Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1896.

In a recent issue under Oable News we published a paragraph headed "Riverina," setting forth how the squatters m New South Wales are "allowing farmers to transform the sheep runs into wheat fields m con sideration of their receiving half the proceeds of the crop m return for the use of the land and supplying seed." This recalls a system which prevailed m the Argentine Republic tome twenty years ago, and doubtless still prevails, by which the owner of lands and flocks and herds, or either one, allowed the agriculturist or pastoralist to utilise his possessions on condition of his paying him back m kind. The terms of any such agreement must of course be left to the parties concerned, and it is needless to say that the character and capabilities of the lessee, as we may call him, should be a first consideration m every case, but especi ally where the consideration to be paid is a percentage of the increase of the stock, as m the case of sheep and cattle. If runholders would let suit able areas of land for cropping for a fixed period on terms, supplying seed if required, it should, given an average season, prove profitable for both parties. In like manner stock might be given on terms, to be depastured either on the owner's land or on Government or. other leasehold pro perty. In the first case the owner would grant a suitable area of grazing land on lease. This system would enable the small capitalist to enter on the land under more favourable con ditions than he does at present. Having arranged for his stock, he oould take up a suitable area of land either for sheep or cattle, and start fair without the burden of lien, or interest accruing, confidently looking forward to a return after the first season out of the increase of the cattle or sheep entrusted to him, over which it would* clearly be to his interest to exercise the greatest care to ensure as far as possible a good return ; the division agreed upon to be made at branding or shearing time, when the owner or his representative would be m attendance, and each would receive his percentage of the calves or lambs. The original stock would of course always be the property of the lessor, who could at any reasonable time and by giving due notice demand a muster, and have power to confiscate the whole of the parent stock, and call for a division of the increase (if any) prior to the expiry of the time, on showing that there had been calpable negligence or wilful misappropriation causing deterioration or loss of the animals entrusted to the lessee, who would be held responsible for such loss. The leases would m all cases be bound to produce the skins of any animals dying on his hands, or give other satisfactory- evidence to account for them. This is as we have said — no new idea, and prevails as we hear m Australia, but we have not heard of it being practised m New Zealand, where perhaps ia these days of antagonism to large holders of property, it is worthy of some attention, and might be the means of converting the much abused squatter into a national benefactor.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The raisin crop at Mildara Is estimated to return £15,000. Queensland sugar experts anticipate "a good season this year. There are 22 cases of typhoid fever m the Wellington Hospital. The Chinese are m possession of all the fruit shops m Greymouth, with one ex ception. The total expenditure of the Works De* partmenb for the past nine months amounted to £1,499,753. The Ashburton Drapery Company have a change of advertisement m this issue giving special prices for many lines. There is a boom m the marriage market m Timaru. From the Ist April to the 21st thirty-three marriage certificates were issued. Mr W. G. Murray was a passenger for Sydney by the Mararoa. He takes a holiday of some weeks for the benefit of bis health. Mrs Crsnmer, licensee of the Criterion Hotel at Bulls, has been fined £1 for allowing a game of billiards to be played m the hotel after hoars. Daring the recent Bitting of Parliament cumbers of members were affeoed with troublesome oougbs and colds. That largely advertised medicine, Woods' Great Pepper mint Cure, was the popular remedy. It was not an unusual thing to see a bottle passed around at the House, it was so effective. It i is sold everywhere, at 1b 6 j sod 38 Qdi \

