The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1896.

There are other indications than the tremendous vote of Parliament for increasing the strength CORN stores of the British navy that IN war time, go to show how strongly the Empire felt its " splendid isolation " m the recent try ing circumstances m which Great Britain found herself placed. Not only did we have Navy League 'branches established everywhere, a sudden rush of the flower of the land with spont aneous offers to serve m army or navy, offers to form regiments of gentlemen with gentlemen forming the rank and file, but the keen eyes of practical busi ness men were turned m search of weak

points m the offensive and defensive system of the country. The best arms m the world, the finest fighting powers that ever were known to be possessed by any fighting force m the world are all naught if the men who have to exercise them have to do so without food. And if England is ever con quered she must be no only by the terrible weapon of starvation. Her

insular position renders this possible — but only after her noble fleets have been mastered by fleets nobler still, and these do not exist as yet. In the Nineteenth Century, Mr Marston writes earnestly on the question of corn stores m war time and thinks England should be provisioned for a year against siege. Gibraltar, he says, is provisioned for two, whereas England | has not got rations for much more than a week. His idea is that Britain should ! keep a year's stock of wheat continually, m a national granary, which could be built and furnished at a cost of £30,000,000 sterling. He says :— -If we establish a reserve of corn sufficient for one year's consumption, we must buy about 25,000,000 quarters, which, at the average price of wheat now, would mean, roughly, £30,000,000 sterling. It is obvious that we could not buy this all at once ; it must be done by advance orders gradually, and be, as it were, grown specially for us. These £30,000,000 sterling could be raised, and should be raised m this country alone, by the issue of Imperial Oorn Bonds bearing interest at 2f or 3 per cent., redeemable at the option of the Government. The interest should be paid by an addition to the income i tax.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Government will bring In a Bil next session to deal with the question of short weight. >; A reporb of the annual meeting of ' rate payers of the Wrtkanui Road'Di-t.icb will be found on the fourth page*

Those interested m coursing are requested to attend a meeting this evening m the Central Hotel at 8 p.m.

Ig is intended to lay down a bicycl 6 track as one of the adjuncts of the Welling* ton Exhibition.

It is reported that diphtheria has made its appearance amongst the Maoris at Motuiti, Foxton.

At Balclutha last week a man was fined 30s and costs for shooting a pigeon at Owake, Otago, on the sth April.

The application of the Dunedln Chamber of Commerce for a subsidy for steamers to Western Australia has been referred by the Cabineb to the Postmaster-General for enquiry.

The Government will introduce a Bill next session to deal with the question of infant life protection, so as to more effectually prevent the state of things that prevailed m the Dean case.

An instance of the way m which marine matter accumulates on the bottom of vessels is given by the fact that two cart-loads of mussels were taken off the bottom ot the Wairoa last week when she was cleaned at Wellington.

At bhe adjourned annual meeting of the parishioners of St Philip and St James, Waterton, held on May 3, the following church officers were nominated for appointment by the Bishop : — Church warden, Mr J. Smith. Committee — Messrs W. Wilson, J, Bell, J. Blee, W. J. Soal, G. Soal, G. Pearce, H. 0. La Grange and E. Ashton. The financial statement, read by Mr Smith, was of a satisfactory nature, and showed a credit balance of £5 2s Bd. Voteß of thanks were passed to bhe lay-readers, (Mr J.,. Ward), bbeorganlste (Mrs i-t-ndish and Miss Pilllet), and the church decorators. Reference was made to the state of the roof of the church, and it was decided to hold a Vestry Meeting at an early date to consider the matter.

Chess players are reminded that the Ciub rooms are at Mrs Ruffam's and play is every Tuesday evening. To-night the bourneys— sealed handicap and champion' ship — praotlcally begin. One of the mem bers has donated half a guinea towards the prfze to be given to the winner of the sealed handicap. The following are the entries : — Championship -E. G. Crisp, G. F. Dodds, G. Frledlander, Dr Hunter, H. Willis, F. Woreley. Sealed handicap— F. Clark, E. G. Crisp, G. F. Dodds, G. Frledlander, Dr Greenwood, S. Salek, Dr Hunter, R. 8. McFarland, J McLaren J. Ward, junr., Worsley, and H Willis.

