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■■» , . Fire at Pabiatnu Pahiatua. March 4 By a fire, •which originated m the Temperance Hot"l, owned by Mr Russell j and occupied by Mrs Renche, the building I was destroyod, also tho shops of Webb, Uilor ; R^wloy, hairdresser ; F. Granger, fluent ; J. Smith, painter ; *"d W. S. Falconer, en bint t makor. Tho cauae of tho tire is unknown. The insurances are noc available. ('liargrvt of Werjary Chuistcuuhch, March 4 At the S.M. Court ihis rooming, Richaid Brown was charged with perjury m his evidence at the Saprpme Coo re m tho trial of Dr do Ttaizij for aepaulb. The accused was remanded, bail being allowed. Canterbury Jochoy Clnb At the meeting o! the Canterbury Jockey Ciub it was resolved should tho Geraldine club notify its intention of not holding an autumn meating. to pass the programme of the Westland Club. Mr A. Boyle's resignation of his office as starter was received, and it was resolved to offer the position to Mr H. Piper. , Students of Truth At a meeting ef the debenture holders of the Students of Truth to-night, the chairman stated that Mr Worthington had written, from Hobert announcing his intention not to return to Chriat chnrch, and stating that the money expected from America would not be forthcoming. The meeting was held for the purpose of deciding what steps ehould be taken for the realisation of the property, but no definite decision -was arrived at. *•

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Public Notices. THE VIOLIN. MISS PACKER, member of the Canterbury Society of Professional [ Musioiane, is prepared to give Lessons on tbe above instrument afc her rooms, Saundere' Buildings. Per terms, etc., apply Box 87, P.O. 239 ME W. T. WEBSTEK'B WOOL SCOURING WORKS, Near the Ashburton Bridge, , Will be Closed UNTIL MARCH. W. T. WEBSTER, ASHBURTON SCOURING WORKS TRY GALLI CHAN'S A.G. Ointment A wonderful and unsurpassable preparation A SURE OURjF for Bronchitis Severe Golds, Burns, Boils, Ear- ache, Sore Legs, Chilblains, etc. Price, Is 6d ; from Chemists and Stores GALLIOHAN'S A.O. OINTMENT Is also specially prepared for Veter- inary use, and as a Horse and Cattle Dressing will be found faithful m its operation For all kind of Sores, Cracked and Greasy Heels and Wounds on Hoises, or Sore Teats on Cows, etc., give it one trial, and its virtue and cheapness wil be for ever established. Sold everywhere. Price, 2a 6d TRY GALLIOHAN'S A.C. VEGETABLE PILLS For Constipation, Dyspepsia, Siok Headache, Indigestion, Want of Appetite, Female and all Stomach and Liver Com- plaints, etc There Is no humbug about these Pills* Their extensive use Is a guarantee of their Purity and< Goodness* Thirty Pills m every Box, and one Pill sufficient for a dose. Give them a trial Price, Is 6d everywhere TRY GALLICHAN'S A.C. COBN CUKE. Ib Is a most Wonderful Preparation and will remove any Corn (habd or soft.) It also removes the matter thab provides food for the Corn, without m any way injubing the febt. Directions with every pot, and are easily carried oub Price, Is everywhere MR G. P. HOATTJSN, Ashburton, represents GalHchan's A.G\ Preparations m Canterbury, and all business mußb conducted through him „ EDWIN CALLICHAN, PROPRIETOR AND MANUFACTURER, Ashursfc, Manawatu, N.Z LOCAL AGENTS — Mrs Adams, Saunders* Buildings j H. B. Bonnington, Chemisb, East Street ; Shearman Bros., Burnett Street 12 45 ' "YTATICXNAL MORTGAGE AND 11 AGENCY COMPANY op NEW ZEALAND, Limited. Capital £1,000,000. Paid-up £200,000 