MAIL NOTICES.

.. Mails close for the following places as under, subject to the necessary alterations :— WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. For Northern Ports, damoa, Sandwich Islands, North Amerioa, Wesfe Indies, United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, via San Francisco, per Takapuna, at 6.15 p m. ; money orders, 3 p.m. ; registered lettera, 5 pm. Due London October 7th.

PHASES OF THE MOON.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1896 SPOILING OUR BOYS.

A statement was recently made publicly by a member of a Dunedin School Committee to the effect that the ;M straps was going m a certaia school all day long," and upon being chal lenged, the person (a Mr Lester) under took to prove his statements ' up to the hilt.' A special meeting of the School Qqmraittee was called to consider the matter, and after a couple of adjourn ments it was eventually decided to hold an enquiry at which the Committee invited the Board of Education to be represented, — this course being apparently adopted owing to the difficulty experienced by the Chairman, and the majority of the Committee m | preventing Mr Lester from seddonising the whole business, and sitting upon the Committee and teachers. At any rate this view of the matter is the only one presented to outsiders on perusing the reports, of the case which have appeared m the newspapers, We are not concerned with the relations be tween the members of the school Com mittee m question, but we, m common with every parent m the colony have an interest m that more important question of corporal punishment m schools. And we may state at once that we have no patience with the* sentimental nonsense we constantly hear talked, and see written about this subject. Every now and then, the Boards of Education, aoting spasmodi cally under pressure make regulations bearing on the infliction of corporal punishment m schools. In this respect the North Canterbury Board is facile princeps the most easily worked by the sentimentalists. Nothing could be more hurtful to the authority of the teacher, or more subversive of discipline than some of the regulations that have been made by this Board on the subject of sparing the rod. At one time only the head teacher m a school was per mitted to use it. Then the heads of departments m large schools were included ; and later on — as the difficulty of keeping order m classes whose teachers were forbidden to chastise became more and more apparent — certain subordinates were, on specially applying, allowed to use the strap. Meanwhile the temporary application of the principle of sparing the rod, had had the elEFect prophesied by Solomon more than two thousand years ago, as well as of seriously affecting the school discipline. The bad boy broke the rules daily with sublime, indifferenoe to the teacher's anger, for he knew there was no penalty to be inflicted on the only sensitive part of his.'anatomy. Indeed so well has this come to be understood, that some of the bolder offenders have been known to threaten teachers with the vengeance of their parents- or of the committee on occasions when the patience of the sorely tried pedagogue has broken down, and a hasty application of the hand has been the result. Under such circumstances we feel sure that every person who knows anything about the matter will be pleased to see Mr Sawle's proposal that every certificated teacher m a school shall be permitted to inflict corporal punishment. We sincerely trust the Board of Education will agree to this, and thereby put an end to the unsatisfactory condition of things that has lately existed m the matter of maintaining discipline m the schools under its control. We have nothing to say m defence of inflicting corpora.l punishment on girls old enough to be reasoned with, nor do we think male teachers should ever have to beat girls*. "We think it ia possible to rule the gentler sex by other means. But we believe no good purpose can be served by treating the boys m the same way. The tendency of the education and customs of the age is to make the men more effeminate than their fore fathers were: We do not wish to see a return of the time when men wore swords, and were ready to risk their lives at a moment's notice. But we cannot expect our boys to be willing to <:face, and able to endure physical pain, if we bring them up like girls We are ( inclined to think that if foot ball a|d| similar sports, m which there is some element of danger, were to be abolished, as many people wish, the Englishman of the future would be a very different man from the con querors of India and Africa, and the men who have made Britain invincible on the seas. The fact is, there is always a certain amount of savagery m the average Briton, to which he probably owes his success as a fighter ; and, although it is humiliating to have to confess it, the prospects of England's supremacy m the future would not look well if the coddling and spoon-feeding system of educating the boys of to-day should be continued.