The Lyttelton Hatbour Board yesterday, for the purposes of charges, deoided that twenty* five sacks of oat sheaf chaff should be the number to a ton. It cost bhe Nelson City Council £23 to recover £29 water rates from the College Governors. This ia independent of the law costs incurred by the latter. Two members of a Sydney larrikin * push ' were convicted cf assault oh a man the other day and sentenced — one to five years and the other to one year's imprison ment, with hard labor. The Victorian Minister for Education is to have statistics prepared showing the exact condition of pupil teachers, so that young people may enter the department with their eyes open, and with no ialse hopes of improbable promotion. Mesaro Lawrie and Go's new advertiae ment appears m this issue, m which they announce thao they are opening out an entirely new stock of winter goods, their flmnelettes especially being a special novelty. Ministers, says the Wellington Post, have decided that, pending legislation placing Clubs under control, no new charters shall be granted. This reply iB to be sent m answer to the application for a charter mada by the Fellding Club. With a viev to makirg known the character of the wotk done aboard the training ship Sobraon, the New South Wales Department of Education has of late been arranging for parties of teachers ; from the public schools to vibic and inspect the vessel. The Directors of the Wellingten Exhibi tion are endeavouring to hold a band, contest m connection with it, and are negotiating with the Executive of the Brass Bands Association to hold the annual contest m Wellington this year Instead of Dunedin. Tbeßevs J. Gibb, W. Will, J. Chis holm, M. Finlayson, and A. Cameron will come to Christchurch next week to meet a similar number of delegates from the Northern Church to draft, if possible, a scheme of union of the Presbyterian Churches, to be afterwards submitted to the Assembly and the Synod. The Toieri Advocate ia responsible for the following :-* We understand that a nice little squabble is proceeding m a certain Government department? m Dunedin, and that the 'result of the bickering will be that an enquiry will be held as to the truthfulness or otherwise of the allegations made against the chief by a subordinate. Mr Beatty-Kingston, who formed part of the staff of the late Shah of Persia when he visited England, writes to CasseH's Saturday Journal : • I brought him from Moscow to London, and although as a recogni ion of my services he gave me a big turquoise hammered ring which he took from his finger, I condemn him as the vilest of barbarians.' At a meeting attended by a number of representatives of the religious bodieß and schools of Wellington, on Thursday, It was resolved to take immediate .steps to organise opposition to the proposed introduction of the Irish Scripture Text Book Into the State schools, or any other interference with the present educational system. A public meeting is to be con vened. A resident of a township not far from Masterton made an extraordinary wagar. He bet a friend a level £5 that he would ask six persons the same question at different times and receive the same answer from all. The wager was booked, and the betting man went forth. The question he asked of each man was this : * Did you hear thac Smith had filed 1 ' The answer came from one and all * Which Smith ? ' The wager was won.— titar. At the last meeting of the Southland Education Board, Mr J. W. Bain said thai; too many teachers were being trained and he quoted the state of affairs m Otago m proof thereof. He thought instead oi appointing so many pupil teachers the pupils m the seventh standard, which was an extra one, oaght to be employed occasionally m assisting teachers without any prospecb being held out of their beiijg ul imately engaged as pupil teachers. Miss McKenzie, of Sandon, is a young lady of nerve, as shown by the fact that at Mangaonoho aha crossed the wire ovet the Rangltikel river, to and frcm Mi McGregor's mill, on which all the timbei is brought over. The wire is about a quarter of a mile long, and is nearly 309 ft above the river, and the mode of convey ance was by a single plank swung by pullyes on the wire, and worked by an engine with an endless wire. As the lady left the mill, tied on with tope and chain, she was loudly cheered. The announcement made some time ago that the police force was to he increased, has caused quite a throng of applications to the Department for employment, and these are usually backed by exhaustive recommendations and testimonials. The Hon. T. Thompson, Minister of Justice, telegraphed to a gentleman m Auckland, who had forwarded an application to him on behalf of a person seeking employ ment m the police force. He says: — ' Have taken on every man required to augment the police force. No chance whatever* At present have applications from all parts of the colony, and they are very numerous. I would be glad if you would make this publicly known.' A Press Association telegram states that it is believed that, on the strength of a legai opinion, all the holders of bottle licenses m Dunedin intend to apply for renewals at the next meeting of the Licensing Committees, and If the interpre tation placed on the Act is correct the Bench appears to have no option but to grant them. The Act provides that no 'new' bottle, licenses shall be granted, and adds that all * such ' licenses m force shall continue till the 30th of June next ensuing. The legal opinion is to the effect that * new ' refers to those granted since the 1881 Act came into force, bofc that those m existence before come under sub-section 6 of section 12, Act 1893, and that holders have the right of renewal unless their licenses have been endorsed. Several of our contemporaries pub lished recently a very choice collection, of * bulls,' Irish and other, but we have seldom seen a better than occurs In a letter signed ( Henpecked ' which appeared m Thursday's Lyttelton Times. The writer iB descanting on the probable ill effects of the preponderance of the female, sex m Christchurch and perpetrates the following:— * I do not. however, quite follow you m your suggested purchase of numerous Cheviots as a correction of this particular evil, and would rather proceed on the lines of enacting that at least half of the factory girls employed here should be male.* The italics are our own. At the Timaru amateur athletic sports yesterday tho Ashburton contingent scored highly. Speaking of their performances the Timaru Herald says : — The most exciting race m the handicaps was the 440 flat race, Thiele looking such an all over winner at the turn that bis Aehburton companions lustily shouted their song of victory. It was premature, however, for Stone coming with a tremendous la*:e run just beat Thiele on the tape. The Ashburton contingent did well yesterday, though fortune did not smile on them m this race, Shearman winning the 150 yds, 120 yds, and 250 yds ; and Tucker the two mile wa^k Broad was third m the two-mite handicap, and Todd won the consolation 100, with Thiele I a close second. Wright's Celebrated Family Brand Coffee is the beat m the market ; try it ; sold everywhere. I You try Me New Venus Tobacco,

