PHASES OF THE MOON.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1896 THE POLICE.

The annual report of Oolonel Hume, the Commissioner of Police, on the police force of the oolony, is just such a document as one would expect from a soldier. Prominent always m a soldier's mind is the question of discipline, and a man with a military training, especially if he has held Her Majesty's commission, when put m a position of authority, may always be expected to keep the maintenance of discipline among his subordinates steadily m view. This being so, one is not surprised to find that early m Oolonel Hume's report he deals with a matter which he believes materially affects the discipline of the force. This is the periodical transfer of the officers from one part of the colony to the other. Oolonel Hume holds that such transfers are necessary for the main tenance of a thoroughly efficient police force ; but he complains of the extreme difficulty of making these transfers, owing to the interference, often good natured, of the public. It is easier, he says, to remove any other officer of the public service than a constable, and is confident the Minister for Defence; will bear out this statement. When con stables receive orders of transfer, it is a common custom to forward a petition against the removal, and Oolonel Hume feels that the faot of such petition being forwarded is the strongest proof that the man ought to be shifted. We confess to a dullness of perception m regard to Oolonel Hume's logic m this matter. If the petition were sent by the thieves, and vagrants, and spielers, and people generally who were m the habit of breaking the law, one would have no hesitation m accepting it as evidence of a very direct nature that the constable had overstayed his useful ness, and that m> removal- would be a benefit; but when the petition comes, as it almost "always doss, from tbe law abiding and respectable section of the public, it rather points m tbe direction of duty well discharged by the officer whose presence among them the petitioners desire to retain. But it is just possible that the Commissioner wishes his report to be read between the lines. He dare not say that many of those petitions are not tbe spontaneous efforts of the people who sign them, and that they aro m too many instances promoted and inspired by the officers themselves who, having no desire to break up their homes and set about making new ones m fresh localities, get friends .to set the petitionary machinery m motion. The Commissioner dare not say this m so many words; but that he believes it to be the~ fact we have no doubt. At any rat j a good many other peop'e believe it, and a good many people have signed such petitions, not because they considered the men they were petitioning for were specially efficient, or specially suited for the particular district they had been ordered from, but simply out of pure good nature and kindly feeling towards the per sod a most interested. It cannot be denied that m populous centres that are marked off into beats, there are advantages to be derived from making the constables 'change rounds,' m order to prevent the growth of friendship and associations that may possibly stand m the way of the efficient discharge of duty. But at the same time it is quite within the bounds of possibility that cases may occur m which a constable, having made him self familiar with the habits and habitat of the criminals of a district, would be far better left m it than moved to make room for a stranger. ' But we fancy it is not so much the genuine petitions of the. publio that Oolonel Hume's military instincts rebel against as those that are not genuinely spontaneous, and the amount of wire pulling that goes on immediately the shifting of a constable is mooted. Tf the constable does not want to go, he interviews the member for the distriot, corresponds on the subject \yith every other member he is acquainted with, sues for the intervention of every man of influence with whom he can make interest, and all this mass of obstruction has to be cleared away, be fore the Commissioner's order <>can be given effect to. Naturally he objects to thi? as subversive of discipline, for it simply means that the Commissioner and those m authority with him m the service are only the controlling power m name, and cannot nse the service as they ought to be able to do; that con stables who can bring political influence to bear upon a higher power than the Commissioner can take successful steps to defy the order of the head of the department, and haveit countermanded. And thus the man with influence remains where be is, or goes where he chooses, and the less favoured, though perhaps more deserving officer, has to stand not upon the order of his going, but go at once. Among other matters dealt with m the report is one m which tbe Commissioner ought to bave the sympathy of the public. He complains of the absence of anything' m theshane of a fund for the superannuation 'of aged officers, police work is of a nature for which only men with youth on their suje, or at least not far ■past middle life, are suited, and to retain men m the service wftose effi ciency is impaired by agp, or who have outlived it, is manifestly detrimental. Police, work demands the possession m active and unimpaired condition of all tbe physical faoulties, and when the ranks contain any large number of xnen, who are no longer up to the standard m this respect the efftcieney of the force must suffer. But when after long years of wearing servioe m the force men begin to show physical evidenoe tbat tbe wew ant) tear of \

duty have had their inevitable effect, there is only one course that can be followed — they have to be dismissed, if the efficiency of the force is to be maintained. And if this is done there are but too many of the old officers who must fac^ absolute want. This is not what it ought to be. When it is j considered how much the public owe for the safety of life and property to the police, as well as for the mainten ance of peace and order, the fact that the old constable who has grown old and grey and Bhaky in^ the service must be relegated to poverty and want when no longer fit to tak« his part m the rough and tumble of constabulary j duty, does not commend itself. It is cruel to the old constable and unwise m the interests of th 6 publio weal that that .hould be the end of many years faithful service. The Oommissioner suggests that the old officers should be provided with positions as messengers, or other situations suited to their years, and physical capacity. But either by insurance or by some other scheme, supplemented by the State, the aged and worn out constable should be pro vided for. If su«h provision were made there can be no donbt the force would be more efficient, as its members would see some future before them and some comfort m the life that remained to them when no longer fitted for active service. That no superannu ation fund exists for the useful class of men who have m their keeping the safety of our lives and property, and whose services assure to us the obser vance of law and order, and peaceful lives that we may go about our daily business m safety and enjoy the sanctity and privacy of our homes with out molestation is no credit to those who have the administration of our affairs m their charge.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The bachelors' ball m the Wakanui main school will he held to-morrow evening. A lady (Mrs Stewart) has been nomina ted for a scab on bhe Wanganul Borough Council. Leprosy is slowly bub surely spreading m the districb of Memel, Easb Prussia. Some of the patients are quite young. A report of the meeting of the Rangitata Road Board and items from our Lauriston correspondent will be found on our fourth pago.

