The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1896. WOOL.

The election of a President for the United States is a question which, m the ordinary run of things, may very well be simply noted by New Zei landers as they read and note other subjects of outside interest — merely as a matter of ordinary news. The war m Abyssinia, the insurrections m Ouba and Crete, and the thousand and one items which form the daily sub jects of cable messages from Home, are all read about by the New Zea larider with more or less interest, and, as we have said, the election of a United States President, m the ordinary run of things, would rank among New Zealanders as of the same importance as perhaps a general election m France, Spain, or Italy. But at the present moment this election is out of the ordinary run of things for the New Zealand colonist, inasmuch as the triumph of the Re publican party, m that contest, moaas a serious menace to New Zealand wool growers. Some weeks ago, the -Democrats, the Freetrade party m the States, seemed to have a fair prospect of success m the coming struggle, and In a previous article we pointed out that so long as the two contending parties were content to fight out their battle on the question of the currency, and give to that a burning importance, it would not matter who was the victor provided the tariff were not interfered with. Since, then, however, the aspect of things has changed materially. The Republican interest has gone for ward with leaps and bounds, and there seems nothing m the way of Major McKinley securing the President's chair. Major McKinley is the author of the celebrated McKinley tarift, and is the great apostle m America of pro tection. For a time it seemed as if Major McKinley, to secure a strong hold, was prepared to let well alone as regards the tariff. It looked as if the people of the United States were entertaining a feeling that there had been enough tinkering with the tariff, and were anxious, to have no further dis turbance of the course of commerce, at least N for a time. But appearances were m this case delusive, and we find that McKinley's election is almost sure. With this feeling of assurance the doughty Major goes back to bis old love, and makes no secret of it. The Republican party, of whom he is the chosen, declares emphatically for "a return to the policy of protection as the bulwark of American industrial independence, and the foundation of American development and pros perity." The manifesto of the party is full of protection cries, the one which will be most ominous to New Zealand ears being " American markets for the Americans." Tc^jua it does not matter how mhoh the Americana may growl and siarl over the coinage standard, but when they close a market of sixty milliffii people against our wool, they strike a severe blow at one of our moat abundant and profitable products. The Americans are great m wheat growing, and produce such an abundance of beef and pork that they can afford to export largely to all the markets of the world. But they do not possess any wool country worth the name when the population is considered. The opening of their ports during the last three years to outside wool, no doubt had a considerable influence on the London wool market. The buyers did not perhaps operate largely as American, huyers, but*the wool was bought for them all the same, and large quantities went to the States. Now that the Republican party appears to be m the ascendant, and McKinleyism is likely to be again predominant, it is not pleasant to contemplate the prospect of our wool beiDg again dammed out of the American market.

. Our climate may or may not be kindly • to the Queensland tick. It may be too j cold for the comfort, I the quf.en.slani> of the little horror, F ■;' tick. and a sniff of the air »•; ■'•'■* of one of onr winter , mornings may prove fatal to him. But ib , may not. He may perhaps be able to , survive oar frosts as he has outlived the i Queensland heat and the Queensland I floods, and come to life again, as he has , come, after a six weeks residence m j salted hides. He is nob ab all a safe [ experiment to try, and the Hon John , McKenzie was of that opinion when he i' ordered strict measures to be taken to keep him oub of New Zealand at all • hazards. This is how an Australian writer speaks of the tick : —Scientists ' have labelled the tiny eight-legged " insect the hoophius bovis, bub stockman I call it * the tick. 1 The larvpj of the tick are so minute as to escape the naked eye ; - bub m poinb of hardiness the infant tick [ seems to be able to defy fate. Floods I "cannot drown it, nor drought destroy it : ■ ib is found salt-encrusted, bub still alive, > on salted hides ; it clings m solid swarms : to tha grass, swims on flood waters, is capable of being bottled up without food or ftlr for an indefinite period, and yet ; emerging hungry and active at the end of ) the process. In its youthful stages it is a • little *, spidery helpless-looking creature ' with six legs. Its natural habitat is the i body of a cow or bullock. Huge colonies of the tick duster on the softer parts of 1 the hide — under the fore-legs, for ex? ample., Nature has provided the tick : with a 'mouth which resembles nothing so much as a oase of surginal instruments { : In the penbre of this unpleasant proboscis 1 is a barbed dart, furnished with rows i of teeth 86b obliquely. The appetite of the ticjc is, for its aiz\ stupendous ; ' its powers of reproduction are more i alarming than those of the rabbit. Amongst the other agreeable characteris tics of this eight-legged pest \b its trick of injecting a venom wh.ich paralyses the aobion of the red corpuscles m the blood of a tlokrinfested bullock, and so produces the disease known as "red water." The mischief wrought by this pest m Northern Queensland is great, and may easily take tragical dimensions. One mob of 3000 cattle, for example, lost* 1000 head while crossing a belt of tick-infested country. In the coantry north of Hughenden, be twixt the 17th and 21st parallels, the tick swarms, and the Queensland Government is showing much energy m dealing with the plague. No oattle are allowed to travel southward from a line drawn westward from Rookharapton. Oil dipping seems to be the one effective cure, and oil Js'gupplied at the public cost to cattle owners irhVhaye constructed dips. The New Sonfch Wales Parliament has passed, as a measure of urgency, a Bill forbidding the importation of hides and -horns, etc, fr°m the tofootei polony.