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Age. cy Company, limited, Christchurch, has received the following London cable, dated May 5 : — Wool — Since the close of last sales greasy, washed and scoured merino, medium and inferior, are £d to Id per lb lower. Scoured merino super, tine washed and scoured crossbreds, medium greasy crossbred, medium washed and scoured crossbred, greasy me mo lambs super, greasy merino lambs (medium and inferior), and slipe have declined per lb. Washed merino super I and fine greaßy crossbred are Id per lb lower. Greasy crossbred lambs are £d per lb lower. Crossbred — market easier. Competition by both Home and foreign buyers is active except for wools of a faulty character, which are neglected. There is no American de mand. Up to date 69,000 bales have boon sold, and the total quantity withdrawn ie 9000 bales. I London, May 7 At the wool sales medium merinos sold from par to 5 per cent below March rates, faulty sorts from 7£ to 10 per cent, greasy crosßbreds 5 per cent, coarse from par to 5 per cent. Jacombßon and Co. report that the decline is probably due to parohases m the colonies being below London, and also to bad trade m America. - —-I. .. . -__, . .1.. IH I

CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN AND PRO DUCE MARKET.

The Lyttelton Times of to-day reports : — Although Thursday is usually looked upon as an off-day m the grain trade a fair amount of business was done yesterday, both, m wheat and oats, and there is now good inquiry for parcels to fill up the sailing craft at present loading for Sydney. As wheat is now only held m small quantities owners are getting more firm m their demands. Several lines of Canadian milling oats changed hands at 2a Id to 2s ljd at Christchuroh, and most of them will be treated locally. The following are current prices : — Wheat.— Pearl (prime milling), 3s 3d to 3a 4d ; millers' mixed lines, 3s 2d to 33 4d ; Tuscan, 3s 3d to 3s 3£d ; Hunter's, 3s 2d to 3s 3d ; good seconds, 2s 8d to 2s lOd. Oats.— Prime milling, 2s to 2s 2d j short feed, to 2s ; Duns and Danish 2s. Uakley.— Malting, prime 3a 6d to 4s; medium do, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; second quality, 2s 6d to 3s ; feed, 2s 3d. Beaks.— Well saved 2s 3d; ticks, 2s 4d to 2s 6d. Peas.— Blue Prussians 3s 6d to 3s 9d ; others, 3s to 3s Id. Oatsheaf Chaff. — 47s 6d at handy country stations. Onions. — £7 10s at country stations. Potatoes.— Derwents 32s 6d to 35s at country stations. Gb ass Seed. — Ryegrass, farmers' lots 2s to 2s 9J, machine-dressed to 3s 9d, heavy , weight 4s.' Cocksfoot 2gd to 3£d, town machine-dressed 4d to 4|d, extra to 4id. Dairy Produce. —Cheese 3|d to 4d, loai 4d to 4£d. Butter— Factory lOd, dairy 8d to 9d, salt 6d to 7d. Bacon and hams 6d. The above prices are paid to farmers f.o.b. Lyttelton, except where otherwise stated.

A SHBURTON MARKETS.

