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Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 18396. THE INSURRECTION IN CUBA.

For over a year and a half the insurrection m Cuba has continued, and defied all attempts of the Spanish forces to crush it. Before the last | year had closed there were over 84,000 regular Spanish troops m Ouba, but th^se could do little more than garrison the larger towns, it being nfixt to useless for them to take any part m the guerilla warfare which the insurgents were carrying on, and with everything m their favor for that kind of warfare. The insurgents knew I every foot of the country they were fighting over, and could make the best possible use of the cover it afforded ; while the Spanish troops, ignorant of the geography aa well as the topo graphy of the country now and again found themselves m difficulties, from which they were able to extricate themselves only at great loss. Then the whole population — or, at least, all that portion of it, and that by far the greater, who had to work for their | living, and that other not insignificant portion who had to pay the heavy taxation Spain levied — were m favor Of the rebels, and surreptitiously provided supplies, or winked very hard at them helping themselves. The villagers could hardly help becoming a valuable inteligence department to the native forces ', and as a conse quence the imperial army frequently found itself at great disadvantage, and badly beaten bj an enemy inferior m numbers, undrilled, disciplined only by the feeling of patriotism and the strong spirit of rebellion against Spanish oppression and tyranny that rankled m the bosom of every man under arms, from the highest officer to the humblest man m. the rank and file, and, perhaps what was the weakest point of all, armed m the most miscellaneous and irregular manner possible. A recent cable tells us that Spain, alarmed or indignant at the attitude of the United States towards the little band of patriots now struggliing fiercely for freedom, intends to pour another hundred thousand men into Cuba before the end of the year, so that there is every prospect of this terrible war being carried on until one side or other prevail and peace is sued for. It was im possible that the Cubans unaided could have carried on the war. Preparations for the outbreak of the rebellion had no doubt been long under way before the uprising actually began, but there is nothing will drain a people's resources so greatly as having to carry on a war, the provision of arms and ammunition a'one being costly m the extreme. So that after a year and a half of conflict, and the insurgenfs still unquelled and able to carry on the struggle, it is evident that the preparations must have been on a far more extensive scale than is usually the case with such ventures, or aid from some sympathetic outside hand must have been tendered unsparingly. A,nd the latter has doubtless been the cane. Q rover Cleveland has recognieed the belligerent rights of the Cubans, and from America have been sent — by what was called m the States m the slave days " the underground railway" — money, supplies, men to tight, and arms and munitions of war to carry on the fighting with. And thus the Unitpd States people are putting a serious handicap upon the Spaniards. It will be m vain for Hpain to appeal for sympathy to the European Powers, for her conduct m Cuba has placed her as far outside of sympathy from civilised nations as the evil doings of the Turks have placed that " unspeak able " nation. True, we have not as yet read of massacre and outrage on women and children m Cuba, as perpetrated by the Turks m Armenia. The Spaniards claim to be Christian, and may just stop at the fiendish atrocities on women and children that have made the name of Turk stink m the nostrils of Christendom. But the Spaniards m Cuba have been guilty of terrible atrocities for all that, and when the horrors now being brought to light as the acts of a Christian nation are told m all thejr sickening details to the people of Europe and America, there can be little doubt that a feeling wjll be created, the outcome of which may probably be that Spain will suddenly leave the Cubans to their own devices and withdraw her army. We need not dwell further here on the doings of the Spaniards m Cuba, but would refer our readers to an article from a contemporary, which we print elsewhere, m which a picture is vividly dra^yn of how the Cubans are treated. The arijicle is based on the letters of Mr James Creelman, who was sent to Cuba as War correspondent by the New Yqrk World, and with instruction's . to tell the ' trujli. ilt is a ( terrible ; picture indeed. \

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A report of the Pondarves School and an article headed "The Cuban Insurrec tion " appears on the fourth page. Tenders are invited by the Aahburbon Poultry Society for carting poultry to and from the Hail way Station on July 31. A man named William Agor has been sentenced ko two years for embezzling £800 belonging to the Sydney Fire Brigade Board. Ex-Warder Foster, of Geelong Qaol, found guilty of accepting bribes from a prisoner, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment. The bankruptcy returns for tho past six months show that forty-five statements . were filed against twenty-five for the similar perioctlast ye&v. An Auckland tradesman, m the fish and rabbit line, dffsats the Shops Act by closing his shop on the half holiday, and carrying on his business from a barrow m fronb of his premises. Ha thinks the Shops kot a splendid innovation, for it enables him to do a largely increased trade whilst his rivals are closed. The following is a report on the Dun edin Labour Market: — The shorb days and stormy weather weaken work and wastes. How soon we grumble aboub a little mud and forget all aboub the fine season we have had^ Wo are a favoured people, but horribly ungrateful. Al though wagep fpr country workers are moderate the demand keepa improving for couples, ploughmen/ lads and boys, and odd hands, bob there is no stir for shepherds yet, -

