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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1896. REPRESENTATION.

By the passing of the Representation Act under which our present members of Parliament hold their seats, the number of European members m the House of Representatives was reduced from ninety to seventy. The same Act was supposed to provide machinery, for the readjustment of representation on a basis of population, so that when there was an increase of population m any particular part or parts of the colony, the triennial redistribution which was provided for was intended togive just and equitable representation to the increased districts. This was not to be done, be it remembered, by any increase m the number of members, . — the number was to remain at seventy. The intention was simply to reduce the areas of the electoral districts where the increase m population had occurred, and to increase those that had fallen off or remained stationary. Since the last census was taken there has been a marked increase — taken all over — m the population of the North Island : something like twenty per cent. The South Island has also had a natural increase of about five per cent. Now, if Parliament does not tamper with the Act this session, m the ordinary course of things the North Island should get two more members, and the South Island should be deprived of two. The machinery of the Act is self-acting m this way, and the Commission to whom the work of adjusting the representation under this Act have only an arithmetical question of population and areas to work out. Tho North Island poople are already looking with a jealous eye at the map, .and most of the leading papers on the other side___of the Straits are writing strongly on the subject. Tney conCelnt" that at next election the North Island should return two more members at least, and that to provide this increased representation the South Island should be deprived of the two it has m excess of what the census returns show its population warrants. According to the law as it now stands the contention of the North Island is perfectly just, quite m harmony with the spirit of the Act, and m keeping with the intention of Parliament when the Act was passed. But the Premier has apparently reasons of his own for seeking to avoid compliance with [the law as it now stands, and he has introduced a Bill to amend it. By this new Bill he would simply give three more members to the North Island, and let the South Island electorates remain as they are. This, we are sure, will not satisfy many of the northern members, and the mass of the northern people will not fael inclined to approve of it. There has always been a sort of rivalry between the two islands, and this rivalry is at the bottom of the demand for two members to be taken from the South and added to the North — a virtual increase of four to the North. We cannot say that we have any strong feeling on the question of this rivalry, and are quite willing jbo concede the justice of the northern demand for two members from the south. It is a matter of right, and the only objection that can be urged against Mr Seddon's Bill is that it is an attempt to increase the number

of members of the House. One of the wisest things the last Parliament did was to reduce the number by twenty, and we are not at all certain that another twenty would bo much missed — it would be another £5000 well saved to the colony, and twenty more fountains of useless talk closed We are quite sure « he feeling of h^. colony is not in|favour of any further increase of the members of the House — of the members of either House m fact — and this Bill of the Premier does ih*t. If it is right to avoid a redistribution of seats now by an increase of member « for the North Island, it will be equally right three years latf r when, if things go on as they are going the North Island may be m a position to claim another three members. Now that there seems every likelihood of a great number of the large estates either going into the hands of Government tenants under the Land for Settlement Act, or into the hands of private tenants — the sub-division induced by the unprece dently and unexpectedly numerous applicants for such properties ?b High bank — there is every reason to look for a marked increase m the popula tion of the South Island as well as of the North. The rush for land is not confined to the people no rr living m the immediate vicinity >oi the land opened for selection. Many North Island and even Australian settlers

(the latter men who learned from residental experience what South Island land is like) will try to get portions of it, and doubtless many of the strangers will be successful. If Government carry on this land purchase for settle ment policy of theirs with spirit ; and proprietors of large estates (as it now > seems likely they will, judging from rumors we hear) cut up theirs into handy farms at a fair rent, a heavy in crease must necessarily take place on the rural population of the South Island within the next few years. In crease the rural population to any sub stantial extent, and an increase m the town populations follows as certainly •as the tides obey the moon.' In the event of such probable increase will the Premier relieve the Electoral Commission of a portion of their re distributive work by another amend ing Bill increasing the number of ■ members ? If he does then the re- ' presentation legislation of the last Parliament will be simply neutralised, and we may soon look for the old number m the House that we saw m 1892. The new Representation Bill seems to us to be only the thin end of the wedge. The introduction of this Bill indicates a desire on the part of the Government to avoid a redistribu tion before next election, and it will be no Surprise to us when enquiries are made as to the progress of arrange ments for redistribution, to find Mr Seddon pointing to this Bill, as an explanation of why those arrangements are not m progress, and the longer that Bill is delayed the better for Govern ment Doubtless some Southern mem bers who have no wish to have their electorates recast, and risk possible rejection, will give the new Bill their support, but the measure is certainly not conceived ia the spirit of the Parliament who reduced the uselessly bulky House from ninety to the more practicable number who now form it.

