PHASES OF THE MOON.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, JUNB 22, 1896. STREET RUNNING.

Mr W. Hutchison is introducing a Bill m the House which, if passed, will be a step m quite a new direction, It is entituled the Protection of Children Bill, and is intended simply to make it an offence for any young person to be found m the public streets and thoroughfares after eight o'clock m the evening — that is m the dark nights of winter between April 1 and September 30 m each year. During the summer months grace is given till nine o'clock. There is a proviso/ of course, " unless accompanied by * a parent or other adult person of good^repute." If a parent is found guilty of having per mitted any child of his to wander about or frequent any street, thorough fare, or plaoe of public resort after eight o'clock at night during the first "close time" quoted, or after nine o'clock at night during the second mentioned period, such parent shall be fined a sum not exceeding £1. Tf any " young person " should be found loiter ing about any street, thoroughfare, or place of public resort, after the hour of nine o'clock, and, having bean warned by a police officer to depart to his habi tation, persists m so loitering about, such young person shall be liable, on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding £1 for a first offence, £2 for a second offence within six months (or ' seven days' imprisonment m default), and for a third offence within six months, to imprisonment for fourteen days, apparently without the option of a fine. The section defines "young person," as a person who, in the opinion of the justices, is, if a male, over the age of twelve years and under the age of seventeen years, and, if a female, is over the age of twelve years and under the age of eighteen years. We have no idea that the Bill will pass m its present form. It is perhaps too drastic, and would comprehend m its application many " young people," who are not m the habit of roaming the streets after dark at their owa Bweet will, and whose parents do not permit them to do so. But there can be no doubt that some sort of " curfew bell " is necessary. Recent events m Dune din have shown this — have shown how calamitous to morality is the unre strained liberty to wander about at all hours that some children have been allowed, and how young girls of fourteen havo sunk so low m degradation as to become the prey of licentious Chinamen, and the professional visitants of Chinese dens. We are not aware that things ar? so bad as that m the other large towns of the colony, but we know they are quite bad enough, and the streets m any case, after dark, are the very worst training schools of mora'ity, or immor ality, that young people can be allowed to enter. Even m our own town the children are allowed far too mnch license m this direction, and it would be well if parents forbade their off spring the parade of our streets after dark. We do not speak without knowledge when we say that to this liberty not a few girls, even m our small community, have suffered severely m consequence of the fatal liberty which their parents allow them. This liberty is allowed not only on week nights but on Sundays, and if any parent doubts the existence of the danger, let him take a few turns up and down the main street of a Satur day night and of a Sunday night, keep his eyes and his ears open, and we are certain that what he will hear and see will satisfy him that those parades are not the sort af thing for his sons and daughters, if he would keep their minds as pure as he would wish them to be. Who, that ever attended a popular entertainment m either of our public halls failed to note the number of lads that gather round the door and do their best to annoy those who enter. Those lads havo not, perhaps, the means of paying the admission fee to the entertainment, but that does not prevent them loitering about the door o£ the building, and playing pranks that are annoying to the hall.keeper and those who have duties todischargo m connection with it. Some such Bill as Mr Hutchison's is necessary for the protection of the young people from themselves and the bad example of others, but as we have said, we have no idea that it will become law. It is, however, a sad commentary on the way m which many heads of families discharge their parental duties that any experienced legislator — and Mr Hutchison is quite a patriarch — should have considered the evil so crying as to warrant the framing of a Bill to grapple with it.

"THE LOST CHORD."

In a recent memoir of Sir Arthur Sullivan, Mr Charles Willeby cites

many instances of the composer's re markable

rapidity m work. How the KLost Chord," perhaps the most successful song of modern times, came to be written is stated by our author m a very touching story. Only a few months after Sir Arthur Sullivan had accepted the post of Principal of the National Training School for Music, he received a severe blow m the death of his brother Frederick, whose talents as an actor will be remembered. For nearly three weeks he watched by the sick man's beside, night and day. One evening, when the end was rapidly approaching, the sufferer had for a time sunk into a peaceful sleep; and as his faithful attendant was sitting, as usual, by bis bedside it chanced that he took up some veraes by the late Adelaide Anne •Proctor, with which he had for some time beon impressed. Now m the stilluew of the night be read them over

again, and almost as he did so he conceived their " musical equivalent." A sheet of music paper was at hand, and he began to write. Slowly the music grew and took shape, until, becoming absorbed m it, he determined to finish the song, thinking that even if, m the cold light of day, it should appear worthless, it would, at least, have helped to pass the weary hours, and so he wpnt on till the last bar was added. Thus was composed " The Lost Chord," a song of which (he sile up to the present has exceeded a quarter of a million copies. p { T } ' I " 7 l I j t I • m , l "

NEW AND OLD DIVING APPARATUS.