A o inference of Now Zealand Roman Catholic Bishops Is to be held afc Welling ton prior to Archbishop Redwood's de parture for Rome next month. The Wellington correspondent of the Mirth Otago Times telegraphs that Mr James Sawers, Manager © c theWyndham Dairy Factory, succeeds his brother as dairy expert for the co!oi y The N3w South Wales Government have secu td the services of Colonel Borne, the Indian iniga'ion expert, to report upon irrigation hnfl wa^er conser va'ion throughout the c>lony. A tumor miaiuring uleven inches m length and sevontecii inches m girth, and weighing 51b 3(jZ, was successfully r. - moved from the neck of a cow at iLltham the other day. Report siys the beast is * doing well ' A Press Association telegram froii* Reef ton states that the miners, at a meeting on Saturday night, almost unanimously de cided to ac:ept the Company's off^r, and resume work at 9s a d*y. Woik waa started yesterday. • At a recent meeting of the Thames Licensing Committee an unfavourable report upon a hotel was made by a conatable. Aa h^ was nob a sergeant, and was not m charge of the distr'ct, it was held that the report could nob be received and a renewal of the license which he had opposed was granted. Last week an alteration was made m the lighting arrangement of the Timaru lighthouse, The burner, which has been m use for some years, has been replaced by a group of three incandescent burners. The result is a more brilliant and pene trating light, which ought to be visible several miles farther at sea. Thus spoke m Wellington on Wednes day last the Rev. L. M. Isitb : *In Eng land, some knock-kneed, swivel-eyed parsons— (Oh !)— had taken up shares m the great breweries because they paid a good percentage. (Laughter). The churches m New Zealand, especi*lly the Nonconformists and the Anglican Chnrch m Hawkea Bay were far ahead of the churches m England m the matter of temperance reform. In the Old Country the parsons needed to be constantly tickled up. A man named Watson, a prohibited person, who was fined 20* and costs afc Wanganui for being found m an hotel, asked for time to pay, and weDt to his wife, who was m Courfc, and coolly aeked when she conld pay the fine. Mrs Watson refused to have anything to do m the matter, and saicl to the Bench 4 It m onlj punishing me ; I have been punished enough already.' The Magistrate said Mrs Watson was quite right m not giving away her own hard earnings. Watson was allowed a week to pay. In reply to a question-^iut by an interviewer representing the Lyttelton Times, at Wellington, the Rev. L. M. Isitb said : " I was very mnch interested m the educational 9truggle that was going "on m England. I left New Zaaland a supporter of Bible-teaching m schools m some form, but I have come back deter mined to oppose, by every legitimate means m my power, any interference with oar present system. That may be a very unpopular thing to cay, but by this time I am pretty well accustomed to opposition."

The police at Auckland, having received information concerning Ihe escape of James Percy Gaffut y from legal custody In Sydney, while order a charge of horse stealing, were on the look-out when the Angliin arrived there last night, and picked out a passenger who went by the name of MJloy, and invited him to come to the police station m connection with the matter. la Shortland street he gave f-he dileotives the slip and bolted, with Detective Grace and fi g in^-Detective-; Bowles andQilrk at his heels. At the cry of ' Stop chief a r.umbpr of civilians joined m the chase and after a hard run overafer.ee an! through allotments, he was blocked m a blind a ley, Du.ii g the chase he exhibited a revolver, which cleared his way. When cornered, ho at first refused to surrender, but ultimately did so quietly, and at the station admitted he was the man. but .said his name was James Percy G»ffey. The revolver was found to be loaded.

The success of the Ohtißtohuroh Exhibition his aiouaed tho Wellington paople to oonoart pitch. They are going to have a show of th'irown, and don't you forpet it. There will be a good display of that infallible oure for Coughß and Golds, Woods' Great Pepper mint Cure, whioh is sold by all G ooers and Chemists at Is 6d and 2s 6 .

CABLE NEWS.

• ♦ HOMK ,tffl> FOHKIGX, THE DIIUMMOND OASTLE. London, June 28 Divers who have been searching for the hull of the Drummond Castle have succeeded m finding the wreck. NATIONAL BANK OF NEW 2EALA.NU. June 29. At the half-yearly meeting of the National Bank of New Zealand, the report showed a credit balance of £37,196, and the Directors declared a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, for the year. Jt was decided to carry for ward the sum 6|r £A§% 'and add £20,000 to the reserve fund.. Tfco deposits amount to £1,904,178, and the cash, bills discounted, and advances to £2,423,970. ANOTHER AUOKLA.ND MINE. The Gallyoaont Mining Company^ Hauraki South, is allotting the snares. MR STANLEY RECOVERING. Mr H. M. Stanley is recovering from the attack of gastritis. AN EMBEZZLER SENTENCED. | Paris, June 28 Arton, of Panama scandal notoriety, has been sentenced to six years' ira prisonm'eut' for embezzling the : funds of the Farjis Dynaniite Company. THE PARIS EXHIBITION. The Paris Exhibition authorities intend to raise 05,000,000 francs by the issue of lotteries, A OUNARD LTNER AGROUND. New York, June 28 The Cunard liner Umbria is aground afc New York. June 29. Tho steamer Umbria has been floated off without sustaining any injury, and proceeds on her voyage.

