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Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1896. VOTES TO PROPERTY.

» The Premier has spoken with no uncertain sound m regard to his intention m the matter of municipal voting. He will, it he can, relieve property owners of the monopoly, they now possess of the voting power m municipal elections, and so extend the municipal franchise that something like the Parliamentary franchise will obtain. Mr Seddon told the Mayors of boroughs, who waited upon him while the Municipal Conference was m session m Wellington, that the Govern ment was determined that " the system of representation m the boroughs must be altered. It was no representation at all. He felt certain that the representatives of the people j could not be just to those thej repre sented if they allowed the present state of things to continue," and he went on to instance Wellington, with its forty thousand of population, which he said were governed municipally by but two thousand people, who were the owners of property m the city. Of course there will be strong opposition to any extension of the municipal franchi=e, and looking at the question from the opposition point of view it seems only fair that those who own tho buildings m towns and have directly to pay the rates levied on those buildings should have a special say m the expenditure of those rates. But something can be said for the other side as well. Surely it cannot be put forward that the forty thousand of population of Wellington find none of the rates paid by the two thousand ratepayers. The great mass of trfie rateable property, not only m Welling- \ ton but m all other towns and citibS, is occupied by people who pay rent, and m the fixing of the amount of rent to be charged we take it that, though the landlord may directly pay the rates to the local body, he will take into consideration the amount of rates he will have to pay. There is a large amount of wealth invested m city and borough property throughout the colony, and the owners of this wealth have the sole right of repre sentation on the city and borough councils of the colony, while the men who pay the rents that m%ke those properties of any commercial value at all, have no voice m local government. It is this state of things the Premier seeks to remedy. He would give the tenants a say m the expenditure of the rates and other revenues of city and borough, and the justice of his principle one cannot impugn. The rates are just as much the tenants' contributions to local bodies' finance as they are the landlords', seeing that they have been paid out of rent ; and the other sources of income — licenses, fees, rents of reserves, subsidies, etc.— the property owners can surely lay no special claim to. The change proposed by the Premier is sure to be made, m spite of any opposition raised by property owners, and when it comes about a wonderful change on the personnel of most of the municipal councils of the colony will take place. We do not favor the Parliamentary franchise as the one that ought to take the place of that now m operation. It is too long a stride to take at a time, and ii not really called for by the necessities of the case. The old maxim that repre sentation should be co-ordinate with taxation is fully applicable to Parlia mentary representation, but we think it should be limited a little m regard to municipalities. Every head of population contributes m some degree to the taxation for State purposes, and therefore every adult head has a voice m selecting the statesmen of the colony j but m municipalities we think the franchise should be confined to actual householders as yet. Of course lodgers will set up a claim, as they, tpo, no doubt have to help m the payment of rent, but most lodgers are birds of passage; and m municipalities we.think it better that the franchise should be m the hands of men who have at least come to anchor m the place, and are likely to u&e the works on which the local revenue is expended,

The following from " Scrutator's ' letter m the New Zealand Mail may interest our foot sorum pox bailers :— " Sorum Pox!"- Tis a nasty expression, and none too nice is the explanation thereof, which is that " Scrum Pox " is a new disease said to be occasioned by football. It partakes of the nature of a pustular eruption indirectly caused fey dirty jerseys. Not for worlds would I insinuate that the average footballer does not put into practice the immortal precept that " Cleanliness is next to Godliness," but m the rough and tumble of that mysterious thing ." the scrum," which, to the uninitiated, savours of some peculiarly ferocious melee such as a pack oi howling barbarians might indulge m, jerseys are apt to get covered with mud, and dried mud when not thoroughly cleaned off the surface of the garment, may not unnaturally tend to irritate and empoison the skin. Of Goupae there is a bacillus of "scrum pox," and its awful name should m itself be sufficient to make footballers very careful as to thoroughly washing their jerseys. The name is none other jbh.an the bacillus ' s'taphglococcits pyogcfies o#ro#& There jaow, gentlemen of this

leather-hunting fraternity, just think j of being haunted by the bacillus sfcaph, etc., etc. Jt's too terrible to think of. t>on't think I'm joking,for the informa tion on which this par is based is taken from the London Globe, an exception ally staid and solemn journal, which, m its Science Column at any rate, regards anything approaching a quip with the same horror as his Satanic Majesty is supposed to regard "holy water." Wash your jerseys !