We are m a position to state that Mt J. O. Wason has definitely decided bo become a candidate for the Selwyn scab ab the coming election. A lad named Arthur Dew drank a solu tion of American potash ab Masterton on Friday last m mistake for gingor ale. The consequences, though painful, are not serious. ...-

In a recent letter to Mr Bodkin, Q. 0.-,; Mr Gladstone says :— ' My opinions and feelings with regard to the history and future tf Ireland remain totally un changed-' On account of pressure of business Fletcher Bros, have not been able bo get bheir new advertisement m bo-night's issue bub will have io ln to-morrow's (Friday's) paper wibhoub fail. A new process for the disintegration of quartz is announce il from London. Ib is claimed that by chemical ac, lon quartz can be reduced to a powder at a nominal cost. If there is no gold m the quartz the chemicals will not act. The people ef Flemington, and adj icent parts, will have m opportunity on Friday evening of listening bo an address by Mr T. E. Taylor, the -eminent temperance advocate, who will give one of his characberi-tio addresses m the Flemington .chool. ...*■■. The' Woodville Examiner refers to a recent football match as * a disgusting and degrading exhibition.' The paper men. tl ns that one player ' delibera ely twisted an opponent's neck and banged his head on the ground.' Tha poor fellow was carried off the ground black m the face and groaning m a horrible manner. The survey of the Arowhenua estate, says bh. Timaru Hsrald, Is nearing comple tion, and Temuka people are finding fault already with bhe areas laid oub. The lower portion is cut up into five farms, two of 90 acres, 140, 150, and the homestead with 640 acres. The upper portion into. 22 lobs, of which niße are only five acres eaoh, bhe nexo m siza being 150 acres, and bhe resb running up to oyer 400. The homestead farm is too big ab one end, and 22 families could starve very successfully on five aores each further back. An enterprising shopkeeper m Cin cinnati has hlb upon a neab and novel notion by which bo draw attention to his window and wares. In a conspicuous position he placed a large white oard, whereon was inscribed, m Aiming red letters, the following luring legend :— * I have placed m my window a dozen articles actually marked below cost price. Any person selecting these artioles may have them at the price stated.' This unique offer naturally resulted m a good deal of speculation on the parb of tbe bargain seeking public, and led to a marked increase ( f trade. Before IVJ[efisrs Alcorn and Hugo Fried lander yesterday a girl, aged fifteen, and a boy of twelve, were charged with having stolen . dozen sheepskins of the yalue of over £2. lb appeared bhey had appro priated the skins m bwo lobs from bu' pliers and sold them to a young man for l*fs 6}d. This young man had bought them for his

father, and was m the babib of making purchases of skins and other things m bis father's absence ( The bench made some strong remarks m regard to the careless ness that had been displayed by the father, when he found oub who had sold the .kins. The children, m consideration of their youth, were simply oonvicted, aud ordered to come up for sentence when called on.

The Wesleyan Christian Endeavour meeting on Wednesday evening was largely abbended, many new members being, present. The Secretary, Mr E Purchase, presided, and after reading correspondence relating to the appoint, ment of a delegate for the Convention bo be held shortly ln Wellington, and as to the advisableness of subscribing towards the support of a Chinese missionary for the West Coast, introduced the speakers. The Rev. T. G. Brooke spoke at some length, urging members to do their best for bhe Society, telling of the great influence they had, and hoping they would never forget their motto— "For ! Christ and the Ohurch." Mr Herbert Steel then gave a short sketch of the Christian Endeavour movement, telling how ib was started m Amerioa sixteen years ago by the Rev. Mr Clark, and how lb has extended to all parts of the world There were now no fewer" than fifty thousand societies, with a membership of two and a half million. He also bold of bhe greab help non-members would get by signing the pledge.

[ The^rush to the Goolgardie gold fields is gradually subsiding, people aro paying at tention to more sensible things. Family, folks have been muoh attracted lately by the suooessful results of Wood's Greab Pepper mint Qure for Coughs and Colds. That .uoh a reliable remedy oan be procured frpm any Qrdoer or Chemwb at Is 6d and 2- 6-, is $ boon to everyone. j

The principal farmers m the Marl borough district aro being t-upplied by Government with small quantities of linseed, with a view of testing the qualities of their soil for che growing of the crop.

lb is rep>rb9d that cabbage trees m the T^ranakl district are beh>g attacked by myriads of small caterpillars of a pale grven colour. The trees ln the recreation grounds are to be sprayed with hellebore.