AUSTRALIAN

A WEST AUSTRALIAN TRAGEDY. Perth, June 29 A Swede named Andersen attempted pp mtirder a young woman named Watson to'nigfyt, by shooting her. He fired two shots from a revolver, b,oth of which took effect, but fortunately a vital spot was npt strupk, $nd there is every chance of the girl recovering, though the wounds are severe. An dersen after, as he supposed, dispatch ing his victim, turned the weapon j upon Himself, the bullet passing through his heart. Death was almost instantaneous. No cause is assigned.

CORRESPONDENCE

— 4» i : We do not hold ourselves responsible for thp ( Opinions expressed by our cortospoudents) 1

MR DONALD OLIVER ON . PROHIBITION.

TO THE EDITOR. Sik, — Would you kindly grant me space m your valuable paper to make a few remarks 1 m reference to a lecture given by Mr Isitt m Ashburton a short time ago In. the first place, I cannot see why Mr Isitt should find fault with the Royal Commission he spsaks I of, whereon were placed a number of piohi- ' bitioDists, aud ( a number of brewers, and others having an interest m the tr-ide. As prohibitionists were allowed on the Com mission, does Mr Isi t think that their opponents had not an equal right to be there as well ? I would like to know whence, or from whom, Mr Isitt derives the right or authority to censure other Ministers who, m accordance with their own good sense and the plain teaching of the Bible, use, m due moderation, the gifts which the Almighty his created for them m common with evety man and woman "on earth whose heart is good enough to appreciate, and use without abusing, the good things which have been placed on this planet for their use and , enjoyment. Speaking for myself, I cannot see how anyone prohibiting the proper use of wine can be a true Christian, inasmuch as by doing so he blasphemously insinuates that the divine founder of Christianity aided, abetted, and encouraged the use of a sub stance which, according to the objector, could only lead to the demoralisation of man kind. I may here remark that some of my best friends m the county are total abstainers but they are too far-seeing and large-minded to countenance prohibition. Let no one suppose for a moment that I consider it right that I, or anyone else, should impair their senses by taking too much of any kind of intoxicating drink. Yeb thousands have, and thousands still, like "Cassio" take more than is good for them while drinking loyal and friendly toasts. I would do it myself to-morrow, if called upon to drink toasts to my Queen, Scotland, or the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders, and not be the least afraid of being damned for bo doing. lam afraid thab some of the lecturing Ministers who go about this co^ny resemble very much those whom the Rev. William Harper, president of the Chicago University, speaks of. In a publication called the " New Eng land Homestead " bhe rev. gentleman says : "The greatest defect m religious organisa tions is the lack of teachers of the Bible • bhab nine-tenths of the teaching m the Sun day school is, as teaching, a farce, and that bhe modern minister does not know the bible, he knows innumerable things better than the bible ; and so he speaks that he does know and testifies thab he has seen." Opposed to Mr Isitt's account of the pros perity of the prohibited state of Maine, I can show another account which is not of a very glowing nature. lam m a position to know what is going on m America quite as well as Mr Jsitt, as I have lots oi relations there. Indeed my father, when a young man, farmed m that country. ■& New England "Homestead" of January says: — "That it costs now three times as much to run the State of Mains as ib did 35 years ago, yeb taxed wealth has only doubled and state expenses per individual have in creased to three times as much as they were then, while population has become almost stationary. In Massachusetts', a state almost adjoining Maine, during the same period, population has doubled and taxed property has trebled." Now it will be easily under? stood by every intelligent person that m any •British settlement, m a country like.America where population has become stationary, there must be some baleful influence at work to bring about so undesirable a condition of things. And Maine may date its decadence from the time when prohibition become law m the state Other countries land and sell drink all along the extensive sea frontage of Maine. It is bought and drunk on the s'y throughout the whole state, almost as freely as if no prohibitory laws were m existence. The money for this drink goes out of Maine, but she receives no re tut n for it m the shape of duty, neither does she receive a cent from licensed houses. But the state is compelled to keep m her pay a host of officials trying ineffectually to" keep drink out of the country. This is precisely what would take place m New Zealand, should her sons aDd daughters lend them selves to assist m bringing about the great moral and financial evils which would follpw m tho footsteps of national prohibition Many of the servants of the state oi Maine will, no clonbr, be built up on similar principles to those of our owp Mr Ha!I ; Jones who, if the newspapers speak truth, can pose as 9, prohibitionist, and yet take a glass of grog occasionally, like any other jolly good fellow. I am afraid that Miss Hypocrisy and Mr Prohibition are sometimes on very intimate terms m New Zealand. Our neighbours m Clutha are suffering from injudicious local legislation m the same manner as Maine ia suffering, and notwith standing the off-handed manner m which Mr Isibt would dispose of the sly-grog traffic m that district there is sufficient proof of the fact that sly-grog selling doe 3 exist there to an alarming extent m all its demoralising ohjectionablenes3, Let us now glance at Mildura, a settlement inagurated with great flourish of probibition trumpets, There were to be no hotels there for the sale of alcoholic drinks. The place was to be an Eden without a serpent, where Sankey and Moody's hymns were to resound all day long. And what has it all ended m? In wholesale sly-grog selling with all its demoralising accompaniments, loss and dis appointment to settlers, (airen the furniture of one of their churches seized), and bank ruptcy to the syndicate " Chaffey Brothers." The oause of Mildura's troubles is not hard to understand. The property was vested m the hands of a prohibition syndicate 1 , hailing from America. Those men made themselves and others believe that they could not only change the minds and habits of a "British community, but also some of the physical natural ' obstacles affecting' the profitable working pf this particular settle ment, Bj'tuatefJ as ib i§ m a desiccating climate, and depending entirely on hydranlic, appliances for its irrigation. Chaffey Bros, found oub, what they ought to have known from the beginning, that their powers were not adequate to perform alt they had promised, and they consequently became bankrupt. And we learn now from the Australasiin that George Chaffiey, one of the syndicate, has recently filed his own separate schedule, showing liabilities amounting to £402,243 5s 7J, his assets amounting only to £5800— leaving a deficiency of £396,443 5s 7d. These figures speak for themselves, yet they only represent part of the euormous loss inflicted on the colony of Victoria by those American prohibitionists. "J. ani myself a living witness as to the extent' of sly-grog selling, which obtained ay Ballarab m the early fifties ; but as the legalised sale of drink was forbidden there m those days, we took a yery lenient view of the contrabandist's trade. Indeed, but for them, many of us, I am certain, would have lost our health, and perhaps become cripples for life, while engaged, day and night, working m wet sinking during the cold months of winter. Mr Isitt states that the colony pours down its throat m drink £2,000,000 to get m re turn Home £400,000 m taxation. These figures may or may not be correct. I plead guilty to taking many things uttered by Prohibitionists with a pretty large grain of salt. Mr Isitt takes care nob to mention that the local bodies of the colony receive something like £61,000 annually from hotel keepets for licenses. Neither does he mention the large number of individuals employed m connection with hotels, brewers, and customs, who would, if not so employed, be thrown on our already over arowded labour market. Mr Isitt thinks ihat our statesmen are not of much account sr they would find something else then drink i;o put taxation qn to raise £400 060 —and ibolish drink frqm the colony. " : J presume ' iow ? as a large portion of the governing >;>\yer qi thp colony seems £o be vested m ' \il r Seddon hiin?elf, an^ »« the Premier is m l jossession of a fair amount of Cromwellian c ssurauce, I would most respectfully suggest c hat, before he and his colleagues consent to ' he abolition of drink as a source of revenue, P b the instance of prohibitionists, they ought '' 3 require that those misguided agitators ° liter into bonds for the payment of £400,000 rf annally into the coffers of the state, £60,000 ol ) local bodies, and submit to be saddled ej ith the cost of defending the'oolony against omoralisation by sly grog selling, after c ie legal importation, and manufacture of „cv