Mr Elwin H. Flack, the young Vic torian, who has distinguished himself at the Olympic games meeting at Athens, by winning a footrace of about half a mile, and the race of 1600 metres (nearly a mile), was born m London, and arrived m Vic toria when only twelve months old. He was twenty-two years of age last Novem ber, and is a son of Mr .Joseph H. Flack, of the firm of Davey, Flack and Co., of Queen Street, Melbourne. The Mel bourne Herald says that his running capabilities were first made apparent when he was attending the Church of England Grammar School, and was a member of the Melbourne Hare and Hounds, of whloh body he was Secretary up to the time of leaving the colony for London last February twelve months. He is the holder of several championships, including the Australasian mile, the Victorian mile . and a half, and New South Wales two miles ; also the time record for the latter, event. His success at Athens is surprising considering that he is following his pro fession as a clerk with the firm of Price, Waterhouse and Co., chartered account ants, of London, so closely thab he has had little or no time for training, Mr Flack, sen., explains this by the rapidity with which he says his son can geb into trim for his races. Young Flack is strictly an amateur, and follows the sport purely as a recreation. Since he has been In England he has joined the Thames Hare and Hrunds, has won a challenge cup on two occasions, and several other inter-club events. He is also a member of the London Athletic Club.

It is seated that the Wellington Land I Board have aboub 400 applications for,' about 7,803 acres available for settlement, j The Levin people, following the lead of ' Otaki, are asu'aling for the establishment of a cottage hospital m that township.

It is e'a-ed by a Dunedin resident that a new pr< cess of oondetibing milk has beei: di-covered by which it will be posrible tn make a substantial profit after paying 4d per e*Hlloti for the milk. ! The Westport Coal Company has with drawn from negotiations for charters, ow.ne to the muddle m connection with the stranding of the barque C;-rotnandel at Westport. The Rev. Siegfried Orieg, Germ* o clergyman at Charters Towers, has died from the fff.c's of mercurial poisoning caused by using a preparation of mercury for preserving butterflies. The Perth Morning Herald strongly de precates the employment of Germanß m the VVest Australian civil service, and demands thab appointments should bo restricted to Australians and Britishers.

A son of Mr R. Hannah, of ClarevlUe, had the misfortune, a few days ago. to run a four inch piece of wood, besides two others of considerable size, into the back of his leg through falling off a tree. Mr Crot-eey, licensee of the Terminus Hotel at Wellington, has issued a writ for libel, £501 damages, againsb Mr Orabb, the temperance leotu r er, for alleged slanderous statements m an address on Thursday.

The maiz9 crops are being harvested on the northern rivers of New South WtOes, and while m some instances the yields are phenomenal, the average is considered to be somewhat belowthat of last year, owing chiefly to disease. Our readers will notice that Mr G. J. Neill has opened his old premises — Friedlander's corner. The balance of his salvage stock was sold by public auction last week. He now offers an entirely new stock. The New Souh Wales Government, the Premier states, will make one step next session which will have an important effect on the liquor traffic, m legislating for the prevention of the adulteration of food and drink. At a general meeting of the Canterbury Women's Institute yesterday a resolution < of the National Council of Women, regard- ' ing the right of the wife to demand a just share of her husband's earnings for her separate use, was endorsed. Fears are entertained for the safety of the barquentine J ohn Williams, which left Lyttelton for Sydney on March 17, and haß not yet been reported as having arrived. Her cargo consisted of 2000 sacks of wheat for Sydney, 250 sacks of wheab, 400 bags of flour and 200 sacks of bran for Newcastle. The vessel, which was commanded by Captain YouDg, was builb m 1868, and for several years was m , the service of the London Missionary Society. The Wellington Post says :— No public man ever managed to efface himself so completely as did A. W. Brown, ex-Mayor of Wellington, when he took flight from these parts some five years ago. Froij. the time of his departure from Sydney he seems to have completely blotted out all trace of his movements Now, however^ a resident m Feilding has received what appears to be definite- news of him m a letter from a Mr Tresseder, a native of New Zealand, now engaged m journalistic work m the city of New Orleans, U.S.A. Writing on March 15, Mr Tresseder says : — "I was m a house the other night, and m the room were five New Zealandera (born), and you can bet we had quite a time. Three of us were born within eight miles of each other down m Dunedin and the other two m Wellington. One of i them was Brown, who was at one time Mayor of Wellington, and m the grocery business. He is doing very well here." Referring to a paragraph m the St James's Gazette, m which it is stated that Bishop Julias * has been seen propelling a tricycle,' the New Zealand Chiirch News says : — ** As to the tricycle, we mu.b confess to never having seen his Lordship on it, and never even to have heard of it, outside of London—and of Chicago, for the Living Church of that city has re produced the story, with * improvements.' According to that paper, Bishop Julius * is | visiting his diocese on a tricycle ! ' The editor apparently does not know much about the physical features of a New Zealand diocese. We have some recollec tion of the Bishop mounted upon a horse of massive proportions, befitting long and dangerous journeys into almost Inaccessi ble regions m his diocese * and we remember how the noble animal once saved bis Lordship's life m a battle with I the surf on the West Coast, where a tricycle would have presented a sorry spectacle indeed. Bub we fancy that the good Bishop is hardly likely to make an attempt at compassing his territory on * a bike'!" Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— As winter advances and the weather becomes more inclement and trying the earliest evi dences of ill-health must be immediately checked and removed, or a 'slight illness will result m a serious malady. Relaxed and sore throat, quinaey, influenza, chronic cough, bronchitis, and moat other pulmon ! ary affection, will be relieved by rubbing this cooling ointmenbon the seat of mischief. The treatment, simple yeb effective is admir ably adapted for the removal ot those dis eases during infancy and youtha Old asth matic invalids will derive marvellous relief from the use of Holloway's remedies, which have wonderfully relieved many such sufferers, and re-establish health after every other means have signally failed.