A Shropshire-Leicester ewe, belonging to Mr 3. R Williams, Riverdale, gave birth to a peculiar lamb this week. It has eight legs, all fully developed, two after pans and tails, bub only one perfeob head. The additional legs ab bhe shoulders were abreast of the natural ones, and are q lite perfect. The lamb was alive when born, but as the ewe had to be assisted, the lam") was virtually sacrificed m her interests.

The polling to-day has been going on merrily. The good weather and the half holiday allowed a good amount of canvass ing bo be done, as well as a fair number of voters to be coursed m and corralled at the polling boobh. All the candidates are more or less sanguine of success, but we never know, of course, till bhe numbers are up, which will be ab seven o'olock, bhe hour bhe reburning officer expects to have the results ready for declaration. The polling* to-day has been far heavier than is nsual, and the counting will probably take longer than on previous palls, so that the hour of declaration may be later, bub ib will be as shortly after seven as can be.

The usual monthly meeting of the Longbeach Sohool Committee wai held on Monday evening. Present— Messrs Gollir.B (chairman), Lidstone, McLauch laft, Mercer and Soal. The master's reporb showed bhe attendance for bhe past month to have been very low, owing to wet weather and sickness. .Miss Todd sent m her resignabion as mistress of the sohool, which was acoepted. The Ashbur ton Publishing Oompany wrote re the publishing of the Inspector's reports The Committee was unanimously In favour of the Inspector's reports beiug published. It was resolved to write to the Board of Education re theleaky state of school roof, and to apply for grant towards repairing fame.

A singular breach of promise case was heard m Ireland recently. A girl sued a police constable for nob fulfilling Ws promise to marry her, and produced letters she had received from him agreeing to do so. When the defence was called on a girl.of sixteen was brought as a wit ness, who swore thab she had written all the letters produced by the plaintiff, and had received letters fr.m her for the defendant which she opened and read, but had never given to him. She was only thirteen years old when she did it, and did not bhlnk she was doing any harm. The judge bold her that he hoped no one would ever treab her as she had treated the plaintiff, and directed the jury bo bring m a verdicb for the defendant, saying bhab the plaintiff had firmly believed the defendant had intended to marry her, and the whole of the misohief and expense of this action had been the fault of this wretched girl.

A man named Frank McKinney died In the lock-up at the Christchurch Police Station. He had been arrested on suspicion of his mind being deranged, and placed m the padded cell. The police thought that his condition was due to drinfcr and he waß visited frequently by the watch-housekeeper, as he appeared somewhat strange. The police surgeon was twice telephoned for, but was rot at home. Then Dr Moorhouse was sent for bub the man was m a dying condition when he arrived. Ab the inquest Dr Moorhouse st .ted that death was due to congestion of the bra-n brought on by exposure. He found uo trace of alcohol.

The man's condition might very easily be mistaken for tho effects of drink. The jury returned, a verdict m accordance with the medical testimony, and added a rider that m the event of the police doctor not being obtainable when called upon, another medical man should be got at once.

Under the Shops and Shop Assistants Act fruiterers are exempt from the obligation to close on the weekly half holiday. At Dunedin some of the fruit erers have been m the habib of selling .u.wers, plants, etc., m addition to their ordinary sbock, and, these have received notice that unless they desist from selling flowerß they will have to observe the weekly half-holdlday with other\ shop keepers who are not exempt. This step has been rendered necessary by the com plaints of florists and others who are com pelled to close. Some of the fruiterers who sell flowers, plants, etc., have divided their sh^ps by a permanent partition, and on the half-holiday close up that portion where these are exposed for sale. Those who have been selling flowers and plants without having bheir shops partitioned off for this purpose have agreed not bo continue the praobice rather than' be obliged bo keep bhe half-holiday or divi.de their shops ; and so the matter has been settled.

The Press Association telegraphs from Auckland thab on Tuesday, before Mr Justice Connolly sitting m Banco, several applications for orders of discharge were dealb with. In one of these, an applica tion for discharge of a bankrupt named Smart, circumstances of a somewhat peculiar oharaoter m share transactions were brought out. Smart, who represents himself to be a retired Glasgow merchant instructed Mr Donald McLeod, a share broker, to purohase certain Bunker's Hill hh.res for him. This he did, but the purchaser failed to pay for the shares, and McLeod entered an action m the Supreme Court for the reoovery of the money, £443 lss. Smart filed a defence to the action, bub on the morning on which the case was bo be heard he confessed judg ment. As, however, he did nob settle up then Mr McLeod had him adjudicated a bankrupt. His Honor, m refusing his discharge, ccynmanted on bhe gambling spirit prevalent m regard bo mining shares. This, he said, was no doubt the firsb of such oases to be brought before him, and m all similar oases he Bhould refuse discharges.