In Sydney Harbor last week was tried a new diving apparatus, intended for

use m pearl fishing. The trial appears to have

been quite successful. The apparatus consists of a boiler plate compartment m which the men work, and from which they can scrape any object from the bottom of the sea. It appears, m other words, to be a modification of the now old fashioned diving bell, which has been almost entirely superseded by the diving dress with helmet now worn by divers. But mention of the matter recalls to the Otago Daily Times a project with which many Otagans of the early seventies must have been familiar. For many a day there lay submerged alongside the old Felichet Bay jetty a submarine boat which was called the Platypus. It was designed for dredging the bottoms of rapid rivers, and one end was pointed so as to offer the least obstruction to the current. In the bottom, which was flat, was a square aperture from which it was intends 1 the miners should pursue their task of scraping the bottom of the river, Of course, a great pressure of air was maintained within the chamber by means of an air pump at the surface. The company which was formed to work the Platypus came to grief, "the shareholders having become tired of paying calls to the French engineer and his son, who were the inventors. A trial was made m the harbour, and was fairly successful, but owing to lack of funds the craft wan eventually broken up. It is interesting to find what appears to be the same idea revived m another country nearly a quarter of a century afterwards.

PURITY OF THE BENCH.

While the people of New Zealand are congratulating themselves on the of the

impartiality judges who make no distinction be-

tween the rich and the poor, a different state of things is recorded m other places. A case is reported m the New South Wales papers wherein a man m a humble position, sued a squatter for the seduction of his daughter, and this is what the Judge is reported to have said — " Were the plaintiff not a man m a very humble position m life, and practically without means, the damages would have been greater.. The con duct of the defendant towards him bad been very gross, and such as warranted a measure of damages far m excess of the merely technical loss sustained. There was not one law for the rich and another for the poor, but, m awarding damages to them, the circumstances of parties and tho value of money to them must be taken into account." We trust that the view taken by the .judge m question of the duties of his high office is not shared by any of his colleagues m the sister colony. Still, when onß reads of such thing 3as this, there is all the more reason for us to congratulate ourselves on possessing judges who can hold the scales of justice with a steady hand, unshaken by any consideration as to whether the parties coming before them are m humble circumstances or have had the control of thousands.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Beading matter on fourth page. A woollen mill is to be started m the Bruce district, and a Company has been formed. * Whab Is this plant 1 ' said Pat to the curator. 'It is the Martynia fragrans.' 1 Have yon no other name for it ? ' ' Yee; it is commonly called devil's claws.' 'Oh faith, I must kapeaway from it, thin.' The following advertisement appeared m a recent issue of the Sydney Morning Herald :— An appeal to the Charitable. — A Christian man, with family, is m need of £350 to save his home. Who will help ? A. cheque for the above amount will be most thankfully acknowledged. Urgent. The Scotohman was leaving the sports ground pretty early, and the gatekeeper remarked upon the fact, adding * Are the sports not attractive enough for you '! Soot replied — ' Weel, they're no bad, <mon ; bub aw dlnna like the blawin' o* thae horns.' The ' horns ' were the brass band. According to a Sydney exchange any number of ambitious diving professors are anxious to try their luck m Peart's fatal tank. The apparent impossibility of putting any new diver to the test, without letting him rush into grave danger, is the point to be considered. Peart same to the Fitzgeralds with a reputation. He had performed bis feat thousands of limes, aiwJ was so reliable that they would have Insured his life for £1000, at a very small advance on the ordinary premium, Mr Frank Stephens, lately a student: m the Dunedin School of Mines, writes to a friend m Dunedin ;— " Rinderpest has broken out m South Africa, and cattle are dying oft' everywhere. It la a splendid j time to run our frozen mutton In from New Zealand. A shop m Johannesburg which sells Australian butter, eggs, cheese, fruit, etc., is doing an enormous trade ; m fact, it supplies almost all the fresh butter that is to be obtained m South Afrloa. The opportunities for trade that New Zealand might have here are very great." The advocates of the theory that cheap, nasa of bread is an unmitigated blessing to English working men will be shocked to leirn thab the total consumption of flour m the United Kingdom was 1 jss m 1895 than m 1887, although during the interval there was a tremendous decline m the price of wheat. An attempt Is being made to account for this diminished consumption by pointing out that ' the phenomenal mildness of the winter and the low price and abundanea of green vegetables ' had their attractions for the working man. But this, says an American paper, is bosh. The true reason for a decreased consump tion m the face of an increased population is that the working men of England find i he cheap loaf harder to get m a time of depression than when business is brisk and bread is dearer. Many ladies complain the Tea they have been using has neither strength nor flavor. If they try Kozib Tea they will be satisfied The 2/4 ia superb