HEAD OFFICE: 8 Great Winchester Street. London BRANCHES: Ohrlstehurch, Dunedin, Timaru, Oanurn, Invercargill, Wellington & Melbourne WOOL FOE LOCAL SALE OR SHIPMENT. TIHB NATIONAL MORTGAGE AND AGENCY COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, Looted, are making Advanoet on Large or Small Wool Clips intended for either local Bale or shipment to London, at Lowest Current Ratea of Interest and FREE of COMMISSION * nrereao wm Wool for Losal Sale ahould be con signed to — NATIONAL MORTGAGE. CHRIST. CHUKCH, and when for Shipment to NATIONAL MORTGAGE, LYTTELTON We have made very complete arrange* ments m London for the disposal of Wool and can place our clients upon most favorable terma The Company's Shipments from the South Island alone last season amounted to over m 18,000 Bales. Clients are reminded t at the Com »nys Articles of Association provide or Proceeds of Wool and Produce betas Secured under Separate Trust for the Bpeoial account of principals WOOLPACKS, SEAMING TWINE and all Station Requisites supplied at Lowesfa .Bates Note~Wool consigned to the Compan* ab Ly ttslton for Shipment will be received Into the Shaw, SaviU and Albion^heda : Feee of Chaege G. F. MARTIN, "Manager, Chriatchurch. W. WALLIS, 10 119 Agent, Ashbnrton. Wood Brothers, LIMITED, MILLERS, GRAIN & PRODUCE MERCHANTS, CHRISTOHUROH* Porchaseru of AGRICULTURAL Of all Descriptions. We are Prepared to Make LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES, FREE OF COMMISSipN, on all GRAIN OR PROBUCE Placed m our hands for Storage Locally or for Shipment to English or Colonla Markets. Agent for Ashburfcon atid District : F. FERRIMAN.



USE LITTLE'S SHEEP DIP. FLUID DIP, the Best Non-poisonous Dip Used and Recommended by Owners of over 5,000,000 Sheep m N.Z. alore. Price (incaaka) 5s 6d*per gallon. One Gallon F.uid makes 100 gallons Dip LITTLE'S POWDER DIP. A POISONOUS DIP, combined with Glycerine— the outcome of many years' experience Wonderfully Successful. Is Displacing all other Poisonous Dip« bales have REBLED each year since introduced. EXTERMINATES VERMIN, KEEPS WOOL SOFT & BRIGHT, EASILY MIXED Cheapest and Best Poisonous Dip m the Market. Nrrvri? TTOTrn? / In Improved Iron Kegs, 50a per cwt WUUUi rKIUUi | In Oases of 10, 101 b packets, 50a por case One cwt. makes 1,000 gallons of Dip. CHIEF AGENTS— BLAOKBURNE & CO., Cbriitchurch district ageht-B- W Hanmeiv ABHBUETON. TTTE ARE CASH BUYERS OF WHEAT, OATS BARLEY, RYEGRASS, COCKSFOOT, AND OATEN SHEAF CHAFF, m large or small quantities JUST LANDED, ex Monnt Slvlou,- --1 nnO BALES CORNSAOKS. Full size and full weight. f EIEDLAHDIE BEOTHEES, LTD. DAVID THOMAS, (Late Matson, Cox and Co.; Auctioneer, Land, Insurance & Estate Agent, Valuator, Wool and Grain Broker, ASHBV R T O N. Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock — Tinwald and Aehburton"{ Alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc., on JFeidays Sales .f Wool Throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Oleari ag Sales as per arrangements AGENT FOR— Matson and Co, Christchurch Booth, McDonald and Co, Ohristchurch White's Sheep Dip Massey-Harris Reaper and Binder London and Lancashire' Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stevenson and Co, Dunedin Planet Junior Garden and Field Tools Belfast Manures I beg to inform my Rakaia Clients and others that I have appointed Mr W Baroook as my Agent m the Rakaia district DAVID THOMAS, Ashburton T HAVE the undermentioned Properties for Sale, viz., 280 aoree Charing