Mr Russell the' very able astronomer- 1 general of New Sonth Wales, read before the Royal Society on Australian Jane 3, a highly in dboughts tere-tihg paper on the I fluctuations of Aus I tralian seasons. Mr Russell thinks he : has discovered a law - or at nil events a 1 thread of arithmetical periodioiiy — run ning through the apparently eccentric dance of the Australian seasons. If we take the salient features of a hundred years of climate, we tihall find, says Mr fttr Russell, that these a c repeated with almost unfailing regularity through all ih>< centuries m which weather recoidy have been preserved. Good seasons and bad, it seems, run m perpetually recurring cycles of about nineteen years. Mr Russell explained at length his methods*, which are marked by great patience and ' intelligence, and the result he has reached is expressed m diagrams, which seem to suggest that there Is a method m the gyrations of the Australian seasons. Mr Russell suspects the moon of being chiefly responsible for the Australian droughts, of which two types, ths severe and mild, are recognisable. The heat under which New South Wales grew scorched and brown last year is a type of the severe drought, and Mr Russell discovers this particular dronght emerging at intervals of nineteen years up to the great drought of 1769-70, with whose horrors the bhcks filled the ears of the first arrivals at these shores. Mr Russell oarries his explora tions through all historic time, sacred aad secular, and everywhere finds evidence of the law of periodicity m weather. Good weather like bad, Mr Russell holds, moves m definite curves, of time ; and on the strength of this, Mr Russell says we are entitled to expect 1897 and 1898 to l be very fruitful and well-behaved seasons. If Mr Russell oan indeed reduce the plan less gyrations of Australian weather to a "law," he will be a benefactor to the colonies of the greatest magnitude.

Payment of members Is looked upon by many as quite a New Zealand institution, : bub thiß is a great mis payment OF take. A return recently members. prepared at the instanca of the British Govern ment supplies some very interesting information on this subject. Two of the European countries — Kussia and Turkey - having no representative chambers, pay nothing m this direction, hut m moat of the others senatorial expenses total up a respectable item. France, as might be expected, carries out the principle of paying representatives more fully than the other states on the Continent, members of the Chamber of Deputies receiving £360 a year, with travelling expenses and a free railway pass. In Hungary the sum is £200 a year, with £66 13a 4d house allowance, and some railway expenses. Holland £166, and Sweden £66 13* 4d, exclusive of travelling allowances Belgium only allows at the rate of £16 13a 4d, while the session Wbs, and moat of the other states pay so much a day while the session lasts, deductions being made as m New Zealand for absences. Some of- these countries allow 16a a day and some 10 3, which is the lowest amount. In addition to the monetary allowances various special concessions are made, as for example m Portugal where 'a deputy may travel to and from the beat of Government free by railway, or by any state vessel. Members of the lower House m Norway are granted the privilege of being buried at the public expense should they die daring a Parlimentary session ; but whether this is intended, as an inducement to the representatives of the people to sacrifice themselves m the service of the country the return from which we quote does nob enlighten us. The United States 'of America enjoys the distinction of paying its members higher than any other country does— about £1000 a year. TLi* probably accounts for' the keen competition, which takes placi for every vacancy m the American Senate.Tha principle of payment of mem bers is recognised m all the Australasian colonies 7 exce'pb m Wes em Australia, where, "however, it is already within measurealble distance. The sums paid differ as much an they do on the other side'of the glubo, although free passes on the Stale 'railways are given m all the colonies."! The annual salary is highest m New South WaJ.es, where it is £300 ; Queensland was the same, but has lately been reduced to £150 ; Victoria p&ya £285, New Zealand £240, South Australia £200, and Tasmania £75 .