Mr Henry Zander (Mr David Zander, ■ auctioneer), reports on the live stock market for week ending May 6 : — The usual weekly ' sale was held at the Tinwald yards on Tues' day last. 11.020 sheep, 33 cattle, 53 pigs, and 3 rams were yarded. The bulk of the • sheep which came forward were of a better class than of late, the chief entry being i turnip sheep* For most of the lines answer i ing this description the demand was good, i but for anything like backward conditioned Bheep the bidding was slow* Store lamb: , were a little easier, but good crossbred ewei , m lamb were m better demand, and sold a1 ' thsir full value. My entry for tho day con sisted of 1752 sheep, 3 rams, and 8 pigs, o: which I sold the following lots : — 5 two-toot 1 fat crossbred ewes 9a lOd, 30 fat merim I ewes 4s 6d, 30 at 4s 3d, 6 four-tooth fal I wethers 14a 3d, 38 two-tooth 103 6d, 11 fal 1 lambs 11s, 20 merino ewes 4s. Store sheet ' —17 cull lambs 3s 6d, 70 crossbred lambs 6: ' 4d, 200 forward two-tooth wethers Us 6d, : 83 crossbred lambs 93 Id, 106 half bred 1 lambs 7s 3d, 210 sound-mouth crossbred ewei ! (m lamb) 9s, 374 two-tooth ewes and wet hen 1 7s 4d, 150 merino ewes (m lamb) 53, 245 : two-tooth crossbred wethers 9a 6d, 15< ; crossbred ewes and wethers Bs, 2 rams £1 Is In pigs I sold S porkers at 15s sd. *

ROAD BOARDS.

■j UPPER ASHBURTON DISTRICT.

k The annual meeting of ratepayers of thi 5 Upper Ashburton Road District; was. held - last Saturday at noon. Present —Thi ' members of the Board, and a number oi 1 ratepayers. Tbe Chairman of the Board (Mr D I McLean) presided* ANNUAL REPORT AND BALANCE SHEET. , The annual report was read and adopted. 1 The balance sheet was also read, but , not laid officially before tbe meeting, a« 1 It had not yet been audited. It showec , a total expenditure, for the year ending March 31 last, of £1369 12s lid (aom< £317 9a 6d more than the previous year. Out of this amount can be taken £18? . 14h 8d spent beneficially to third anc deferred payment sections. On new roadi , had been spent £278 16a— some £202 13s 1 Id more than lasb year. On repairs, 1 shingling, bridges, etc., £369 9$ 3d. Oc : material and plant, and abating tho emalJ birds' nuisance, £212 19s 7d. On main tenanoe, salary, printing, advertising, stationery, postages, rent of office, interesl on overdraft, etc., £324 13s sd. The overdraft on March 31 last was £233 10 --\ 6d— some £344 11s 4i less than on March 31 of last year. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and also to the Board for their able and satisfactory management of the district's affairs during the past year. The meeting then adjourned.

The Fruit Conference.

Wellington, May 8 At the Fruit; Conference this morning several papers were read on the subject of spraying froib trees. The writers dwelt on the necestity of orchards being kept clean, and Mr Blackmore, the author of one of ihe papers, advocated the introduc tion of legislation making spraying of in fected orchards compulsory. Some of the Australian delegates left for Sydney by the Mararoa to-dny. The Wellington Horticultural Society has addressed a circular to kindred ■Societys throughout the colony suggest ing the establishment of a museum with a view to assisting m the advancement of agriculture and horticulture, and that Government be asked to initiate the necessary legislation next session.

CABLE NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN

THE MUSWKLL LODGE MURDER. London, May 6 Mitson and Fowler were committed for trial m the Muswell Lodge murder. SUNDAY CLOSING. "May 7. The Sunday Closing Bill was read a second time m the House of Com mons by a majority of eight, but it was a snap division. By the provi sions of this measure public houses m England are to be closed all Sunday, except to lodgers and travellers. DR LTJfcGfGR'S SUCCESSOR. Vienna, May 6 Stoobach, an anti-Semite, is elected Burgomaster of Vienna m place of Dr. Lue^er. A PREFERENTIAL TARIFF. _ _ _ Ottawa. May 7, Sir 0. Tupper, the n%w Premiw of Canada, has issued a manifesto advo cating a preferential tariff between Great Britain and the colonies CABLE TO HAWAII AND JAPAN. Washington, May 7. The Foreign Committee of the Senate has agreed to a subsidy of 160,000 dol per annum for [a cable to Hawaii and Japan. ABYSSINIA. Massowah, May 6. General Baldisera has given orders to evacuate Adigrat. Three hundred wounded will be conveyed to Adicar, the roads to which are open.

AUSTRALIAN.

THE MIRAMS LIBEL ACTION. Mblboubhb, May 7 ' • Mr Mirams obtained a verdict of £5 m his libel suit against the Argus. The question of costs is not decided.

THE SOUTH AFRICAN CRISIS.