CORRESPONDENCE

SPORTS ASSOCIATION. TO THE EDITOR. Sir,— After reading the Borough Counci: report and the Secretary's lebter o,f the Sport* Association, I think ita pity, m the interests of sport m the Domain, that suoh an un warrantably impudent lebter was penned* The Mayor and' others are too true and gen uine "Bporbs" to misrepresent anyone,. and if the_ Secretary h>d explained 'how' the advertisement appeared, instead of conceal ing the informaaion, he would certainly have gained kudqs. However,, until he does so, and brings forward the culprits, we oan hardly acpepb suoh a letter as being aooord* ing to faot.— l am, etc*

COMMERCIAL.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

Sydney, September 9 Wheat, chiok, 3s 6d to 3a 9d ; milling nominal. Oats, New Zealand prime feeding, -s2d ; medium, 2s Bd. Peas, Prussian blue, 4s 6d to 4s 9d. Potatoes plentiful ; local £2 5s to £2 15s ; prime Circular Heads, £3 lis. Onions, Victorian and New Zealand prime, £11 lis. Butter, dairy made, 9d to lid ; factory, lOd to lid. Bacon, 4£d to sd. Melbourne, September 9 Wheat, quiet, 4. 9|d to 4s lid. Oats, Algerian, 3s 3d to 3s 4£d ; stout white, 3s 2d. Potatoes, £2 is fid to £3. Onions, £8 to £9.

Adelaide, Sep .ember 9 Wheat firm, 4s 6d. Oats, stout White, 3s 3d to 3s fid. Barley feed, 2s 9 J to 3s.

ADDINGTON MARKET.

Christohuroh, September 9 There was & large attendance and good entries ab Addington market to-day. Fat Cattle.— l3o head of fair quality were yarded. The sale started well, but dragged at the olose. Steers fetched £5 5s to £8 2s 6d ; heifers, £3 15s to £6 12s 6d ) cows, £4 to £7 7s 6d. Beef, 19a to 21s per 1001-8 for best ; 17^to 1 8s for secondary. Store Cattle.— Large entry. Brisk demand for good yearling steers at £1 12s bo £2.- Tbres and four-year-old steers aold readily ab £5 bo £6 5.; obher sorts hard to quit. Fat Sheep. — Medium entry. Although some satisfactory sales were effected, the markeb was irregular and shows a drop aa regards second-rate freezers and half fat turnip sheep. Butchers' sheep of all classes sold weil. Besb quality heavy freezers, 17s 6d bo 19s 9d ; secondary, 15s 6d to 16s 9d ; half fab turnip sheep, 13s 9d to 15s j merino wethers, 9s, to i 14 .; maiden ewos, fit for freezing, 15s to 17s ; best butchers' ewes, 163 to 18s 3d ; medium, 13s 3d to 14s ; inferior, ilCstol2s9d. '■*■

Fat Lambs.— & small entry sold ab from 10s to 14s 6d. -

Store Sheep.— The entry was small and the demand fair for good sort.. Crossbred wethers (small) lis 4d to 12s lid, forward 14s*4d to 15s 4d, merino wethers 5s ld, cross bred wethers and maiden ewes 13s lOd, hoggets 10s to lis 7d, crossbred ewes m lamb lis lid to 13s 6".

Pigs. — Large entry. Baconers 3;|c- to 3Jd per lb, porkers 3£d. Stores brought 6s 7d bo 15s fid ; porkers, 20a bo 28s fid ; baconers, 30s to 47s 6d.

ASHBURTON MARKETS.

Mr David Thomas reports npon the live stock markeb m the Ashburton county for the week ending September 9 : — On Tuesday ab the Tinwald yards the usual weekly sale was held. The attendance was fair,- and amongst them a few buyers, bue the majority of them were not eager to purohase, pre ferring to wait for another week and get the benefit of a possible fall m prices. The quality of stock entered was hot of the highest. A few lines of hoggets came for ward, bub did nob reach' owners' reserves, The fine weather we have had since Friday made farmers come forward. Seeing their grass had grown so, and, requiring, stock, biddings were more brisk than ab the pre vious sale. The total entry for the day con* sisted of 3931 sheep, 34 head of cattle, and 52 pigs. I succeeded m placing all my entry of 1503 sheep, 15 head of oattle, and 39 pigs ab the following prices :— Sheep— 34 fab merino wethers 9s, 4 fat crossbreds 15s lOd, 27 fat crossbred ewes 12s Bd, 23 fab crossbred ewes 12s sd, 6 crossbred ewes and lambs 10s 9d, 21 two and four-tooth'crosibredn 10s 2d, 38 hoggebs 6s 2d, 24 hoggets 9a 7d, 41 six and eighb-tooth crossbred ewes and lambs 13s 3d, 244 hoggets 7s, 87 hoggets 5. 9d, 89 crossbred ewes m iamb 12s 6d, 173 hoggebs 103 lid, 83 crossbred ewes and lambs 13s 9d, 287 crossbred two- tooths 13s- ld, 171 two tooth crossbreds 103 6d. . Cattle— l fab heifer £4 ss, 1 cow £4, 1 cow £7 17s 6d, 1 heifer £3 15s, 2 fat cows £6 lis 6d, 1 fab cow £6 15a, 1 cow. £2 7s 6d, 1 cow £2 ss, 1 springer £5 15tf Pigs— 9 pigs 12s 3d, 2 baconers 15s, 4 baconer- 15s 6d, 1 sow £1 17a 6d,.8 weanerS 7s 3d, 4 pigs 14s 6d, 1 pig 19s, 1 pig lis 6d, 6 baconers £1 ls, 4 pigs £1 2s, ' ■ .--