T hw Fruit Conference.

Wellington, May 4

Aboub eighty delegates were present at the opening of the Inter colonial Fruit Conference m the parliamentary buildings this evening. Mr Seddon opened pro ceedings by welcoming the delegates on behalf of the colony, and expressed the opinion that gatherings such as these musb be of great benefit to the whole of Australasia. He admitted that New Zealand had only just made a beginning In the fruib industry, but later on, he hoped, the colony would make good pro gress and work hand m hand with the other colonies. He also hoped for. a great Improvement m the direction of the dried and preserved fruits industry. The New South Waleß, Victorian and Queensland delegates thanked the Premier for the kindness they had received from the Department of Agriculture since their j arrival m New Zealand. i

Mr L. G. Corrie, Queensland, was unanimously elected chairman of the conference.

The Ashburton representative is Mr W. W. Smith.

At bo-nlgbb's sitting of the Fruit Conference a paper on fruit culture m Tasmania, by Mr F. W. J. Moore, of the Tasraanian Department of Agricul ture, was read and discussed at greab length. The discussion resolved itself into one on the subject of apples, and embraced questions of the size of packing cases, the prevalence of the codlin moth, and the best varieties of apples suitable for cultivation m New Zealand. On all these subjects there was great diversity of opinion. Another paper was on orchard cultivation, by Mr A. H. Benson, of the Deparbment of Agriculture of New South Wales.

The Trebellli Concert.

It is not drawing too long a bow, we fancy, to say that Ashburton has never m its twenty years' history listened to a greater musical treat than it did m the new hall last night. It is seldom indeed that vocalists of note think us go- d enough to visit, and when they do come they usually bring with them stronp companies that mean heavy cost, and unless the treasury is able to gather m an J enormous sum, which can hardly be ex- j pected ie our little town, they are I disappointed. When, however, as. a~ tist e of high standing comes, as Mdlle. i-ntoninette lVebelli has come, and as Olg • Duboin the Russian pianiste, and other* we can remember, came m the past, a house awaits the star which will leave a financial residou equal to "something more than paying th. landlord's bill and the man who renewed the sole leather after the journey," as Stephen Massetb put it after a concert given by him m our town. A. really good house welcomed Antoinette Trebelli. The reserved seatH were full, all bub the very front row, the middle house was also full, while the backseats were all occupied and people standing. Bub the young colonials never expected such a revelation of vocalisation as Mdlle' Antoinette gave them. If they had, the hall would not have held them, and were she to sing again to-night there would not be standing room long before the opening. But the fair cantatrlee was evidently pleased with the house, and the en thusiastic applause she received, the honest offering of honesb hearts, showed that she had won those hearts, and capti vated bhem completely. Country people — and Ashburton people m this sense are as much " country " as a man from the hills — are apt to overlook the fact some times that such work as Mdlle Trebelli was doing requires very considerable phy.ical effort, that singing such a piece for instance as Verdi s "Ah fors'e lul ' 'is no child s play, and are apb to be too exacting m the matter of encores. But Mdlle. was gracious enough In every instance to respond to the enthusiastic demands of her audience, with the result that she got through an uncommonly hard night s work. No sinecure indeed , was the duty she had to discharge, and she wenb through a programme that few of our local people, on the score of physical effort alone, would have cared to face. Bub she discharged that duty — and divinely. As she was the central figure of the entertainment it may be as well to deal firsb with her work. We make no pretence to be able to criticise Trebelli. We have not heard anything like her singing since we left Home. She was m short frocks when most of the old settlers , here left the Old Land to seek whab has \ since become to them the loved shores of New Zealand * and the now old men were more familiar with the rich voice of her 1 beloved mother when they sailed for New Zealand. And there is only left for us to express what was undoubtedly the feeling of all who heard her lasb night — en -1 thuslastic admiration of her wonderful 1 voice and equally wonderful use of it. ' She has not buried the talent given i to her, and every time she appeared,

every song she sang, was a new and greater delight. To most present most of her songs were unfamiliar. Bub little is known here of the song lore of either