M. Lionel Deolb has a moat interest ing article ia the National Review, entitled ' Two years Rhodes IN m Rhodesia,' which Rhodesia. heclosesthus: — The country is one of the richest, and the most diversely rich, that I ever visited. Tts ad ministration, taking it as a whole, is conducted by as single-minded and hard-working men as I ever came across, and I say this, bearing m mind that I have lived for years among the civil servants of India. I never saw a better-ordered community than the white inhabitants of Bho'desia, whether

desirous to succeed themselves, they are yet ever ready to lend a hand to their neighbours. Of their splendid self-reli*»nce and self devotion I can say no more m praise than ia already wruten m the history of the two irara with the Matabele. As for the founder of this country, Mr Cecil Rhodes^l dare to think him by far the greatest^ man that Africa has yet given to the world, and one of the greatest men of this century. Tt would be super fluous to eulogise his untiring energy, | his discrimination m the choice of his subordinates, and the boundless confi dence which be inspires m every man who has worked with him. It can not be denied that he is rich, if that is a crime; but from all I ever heard there never was a man who cared less for jnoney for its own sake. I suppose he spends about one-twentieth part of bis income upon himself. He has always been ready and anxious to help the Chartered Com pany out of his own resources, and many are the men m South Africa to wtiora he has given a helping hand m private without a word said about it m public. That he values wealth for the leverage it gives him to carry out his plans is doubtless 1 true. But whether that is a reproach or a glory depends upon the plans themselves. I am perfectly independent m my judgment of his work, and have had more opportunities than most people of forming that judgment <)' I should say there never was a man who had the greatness of his country more at heart. Stiould South Africa and the Empire be deprived of his services, even m a small measure, it would be nothing less than a public calamity. Still m the prime of life, he has already achieved a work whose magnitude should suffice for immortality. I can only say that I should be proud to number among my own countrymen a single man of his ability and patriotism.' The Chartered Company and its founder can be epitomised m a couple of words — a great work and a great Englishman.

Mb Joseph Chamberlain whose ex perience of municipal affairs is probably as great local POLITICS, as that of any man

m England, has been speakiug some wholesome truths at a banquet given m- Birmingham m honor of the first Lord Mayor of the city. After dwelling on the im portance of provincial municipal institutions as a counteracting in fluence against the present tendency to concentrate public life m the metropolis, he pointed out that m proportion as a community attached , importance to its local life was the measure of its progress m the health, happiness, and comfort of all, and especially of the working classes, on whom he therefore urged the necessity of taking a lively interest m local politics. Local life was the be3t safe guard against the evils of Socialism .and anarchy. ' If/ he said, ( it be the duty and -■ the interest of the ratepayers to choose the best men, it is the interest, of the duty, and, let me add, it is the best mm to come forward. I say it is their duty, but it is hot less their interest, for the experience of other countries m which municipal institu tions have not been as satisfactory as they have been here, conclusively shows that the result of the indiffer ence and the apathy of men who ought to lead m these matters has been a cause of the gravest disaster ; and if our citizens should ever show this lack of patriotism, this failure to interest themselves m what is really their primary duty and their proper work, then the responsibility for the mis government and the inefficiency and the extravagance which will necessarily follow will be wholly upon their shoulders. But if it is very important fhat the directors of this great com pany should be chosen amongst our best and ablest citizens, it is of even greater importance that the permanent officials — the heads of these great departments — should be the ablest, the most skilful that love or money can procure. There is no economy — I wish I could impress this more deeply upon the minds of my fellow citizens — there is no economy more disastrous than the economy which endeavours to make cheese-paring savings m the remuneration of men whose services may be pricßless. . Why, there is not at this moment a single great official of the corporation of Birmingham who by a single error might not cost the ratepayers and the town more money than .tenfold the amount of his salary. You cannot afford to have second-rate officials, and ' if you want to have first-rate officials you must pay the price that competi tion has established for that particular kind of service. The great industrial corporations of the country — our rail ways, our banks, and other concerns — are" only too ready to tempt by any means m their power men of this value into their service, and they are ready to secure, almost at any price, the highest talent and the highest skill. To my mind, one of the dangers which at the present time threaten our municipal insjtitutions is the readiness oi some of our: ratepayers and electors, acting upon an entirely mistaken notion, to accept second-rate services, m order to avoid paying first-rate salaries.'