The Wellington Horticultural Society ' has certainly nos had a very prosperous e< year, the credit balance amounting to fi only lid, . *: Tho New Zealand Times announces that n Archbi9hop Redwood intends to leave for 9 Europe about July 9 by way of San | Francisco. 1 Mlas Venie Flower, lately of Ashburton,, has commenced tuition m voice production' s.nd singing at No. 7, Grain Agency Buildings, Ohriatchurch . A carting contractor named J. Smith w*s fined iOi and costs £2 2s, ai Timara, un Saturday, for working a horse when u» fr for work, by reason of sore -1 oulders. Mr Malcolm Rois, Vice President of the New Z aland Alpine Club, is to deliver the inaugural lecture m connection with the New Zealand Natives' Association at Wellington Ten shillings were given by a private gentleman to relieve a man, with a wife ar.d three children, who was out of work and poor. This is how he invested his newiy acquired and very easily earned capital :— 1 weekly paper, 6d ; 1 tovel, 2s ; £lb tobacco, 2a 9i ; 41ba beef, 23 ; '2 loaves, Is ; £lb tea, Is ; 2lbs sugar, 8d ; 1 Timaru Herald, Id. The man owed a considerable sum to a storekeeper ; but he went to bed after making bis purchases, and remained there almost night and day until the novol was read through and the food consumed. The Otago Daily Times learns from Mr Burlirisbn, manager of the Industrial School, that the young girls who had been consorting with Chinaman, and who were on Thursday committed to the school by the Stipendiary Magistrate, have been kept absolutely apart from the other inmates of the school. As it would be impossible to rigidly exclude them from the other children for a lengthened period it was decided to send them to another institution to avoid all risk of moral con tamination, and on Saturday morning the four girls m question were to be sen" to the Magdelene Asylum, Christohurch.. A well-known Bangitikei settler re ceived a curious request a day or two ago from New Plymouth. Some time ago he had an old man m his employ, who even tually wandered to New Plymouth and while there had the misfortune to lose an atm. This caaaed his maintenance to be chargeable on the rates. Under these circumstances possibly the New Plymouth authorities have inspired a wish to him to go elsewhere, for the settler was amused when a communication reached him stat ing that the old man wished to spend the rest of hi? days with him. He declined, especially as his wonlH-be guest is very much of a character. — Advocate, In accordance with a resolution of the last meeting of theOamaru Acclimatisation Society, a number of anglers accompanied Captain Crawford on Thursday morning, to release the fish which vere starving m the back waters of the Waitaki, m the vicinity of the Old Ferry. So far about 100 fish have been put into the main streams. Some of the party returned to town m the evening, and brought m a large male trout measuring 3lin and weighing 181 b. The fish is m the pink of condition for the time of the year, and it is very evident that the monster has been feeding freely on the young trout. It is, the Mail believes, the intention of the Society to have the fish frozon and sent Home. The conductor of the ladies column In the Sydney Bul'etin having been asked to settle a bet of £5, as to whether she was mile or female, writes m her last letter as under:— 'l hear from Marble Bar (V/estralia) that A and B have a bet — A wagers that lam a man ; B that I am a woman. lam inclined to believe that B wins. But people really seem so uncertain upon the question, on which I have once or twice overheard heated arguments, that I sometimes get a little shaky on the subject myself. Anyhow, to settle the Westralian wager, I may say that I have eveiy reason to believe that I am a woman. I always look under