Italy or Spain, and such of ib as we are familiar with is filtered to us m trans criptions for the piano or the orchestra* But music, like love, has a language of it own, and Trebelli spoke ib m her dulcet notes Btraighb to the hearts of her people. Her voice is won. erf ul, her training superb. She swept over what to our best local amateurs are insuperible diffi culties of voice and mode with an ease and grace that showed her to be an

artiste of the highest order, and they

could nob choose but hear, and having heard— adore ! Her first item was Verdi's *• Ah fors' c lvi " from -La Traviata. In response to an encore, she gave Dr Arne's music to Shakespeare's song " Where the bee Bucks ; ' and when Bhe Sang Ganz' "Dear bird of winter" so divinely, and had to respond to the shout of joy which could not be stilled, ehe Bang Massenet's " Open the blue eyes. ' Tito Mattel's sweetly pretty " Carita" was followed by Verdi's " Saper Forreste" — laurels won at every step — and her last number was " Comin* through the Rye/ After this the Scotchmen discovered new beauties m their old song, and began to think that the gift of melody that inspired their bards must certainly have been the gift of heaven. But when she sang m response to the wildest encore of the evening Auber's Laughing Song, descriptive of an old man's

foolish lovo for a youthful beauty, and the laughter of said beauty at her discomfited

suitor, the audience were simply m the

highest heaven of delight. Indeed no singer has ever scored here as Anboinebte Trebelllhas done. Mr John Prouse, the baritone, will always be welcome here. He sings grandly, and his artistically managed, full, rich baritone ie delightful, and delightfully he uses it; The glamor that Trebelll threw over the audience was •not strong enough to obscure either him or Mr Salvini, and the former's "Son of the Ocean Jsle" and "Gipsy John," earned the applause they merited, while the latter'a " Holy City " was a gem. A string quintet, lad by Miss Simmonds, con tributed two items, and Mr Trist Searell played the piano accompaniments m such a way as to allow — what few accompanists do— the singers to be heard. Mdlle Trebelli was the recipient of many floral tributes during the evening.

Brunnerton Relief Fund

The amount now m the hands of the Christchurch Treasurer of the Brunner bon relief fund is £4634. The amount m hand at Lyttelton is £303.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

ProlUbit-*,

Invekcargill, May 4.

A point of Interest was raised m the Police Court to-day, arising out of a charge against a prohibited person of being found on licensed premises. Counsel took objection that the order had been taken out against his client without notice to him. This was .admitted by the other side, bub it was contended thab the licensing laws allowed^ such orders to be issued on ex parte statements of applicants and witnessee, and therein differed from the common law right of a man bo have, an opportunity to show cause why he should nob be convicted, A long argu ment took place on the point, and Mr Paynton, S.M., decided that the order was nob good. The simplest way out of the difficulty was to declare that the man was not a. prohibited person, and let the friends take a fresh action m proper form, j

The Barque Coromandel

Wellinoton, May 4 The Coromandel had a perilous voyage from Westport, and owing to one of the pumps becoming j -named she was m serious danger of foundering. Captain Bendal, Surveyor to the Underwriters' association, never lefb the ships deck from the time she lefb Westport. Diving operations are going on at the Coromandel to-clay to recover personal effects. Fortunately the barque canted away from the wharf, or she would probably have crushed the steamer Southern Cross, which was lying betweeh her and the jetty.

The Hills District.

STAVELEY— ALFORD FOREST SAW MII-LS.