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Reading matter on fourth page. During a football matoh between Hunterville and Silverhope one of the playera,. H. Parkes, had his collar-bone broken. ' The National Assembly of the Knights of Labor congratulated the Hon Major Steward on thu progress 1 of the Elective Executive Bill, and hoped that the time is not far distant when the Parliament of New Zealand will choose the Ministry. John Oabob is to be honoured by a special commemoration at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on June 4, 1897, the four hundredth anniversary of his discovery of the mainland of America. The movement is under the auspices of the Royal Society of Canada. Ex-Bolicltor Meagher, of Bean case notoriety, says the Bulletin, starts on a lecturing tour through the N. S. W. country districts eatly m August ; bub before leaving Sydney he promises to get a sensational speech off his chest to the electors of Philip division. A movement is on foot m Ohristchurch to establish a memorial bo bhe late Mr Peter Cunningham. A committee was ap-r pointed yesterday to receive subscriptions, which are limited to twenty shillings, and ib was resolved nob to canvass, all subsorlpcions to be spontaneous. About £2p has already been received. The Dunedin Evening Stq,r says :■— We understand that the Rev. C. A. Fraer, of Selwyn College,, has been offered and accepted an appointment as curate m St. : Michael's Churqk, ,©hristchurch, The Roy, Mr Averill is the vicar. Me Fraer will be very much missed from North-east Valley, he having for some time past assisted Canon Richards m the duties oonneoted with Sb Martin's Church there,

Dr Wynn Westcotb held" an inquest recently ac Bethnal Green, on the body of a child, and In the evidence the story of a remarkable marriage was told. The Coroner—*' Did the father have care of the child V The witness—" No, sir ; he's blind, an 4 never saw it." ** Was the mother kind to bhe deceased ?" '• Site's blind too, and had to go to the madhouse after the birth of the child." "Were both mother and father blind long?" "From bjrth." "Then they were married withoub .ever seeing each other. It's very remarkable >'' Dr White— *«l If now a man and wife who have both been dumb from birth." The Qoroner— < l ßut they can see each other," (To the wibaess) —"How did these two blind people become acquainted with each other?" ! The witness — "They meb m bhe street, and an attachment graw up between them. The lived very happily with each other." " How did he geb a living?" "As a street ransician." The Corner said ib was the story of the most remarkable marriage he had overheard of. 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 Wooda* Great Peppermint Oure for coughs and colds h'aß been a deoided euaoeas— it is allowed by all to be unequalled- from all grooera ant} chemists, la qd and 23 fid. Wholesale ; agftnte, New prug Compapy,

With this isMie we publish as a | supplement, a circular from the Ashburton .. Urnpery Company, giving particulars of t their first stock taking Bale. The annual social and dance of the Ashburton Football Club takes place on Augusc 12. Full particulars will be advertised later. Coursing men are reminded that the entries for the Arbor Day meeting, which is to be held on Mr Rule's estate, Wester fiold, close on Monday, August 3, and that the nominations for the Champion Stakes close on August 1 with the secretary. The Mayor senb the following telegram to the Premier to-day : -r-Hon. R. J . Seddon, Wellington —Have Jiot yet received reply to letter of 14fcn inst, re unemployed. Deputation waited on Council representing 20 married men. Council will assist provided Government grants usual subsidy. Reply prompt.— J. Scaly, Mayor. A Wellington Press Association telegram states that two artillerymen, named James Smith and Daniel Hickey, put off m a boat for Fort Ballance late j l*sb night. The heavy sea running upset the boat and Smith was drowned, Hickey being rescued m a state of insen sibility. ' The assurance of some of the swagger* ing fraternity is astounding,' declares the Wairarapa ktar. * The other day a man palled at a house m Maurioeville and implored food, stating he he was starving. The man was handed a good thlok slice of bread and, jam, nut this did nob appear to satisfy him — there was nothing more substantial m the house — for he went away oursing, and threw the food to a dog which waa m the yard.' Mr William Harcourt ie credited with a new form of compliment to Mr Cecil Rhodes. An hon. member who haa been profoundly. shooked at the policy of the Chartered Company, concluded hiß denun ciation, by describing Mr Cecil Rhodes as * little short of a brigand.' 'Yea' replied Sir William reflectively, 'but I have found him the cheapest of all these colonial brigands. At any tate he has asked for no subsidies of financial aid from the Treasury. 1 The Hunt Club at Its meeting on Saturday night m Devane's Hotel, fixed the steeplechase for August! 6 at the Kennels. To the steeplechase, which is to be over three miles of hunting country, was added a hurry scurry — both events for trophies. The minimum weight for the steeplechase will be eleven stone, and the entries close on August 1. The hurry scurry will be a. post entry event, and others may be added to the programme if considered advisable.