Tijr putting the Million Loan Bill through the House the Premier has not found his life the million loan, all beer andskittles.

Some of his sup porters did not take kindly to the measure at all, and spoke out about it with no uncertain sound. Sufficient of his following, however, remained faithful to him to enable him to carry what He wanted with a substantial majority ; but all the same there has been a considerable amount of frost m the Liberal atmosphere regarding this measure. Support of it meant to not a few m the House a direct breach of the pledge they gave to their constitu ents when elected, that they would not favor further borrowing, and this indeed was the main recommendation of the Liberal party at the general election. To. rush a Bill for the rais ing of a loan of a million pounds through the House with quite unne cessary as well as unreasonable speed, and without affording the very fullest opportunity for discussing its details, but especially the mode of its allocation,

ia under any circumstances not the cor rect thing to do. But under present cir cumstances it seems to us that mem bers have had but scant opportunity for looking into the proposals contained m this Bill. The Lyttelton Tmts— one of the most loyal supporters the present Ministry have among the colonial press— does .not look at all

kindlyon eitherthe Billorthe way it has" been pushed through its stages. That paper evidently feels that the measure indicates a going back on its hustings pruvcy of non-borrowing on the part of t\e Government, and suggests that befoi^any steps are taken to raise the loan tfaeßill authorises, the sanction of the couaty" by meajis of a referendum' should fee obtained. And we think

with our contemporary that such a question cc borrowing a million of .money is tne Well suited for being submitted to the referendum. Public opinion and, public feeling we know change often and rapidly, but we> do nd\. fancy public feel ing among the liberal voters on the question of increaiqg the public debt has changed ia any marked degree, and the Premier ou&t to submit thw question to the countiy m the manner proposed by our Gh^atchuroh con temporary. Surely Mr Seddon is nob afraid of . the result i.\ Then the | allocation of the money i&hot wholly satisfactory and with our contemporary ' we think that portion of \ should have been devoted to the estabjahment of irrigation works on the Canterbury - plains, instead of being spent >n the - development of goidSelds; The Vtter m the present boom 'of jgold mav be safely left m the hands of the weafchy syndicates who are always ready )>6 find capital for anything m the way <$ goldmining that offers well; but the, irrigation question is one that will not \ readily solve itself, and tke solution will become more and more distant aa the small settlers increase on the . plains. And to increase those the Land f Ol Settlements Act was passed. Under its operation the numbers are steadily increasing, and the increase will mean an increased demand for irrigation with less money among the individual settlers to pay for it. A small slice of this loan could be far worse employed than m constructing irrigation works.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Reserved seats for Bishop Grimes' lee* ture or the Passion Play can be secured fcillHfix eclook this evening at Mr H. M. •Jones, bookseller . . '.."..'.

The calendar of the Dunedin Supreme Court is neither heavy nor serious. The only case of serious import is that of Carl Mateon, who is to be tried for murder on Thursday.

The whalers m Tory Channel, Nelson* took two Urge whales lately, which are expected to yield about; ten tuns of oil apiece and about 14owt of. fine whalebone between them, worth altogether some* thing like £800. - A French journalist who. interviewed the dusky Qaeen Ranavalona recently found her attired m a cherry and cream coloured Parisian toilet.. Near her was ~ an enormous doll — not a plaything, she assured her visitor, but a model for trying on her dresses. The North Otago Times learns .that petitions have been: sent to the Minister for Lands, asking that the Bushey Park estate, of 2200 acres, and Mr James Allen s two properties of 324 and 603 acres, both near the township of Palmer ston, be cat up for settlement purposes, Messrs Elston and Leggott, painters and paperhangers, are miking extensive preparations for the spring trade. They advertise a stock of about 4000 pieces of paperhangings, with full supplies of everything necessary^ for an. extensive trade m their own particu'ar profession. Of all the objectionable crea'ures on ouc side-wa'ks it is that one who makes the air around him thick with his own foulness of language. It matters nothing to this gentleman whetbjs£i women or girls are passing at the mo~men> Some of them ought to be gagged »i an example to others.