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Reading maiter on fourth page. The Wellington Post Bay * that L'eut- Colonel Hume, Commissioner of Police, denies a report which is current that ho is about to retire on pension. The tickets for the social and dance m connection with the Newlanda school prize fund are going off very well, and as the promoters have made very complete arrangements, the affair promises to be a success. A. new industry — the manufacture of glass bottles— is about to be established m Wellington by Mr Sanderson, of Sydney, who has acquired an acre of land Id Revans street, oa which he Intends to erect a large factory. Fanciers are reminded that entries for the Poultry Show close on the 18th inst., also that the tickets for the art union are running ehort. Those wishing to partici pate m the double benefit of such tickets will need to purchase early. The Government have granted a com passionate allowance of £260 (equivalent to eighteen months', salary) to the widotw of the late Constable Brooking, who recently died from blood poisoning through handling a dead body at Waihi goldfield. The deceased's life was insured fer £350. The sale of the late Mr John Black's land at Methven, held yesterday by Mr Rudolph Friedlander, indicates that the desire to possess a bit of good country is very stroDg m this district. There was a good attendance of bnyers from all parts of the county, and everything on the farm, as well as the land, was cleared at satis* factory prices. The land fetched the handsome figure of £J 3 103 an acre, and the implements, etc , up to fall valueß The sheep touched well up to market prices, and the horses brought from £20 to £80. Another chance to obtain a suitable slice of good agricultural laud is about to be offered to farmers with small capital. Mr Max Frled'ander's Lyndhuret farm of 4500 acres is about to be cut up into blocks ranging from 100 to 400 acres, and offered at auction- The preliminary notice of the sale is given, which states that 1700 acres of the land will be m wheat and oats, aud plans of the farm as subdivided will be available shortly*. Mesera Friedlander Bros., Limited, are the auctioneers. Miss Cannlngham, aged 16, employed as a machinist m O' Brien's boot factory, Ghristchurch; had her scalp completely torn off by the machinery yesterday. The machinery is well protected to prevent accidents,, but the girl, while stooping to look for a screw another girl had dropped, her hair, which was hanging down, caught on the shaft, her scalp being immediately torn off. She was taken to the hospital and the scalp was replaced* '< At jth'e late Mr John Black's clearing sale at Methven yesterday the desirable ness of establishing saleyards was the subject of a good deal of talk among the farmers. The settlement of Highbank with a fine body of desirable settlers adds great'y *to the farming population m the district, while from Pudding Hi'l to Lauriston there are many thriving farmers, so that the whole district together could very well keep yards supplied. The formation of a company is spoken of to carry out this idea. The Tinwald Hockty Club held their first social and dance m the Templar Hall on Friday evening last. There was a larga attendance and everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves. The hall was very, tastefully decorated fur the occasion, a special feature of the decorations being the artistic arrangement of hockey-sticks and cap 3of the members on the walls of die room. Dancing inter spersed with songs was kept with spirit until an early hour m the morning. The management are to be congratulated on the success of tho Club's initial social. We are pleased to hear that the financial results of the undertaking were of a titbts factcvy natur*. Meetings of the unemployed have been held m Cathedral Squarn, Christ church, for some days past. Yesterday morning about forty assembled there, and decided to ask all labor unions and political bodies to hold a demonstration and demand Government to provide work ah once for the men out of work. The men afterwards went to the labor bureau and requested Mr Lomas to telegraph to Mr Tregear, Wellington, and inform him of the present state of the unemployed. Mr Lomas told the men that on Saturday las t he sent reports to the Labor Department, giving particulars of the condition of the unemployed. Seventy-five men gave m their names as being out of work. In former times the punishment of the bag no (hath), one of the most cleverly cruel inflictions ever devised by an official of the torture chamber, was administered m l>aly, probably In Venice, where the water of the lagoons played so prominent a part m its penal system. The punish ment was as follows : The prisoner was placed m a vat, the sides of which were slightly m excess of the average height of a man. In order to hold m check the rising tide of a supply of water which ran into the vat m a ponstanfa stream, the criminal was furnished with a scoop with which to bale out the water as fast) as it came m. The respite from death by immersion thus obtained was more or less prolonged according to the powers of eit durance possessed by the victim. Bnt imagine the moral torture, the exhausting and even hideously grotesque effort, the incessant and pitiless toil by. night and day to stave off the dread moment fast approaching, when, overcome by sleep and fatigue, he was unable to struggle any longer against his fate. — Le Moniteiir de Pity. On July 13 and 14 the- public of Anhburton will have an opportunity of listening to two lectures by Rev William Ready, a clergyman with perhaps the most interesting life history of any m the colony. Mr Ready was left an orphan at an early age, and was a homeless Arab m the London streets for six years. In the course of his lecture he tells many interest ing tales of street life, and gives graphic, descriptions of it, He gives his whole history, from his earliest years right up to the present time, detailing how he managed to live until he came under the influence of the cify missionary, and was sent to one of the orphanages. From the orphanage he was apprenticed, and under tho tuition and example of hia master he was converted. After his conversion he I was a hard worker In the cause, and finally he was sent to college, and after wards joined the ministry, He has carried on a moat successful mission m Dunedin, and has several times m that city and other places delivered this lecture on his life's history and always to immense audiences. In the Garrison Hall m Dunedin he gave the lecture to an audience large enough At Is and 6d a head to raise £70, and m Christchuroh be had audience of 2000 people. The Press notices are very flittering. The lecture' is to be given here m aid of the Wesleyan clrouib funds, and will be illustrated bjr litneljght view.