the bed at night for burglars, and cannot hammer a nail — and these, mind you, are only two of many triumphant proofs which I might advance m favour of my own theory if space permitted. A warder at Qeelong gaol, named Ohatles Foster, was arrested while on duty on a charge of carrying letters between a prisoner and a person outside, and with accepting sums of money for doing so. It is alleged that Foster supplied writing material to a prisoner named Oiil, undergoing a sentence of five years for arson, and posted letters to prisoner's wife. On the evening prior to his arrest Foster received a letter con taining money, under an assumed name, and on being searched a letter written by (rill to his wife was fonnd on bim After Foster had been searched, two skeleton keys were found on the floor of the governor's office and it is supposed that ho dropped th.em prior to being ! searched- A further charge of having skeleton keys m his possession has been laid against him. Both keys would open almost every 3ell m the prUon. — A ride which has lately been issued to a division of the Italian army, is said to be the test weapon known. Its bore is 0 256 inch. The magazine holds six cartridges, and up to 24 shots can be fired per minute. The trajectory Is so flat that up to 650 yards there is no need to uee the fold ing sights, which is graduated for die tances up to 2200 yards. The muzzle velocity is 2362 feet, The penetration is such as to render ordinary shelters use less, as at 440 yards the bullet will pass right through a brick wall over three feet thick, and if several bullets hit the wall close to each other they will make a veritable little breach. The cartridge hag not the usual flange at the bottom, but instead of this an annular groove which is clutched by the extractor. The bullet consists of a core of lead hardened with antimony, and an en velope of Garmin silver. Acting on information received, three Wellington detectives set out the other evening to catch a burglar. The two biggest of the party entered tho ware house which was to be " burgled," while the third watched outside. His watch was rewarded after some hoars by the sight of two suspicious looking characters appr3achiog the warehouse. Overcome by visions of promotion the weary watcher at once rushed off to the next street for assistance, and returned with a constable off the beat. Stealthily they approached the building, and very coon heard sounds of footsteps approaching. Concealing I themselves behind a door they waited I until the figure was within reach, and J then they made a desperate onslaught I with their batons on the supposed burglar, I who turned out to be the chief detective, I and narrowly escaped a broken head at I 'he hands of his subordinates. The sns- I plcious looking characters had not entered I the building at all, but the chief detective I had tired of his vigil and was about to j retire from the watch. I Any one who has children will rejoice with 1 1 L. B. MuUord, of Plaicfield, N. J. His little I 1 boy, five years of age, was siok with croup. I < For two days and nights he tried various rem- / < cdi s recommended by friends and neighbors. I 1 He says : " I thought sure I would lobb him j I bad seen Chamberlain's Cough Remedy I Advertised and thought I would try it as a j I last hope and am happy to say that after j d two doseß he elept antil morning. I gave I a it to him nszt day and a oure was effeoted. I ii I keep this remedy m the house now aod as I ti soon as any of my children show sign 3 of I oroup I give it to them and that is the last of I > it." For sale by the Ashburton Drag Com 1 1] pany. I si You have ruined your constitution I w sufficiently by drinking inferior Tea. Recruit I E by drinking <7«^KozibTba; it ia pure, The! |2/4 ia deliowua I