LOCAL AND GENRAL.

_ « Kirby, tlie ex-Detective, was to-day committed for trial at the Sup .erne Court, by the Wellington Stipendiary. By a fire at a dwelling house at , Katoomba today four children named Buckneer were burned to death. The patentees of the cyanide process intend to make a further appeal to be allowed to amend their patent rights m Victoria. The'propoaed amend meat will, it Is understood, be on different lines to the application which was rt candy refused. The remains of an elderly man were found to-iay m a difused hub, at the back of Elworthy's run, twenty-two miles from . Timaru. The shepherd who found them estimates that they have lain there three or four months. The body will be brought clown to Timaru for inquest. On Monday evening, saya the New Zea land 'times, a shark, sfc 3m m length, was caught m the Wellington harbour. A baby's shoe and a piece of stocking were found m the gullet. There was also a hairpin attached to the shoo, whioh had evident!} been used for the purpose of fastening ib. It is to ba hoped the baby was not anywhere near the shoe. In the letter of the Commissioner of Crown Lands to Mr Barrett on the subject of the Highbank ballot] there was an important omission. The last sentence should have read-—* Applications that reached Rakaia by the express thai evening (the SJfth) toithout having passed through the Timaru Land Office were excluded from the ballot.' The words m italics form the omission. Four girls ranging from 14 to 16J years, were before the Wellington S.M. Court on Thursday as vagrants. The police said they were part of a gang who frequented the Chinamen's houses. One, who admitted staying at a Chinaman's for some days, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment. Mr Martin, S.M., said _chat, although over the regulation age, he wouTd"Try awa have her-piw.d^tSuenbam^ The others were remanded till Monday, to see what could be done with them. An Englishman, Ashby Sterry, is on the side of those who would do away with that time-honoured institution — the honey moon. 'The honeymoon 1 he says, * dur ing which a young couple have none but their own society, till they are absolutely sick of one another, has probably done more to make marriage a failure than anything else.' If thia is abolished there is a much better chance for the success of matrimony than there has ever been be fore. There seems no reason why persons cannot be married m a quiet way, and after they are married fix upon a house and superintend its furnishing. \ On Wednesday Constable Jackson went down to the beach with the sea', which was the subject of criminal proceedings on Monday last, and pub the animal into the sea* The seal did not at first take kindiy to the breakers, bub after a little per suasion of tho kind usually applied to wilful and wayward small boys, sealie breasted the waves, and having got inside tho rollers he shook hii head at the constable and Willie Lindsay, and the constable swears the thing actually laughed #t them, * took a sight' with his clumsy fore flapper and went away like a shot into the deep, dark, ' unbeginning, end!ess sea.' One Box of Clarke's B 41 Pills warran ted to cure all discharges from the Urinaiy Organs, m either sex (acquired or consti tutional), Gravel and Pains m the Back. Guarranteed free from Mercury. Sold m Boxes 4b 6d each, by all Chemists and Pates* medicine Vendors throughout the World Proprietors : The Linoolit akd Midland C i nties Tinva Oompauy. Linooln. England Many ladies complain the Tea they Lave been using has neither strength nor flavor. If th?y try Kozie Tjsa they wjli be satisfied The 2/4 is superb / (