The next meet of the Ashburton hounds i will beabMr Cochrane's gate, Elgin, on Thursday nex»j, at 1 p.m., instead of at Longbf ach Road Board Office, as adver tised on thß cards. Students of agricultural and technical; colleges, m parties on nob less than five, when travelling together for field instruc tion, are to be charged single fares for the double journey on the railway?. On Thursday next, July 9, Te Keroro will meet m the Oddfellows' Hall. The meeting will be devoted to theatricals Th* comedy " Snowball " is to be played by the membera of the Society. An exchange aiys : —It is probable that under the Redistribution of Seats Bill the South Island will lose three (if not four) members. The West Coast and Marl borough and Nelson must suffer, owing to the loss of population m that part of the colony. Mr George Fisher, Mayor of Wellington, stated at the annual Bupper of the Wel lington Poultry Society that he had kindly recollections of poultry, as it was by the sale of his pigeonß m Melbourne, when he was a young man, he raised sufficient money to bring him to New Zealand, In the Government Domain, Auckland, yesterday, a gHtndiqger named. William Marshall was found dead. He had evidently been dead for some days, and at the inquest a verdict) was returned that death was caused by want of nourishment and exposure. Deceased was looked up a few Weeks previously for drunkenness. Mr Saunders was rather severe on the Premier m his speech on the Elective Executive. Nearly all the truly Liberal laws of the colony were, he pointed out, introduced by Sir John Hall. Mr Secldon had stopped 3 where Sir John Hall had left off. The Premier interjected that the Hall Administration had only passed four Liberal measures. % Ytß,' replied Mr Saunders, ' but those four measures are worth more than all the subsequent legislation passed by the Seddon Ministry,' "The Ambulance lectures for 1896 com menced m the Moore street rooms on Saturday last for ladies, and on Monday for gentlemen— De Leahy being lecturer m both cases. Owing probably to the fact of the novelty having worn off, the classes are not so large this year. Mem bers must bear m mind that bhe lectures are now weekly instead of fortnightly. The Society has concluded arrangements for the purchase of an ambulance carriage, which will shortly be constructed and sent to Ashburton. At the meeting at Timaru of the creditors of Harry Gardner, farmer and publican, who levanted some time ago, unsecured debts were reported amounting to £1300. It was mentioned that the properties under mortgage are expected to yield a surplus to' provide a substantial dividend. It is estimated that the bank rupt took away about £6000, One creditor Baid he knew Gardner was going away, but he dare not open his mouth for fear of an action of damages for slander. The bankrupt kept the Saltwater Creek Hotel, and also owned that at Burkes Pass. At Dunedic, on Saturday night, Ser geant Conn and Constable Toomey were arresting two men for fighting, when they were surrounded m Maclaggan street by a howling mob, some of whom attemp ted to rescue the prisoners. Sergeant Conn was Heverely knocked about by his prisoner, was kicked by some of the mob and struck with a stone. Charles Nelson, one of the prisoners, was fined £5 or one month's imprisonment for resisting the police ; Michael Kelly was sentencJß to three months, and James Woods, one of the leaders of the hoodlums, for Inciting the prisoners, received three months. In connection wir,h the testimonial to J . G. Ward from the officers of the Postal and Telegraph Department, the Otago Daily Times understands the move ment originated m Dunedin, anl that all the Under-Secretary had to do with it was to sanction, when requested, the trans mission of a service telegram. The affair is entirely without political colour. The officers who took the matter m hand felt that after all Mr Ward had done m placing the service on a better footing and re dressing grievances, which were a serious hardship to many officers, they would like to show their gratitude on Iho occasion of h's retirement from office, and' this is maie clear on the subscription lists. The New Zealand Times siys :— Two thieves received an unpleasant surprise on the Wadestown road en Thursday night. Mr C. L. Hoffmann, of Hoffmann and Sons, who lives at Wadestown, was on his way home shortly after six o'clock when two men walked oub from opposite sides of the road near the top of the hill, and one of them shouted "Ante npl' Mr Hoffmann reckoned that he was m a tight place, unarmed and confronted by two men, He laii down a little black bag he was carrying, and puling his hand into hh pocket, rattled some silver, "Oh, it's money you want, eh?" as if acquiescing m their demand. Then, without a word of warning, he swooped round and landed a blow fairly on the jaw of the man nearest to him. Tht latter saw more stars than he ever did before, and fell like a log. The other thief made off, but Hoffmann remembered cases m which such people had come back with others to help them, and so, seizing his bag, he too ran, and succeeded m establishing a brilliant . record between the spot and his own house. Holloway's Ointment and Pills..— -Those who have given these remedies a fair trial freely admit that they inherently possess every property suitable for healing and removing eruptions, nloerations, piles, aboe3ees, fores, bad lap;?, gathered breasts, and all disorders of the glandular system. When carefully rubbed m the ointment relaxes the swollen muscles, diminishes io flamatioD, aßsaagea paio, and even allevi ates dangerous maladies whioh may have lasted 1 for months, or even year?. Holloway's excellent preparations are effeotive singly, resistless m combination, and have been recommenced by grateful patients to be re sorted to as alternatives when all other means of regaining health have failed. Their action is temperate, not violent or ruduoing.

