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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

We have as much correspondence on the subject of Mr Donald Oliver's letters on prohibition as would fill a good many issues of our paper. Publication of the whole of the letters is impossible, so that -many must be left out altogether, and -> most will have to be trimmed down if they are published at all —Ed.

Ashburton Guardian, Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, JULY 6, 1896. FEMALE FRANCHISE.

A few months ago a lady holding a high .position among the theosophical i cranks visited New Zealand and de-^ , livered lectures on the subject of her pet enthusiasm. Oountess Wacht ineister had been an intimate friend of Madame Blavataky, and when the latter was on her deathbed she gave to the Countess the care of the cult she was leaving behind her. The Oountess delivered several lectures m each of the lar&e centres m New Zealand, but whether she made any converts to the.osophy,. is another question. She herself, however, appears to hatfe been fully converted, if she had halting* m her opinions before, to a belief m female franchise. But if her theosophical facts. are as little to berelud on as those she has been treating the people of San Francisco to on the subject of female franchise, we are afraid her Mahatmas will not score highly among reading and thinking people. She quotes New | Zealand as a country m which the beneficent effects of female suffrage are shown. "We are not without a belief that there are some advantages m the women having the franchise, but we have not yet been able to discover m the working of the franchise what the Oountess seems to have discovered. She says: — " On all hands m New Zealand I saw the benefit of women being able tevote. One admirable result is that highly respectable men who before held aloof from politics are now coming for ward and making their power felt m public life." We are perhaps a little dim sighted, or rob having the divine aid of th ) Mahatmas at our command, we cannot see so far into a man's mind and character as the Countess Wach meister, and for that reason maybe we felt that at last electionthere were men who wooed the suffrages of the. people, and some were successful, whom it was no honor \o know. It was a fact also that many of the women failed egregiously to distinguish betwesnsterl ing worth and shoddy , between faddists and men of broad views and even mental balance; between the glib talker with nothing but talk, and the brainy man whose opinion m the House, however lamely uttered, would have cumnrtanded atteution ; between the matured politician and the veriest quack. We do not know of a single instance m which a new man came into politics at last election because the women's choice was m favor of the "..highly respectable." Countess matfe the discovery that the " women are.'most conscientious m making in quiries, beforehand as to the character of the person for whom they, are voting, and if there is any flaw m the man's character, such as drunkenness or kindred vices, they resolutely refuse to give him their votes. This is naturally having the effect of sending highly respectable men into ■• the political arena." Had this been the case there are some constituencies we and our readers wot of that would have had other members than those now representing them, who with out the aid they received from women, would never have seen the inside of the Parliamentary Buildings. The real advantages of the female franchise this dreamer has not been able to see, and she has taken as fulfilled prophecy what some of the more sanguine friends of the cause, when advocating the extension ot the franchise, were kind enough to- say would follow ; but the results showed differently. The lesson of last general election, however, may have a 'wonder f»l,-influe.nce on^the^wpmen's vote, next time it is exercised, and if that in fluence works m such a way as to' give truth m regard to the coming election to what the Oountess has said m con nection with the last contest, we will all have reason to rejoice that the franchise was extended,

The close of the trial at the London Criminal Court of two men, Fowler and Milsom, for the A SCENE m A now notorious Mus court. well Hill murder, was marked by a, scene such as even the historic walls, of the Old Bailey have never before witnessed. Ifc]Jwas evident all through , the trial that. Fowler, the bigger and by far the stronger of the prisoners, cherished feelings of hatred towards his. fellow murderer. The latter, to, put all the crime on Fowler, with the hope apparently that he would be called as Queen's evidence, made a statement to the police that Fowler had committed the murder, and that he (Milsom) was innocent as far as the guilt of sheading blood was con cerned. Fowler was told of this statement, which roused him to fury, and which he answered by a written statement that Milsom had helped him to murder the old gentleman.. The evidence whibh the police had secured was so conclusive that Milsom's statej ment was disregarded, and he was pu^ ;n the dock instead of, as he had boptidf m the witness box. Fowler