A. telegram from Wellington states that Mr P. Coffey has given notice to move at the next meeting of th ' shareholders of the B ink of Now Z >al-nd, that it is not conducive to the interests of the share holders to retain the services of Messrs Watson and McKenzie. The Wellington correspondent of the Press s^ys that members of the loffc wing vnd .ahers arc jubilant at the carrying of fio sacond reading of tho Elective Execu tive Bill m face of the strong opposi ioti from the Ministerial benches. - They ti-.g*rd the vote as to a preat extent a protest against the overbearing tactics and tyranny of the present administration. A large m>jority of the speakers con d- mned the autocratic methods of the Premier. Major Stewards Bill, however may be regarded as doomed, seeing that he has pub it down for Committee for the m'.ddle of next month, when (he Financial Sta ement will probably be under con sideration. The Oddfellows* anniversary celebrated last night wasqaite a brilliant aff*tr, the hall hnv ng been crowded for the social, which was tha form the celebration took. Th« arrangements were complete, the com mittee having spared no pains to secure the comfort and enjoyment of the guests, Messrs Nicholas and.Rooke had charge of the floor for the dancing and discharged their duties very satisfactorily, while Mr Gates' band supplied unexceptional music. Dancing was not all the attraction of the evening. The services of a number of our loaal singers were recruited, who added much to the enjoyment ©f the evening, and m addition Mr Ryan, the Christ church humorist, had been engaged, and kept bis hearers m roars of laughter with his Irish sketches. Mrs Davis had charge of the supper room, and the fact only requires mention to let it be understood that the arrangements there were faultless. Altogether the anniversary was the great su3cess the painstaking efforts of the committee deserved it should be, Ohaancey M. Dspew, the American statesman, thus speaks of education: — 4lt has been my lot m the peculiar posi tion which I have occupied for over a quarter of a century of counsel and adviser for a great corporation and its creators, and of the many successful men m busi ness who have surrounded them, to know how men who had been denied m their youth the opportunities fur education feel when they are possessed of fortunes and the world seems at their feet. Then they painfully recognise their limitations ; then they know their weakness ; then they understand that there are things which money cannot buy, and that there are gratifications and triumphs which no for tune can secure. The one lament; of all those men has been, *Ohif I had been educated ! I would sacrifice all that I have to attain the opportunities of the college ; to be able to sustain not only conversation aqd discussion with the educated men with whom I come m contact, bub competent also to enjoy what I see is a delight to them beyond anything which I know. Messrs Sinclair and Sim were on the bench at Tapanua on Friday when Daniel Low was charged with having a still m his possession, and with distilling spirits. Constable Matheaon stated that on Wednesday last he went to accused's hut on Logan's Hill, and there found a ten gallon can with close-fitting wooden lid over a fire. A pipe led from the can to a tub of water, where it was coiled several times and then passed out, and a jug was under the end of the pips and spirit running from the pipe into the jug. Accused told him he made it from m*lt, sugar, and cabbage-tree, and said * I suppose I'll get six months for this.' Accused, m defence, said he was trying an experiment m rabbit poisoning, mixing the spirit with other stuff the rabbics took. He did not sell any. Their Worships (<?ays the correspondent of the Mataurd Ensign) sampled the spirit, but were very cay with it, and pronounced it to be something like gin, bub from tho hasty way m which they gib rid of it one would think *it was like and yet unlike.' Accused wai found guiliy, and a fine inflicted of £50, or six m >nths' imprison raent. Holloway's PiUs - Weak stomach—The wi ie3t oanDct enumerate one quarter cf the diitreesing symptoms aridng from imperfao-. or disordered digestion, all of which oan be re'ieved by those admirable pills. Tboy re move oankery taste from the mouth, flitul.'ncy an I oonstipatioo. . Hoi o way's Pills rouse the stomaon, livar, and every organ, thereby bringing digestion to that healthy tone which fully enables it to convert all we eat and drink to the nourishment of our bodies Henop these Fills arc the surest strengthened and the safest restorative m nervousness, wasting and chronio debility. Holloway'g Pills are infallible remedies for impaired appetite, eructations, and a multitude of other dis agreeable symptoms which render the lives of thousands miserable indeed. These pills, are approved by all classes.

COMMERCIAL

WOOL SALES. London, July 2 An excellent selection was offered at the wool sales to-day, and competition was brisk.

A State Pawnshop.

-" •> , . Wellington, July 2 A deputation from the Benevolent Trustees waited upon the Premier to night to urge upon him the necessity of setting up State pawnshops. The Rev- Mr Van Stavern (chairman) said that they had observed : with great pleasure the introduction by the Premier of fche Usury Prevent ion Bill, and trusted that he would carry it into effect this session, but they thought thab the measure would not be complete unless a clause was intrq duced m it by which a Monte de Piete or State pawnshop should -bn constituted. and a charge of 12 per cent, would pro vide sufficient funds to cover the expenses and it would be far better than 60 per cent, the poor had now to pay. The Premier said that the representa tions of the deputation would receive the fullest) consideration. He believed that the proposal had a good deal of good mit for poor people, and that it would be m their interests. He would make provision for second-hand dealers m a Bill which was being introduced and pre vent them acting as pawnbrokers without a license.