FATAL FIRE.

Auckland, July 6 A fatal fire occurred m Wyndham street last night, by which a five-roomed house and shop, occupied by Richard Diary and his family, was destroyed* An old man named James Hughes, aged years, lost his life, his body, dressed m a night-shirt, being found after the fire was extinguished. Hughes lodged with Diary. He was overpowered by smoke and suffocated. His body was not much , burned. The building is one of a block of four owned by the Sailors' Rest, the whole block baing insured with fche f Commercial Union for £1100. Diary had his furniture insured for £80 m the North German. . j

CRETAN AFFAIRS.

AN AMNESTY PROCLAIMED. London, July 5. Tho Consuls have informed the Cretans that they ' will forfeit the sympathy of Europe unless they accept the Borte's concessions. Athens, July 6 The Porte is massing sixteen bat talions of reserves at Wita, much to the annoyance of the Greek Govern ment.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the 'f|^H opinions expiessed by our correspondents; WH^M

MR OLIVER VERSUS PROHIBITION.

\ TO THE EDITOB. ~I9HH Fir, Mr D. Oliver's quotation from B |^H Homestead tells ita t hit the population °* |^H Maine is about the same as it was thirty* five years ago, but the taxed wealth has S donbled; also that the population of WM Massachusetts has doubled, aud the taxed |H property has trebled. At first sight this ;-WM looks as if the taxed property of the people !■ m the latter State were greater than that of JH those m the former ; but looked at more |M clo-eiy it appears the wealth of the people, &M per unit, has inoreased 100 per cent, thatof ;j|B Massachusetts only 50 per cent ; for while i« the wealth is said to be trebled, there are |1 double the people to share ib In Maine !■ £100 has become £200; m Massachusetts f.| £100 has become £300, but there being | double the people to share it, it only runs ■ £150 to the first number. This increase per | unit is only £50 per cent, thus giving Maine I £50 per cent advantage. It will be urged , I that this is counterbalanced by the alleged I greater cost of running the State of Maine, I bub if it coat Is 6d m the £ formerly, and I now only 4s 6d m the £2, are they not gainers ? Is ib not better to have £2 to pay 4s 6d from, than to have £1 from which Is 6d must be paid. And supposing the people I of Massachusetts to have £1 10a where they formerly had £1, and that their taxation has not- increased (a most unlikely thing), even then the balance appears strongly m favor of Maine. But what oausea the stagna tion of population m Maine? Our friend wishes us to believe it is caused by prohibi tion. I had read that it was made up of very poor land, and I now turn to Blackie and Son's Popular Encyclopedia, and find : — 'Though between the Kennebeo and Penobscot there is some excellent land, the soil as v. whole ts not fertile, 1 also that one tenth is covered with lakes. Ib is likewise very hilly. I presume the cause is the same as that which prevents the increase of popu lation m parts of our country — poverty of the land. If, then, under these conditions, she has done so well, how much better would she not have done with good soil and full prohibition ?— I am, etc, Leabkeb.

TO THE EDITOR.

Sir,— l have no wish to ■ join m the end less discussion of prohibition; but m the course of Mr Oliver's writings he has several times pointed to '* th 3 teetotal Turk.'' The Turk is not a teetotaller. He is compelled by his religion to abjure wine as we know it, and as everybody knows it m regard to the produot of the grape vine, but if Mr Oliver were to read " Impreßßions on Central and Southern Europe " awork written by the late Hon W. E. Baxter, Secretary to the Admiralty under the Gladstone Administra tion, he would find that the Turk, though not a "wine-bibber," can when he tikes " get loathsomely drunk on a potent spirit called ?aki." Thie spirit is also known as arrack, and is distilled from the ffuit of the date palm. In the war againßt Russia with the Allies m the Crimea the Turkish soldiers used this drink abundantly, so did they when they again fought the Northern power and the campaign closed so ingloriously for the Turks at Plevna.— l am, etc., VfATKA.