appirently determined that before be- ] ing removed to prison for the last time, he would, at all hazards, be revenged upon his treacherous com panion. Accordingly, some few minutes after the jury retired to con sider their verdict, and while he and Milsom were each talking to warders, Fowler j utter d a terrible oath and jumped -straight at Milsom with amaz mg ferocity and violence. Fowler [ was a magnificently liuilt man, of [ enormous strength, and he bore down m his .onslaught the warder stand j-ins bet-weon the prisoners, though the ; official was able to prevent him doirfg j more than touch his terrified and coAvoi.ing companion. At once an extraordinay uproar arose m the Court and a fearful struggle commenced. Three powerful warders rushed at Fowler and seized him but, lifting them all, with a bound, he again dashed at Milsom and again caught hold of him, the miserable wre'eh falling to the floor. Fowler simply treated tho warders as if they had been children, dashing them with fearful violence against the woodwork of the dock and splitting it m several places. Further help came. Four big constables rushed for ward, and yet Fowler was able alone to hold at bay. these seven men. No fewer than three times he flung them off, and had there been more room for the blows he aimed to take, effect, several of the officers must nave been severely : ipj\jred.; -Milsom was speedily removed rtOi.a-pla.ee of safety, and Fowler made strenuous attempts to follow him. Nine constables and warders had, by this time, got hold of the infuriated mian by his arms, body and. clothes, but it seemed impossible to overcome him. With all these men hanging on to him he carried them up and down the eight or nine feet of the dock, and when at last they got him on to the floor and thought they had him safe, he rose again, lifting them all up with him. Such a struggle could, however, have but one end. It sometimes looked as if Fowlor would throw all his assailants into the body of the Court, but he was at last handcuffed and reduced to an unwilling sub mission, after a struggle lasting twelve minutes against great odds. When he next appeared m the dock, to be sen tenced to death, he was paid the com pliment of being guarded by twelve warders.. Probably if he had been con sulted he would have preferred to be killed m his great struggle than to die at the hands of the hangman.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The departure of the s.s. Tongariro is postponed until 4 o'clock on Saturday, 11th lnsfc. t Mr 0. M. Brooke's private residence m Burnett street has been connected with the telephone exchange. The subßcriber'a i number is 90. The Alame-Ja, with the English mails of June 13, left ?an Francisco on June 25,' duo date. The Mariposa, with the; colonial mails of June 13, arrived at San Francisco on July 2, due date. At Auckl .nd on Saturday afternoon the doois of i he ' Hope,' the newly-acquired' night shelter f. r homeless and fallen women m Freeman's Bay, was formerly opened by the Mayoress. The Mayor presided. . . : On July 21 a greab gathering of the' poet's admirers will be held m. the Garri son Hall, JDunp.din, under tho' auspices of the Burns Club, for which occasion a good programme has been prepared. The \ Otago' Dai'y Times states that the Hon. Thorn is Fergus— himself & Tad o' f£yle— has kindly consented to give the address of the evening. It is understood that arrangements for special trains will be made for the benefit of country visitors. Dnder the title 'Phenomenal Shot' the Nelson Colonist records that a party of three secured m on 9 day twenty-six wild pigd. One of the sportsmen, getting three m a line, fi eJ at the nearest with a I Martini-Henry rifl*. The bullet passed through the animal behind the shoulder, through a second one about the same place, and broke the bind leg of the third one, thus killing two outright and so severely wounding another that it could not escape. The Press Association telegraphs from Wellington that Mr D.^Ziman has with drawn his offer of £1000 towards the cost of a battleship, and intends to divide the money instead among the deserving local institutions at Reefton, each as the hospital, library, etc. Mr Ziman has given £600 to the Reefton EToßpita), £250 to the Benevolent Society, and £250 to the Reefton Library. The first two carry a Government . subsidy, and will be increased to £1100 and £550 respectively. ' The Government has taken a new departure by appointing what are to be known as military cadets. Three young men have been stationed at the forts at Welling'on for training, and have received a promise that if they tucceed In passing the necessary examination they will be gazetted junior officers m the Permanent Artillery. Another one is to be token on on proba^on at an ear'y date. It is pro posed, if the cadets are found to be. efficient, to station one at each of t;he four principal ports. At the invitation of Mr Purser, of Blen heim, a number of gentleman visited Cable's foundry at Wellington, on TJiurs. day, to witness a smelting cf Taranaki ironsand. Mr Purser has Teased ah area of land at Mokau, about forty miles north of New Plymouth, where the supply of ironsand /is poetically; unlimited. Mr Purser fiepiratoi'the ironsand propetffrom the titanium by running It through a box like structure m which revoles a magne tised drum that attracts the Iron and allows the titanium to pass through. The experiments on Thursday showed that the sand can be smelted quite easily. A luminous foresight for use m a bad light with guns of various kinds has been patented m England. A tiny incandescent lamp, supplied with curront from a simple form of battery concealed m the stock, Is mounted within a shield at the muzzle of the gun, and a faint ray of light, calculated to Indicate the position of its source,: Is exposed m the direction of the shooter's eye, and this is sufficient to enable him to obtain the required alignment) with the hack sight and with the target, be it animate or otherwise. The special appli cation of the sighb is for game shooting* at night and for service purposes — such for instance, as the illumination of a ms chine gun U9ed agaihs 1 } torpedo attacks during the night. Hollowaylfl Ointment and Pills.—Those who have given these remedies a fair trial freely admit that they inherently possess every property suitable for kea'ing and removing ciup'.ions, uloeratione, piles, aboe3ses, cores, bad le^p, gathered breast?, and all disorders of the glandular system. When oarefully rubbed m the oin'ment relaxes the swollen muscles, diminishes in flamatioD, assuages paiD, and oven allevi ates dangerous maladies whioh may have lasted (or months, or even year?. Holloway's excellent preparations are effective singly, resistless m combination, and have been recommended by gntof jl patients to be re sorted to as alternatives when all othar means of regaining health ha.ye failed, Their aotion [is temperate, pot violent or reducing, -