In our report of the National Associ ation meeting held last Friday we made Mr Jacques say that £1600 of the £2000 voted for the Maoris had been spent m a holiday trip for the Premier m the Uriwera country. What was meanb to be , said was that after the cost of that trip had been paid there were £1500 left for the Maoris. The travelling expenses for the Premier and Bon. J. Carroll for that trip amounted to £680 3s lOd. The vote I was £2200, and the indigent Miorlb received — for food and clothing £688 3a 8d | for medicines, £847 2s 8d— £1535 63 4d. An English letter-carrier, with a long country round, recently purchased a tricycle, which enabled him to get over his district with greater ease to himself 1 and a more convenient promptness to the : public. In some way or other the Postal Department became aware of this fact. What does it do ? Thank the man for 1 going (.0 personal expense m order to serve the public with greater despatch ? Not at all. Ie sends down an official censure to him for having dared to bny his machine without having received ( permission from heidquf*rters. A nasty accident occurred to Mr George Young, of che Pollard O'jern Company, during the performance of * Uncle Tom's Cabin' at Pahiatua the other evening. j Me Young was playing the part of Locker. Miss Maud Beatty (Greorge Harris) was firing afc from a ravine ; but by some means or other the revolver used was charged With wax instead of tallow The result was that Mr Young received two nasty blows, lacerating the tr,p and bottom of the right eye, and necessitating his retirement from the stage. The Rev. W. Saunders m the course cf a lecturedellvered m the Moray Place church, Dunedin on Sunday, made the following remarks: — "The low standard which public opinion admits m politics is, not unnatur&Uy, extended to commerce. This low standard of public opinion is the most serious evil of al). I ask your special attention to it There are not lacking signs that m New Z «iland we are In this matter permitting ourselves to stand side by side with the United States. The publio torpor m presence of grave scandals m publio life is the most alarming indication that we are moving on to great catastrophes. A large part of our nation seem incapable of feeling moral indigna tion."

! The Southland Times |hasi not a very high opinion of two members of the Cabinet, to judge from the following \ remarks m Saturday's issue :— Mr Hall . Jonea, m attempting to answer Captain ■ Russell, made a miserable exhibition of : incapacity, and is evidently imperfectly : acquainted with even the rudiments of r finance. He may be a success on the prohibition platform, but as a Parlia i mentary debater Is a conspicuous failure. , The Premier -is unfortunate m having such a set of dummies on the Government i benches. We do nob of course Include Mr John McKenzle, who is anything but , a dummy, being m fact objeotionably m evidence m a role somewhat analagous to that of the official retained m the bars of large publichouses m the Old Country whose functions are to settle disputes which may be inconvenient to the pro prietor .by the summary process of knocking down or ** chuoklng " out 1 In an article headed 'the New Poli tician ' the Teinuka JJeachr thus refers to Mr G. W. Russel's 'Left Wing.' *In their conduct cold ingratitude takes the place of loyalty. Compare their conduct with that of the Hon. Major Steward. He has: been m Parliament over a quarter of a century, he is a thoroughly practical politician, bub though he has been over looked by Government on more than one occasion he is still loyal to his party. Al most all the members of the * Left Wing' are new members, whose experience is limited to the last three years, yet they preeume to know better than Major Steward, or the Premier, or the Minister of Lands, or all the Ministers put together, or the other members yfho were m Parlia ment when some of them were ac school. Here we find impudence superadded to ingratitude, two characteristics whioh invariably go together, and before us stand what we presume may be designated the Rew Politician.' The following par is som.ewhab milk and watery : —One of the passengers by the Monowai spok.e as follows on being interviewed m Sydney :— •* We had a temperance orator on board,' 4 said the narrator, "the Rev L, M. Isitt, Well, be called for me at the bar — you see that was my address on board — and he said to me, ' Just) think of all your friends who have been killed by this dreadful whisky V So I just said to him— c Why, up Dakota way there were a lot of friends of mine who never drank anything but water, and there was a dam burst, and the water drowned them all» Did you ever hear of whisky drowning hundreds like that? Why, wherever this dreadful water gets about it kills thousands. Look way biok there m China, it got round and drowned millions of people. You never heard of whisky killing off thousands like that. I'll Btiok to whisky. Water is too fongerouV Well, he didn't like 1C