' Pebtobia, May 6 The Transvaal Government has •> published extracts from the letter book of Phillips, one of the prisoners. ' Writing to Mr "Werner, his financial i agent m London, m July, 1894, he says Sir Henry Loch stated he would t certainly come if Johannesburg ' possessed 3000 rifles and ammunition. , Much drilling is still going on at i Pretoria. It is reported that Sir Jacobus De Wit, the British agent, is recalled. May 7. ( It is reported that the Executive k were delayed m coming to a decision ' upon the reformers' sentences by General Joubert's insisting upon \ unanimity. r Capetown, May 6 ; Gifford'g Horse met a band of 300 ' Matabeles. Two were killed and the | rest soon beat a retreat. s London, May 6 s The Chartered Company's directors b are considering the propriety of accept j ing Messrs Rhodes and Beit's reaig x nation.

CORRESPONDENCE.

, » 9 I Wo do not hold ourseives responsible for the I ODinions expiessed by our correspondent!:) 1 I

WHEEL TYRES.

2 TO THE EDITOR. 5 Sir, — Now that the grain carting is about ;, over for the year, and the roads and pad docks are cut up by the narrow tyrea m general use for heavy traffic m this diitricfc, it might not be out of place to consider whether an alteration m the direction of increased width would be desirable. The usual width of tyre fer three and four-horse drays, carrying from thirty to thirty-five sacks of wheat, is only three inches. The , weight of thirty-five four-bushel sacks, to * gether with the weight of dray, will total ° about 4 ton Bcwt. To say that this is far * too much to put on one pair of three-inch wheels, unless they are to run on iron rails, . or on an iron road, is only to express the truth ; but, as it is being done, and has been done since tho beginning, the mere [ statement is of small effect, I hope, there fore, to comp&re the above load with that [. usually put on some other wheels. In the i case of threshing machines, the average , loaded weight is about 4J tons. These * machines are carried by four wheels, the * tyres of which are almost invariably six 3 inches broad. It is true the wheels are ) much less m diameter than dray wheels, but 3 mark the difference m the total width of I tyres to weight. Twenty-four inches m the 9 one case, carrying about the same load as s six inches m the other caie. In the case of t traction engines— gross weight ebout eight i tons — of whioh about six tons will be on the I hind wheels ; width of hind wheels, sixteen inches each. Moreover, these wheels are almost always twelve inches larger m > diameter than dray wheels. Here the difference is — two hind wheels of a combined 1 width of thirty-two inches, carrying about J six tons ; about three and a-half times wider i m proportion to load, than m the case of the dray. In reapers and binders the weight is about 14cwt, almost all on one wheel, i which is usually nine inches wide. Grain drills— weight from 10 to. 12cwt ; width of , tyres, 2£ to 3 inches. Railway waggons — weight of waggon, 3 ton scwfc j maximum load, 6 ton lOcwfc— total, 9 ton 15cwt; width of tyre without flange, 3J inches. The following Hat will show the position at a glance : — Combine .. ...  3,75^ g .o Traction engine hind wheels 3*73 *, o«• Reaper and binder ... .„ 1t55 3.^*© Grain drill ... ,„ ;, 20 |S**" B Railway waggon .. _ 13-92 F< fg Common dray «, 14 607 °» g. From the above a Btranger would conclude that the common dray was intended to run on rails, and those of a special hard brand of steel, instead of on ordinary roads. And over stubble land and other soft places, if the horses could speak, what would they say about it? —I am, etc, J. Ksiß.