PARLIAMENTARY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Wellington, July 2 The Council met at 2 30 p m ADULTERATION PREVENTION BILL. The Adulteration Prevention Aot imandmant Bill was put through its inal stages. SECOND READINGS. The New Zealand Institute of Sur reyora Bill, the Sea Fisheries Acb Amend nent Bill, (to protect mussel beds and iponge beds;, and the Supreme Court Acb Amendment Bill (a technical measure), vere read & second time «.n 'he voices. Tne Council rose ah 3 p.m.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wellington, July 2 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BILL Tha Lesfisla' ive Council Aot Amend ment Bill was introduced and read a irst tirne^ LOCAL BILLS. Three Local Bills were read a second ime. MORTGAGES BILI^ Major Steward moved the second read- Ing of the Mortgages Bill, to provide that Mortgages may be effected without the ooßb of expensive deeds or instruments. Ihe effect of the Bill if passed would be that a private person who wished to make a small mortgage, instead of going to a solicitor, coWd go :to a money order office and effect the mortgage at small coat. , The Premier had great pleasure f n seconding the motion, and would do his beat to have the Bill placed on the Statute Book. . :He complained of " the way m which people were mulcted In lßgal ooste m these mitt era, and on that acoomit he welcomed the Bill. Sir Robert Stout strongly opposed the Bill, and said that it was merely a taxa tion' measure. After a short debate, the second read ing was carried by 27 to 23. OANTEBBUBYJJ9LLEGB BILL. Mr G. W. Russell moved the second reading of the Canterbury College Bill* to amend the law relating to the eleotion of Governors for Canterbury College, so that the Board should be more m touch with public feeling than was the case at present. The Bill also allowed women to have seats on the Board. Mr Hall- Jones pointed out that the Government bad a Bill on the Order Paper dealing with the same subject, and he thought that it would be as well to adjourn the debate until members had seen the Government measure, wben they would be m a better position to judge between the two Bills. Several other members spoke, and the debate was interrupted by the 5.30 p.m. adjournment. The House resumed at 7 30 p.m. The second reading of the Canterbury College Bill was carried on the voices. THE FEMALE LAW PRACTITIONERS BILL, The second reading of che Female Law Practitioners Bill (Mr G. W. Russell) to allow women to practice the profession of the law was agreed to on the voices. DECEASES HQSBAND'S BBOTHEB MAftBIAGB BILL Mr Lawry moved the second reading of the Deceased Husband's Brother Mar riage Bill, to allow of marriage with a deceased husband's brother. No debate took place and the sscond reading was carried by 40 to 10. THE CHEMI3 CASE The Criminal Code Act Amendment Bill was committed. j Upwards of two hours' discussion took place upon the scope of the Bill. Even tually an amendment which was moved by the Premier to make the Bill apply only to Chemis, who should have leave to apply for a new (Hal within twelve {months was carried by 37 to 15. DISPOSITION BY WILL BILL. Sir Robert Stout jno^9d tha, second rcadinj? of tho Limitation of Power r>f Disposition by Will Bill, which provides that no wiil shall be valid if a man dis poses of more than one-third of his pro perty m favour of any person or institu tion other than his widow or children. The Premier seconded the motion, as he thought it was very necessary to limit the extent to which; a man could will property away his wife and obiidren. Mr Lawry supported the Bill, and thought that it should m Eomo maasure be made retrospective. Mr T. McKeiz^e said that the Bill would not act well m the case of a man with a reprobate son, or m oases where men were not .well treated by their wives. The second reading was agreed to on the voices. CRIMINAL ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Sir Robert Stout's Criminal O«de 1893 Amendment Bill was read a second time on the voices, RESIOVAL OF WOMEN'S DISABILITIES BILL. Mr G. W. Rufsells Removal of Wo« men's Disabilities Bill was committed, but no progress was made with che mea sure, and eventually a motion by Air T. Mackenzie that the chairman leave the chair was carried by 23 to 17. This had the effect of killing the Bill. The House rose at 12.15 am

FOOTBALL.

♦" ! METHVEN I. v. SPRINGBURN 11. Thisntaatch was pkyed at Alford Forest on Thursday, July 2, a large number being present. The Methven team were one man short, but by the courtesy of the Bush team Walter Fagan was permitted to play for Methven, being one of the Spring burn , firsts. At the start of the game Sptiugburn was on the defensive. The ball being heeled out of the scrum, Telfordffor Methven) picked up smartly and pitted a goal very neatly. Towards the end of the spell, from a dribbling rush and by smart following up, Donald MoKenzle secured a try for Springburn, the score being— Methven four points, Spri&gburn three points. No further scoring was made during the firat spell. On resuming pay, a lot of stubborn p*»y. followed, each side doing its level best : when Willie Grieve, by a capital run down the . line, scored near the corner. No goal resulted : score— Spring* burn six points, Methven four. Methven then attacked, resulting m Burrows scoring from a dribbling rush ; score-r- Methven seven points, Springbqrn six, points Excitement was intense, as only ten minutes was wanted before time was called, but again Willie Grieve floored from a pass by D.^nmua, the score being at call of time— -Spring^um nine points, Methven seven points. \. The whole game was fotr-<rf life and energy, and no game playecKln the district was more interesting from^afcarb to finish. As a bystander remarked one of ihe Methven team, •* If you would practice together you need not fear any team opposed to you." For the com parative juveniles composing the second Springburn team, only one thing oan be said, they honestly deserved the victory ; but the Methven team has made amazing strides since last year.