Messrs Friedlander Bros;, Ltd., report oh the live stock market for the week ending, September 9 : — A somewhat smaller entry of sheep than anticipated was yarded ab Tinwald on Tuesday. v The fine weather did not entice a large number of buyers and others to be present, but notwithstanding this a good deal of business was transacted. The yarding only amounted to 3931 sheep,- 34 cattle, and 52 pigs, out of whioh our entry totalled 1837 sheep, 18 cattle, and 2 pigs. With the exception of a few lines of really good hoggets and a line of medium weight freezers, nothing speoial was yarded. Prices, taken all through, .howed a slight improvement on last week's sales, and we trust thab with the fine spring we are now enjoying, all classes of stock will improve. The general entry consisted of hoggebs, which ranged from medium to some really good lines ; crossbred ewes m lamb, a small line of ewes just lambed down, some two-booths m backward condition, and some better, nearly finished, and a line of freezers. In the fab pens, nothing very special waa yarded, a few pens of Anama merino wethers Belling ab 10s 9d ; crossbred ewes from 12a to 15s. Store sheep— Small hoggets, from 6s 6d to 9s 6d; better sorts, lis 6i to 13s, and eweß with 100 por cent of lambs 13s 9d. Inferior ewes were rather a drug, and hard to quit at any price. Our sales for the day were — 8 crossbred wethers at lfis ; 8 mixed wethers, 12s ; 3 orossbred ewes, lis 6dj 20 two-tooths, lis 3d ; Bat 13a ; 38 fat crossbred ewes, 15s. In stores — 102 crossbred ewes m lamb, 12a; 415 hoggets, 12s 3d ; 190 ab 10s ; 56 two and four* tooth wethers, 14s 6d* 88 "crossbred ewes m iamb, lis 2d ; 20 small hoggets, 6s 7d; 72 crossbred wethers, lis 9d; 50 hoggets, 7s 3d; 9 crossbred ewes m lamb, 14s; 459 --aged and. orossbred merino 6s ; 2"*o freezers, 163 2d. In besf, nothing very tempting was sent forward. Most pf the yarding con sisted of some very light weights, ' which could have done three months more pasture with profit, and a few cows of indifferent quality make up the entry, Hatcher* could scarcely, supply themselves. In stores, there was only a small entry and nothing which oalls for special comment. We sold 2 heifers' at £4 lis, 3 steers at £4 15s, 2 milkers, at £4 lis, 2 stores at 22s fid, 3 calves at lfs, 1 milker, £3 fa Gd ; 1 oow m calf, £2 I§3. In pigs, we sold 1 boar ab 20s ; 1 sow, with 6 young ones, 40s ; 1 sow, with 3 young ones, 40s. Skin Sale.— On Friday last we held our bi*weekly sale, when there was a good entry, and all lots were cleared, Owing to the web weather green skins ' did nob sell quite so well as usual, bub dry ones sold at full ruling rates. Best butchers' crossbreds sold from 4s fid to 5s 7d ; lighter sorts from 3s 6d to 4s ; merinos from 3s 3d to 3s 9i for besb, and 2s to 2s 3d for lighter sorts. Dry skins, cross breds, from 3s 6d to ss ; lighter from 2s to to 3s 3d ; merino, 2s 6d to 3s 9d ; others, Is to 2s, Mr Henry Zander (Mr David Zander auctioneer) reports upon the lives-took markeb 'or the week ending September 8 as follows : —A fair yarding of aU olasses of stock came forward ab bhe Tinwald yards on Tuesday, rhe quality of the store sheep, taking them ill through, was not very good. The bulk >f bhe sheep y&rded were principally old srossbred ewes, with a few* lots of very good atribs. Bidding throughout waa slightly )etber, and although several lots offered were >-Bsed m at auction, they were disposed of irivately afterwards. In the butchers' pens here was a small supply. Prioes ranged for rossbred ewes (aged) from 9s 6d to 10a, and ounger sheep up to 10s. Merino wethers ""* ent forward from the' 'Anama estate made 0.9 d. Store sheep-i-Por^rard two 'tooths lade from 12s to l2s $d ; crossbred ewes m. imb (aged .and poor conditioned) from 8. Ito 10s ; two-tooth crossbreds m lamb om lis fid to 12s Qd, sound mouthed cross reds m lamb from lOa, 6d to 13a ; a small ie of orQ.sb.eds with 100 per cgnf lambs at obniade 13s 9d; good hoggets sold up to '3 ; poorer sorts from 7s to 9s (jd. A pen fieezers made 163 2d. ' Outof ti\y entry I Id the following "lots ':— 35 crossbred ewe| lamb 10a fid ; 76 two-tooth crossbred owes s6d • 262 crossbred ewes m lamb l^i ; 194 sssbred ewes 9' 0d ; 97 merino ewes m lamb .oc) 4s, 15 crossbred ewes Yfith lambs at >t, 133 Bd. Privately during the week X d a splendid line of 2000 freezers at 17» fid. , d7.yho|BstnrtWiWi /

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN : THURSDA?,! SEPTEMBER 10, 1896.