I There is such a thing as severe kindness, j \ and it is never more necessary than m the : I treatment of a freezing person, just as the fatal torpor comes on and the victim wants to be let alone. The following graphic incident shows how apparent cruelty saved a self-forgetfal mother. A woman was, vhe only passenger m a Scotch stage-coach exceDt her baby, whom Bhe wrapped m < her fur clcak, leaving herself unprotected I from the piercing cold. The driver saw that she was benumbed, and would freczi to death unless roused to exercise Ue dragged her from the coach and left her by the wayside. 'Oh, my baby .P she cried. The driver cracked hia whip. The coach flew over the snow with, the .woman running after. The race was kept op for nearly two miles, when che driver took the mother m again and wrapped his coat round her. He had warmed her blood and saved her life. At'ter referring m compliment ary terms to Mr J. G. Ward the Sydney Bulletin a ys :— However the affaiis of Ward's bhady company may pan out or. further invest igntion, the present chances are that Ward has gone undei for good. A great many men get one chance m life ; very few get two such chancea as he had and as ha threw away. Australia is full just now of mea wi'h somewhat) similar histories ; the wrecks who were left over from the. last boom, and who expect to rise again on the next one, oblivious of the face that the new boom wants new men, and that the old ones will be of no more accounb m it than if they never existed. In the ordinary course of things the future of the ex- Treasurer will con* si-it of a seedy little wooden, office, and j inside a tired-looking man, who is bis own entire staff and cffice-boy, picking up little crumbs m the precarious commission business, and a cheap-looking zinc plate on the door, with the inscription} * Ward, Financial Agent.' -. - ;_ The Education Board of North Canter bury has thought it necessary to make the following remarks m its annual report to the Minister of Education :— lt is with much regret thatjhe Board learns from its Inspectors' report that under *he operation of the existing syllabus the education of the higher classes m English grammar ' has gone sadly backward,' and that * blunders m concords are much too frequent,' even 'when the evidences of literary ability and of other technical de tails aie most satisfactory.' A defect so important and n? conspicuous cannot fail to greatly lessen our satisfaction with the general result of our national educational efforts, and must everywhere seriously discount the high estimation m which the result of our JNtw Zealand system haß been so generally held. Presuming the opinion of the Board's inspectors to be well founded, the Boad has no doubt that the serious attention of the Minister of Education will be directed to the correction of such an undesirable result, and especi ally that no attempt to extend the syllabus m other directions will be permitted at the risk of producing such a glaring defect m the power to speak and to write their own language with creditable accuracy, even m those pupils who stay long enough m our schools to pass through the higher stand ards.

SUPPOSED MURDER

DuflEDra, July 5 In February last a woman named ]Viatson, forty years of age, mysteriously disappeared at Pomah&ka. Mataon, hoc husband, was engaged m rabbiting, and the couplo had been sepirated for some time, tbe woman having taken oub a maintenance order. On 'the advice of friends the wonun proceeded to the place A few days later hfer c'othes were found m a bundle m the river, but all search for her boJy failed. The husband, on being questioned, said that, en doming he me from work, he fonrid bis wife gone with all her things, The bo< yof a woman has. roar been found tied up m a sack, wh"clT shows that there has been foul play. July 6 Charles Mntson, the rabbiter, was arrested yesterday. Six police from various stations concentrated on Sunday morning despite the flooded state of the country, and arrested Matson at a hut m the Itankleburn district With him was living a woman aged eighteen. Clydevale hands alwsyj fhonght the woman had been murdered, and kept a olose watch. The body found was wrapped up m a tack, the skull having been beaten m with an axe. The body was taken to Lawrence for inquest.