BOROUGH COUNCIL

The usaal meeting of the Ashbtirton Borough Council was held on Monday evening. Present— Tue Mayor (Mr Joseph Scaly) presiding, and Urs Collins, Bud, Brooke, B»ker, Reid and Cuthbert son. ■JFJNAKCE. The May>r reponut that the d«bit balance at che bank amounted to £1684 4a 9d, and ihe income reot-ired from all fiourcea since last meeting hud been £68 Oil HOSPITAL BOARD The Clerk to ihe Hospital Board for warded copy of the audited balance sheet of the Board. — Rf ceiv«d. THE BAILWAY RESERVES. The Secretary to the Railway Depart ment wrote stating that the Minister for •Railways regretted that he could not see hi 3 w*y to comply with the Council's request to have the reserves m East street) along the railway line cleared for planting. BROKEN METAIi. Mr Sam. Burnard applied to have some broken metal placed m front of his Bhop m Tancred street}, be being prepared to defray the cose of the 6ame.— lt waa decided t0 grant Mr Burnard'a reqaesfc. HINDS ENDOWMENT REBB&VS. The tenant of the endowment reserve at Hinds wrote, asking for a concession m rent, m consequence of having to renew certain gates and poste.-r-The matter was referred to, the Reserves Committee. aESfiava 776. Reserve 776 was let to Mr A. J. Mliller at £1 per annum reno on the übu»l oon« ditionsiL..,.-" t-NEttPLOYED. The Mayor stated that a fortnight ago a letter bad been sent to the Premier on the subject of the unemployed, but as yet no reply had been reoeived. A deputation: of six men waited on the Council to; ask that work be provided for them. • -

R. Pergan and others stated that some 26 men were oat of work, and could find none. This had been the Btateof affairs for many weeks, and they were now binding a difficulty m providing food for themselves and children. They were willing to work, and would bn only too glad to accept work of any kind that they could do. The Mayor explained how Government had ignored the appeal made to them for work for the unemployed. Last year the public had provided a winter work fund* and this witfa the subsidy of 24s per £1 enabled the winter to be tided over. The Borough Council was not m a position itself to provide work from the Borough's funds, as the overdraft was heavy. In answer to questions, it was elicited that only one of the deputation actually resided within the Borough, the reso being just outside m the Hampstead district. The Mayor said the matter would be considered by the Council, and the deputation withdrew* After some discussion it was decided to vote £25 at present), provided Govern ment gave £1 for £1 subsidy, to approach the County Council on the subject, and failing any reply from Government -that a publio meeting be called. WAKA.NUI CREEK. The special Committee re the Wakanul creek reported as follows, and the report was adopted : — A meeting cf this Committee was held on the 20ch inst., ab which Mr Virtue attended (representing the miilowners), and seated that the proprietors would be prepared to pay the annual sum of £150 demanded by the County Coancil. The Committee, on the Council's behalf, resolved that the Council pay the sum of £50 per annum required by the County ,Council,and to send m the mill proprietors 1 acceptance with that of-' the Borough Council's. A letter from the mill proprietors, accepting the Council's terms, was received on the 23rd insb., and a letter , from the Council, signed by the Mayor, has been forwarded to the County Council enclosing the millcwnors' letter, and stating that the Borough Council is prepared to pay the sum of £60 per annum for a constant supply of water not less m amount than that which has been received hitherto. The letter also seated that it was the desire of the mill proprietors and the Borough Council that Iho minimum quantity of water to be delivered should be stated m any agreement that may be made ; tha said quantity to be determined by the County and Borough engineers. ENGINEEBS* EEPOBT. The formal report on the work done by the labor gang was adopted. LICENSES. A driver's license was granted to George Hughes. i- AOCOUUTS, Accounts to the amount of £49 2s were passed for payment, and the Council resolved itself into a DOMAIN BOARD. Mr P. Q. Threlkeld wrote offering cabbage palms to >he Board free on the train at Flaxton. The offer was accepted and the donor thanked. After some minor business the Board adjourned. :

SPORTING.

» N.Z. GRAND NATIONAL MEETING. The following acceptances have been received for event* at the Ganterbary J.O 'S N.Z. Gtand National Meeting on August 13 and 15:— * N.Z. Grand National Steeplechase, of 500 eova ; three miles and a half. at 1b sc 1b Liberator .... 12 9 Timothy _10 4 Mutiny — 12 4 Gillie ... 10 8 D. MoKinnon 12 3 Nat .. 10 0 Kulnine .. 1113 The Joker ..9 9 Tiritea ..11 8 Dromedary _ 9 8 Barnardo ..11 0 Narrate ..9 7 Booties ... 10 11 Cyrus 11. ... 9 7 The Plug ..10 6 Tippler .... 9 1 N.Z. Gband National Huedle Race, of