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I Wanted. ' V 4/ ANTED, everybody to come to the * * Hockey Club Concert and Dance ab bhe Orange Hall 10-nlghb. , 966 EMINISOE-ACaS of my Sunday ichool Jifo ; address by Rev. T. G. Brooke ab Wesleyan Soiree, Thursday, September 24. 9 64 Q BEDS. Seeds. Seeds. — The mosb O Reliable Firm and Garden Seeds, and at the Lowest Prices, are to be had from Fletcher Bros. 9 62 CIROCKERY, Crockery.— The Cheapest * House m Ashburton is, without doubt, Fletcher Bros,, Easb Sbreet, Ashburton. 9 63 / CRICKETING and Tennis Material, \.J ex Maori, from the celebrated firm of Wisden and Co., Londen. Cane Handle Bats, Balls, Stumps, Guards, Gloves, Tennis Racquets. Balls, Royal Academy Piotures (Cassell and Co.), 7« 6d, published price.— H. M. Jones lA7* ANTED KNOWN— Thab Joseph y * Robinson is removing from the Premis.s he has lately ocoupied to the Store between Messrs H.wkins and -tudsell, Tinwald ; and while thanking his friends for their liberai support m the pasb, solioits a continuance m the future. 9 20 Vr - OUR POULTRY have won 37 First and numbers of special prizes this season. Young birds of various breeds for Sale very cheap. Eggs— Dark Brahma, Spanish, and Polish, 7s- 6d a sitting.— Pclham Yards, Ashbarton. ' • y... 8 153 WANTED Known— The 'Economic,' Kid Glove, foui* buttons, ls 9 a per pair, is the Glove for everyday wear. — W. H. Collier. HOW not to be 111, by Dr Emily B. Rhyder,eafa fruib, choioe fruib, good fruit, H. A. Flower's fruib, Easb Streeb, A hburton. COUGH, Cough, Cough-I am sbill making my celebrated Cough Drops, None genuine unless stamped Flower's Cough.— H. A. Flower, Confectioner, Easb sbreet. 5 24 BANANAS, Bananas, ripe and souna ; aho sweet D.E. Oranges ab H. A. Flower's, Confectioner and Fruiterer, Easb Streeb. r VyANTED Known— Large delivery of 1 * » bhe 'Economic* Kid Glove?, four buttons, ls 9d per pair, worth much more. — W H. Collier. r • K\ J ANTED Known— We are clearing VV out all our Macintoshes, Jaokets. 1 Lined Oloaks and Dressing Gowns. No reasonable offer refused for anything soiled or "not up to date." — Mitchell ) & Turner. _ {CHEAPEST House m Canterbury for V-** Garden and Farm Seeds is Carso .. and Co.'s. Six packets' of Vegetable Seeds for Is ; Flower Seeds from 1* doz.n, Garden Tools of all sorts. HOLIDAY Suits— A Nice Kaiapoi Suib j for 27s 6d, Boys' Knickes and Cambridge Suits from 7s ,6d, Men' Salts to Measure from 455, Fit and r Workmanship Guaranteed at R. Alcorn's '* : -. . VJ OTIOE.-Are you \going to build. i_N - Because the cheapest shop for Hoofing, Iron Rtdging, Gutters,. Nails. Lead, Spouting, Water Tar.kn, Pump?, Ranges, Register Grates, Locks and Hinges, Washing Boilers, and all sorts of Ironmongery,^ is J. W. Hardlby's, Ironmonger, Plumber, ahd Tinsmith. ; Telephone 32. . ,' *JfkT ANTED. Known— Just opened, ex * ▼ Pakeha and Gothic, Flan uel et tes, white, stripes, and colours black, all prices ; Colours, large variety, , Including new shades m Reseda, Hum- boldt and Hungarian— Mitchell and v Turner, tl/ ANTED Known— Ladies Shoes I VV tan or black, 6s 6d. —MellorV Cheap Boot Sale. WANTED Known— That E. Mahood is sbill selling all kinds of Grocery, Crockery, and Glassware ab as reasonable a price as any other house In the trade Orders by letber or Telephone promptly attended to Families waited on daily Telephone No 76 r \/H/ ANTED Known -r* Bargains from L VV floor to celling.— Mellor's Sbock king Boob Sale. Turf Regisber, 10a 6d ; Young UN Ladles' Journal for Augusb ; Weldon's Dressmaker and Children's Bazaar, July ; Quarterly Something to Read ; Scraps and Snapshots ; Half-yearly ■ Boys of England ; 'Virginia' Waltz, 2. ; , Gold and Silver Paper for Fancy Dress. Large seleotlon of Fans. — Andrewes, Anderson, and' Co. WANTED Known— Men's Mercery, Olothing and Boots. For Goods 'thab wear well, fib well, and look well, try -that old established firm — Mitchell Turner. riTANTED Known— Thab J. Moison j v v w jn gly^ a good Discounb for Gash for six weeks, being over-stocked and to make room for Summer Boots a.nd Shoes, whioh will be m next week. Nothing but the choicest and best quality kept. Repairs as usual done at once at the Premier Boob Sbore, Town Hall, East Street, Ashburton. \\T ANTEDKnown— Go toTHEOoRNER « * for Newest Styles m Drapery and Millinery— W. H. Collier. ANTED Known--,- We intend bo shake up every Boob Shop In Ashburton.— Melloh's ClearingßootSale TTTANTED KNOWN.— Mrs Hupfam * v having taken the premises lately occupied by Mr G. Neill, Intends to open same as Ladles' Dining and Refresh- ment Rooms, where visitors will find a long felb wanb supplied. Meals ab all hours. A few boarders will find all the comforts of a home. 4 196 KENT'S Famous Bicycles for Ladies afad Gentlemen oan now be obtained from Carson and Co, Agents, Tyres and Extras m great variety. ANTED Known- You save 5s m every pound if you patronise Mellor's Cheap Boob Store. A NTED Kno wn— Boots and Shoe from la 3d to 27s 6d. — Mellor Oheap Boob Sale. — r— , — . '-~ __ WANTED Known — 6000 pairs of Boobs and shoes to pick' from ellor s Gr»ab Boob Sale. . , . | .... .L » i WANTED Known — Maddens Re- f reshmenb Rooms are the rooms Par Excellence. When m town do not fail bo give them a look up. Do you like, a Loa thab has a Bvreeb nutty flavor, of gOod pile and bloOm, m addltibn to its] full weight, which a surprise visit from the Inspeotor the other 'day proved You do " Well, go to Maddens J 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, oome aleng to i Maddens m East Streeb, and you won't j jbe disappointed. Bride, Christening and j Birthday Oakes a speoialty. \ * i k ' wiil' "b«»»-----^--; J Have yon tried Kozie Tea ? Jf not do os * »b pnoe ; it ii delioicui '



