licetfsed Victuallers' Association of Christchurch have foimed an Election eering Committee for Canterbury. Mr W. S. Maslin has definitely decided bo stand for the Ashburton seat, m the Liberal interest, at the forthcoming general election, and announces himself m our advertising columns. In the telegram yesterday from our own correspondent m Wellington, laying down the boundaries of the proposed new Abli burton electorate, the * north branch of the Rakaia river ' was telegraphed as one of the boundary lines. The context shows that the North Ashburton river must havo been meant, otherwise Methven, etc., could not have been handed over to Selwyn. During a recent lambing eeason m the Old Count) y, a Cheviot ewe belonging to Mr Russell, of Dundis Oaptle, dropped a lamb which had eight fully-formed legs. On the one side, the lamb had a fore and a hind leg, but on the other side there were three fore- legs and three hind-legs. The lamb was living and healthy, but unable to make use of any of the organs of locomotion with which it had been provided. A correspondent of the Live Stock Journal writes as follows ; —'I am credibly informed that a fat mer on Mr Monckton's Stretton estate has a Shorthorn cow, twtnty-two years old, which a x few weeks ago produced her twenty sixth ca'f, a well developed roan heifer. I have owned a cow which brought a calf when seventeen years old, and died through ml&hap when m calf at nearly eighteen years, but have never known such a case of old age and prolificlty as this on the Stratton farm 1 A correspondent, signing himself " Fn'huslasfc," mentions that no notice has appeared m our columns of the liberal way the public had donated special prizjs to the Poultry Society, nor th-. acknowledgment recorded m our columns This acknowledgment was made at the supper which was given to the outside exhibitors, and which pressure on our space prevented-us from leporting fully. The remarks cf the judge re the locality of the next Champion show were also crowded oub for the same reason, and as they were not likely to inflaence the New 2j3aland Poultry Association m any way, they W9re hardly worth recording. The parliamentary correspondent of th 9 Press says Mr John McLachlan will not contest Ashbnrton, but will oppose Mr Mon f gomtry for EileEtnere. In regard to Mr Muslin's candidature, the correspond ent says :— Mr Maslin Intends to contest Ashburton. He originally Intended to go for the Geraldine seat, but ss Mr Flatman will nob retire Mr Maslin fears that Mr Rhodes, the Opposition candidate, would squeeze m between them. The friends of Mr Rhodes are, however, confident that he will be returned m any case. Mr 'Maslin will not come forward as a Government candidate, but as an Inde pendent Liberal. He fears that the bank ing bnsiness will be a heavy handicap to any Government candidate m these parts. The discussion on hymns still continues j m England. The Bishop of Wakefield is nob an admirer of ' Nearer, my God to Thee,' which is said to be the favourite hymn of the Prince of Wales. In an article on ' What constitutes a good hymn V m the Sunday Magazine for June he declares that this sicred song is 'so faulty m diction and sentiment that almost its only merit is its happy and beautiful refrain, which, I suppose, is held to cover a multitude of faults. Fortunately 'Hymns Ancient and Modern omits the most absurd verse, which speaks of * Sun, moon, and stars forgot.' Three of Faber's hymns are also m bad odour with the Bishop, viz., * Hark, Hark, My Soul,* •Oh Paradise 1 Oh Paradise !' and • Jesus is God.' These he declares, must always be most unreal, and almost unmeaning as sung by any ordinary congregation.

A correspondent of a Home paper says that history shows that all the ladies who figure m its pages and who have, been dls ' tinguished for breadth of view have like wise baen noted for breadth of body, and that the sige of the intellect has been on a par with the girth of the waist. Queen Victoria is the flrst illustration of this somewhat startling aphorism. Not more than four feet ten inches high, she is almost as great m width as depth, her polossal girth being further increased by her refusal to subject her figure to any kind of restraint and by her adherence to the old : fjshioned crinoline of thirty years ago. The difficulties she experiences m walking, ard the necessity she finds for

the supporting arms of her Indian and Spotch body servants, are attributable not so much to' her rheumatism and to her yaricose vefns as tp the inability of her lower limbs to support the enormous weight of her body, Despite this excessive avoirdupois, which m men ia often re garded as conducive to dullness and stupldiiy, she will probably be recorded as the greatest sovereign of the century, i

woman.