TO THE EDITOR.

Sir, — Will you kindly permit an outsider a few remarks on prohibition. Men use scripture to suit their purpose. So did Sitan, and while it is true that, save m two instances, drink is not forbidden by Holy Writ, yet drunkenness and the inciters thereto are severely condemned. Liberty is the essence of Christianity, yet is that liberty founded on sacrifice, and while Sabbath schco' and pulpit teaching may lead astray, that of St Paul still remains — "Therefore I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.'' Yet not alone, because of this, do we ask that licenses may be abolished, but on the ground of monopoly. Sub]<?ct to cor rection, I believe Cromwell was the first to impose an excise duty, which grew apace unlii it was, "' "We dare na brew a peck o' maut, But Geordie he maun ha'e a iaut. n Now, why may not I brew beer as well as [ bake bannocka of my barley ? If it is right to drink whisky, it is right to make whisky ; aud if it be asserted that freetrade | m drink is daugerous, then I say that what is bad for the individual can never be good for the State. There are slaves among us, but slavery is not the law of the fond. There- are gamblers with us, .but we have no State lottery. Then while drunkenness may never cease, yet our society may be purged of all pub'io schools for acquiring the habit. 1 here lives not one but has some influence for which he is accountable. Let each weigh well the result of their actions, ever re membering that to every Christian the in junction is given— "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ." — I am. etc., Onlooker.

The Southland Floods

* Invercargill, July 6. The flood waters have gone down, and railway communication has been restored, although passengers have 'to pub up with the inconvenience of crossing breaks on thelinea on foot or by trollies. The express lo3t an hour coming Bouth to-day. The losses of live stock are apparently heavy. At the Mataura Freezing Works damage was done to the race which supplies the turbine, bub the paper mill escaped pretty well, being able to resume work to-day. The volume of water m the river is indicated by the fact that the Mataura falls were obliterated for the time being.

The Ponaahaka Mystery.

Dunjedin, July 6 In connection with the gruesome discovery of the body of the woman Mafcson, ib was on the 25th of February that it was^reported to the police at Clinton that a woman's clothes had been discovered m the Pomahaka river. The following day a constable went. out and got the clothing, and Detective Herbert, of Invercargill, was sent to make enquiries. The conclusion apparently arrived at was that the woman had been drowned. Some members of the force believed all alorjg tfyab the case was one of murder, bqfc to all appearance the matter was allowed to drop until a letter w.ai received by the Daily Times; plainly alleging that the woman ha,d been murdered. This letter was given" to the police, and Acting-Detective Broberg was seat up to make a full enquiry. On May IS he found th.at the writer of the letter had nothing but surmise to go upon, and no evi dence was forthcoming which appeared to warrant any steps being taken to arrest Matsou. It appears that when Mrs Mataou went to her husband's hut on the 21st of February, the young wom*n Clark was then living m the house. Soenea followed, and Matson drove the young woman to Clinton the following day. He admitted to-Detec tive Herbert that Mrs Matson had en deavoured to follow him, and he had thrashed her with the whip. Matson sent the girl to Danedin, and, while m Clinton meeting some rabbiters who had worked with him, he said he was frightened to go home m case he found. his wife dead, fearing that she had committed suioide. He slept that night with a rabbiter, and went to his home on the following day (Sunday). He reported that night to a neighbour that. his wife was missing, and next morning at eight o'clock a miner, named McGrogan, observed m the river the clothes, afterwards identified as those of Mrs Matson. A rabbiter, named BUd, found the body on Saturday afternoon. It was enclosed m two sacks* The legs were doubled up at the back and tied j one sack being pulled over the lower extremities and the other over the head. The sacks had been weighted with stones. The constant rubbing oh the bottom' of the river wore a hole, the stories dropped oubaud the body floated. Mrs Matson's children by a pref. tfious husband are m the Industrial School

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN : TUESDAY, JtJLY 7, 1896.