From Our Own Correspondent

Be it known that Springburn is nob Staveley, and Staveley ia not Springburn. They are separate ontities, with "a local habitation and a name £ each of its own. The traveller by the Mount Somen railway who wants to be conveyed as far as the line goes will find himself dumped at Springburn, vv hich is the terminus. He will not have the complaint to make that Cousin Jim m the o.d song had, who " swore he could not see the town, there were so many houses." In Springburn you can count the houses on your fingers, and having done so you can start off on. a three miles' walk to Staveley. You will find that great centre of hill-foot civilisation lying under the shadow of the great mountain, but still five miles away from Mount Somera township. And when you have found ie you have the full liberty of its inhabitants to admire the beauty of its situation, and its cosy hemes that number perhaps thirty, and are occupied by cheerful, contented, hard-working and industrious families. Staveley came into existence to supply homes for the workers at the saw mill* of Messrs Sharplinaud Co., and among the inhabitants of the pretty bush township are some twenty-five or so sturdy children for whom the Board of Education has nob yet provided a school. These children have to foot it every day to Springburn and back, and a six-mile walk of all the children of a township for a day's cram shows that the people of Staveley value the educational blessings afforded by the most paternal State m the world. But the "Staveliians are nob without hope that, since Allenton is to get a side school, and Overdale is to have Chertsey school, and Chertaey Pendarvea school, the Ashburton Borough school might be carted up to Staveley, and Sharplin and Co, get an order to cut out timber for a new school at Ashburton.. The idea of shifting the Ashburton school, or a portion of it, to the hills is no ..more absurd than is chat of the " change rounds ". movement at Pendarves, Chertsey, and Overdale. But joking apartthe Staveliians do, hope for a school— Certainly they ardently desire one. The milk of Messrs Sharplin and Co. are near to Staveley. The mills are driven by steam power provided by two strong engines —one by Ruston and Proctor and the other by Marshall. The mills are well provided ,and equipped, and on the two double benches timber can be cut from the very smallest grade of commerce to trunks of four feet thick. It is satisfactory to learn that the mills have been, up to date, fairly bu.y. One contract for railway sleepers has just been completed, and there is one on hand now for supplying plan__ng and sleepers for the county bridges. That the men employed believe m the permanency of the industry is shown by the fact that out of the thirty-two men employed at the works only half a dozen are single men. And those married men live with their families m pretty villa hemes on sites that have been cleared of the bu.h which, three years ago, was as thick as any m the forest. Those homes are sub stantial, too, . and give a settled appearance to the place, and truly as one looks at them, nestling there amid their sylvan surround ings, the idea of bransitoriness is faraway from the mind . That the Staveliians believe they have founded a continuing city is further proved by the fact that their Odd fellows have built a hall large enough to hold a fairly, numerous audience, m which meet _ togs are he]jd aud entertainments given to _' 'iel-eve^ne monotony of every day life m the mountain hamlet. The timber—birch and white pine— is brought from the bush on a wooden tram. 1 This tramway extends for two miles into the forest, and the work of bringing the logs to the tramway, and hauling them to the mills i requires the utilisation of a number of teams. ; It is m bush work that oxen shine as beasts of burden, and the firm has about forty , bullocks broken to the yoke, and about ; twenty horses. The bullock teamsters have , some tales to tell of their charges. "As dull as an ox" is an old means of expressing stupidity, but whoever fancies that a work ; ox ia not 'cute makes a mistake. Some of the sly rogues are as good at evading work ' as a professor of laziness, and when the i drivers are getting them together m the morning, the "old soldiers" will lie down i and keep perfectly quiet lest their where , abouts should be discovered. Some succeed m keeping out of the way of both dogs and t driver, for days, aud when a «« sneak " of this sort is caught he gets a bell hung round L his neck, and he has to keep quiet indeed to prevent the tintinabulafcion that is sure to

give him away. Somehow bullocks are less liable to accident thanvhorses, and many fine draught beasts get injured m the work. Only recently a fine horse fell through the tramway that bridges Bowyer's stream, as it flows through tbe bash, and besides the fact that the animal was injured the teamsters had great difficulty m reicuing it from a dangerous position. Besides the contracts above referred to, the firm do a large business m the getting of timber for house-building, aud the firm's birch and pine are sent as far south as Fairlie Creek, where an agency has been established. In the evening, for about an hour after tea, the business office of tbe firm shows a busy scene. The men, while at work m the bush during the day, are scattered about over a great extent of country, and m the evening they come m to report their day's doings to Mr Sharplin, and to receive orders for next day. It is pleasant to. notice the excellent terms on which the^hosaand his men are, and one can readily, undar.tand after seeing them meet m the evening how well they can work together. Away m the dim past— for matters of ten or fifteen years ago are ancient history m a place like Alford Forest, and Staveley was then bub an undreamt dream— a joker used to say that the Forest was celebrated for