CRICKET.

NORTH 01? ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA- London, July 3.

Mold took four wickets for 39, Brigga six for 41. July 4 The finish of the firat innings of the North of England only took fifty-five minutes, Trumble being particularly de structive. The Australians began their secend in* ninga remarkably well, Iredale. and Darling piling on runs m fine, s'yle ; but with:, the score at 68 the latter fell a victim to the Lan cashire professional, who had on two occasions missed him, but his returns were particularly warm. Iredale's was the third wicket down at 90. After lunch the two Lancashire bowlers, Mold and Briggs, were m great evidence, the former securing four i wickets for 27, and the latter six for 22, the diminutive left-hander getting his last five for nine runs, '■ • i 4 - Mulys ■ The weather yesterday was dull with the wicket soft, and there were scarcely; .a hundred spectators. The following are the scores; — . . w <; '.-. ' KOUTII OV kJNGLAND.' " v" Second Innings. Bainbridgc,,c Trumble, b Joues  7 Sugg, b Jones ...... ... ... ... * 0 Ward, c Trott, b Jones .. "14 ,Quaife, Tj Trumblo .. .. ..8 Jones, c Jones, b Trumble . . . . 4 Pougher, c Graham, b Trumble, . . 39 Lilley, b Jones . . .. .. ...61 Baker, c Jones, b Trumble .„ , . . 0 Attewell, c Iredale, b Jonea . . ... 0 1 Briggs, not out ... .. - ... .7 Mold, absent „ . . 0 Extras . . . . . . . . 9 Total ... 149 The Australians won by 42 runs. Jbnca took five wickets for 56, Trumble ■four for 46 Five of the home team were out with the small score of 45, and then Pongher and Lilley put quite a different complexion on the game, both playing a forcing game, and 91 came on the board as tha result of an hour and a quarter's play, when the wicket keeper fell a victim to the South Australian express bowler. Almost all; the bowling of the visitors was pub to use m the endeavour to get rid of the two professionals ; Lilley, the Warwickshire man, giving the most trouble. His innings was a brilliant one, not a semblance of chance being given to the field. Pougher, though not so brilliant as Lilley, kept up his wicket till the last, and had to retire, being caught by Graham, the wicket-keeper. Lilley hit eight fours m his score* ;

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not hold ouneives responsible tor H Opinions exptessed by our correspondents }^B