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Wanted. i j OR SALE—Second-hand Saddle and L Bridlo. .Apply Mail Office. I^.OR SALE, Cheap -A good Buggy " Apply to E. Cookson. 7 2 TpRESH OYSTERS, Flounders, Bar JD racnuda. Babbits.— At Jewitt's. Opposite Mail Office. 7 55 aO TO 0. Hawkins for Crockery, Oupa and Saucara from 3£: l, Plates from 2£d, Limps from la, Lamp Glasses from 3d, Candlesticks from 6d. In Boots O.H. is giving the best value m the Connty. MARMALADE Oranges, (first this Reason). All other fraita fresh and cheap. — Adams, East Street and Saunders Buildings. 7 54 W" ANTED TO liiiil, for six months, a eeven-roomed Dwelling and Wash House m Cox Street ; either famished or unfurnished. Apply to A. Field, at D. Thomas, Ashhurton. 711 I)RY Flower's latest; Bulgarian Book and Oream Walnuts, simply delicious : at the Old Reliable Confec- tioner's, East street. ; , REVIEW OF REVIEWS for June, Magic Lanterns from Is 61 to 25j, Floral Table Decorations, new lines of Stationery and Fancy Goods. Clearing Sale this month prior to Stook-taking next month. Reductions for cash m all departments.— H. M. Jones. ANTED KNOWN-H. Bairstow has commenced the Undertaking Business. Any order intrusted to his care will reoeive prompt and careful afc tentlon. Address, Cameron Street, opposite Baring Square. 6 140 BANA.NA S « Banana B , ripe and sound ; also sweet, D.E. Oranges afc H. A. Flo wbr ' Sj Confectioner and .Fruiterer, Eaa b street. OLF ! WOLF ! WOLF 1 The old cry. He has come this week, and is slaughtering Music at unheard of prices. Is pieces for 3d ; Is 6d pieces for 4d ; 2b pieces for 6d ; 33 pieces .for 9d ; 4s pieces for Is. 3500 pieces to select from at L. F. Andrbwbs & Cot's Great Sale. 593 WANTED Known — Men's Mercery, Clothing and Boots. For Goods that wear well, fit well, and look well, try that old established firm — Mitchell & Turner. \\T ANTED Rnown— Just opened, ex » ▼ Pakeha and Gothic, Flannelettes, white, stripes, and colours ; Velveteens, black, all prices ; Colours, large variety, Including new shades m Reseda, Hum- boldt and Hungarian— Mitchell and Turner. WANTED Known — That Smith Mackwelt, makes, repairs, and re-covers Umbrellas and Parasols at Lower East Street, Ashburton. No persons employed to canvass or collect Umbrellas at the door. 4 14 WANTED Known— Large delivery of the •Economic -Kid Gloves, four buttons, Is 9d per paw, worth much more. — W. H. Collier. ANTED Known— Ladies Shoes tan or black, 6s 6d.— Mkllor's Cheap Boot Sale. WANTED Known— lf you miss the Cheip Boot Sale you will be , rr y. — Mellor's, Tancred Street. GREAT SALE NOW ON at L. F ANDREWKS & Co. £30G0 worth of Books, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Toys Music, &c, to be sold thia month regard loss of cosh. Sale now on at) L F • Andbewbs & Co, Stationers' H*ll. 4 2- \*r ANTED Known— lf you wsnt Seed * - thah are sure to grow get them a Fletcher Bros. ANTED Known— We intend to shake up every Boob Shop m Ashburton.— Mkixok's Clearing Boot Sale »- S r ANTED Known — Everyb dy to roll YV up to Mellor's Cheap Boofe Sale. Now's your time to buy. WANTED KNOWN.— Mrs Huffam, having taken the premises lately occupied by Mr G. Neill, intends to open same as Ladies' Dining and Refresh- ment Rooms, where visitors will find a long felf. want supplied. Meals at ail hours. A few boardars will find all the comforts of a home. 4 196 WANTED Known — Bargains from floor to ceiling. — Mellor's Stock aking Boot Sale. WANTED Known — For Vegetable • and Flower Seeds call at Fletcher Bros , East Street. "DEAD THlS— Sixpenny Books at 3d •** Shilling Books at 4ii, Eighteen Penny Books at 9i, Haifa-crown Books at Is, Envelopes from 3a 9d per 1000, or 250 for Is, Boxes of Note Paper and envelopes from 4£cl, Shilling packets of Note Paper at Bd, Two-shilling Packets for Is 31— at L. F. Andrewes and Go's Great Sale. v 546 \fc/ ANTED Known— 6ooo pairs of < '-' Boots to be cl ßared m one month. — Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. ??rANTED Known— so pairs Ladies v¥* and Girls' Leather Top and Canvas Tennis Shoes, at half usual price, for two woeks only.—- Andrew Orr 10 136 % / ANTED Known— Go toTHECoRNER *•' *' for N ewest Styles m Drapery and Millinery- W. H. Collier. NOTICE.— Are you going to build- Because the cheapest shop -for Roofing, Jron Ridging, Gutters, Nails, Lead, Spouting. Water Tanks, Pumps, Ranges, Register Grates, -Locks and Hinges, Washing Boilers, arid"all 'sorts of Ironmongery, is J. W. ; Hardley's, Ironmonger, Plumber, and Tinsmith. Telephone 32. OWN Make m Ladies and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina- fores ; alpo a good assortment of Caliooes, Muslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs Alcorns new shop, Baker's ■"uildings. WANTED Known— That B. Mahood is still soiling all kinds of Grocery, Crockery, and Gksavrare at as reasonable a prioe as any. other house > m the trade Orders by letter or Telephone promptly attended' to Families waited on daily. Telephone No 76. ANTED Known — WOO pairs c£ Boots and shoes to pick from Mellor s Great Boob Sale. WANTED Known — That it is lament , able to hear people ask why there ig so much trash m the Boot Trade now-a- days ? Bub no wonder J say. They m?y strike their breasts and Bay, ' By onr own fault, who buy such trash at cheap sales.' Though cheap, a profit must be levied, and you don'b get the worth of your money But you have yeb a remedy by calling at J. Moison, the Premier m the Boob Trade, where a solid, dry, and good wearing boot can be gob. Seoure good boots £or winter or your feeb will be web. Geb your repates done ab once or while you wait at J. Moison'3 Impermeable Boot Depob, East Street, Ashburton. 12 2 WANTED Known— The 'Economic' Kid Glove, four buttons, ls9J per pair, is the Glove for everyday wear. i ~W. H. Oolweb,