Tha Premier states that no appointment bo fill the vacancy, caused by iha death of the Anditor-.Generil, has yec been made. On Sunday evening, as several native « Om . en T* were P assln ff under the White Cliffs Pakeruhe, near Key Plymouth, a large landslip occurred and buried one woman. Mr JT. E. Taylor dolfvsrg an address to-night m tha Oddfellow*' Mall his subject generally befog prohibition, but more particularly the recent Popham- Uaylor shnder case, m which Mr Taylor was fined £50, but is far from thinking he came off second best. The address will doubtless be as spicy as Mr Taylor's a-idresses usually are. »/««» .v, T S$ fol !°^r n 8, Payers will represent the Tinwald Hookey Club m the match gainst the Kaiapoi Club, which is to be V^ •* Park, Ohrlstchuroh, J U Wink g * nCle8 "~ H * WiUlamß » nd MrC. G. JelHcee, solicitor, Wellington, was the victim of a cowardly assault on Monday night. About nine o'clock ha was proceeding to his residence, whioh is situated m rather a lonely spot, when l U ?? c ??. aman who had been- walking behind him struck him on the head with a stlok, knocking him down. Hisassail ant then made off. The police are searching the neighbourhood. Mr Jellicoe states that the man was an Irishman, and m delivering the blow said * Damn you, n n n& P Mr Jeliicoe was ******* m attributed m some way to that. . Wh p en , fc . ne accounts of the Seddon Birth day Testimonial Committee were made up. there was found to be a considerable cash balance. This amount was expended m the purchase of » valuable diamond ring for Mr Stddon *nd a large family photograph for Mrs Seddon, end both presentations were made on Baturday evening. Mr Seddon expressed his sur prise at the further compliment paid him, and his warm appreciation of the ktndly and generous feelings whioh had led to his friends organising the great Liberal demonstration which had taken placo on bis recent birthday. \ We regret to learn tbab Mr Jaides Hepburn, sen of Mr John HepburnS, Ashburlon, met with a serious accident recently, the detai'g of which are given as under by the Westport Times :-«Mr Hepburn was crushed by a falling face of ■ rock, and it w surprising that he was not ; killed on the spot. In addition to losing ; most of the teeth of both upper and lower jaws, both jaws are found to be shattered to pieces and dislocated. The sufferer was brought to town from Addison's i yesterday. This morning he was operated upon by Drs Willis and Macdonell, who succeeded m reducing the dislocation to > one side, but owing to the shattered state i of the lower j*w on the opposite side the i dislocation could not be reduced. Acting on the advice of the doctors, the injured • man will probably be taken to Wellington by the Graft on to-morrow, where it is , thought that by the aid of the Bontgen ( process and better surgical appliances > more might be done for him than m Westport. The news of this painful and 1 serious accident will be received every , where throughout the district with regret. Mr Hepburn is a genial and popular ; young man, and there will be general , ►ympaby with him and his young wie , (who ha& hersolf only recently recovered from illness) m the misfortune." The % accident occurred m the claim m which ; Mr Hepburn was working, many tons of ( debris having fallen upon and around him. Had it not been for the strenuous j (fforts made by two mates, and others who came to assist, he would never have come out alive. .Notwithstanding his battered condition, the Weliiagtbn medical men think they will be able to have him all right, again very soon, and with but little disfigurement. The .following lines parodying the ; popular song of the hour (' If it wasn't for , the 'ousea m between') were picked up , at Lord's by a disconsolate colonist :— [ Oh ! Australia never sent a better team ; 'Tis the best the boys at Lord's have ever Been. ( We could beat All England easy, | Be the wicket dry or greasy, , If it wasn't for the Sundays m between. Our bowlers are the terror of the green, And our batsmen just; the finest ever seen ; We should knock the counties hollow, ; And we'd never have to " follow," If It wasn't for fke Sundays m between.

The Kirby Case.

The Supreme Court at Wellington was occupied from ten m the morining until seven at night on Monday, hearing evidence m the case against ex-Detective Kirby for alleged extortion of money from one Ji Herman at Timaru m 1882, by threatening to accuse him of a crime. Mr Gully, Crown Prosecutor, and Mr Gray appear for the Crown, and Sir R. Stout and Mr Jellicoefor the defence. The Chief Justice is hearing the oase. The witnesses examined to-day were s— Herman, tobacconist; George, who was Herman's assistant at the time of the alleged offence ; Blundell, the teller of the bank, who produced the cheques drawn by Herman ; and Sergeant Cullen, who was m charge of the Timaru Police Station m 1882. The evidence adduced at the trial waa mainly a repetition uf that given m the lower court, and the cross-examination of Sergeant Cullen had not concluded when the Court adjourned. It is expected the cabo will not finish until Thursday.