MR OLIVER VERSUS PROHIBITSM

TO THE EDITOR. JK " There arc a great Dumber of men going a $K this country with nothing m their heads tR alcoholic vapor." X Sib, — The above quotation is from ll paragraph m a recent issue of your papeim and was said to be one of several . remark™ recently made by an American physiciauJj The remark quoted occurred to my mindji with considerable force when reading the|j letters which have lately been appearing in| your paper oh the subject of alcohol, | prohibition, etc., above the signature of 1 "D. Oliver." Ido not mean to say that Mr Oliver has nothing m his head but alcoholic vapor, beciuse I know that he has some very useful and sensible ideas on many other subjects ; but on prohibition and other cognate subjects he is simply like the man who fell out of bed — not m it. In the last of hia " alcoholic vaporings " he has excelled himself m the way m which he attempts to distort facts and throw dirt at those who hold opinions differing from his own. He begins his letter with an ill-natured Blur at the Hon. Mr Hall- Jones. Ido not know Mr Hall-Jones, and have never seen him to my knowledge, and what his personal proclivities m regard t to the drink question are I cannot say ;. but I foil to see what argument there is m the reference Mr Oliver makes to him, or tbe insinuation based on that reference that all prohibition' tats are arrant hypocrites. Neither does the Chaffey argument do much credit to Mr Oliver's judgment. In that he makes it appear that the Mildura scheme failed on account of its being a prohibition settlement* He Bays "the cause of Mildura 's troubles is not hard to understand. The property was vested m a prohibition syndicate." And then he immediately contradicts himself by admitting' that there were "physical natural obstacles affecting tbe profitable working of this particular settlement, situated as it is m a dessicating climate, and depending entirely on hydraulic appliances for its irrigation." Now, may I ask Mr Oliver was: it the dedicating climate, the natural physical obstacles, or the prohibitionist leanings of George Chaffoy which "dessi cated'' the Mildura settlement ? And, If prohibition was responsible for a deficiency of £396,443 5a 7d m the Chaffey estate, what was responsible for the deficiency m the J. G. Ward Association estate, or for the £200,000 m the Harper, Harper and Maude restate? The one thing is just abont »b relevant as the other — and neither of them m the slightest. The fact is Mr Oliver wanted to say something to the discredit of prohibition, and having exhausted his slender Btock of arguments ia previous letters, seized upon this straw and flung it at the head of prohibition. With what effect see 11. Kings xix— 2l. J need not follow Mr Oliver into bis jeremiad about the revenue, save to lay that prohibitionists have to bear their full share of the taxation of the country, and if Mr Oliver'B-Staifl«M«KH ares^jorrect, then prohibitionists must be either the crassest fools imaginable — and if bo many of our leading statesmen have shared m the folly — or they must be the most disinterested people on earth,. willingly relinquishing their own personal aggrandise ment m order to save their fellows from a terrible evil. If the latter is the case, Mr Oliver's comparison of them to the modern Turk, and classing them with "murderers, forgers, swindlers, traitors, and the most fiendish samples of humanity on this side of tho bottomless pit," does as little credit to his heart 'as the arguments he uses do to his head. I eannotinone letter fo 1 Jow him into all the mazes of his former-letters, becaaee of a wholesome fear of the editor "b blue pencil, but I am prepared to debate the whole subject with him, either on the public plat form or by correspondence. I now put before him two propositions which I am pre pared to .defend m either . of the ways suggested £-1. The habitual use of alcohol as a beverage cannot be justified on cither physiological, economic, or scriptural grounds. 2. The licensed sale of intoxicat-. ing liquor a is the most impolitic, the most unmanageable, and the most destructive thins; m existence m society as at present constituted. The two propositions will give Mr Oliver food for thought. . They are nuts which I think he will find rather hard to crack. . The fact 3 are against Mr Oliver. He may laugh at what he is pleased to call the- imbecility and fanaticism of prohibi tionists', but he cannot laugh facts out of existence. He may shake his head reproach fully at ourassertions, but that will not alter the proved certainties of science, nor destroy the evidence which confronts us on every hand of the fearful havoc and ruin wrought by drink. He may "walk m the ways of his hearr," and fondle the delightful illusions of hiß fancy, but the .verdict of science, the testimony of medics 1 exports, the sad facts of human life, the evidence of the literature prepared for " the trade/ show how fearful are the evils wrought through the agency of Btrong drink. While over all and above all is the stern, solemn voice of Scripture (which he has dared to quote as supporting the most devilish, God dishonoring and soul destroying traffic m existence), thundering forth its terrible "woe to him that putteth his bottle to his neighbour 1o make him drunken withal," and declaring that "no drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of heaven/ In conclusion, should Mr Oliver honor me with a reply, I beg of him to " stick to the text/ and not to fly off at a tangent as he did when replying to Messrs Olphert and Kair, but keep to the point, ana refrain from metaphysical skyrocketing. If he does so, with your permission, I will endeavor to answer him. — I am, etc., George W. Leadley.

TO THE EDITOR.

Sir,— ln addition to Mr Keir's letter m your issue of Thursday evening, I had a personal interview with that gentleman on the same day ; at which he assured me that it is quite consistent to pose as a prohibi tionist, and yet/ like Mr Hall- Jones, take a glass of grog, as " Sairy Gamp v would say, when they left "dispoged." If this is their creed, I will have to give them up as being worse to understand than the hydrostatic paradox, or the ornithorhynchus. I may tell Mr Keir that I was compelled, when a boy, to get by heart th-3 whole of the shorter ; catechism. That cured me of the ambition to answer ail and every question that fools might propound to me, ever since. After firing a volley of grape at me, consisting of sheep books, scab insects, ragged weans, &c. Mr Keir winds up by asking concessions for certain asses, among whom he modestly takes his stand, where I intend to leave him for the present. — I am, etc , * .■ :^~ ..(■.. ■ I). Oliver.

THE WEATHER.

' v ,. ALFORD STATION. The following is the meteorological report) for the week ending July 3, 1896 :—

flftft ASBfctmtOJN GOABDIAK : MONDAY, JULY a, 1896.