Yesterday the High School Football Club played the Juniors' B team, when the latter proved victorious by eleven points to nil. The school played a good game throughout, and at the end of the first spell ib was hard to say which aids had the best; of it, as neither side scored, although Riddle went very close to scoring icveral times, In the second spell the Juniors gob several passing rushes on, re^ulfiDg m Joe Prichard getting ofrer the, fiie three times, securing three tries for he Juniors, one of which J. Jackson tonverted. Mr Bruce blew the whistle 0 everyone's satisfaction. ' The notice of Ashburtqn v United, is eld over,

THE ASHBUKTON GUABDIAN : FBIDAX, JULY 3, 1896.



Th c true leaf of the Tea Plant untampered with. This ia Aozie Tea.



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Wanted. j < ORIME Potk Sausages arid other small • • *" goods To-ni«ht and To-morrow, at ) James Taskbr's 7 26 > WANTED to Sell -Manses by the • Ton or m any quantity. Apply - to J. H. Sheehan, Allenton. 7 23 \jU ANTED, by young genileman, W Board m private family, with U3e of Piano. Apply, with terms, to Mail Office. 7 22 • y ANTED Known — 50 pairs Ladies '* ' and Girls' Leather Top and Canvas Tennis Shoes, at half usual price, for two weeks only. — Andrew Orr 10 136 WAHOO I THE CURE FOR INDIGESTION. Ashburton Drug Company, Agents 11 108 J \ 17 ANTED TO PURCHASE, old Cas; V^ Iron at £2 per to.n -P. and D. Duncan, Limited. 7 18 tfcr ANTED Known — For Vegetable " " and Flower Seeds call at Fletcher Bros., East Street. /* MERICAN BOSS and Nougat £jL Creams, simply delicious. Hot Pies, Tea, Coflfee, and Cocoa H. Diggle, Up-to-date Confectioner, East Street. COUGH, Cough, Oough-I am still making my celebrated Cough Drops, None genuine unless stamped Flower's Cough.— H. A. Flower, Confectioner, East street. 5 24 WANTED Known— We intend to shake up every Boob Shop m Ashburton.— Mellor's Clearing ßootSale .j^ / ANTED Known— 6ooo pairs of v *' Boots to be cleared m one month. — Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. RANTED Known— Everybody to roll Vy op to Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale. Now'b your time to buy. Wanted known.— Mrs Huffam, "* haying taken the premises lately occupied by Mr G. Neill, intends to open same as Ladles' Dining and Refresh- ment Rooms, where visitors will find a long felt want supplied. Meals at all hours. A few boarders will find all the comf orts of a home* 4 196 WANTED Known — Bargains from floor to ceiling.— Mello <'s Sto aklng Boot Sale.