300 6ovb ; two miles. Bb lb st 1b Liberator ... 12 9 Dummy/ .. 912 Kulnine . . 12 9 .^ 911 D. McKinnon 12 5 Ilex .„ 9 10 Mutiny ...11 8 Zanzibar ..9 9 Kapu» ...If ■•-7 Narrate ... 9 5 Tiritea ... 11 2 Nafc « 9 2 StKilda ... 11 0 Lobo 9 2 The Plug ... 10 9 Mainstay ... 9 0 Westmere ... 10 0 Regret ..9 0 Kauri Gum .. 10 0 Tippler .„ 9 0 Balquither ..#9 13 Docility ..9 0 Rangipunehu 913

The Funny Man of the Wellington Times gets serious aboub Borne things. Thus he writes of a well-known oUss of advertiser : —He entered the office with a two-and-sixpenny advertisement and a 'local' five pages long. And he softly sang:— What makes my business pay And booms it every day. ? . 'Tis that for whioh I pray — ' The Local! What makes me fat and sleek, And wreathes with smiles my cheek What filled my shop all week ?— The Local. Bat it never occurred to him thai the * local ' was an imposition and a piece of beggary. Does a man want to get rich on beggary ? Let him be a man and pay for his ' locals.' ' Don't Cough.— Relief can be obtained immediately. Uae KEA.TING'B COUGH LOZENGES well known as the utterly unrivalled Cough Remedy. Strongly reoom> mended by many eminent physicians. They at onoe oheok the cough, and remote the oauae-irwithout any after ejQjeot • the most delicate oan therefore take them. One Lozenge alone givea ease— one or two at bed. times ensures rest. Bold everywhere m tine istyUnoh,

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAK : TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1896.



Vy ANTED Known— That it is lament • * able to hear people aßk why there is so much trash m the Boot Trade no w-a- days ? Bub no wonder I say. Th<*y mj*y strike their breasts and say, ' By our own fault, who buy suoh trash at cheap sales. Though oheap, a profib must be levied, and you don'b get the worth of your money But you have yet a remedy by calling at J. Moison. the Premier m the Boot Trade, where a solid, dry, and good wearing boot can be got. Secure good boots for winter or yonr feeb will be wee, Get your repairs done ab on 36 or while you wait at J. Moison's Impermeable Boot Depp I, Fast Street, Ashburton. 18 2 ST. STEPHEN'S OHURPH Ashburton MEETINGS. TUESDAY— Teachers' Meeting7.3opm WEDNESDAY— Brotherhood of St Andrew. 7.30 p.m THURSDAY— (a) Mothers 1 Union Meeting m St Stephen's School- room at 3 p.m. (b) GJT.S, at 7 p.m FRIDAY— Short Service, 7.30 p.m. Choir Practice, 8 p.m SUNDAY SERVICES. jLI a. m— Merging Prayer and Holy Communion 3 p.m — {Greenstreet) -— Rey T. A. Hamilton 3 p.m— (Dromore) —Mr W. Bowman Fox' 6,30 p.m— Evening Prayer -Ray T. A, Hamilton



\* / ANTED Known— Go toTHBCoRNER V* for Newest Styles In Drapery and Millinery— W. H. Oollier. 11INDING thab our stock of Earthen- ware and Ironmongery is still £200 too large, we are offering a few choice nibbles for oash to clear.— Carson & Co. 7 95 v YATES' Reliable New Season's Garden Seeds, jusb landed. Vegetable Seeds at reduced prices, Cabson & Co. j Agents. Garden Tools m greab variety.?' 7 94 "VT EW Magazines and Books ; quarterly i_N Something to Read, Scraps and Snapshot s, The Mighty Atom (Corelli)i Men of the Moos Hags (Crockett), First Aid, Hints and Helps (Ambulance ßooks) New Waltz. • Virginia,' by Ruby Zanderf;.. New lot Foreign Stamps, Packeta and Sheeta at Andrewes, Anderson, and Co<V| Stationer's Hall. ; ! U7ANTED Known— Great Reduction at I YY Mellor's Cheap Boot Pale. \ ■ WANTED Known— Yoili save 5s m; '• ; - every ppund if y<fc: , patronio ■.;■ Mellor's Cheap-Boot Store.^ VVTANTeD Known— lf yoVi want Seed * thab are sure to grow -get them a. Fletcher Bros. WANTED Known— Buuta and Jshoes from Is 3d to 27b 6d.— MellorV Cheap Boot Sale. WANTED Kuown — We intend tuv shake up every Boob Shop m Ashburbon. — Mf.llok's ClearingßootSale. 1 a /ANTED Known— Men's Mercery* vy Clothing and Boots. For Goods that wear well, fife well, and look well/, try that old established firm — Mitchell & Turner. WANTED Known — For Vegetable and Flower Seeds call at Fletcher Bros , East; Street. iAT ANTED Rnown— Just opened, ex * Pakeha and Gothic, Fianuelettes, white, stripes, and colours ; Velveteens, black, all prices ; Colours, large variety, Including new shades m Reseda, Hum- boldb and Hungarian — Mitchell and Turner. ' \,y ANTED Known— The 'Economic', v * Kid Glove, four buttons, Is 9d per pair, is the Glove for everyday wear. — W. H. Collier. [ VI7"ANTED Known-Madden's Re- VV freßhment Room? are the rooms Par Excellence. When m town do not tail to give them a look up. Do you like a loaf that has a sweet nutty flavor, of good pile and bloom, m addition to its full weight, which a surprise visit from the Inspector, the other day proved?. You do? Well, go bo Maddens 1 If you are getting up a Spread m a private or general way, and would like your Pastry, Cakes, Jellies, Creams, etc., to be a Success, why, come along to Maddens m East streeb, and you won't be disappointed. Bride, Christening and Birthday Cakes, a Specialty. HOLIDAY Suits— A Nice Kaiapoi Suit for 27a 6d, Boys' Knlokes and Cambridge Suits fnm 7s 6d, Men'r Suitfl to Measure from 455, Fib and Workmanship Guaranteed at R, Alcorn's WANTED Known — That Smith Maokwem, makes, repairs, and re-covers Umbrellas and Parasols at Lower Easb Street, Ash bur ton. No persons employed to canvass or collect Umbrellas at the door. 4 14