The Flemington Cheese Factory is about to receive . an attention ib has not experienced i since It was built. Messrs Slston \rad Leggotb have obtained a contract to paint the factory and adjacent dwelling house three coats each, the top color being a light stone with dark stops. The Salvation Army's self-denial week for 1896 will be from October 17 to October 23, both days inolusive. The main object of the effort is the raising of funds to, help the missionary work of the organisation. The self-denial effort of 1894 realised £1874, and that of last year brought £2887 9s lOd.

At the Auckland Police Court on Fiida'y, a man named Lauton was fined £18 and £1 8a costs, for smuggling watches ashore from the Anglian, from Sydney. . The total fiae would have been £72, but it was mitigated to the amount stated. The watches were forfeited, and the fine was paid. It will interest the devotees of the wheel to know, on; the authority of a clergyman who has \ just returned from India, that m the southern portion of that country bicycles are extensively used. He says the Europeans. first introduced them, and the natives who followed suit now regularly organise bicycle.tours. The same craze m a smaller degree has taken place among the Hindoos of South India.

The Premier, addressing a meeting of Natives at Wellington on Saturday, referred to the fact that there were a number of landless Natives m the colony, and suggested that those Natives who had more land than they could utilise should --^ make a sacrifice m the interests of the landless Natives. He said that the Government would find one-half of the money, and the laDd could ba made over for all time for Natives. who were without land. '.''■" ,

Three is a sacred number, said Professor Blackie. Aristotle settled tho.t. Three is the first number that has a beginning; a middle, and an end ; and this given the perfeob idea of a whole. Every dinner ought to have at leasb three courses and every novel three volumes -and. every sermon three heads, Three was the scored number of the ancient Britonß, as is shown by the Triads which have survived the wholesale destruction of their litera ture.

Holloway's Pills ahd Ointment.— The most effectual Cure for Gout and Rheumatism — A frequeub cause of these complaints ia the inflammatory state of the blood, attended with bad digestion, lassitude, and great debility, showing the want of a proper cir culation of the fluid, and thab impurity of the blood greatly agravates these disorders. Bfolloway's Pills are of so' purifying a nature that a few doses taken m time are an effeo- -; tual preventive against gout and rheumatism but anyone who at has an attack of either should use Holloway's Ointment also, the powerful properties of which, combined with the effects of the Pilla, ensure a certain cure The Ointment should be thoroughly rubbed : . into the parts affeofced at least twice, a • day, after they have been sufficiently fomented with warm water to open the porea tofaoilii ate the introduction of the Ointment W - the, Il £l§afa ■.-"-.■ •.' •: - : - " ■-■ U

THE ASHBURTON GtJARDiAN ; TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1896.



September— d h m New Moon ... 8 1 13 am First Quarter ... 14 339 pm Fall Moon ... 22 10 19 am Last Quarter ... 30 128 pm October— d h ra . JNew Mouii ... 7 9 48 am First Quarter ... 14 2 17 am I Full Moon ... fl 22 347 am Last Quarter ... 30 250 am



OWN Make m Ladies and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, Muslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs Aloorn s new shop, Baker's Balldlnga. _ Don't Gough. — Relief can be obtained immediately. Use HEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES well known ag the utterly unrivalled Gough Remedy. Strongly recom- mended by many eminent physioians. They at onoe oheok the oough and remove the oause— without any af er effect ; the most delioate can therefore take them. One Lozenge alone gives ease —one or two at bed- times ensures rest. Sold everywhere m jstydeaoh. Confound it ,1 Baid a testy old gentleman the proprietor and editor of this paper ough to be proseouted ; I was just reading a nioe pithy little paragraph, and found it wound up by advising me to take Woods* Greattfegper. mint Cure for coughs and colds, sold by all Grooera and Chemists the price was only Is gd but the ihJtmi *m invaluable.