Wanted. . i iAKivN trom the dressing-room at tho Oddfellows' Hall last nighfc, whito m wool Shawl. Kindly re' urn to Mail office at onco to save further trouble. 7_27 2 4 OR SALE— Second-hand Saddle and i. : Bridle. Apply Mail Office. I^O R SALE, Cheap— A good Buggy. *• Apply to E. Cookson. 7 2 Wr ANTED TO LET, for six months, a. seven-roomed Dwelling and Wa?h H-JUS9 m Cox Street ; * either furnished or unfurnished. Apply to A. Field, at D. Thomas, Ahhhurton 711 i RY Flower s Utesc Bulgarian Rock I and Cream Walnuts, simply delicious : at the Old Reliable Conftc- lioner's, Kaat street. 'kVTANTfc.D Known— lf you w«nt Seeds ' that .-ire sure to grow get them at Fletchbr Bros .a. OMEN'S Leather Slippers, 2a 6d, ?y Girls' two-strap leather Shoes; 2s 6d ; Men's Strong Nailed Boots, 5a 6d j Men's Overcoats at a sacrifice at C. Haw- kins', Tinwald, WANTED KNOWN-H. Bairstow * * has commenced the Undertaking Business. Any order intrusted to his care will receive prompt and careful at tention. Address, Cameron JStrset, opposite Baring Square. 6 14U WANTED Known— Great Reduction at Mrllor's Cheap Boot Sale. "¥7"INGFISH, Barraconda, Blue Cod, -*^- Rock Cod, Groper, Ling, Bream. Crayfish, Smoked Fish, Oysters, and Rabbits. Hot Fish Dinners at Suther- land's, Tancred Street. MEN'S Bluchers sa, a good Strong Nailed Shooter at Bs.6d; a nice assortment of Ladies' and* Children's Boots nd Shoea from Is 9d a pair at R. Alcorns WANTED Known— lf you miss the Cheap Boot Sale you will bo rry. — Mellor's, Tancred Street. WOLFI WOLF I WOLF I The old cry. He has come this week, and is slaughtering Music at unheard of prices. Is pieces for 33 ; Is 6d pieces for 4d ; 2s pieces for 63 ; 3a pieces for 9d ; 4s pieces for Is. 3500 pieces to select from at L. F. Andrewbs & Co.'s Great Sale. 593 £*D BOXES Stationery unsurpased for value by any house m the trade; Weldon's Journal for May. 'The Man from Snowy River, *In the Days of Aulo" Ling Syne,' * Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush.' — H. H. Jones. OLID AY Suits— A Nice Kaiapo Suit for 27s 6d, Boys' Knloker and Cambridge Suits . from 7s 6d, Men's Suits to Measure from 455, Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed at R. Alcorn's ANTED Known— We are clearing out all our Macintoshes, Jackets, Lined Cloaks and Dressing Gowns. No reasonable offer refused for anything soiled or " not up to date." — Mitohfll & Turner. WANTED Known— Monste Clear- ing Boot Sale at Melloe ' Zealan- dia Booh Store. V^/ ANTED Known— Men's Mercery, '?' Clothing and Boots. For Goods that wear well, fib well, and look well, try that old established firm— Mitchell & Turner. |,y ANTED Known— Just opened, ex ' * Pttkeha and Gothic, Flantselettes, white, stripes, and colours ; Velveteens, black, all prices ; Colonra, large variety, including now shades m Reseda, Hum- bolclt and Hungarian— Mitchell and Turner. v^/ ANTED Known"^ That Smith *• V Mackwet/l makes, repairs, and re-covers Umbrellas and Parasols af Lower East Street, Ashburton. No persona employed to canvass or collect Umbrellas at the door. 4 14 VyANTEO Known — Lwge delivery of * v tho ' Economic ' Kid Gloves, four buttons, Is 9d per pair, worth much more. — W H. Collier.. T>EAD THIS -Sixpenny Books at 3d -"-* 1 shilling Bocks at 4rl, Eighteen Ponny Bocks at 9i, Half-a-orown Books at Is, Envelopes Irom 3-j 9J per 1000, or 250 foe Is, Boxes of Note Paper aad envelopes from 4£d, Shilling packets of Note P.iper at Bd, Two-shilling Packets -for Is 3 \ — at L. F. Andrewes and Co's Great Sale. 5 46 t. * AN TED Known— Go to The Corner "- * for Newest Styles m Drapery and Millinery— W. H. Collier. v«7ANTISD Known— The 'Economic' ' * Kid Glove, fou»* buttons, Is 9 1 per pair, is the Glove for everyday wear. — W. H. Collier. NOTICE.— Are you going to build Because the cheapest shop for Roofing, Iron Ridging, Gutters, Nails, Lead, Spouting. Water Tanks, Pumps, Ranges, Register Grates, Locks and Hinges, Washing Boilers, and all sorts of Ironmongery, is J. W. Hardley's, Ironmonger, Plumber, and Tinsmith. Telephone 32. R3 KNIGHT, cash purchaser of Ladies' and Gentlemen s left off Ciothing, etc Letters promptly attended to. Near Post Office, 5 100 OWNMakoin Ladies and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina- fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, Muslins, Flannelcttce, Trimmings, etc*, at Mrs alcorns new shop, Baker's ''uildinga. V^T ANTED Known— That E. Mahood » ' is still selling all kinds of Grocery, Crockery, and Glassware at as reasonable a price as any other house m the trade Orders by letter or Telephone promptly attended to Families waited on daily. Telephone No 76. . JUST Arrived. — A large variety of use ful and .Ornamental Goods, Dolls, Toys, and Novelties ; also, a job lot over one hundred assorted Baskets and Morocco and Russian Leather Handbags, to be sold at and under ordinary cost orice at Mrs Alcorn's. \k'J ANTED Known— Ladies Shoes yV tan or black, 6s 61. — Mkllor's Cheap Boot Sale. REAT SALE NOW ON at L. F. ANDREWES & Co. £3000 worth of Books, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Toys Music, &c, to be sold this month regard j less of cost. Sale now on at L. F ! Anpbewes & Co, Stationers' Hall. 4 2 BANANAS. Bananas, ripe and sound '> also swee\i D.E. Oranges at H. A. Flower's, Confectioner and Fruiterer, East Street. WANTED Known — That it ia lament able to hear people ask why there is so much trash m the Boot Trade how-a- days ? But no wonder I say. Thay m^y strike their breasts and say, ' By our own fault, who buy such trash at cheap sales.' Though cheap, a profit must be levied, and you don'b get the worth of your money But you have yet a remedy by calling at J. Moiscn, the Premier m tho Boot Trade, where a solid, dry, and good wearing boot 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 Depot, East Street, Aehburtow, \% %