( drink have been discontinued. Bob aurely | there are many members m both Houses of I Parliament who believe as I do thab the • people of New Zealand are quite able to aob f in a manly and womanly manner m every 1 relation of life, and abstain— witti very few J excep' iona— from doinganything that nfcman beings need be ashamed of. We may reat assured that when the sons and daughters of Britannia become so inbecilea* to require to take a vow to keep them from taking a glass of whisky or wine, the disintegration and downfall of the British Empire will nob be far distant. It is a well known fact thab the most notorious murderers, forger*, swindlers, traitors, and, m sho t, the most fiendish samples of humani;y this side of the bottomless pir, have generally bean very sober persons. We need not go farther then the modern teetotal Turk for proof of what I say. What then can be the use of listening to prohibitionists, when we* know th** wherever they have established a prohibition district demoralisation through sly-grog selling supervenes m that district? The most of us know that a prohibitionist's only ambition for seeking to get into Parliament (apart from h : s love of pay) is to get laws passed by the Lseulature which, if carried out, would entail an annual loss of, say, half a million of money to the co'ony. This would have the effect of adding enormously 5 to the puce of the necessaries of life, and the requirements for beneficial occupation of the land. It is easy to gauge the calibre of the brains of a prohibitionist, when we reflect on bhe fact thab the chief object he has m view is to deprive by law every man and woman m the colony of the liberty to take a glass of beer with their dinner. Yeb the sam.e man will pose as an expounder of the Bacred Scriptures which says:— "Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart, for 3od now accepteth thy works.'' ' lam, etc., d. Oliver.