July — d h m L»£t Quarter ... 3 f» .53 pm. i^ev! Moon ... 11 7 4 am First Quarter ... 18 3 34 am Fall Moon ... 25 5 15 pm August— h. h m Last Quarter ... 2 6 4am New Moon ... 9 4 3i pm First Quarter ... 16 8 32 pm Fnll Moon ... 26 « .34 pm Last Quarto ... , 3.1 025 pm



Australians— Second Innings. Iredale, b Mold ... ... 40 Darling, b Briggs . . ... ... .... 44 Giffen, c Sug_?, b Mold .. ... .. - 6 Trott, c Ward, b Briggs... .. «- 4 Gregory, c Lilly, b Mold ' .... 4 Griham, c Boker, b Briggs .. ... 6 Eady, c Attewell, b Briggs .. ... 0 Trumble, b Briggs.. .. 1 Kelly, c Lilly, b Mold .. . .... :im 0 Jones, not out . . •• 8 McKibbin, b Briggs ... v '-v.. 2 Sundries ■ .. ..... *" .-. 4 Total .. .. ... 119



Date. SMe ' ffighl- State — m of weather. Low. High Sun. Saturday.. 32* 53 100- Fine Calm Sunday ... 33' 57. 100" „ „ Monday ... 32- 50 92* „ „ Tuesday ... 36- 59-106- „ N.W. Wednesday 34* 48* 67* Rain Calm Thursday... 30*. 53- 110- Fine „ Friday ... 45' 50- 80; Showers S.W. Rainfall during June— Alford Forest, 570 inches ; Alford Station, 1.45 inches.



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RE^D THIS- Sixpenny Books at 3d : Shilling Books at 4d, Eighteen Penny Books at 9d, Half a-crown Books at Is, Envelopes from 3d 91 per 1000, or 250 for Is, Boxes of Note Paper and envelopes from 4£d, Shilling packets of Note Paper at Bd, Two-shilling Packets for Is 31— at L. F. Andreweb and Go's Great Sale. 6 46 BANANAS. Bananas, ripe and sound ; also sweat D.E. Oranges at H. A. Flower's, Confectioner and Fruiterer, East Street. WANTED Known— 6ooo pairs of Boots to be cleared m one month. — Mellor's Zealandia Boob Store. vt ANTED Known— Go>o The Corner r for Newest Styles m Drapery and Millinery-^ W. H. Collier. ;,- V^fANTRD. Known— The 'Economic' * * Kid Gloves four buttons, Is 9d per pair, is the Glove for everyday ■•; wear. — W. H. Collier. NOTICE.— Are you going to build- Because the cheapest shop for Hoofing, Iron Ridging, C?utters, Nails, Lead, Sppufcing, • Water Tank 1 , Panop?, Ratiejos; Register Grates, Locks and Hinirps, Washing Boilers, and all sorts of Ironmongery, is J. W. HAUDLis'lr's, Ironmonger.. Plumber, and Tinsmith Telephone 32. . - , /. : .; MRS KNIGHT, cash, purchaser of Ladies' and GehtUmens left off Clothing, etc. LeMers promptly attended to. Near Post Office, s'flOD OWN Make m badies and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina- fores ; alfo a good assortment of Calicoes, Muslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs V Alcorns new shop, Baker's fi > ' , WAN'L'KD Known— Great Reduction at Mrtxor's Cheap Boot Palo. KINGFISH, Barraconda, B'uo Cod, liock Cod, Groper, Ling, Bream Crayfish, Smoked Fish, Oysters, and Kabbits. Hor Fish Dinners at Suther- land's, Tancrod Streets , . OLF! WOLF! WOLF! The old cry. He has come this week, and is slaughtering Music at unheard of prices. Is pieces for 31 ;la pieces for 4d ;2s pieces for 6d ; 3s pieces for 9d ; 4a pieces for Is. . 3500 pieces to select from at L. F. Andrewes & Op.'s Great Sale. 593 1% OLID AY Suits— A Nice Kaiapoi II Suit for 27s 6d, Boys' Knicker and Cambridge Suits from 7s 6d, Men's Suits to Measure from 45a, Fit and i Workmanship Guaranteed at R. Alcorn's WANTED Known— We are clearing out all our Macintoshes, Jackets, Lined Cloaks and Dressing Gowns. No reasonable offer refused for anything soiled or "not up to date." — Mitohfll & Turner. \ & ?■ ANTjflO Known— Monste Clear- VV ing BootiSaleatMELLOß' Zealan- dia Booh Store. 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. Vy ANTED Known— Jusr. opened, ex * ' Pakeha and Gothic, Flannelettes, white, stripes, an;l r culours ;. Velveteens, black, all prices';. Cofburs, Jarge variety, Including now shades m Reseda, Hum- boldt and Hungarian— Mitchell and I'tjrner. \h> Aft TED Known — That Smith v» Mackwrll 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 \ A7ANTED Known — L^rge delivery of * v the 'Economic' Kid Gloved, four buttons, Is 9d per pair, worth much more. — W. H. Collier. ; ANTED,, Known— Ladies Shoes tan or black, 6s 6i.— Mkllor's Cheap Boot Sale. RE AT SALE NOW ON at L. F AISDREWES & Co. £3000 wdrth of Books, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Toys Music, &c, to be sold this month begird less of cost. Sale now ,on at LJF Andbewes & Co, Stationerß* Hall. 4 2 \*T ANTED Known— That it is lanient y v able to hear people ask why there is so much trash m the Boot Trade no w-a- olays ? But no wonder I say. Thaym^y strike their breasts and say, ' By our bwn Fault, who buy such trash at cheap sales.' Though cheap, a profit must be levied, [and pou don'b get the worth of your moiiey But you have yeb a remedy by calling at J. Moißcn. the Premier m the Boob Trpde, where a solid, dry, and good wearing boot sari be gob. Secure good boobs for wijater )r your feet will be wet. Get your rerWrs lone at once or while ; y6u wait ap' J. Vloison's Impermeable Boot Deppb, East Street,' Ashburton. , , • , . 12 2 Yw try the New Fenvs Tobacco, '# " ,