Wanted. ODDFh; LOWS' Meetin? will be held on Wednesday iflvenirg, July 29, instead of Friday. — R. Minnis, secretary. 7 171 NOTICE— Daisy Needle. Marvel ot the Age. Only 33 6d, including three patterns and lessons taught. A child can learn it. A shop will be opened m the Arcade, Saturday 25'h inst. For two weeks only. — Miss Marten. 7 146 WELDONS Journal for Jun«. Family Reader. June ; Heavy Odds, M Clarke ; The Seat of the Mighty, Parker; London up to date, Sala ; Soldier jt fortune, Meade. New Books by the mail. Clearing Sate this month — H. M. J ones. \: (jI'ICK. — Are you going 10 build. I_\ . Because the sheupeac shop for Roofing, Jrou Ridging, Gutters, 'Nails, Lead, Spouting. Water Tankn, Pomps, Ranges, Register Grates, Locks and Hingea, Washing Boilers, and all sorts of Ironmongery, is J. W. Hakdlet's, Ironmonger, Plumber, and Tinsmith. Telephone 32. WANTED Known— Monate Clear ing Boot Sale at Mellob' Zealan dia Booh Store. : MRS KNIGHT, cash purohaser of Ladies' and Gentlemen s left off Clotning, etc. Letters promptly attended to. Near Post Office, 5 100 WANTED KNOWN-H. Bairstow has commenced the Undertaking Business. Any order intrusted to his care will reoeive prompt and oareful at- tention. Address, Cameron Street, opposite Baring Square. 6 140 ANTED Known— Large delivery of the * Economic ' Kid Glovea, four buttons, Is 9d per pair, worth much more. — W. H. Collier. WANTED Known— Ladies Shoes tan or black, 6s 6d. — Mellows Cheap Boot Sale. WANTED Known— Everybody to roll up to Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale Now's your time to buy. WANTED Known — 6000 pairs o Boots and shoes to pick from Mellob s Great Boot Sale.



BY PURCHASING FOR CASH.- -IOAN Supply th<* following goods at LOW PRICES - Flour, best brands, m 601 b, 1001 b, and 2001 bs — Special Low prices by ton Sharps by Is worth, sack or ton Bran by Is north, sack or ton Oats, Whole and Crushed, m any quantity Oatsheaf Chaff by sack or ton— l have some over 1001 b per 6ack Straw Chaff by sack or ton Bed Chaff ~ Chick Wheat by Is worth or sack Barley by, Is worth or sack Linseed, Onions, Carrots, Potatoes, Rypgrass, 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. Thomas, GRAIN AND PRODUCE DEA L ER, HAVELOOK STREET. Wanted. WABOO I THE CURE FOR INDIGESTION. Ashburton Drug Company, Agents ; 11 108 MANY thanks for past favors and Boliclts a continuance during coming year. My motto is to give satisfaction. Being under a minimum expense am able to compote with anyone.— 0. Hawkins, Boot and Draper's Store, Tinwald, OUGH, Cough, Cough— l am still, making my celebrated Cough Drops, None genuine unless stamped Flower's Cough.— H. A. Flower, Confectioner, East street. } 624 r I IRY Flower s latest Bulgarian Rock JL and Urcam Walnuts, simply delici- us : at the Old Reliable Confec- tioner's, Kaet street. BANANAS. Bananas, ripe and sound j also sweet, D.E. Oranges at H. A. Flower's, Confectioner a&d Fruiterer, East Street. _____ WANTED Known— That '». Ma#ood is still soiling all kinds of Grocery, Crockery, and Glassware at as reasonable ! a price as any other house ,In tjbe traoV Orders by letter or Telephone promptly 1 attended to Families waited on daily. Telephone No 76. WANTED Known— Bargains from floor to ceiling.— iy!:BLW>R f s Stqelfc aklng Boot Bale, j