[ The Wellington Museum has been prd | sented with a large specimen of mixed ore i from Preservation Inlet. It contains gold, I silver, copper, lead, zinc, arsenic, and 'iron sulphide, all present m payable quantities. We must not call the member for Taranaki He Hem Smith any more. He has read a paper before the Iron and Steel Institu^ m Inmdon, h».s had an interview with the ETon J. Chamberlain, and now callb hiinaelr E. Metolf-Smlth. The Wellington Times saya that it is practically settled that ex-Judge W. B. Edwards, < f Wellington, is to receive the vacant judgeship. Ministers state that the appointment is not settled yet bub will probably be announced before Tuesday. A prisoner, sentenced to three months' imprisonment at ihe Napier Supreme Court, asked his Honour not to send him to the Napier gael, as it was ' quite a second-class establishment,' and besides 1 he could not carry on his studies there.' The appeal was disregarded. Mr Justice Williams will leave Dunedln for Christchurch on the 6ch prox to attend a sitting of the Court of Arbitration, to which certain points iv the dispute between theFederated Bootmakers' Union and the Boot Manufacturers' As3ooiat!on have been referred by the Board of Conciliation. The Court of Arbitration has been convened for July 7. On Wednesday evening a social was held m the Oddfellows' Hall, Rskiia. The occasion was taken advantage of to bid good-bye to Miss MacLaren, who leaves by the Gothic on Saturday to take up her residence m Scotland. Iv spite of the inclemency of the weather, a large number of invited guesta attended. Songs were sung by Miss Garforth, Mrs Midgley, Mr Fabling, and Mr J. R. Sharp. Miss McLean and Miss Thompson acted aa accompanists. Mr F. A. MoDon&ld and Mr A. J. Cox. kindly supplied the music for the dance, which was kept up till the small hoars, and 'Auld Lang Syne' ( closed a very pleasant evening. The following letter appears m the * Lyttdtan Times :— Much as the necessity t for canvassing on the part cf teachers > making application for echools is to be ■ deplored, what can be said of a member of I a Board of Education taking a relation of i bis roved to the various members of a i certain school committee and canvassing > for him, thus securing his appointment 1 t Will the Board of Education, that con* > sidered it highly undesirable that teachers I should take a prominent part m school - committee elections, consider the above i question m the same way ? i A party of Chinese left Danedfo last ' week by the Mararoa with a quantity of personal luggage that arented the 1 suspicions of the officers of the Union J Steamship Ctmpany, with the result that * the Chinese were at Wellington required » to open a box, which was found to 1 contain the skeleton of one of their b countrymen who had died m the colony. fc They were of coarse required then to pay * the full freight from Dunedin to Sydney, 0 when they will probably attempt to * convey the remains as pasaeugers' luggage 1 to Hongkong. It is understood that f other parties of Ohlnese are preparing to 1 leave the colony, but the tr effects " they * take on board the steamer will be closely >> inspected. B A London oritio aays that the drama as an art -form is dead. The theatre ia alive enough, and Is as good as a gold mine n still to a manager who is acute enough to 0 see the infinite possibilities of entertain -9 ment which lie m the pulling of a curate r from under a table by his leg, or m * realistic imitation of the early stages of * drunkenness. But the drama is no more. ® Each age has its own art-form, and the a art-form of to-day is not a drama but the n novel. In the novel men seek for, and c find, a criticism and a representation of life. kfc The drama has been killed by the burthen* c of its conventions ; the novel is the least c hampered by conventions of all art-forms c that the world has ever known. The '• world has outgrown the drama, while the * potentialities of the novel are even now for the most part unrealised and unfulfilled. ? The drama has become a mere pastime, an |° after-dinner amusement, a supplement to 16 the cigar &Dd the glass ol Chartreuse* Time wps when the greatest literary ar d tists sought expression m productions n which could be pat upon the stage j now, 18 with tho exception of Ibsen, a man of '> threescore years and ten, and born oat of >f due time, there is not a sicgle man m >r Europe of first rank who seeks to express ir himself m purely dramatic form. " Hollo way's Ointment and Fills.- Golds, 0 Coughs, Shortness oi Breath. — These o maladies require- early and unremitting i- attention, for if peglected they often end m i, astbm9, bronohitis, or consumption. The n ointment well rubbed upon the cheat and t baofe, penetrating the Bkia, is absorbed and o oamed dfreotly to the longs, whence it expels t f all impurities. All the blood ia the body ia j perpetually passing through the lungs, and there are noxious partioles, tending to disease ° can be quickly, thoroughly, and permanently S neutralized, rendered harmless, ejected from ° the system. Holloway's Ointment and Fills n perfeotly aooompligh this purification ; and through the blood thus oteanßed, theioflaeaoe d of these wonderful medicaments reaches the B remotest parts of the human body, and thus . ourea all diseased action, whether internal or ' external