School Committee.

CHERTSEY.

An adjourned mqnthly meeting of the Cherteey School Committee was held m Ih.e schoolroom on Saturday, August 1. There were prssenfc - Messrs W. Oakley (chair), R4 Oakley, J. Stringfellow, senr., Q. Campbell W. Ealham, J. Ironside, and G. Scarlett. MASTER'S REBOKp. The master's monthly report showed the roll to be §5, and the average for the past fortnight to have been 44 only, owing to the wet weather, It was resolved to obtain the requirements mentioned by the master, and the Chairman was instructed to apply to the Board for a grant towards putting the grounds m order.

° fIAREIAKEK. Three tenders for the position of caretaker for the main school, and two for the side school were received. Mrs Thomas' tender of £8 10s for the main school, and Mra Angus's of £8 for the side school, were acoepted. Two small accounts were passed for payment, and the meeting adjourned.

N£vy msq?RESs. A special meeting of the Committee was held on Saturday evening last for the pur pose of selecting a mistress for the main school, m the place of Miss Tnlley, who ia leaving for Overdale. AH the members were present-. Seventeen applications were considered, and it was decided to recoin* mend Miss Margaret Todd, of Longbeach school, to the Board for appointment. TENDERS. Mr J Downie's tender of Is Qd per yard fqr oarting apd spreading shingle accepted conditionally. The offers of Messrs Thomas and Todd for trees was accepted. Permission was granted Mr Clark to use the school one Sunday evening m each month.

THE ASHBURTON GUAKDIAN : TOES DAY, AUGUST 11, 1896.



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Dr Jameson's trial is rapidly approaching. As to whether hid aotion was a wise one or not is a grave question, The trial of Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for coughs and colds has been a decided suooes* — it is allowed by all to be unequalled- from all grooera and oht mists, Is 63 and 2s 6d. Wholesale agents, New Zealand Drug Company. From the. Tea Plant to the Tea Cup unadulterated wet pure— *>Uifl ia Kozjis Tea