Wanted; m j OUR POCLTRY have won 37 First v and numbers cf special prizes this season. Young birds of vaiious breeds for Sale very cheap. Eggs— Dark I Brahma, Spanish, and Polish, ,7a 6d a I sitting— Pelham Yards, Ash'arton. \ 8153 I . — « i IVi AVY and Army, Pearson's Magfz.ne, ■*-* Windsor Magazine, back numbers 6i ; baok numbers bound volumes oloth Kinefolk, A. Swan ; The Riddle King, Justin McCarthy ; The Master Craftsman Beeant; Cl max of bhe Ages, Varley.— H. M. Jones. , ■ . 4 v ; ANTJBD Known— The * Economic* *• Kid Glove, four buttons, is 9 ' per pair, is the Glove for everyday wear — W. H- Collier. WANTED Known—That E. Mahood is still selling all kinds of Grocery, Orookery, and Glassware at as reasonable a prioe as any other house m the trade Orders by letter or Telephone promptly attended to Families waited on daily. Telephone No 76 _ LAMPS. Lamps. Beautiful Bismarck Lamps, 3s lid eaoh j AUrm Clocks, 33 lid each.— Fletcher Bros, East Street. . "'. . \ I /ANTED. Known— You save 6s m yV. every pound if you patronise Mellor's Cheap Boob Store. il 7 ANTED Known— -We are clearing W oub all our Macintoshes, Jackets, Lined Cloaks and Dressing Gowns. No rea sop able offer refused for anything, soilSofo* **nob up'tti f date."^MraoHFfc* ATttrker. -..•-■ r^HE APEST House m Canterbury for V-> Garden and Farm Seeds is Carson AND Oo.'s. Six packets of Vegetable Seeds for Is ; Flower Seeds from Is dozen; Garden Tools of all sorts. CT7" AN TED Known— That J. Moison » will give a good Discount for Cash for six weeks, being over-stocked and to make room for Summer Boots, and Shoes, which will be m next week. Nothing but the choicest and best quality kept. Repairs as usual done at Once ab the Premier Boob Store, Town Hall, East Street, Ashburton. SEEDS. SEEDS,. Flower" Seeds, Id per packet. Vegetable Seeds, 3d per packet. All guaranteed New Seeds —Fletchbr Bros., East Sbreeb. OUGH, Cough, Cough— l am still ' making my celebrated Cough. Drops, None genuine unless stamped Flower's Cough.— H. A. Flower, Confectioner, JEast street. 5 24 \\i A.NTED Known — Bargains from VV floor to ceiling.— Mellor's Stock t king Boob Sale. WANTED Known— Monste Clear ing Boot Sale at Mellob' Zealan dia Boot Store^j . OW not to be ill, by Dr Emily B Rhyder,eab fruib, choice fruit, good frni<~, H A. Flower's fruit, East Street, Ashburton. BANANAS. Bananas, ripe and sound ; also sweet D.R. Oranges at H. A. Flower's, Confectioner and Fruiterer, ;j East Street. ! KENT'S F<ipj<.us Bicycles for Ladies and Gentlemen can now bo obtained from Carson and Co, Agents, Tyres and Exiray m great variety. WA > TED Known— Lwge delivery o : the ♦Kcononiic' Kid Glove*, four buttons, la 9d per pair, worth 'much- more — > x H. Culltbr. ANTED Known- Ladies Shoes ;.\-V tan or black, 6s 6d.— Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale. ' . U ANTEDKnown— Go to The Corner 1 J< * for Newest Styles m Drapery and Millinery- W. H. Oollier. WANTED Known— We intend to shake up every Boob Shop m Ashburton.— Melloh's Clearing Boot Sale WAN TED Known — If you miss the Ohe*p Boob Sale you will be sorry. — Mellor's, Tancred Street. N-0 TICK. —Are you going to build. Beoause the oheapesb 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 7. W. Hardlby's, Ironmonger, Plumber, and Tinsmith. Telephone 32, HOLIDAY Suits— A Nice Kaiapoi Suit for 27s 6d, Boys' Kniokes and Cambridge Suits from 7s 6d, Men'r Suits to Measure from 45a, Fib and Workmanship Guaranteed ab R. A loom's ' £JCT ANTED Known — Just opened, ex vV Pakeha and Gothic, Flannelettes, white, stripes, and colours ; Velveteens, black, all prices ; Colours, large variety, including new shades m Reseda, Hum- boldb a^d Hungarian— Mitchell and Turner. • EM'S Bluchers ss, a good Strong Nailed Shooter ab 8s 6d ; a nice assortment of Ladles' and Children's Boots nd Shoe.s from Is 9d a pair at r R Alcorns ANTED KNOWN.— Mbs Huffam having taken the premises lately ocoupled by Mr G. Neill, Intends to open same as Ladles' Dining and Refresh- ment Rooms, where visitors will find a long felb want supplied. Meals at all hours. A few boarders will find all the ' comforts of a home. 4 196 UST ARRIVED— A large variety of useful and Ornamental Goods, Dolls, i Toys, aDd Novelties ; alao, a job lob over one hundred assorted Baskets and Morocco and Russian Leather Handbags, to be soli ab under ordinary cosb price at MrsAlcorn's, '* W' ANTED Known — Maddens Re- • frenhmenb Rooms are the rooms ' Pair Excellence. When m town do not fail bo give them a look up. Do you like a Loa that has a sweeb nutty flavor, of good pile and bloom, m addition to its full weight, which a surprise vislti from the Inspector the other day proved | You do 2 Well, go to Madden'sJ If yon are getting up a Spread m a private or general way, and would like your Pastry, Cakes, Jellies, Creams, etc, to be a success, why, come along to Maddens m East Street, and you won't be disappointed. Bride, Christening and Birthday Cakes a Bpeoialty.