Public notices. DRESS DEPARTMENT- SPECIAL & UNPRECEDENTED OFFER TNDING as the season prq>- greeses, that wo are ovtf stocked m some of ihe more DON'T expensive of our Dross Goods, which irc'ucla Scotch and Colonial Tweeds- 1 , Tleivy Sergea, etc , we have decided to Make Up All Materials at 2* 6 J per yd & upwards FKEB OF CHARGE. ''■ For One Month. Only, Oommeno- it>g Saturday, June 20. and continuing till Saturday, J uly 25 This is no Ordinary Offer, but a eiffof 10j 6d on each costume MISS " _. Terms — Strictly Cash at the time ordor is given. All Lower Priced Goods will be Reduced to effect a Clearance. Our Wonderful Serge, usual prica Is Id-*— Reduced to lOfd . SpecialJob Purchase— Meltons, usual price Is 2d — Now lOi Scotch Tweeds, usual price Is lid— Now lajSd s, -We are also offering, at Low prices— THfS Warehousemen's Clearing Lines m General Drapery, Bought ,ab, a J3ig Discount. We . invite you tciiispect. "~ . r >--> Colonial Flannel, B£d yard. Ashburton Drapery Company, Cash Drapers, Clothiers, Milliners, and Dressmakers. H. C. SHRIMPTON, ' '" . Manager. WOOLLEN GOODS FOE ■ WIN TEE WEAB. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. Men's Overcoats, with Cape, frcm 20s Boys' Overcoats from 8d 6d Men's All Wool Sao Suits from 27s '6d Meu'a All Wool Trousers from 8s 9d Boys' All Wool Knicker Suits- from 7s 6i Men's Cover Coat from ... 29a 61 BLANKETS. BLANKETS. BLANKEIS Mosgiel. Ashburton. Mosgiel 16a 6d per pair. RUGS. RUGS. RUGS. Wellington, Mosgiel, Timaru 12 3 6d. L.W. Pants, our own make, 3s lid. : Flannel Shirts 3s 6 J. V rjUttlNG GLOVES, Wool Lined 3r!oves, Mofftjrs from la, Wool Socks la, "MWb Golf Caps from 1», Boys' Caps 6d , • Nl-.W ZEALAND. "clothing factory. ALEX HENDRY, Manager. A. L-A.WKIE & CO BAVK pleasure m announcing to their lowa and country friends that they are now showing an ENTIRELY NEW STOCK OP Winter Goods Comprising Men'e, Youths' and Boys Clothing m tho latest styles and best materials. Men's and Youths' Twe2d Ovftrcoats and. Waterproof Clothing m stock and made to measure. ... A choice stock of Patterns to select from at very low prices, fit guaranteed. A splendid assortment of the best makes of Flannelettes, Shirtings, Calicoes, Sheetings, etc, elc. ENGLISH AND COLONIAL BLANKETS And a nice lot of Dress Goods m Serges and Tweeds, suitable for the season. All these goods will be found sterling value and will give satisfaction. —BOOTS AND SHOES— All size?. Standard, Zealandia, and other noted brands m, stock and to arrive, offering at prices to ensure a quick sale. 60MPLETE STOCKS , OF IRONMONGERY GROCKitIKS CROCKERY and GLASSWARE OATS CHAFF BRAN and fOLLAJRD ALWAYS IN STOCK. SAWDERS' BUILDINGS. WAHOO ! .■( THE CURE FOR INDIGESTION. Ashburton Drug Company, Agents - 11 108 a MERICAN BOSS and Nougat • X. Creams, simply delicious. Hot Pies, Tea, Coffee, and Cocoa.— H. Diggile, Up-to-date Confectioner, East Street. pOUGH, Cough, Cough— l am still v^ making my celebrated Cough Drops, Nono genuine unless stamped Flower's Cough. -H. A. Flower, Confectioner, Ji ast street. 5 24 ANTED KNOWN-H. Bairstow has commenced the Undertaking Business. Any order intrusted to his care will receive prompt and can ful at fcentlon. Address, Cameron {Street, opposite Baring Square. § 140 (