Wanted. j I ty AJNTkD Known— Mrs mith, Dresb * * an i Hibu m+k-.T, H-ivel'.ick Street, Ashhurti.n. 861 : m. SHBUKtON Ce.--o.riil Liberal Asso" ■*-*- ciation meeting, Wednesday evpiiirg. 12-h, Arcade Clvtmbnrs, a' 8p m 862 WANTED, a Blacksmith at once. Apply to Kobekt Patton, Moun^. Somera. 8 83 L^ANOY 1 reas Ingle>ideun Wednerd«y *• 19. h ins*-. Caledonians pl-nsa remembe.r. 8 55 f JIHK Caledonian -oclety, by rtquea', of ■■ the Ashbnrton Football Cluo, have po^ponrd the we«kly socinl fixed for vVednesdsy next. Members please take noti-e 8 54 YOU^'G Lrtdies 1 Jourj.al tor August-. Weldous Dre-smaker and Chil- dren's Bazaar, July, ; Quariely Something to Read ; Scraps and Snapshots ; Boys < f England ; New Waltz, * Virginia,' only 2s ; Gold and Silver Paper for F*ncy Dress. Fans. Fans. Fane. — Andrewes, Anderson, and Co. ANS. Fans. Fans, from 2* 6i to 21.8. The Little Gem Organ of five stops, including couplers, five Octave* ; good depth and voluma of tone, £14 cash The Sterling Organ 11 stops. 4 sets of reeds, £22 10s cash . Best value obtain- able.— H. M. Jones. \7k, ANTED Known—Men's Mercery, VY Clothing and Boots. For Goods that wear well, fit well, and look well, try that old established firm— Mitchell & Turner. WANTED Known— Large delivery of the 'Economic' Kid Glove?, four buttons, Is 9d per pair, worth much more. — W H. Collier. WANTED Known— We are clearing out all our Macintoshes, Jackets, Lined Oloaks and Dressing Gowns. No reasonable offer refused for anything soiled or •* not up to date." — Mitohfll & TXTBKER. YlT ANTEDKnown — If you w&nt Seed " * that are sure to grow get them a Fletcher Bros. WANTED Kuown — For Vegetable and Flower Seeds call at Fletcher Bros , East Street. * WAITED Known— lf you miss the Che*p Boot Sale you will be rry. — Mellor's, Tancred Street. WANTED Known— Everybody to roll up to Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale Now's yonr time to buy. i!7 ANTED Known— The 'Economic * * Kid Glove, four buttons, Is 9 per pair, is the Glove for everyday wear. — W. H. Collier. WANTED Known — 6000 pairs of Boots and bhoes to pick from Mellor s Great Boot Sale. HOW not to be ill, l>y Dr Emily B. Rhyder, cab fruit, cho'ce fruit, good froi\ H' A. Flowers fruit, Fast Street, Ashburton. MRS KNIGHT, cash purchaser o* Ladieß' and Gentlemen s left off Clothing, etc. Letters promptly attt-ndrd to. Near Post Office. 5 100 MEN'S Bluchers ss, a'gu.d Str .'n.p Nailed Shooter at 8s 61 ; a nic<- assortment of Ladies' and Children. Boots nd Shoes from Is 9d a pair at R Alcorn s , * ANTED Known— 6ooo pairs of V* Boots to be cleared m one nionfh — Mellor's Zealandia Boot Storo r -. . — .- - ■■ — ■ ' " ■ "' ■ OWN Make m Ladies and fhild tn'.-. Underclothing, Aprons, and Pin;, fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes Muslins, Flannelettes, Trimming*, etc.. at Mrs Alcorn s new shop, Baker' buildings. ______ WANTED Known- You save 6s m every pound if you. patronise Mellor's Cheap Boot Store. NOTICE.— Are you going to build. Because the cheapest shop for Roofing, Iron Ridging, Gutters, Nails, Lead, Spouting. Water Tanks, Pumps, Ranges, Register Grates, Locks and Hinges, Washing Boilers, and all sorts of Ironmongery, Is J. W, Hardley's, Ironmonger, Plumber, and Tinsmith Telephone 32. BANANAS, Bananas, ripe and sound ; ateo sweeiiD.E. Oranges at H. A. Flower's, Confectioner and Fruiterer, East Street. ■ . WANTED Known— Great Reduction at Mellor' £ Cheap Boot Pale. OUGHT Cough, Cough— l am still making my celebrated Cough Drops, None genuine unless stamped Flower's dough,— H. A. Flower, Confectioner. East street. 6 24 WAN TED Shoes tan or black, 6s 6*d.— Mf.llor's Cheap Boot Sale. WANTED Known— Monate Clear ing Boot Sale at Mbllob' Zealan dia Boofc Store. WANTED Known— Boots and Shoes from Is 3i to 27s 6d Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale.



WAHOO 1 THE CURE FOR INDIGESTION. ABhburton Drug Company, Agents , 11 10 * - AJNTEDKnown— Go toTHBUoKHBR V V fox Newest Styles m Drapery and Millinery— W. H. Collier. . TiIUSDINQ that our stMfc of Earthen- •■- ware and Ironmongery is still £2(^ too larga, we are offering a few qhuice nibbles for c»sb to^lear.— Of rson & Co. 7 «5 ^-^—^-r^-^r— YATEB' Reliable JSew Season's Garden Seeds, jast landed. Vegetable Seeds at redaoed prices. Cabson & Co., Agents, Garden Tools In great variety, , 19k



Phblig Notices. j \^ tr- 1 o (— H o H^ Q a 8. |M CD |M & \ -sffs M g" JL cog's Si ►CO Q 3. ffl S l l- 5* ' . c 1 ,-12*8 S? >* W ft* - £o s S 2 a « 2:i? -"I W0) 5 1-S-g" W 5 2? •=» "I I- WATCHES. WATCHES. WATCHES. THE ESTABLISHMENT FOR WATCHES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION IS S. SALEK'S, EAST STREET. Rotherham's English Levers, specially made to S, Salbk's order, are THE BEST. j JUST RECEIVED, a shipment of S- Salek's famed \ DIXIT DIXIT DIXIT WATCHES. The only GENUINE Dxit has "S, Salbk, Ashburtoa" engraved oh dial. ggfr- See that you get it. For ONE MONTH ONLY these Watches aye offered at the specially low price of 15/- 15/- 15/- --each at S, SALEK'S WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, EAST STREET. ' Wanted.