Public Notices. \ DRESS DEPARTMENT. SPECIAL & UNPRECEDENTED OFFER j {^TNDINGr as the season pro- *- gresses, that we are over | stocked m some of the more i DON'T expensive of our Dresa Goods, which inciudo Scotch and Cjlonial Tweeds, Ketvy Serges, etc , wo have decided to Make Up All Materials at 2a 6d per yd & upwards FKEE OF CHARGE. For One Month Only, Oommena- ing Saturday, June 20. and continuing till Saturday, July 25 j Tbis is no Ordinary Offer, but i a gift of lOd 61 on each costnme MISS ~ • Terras — Strictly Cash at the time order is given. All Lower Priced Goods will be Reduced to eftecb a Clearance. Our Wonderful Serge, usual price Is Id — Reduced to 10|d Special Job Purchase— Meltons, usual price Is 2d— Now 10J Scotch Tweeds, usual price Is lid— Now Is 6d We are also offering, at Low prices— TH(S Warehousemen's Clearing Lines m General Drapery, Bought at a Big Discount. We invite you to Inspect. Colonial Flannel, B£d yard. Ashburton Drapery Company, Cash Drapers, Clothiers, Milliners, and Dressmakers. F. C. SHRIMPTON, Manager. ■WOOLLEN GOODS SOB WINTER WEAK. NEW* ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. Men's Overco&ts, with Cape, from ... 20.3 Boys' Overcoats from ... ... 8a 6d Men's All Wool Sao Suits from 27s 6d Men's All Wool Trousers from 8s 9d Boys' All Wool Knicker Suits from 7s 6d Men's Cover Coat from ... 29s 6i BLANKETS. BLANKETS. BLANKETS Mosgiel. Ashburton. Mosgiel 163 6d per pair. RUGS. RUGS. RUGS. Wellington, Mosgiel, Timaru . 12a 6d. L.W. Pants, our own make, 3s lid. y Flannel Shirts 3s 6d. JQRIVING GLOVES, Wool Lined jloves, Mufflers from Is, Wool Socks Is, Men's Golf Caps from Is, Boys' Caps 6d Ni-.W ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. ALEX HENDRY, Manager. 8~. SI'JfiPHJCN'S CHURCH, Ashburton MEETINGS. Thursday— G.F.S , 7 p.m. Friday— Short Service, 730 p.m. „ Choir Practice, 8 p.m. SUNDAY SJBRVIOES. 11a.m. — Morning Prayer and Holy Communion, Rev T. A. Hamilton. 3 p.m. — Grieenstreet) Rey. T. A. Hamilton. 3 p.m. — (Dromore), Mr W. Bowman Fox. 6.30 p.m.— Evening Prayer, Rev T. A. Hamilton. JAMES ELLIOTT, COAL and FIREWOOD MERCHANT, —HAS IN STOCK- NEWCASTLE, WESTPORT, BRUNNER NUTS, MOUNT SOMBRS AND ALLANDALE COALS ; COKE. Also, ! FIREWOOD, POSTS, RAILS & STAKES I WISH to direct attention specially to the CELEBRATED Allaiad&ie Coal, i Which has hold its own aga'nst all the lignites m the market. It is Screened, it burn 3 with a flume to a clean ash, leaving no dangerous embers, and is really the bast and cheap?st Native : Coal to be had. TRY IT. Wanted second hand bags m any quantity* jamesTluott, SOLE AGENT, WEST STREET, Opposite Divid Thomas, Grain Store BAKER BROS., TpUBNISHING UNDERTAKERS, (Jorrer of Wakanui Road and Cass Streets, and at Baker and Brown's Coach Factory, Havelock Street. EVERY REQUISITE SUPPLIED. Telephone No. 69. 6 158 FOE SALE, A COMFORTABLE HOME near l\. corner of North-Wesb Belt, Allenton, comprising a four-roomed Q.ousp, Scullery, Wash-house, etc*, one icre land, with 100 good fruit trees. Iv consequence of being one of the .ucces^ful applicants for Highbank, I will i«f-poBB of the above property on very easy terms. Also— Four acres of leasehold may be had 7 9 Apply to C. SPRAY, afa residence. If you want delioioua Coffee try the celebrated (family Brand ; to be obtained ' i everywhere. |