T&l2 ASMfctfEtfoN (*CAfcDiAfoi FftiDA*, j^lAf 6, 1896,



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Wanted. WAHOO ! THE CURE FOR INDIGESTION. Ashburton Drug Company, Agents 11 108 CREAM Dates— The original maker. Dint be misltd by other makes. H. A. t lower, the old reliable Confec- tioner. Hot Pies, Tea, Ooffoe and Cocoa. 5 25 ___ WANTED Known — 6000 pairs of Boots and Bhoea to pick from. Mellor 8 Great Boot Sale. CIOUGH, Cough, Cough— l am (.till / making my celebrated Cough Drops, Nono genuine unless stamped Flower's Coug*;. -H. A. Flower, Confectioner, Kast street. 5 24 WANTED Xuown— Kveryb dy to roll up to Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale. Now's your time to buy. I AM making Irish Moss Jujubes, in* valuable for cough*, colds, influenza, etc. — H. A. Flower, Confectioner, Fast street. 5 23 WANTED Known— 6ooo pairs of Boots to be cleared m one month. — Mellor's Zeaiandia Boot Store. WANTED Known.— The popular Tea and Coffee Rooms, 131 Lichfield street, Christchurch, late Bundle's. Tea and Coffee Id per cup. Bread and Butter 2d per plate. Ham, Hot Pies, and Pastry, Scones, Buns, etc.— M. Cooke, Proprie- tress. 3 243 Public notices. WAHTEI), TIOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY, 10,000 Sacks PRIME MILLING WHEAT- ROIiIiIfT & CO,, CANTERBURY FLOUR MILLS, ASHBURTON. 5 10 -OPENED UP- Q TRUNKS MEN'S, YOUTHS' AND BOYS' BOOTS AT NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. We have gained the reputation of Keeping a GOOD ARTICLE, and we intend to Retain it. The Goods are all marked m Plain Figures at the VERY LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. 4 Trunks GENTLEMEN'S BALMORALS, Sewn, at prices that will pay yon to in- spect and Bufi TR¥ THE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FAOTOBY FOR YOUR NEXT PAIR OF BOOTS ALEX* HENDRY, Manager. HAVELOOK m STREET, — CASH — GRAIN & PaODUCE STORE I HAVE to express appreciation of the manner m which my numerous Friends and the Public of Ashbartou generally, have m the past extended to me such liberal support, and I take this opportunity of soliciting a continuance of their valued patronage. Amongst other commodities, my stock includes : — FLOUR, BRAN, SHARPS, CHICKWHEAT, BARLEY, OATS, CRUSHED OATS, STRAW & OATSHEAF CHAFF, CAPE BARLEY, GOLDEN TARES, ONIONS, LINSEED, KTC, ETC* POTATOES ! POTATOES ! ! POTATOES ! ! ! POT PLANTS, BULBS, AND FERNS. Customers may depend on receiving prompt attention to orders, and every effort will be made to give both large and small purchasers perfect satisfaction. J". Thomas, P R O DUOE DEALER HAVELOCK STREET. 4 172 PHASES- OF THE MOON. May— Last Quarter ... 5 255 am New Moon . 13 716 am First Quarter ... 20 6 51 pm Full Moon ,„ 27 92« am J