THE KIRBY CASE.

— , «. Wellington, June 29 Kirby's case was resumed to-day. Phillip Kippenberger, solicitor, of Christ* church, Btated that he wrote on November 5, 1894, to the Commissioner of Police enclosing a copy of a statement which Herman had made on July 4, 1894. He issued a writ; againßt Kirby on behalf of Herman for the reco/ery of £900 and a gold watch, valued at £35. He went to Napier and saw the accused. The latter had a warrant against' Herman made oub by Mr Wiggins and properly signed by a Justice, but Kivby reported that he went to Herman's shop with the warrant, and if a policeman had been present he would have been arrested. He could not do it himself as he was ill. Herman went on his knees and said he would give him £1000 to let him go. Kirby told witness there was another case against Herman, who had paid three sums of £300 and £200. He had never handled the money himself; He detailed the negotiations with accused, which ended m the latter giving a mortgage for £1182, including interest at 4 per cent and expenses. Kirby then handed him £200 in Bank notes. Kirby also urged him to get him to a new colony, and write.to the Government with* drawing the charges against him. He decided not to do the latter, bub discon tinued the action, and Informed Kirby that Herman did not find it convenient t,o leave the colony, A quantity of correspondence between witness and Kirby was put m. In all the accused sent three quarterly re mittances of £15 each, and also authorised witness to receive the rents of cottages m Christchurch on Herman's behalf. The total amount received from .the accused was £272 12a. On the Court adjourning at one o'clock Kirby laid an information for criminal libel against Mr Cassidy, manager, and Mr Ashbolt, printer, of the New Zfland Times, on account of an article published on June 16, staging that Kirby had been m league with spielers m running a gambling den m Wellington, m the profits of which he shared. Kirby's case was reßumpd this afternoon. Edward F. Blundell, manager of the Bant cf New Zealand at Fielding, who was teller at the bank m Timarnin 1882, gave evidence that he remembered Herman cashing a cheque about that time for £400. ft. H. Ferguson, watchmaker, Timaru, deposed that m February, 1882, he Fold Herman a gold watch for £38. Peter Bell, lessee of a billiard room m Tinjaru, declared that m 1881 he commis* sioned Kirby to take from Herman a wager of 100 to 5 about Lady Emma for the Dnnedin Cup. Kirby admitted that he had. got the wager on, and offered to take a fifth of it. The day tefore 'the races Herman left for Dunedin. Witness tcTd accused so, hut the latter said it did npt matter. He af terwards accused Kirby of having received the wager mpney from Herman, but b,e denied it. Witness then pulled a gold watch out of Kirby's pocket, and said he believed that was Herman's, Kirby denied it, and said he had purchased the artiole from a firm m Christohuroh, but on tele graphing to the firm named by accused the answer'was that they had never sold such a watch to Kirby. Witness and a man named Pearce again asked accused for their share of the wager, when Kirby said he would run them m. Witness said he had not re. ceived one farthing of the wager money frcm either Herman or Kirby. Robert Kennedy, bailiff, Timaru R.M. Court, said that one day after Herman had left Timaru, Kirby oame into the office Bhowing a gold watch which witness thought he had seen Herman wearing. Sergent Oullen said he wa3 stationed at Timaru m 1881. Kirby .came into his room and pulled out a roll of notes, which he said were worth £300. These, Kirby said, bad been given him by a friend who had gone away, and the friend said if he never come back Kirby waa to keep thdm. Kirby later on showed him a gold watch which he Baid a friend had given him. Kirby subsequently said he had bought a house worth £650. Sergeant-Major Ramsay, of Wellington, said he was stationed at Tfmaru m JBB2. Saw Kirby displaying a gold watch, whiijh accused said hadbepn giyen hjm'by '"b,^ mqther, along with £jOQ soys. " ' " Accused was remanded until Friday. The charge against William George Bassett of being accessory after the fact waa next taken, and after the evidence given against Kirby was read over. Mr Wilford, for accused, reserving the right to cross examine, accused was also remanded until Friday. Durrg the examination of a witness m the Jurby case, Mr Jellicoe, who had been conferring with Sir Robert Stout, apoke to the prisoner m the box, whereupon Mr Gray, who was prosecuting, asked if Mr Jellicoe was appearing m the case. Sir Robert Stout intimated that Mr Jellicoe was appearing ;.with him for accused. " • « i., t' >• Mr Gray said it waa his duty tp mentiqn that he understood Mr Jellicoe had been adyisjng Herman, prior to his appearing fop accused. It waa a very wrong principle far counsel to go upon. " Mr Martin said that ib might be wrong, but he had no power to do anything m the matter. Mr Gray then intimated that he would take care to bung the matter bslore the proper tribunal. The incident closed by Mr Jellicoe remarking that he wished ib to be under, stood that he knew his own business, Mr Gray notwithstanding. Mr Jellicoe is acting for Kirby m the libel case against the manager and publisher of the Tim^s.