Cross, well fenced, all m grass 160 acres First-class Swamp Land, thoroughly improved, Flemlngton 62 acres First-class Land, Eifielton 1050 acres Dromore, In grand order 330 acres Xnssock, Maronan 800 acres Tnsaook, Llsmore 486 aores Good Land, splendidly grassed, Lismore I hold Auction Sales of Sheepskins, Hides, Fat, Etc., every fortnight throughout the season Belfast Freezing Co.'s Manures, I CAN SUPPLY Superphosphates, Blood Manure, Potato Manure, Bone Meal, and Bone Dust, IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE OF PLANET JE. TOOLS. * David Thomas, ASHBURTONJ (CHE Christchurch Meat Company, Ltd. HAVING LARGELY INCREASED the Freezing capacity, and Slaughtering and Storage Accommodation of the Works at ISLINGTON, Are m a position Meet All the Requirements of the District during the Coming Season, and are prepared to FEEEffi FOR FARMERS Or Purchano Sheep and Lambs on the grouhd at HIGHEST MARKET VALUES^



H. Mi JONES* H. M. JONES. BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS. PUBLISHERS PRICES. CHEAP EDITIONS. Bought for Oashc THE ASSIGNED STOCK OF J. MARSDEN at a Low Price, and the whole £266 -will be Cleared at a Great Redaction. OOMK EARLY FOR BARGAINS IN BOOKS, STATIONERY, AND FANCY GOODS. Q HIPMENT of Books, ex Talnai, just opened up. Great variety, suitable for prize awards and presentation purposes. Liberal Discount to School Com- mittees, to keep the trade here. STATIONERY, STATIONERY, STATIONERY. SPECIAL VALUES m Boxed Paper and Envelopes. . Plain and Fancy from Od upwards. Good Bußineßß Envelopes from 3s ©d per 1000, cash. Law and Com- mercial Tapers. ACCOUNT BOOKS, " ACCOUNT BOOKS. Variona sizes and Binding, Memorandum, Pocket and Counter Books, Pianos, Albums, Photo Frames. ELECTROPLATED, GLASS AND CHINAWARE FANCY GOODS In great variety. All at Lowest Cash Prices. I have made arrangements to procure any Books, Magazines or other lines re* quired, from London, America, Melbourne, and elsewhere, at the {shortest possible notice* H, M. JONES. BHEAEMAN BROS., TT7E have Just Landed for the Coming Season a large consignment of— Double Refined Kerosene which burns far Longer and produoes a more Brilliant Light than any Oil m the market, as well as being Absolutely Safe. Also— 100 BOXES OGSTON'S BALMORAL SPERM CANDLES. These Candles are English Manufacture and are too well known to need any comment they do Not Smoulder when extinguished like the majority of Candles. Preserving? Sugrnr. Preserving 3u*rar. AND MASON'S" PRESERVING . SUGAR AT VERY LOW PRICES. 4wiing. Gnn§. 4* tins. POWDER, SHOT, CAPS, CARTRIDGES, Etc., and all other Sportemen'e Requisites at Wonderfully Reduced rates. Anyone m Want of a Firsl-olaes GUN, at a Low Figure, should inspect Our stock before purchasing elsewhere. Goods delivered daily Orders by Post despatched with punctuality. CHEAPEST HOUSE m Ashburton for GROCERIES, CROCKERY & HARDWARE SATISFACTION IS OUR MOTTO. SHEARMAST BROS., MARKET HOUSE- Telephone 53 MONSTROUS CLEARING BOOT SALE AT Mellor's ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE FOR ONE MONTH before Stock-taking. We have Reduced m price every pair of Boots and Shoes. In this Great Boot Sale we onenlv defy competition. We Lead, Others follow. J Note Our Prices — Men s Strong Leather Derby Shoes 8s 9d j Men's Good Bluchers 4a lid Ladies Pretty Shoes, tan or black, 6a 6d | Ladies' Glaze Kid Shoes 8a 6d MensEasy Waltzing Shoes 7a | Ladies' Strap Shoes from 4s 9d Children's Strap Shoes Is 9d | Boots and Shoes from 1b 9d to 