" birch, beer, and boulders." The birch is still there, so are the boulders to some ex tent ; but the beer curse has been almost

wholly repealed, and a large proportion of the population — the large majority m fact — are "living soberly, righteously, and piously m this present evil world,." The teetotallers a are a strong body, and the greater majority of the young men are of their number. Many old hands I knew m the old days who saw no devil grinning at them out of a " long sleever," and, if they did, swallowed him down as quickly as possible, are now m love with temperance, and like Sir John Falstaff are living cleanly and patching their old bodies up for heaven. The times have certainly changed for the better at the bush, and the hill foot is a really model district. At. the back of the heavily timbered property Mr Sharplin is working there are bo be found both coal and limesbome. At present a walk to these measures is a task. requiring considerable muscular exertion. The measures are fully two and a half miles from the township over rough country, and lie well back on the hill. The coal has been found to be of excellent quality, and so has the iimestone, but as yet nothing has been done m the way of working —probably because of the awkward situation m which both minerals are; but, at some future date, it is quite within the beunds of possibility that we may hear of the Staveley colliery !

THE SHAH of PERSIA

Pauls, May 3 The President has sent a message of condolence to the new Shah upon the death of his father.

London, May 4 Russia and Turkey have recognised Muzaffer, and the Persians acquiesce. The Sultan is extremely terrified at the Shah's fate, and has prohibited all mention of bis murder.

THE ASHBURTON GtJARDIAtt i tfCESDAY, MAY 5, 1896.



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. For a pain m the side or ohest there is noth- ing so good as a piece of flannel damped with Chamberlain's p»in Balm and bound on over the seat of pain, It affords prompt and per- manent relief and if used m time will ., of ten prevent a oold from resulting m pneumonia; This earne treatment ia a sure oure for lame baok. For »le by (be Ashburton Drug Com.



Wanted. j ( WAHOO ! THE CURE FOR INDIGESTION. Athburton Drug Company, Agents 11 108 -, ANTED— * few Tons of Prime Oat I \ Sheaf Chaff. Apply. wMi samples and price, to Flktcher Bros , Cash Supply Stores, Ashburton. OUGH NO MORE— rhe Original and only Genuine Paregoric Jubes, |as sold by me last Winter. Try them —H.Diggle, the up to date Confectioner. East Street. 4 215 WANTKD Known— Great Keduction at M-Llor's Cheap Boob Pale. WANTED Knowr— That ib is lamenb able to hear people ask why there Is tso much trash m the Boot Trade now-a- days 1 Bab no wonder I say. Th_y m*»y strike their breasts and say, * By our own fault, who bny such trash at cheap sales.' Though oheap, a profit must be levied, and you don't geb the worth of your money But you have yet a remedy by calling at J. Moleon. the Premier m the Boot Trade, where a solid, dry, and good wearing boob can be got. Secure good boots for winter or your feet will be wet. Get your repairs done at once or while you wait at J. Moison's Impermeable Boot Depob, East Street, Ashburton. 2 127 i 1— i i PUBLIC NOTIGKS. I THE WONDERFUL SERGE IN NAVYBLACK, MARO6N, MYRTLE AND GREY* A DRESS LENGTH FOR 6s 11m LADIES' JACKETS from 0s 111), NEWEST GOODS. ]Yf OSTfStyllflh and Cheapest Millinery •*"■*- m Ashburton. EVERYTHING NEW AND FRESH at LOWEST CASH PRIOES. Ashburton Drapery Company, Drapers, Clothiers, Milliners and Dress* makers, Arcade House. —OPENED UP— Q TRUNKS MEN'S, YOUTHS' AND BOYS' BOOTS AT NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. : We have gained the reputation of Keeplog a GOOD ARTICLE, and we intend to Retain ib. The Goods are all marked In Plain Figures at the VERY LOWEST POSSIBLE PRIOES. 4 Trunks GENTLEMEN'S .ENGLISH BALMORALS, Sewn, at prloes that will pay you to in* speot and Buy; TRY THE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY FOR YOUR NEXT PAIR OF BOOTS ALEX. HENDRY, Manager. HAVELOCK STREET, — CASH — GRAIN & PJ.ODUGE STORE I HAVE to express appreciation of the manner m which my numerous Friends and the Public of Ashburton generally, have m the pa_t 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 <fc OATSHEAF CHAFF, CAPE BARLEY, GOLDEN TARES, ONIONS, LINSEED, ETC., 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 perfeot satisfaction. J* Thomas, PRODUCE DEALER HAVELOCK STREET. Am