OF EVERY DESCRIPTION]'^ S. SALEK'S, EAST {STREET. Rotherham's English Levers, specially * made to S. Salek's order, are THE BEST. I UST RECEIVED, a shlpmenb of •J S. Samsk's famed DIXIT DIXIT DIXIT WATCHES. The only GENUINE Dixlfc has "S. Salek, Ashburtoh" engraved on dial. J&&* See thab you geb it. For ONE MONTH ONLY these Watches are offered at the specially low price of 15/-^ 15/- 15/- --each ab S, SALEK'S WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, EAST STREET. NEW Turf Register, 10s 6d ; Young Ladies' Journal for August ; Weldon's Dressmaker and Children's Bazaar, July ; Quarterly Something to Read ; Scraps and Snapshots ; Half-yearly. Boys of England ; • Virginia ' Waltz, 2a ; Gold and Silver Paper for Fancy Dress. Large selection of Fans.^ANDRE^Es, Anderson, ano Co, WANTED Known— Men's Mercery, Clothing and Boots. For Goods thab wear well, fib well, and look well, try that old established firm— -Miiohbll & Tprn*B.



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PUBLIC NOTICES HALLENSTEIN BROS OAVE received their Trousers „ ■ First Selection of New to. Spring - TROUSERINGS Measure suitings and COATINGS IT'S 6d. FIRST-CLASS ~"~ TAILORING AT Suits to Greatly Reduoed Prioes Measure _ _ We Guarantee Every GGm. Gaiment to be Well* made and a --— ' Perfeob ; Covert Pifc - Goats ~" J HALLENSTEIN BROS* ' ttEW : ;^ALAND Measure "CLOTHING FACTORY. SS« 6d. Alex. Hendrt, Manger.



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/Blue House/ those Coinmodioua Premises ext Door to J. ORR & CO* will be enabled to Keep the Stock necessary for carrying on a Large Business ; by giving The Best Value IN THE TRADE ON STRICTLY CASH PRINCIPLES ONLY. Spring; Spring. Spring Goods, OPENING DAILY. j THE BEST VALUE IN THE TRADE. liOOk Out! liOOk Out ! I,ook Out! For Startling Values m Future Issues.