27s 6d Koll up m Thousands. Look at Our Windows and Doors for Bargains Country orders promptly sent to any address. . NOTE ADDRESS— I J. IELLOE, ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. I Building Extraordinary. Timber. Timber. Timber. Fencing Materials. Fencing Materials 500,000 feet of Timber, Must be Sold. 25 tons Galvanised Roofing Iron. I 10 tone No 8 Fencing Wire I 7£ tons No 9 Fencing Wire. I 3 tons No 10 Fencing -Wire. , I 8 tons Galvanised Barb Wire. I 5000 yards Galvanised Wire Netting. I ALL bought previous to rise m, prices m the Home Markets. I We bave decided to give our Clients the benefit of the purchase I EARLY APPLICATION NECESSARY. I W. H. COLLINS & CO. IRONMONGERS, TIMBER ANDfOOAL MERCHANTS



ALFRED CURTIS, /I.RAIN BROKER AND COM- VX MISSION AGENT, ARCADE. Agent for Northern Insurance Company 1 66 W. Bowman Fox, A CCOUNTANT & GENERAL AGENT LOANS NEGOTIATED. Agent — Royal Exchange Assurance Co., Jeye's Sheep Dip and Dis- infectants, Tea. THE ARCADE. TO FARMERS, SHEEPOWNERB& OTHERS T HAVE much pleasure m informing •*• my Farming Friends, that owing to the demands of my ever-increasing busi- ness, I AM COMPELLED TO HAVE A RESIDENT AUCTIONEER, And to fill this position, MR DAVID ZANDER, Who has been attending tho sales for some years now, and haß a thorough knowledge of all kinds of stock, HAS STARTED AS AUCTIONEER, and will REPRESENT MB AT THE YARDS aDd CONDUCT ANY CLEARING SALES entrusted to hire. I only ask for a FAIR PATRONAGE, and having been m the district for many years, my interests are identical with those of the farmers and others who patronise mo. ACCOUNT^ SALES *ViJl be rendered promptly as heretofore. LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES Will be made against Stock of any description AT LOWEST RATES. HENRY ZANDER, General Merchant. DAVID ZANDER, _ ___^ Auctioneer. M. It KKSTELI,, / l ENERAL AGENT AND GRAIN 1 J BROKER, Burnett Street. AGENCIES : "Walter A. Wood Company Farmers' Favorite Seed & Manure Drill Alliance Assurance Co. (Fire & Marine*) i -Colonial Mutual Life Assuranoe Society, i Limited ";' " Climax " Sheep Dip 15 .Specta tor Newspaper . J>eiective Sheep Ear Marker Accident Insurances effected. Thi eshing and Trade Accounts made up and Debts collected. TEA. TEA. TEA. Mew 1 Supplies of Jameßon and Anderson's Indi 'an & Ceylon Teas (Palm & Joko) just to hand. Spec, ial Reductions to Cash customers Wheaf, Oats, Chaff and Farm Produce Bft>u ght and Sold on Commission A foi ' Sacks POTATOES on hand :b. b. restell, Burn :6tr< Street, opposite Orange Hall __ 2154 IWiGJ iTX-FIVE POUNDS REWARD TITE*. THE UNDERSIGNED, hav- ing for* several yeaw now, suffered j from having Castings and Extras jßemo ,vied and Stolen from New and , Seco " *«3-hand Machinery m our possession here k& offer a REWARD of £25 for such tafc 4Kb iatlon as will lead to the conviction of «Bfy offender, • D. THOMAS, per A. F. I FBIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd, \ per Hugo Friedlander, ;: Managing Director 1 JOHN ORR & CO. 1 86 LAZi VRUS'S SIGHT TESTINGAND »1 7ECIALITB SPECTACLES. Sole s *3ent for Ashbnrton Diatrlob, !s. s A L E K - JEWELLER, »ABT STREET, ASHBURTON. T AZAB US Patented System ensures JLi cozafi ort and correct) sight. Dont spoil yo»r eyes by using badly fitting SpeotHoles, 5



GREAT SALVAGE SALE EVEEY DAY 10 O'CLOCK £20,000 AT UNDER COST. I G. L. BEATH & CO. *" m s>& tlatlr



AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT dOOIETY New Zealand Branch Head Offloe, Castomhonse-qnay, Wellington! ' Local Board of Directors : Ihe Hon Morgan & Grace, MJ),, CM.Q., M Ji.O. (Chairman) tho Hon Charles J. Johnston, H Ji.Ok (Deputy Chairman) Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq TheHon Bdward Biohardson, O.M.G* M.LtL John Duncan, Eaq Medical Officer : : Dr Ql B. Alison, M,D., M.8.0.5. (England) rfiHE OLDEST, WEALTHIEST, X AND MOST PROSPEROUS AUBTRAIIAN LIFJB OFFICE, A.ND THS LARGEST IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The only Colonial Life Office which declares a BONUS EVERY YEAH lte Method of Valuation adopted by this Society Is of the most Stringent Character, and ensures a Consi detably Larger Reserve to meet Liabilities than th» held by any other office In the Australasian Colonist . I OOUMULATED FUND EXCEEDS £12,000,000 (Twelve Millions) sterling ANNUAL INCOME. £2,000,000. (Two Million Sterling) POLICIES IN FORCE «. 119,53fl Sum Assured £89,888.07J Cash Bonuses Divided .. .. £5,883,413 n»n»? O1 !H« SforOl £ Eyear ' im » **<8,790, yielding CASH iteTeralonary Bonuses amounting to £010,000 AOCT a£ermaking SPECIAL RESERVES. CASH BpOTSSB declared lor last FIVE years, over ASSUBE YOUR LIFE m tbe A. M. P. SOCIETY and aeonra a BONUS EVERY YEAR. Expenses bf Management 8? per cent on he total income FDWARD I,OW, _ , Resident Secretary. Branch Offioe — Cußton House Quay, Wellingtou Christohurch District Offiae i Cathedral Square. JAMES HAIR, H ZA N DBR? triCtSeCretary Local Broker, Ashburtor* — .j E. W. HANMER. j U AVING at last made ihe necessary f « I arrangements to occupy tbu I premises lately occupied by t MBSSMS MILES AND CO., | Limited, ' f without the chance of being asked to ' clear out at any moment, I have much ; pleasure m informing OLD CLIENTS who have dene their business to a great ' extent on the S3 premises, and the Public generally, that 1 intend to keep ia stock ALL KINDS OP GUODS WHICH ARE ItEQUIRED ON FARMS, LARGE OR SMALL, SUCH AS Fencing Wire, Barbed Wire, Sheep Netting, with centre strand, Binder Twine, Cornsacks, Woolpacks, Seaming Twine, Branding Oils m Blue, JSed, & Black, Plour, Sharps, Bran, Fine fc-alt, j Coarse Salt, Rock Fait, English Fuperphosphates, Bone. Dust, all kinds of Agricultural! Seeds, the germination of. whfefe is tried before being offered for Sale TEA, SUGAR, Eto. I I ih&ll hold Auction Sales of STOCK * »nd SHEEPSKINS at the usual times ! as heretofore, and I shall be a Cash Buyer of all sorts of GRAIN and GRASS SEJfI-DS during the coming season. I As I have pitched my camp m Ashburton, I hope to receive a share of tho business going. f. w. JTanmer. West Street, December 17, 1895. l'EciAL • BgMKBJy Spboial v Appointment. fU^KSM Appointment. Patronised by Lady Glasgow. A. EOBERTSOK & CO., i>YEES AND CLEANERS, CHRrSTCHURCH, ' R Ea -f tO * a " nounce fc ° the Tnhabiranta ; ALCOEN, of Havelnck street, has kindly VnT* f°/ Ct "v L helr L °^l -Agent an^ all Orders left with her will be Aompt i attended to. v w Awarded Silver and Bronzo Meda& and jyirat-class Exhibition Certificates^ HeUon, Danedin, Sydney and Melbourne Branches m Nelson, Wellington and Chnstchurch. 2 142 W'ABTJKD Known -Sp^adel."^ Protectors, Gogglos, Folders, and everything In the optic» line at S Sajucks. Optician *| Frapant and Comforting—New V<n»t