r__ Business Notices. I I. ook. Look. V G. J- NEILL \rs NOW SELLING CHEAPER THAN* EVER, MAKE NO ERROR I ' SO TO HE ILL'S FOR GOOD & CHEAP PIUPERY, CLOTHING, & BOOiS OLD STOCK, EVERYTHING NEW, COME AND SEE, AND COMPARE OUK PRICES. , WE DEFY COMPETITION DRAPfIRY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. I Men's Boots and Shoes. "Women's Boots and Shoes / Boys' Boots and Shoes. .•-■ m Girls' Boots and Shoes of Every Description. ''liU.J. HTBULIi, Friedlander's Corner, East Street. TERMS CASH. THIS SPACE r ; , ■■■ RESERVED FOR THE leading Jewellery and Watcliinaking TISTABLISHMENT OF ASHBURTON, -... S. SA L E KB, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. ■Seeds. ISeeds, JSeeds. r FLETCHER BROS. "**^ TT^V^J ust deceived their New Season's Stock of Nimmo & BlxVir's Flower II and Vegetable fieede. Flower Seeds m One Penny (Id) packets, seventy- varieties ; Vegetable Saedß m Threepenny (3d) packets, 100 varieties. B^ NOVELTIES FOR THIS YEAR, 1896. NEW JAPANESE ROSE— CRIMSON RAMBLER. This hew Rose is the sensation of the hour m the floral world, and well may it be, for it is an entire novelty, distinct; m character and of great merit. It originated m Japan, and is a hardy, everWooming, climbing polyanthus, bearing rich deep erimsom 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. r£xtra Strong Rooted Plants, 5s ; Strong Plants, 2s 61. " WHINHAM'S INDUSTRY" GOOSEBERRY. This superb variety has fairly established its reputation as one of the finest and most profitable Gooseberries m existence; The fruit is of enormous size, ' and when ripe, of a dark, dusky red colonr ;itis of fine quality, and cannot be surptssed for preserving. The plant is of robust growth, and is marvellously I prolific. Upwards of three ton 3of splendid fruit have been gathered from half an acre, and as much as twenty-six tons of tbis fine Gooseberry have been grown on 3^ acres Price, 2s each j 20s per dozen. Retail, 2s 6i each ; 24s per dozen A full catalogue of uovelties will be ready m a few daye, and Market Gardeners and all who go m for prize stock, should call and get one TO STOREKEEPERS, HAWKERS; Etc, " BS *teißw Wiuffer to Storekeepers, etc, a liberal dif count off Id and 3d packets of Seeds, and can thoroughly recommend them as the best and most reliable Seeds m the niarkft, During the past season (1895), we sold maDy thousands of I ptckets of Setdr, and m almost every case we have heard of Splendid Results. I .If you b»ve not previously handled Nimmo & Blair's Standard Seeds, it will 1: pay yon to do so now. We fully expect to treble our sales of these famous H t-eeds tbis season I FroTisio»«. Provisions. WE HAVE IN STOCK SOME OP THE FINEST PROVISIONS IN ASHBURTON BACON. Finest Smckod Rolls Finest Pale Rolls Finest tr-moked bides Finest Pale Sides Finest Smoked Hams Finest Pale Hams CHEESE. Fiucst Akaroa Cheese Finest Factory Cheese LARD. Lard m Bladders »nd Sausage Skins BUTTER. b „ 10d per lb Finest Factory Butter lOdperlb POTATOES. POTATOES. Finest Blue Derwent Potatoes, 4s lid per bag-; or two bags for 9s 6J, Delivered anywhere within the Bells, FLETCHER BROS.. CASH SUPPLY STORES, 55 A ls T STREET, ASHBURTON, $ad High street, Christchurcb, Telrphonb 24 Box 67