CRICKET.

THE AUSTRALIANS AT HOME. \ REMAINING FIXTURES -3 The following is a list of the remaining fix • tures for the Australian team : — 3 June 22 — At Lords, v England. 5 Juße 25— Afc Nottingham, v. Notts > Jnue 29— At Bradford, v Yorkshire > July 2—^At Manchester, v North of England i July 6 — At Southampton, v Hampshire July 9— At Leyton, v Players , July 13— Afc Leicester, v Leicestershire July 16— At Manchester, v England July 20— At Derby, v Derbyshire July 23— At Lords v M.C.C, and Ground. July 29— At Oval, v Surrey July 30 -At Bexhill, Sussex, v Lord 1 Cantelupe's E even Aug. 3 — At Birmingham, v Warwickshire Aug. 6— At Canterbury v Kent Aug. 10— At Oval, v England Aug« 13— At Brighton v Sussex Aug. 17 -Ab Oval, v Surrey Aug. 20— At Cheltenham, v Gloucestershire Aug. 24— Afc T&unton, v Somersetshire • Aug. 27 -At Liverpool, v Lancashire Aug. 31— At Scarborough, v England Eleven Sept. 3— At Hastings, v. South of England

AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN V. MIDLAND COUNTIES.

London, June J9 Quaife and Lilley, the two not out men, carried their totals to 68 and 17 respectively. The former waa caught by Kelly off Trofefc, and the latter was bowled by McKibbin. •The other leading scores were :— Davidson, run out, 16 ; Hill, not out, 16 ; Attewell, a Eady, b McKibbin, 20, Trott took two wickets for 32, Jonea three for 66, McKibbin four for 94. When stumps were drawn for the day tho Australians had lost six wickets m their second innings for 142. The chief scores were— Trott ;b Attewell 35, Darling run out 19. Donnan bowled Attewell 20, Graham, stumped Lilley, bowled Hume 13. Hill nob out 45. June 20, In the Midland Counties' first innings Lilley 's wicket fell with the score at 174. Quaife and Bainbridge were then associated and the game became slow, the latter retir ing at 203 and Quaife at 217, after being at the wickets for nearly four hours. Iv the Australians' second innings Donnan adopted stonewalling tactics and only made three runs m forty minutes. Hill began steadily and then played freely. Ther* were numerous changes m the bawling. The Home team fielded brilliantly.

DHE ABfißUKftOa QOAftfrJAa : MONDAY, JUKE 2i, 1896.



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For Goods that wear well, fit well, and look well, try that old established firm — Miichell & Tvrnbr. rf7 ANTED Known— The 'Economic *» Kid Glove, four buttons, ls9J per pair, is the Glove for everyday wear. — W. H. Collier. ry ANTED Known— Just opened, ex *• Pakeha and Gothic, Flannelettes, white, stripes, and colours ; Velveteens, blabk, all prices ; Colours, large variety, Including new shades m Reseda, Ham- boldt and Hungarian— Mitchell and Turner. EVIEW OF REVIEWS for May.. Tales from Welsh and Wales. Tale of Ten, Tranbfiguration of Hannah Sbnbbs, Lady Adelaide 2s 6J, Sheep Breeds and Treatment Is 3d. New Stationery, New Books, all at Lowest Cash Prices. A few copies of the Irish Scripture Text Book en sale. — H. M. Jones. 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Neill, intends to open same as Indies' Dining and Refresh- ment Rooms, where visitors will find a long folb want supplied. Meals at all hours. A few boarders will find all th« comforts of a home. 4 196 OWN Make m Ladies and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina- fores ; aIFO a good assortment of Calicoeß, Muslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs Alcorns new shop, Baker'e WANTED Known — 6000 pairs of Boofcd and shoes to pick from. Mellor s Great Boot Sale. \X7ANTED Known— Large delivery of v * tho • Economic ' Kid Glove?, four buttons, Is 9d per pair, worth much more. — W H. Collier. WANTED Known — If you mUe the Chop Boot Sale you will be ■* rry. — Mellor's, Tancred Street. WANTED 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. WOLF! WOLF! WOLF! The old cry. He has come this week, and is slaughtering Music at unheard of prices. Is pieces for 3i ; la 6d pieces for 4d ; 2s pieces for 6i ; 3s pieces for 9d ; 4s pieces for Is. 3500 pieces to select from at L. F. Andrbwbs & Co.'s Great Sale. 593 A MERICAN BOSS and Nougat -CV. Creams, simply delicious. Hot Pies, Tea, Coffee, and Cocoa- — H. Diggle, Up-to-date Confectioner, East Street. \^ ANTEDKnown— Go to The Corner v * for Newest Styles m Drapery and Millinery— W. H. Collier. NOTICE.— Are you going to build? Because the cheapest shop for Roofing, Tron Ridging, Gutters, Nails, Lead, Spouting. Water Tanks, Pumps, Ranges, Register Gratoß, Locks and Hinges, Washing Boilers, and all sorts of Ironmongery, is J. W. Hardley's, Ironmonger. Plumber, and Tinsmith. Telephone 32. IRS KNIGHT, cash purchaser of Ladles' and Gentlemen^ left off Clothing, etc. Letters promptly attended to. Near Post Office, 5 100 ANTED Known— Everybody to roll up (o Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale. Now's your time to buy. GREAT SALE NOW ON at L. F. ANDREWES & Co. £30°0 worth of Books, Stationery, Fanoy Goods, Toys, Music, &c, to be sold this month regard- less of cosb. Sale now on at L. F. Andfewes & Co, Stationers' Hall. 4 25 UTTER. BUTTER. — Finest Factory Butter, lOd per 1b. — Fletcher Bros , Easb Street, Ashburton. INGFISH, Barraconda, Blue Cod, Rock Cod, Groper, Ling, Bream, Crayfish, Smoked Fish, Oysters, and Itabbits. Hot Fish Dinners at Suther- land's, Tancrod Street. ANTED Known— so pairs Ladles and Girls' Leather Top and Canvas Tennis Shoes, at half usual price, fop two weeks only.— Andrew Orr. 10 136 MEN'S Bluchers ss, a good Strong Nailed Shooter at 8s 6d ; a nice assortment of Ladles' and Children's Boots nd Shoea from Is 9d a pair at R. Alcorns WANTED Known— Great Reduction at Mbllor's Cheap Boot Pale. £50,. £10, £10, £5, given away for a single guess. Send Btamp for particulars and circulars to Box 176, P.U, Wellingtou.