PUBLIC NOTICES WOOLLEN GOODS K>R WINTER WEAR. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. Men's Overcoats, with Cape, from 20s Boys' Uvorcoats from 84 6d Men's All Wool Sao Suits from 27s 6d Meu'a AH Wool TronserH from 8s 9d, Boya' All Wool Knioker Suits from... 78 6<\ Men's Cover Ooao from ... 29s 6d BLANKETS. BLANKETS. BLANKETS Mosgiel. Ashburton. Mosgiel 16s 6d per pair. RUGS. RUGS. RUGS. Wellington, Mosglel, Timaru 12s 6d. L.W. Pants, oar own make, 3s lid. Flannel Shirts 3s 6d. THRIVING GLOVES, Wool Lined 31oves, Mufflers from Is, Wool Sooks Is, Men's Golf Caps from Is, Boys' Gaps 6d I - . ' NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. ALEX HENDRY, Manager. RESERVED FOR THE Ash burton Drapery Company* \ ■ ■ I.■ • ■ SAVE MONEY AND LOS B WORRY



Business Notices. I I ook. Look. I G. J. NEILL m NOW SELLING CHEAPER TBAN EVER. MAKE NO ERROR 9 30 TO [ HEILL'B I FOR BOOD & -.CHEAP DRAPERY, CLOTHING, & 800 IS I NO OLD STOCK, EVERYTHING NEW, COME AND SEB, AND COMPARE OUR PRICES. WE DEFY COMPETITION DRAPKRY, CLOTHING. AND BOOTS OP EVERY DESCRIPTION. Men's Boots end Shoes. /Women's Boots and Shoes Boys' Boots and Shoes. Girls' Boots and Shoes of Every Description, f&. J. SEIHj, MedlanderV Corner, East Street. TERMS CASH. FANS. FANS. FAN& JUST RECEIVED A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF . * FANS' V AT VERY LOW PEIOBJ S» 6<t, 5»» ** ©€t, SB «d, an* *«»• S. BAL EX, WATCHMAKER & JIfiWBLLER, EAST ;STREET, ASHBUR'ION. ..... " .. ': : C^ ■'•■■. GET YOUR Seed Potatoes Seed Potatoes. ■■■■■> -• ' "i PROM FLETCHER BROS. AOHA.NGB of 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 us aB early as possible, m order that they may be filled from our own stocks, which occasionally become exhausted before the end of the season. 4 BEAUTY OF HEBRON,' 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. < QUEEN OF THE VALLEY.' A very heavy cropper and early potato. Tbe tubers are handsome and solid (capital variety for exhibition), boiling as white aa milk as dry as flour, and is also a fine keeper. THE 'BRUCE.' 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-class eating potato. We have also m stock splendid samples of Bath Kidneys, Lapstoue, Derwents, V Kto , Etc. LAWN GRASS SEEDS. Try Nimmo & 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 18, Is 3d ; per bushel, 22a 6d. JHoTeltles For (Season 1890. CABBAGE—' LAMB'S EALIEST OF ALL' , A Superior Early Cabbage of quick growth, beautiful white compact heads, 6d per packet. ' ' CABBAGE— < BLAIR'S PHENOMENAL.' f The finest main crop Cabbage ever introduced, hrads as solid as a stone, weighing 14 and 181bs. The Cabbage for market gardeners. 6d per packet. NEW ONION— < EARLY GOLDEN GLOBE.' Grotrers h»ve golden opinions of this Onion. It grows a large bulb as sound as »cricket ball. For market gardeners this onion is beyond doubt tho,. finest that cm be grown for sale, Is per packet. PEA— REV DR STEWART. The fioest early Dwtrt Jrea ever introdnced, Per pick et, PEA— SIR HARRY ATKINSON. This 16 xht finest tall growing Pe* m tbe world. Per picket, 6<i ; per Ib, Is'; or 71db for ss. Call and Get one of oar .Catalogues of Selected Novelties. FLETCHER BROS.. CASH «UPS*I-Y STORES, ASHBURTON AND CHRIBTOHUROH. Tklrpuonk 24 Box 67