Wanted. 1 ipRESU Oystora, Crayfish, Flounder , 1 Qreper, this evening at Jbwitx's opposite Mail Office. 5 64 \\T ANTED Knoira— Ladies' Glaele I V V Walking Shoes from 5s 9 1, Ladii a ' Morocco Walking Shoes from 4s 9d a? McDonald akd McDiarmid's. 5 68 VXTANTED Known-Prime Pork " " Sausages 41 per lb cash, Brawn, Black Puddings, and other nmall goods To-night at James Taskbb's. Tancred street. 5 66 Tl/ ANTED all those interested m Vv hhorthand to know that the first term commences To-night, 8 p.m., St Stephen's Schoolroom. Gregg's systpm 5 67 (~*\ KKGG'S Shorthand, Tom Bracken's \JC Annual, Is 3d ; posted, Is 4d (Jood selections of Historical and Bio- graphical publicutiona, 2j each, 4 for 6d. Hong Books, Reciters, cheap editions. Young Ladies' Journal for May, Wsldon's Journal, New Book*. — H. M. Jones. V>OTATOES. Potatoes. -Prime Der. j JL went Potatoes 4* Jid per bag ; two bags for 9s 6d. Delivered anywhere within the Belt). — Fletchsb Bros. ED CHAFF. Bed Uhaff. 9d per bag delivered. Sharps, Bran, Flour, &c, at equally low rates. — Fletcher Bros. Vy ANTED, by the 27th lnst, a Strong * ™ General Servant ; references re- quired. Apply, Mrs E. W. Banmbr, Tanored street. . 5 61 "TT7 ANTED known— Mdrepork Bacon. VV Wholesale and Retail. —A. Lawbib & Co., Saundere.' Buildings. 5 58 MR DAVID THOMAS has For Sate, by private treaty, Mrs Qoinn's House, corner of Havelook and Grigg Street. 5 38 SHOOTING SEASON, 1896— Boy your Guns, Ammunition, Etc., at J. W. Hardley's. 3 79 Q.UNS ON HIRE; also Guns thoroughly Repaired, Please forward early to avoid the rosh.^J . W. Hardlby. 380 YSTERS, Wild Kabbits, Groper, Llnsf, Mokl, Rock Cod, Blue Cod, Smoked Warehou, at Sutherland's, Tancred Street. "POTATOES— Just arrived a splendid •*- lot of Derwents j large sacks, prime quality j to be Fold cheap — Carson & Co. VyANTED Known— Large delivery of * " the 'Economic' Kid Glove?, four buttons, Is 9d per pair, worth much more. — W H. Collier. READ THIS-Sixpenny Books at 3d, Shilling Bncki at 4d, Eighteen Penny Books at 93, Half a-orown Books at Is, Envelopes from 3s 9d per 1000, or 260 for 1% Boxes of Note Paper and envelopes from 4Ad, Shilling packets of Note Paper at Bd, Two-shilling Packets for Is 3 1— at L. F. Andrewes and Co's Great bale. 6 46 ANTED Known — That Smith Mackwbll makes, repairs, and re-covers Umbrellas and Parasols at Lower East Street, Ashburton. No persons employed to canvass or collect Umbrellas at the door. 4 144 WANTED Known—Monster Clear- ing Boot Sale at Mellob ' Zealan- dia Boot-, Store. TTr ANTED KNOWN.— Mrs Huffam. having taken the prtmises lately occupied by Mr G. Neill, intends to open same as Lidies' Dining and Refresh- ment Rooms, where visitors will find a long felt want supplied. Meals at all hours. A few boarders will find all the comforts of a home. 4 196 ANTED Known- ILots and Shoes from Is 31 to 27s 6d Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale. /COMFORTABLE Board and Lodging \y with every home comfort, 16a per week; meals at all hours, Is; beds, Is. Tea and Coffee alwayß ready, 2d per cup. Truckle's Coffee Palace "(late .Lyttelton Boardinghouse) Cameron street, At-hbor ton. 3 23 V jTTANTEP Known— A Magnificent VV Display of Ladies' Jackets m all the Newest Styles, just landed and now on view. See window.— Mitchell and Turner. WANTED Known— Ladies Shoes tan or black, 69 6d. — Mbllor' Cheap Boot Sale. GREAT SALE NOW ON at L. F. ANDREWES & Co. £30:0 worth of Books, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Toys, Music, &c, to be sold this month regard* lens of cost. Sale now on at L. F. Andbewes & Co, Stationers' Hall. 425 \ £T ANTED Known— lf you miss the VV Chetp Boot Sale you will be sorry. — Mellor's, Tancred Street. WHEN you are m Christchurch don't fail to go to Warne's, Cashel street, for Fish or Oyster Lunch, Tea or Sapper. — Joseph Taylor and Co.» Proprietors. 3 4 WANTEDKnown— 9o loThbCorker for Newest Styles m Drapery and Millinery— W. H. Collier. OWN Make m Ladies and Children^ Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina- fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, Muslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs Alcorns new shop, Baker's Buildings. " il/ANTED Known— Onr Season's VV Dresses m all the New Colonial Tweeds and Choice Home Materials now opened. An inspection invited.— Mitchell and Turner VITANTED Known— Having bought * » our Winter Supply of Blankets and Flannels before the great advance m prices we intend giving our friends full benefit of same.— Mitohell and Turner TI7ANTF.D Known— so pairs Ladies YV and Girls' Leather Top and Canvas Tennis Shoes, at half nsual price, for two weeks only. — Andrew Orr 10136 U'ANHI) Known— The 'Ewnom'c Kd Glove, ffiir button?, Is 9 per pair, ia the. Glovo for everyday wear — W. H. COI.LIKR. HOLIDAY Suits — A Mcc Kaiapot Suit for 27s 6d, Boys' Kntcker and Cambridge Suits from 7s 6d, Men's SultH to Measure from 45a, Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed at R. Alcorn's WANTED Known — Bargains from floor to ceiling. — Mello •'s Stoik aklng Boot Sale. COUGH NO MORE— The Original and only Genuine Paregoric Jubes, as sold by me last Winter. Try them. — H.Diggle, the np to date Confectioner, East Street. 4 215 WANTED Known— That E. Mahood ia still Belling all kinds of Grocery, Crockery, and Glassware at as reasonable a price as »ny other house m the trade Orders by letter or Telephone promptly attended to Families waited on daily. Telephone No 76.