Business Notices. I Mink dii: m m i: ■ ... [imuiii: • • ■ ■■.••..■ • ■■-<*'"'•.' ' •■ SPRING AND SUMMER, Thb 1 BIilT-B HOUSE. Tub BLUE HOUSE! A FTER CarefuUy Studying the adaptability of Ashburton for a Strictly Cash Drapery, Millinery, and Clothing busi- ness, HAVE TEdDED TO GO RIGHT INTO IT, and having made - Satisfactory arrangements to loase, m con? nection with the present -Blue Housed those Commodious Premises Next Dcorto J. ORR & CO., will be enabled to Keep the Stock necessary for carrying on a Large Business, by giving .... The Beat Valne IN THE TRADE ON STRICTLY CASH PRINCIPLES ONLY. i Spring, Spring. Spring Goods, OPENING DAILY. THE BEST VALUE IN THE TRADE. liOOk Out! -Look Out ! liOOk Out! For Startling Values m Future Issues. Come Now and Inspect the New Goods, AT THE * Blue R'Qiise,' Between JOHN ORR & CO. and the CLOTHING FACTORY. ! " EVERYTHING NEW, EVERYTHING CHEAP, FOR CASH ONLY j



Business Notices ty ' ' THE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN CANTERBURY. G. J. NEILL r; fc DRAPERY, OLOTHING, AND BOOTS. Br-IORSETS 2. 6d, CORSETS 2s 9J, New Dress Goods Reduced 50 per oent X New Velveteens Rednoed, All Wool Flannel (Colonial) 9jd Flannelettes 3s 6d doz Silesia 3s Sdjioz • Blankets about half-price Double-bed White Twill Sheeting 9Jd Double*bed Unbleached Twill Sheeticg, 9*d Large White and Brown Turkish Towels, reduoed from ls 0d to Is C L OTH I NG. Men c All Weol Tweed Suits 21s. Men's Tweed Trousers 5s lid _ Men's Overcoats, Macintoshes, Oilskin Coats, and Leggms, reduced 50 per cent Boys' and Youths* Suits half -prioe, ■> • ■ _ Men's Oaps, Boys' o_ps, Braoes and Shirts, ab .Rldloulous Prices Men's Woollen Socks, 7sd pair V BOOTS. ""boots. We Defy Competition. Every pair Guaranteed to wea* " 7 " Every Pair Made to Our Order Men'B NaUedTSKboters 7s lid Men's Light Shooters 8s 6d V-«i •'-. Men's Watertight Bluchers, pegged, ,7s lid * ! - ? V ' . Women's Strong Leather Shoes 43 Ud ~ A Large Assortment of Ladies' Besb French GlacegKid Boots and Gloves to ohoose from. • : K/ •..,''' y ■■ . -....- ?■'• O. J-.- !¥-BI_LIi» Friedlander's Corner, East Street.* rmHE LEADING JEWELLERY AND 7 WATCH RE- PAIRING ESTABLISHMENT IN THE DISTRICT. ■• ';. *t-_^-__-^--^_--^--^-i----l ' "^ S^^| gl, S. 8 A L E X, J) EAST STREET. j' 1 -■< i, . ■ . ' . ■_ r"^i WATCR-AND OJ.OCK REPAIRS AT PRICES CONSISTENT WITH SOUND '." y-l? AND RELIABLE WORKMANSHIP. THE LARGEST STOCK OF JEWELLERY AND SILVERWARE TO BE FOUND AT >■: WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, EAST STREET. »* o g HALLENSTEIN BROS H ' g ■ ■ g m^m..--~ CI AYE received their 3 o Trousers «„.•.