Public Notices. i . i milk mi: WIT! uiiiuii i : SPRING AND SUMMER. The XI.IT E HOU»I Tub BLUE HO IT 813 2 V FTER Carefully Studying the adaptability of Ashburton for a Strictly Cash Drapery, Millinery, and Clothing busi- ness, HAVE TEOIDED TO GO RIGHT INTO IT, •and having made Satisfactory arrangements to lease, m con- nection with the present



-, GET YOUR \  ••••'■--•->. •.. ■ i . ... Seed Potatoes, r Seed Potatoes. " PROM - FLETCHER BROS; A CHANGE of Seed Always Pays, as a Better and Heavier Crop is pro- duced. Our Potatoes are all specially raised for seed purposes from selected stocks m the very best potato producing districts. We would advise orders to be sent to us as early as possible, m order that they may be filled from /jar own stocks, which occasionally become; exhausted before the end Df the season. , * BEAUTY OF HEBRON,' This variety is Very Early, coming to the table before either Early Rose, or Ashleaf Kidney, and is far superior both m quality and productiveness. ' QUEEN OF THE VALLEY.' A very heavy cropper and early potato. The tubers are handsome and solid (capital variety for exhibition), boiling as white as milk as dry as flour, and is also a fine keeper. THE 'BRUCE.' This Potato, the potato of the future, is remarkable for its productiveness and its resistance of droughts and frosts, they have yielded at the rate of --17 tons per acre, having very few small, and is a first-class eating potato. ASHLEAF, < HYATT'S EARLY PROLIFIC An excellent and well-known variety ; valuable for sheltered borders and very early use. NEW POTATO— 'RICHABD SEDDON.' This fine new Potato, selectedLfrom n number of seedings four years ago, %as been sent out to us from England by the raiser with a very high report, i of its qualities. Its habit *of growth is dwarf, and rather compact, the baulm not exceeding 12 inches m height, with rich green smooth leaves. The tubers are fairly large, of an oval shape, and somewhat distinct, with few eyes near the surface ; flesh close m grain, and when cooked, of a dry and mealy nature, with a flavour equal to the finest of Potatoes grown. Being early and a heavy cropper it is fitted for an early market potato, and from general reports from the raiser we toay clas3 it with the best of all varieties now grown. < AMERICAN ALPHAS.' An excellt nt early variety most prolific, and of excellent flavor. 'LAPSTO&E KIDNEY/ A well-known Kidney variety, excellent for winter use, good quality. •BATH KIDNEY.' A well-known and approved variety of good quality. «DERWENTS.' We have some spiendid samples from Orari and North Canterbury. 'CLOVER SEEDS.' White or Dutch (Trefolium repens), Red (Trefolium pratense), Crimson (Trif olium incarnation). < MANGEL WURZEL.' The greatest possible care is taken m growing all onr Mangel Seeds. Grown from seleated roots they cannot fail to give the greatest satisfaction, and may be relied on for prcducing the greatest weight possible per acre under rich and liberal cultivation. Mammoth Long Red;, Golden Ttnkard, Champion Orange Globe, Etc. FLETCHER BEOS., E A T STREET. i So'e Agents m Ashburfcon and Christchurc for Nimmo & Blair* ; Standard Seeds, rsiBPBOKK 24 Box 67



Important Annotjnobment. S CF. L. BEATM & CO., TTAVIN«.MADE FRESH ARRANGEMENTS TO RETAIN THEIR ASHBURTON PREMISES, beg to Intimate that they are constantly receiving New Shipments for the SPBING AND SUMMSB TRADE. --PLEASE NOTE- - JUST OPENED UP, A Splendid Lot of Flannelettes, Prints, etc., OHOIOE PATTERNS. . . G. L. BEATH & Co. ■^^^_^ TANORED STREET, ASHBURTON, AND^A' CHRISTOHURCH.



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