■■ ii ■'B"'~Mfniifciii-ii -»irir' ■■•■•'~MW-y-' : -."Vi*'» ■ "fTi ii-ir' rli'i ' *-" '*"'"""-.. 1. •"•- --■■- **— — ' '■ "1 7 '■ ' _ Business Notices. G. J. NEILL TTAB OPENED UP AN ENTIRELY NEW STOCK OF ■>r,ipei\y, Clothing:, and Boots. New Dress Goods, double width, Hid yard *AU Wool Flannel 9£d Double Bed Twill Sheeting, m white and unbleached, iHd NEW GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. NO OLD STOCK. CLOTHING. CLOTHING. Men's and Boys' Suits of every description at the very Lowest possible price. Hats, Caps, Collars and Ties. BOOTS. BOOTS. Men's Nail Shooters 7s lid Boys 1 Boots, Ladies' Boots and Shoes 0! every description. ■- ■ ;o;--- Cr. #. ITEIIiIj, Friedlander's Comer, East Street. — FOR — WEDDING PRESENTS, WEDDING PRESENTS. Pay a Visit to the JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT OP S. BALEK, EAST STREET 1 , ASHBURTON. Tl/ HERE U to be seen the Largest and Finest Stock of JEWELLERY, and SILVFIt PLATED WARE m our district. SOME VERY SUITABLE ARTICLES :■ FOR WEDDING PRESENTS AT REASONABLE PRIOBS. SOMETHING WOKTH GROWING. NEW STRAWBERKY " LAXTON'S NOBLE." nnHtß new Strawberry has established itself iv the Home market as the Very X Best Strawberry under cultivation. The fruit is large, firm, and handsome, the brght crimson scarlet berries weighing as high as 2oz each, while the flavor is' rich and vinous. Besides these recommendatione, " THfi NOBLE "is one of the earliest iruitiDg strawberrif s, and we have no hesitation m saying that it is undoubtedly thk Strawberry for growers of this favourite fruit. The following is extracted fron%«he Otago Witness of January 2, 1896 : " New Strawberry : " Laxton's Noble " — . . This strawberry excels both m size, flavour and appearance, anything we have had m New Zealand before. . . Borne of these fine berries were sent by the Countess of Pembroke to the Emperor of Germany, each berry being about the size of an apple. They were said to be larger than had ever been seen before. The fruit arrived m ex- cellent condition, not a berry being crushed, speaking well both for the packing and the travelling qualities of the berries. On the avenge the berries weighed 2oz each. They were not big, ugly fruit, but were full and handsome. . , " Laxton's Noble " Strawberry com«s early into bearing, and is a very hsavy be»rer, tnd it should be very serviceable for any cottager with small garden space or for market gardener?, «s it is a splendid grower and a heavy cropper, coming early into frait. Mr Bonnet has on young plants, laid m the spring, eight to ten largo berries, averaging, say, 2cz each. Tiiey are fine handsome berries, and of good travelling qualitie?." . .  As Stock is limited, we recommend Ordering Early for delivery early m May Strong Well-rooted Plants, 6s per Dozen; 40s per 100. Authorised Sole Agents for Ashburton and Christchurch for — NIMMO & BLAIR, SEED MERCHANTS AND SEED GROWERS, DUNEDIN. Kerosene. Kerosene, Kerosene* 100 Cases, 100 Cases. We have m stock and to arrive 100 cases ' Evening Star' Kerosene, 150 degrees fire test. This oil is, without doubt, one of the Safest and Best light-giving oils m the market. Cream of .'rartrai Cream of Tartar 11201bs. 11201bs. We have just received half a ton of Pure Cream of Tartar ground specially for us from the crystals. This Cream of Tartar is guaranteed Pure, and is the Strongest and Best procurable, and having bought it before the rise m the Home market, we are enabled to sell at a Lower Price than any other storekeeper m the town. coffee. Coffee. Coffee. We are giving special attention to onr Coffee). The Coffee Beans are Selected with the greatest care and freshly roasted and ground on our premises by the most approved machinery. We can recommend it with the greatest of confidence as Superior to any other Coffee m the market. Give it a trial and you will use no other. NOTICE TO FARMERS, Etc. We are Cash Buyers of GOOD BEESWAX m any quantity, at Highest Market JUtes. Orders by Post or Telephone Promptly attended to FLETCHER BROS., CASH SUPPLY STORES, EAST STREET, ASHBURTO.N, and High street, Cbriatchurcb. Telephone 24 Cox 6