Public Motlces. DRESS DEPARTMENT- SPECIAL & UNPRECEDENTED OFFER C*TNDiNG as the season pro- *• greeses, that we are over- Blocked m some of the more DON'T expensive of our Dress Goods, which include Scotch and Colonial Tweeds, Iletvy Serges, eto , we have decided to Make Up All Materials at 2s 6d per yd & upwards FREE OF CHARGE.- For One Month Only, Commeno- ing Saturday, Jane 20,.. and continuing till Saturday, «J u'y 25 This is no Ordinary Offer, but a eif t of 103 6 i on each costume MISS Terms-— 3tr!ctly Cash at the time order is given. All Lower Priced Goods will be Reduced to effect a Clearance. Our Wonderful Serge, usual price Is Id — Reduced to lOf d Special Job Purchase— Meltons, .usual price Is 2d— Now lOd Scotch Tweeds, usual price Is lid— Now Is 6d We are also offering, at Low prices— THIS Warehousemen's Clearing Lines m General Drapery, Bought, at a Big Discount. We invite you to Inspect. Colonial Flannel, B£d yard. Ash burton Drapery Company, Cash Drapers, Clothiers, Milliners, and Dressmakers. H. C. SHRIMPTON, Manager. WOOLLEN GOODS FOE WIB TEE WEAR. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. Men's Overcoats, with Cape, from 203 Boys' Overcoats from 83 6d Men's All Wool Sao Suits from 27s 6d Men's All Wool Trousers from 83 9d Boys' All Wool Knicker Suits I from 7s 6d Men's Cover Coat from ... 29s 6d BLANKETS. BLANKETS. BLANKETS Mosgiel. Ashburton. Mosgiel 16a 6d per pair. RUGS. RUGS. RUGS. Wellington, Mosgiel, Timaru ~ 12s 6d. L.W. Pants, our own make, 3s lid. Flannel Shirts 3s 6d. THRIVING GLOVES, Wool Lined jloves, Mufllsrs from Is, Wool Socks Is, Men's Golf Capa from la, Boys' Caps 6d NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. ALEX HENDRY, Manager. SAVE MONEY AND LOSE WORRY BY PURCHASING FOR CASH. I CAN Supply tho following gooda at LOW PRICES ~ Flour, best brands, m 50lb, 1001 b, and 2Coibs — Special Low prices by ton Sharps by Is worth, sack or ton Bran by Is worth, sack or ton Oats, Whole and Crushed, m any quantity Oatsheaf Chaff by sack or ton — I have some over 1001 b per sack Straw Chaff ly sack or ton Bed Chaff Chick Wheat by Is" worth or sack Barley by la worth or sack . Linseed, Onions, Carrots, Potatoes, RygraßS, Cocksfoot, Clover, eto Tea m 51b boxes, Tins and Caddies ALSO,- About 1000 Apple Trees from 3 to' 6 years old, over twenty varieties. When grafting I choose these after fruiting ; 200 choice kinds. They are strong, well- grown trees, with good fibrous roots. Most of them have already borne excellent fruit. J. H?homas> GRAIN AND PRODUCE DEALER, HAVELOOK STREET. Wanted. WAROO ! THE CURE FOR INDIGESTION. Ashborton Drug Company, Agents 11 108 MR3 KNIGHT, cash purohaser of Ladlea' and Gentlemen s left off Clothing, eto. Letters promptly attended to. -Near Post Office, 5 100 WANTED Known— Great Reduction at Mellob's Cheap Boot Fale. KINGFISH, Barraconda, Blue God, Rock Cod, Groper, Ling, Bream, Crayfish, Smoked Fish, Oysters, and Kabblts. Hot Fish Dinners at Suther- land's, Tancred Street. HOLIDAY Suits— A Nice Kaiapoi Suit for ,27s 6d, Boys' Knicker and Cambridge Suite from 7s 6d, Men's Snita to Measure from 455, Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed at R. Alcorn's \\J ANTED Known— We are clearing V V out all our Macintoshes, Jackets, Lined Cloaks and Dressing Gowns. No reasorable offer refused for anything foiled or ** not up to date." — Mitohfll & Turner. WANTED Known- You save 6s m every pound if you palroniee I Mellor's Cheap Boot Store.