TtiE .ASHkUKtOilfl dmAKbiAto : TtESL>A*,j JUNE 30, 1896



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Wanted. WOMEN'S Leather Slippers, 2s 6i Girls' two-strap leather Shoe? 2a 6d ; Men's Strong Nailed Boots, 5a 6d Men's Overcoats at a sacrifice at C. Haav kins', Tinwald, WANTED, by a family m Havelod street, strong Girl, IV or 18, t< imko herse'f generally useful. .VJust alee] at home. Apply office of this pnpor. 6 16 I OST— In Ashbutton, on Saturday ■—^ Gold Brooch, three Studs ; keeji sake. Reward at Bank of Now Sont Walo3, Aahburtont 6' 15 TXT ANTED KNOWN -H. Bairsto> * * has commenced the Undertakin Business. Any oraer intrusted to hi care will rpctive prompt and can ful at tention. Address, Cameron Street opp site Baring Square. 6 14 WANTRD Known— Great Reduction s Mellor'vS Cheap Boot Fale. BUTTER. BUTTER. — Fine? Factoty Butter, lOd per lb.- Flbtchbr Bros., East; Street, Ashburtor HUMOUROUS RECITATIONS. T7"INGF[SH, Barraconda, Blue Uoc -**- Kock Cod, Groper, Lirg, Brean , Crayfish, Smoked Fish, Oysters, an Kabbits. Hot Fish Dinners afc Suthej ( land's, Tancred Street. \£«ANTF.D Known— so pairs Ladu VV and Girls' Leather Top and Canvs Tennis Shoes, at half nsual price, for tvs weeks only. — Andke «r Orr 10 1£ MEN'S Bluchers ss. a good Stroti Nailed Shooter at 8s 6d ; a nit assortment of Ladies' and Children Boots nd Shoes from Is 9d a pair i R. Alcobns WANTED Known—lf you miss tl Cheip Boot Sale you will 1 rry. — Mellor's, Tancred Street. WOLF! WOLF! WOLF! The o cry. He has come this week, ai is slaughtering Music at unheard of price I Is pieces for 3i ; la 6d pieces for 4dl j ! pieces for 6 J ; 3a pieces for 93 j 4g piec for Is. 3500 pieces to select from L. F. Andrewes & Oo.'s Great Sale. 5! VOCAI IT KH[S £«D BOXES Stationery unsurpasi *-' for value by any house mtl trade. Weldon's Journsl for May. 'Tl Man from Snowy River, *In tl Days of Auld Ling Syne,' .* Beside tl Bonnie Briar Bush. I—H.1 — H. H. Jones. I A MERICA.N BOSS and Noug I CV. Creams, simply delicious. H Pies, Tea, Coffee, and Cocoa. — I 1 Diggle, Up-to-date Confectioner, Ea I Street. j i Confecbions.— l have atock over thirty varieties of tl best English mikea— (Fry and Dadbury't "Murray's "Seed and Dorothy Caramel —Flower, Fruiterer and Confectioner. i /^OUGH, Cough, Cough— l am st making my celebrated Cough Drop None genuine unless stamped Floweb Cough. —11. A. Flower, Confectione East street. 5 ' BANANAS, Bananas, ripe and sount aho sweei D.R. Oranges at H. 1 Flower's, Confectioner and .Fruitere East Street. 1 ) i OLIDAY Suits— A Nice Kaiap , 5 1 Suit for 27a 6d, Boys' Knicki and Cambridge Suits fr. m 7s 6d, Men Suits lo Measure from 455, Fit ar , vVoikmanKhii) GuaranfpprJ if R,. Alfiom'i W ANTED Known— A very b dy lore V up to Mellor's Cheap Boot Sal Now's your time to buy. i i 7" ANTED Known— Wo are clearit V V out all our Macintoshes, Jacket Lined Cloaks and Dretsing Gowns. £ reasoiablo offer , refused for anythir sojln'i or * 4 not up to date." — MITCHFJ & Turner. \I 7 ANTED Known— Men's Mercer r VV Clothing and Boots. For Goo< i hat wear well, fife well, and look wel try thit old established firm — MitCHEI ; & Turner. OOUIKILOWS' SOCIAL, JULY VyANTED Known— Just opened, c ~" Prtkeha and Gothic, Fiannelettei white, stripes, and culoura ; Velveteem black, all priced ; Colours, large varlet; Including new shades m Reseda, Hun boldfc and Hungarian — Mitchell an Turner. WANTED Known — That Smit Mackwell makes, repairs, an re-covers Umbrellas and Parasols s Lower East Street, Ashburton. N persons employed to canvass or collec Umbrellas at the door. 4 14 VXTAiS TED Known — Large delivery c vv the 'Economic' Kid Glovei, fou buttons, Is 9d per pair, worth muc more. — W. H. Collier. "DEAD THIS -Sixpenny Books at 3i J -* ; Shilling Books at 43, Eighleei Ponny Books at 9J, Half-a-crown Book at Is, Envelopes irom -3a 91 per 1000, o 250 for I=>, Bnxes of Note Paper aii envelopes from 4£J, Shilling packet of Note Paper afc Bd, Two-shillinj Packets for Is $ I—at1 — at L. F. Andkewe and Co's Great Sale. '''"" 64i WANTEDKnown— Go toTHECoRNEi for Newest Styles m Prapery ahi Millinery— W. 5. Collier. i^TANTKI) Known-The ' Economic * T Kid Glove, four buttons, Is d per pair, is the Glove for everyday wear —W. H. Collier, NOTICE.— Are you going to build Because the cheapest; shop fo; Roofing, Iron Ridging, Gutters, Nails Lead, Spouting, Water Tanks, Pump? Ranges, Register Grates, Locks am Hinges, Washing Boilers, and all sorts o Ironmongery, Is J. W. Hardley's Ironmonger, Plumber, and Tinsmith Telephone 32. Shipping. SHAW, SAVILL AND ALBION COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR LONDON. tS^L "ROYAL MAIL STEA- rfFßfljgjfc^ 4-*> MERS, with superior yySWC2p' accommodation f orall classes "^^^^^^ of passengers, .calling at Monto Video or Rio, Teneriffe and Ply- mouth. Tobe Commander From Date. Eokomaru 6238 Maxwell ... — Ju'y 23 [onic" ... 4753 Kempaon... — Sept. 17 Aotea .. 6S4G i Gotland ... — Oct. 15 Gothic ... 7730;KidIey ... — Nov. 12 Tainui ... 5031 ' Stuart ..J — ! Dgc. JO Aotea and Tokomaru carry saloon pusseucers only. HANMBR AND GRAVES, Agents.