Wanted. MR DAVID THOMAS has F« r Sale, by private treaty, Mrs Qoinn's House, corner of H-velork and Gii.g Street; 5 38 LOST — Grey Twe*»d Macintosh Cape j < of Overcoat between East Street and I Allenton. Finder pl.a«e leave at Mail Office. 5 36 XBEG to apologise to my numerous Customers for not being able, to supply the dera.nd for Cream Dates and Irish Moss Jubes. Freeh stock now on hand. — H. A. Flower, Confectioner. Town Hall; 5 41 qhooti ng Reason, 1896— O <v- -■:■ Boy your Guns, Ammunition, Etc., at J. W. Habdley's. 3^9 fIUNS ON HIRE; also Guns thoroughly .'repaired. Please forward early to avoid the rush. .1 . W. Hardiey. 380 YSTERS, Wild Rabbits, Groper, Ling, Mokl, Rock C.d, Blue Cod, Smoked Warehou, at Sutherland's, Tancred Street. lAM making Irish Moss Jujubes, in* valuable for coughs, colds, influenza, etc. — H. A. Flower, Confectioner, East street. 5 23 COUGH, Cough, Cough— l am still making my celebrated Cough Drops, None genuine unless stamped Flower's i Cough. — H. A. Flower, Confectiouer, East street. 6 24 WANTED Known— Large delivery of the 'Economic' Kid Gloves, four buttons, Is 9d per pair, worth much! more. — w H. Collier. ! REAM Dates— The original maker. Don't be misled by other makes. H. A. Flower, the old reliable Confec- tioner. Hob Pies, Tea, Coffee aiid Cocoa. 625 '_JLli . WANTED Known — That Smith Mackwell 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 TTT ANTED KNOWN.— Mrs Huffam, W having taken the premises lately occupied by Mr G. Neill, intends to open same as Ladies' 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 "TT7 ANTED Known — Bargains from YV floor to ceiling. — Mellor's Stock taking Boot Sale. OCTBALL!-, various sizes. Chil- dren's Footballs from 2s 6d ; new stock. New Games for winter evenings. New lines m Fancy Crockery, chaste and pretty. New Books and Stationery. Lowest cash prices. — H. M- Jones. OMFORTABLE Board and Lodging with every home comf oi t,^6s per week ; meals at all hours. Is ; becttji, I 8 * Tea and Coffee always readj?, 2d per' cup. Truckle's Coffee Palace (late JLyttelton Boardinghouse) Cameron street, A.hbnr ton. 3JJ3 WANTED Known— A Magnificent Display of Ladies' Jackets m all the Newest Styles, just landed and now on view. See window. —Mitchell and Turner. WANTED Known — 6000 pairs of Boots and shoes to pick from. Mellor s Great Boob Sale. ANTED Known— 6ooo pairs of Boots to be cleared m one month, ' — Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. REAT SALE NOW ON at L. I«\ ANDREWES & Co. £30C0 worth j of Books, Stationery, Fanoy Goods, Toys, Music, &c, to be Bold this month regard- less of cost. Sale now on ac L. F. Andbewes & Co, Stationers' H.ll. 425 WANTED Known— We Intend to shake up every Boob Shop m Ashburton.— Mellor's Clearing: BootSale WANTED Known— Buots and Shoes from 1. 3d to 27s 6d— Mellor'** Cheap Boot Sale. U? ANTED Known— so pairs Ladies V V and Girls' Leather Top and Canvas Tennis Shoes, at half usual price, for two weeks only.— Andrew Orr 10 136 WANTED Known— lf you miss the Cheap Boob Sale you will be sorry. — Mellor's, Tancred Street. ' ytTHEN you are m Christchurch don't ** fail to go to Warne's, Cashel street, for Fish or Oyster Lunch', Tea or Sapper. — Joseph Taylor ano Co., Proprietors. 3 4 \kf ANTEDKnown— Go toTHECoRNER V V for Newest Styles m Drapery and Millinery— W. H. Collier. CrT ANTED Known— Our Season's W Dresses m all the New Colonial Tweeds and Choice Home Materials now opened. An in.peotion invited. — Mitchell and Turner >■--- ■ a. — ' ■ —a— aa. a. I ■"■■ . ■ ,, OWN Make m Ladies and Children's Underclothing. Aprons, and Pina- fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, Muslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs Alcorn s new shop, Baker's Buildings. WANTED Known— Ladies Shoes tan or black, 6. 6d. — Mkllor' Cheap Boot Sale. WANTED Known— Monster Clear- ing Boot Sale at Mellor' Zealan' dia Booh Store. WANTED Known— Having bought our Winter Supply of Blankets and Flannels before the great advance m E rices we intend giving oar friends fall enefit of same.— Mitohell and Turner WANTED Known— Everybdy to roll up to Mellor's Cheap Boob Sale. Now's yonr time to buy. WANTED Known— The * Economic- Kid Glove, four buttons, Is 9 i per pair, is the Glove for everyday wear. — W. H. Collier, WAN PP'D— Eg_*_ m aiy qaani y roust he quite fresh . We are also buyers of good Bi-e*»w*x m small or large quantities.— Fletcher Bi;os . East Street, Ashburton. MEN'S Bluchers s*. a giod Strong Nailed Shooter at 8s 6d ; a nice assortment of Ladies' and Children's Boots and Shoes from Is 9d a pair at R. Alcorn s WANTED Known— You save 6s m every pound If you patronise Mellor's Cheap Boob Store. — _-____-_ i j OLIDAY Suits— A Nice Kalapol I I Suit for 27s 6d, Boys' Knlcker and Cambridge Suits from 7s 6d. Men's Suits to Measure from 455, Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed at R. Alcorn's WANTED Known.— The popular Tea and Coffee Rooms, 131 Lichfield street, Chri-tcburch, late Bundle's. Tea and Coffee Id per cup. Bread and Butter 2d per plate. Ham, Hob Pies, and Pastry, *_ cones, Bans, etc.— M. Cooke, Proprie.-'- --tress. 3 243, Wholeswu and fiefrcshittji--Wwi Venus . \