Business Notices- IB look. ~~Look. ■ 1 Ha g. j. neill CHEAPER THAN EVER.. MAKE NO ERROR ' F ° R HP & CHEAP DRAPERY, CLOTHINO, & 800 IS ■ \ ■ NO OLD STOCK, EVERV.THJKG NEW, COME AND SEE, COMPARE OUR PRICES. WE DEFY COMPETITION DRAPERY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION*. Men's Boots Bnd Shoes. "Women's Boots and Shoes Boys' Boots and Shoes. Girls' Boots and Shoes of Every Description." .•;?■ \ '^i 1 is. J» WBllili, Friedlander's Corner, '^East Street. • TERMS CASH. H|Hfe THIS SPACE FOR THE jadinac Jewellery and Watchmaking /jTTi STABLISHMENT OF AS H B U-RTOJN, '8. SALE K'S, ' ' EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. % ; ■]: 1 -. ■ ' ' ' t ~fLETCHER BBQS~ FOR . Seeds. Seeds. Seed*?. £O TlteT ;Pi<IZES. 8 '.SECOISpS. :.'■■; AT THE ■•■':';; DUNEDIN WINIER SHOW, 1896. I Head what the Otago Daily Times, of Juno 11, says :— MESSRS NIIMLMO <fc BLAIR'ri exhibit is, as heretofore, one of the most, prominent features of the Show.. It is situated on the right hand side of tho hall 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 prizes, 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 must 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 aiticle. That the superiority of seeds of Colonial growth should bo again so unmistakably demonstrate d 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 Earliest of All ' and ( Blair's Phenomenal Varieties,' both of which are novelties of t immo & Blair'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 the : r * Early Golden Globe Onion ' which were some of the best we have ever seen, both for soundness and perfect shape, but really, taking tbe exhibit as a whole, we believe it is one of the finest ' eve: seen m the Australian Colonies. NOVELTIES""TOR 1896. pg/S^SIR HAKRY ATKINSON. IT IS THE FINEST TALL-GROWING PJSA IN THE WORLD. This new introduction m Peas, is one of our own, an'l althohgh it is compara- tively new ( n the market, the demand from all oorts of the colony is proof of its general excellence. In habit it i a branching, growing m great abundance large green slightly curved pods/. packed with delicfously flavored Peas of jonormous j size. I s tendency is to spread or stool out, and we advise that sowing be made thinly and somewhat wi.'e apart. Growing thus it will produce pods luxuriantly Jxaxn Ibe bottom branches to the very top. Height 3^ foet. Per lb, Is ; per 7tb, ss. Mr A, Youngson, Gardener to B. C Hagoitt, Esq, Anderson's Bay, says : — « The Sir Harry Atkinson Pc», the seed of which you supplied last year, gave great satisfaction to all. F< r a main crop it is the b£st I have ever grown.' Me N. Gorton, Feilding, says : — 'Tour Sir Harry Atkinson Pea was a very marked sneceep, and cerainly the best pea I have yet grown.' A* it P. Ficknell, Surrey Lodge, Oamarv, says: — * Your Sir Harry Atkinson Peas supplied by you proved exceptionally good.' Mr Jambs ' 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 SEEDS. You can have one of Nimmo and Blair's Novelty Catalogues, by calling at FLETCHER BROS.. EAST STREET, Wholesale ancTEetail Agents for Mmmo and Blair's Standard Seeds. Tblbphonb 24 . ' Box 67