Business Notices \ THE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN CANTEBBURY. G. J. NEILL DIIAPERY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS. I'OR^RtS 2< 6d, CORSETS 2s 91, New Dress Goo's Redaoed 50 per cent J New Velveteens Reduced, AH Wool Flannel (Coloiaa!) 9£d Flannelettes 3i 6d doa Silesia 3s 31 doz BlmkotaaboafchaH-p ice Double-bed White Twill Sheelmg 9£d Double-bed Unbhaohfd Twill Sheetirg, 9Jd Large White and Brown Turkish Towels, reduced from la 61 to U CLOTHING. Men s All W< o\ Tweed Salts 2 ls. Men's Tweed Trousers 5s lld Men's Overcoats, Macintoshes, OiMcin' C >at», and Legglna, reduced 50 per cent Boys' and Youihb' Suits half-price. Men's Caps, Boys' Cips, Braces and Shirts, ab Ridiculous Prices Men's Woollen Socks, 7£d • pair BOOTS. BOOTS. We Defy Competition. ' Every pair Guaranteed to wear j k Every Pair Made to Our Order Men's Nailed Shooters 7s lid Men's Light Shooters 83 6d Men's Watertight Bluchers, pegged, 7s lid Women's Strong Leather Shoes 4 3 lid A Large Assortment of Ladles' Besfc French Glace Kid Boots and Gloves to choose from. fJL J. MEllilif Friedlander's Corner, East Street. ANDKEW OBR THE LATEST NOVELTY. Ladies' Knitted Equestrian Undergarments. fTIHE most comfortable Garments for Every-day Wear, Biding, Cycling, Hunting, Touring, Etc. AS RECOMMENDED BY Dr E. Brainerd Byder. AJDREW ORE. GET YOUR Seed Potatoes, Seed Potatoes. "FROM FLETCHER BROS. A CHANGE o£ Seed Always Pays, as a Better and Heavier Crop is pro- duced. Our Potatoes are all specially raised for seed purposes from selected stocks m the very best potato producing district. We would advise orders to be sent to ns as early as possible, m order that ; they may be filled from our oven stocks, which occasionally become exhausted before the end of the season. 4 BEAUTY OF HEBKON.' This variety is Very Early, coming to the table before either Early Rose or Ashleaf Kidney, and is far superior both m quality and productiveness. 1 QUEEN OF T&E VALLEY.' A very heavy cropper and early potato. The tubers are handsome and solid (capital variety for exhibition), boiling as white as milk as dry as flour, and is also a fine keeper. THE 'BBUCE. 1 ~ This Potato, the potato of the future, is remarkable for its productiveness and its resistance of droughts and frosts, they have yielded at the rate of 17 tons per acre, having very few small, and is a first-ctass eating potato, We have also m stock splendid samples of Bath Kidneys, Lapatone, Derwents, Etc, Etc. LAWN GBASS SEEDS. Try Niimmo & Blair's Celebrated Lawn Grass Seed. It is the purest, cleanest, and best quality m the market, and is composed only of Fine Dwarf, growing evergreen grasses. Per lb, Is 3d ; per bushel, 22g 6d, ffOYflties For Season IS9G. CABBAGE—* LAMB'S EALIEST OF ALL,' A Superior Farly Cabbage of quick growth, beautiful white compact heads, 6d per packet. CABBAGE*—' BLAIR'S PHENOMENAL.' The finest main crop Cabbage ever introduced, heads as solid as a stone, weighing 14 and 181bs. The Cabbage for market gardeners, 6d per packet. NEW ONION— <E ABLY GOLDEN GLOBE.' Grower* bmve golden opinions of this Cnion. It grows a large bulb «s tiound as a cricket bill". For market gardeners this onion is beyond doubt the fiaeet that can be grown for gale. Is per picket. PICA— REV DR STEWART. Tha fiaest etrly Dwarf Pea ever introdnced. Per packet, PEA— SIR HABRY ATKINSON. Tula is the fin«3t tall growing Pea m the world. Per packet, 6d ; per lb, lsj; or 71bs for ss. Call and Get one of our j Catalogues Jof Selected Noveltiei. FLETCHER BROS.. CASH SUPPLY SHORES, ASRBURTON AND CHRIBTOHUROH. Tslbphonb 24 Box 67