Business Notices, G. J. NEILL •JJAS OPENED UP AN ENTIRELY NEW STOCK OF Drapery, Cloiliinir, and Boots. New Dreis Goods, double width, ll£d yard All Wool Flannel 9_d Double Bed .Twill Sheeting, m white and unbleached, 9Ad NEW GOODS OF EVJCRY 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' Boots, Ladies' Boots and Shoes of every description, (it. J* HfEIE-lj, Fri^dlander's Corner, East Street. — FOR — ; WEDDING PRESENTS. WEDDING PRESENTS. Pay a Visit to the JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT OF S. SALE j-__, EAST STREET ASHBURTON. Tl/HERE it to be seen the Largest and Finest Stock of JEWELLERY, and SILVER PLATED WARE m our district. ■ : *n './r ' -'-fti- • SOME VERY SUITABLE ARTICLES FOR WEDDING PRESENTS 'AT REASONABLE PRICES. SOMETHING WORTH GROWING. NEW STRiYWBERHY "LAXTON'S NOBLE" THIS new Strawberry has established itself iv the Home market as the Very Best Strawberry under cultivation. The fruit is Urge, firm, and handsome, the bright crimson scarlet b?rries weighing as high as 2oz each, while the flavor is rich and vinous. Bf sides these recommendations, "THE NOBLE" is one of the earliest fruiting strawberries, and we have no hesitation m saying (hat it is undoubtedly the Strawberry for growers of this favourite fruit. The following is extracted from the Otago Witness of January 2, 1896 : " New Strawberry : " Lsxton's Noble " — . . This strawberry excels both m size, flavour and appearance, anything we have had m New Zealand before. . . _ome of these fine berries wore 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 mcx celleut condition, not • a berry being crushed, speaking well both for the packing and the travelling qualities of the be> ries. On the average the berries weighed 2oz each. They were not big, ugly fruit, but were full and handsome. . . " Laxton's Noble " Strawberry comes esrly into bearing, and is a very hiavy beirer, and it should be very serviceable for any cottager with small garden space or for market gardener*, as it is a splendid grower and a heavy cropper, coming early into fruit. Mr Bennet has on young plants, laid m the spring, eight to ten large berries, averaging, sty, 2 z each. Tiiey are fine handsome berries, and of good travelling qualities." As Stock is limited, we recommend Ordering Early for delivery early m May Strong Well-rooted Plants, 6.. per Dozen ; 40s per 100. Authorised Sole Agents for Ashburton and Christchurch for — NIMMO & BLAIR, SEED MERCHANTS AND SEED GROWERS, DUNEDIN. Kero»en<v -Hcrosepe, 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 ligbt-giving oils m the market. - Cream of rartfu*. 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, aiid 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. j coffee. Coffee. Coffee. We are giving special attention to our 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 othor 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 <tny quantity, at Highest Market Rates. - Orders -by Post or Telephone Promptly attended to FLETCHER BROS., CASH SUPPLY STORES, BAST STREET, ASHBURT ON, and High street, Christchurch. IitBPHOKB 24 BoxG