gBAIVDER & Sons Eucalypti JBxtrac* There axe imitations of Euoalyptic Extract m tbe market now, products of simple distillation forming rude resinous oils. In order that these crude 1 oils may not be taken, Ova Purh Volatile Eucalypti Extract,- whioh is recognised by the medical division of ih« Prussian Government to be of per- foctly pure origin, as their information forwarded to bs through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2, 1878 we state; — Is proved by tests by the Medical Clinici of the Universities at Bonn and OriefswalH, Prussia, and eported by Dr Scliulz, Professor of Parmncology, at Bon, and Professor Dr Moßler, Director of the Medical Clinic at Grcifswald, that only products that Are saturated with oxygen and freed of adds, resinous and other substances, adherent to primary distillation, will develops the sanative qualities proper to the plant according to these authorities, and according to Pro- fessor Dr Lister of England, and to Drs Bauer Mclntlro, Wood, Hazard, etc., of America, ii the only extract corresponding to scientific tests, and the enly on which possesses tho proper therapeutio valie. Sander & Son's Eucalypti Extract All other crude oils are to be classed among the turpentines, which have, when used as medloine, no therapeutic effect and are abandoned as an interna medicament. These so called Eucalypti Extracts which may have received distinction at Exhibitions as ommeroiai articles are used for mechanical pur- oses are only discernible :— By thelr.defldency In pungent odour (which out product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extracts de- velopes most freely through its surplus of oxygen) By their alcoholic thin and mobile appearance, being rocuced m specific density through the presence of adds By their taste, the result of th contracting ten dency of resins and tennates. if these crude oils, so called eucalypti extracts are applied by mistake m cases o croup, bronchitis, diph theria, internal infammations, dysentery, wounds, th- consequences arc appalling For safety always ask Co Sander and son's £ucat;ypti Extbagt and ge the old, well-tested <wl reliable preparation.— Sand hurst, Victoria, Australia SANDER AND SONS'



RAILWAY TIME TABLE. Trains leave Ashburton JFOR THE NORTH every day at 7.20 a.m., 3.40 p.m., aad 7.5 p.m. (express). On Mondays, Wed- nesdays, and Fridays, an extra train leaves at 11.0 a.m. Trains arrive from the North every day at 10.45 a.m., 12.43 noon (express) and 8 0 p.m. Trains leave Ashburfon FOR THE SOUTH every day at 10.55 a.m., and 12 53 noon (express). On Tuesdays, Thursdays, aud Saturdays a train leaves at 3.50 p.m. A train leave 3 for Mount Somers branch line every day -at 4.25 p.m. The brauoh j train arrives m Ashburton at 9.45 a.m. | Trains leave Fakaia for Methven daily I (Thursdays excepterl) at 7.5 p.m., on Tuesdays at 10 10 a.m , and on J Thursdays at 12.20 noon. Trains leavs j Methven at the following times respectively i —6.50 every day, except Fridays ; 10.30 i Fridays ; 3.10 p.m. Tuesdays. I rmz-asfammmmanmtmmmmaimi^Liammmrammmnmmmfmm ! Fon Indigestion, the best remedy is un doubtedly Norton's Camomile Pills. They can confidently be recommended as boing mild m operation and absolutely free from injurious drags. Acting at once as a splen- did tonic and a gentle aperient. For nearly 100 years they have proved u:.equalle<* for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, sick Headache and . for Liver and Stomach complaints. Sold m bottles Is ljd, 2* 9d, and ils, by all Medi- cine Vendors throughout; tho world. A Andrew Orr's GREAT SALE OF Drapery, Clot fling and Boots, ; WJJ'k ( \^* WILL CONTINUE I V§ 00KTINU1 ONE I I So ONE W3SEK / fVf H" \ \ WEEK ONLY. h V\\l / xv ONLy ' AWDBEW OBfi.