Business Notices. , J ook. Look. G. J. NEILL VTS NOW SELLING CHEAPER THAN EVER. MAKE NO ERROR SO TO KEILL'S FOR GOOD & CHEAP DR&PERY, CLOTHING,. & BOOIS NO OLD STOCK, EVERYTHING NEW, COME AHD SEE, -„ AND COMPARE OUR PRICES. WE DEFY COMPETITION DRAPBRY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Men's Boots end Shoes. Women's Boots and Shoes Boys' Boots and Shoes. Girls' Boots ana Shoes of Every Description. , €*. J. NEILI*, Friedlander's Corner,\East _, Street. TERMS CASH. THIS SPACE is ..■■■' | RESERVED FOR DCHE : - Leading Jewellery and Watchmaking \ ■nSTABLISEMENT OF ASHBTJRTOJN, S. 8A LE K'S, ; ■ EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. "FLETCHER BEOS" — JJ'OR Seeds. Seeds. Seeds. 2O FIRST PRIZES. " 8 SECONDS. AT THE DUNEDIN WINTER SHOW, 1696. Read what the Otago Daily Times, of June 11, says :— MESSRS NIMMO & BLAIR'c* exhibit is, as heretofore, one of the most prominent, features of the Show. It is situated on the right hand 'side of the lull and extends from-, the stage about fifty feet. It comprises exhibits of about seventy varieties of Seeds, gaining as on previous occasions most of the prices, m this case securing no fewer than twenty first and eight seconds. What will commend itself to the observant onlooker is the fact that nearly all their Seeds are Colonial grown, and it most have been very gratifying to all well wishers of the Colony to see them not only holding their own, but m most cases actually beating the imported article. That the superiority of seeds of Colonial growth should be again so unmistakably demonstrated is due solely to the energy and enterprise of Messrs Nimmo & Blair. The most striking testimony to the worth of this firm's seeds was the splendid display of Plants, all of which were the product of their Seeds, among which were some cabbages of the ' Lamb's Earließt of All ' and * Blair's Phenomenal Varieties,' both of which are novelties ot f immo & Blaiu's, and we can firmly recommend these to all growers of vegetables either market gardeners/ or private growers. They had also among the display a splendid show of their ' Early Golden Globe Onion' which were some of the best we have ever seen, both for soundness and perfect shape, but really, taking the exhibit as a whole, we believe it is one of the finest ever seen m the Australian Colonies. ■^ NOVELTISi""TOR 1896. PEA.— SIR HARRY ATKINSON. IT IS THE FINEST TALLGROWING PEA Iff THE WORLD. This new introduction m Peas is one of our own, and although it is compara- tively new on the market, the demand from all parts of the colony is proof of its general excellence. In habit it i« branching, growing m great abundance large, green slightly curved pods, packed with deliriously flavored Peas of enormous' size. Ib tendency is W spread or stool out, and we advise that: sowing be made ■ thinly and somewhat wUe apart. Growing thus it will produce pods luxuriantly f" from the bottom branches to the very top, Height 8£ feet. Ptr lb, Is ; >■ per 7lb, ss. £ Mr A, Younobon, Gardener to B. C. Haggitt, Esq, Anderson's Bay, says: % — « The Sir Harry Atkinson Pea, the seed of which you supplied last year, gave great satisfaction to all. Fur a main crop it is the best I have ever grown.' Mr N. Gorton, FeiJdiog, says : — 'Your Sir Harry Atkinson Pea was a very marked success, and cerJainfy the best pea I have yet grown.' Mr P. Bioknell, Surrey Lodge, Oamaru, says: — * Your Sir Harry Atkinson Pets supplied by, you proved exceptionally good.' Mr James L elany, Lawrence, says: — 'The Sir Harry Atkinson Pea I got from you m Spring produced an excellent and prolific crop, and as for quality and flavor they cannot be surpassed.' Support colonial industry by purchasing NIMMO & BLAIR'S STANDARD SEED&. You can have one of Nimmo and Blair's Novelty Catalogues, by calling at FLETCHER BEOS.. BAST STREET, "Wholesale and Retail Agents for ft immo and Blair's Standard Seeds. Telephone 24 • . Box 67