public Notices. WOOLLEN GOUDS FuR JWItfTER WEAR. NEW ZEALAND GLOTHING FACTORY. Men's Overcoita, with Cape, from 20a Boys' Overcoats from 8i 6d Men's All Wool Sao Suits from 27s 6d Men's AH Wool Trousers from 8* 9d Boyß' All Wool Knickor Suits from 7d 6i Men's Cover Coat frcm ... 29a 6i BLANKETS. BLANKETS. BLANKEIS Mosgiel. Ashburton. Mosgiel 16s 6d per pair. RUGS. RUGS. RUGS. Wellington, Mosgiel, Timaru 12 9 6d. L.W. Pants, our own make, 3s lid. Flannel Shirts 33 6d. THRIVING GLOVES, Wool Lined jloves, Mufflers from Is, Wool Socks Is, Men's Golf Caps from Is, Boys' Caps 6d NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING JFAOTORY. ALEX HENDRY, Manager. f SPECIAL PURCHASE. WAREHOUSEMAN'S CLEARING LINES. Pleaaa note] the following quotations:—- Dyed, Pink, and Coral Flannelettes, 4£d yard ; usual price 7d 341n Striped Flannelettes; 43 lid doz ; usual price 6s 9d 31in Linen Tick, Is 2d yard ; usual price Is 7d 72in White Twilled Sheeting, la 2£d yard ; usual price Is 4|d | 72in Unbleached Twilled Sheeting, j Is 2£d ; usual price Is 6d. White and Colored Bordered Handker- chiefs m lots, 4 for 6d ; worth Is Ladles Hem-stitohed Handkerchiefs In lots, 3 for Is ; worth Is 6d Ladies' Heavy Cashmere Hose, 12|d and Is l£d ; usual price Is 4d and la 6£d Girls' Cashmere Hose, 2 to 5, lOid pair all round Ladies' White Mualin Aprons, B£d each ; usual price Is Maroon and Brown Meltons, dress length, 6 yards for 4a lid ; usual price 6s 9d. Costumes made from this material, complete for 17s 9d. -JUST RECEIVED— Another Shipment of Our "CLINKER" CORSETS at 2s lid. Ashburton Drapery Company, ARCADE HOUSE. HAYELOCK STREET PRODUCE STORE. mHE UNDERSIGNED HAS IN JL STOCK SOUND DERWENT faille Pol aloes, Locally Grown, and from Orari, at 4s 9d to 53 per sack. Prime WeJl sa ed Onion**, Carrots, Linseed, Crushed and Whole Oats, Ohatf, Ohlckwheat, Etc. AUTUMN PLANTING. I have a Well-assorted stock of APPLE TREES, choice qaality, and with good fibrous roots. The majority of these trees will boar next eeaaon. Are all sturdy and free from blight. In consequence of hav- ing decided to relinquish this part of my business, I am prepared to dispose of the above Trees at Low Prices. GRISTING, Farmers and others can leave their Wheat at My Store for Gristing at the Wakauul Mills. No ehatge mad© for handling. J. Thomas, PRODUCE DEALER HAVFXOOK STREET. THE ASHBURTON DRUG COMPANY' LIMITED, TTAVE JUST RECEIVED, by Steamer Pakcha, A SUPPLY OF RUBBER HOT WATER BOTTLES COVERED IN PLUSH, And arriving late m the season will be SOLD VERY CHEAPLY. To those who suffer sleepless nights from cold feet a Hot Water Bottle is a necessity rather than a luxury. Alro, by the same steamer, — From the Vlnolia Company, OHOIOE TOILET SOAPS AND PERFUMERY. From Benger and Co.,— 12 GROSS BBNGER'S FOOD. 2s TINS. From Whlttaker and Grosaraith, — REAL MUSK WINDSOR SOAP. Aluminium Hair Comb?, "Unbreakable." Hair and Nail Brushes, now patterns, and a very Urge shipment of MEDICINES. We only Import High-class articles and quality considered, wo have no rivals m price. , THE ASHBURTON DRUG CO., Limited, €47 .. J. n, CAMUKIDGtf, ftUnager •