-_„, " S First Seleotion of New g io Bp»ng « . S'S' ''>■ ■ 0m TROUSERINGS 'I B 5 -^Measure suitings * . v * I Jv and OOATINGS *S g _\l Wm Od. ' ■'J 2' S i ' -o- ' ■ W -) *S 6 - W X first-class ■ « ■'■■:-_ £ w .■ : {_> ■ 0. -S (_>J ; - - -AIL.OKIHO O j |8 |. SuitS to Greatly Reduced Prices fc -.© g |S I Jv « ' M o ■{_;." -'"3 Qa ■■ S § -S IS *-i Measure « § « OT (_r w We; Guarantee Every En W J JSr Q <1 • po jf LJ _. -.• 55 S Garment to be Well- fL\ ■ * w^ g .. ■ made and 8  H mm S tJV_ „* ytf P ~ * Perfeob O _«- 5[S . . Q i. Covert' . Fi^ f '..a- I 0C _ ■■■» • * B ■ D Coats .3 s. -8 ► CD 4 HALLENSTEIN BROS."< M *= O £ to -ots^ ZEALAND „ , I | M «3asure CLOTHING J | FACTORY. r v § 53- cd. -.-.«■ w .'■'._! Alkx. Hen dby, W Manger. *^ . H . -Jt^ STEPHEN'S OHUROH MISS BARRATT'S SCHOOL Ashburton lI7ILL RE-OPEN en September 14 _„„■_, V M^ E T 1N , G S* . VV inst. THURSDAY- Mother's Union, 3 p.m. Subjects' taught -English, Music, g**" 7 P' m " (addresses by Mrs Drawing, Latlu, and Singing. FRIDAY-Short Service, 730 p.m. Miss Barratt mil be ab home from choir Praotice. 8d m. ' 11th Inst. 9 53 ' ____ "-_ ' SUNDAY SOHOOL J X UdINATIONS Specially interesting to Farmers, Runholders SATURDAY— 2 p.m., Hampstead In- and Dairymen. J fantß to Standard II L ' ! SUNDAY— St. Stephen's. Standards IV KEMPTHORTSK, PROSSER & CO.'S ™d V, 9.45. 2 p. 5. mmpLtl, _ (Ltd ), Genuine Standards IV and V- % LINSEED OIL CAKE. M Std«afii m ' ,5,, - Btep,,en ' 8,1 " fa, ' to Unequalled for Rearing and Fattening '— . Stock of all kinds, SUNDAY SERVICES. 7 VALUE AS A FOOD FOR STOCK. B.^ a.m.~Holy Communion, Rev T. A. lib of Oilcake contains aa much food aa lt ._ "l.^. „ _>„ - -a r■- 171bs of Turnip., lib of Oilcake contains as Ham --Morning Prayer, Rev J. F. ihuob food as 61bs of Potatoeß. lib of Oil- „ or? a rr , « . cake containß bb 'much food as 61b. of Cow'b 6 ™ V; m — -Holy Baptism, Rev T. A. ' Milk, lib of Oilcake contains aB much food • Hamilton. r a_BJlbs of Skim Milk. Ilb of Oilcake con- 6 30 p m.—Ev6ning Prayer, Rev T. A. tains aa mnoh food as B_lb_ of Batter, lib Hamilton. ofOilcake contains as muoh food as 191bs ~~ *• : — ! —-flfWbey. .I|EN'S Bluohers 6s, a good Strong We can reoommend it to anyone who is m - ■ Nailed Shooter ab 8e 6d--a-nl.ee the dairy or breeding line. It put* a fine assortment of Ladies' and Children's on stock intended for show purposes. Boots nd Shoes from ls 9d a pair ab WCom. and try it. Bay only a little, but buy R Aloobn s 1 some. ■• , ' * ■ . — — Li_/' - FRIEDLANDER BROS, Ltd., You have ruined your constitution ■0 25 Local Agents sufficiently by drinking inferior Tea. Reoruit mr-- — _. , „ ; = ■ztt- T i b J"4 ni l k j. , 'S t> *'-VF'oziBTBA; It is pure. The