; Public notices. DRESS DEPARTMENT- SPECIAL & UNPKEOEDBNTTED OFFER CVTNDING as the season pro *- greeses, that wo are over stocked m some of the more DON'T expensive of our Dress Goods, which inc'ude Scotch and Colonial Tweeds, Tleivy Serges, etc , we have decided to Make Up All Materials at 2s 6d per yd & upwards FREE OF CHARGE. For One Month Only, Commenc- ing Saturday, June 20. and continuing till Saturday, J u)y 25 This is no Ordinary Offer, but a gift of XOs 61 on each costume MISS " , Terms — Strictly Cash at the ' time order is given. AH Lower Priced Goods will be Reduced to effect a Clearance. Our Wonderful Serge, ueua f price la Id — Reduced to lOfd Special Job Purchase — Meltons, usual price Is 2d — Now 10d Scotch Tweeds, usual price If lid— Now le 6d We are also offering, at Low prices— THIS Warehousemen's Clearing Line* m General Drapery, Bought at a Big Discount. W< invite you to Inspect. Colonial Flannel, B|d yard. Ashburton Drapen Company, Cash Drapers; Clothiers, Mr'lliners, and Dressmakers H. C. SHRIMPTON, Manager. WOOLLEN GOODS FOI WISTEB WEAE. NEW. ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. Men's Overco&ts, with Cape, from ... 2Oi Boys' Overcoats from ... ... 8d 6( Men's AH Wool Sao Suits from 27s 6i Meu's All Wool Trousers from 8s 9i Boys' AH Wool Knicker Suits from 7s 6i Men's Cover Coat frtm ... 29a 6 BLANKETS. BLANKETS. BLANKET! Mosgiel. Ashburton. Mosgiel 16s 6d per pair. RUGS. RUGS. RUGS. Wellington, Mosgiel, Timari 123 6d, L.W. Pants, our own make, 3s lid. Flannel Shirts^ 6i. r\RIVIXG CLOVES, Wool Line< jrloves, Mv filers from Is, Wool Socks Is Men'a Golf Caps from Is, Boya 1 Caps 6< Nl-W ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. ALEX HENDRY, Manager. J4WES ELLIOTT, COAL &nd FIREWOOD MERCHANT — H \S IN STOCK- NEWCASTLE, VYESTPORT, URUNNEI NUTS, MOUNT SOMERS AND ALLANDALE COALS ; COKE. Also, FIREWOOD, POSTS, RAILS & STAKES IVVI-^H to direct attention speciallj to the CELEBRATED AlliMidnlc i'oal, Which has held its own agatnst all the lignites m the market;. It is Screened, it burns with a flame to a clean ash, leaving no dangerous embers, and is really tbe best and cheapest Native Coal to be had. TRY IT. Wanted second hand bags m any quantity) JAMES TIUOTT. SOLE AGENT, WEST STREET, Opposite David Thom<w, Grain Score SAVE MONEY AND LOSE WORRY BY PURCHASING FOR CASH. I CAN Supply lha fallowing gojds at LOW PRICES - Flour, best brands, m 601 b, 1001 b, and 2COlbs — Special Low prices by ton Sharps by Is worth, sack or ton Bran by Is worth, sack or ton Oais, Whole and Crushed, m any quantity Oatsheaf Chaff by sack or ton — I have some over 10Q[b per sack Straw C naff I y sack or ton Bed Chaff Chick Wheat by Is worth or eaek Barley hy Is worth or sack Linseed, Onions, Carrots, Potatoes, Ryrgrass, Cocksfoot, Clover, etc Tea m 51b boxes, Tins and Caddies ALSO,— About IQOQ Apple Trees frtm 3 to^6 years old, over twenty varieties,. When grafting I choose these after fruiting ; 2ft!) choice kinds. They are strong, well' grown trees, with good fibrous roote. ( Most of them have already borne excellent fruit, J. Thomas, GRAIN AND PKODUOE DEALER, HAVMiOOdS: STREET. For rheumatism I have found nothing r.pal to Chamberlaifi'a Pain Balm. It re lievea tbe pain ai soon rs applied. J. W. Young, West Liberty, >V. Va. The prompt relief it affords is aloDe worih /pany times tbe cost. Its oontinued use will cfjcqt a por- manent euro. JFor yule by Aehburioa