Business Notices. . Look. Look, G. J, NEILL JS NOW SELLING CHEAPER TBAN EVER. MAKE NO F.RROU GO TO NEILL V 8 ,' FOR GOOD & CHEAP DRAPERY, CLOTHING, & 800 IS NO OLD STOCK, EVERITHJKG NEW, COME AHD SEE, ANB COMPARE OUR PRICES. WE DEFY COMPETITION DRAPERY, GLOTHING, AND BOOTS OP EVERY DESCRIPTION. Men's Boots dnd Show. Women'B Boots and Shoes Boys' Boots and Shews. Girte 1 Boots and Shoes Qf Every Deptfiption. €U J. SFEIIiIj, Friedlander's Corner, East Street. TERMS CASH. ?' ■ ' ■ "»■" '" ' ■■'■■■ ■•■ ■ ■ — — — ___—__— ___._——. *— > — FOR — WEDDING PRESENTS. WEDDING PRESENTS, Pay a Visit to the JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT OF 8. SAL E X, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. VJLf HERE !e to be seen the Largest and Finest Stock of JEWELLERY, and SILVER PLATED WARE m oar district;. SOME VERY SUITABLE ARTICLES FOR WEDDING PRESENTS AT REASONABLE PRICES. Seeds. Seeds. Seeds. FLETCHER BEOS. HAVE Just recevi-rt their New Seasc n'a Stock of Vimmo & Blair's Flower and Vegetable fr'eedp. Flower SeeJs m Ono Penny (Id) packets, seventy- iwo varieties ; Vegetable Saeds m Threepenny (8d). pickets, 100 varieties. NOVELTIES FOR THIS YEAR, 1896. NEW JAPANESE ROSE— CRIMSON RAMBLER. ThfB new Rose is the Bengation of the boar m the tforal world, and well may it be, for it is an entire novelty, diatinci m character and of great merit. It originated 1 m Japan, and is a hardy, eve.rblooming, climbing polyanthus, bearing rich deep crimson flowers m ltrge panicles. The flower, when cat, will keep m water for a long time, and will bloom for nearly a month if left on the tree. Extra Strong Booted PUnts, ss ; Strong Plants, 2s 6J. »WHINHAM'3 INDUSTRY" GOOSEBERRY. This superb variety has fairly established its reputation «g one of the finest and most profitable Gooseberries m existence. The fruit is of enormous siae, and when ripe, of a dark, dneky red colonr ; it is of 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 an acre, and as much as twenty-six tons of this fiae Gooseberry h»ve been grown on 3i acres Price, 2s each ; 20a per dozen. BeUi), 2s 6 J each ; 243 per dozen A full 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 offer to Storekeepers, etc., a liberal discount off Id »nd 3d packets of Seeds, and can thoroughly recommend them as £he best and most reliable Seeds m the market During the past season (1895), we sold many thousands of packets of Secdp, 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 you to do so now. We fully expect to treble our sales of these famous Seeds this season.- • . > . Provision*. Provisions. WB HAVE IN STOCK SOME OF THE FINEST PROVISIONS IN ASHBURTON BACON. Finest Smoked Rolls Finest Pale Bolls Finest Bmoked Bides Finest Pale Sides. Finest Smoked Ham? Finest Pale Hams CHEESE. Finest Akaroa Cheese Finest Factory Cheese LARD. Lard m Bladders and Sausage Skins BUTTER. 10d per lb Finest Factory Butter lOd per 1b POTATOES. POTATOES. Finest Blue Derwent Potatoes, 4s lid per bag ; or two bags for 9s 6d, Delivered anywhere within the Belle. FLETCHEK BROS., CASH SUPPLY STORES, BAST STREET, ASHBUR.T.ON. and High street, Christchurch. Tbliphoni 24 Bo * 67