Business Notices. _i I ook. Look. G. J. NEILL •JS NOW SELLING CHEAPER THAN EVER. MAKE NO ERROR' &O TO NEILL'B" FOR GOOD & CHEAP DRAPERY, CLOTHING, & BOOTS NO OLD STOCK, EVERYTHING NEW, O€ME AND SEE, AND COMPARE OUR PRICES. WE DEFY COMPETITION DRAPERY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Men's Boots and Shoes. Women's Boots and Shoes Boys 1 Boots and Shoes. Girls' Boots and Shoes of Every Description. ft. J. JVEIIjI*, Friedlander's Corner, East Street. TERMS CASH. THISfSPACE is RESERVED FOB THE leading Jewellery and Watchmaking T7l STABI/ISHMENT OF ASHBURTON, S. SA L E Iv'S, EAST STREET, ASHBUUTON. i ■Seeds. Seeds. Beedg. FLETCHER BROS, i HAVE Just Pecelyed their New Seasc n's Stock of Fimmo & Blaik's Flower and Vegetable Seeds. Flower Seeds m One Penny (Id) packets, seventy- tvr<3 varieties ; Vegetable Seeds m Threepenny (3d) packets, 100 varieties. NOVELTIES FOR THIS YEAR, 1896. NEW JAPANESE ROSE— CRIMSON RAMBLER. This new Rose is the sensation of the hoar m the doral world, and well may it be, for it is an entire novelty, distinco m character and of great merit. It originated m Japan, and is a hardy, everblooming, climbing polyanthus, bearing rich deep crimsom flowers m Urge panicles. The flower, when cut, will keep m water for a long time, and will bloom for nearly a month if left on the tree. Extra Strong Rooted Plants, 53 ; Strong Plants, 2s 61. "WHINHAM'S INDUSTRY" GOOSEBERRY. This superb variety has fairly established its reputation as one of the finest and most profitable (jfyogeberrics m existence, The fruit is of enormous Biae, and when ripe, of adaik, dasky red colonr ; it is oi fine quality, and cannot be surpassed for. preserving. The plant is of robust growth, and is marvellously prolific. Upwards of three tons of splendid fruit have been gathered from half m acre, and as much as twenty six tons of this fiie Gooseberry have been grown on 3£ acres Price, 2s each ; 20s psr doaen. Retail, '26 61 each ; 24s per doaen A fall catalogue of novelties will be ready m a few days, and Market Gardeners and all who go m for prize stock, should call and get one TO STOREKEEPERS, HAWKERS, Etc, We effer to Storekeepers, etc., a libaral discount off Id and 3d packets of Seeds, and can thoroughly recommend them as the best and most reliable Seeds m the market, During the past season (1895), we sold many thousands of packets of Seed?, and m almost every case we have heard of Splendid Results. If you have not previously handled Nimmo & Blair's Standard Seeds, it will pay yon to do so now. We fully expect to treble our sales of these famous Heeds this season Provision*. Provisions. WE HAVE IN STOCK SOME OF THE FINEST PROVISIONS IN ASfcBURTON BACON. Finest Smoked Rolls Finest Pale Rolls Finest Smoked bides Finest Pale Sides Finest Smoked Hams Finest Pale Hams CHEESE. Finest Akaroa Cheese Finest Factory Cheeße LARD. Lard m Bladders and Sausage Skins BUTTER. lOdperlb Finest Factory Butter lOdperlb POTATOES. POTATOES. Fiaest Blue Derweat Potatoes, 4s lid per big ; or two bags for 9s 61, Delivered anywhere within the Belts, FLETCHER BROS.. CASH SUPPLY STORES, ; EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, j and High btreet, Christchurch. TKf.RruoNK 24 Box 67