OUR DOMAIN.

My 8T4BI.IN« GItA.IT.

I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into,eddying bays, I babble ori' the pebbles.

With many a curve my banks I fret, By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow.

1 chatter, chatier, as I flow, To join the brimming river — A — Tennyson.

There are few centres of population in the colony that possess so charming; an airing ground as the Ashburton Domain, and in conversation with strangers an Ashburton man is often struck with the fact that, not withstanding the beauty of our public park a beauty that has grown out of what was once a dreary waste — so little is known of its attractions outside of the town of Ash burton. One can understand a stranger from either north or south being ignorant that so beautiful a spot could be found almost in the heart of the borough. But one can hardly understand that hundreds of the many country people, who visit Ashbur ton bo often, have never been in the Domain and know nothiDg of its beauties. That is

so, however, and by not paying a visit to the great recreation reserve of the county they deprive themselves of much pleasure ; for an hour spent iu the Domain is time well spent and will well repay both the seeker after sylvan pleasure, and the student of Nature. Cowper, perhaps the most amiable of all the poets of Britain, tells us that God . made the country, and man made the town. He was right, perhaps, so far as the town is made up of metalled streets, and asphalted footpaths, where the busy multitude press with hurrying feet.; of places of business, where men buy, and sell, and get gram ; and of workshops in which the busy hands of skilled artisans carry on theit daily labour, and drive the wheels and let loose the springs of industry. Bub our Domain is a part of the town, in the sense that it is within the borough area, and the visitor feels as he enters its gates that, though the hand of man is visible in the beautifully laid out walks, trees trimmed aud trained, flowers of. every kind blooming in their season in the well k^pt flower borders, .this rus in urhc was not produced wholly by the hand of man. He feels that the Spirit of God breathes just as benignly over its beatiful area, and lends His sweet influence to every breeze that fans the foliage, just aB much as in the native bush that clothes our mountains and the valleys that lie between, or on the rugged battlements of cliff that mark the mai gin bf the restless ocean that

bounds our land towards the rising sun.

The Domain is not borough property ajone. Country people would do well to faear that in^nind. They are under no ! poraplitnent to the people of the town of As(iDurton for liberty to roam through the beauty spots of the park. The park is the park of the people, as all Domains in this colony are, and it is only within the last few years that'it has beep handed oyer to be cared for by the Ashburton Borough Council for the time being — sitting as a Domain Board. Here it may be well to give a brief and very staccato, history of the Domain. Its first Board was mada up of a number of county gentlemen who no doubt meant well by the park, but, though they were provided with the land, which they could lease if they chose for grazing purposes, and devote the funds so obtained for improving the pro perty, they had no other source of income for Domain purposes. They did good work in their wtfy, however, and under their reign much of the ground waß planted. But the work went on slowly, and ultimately as one after another of them left the dislrict and resigned his position, the desire of the burgeßses of Ashburton was gratified — to

J have the Domain placed under the care of I the Borough Council for the time being. ' This was no selfish desire to appropriate the Domain for the Borough., but the landable desire to have the power to spend money up on its improvement. There was much to be done before the place could be said to be worthy of the name of a people's park, and* the burgesses said that the work could only be done by a body on the spot, having the means and the will to do it. The first step 1 towards the change of government was the appointment of two Borough Councillors to the Board, and by and by as the powers that were began to realise what the burgesses' desire and intentions were in regard to the Domain the whole control was handed over to their representatives. But here let the reminder be introduced that the Borough Council holds the management, but in trust for the County, and the Governor could, if he saw fit at any moment, resume control or delegate his powers to another Board. In view of the work the existing Board has done, we hardly think he is likely to do so yet a while.

One looks back with pleasure over the last twenty years or so of the Domain's history, To recall to mind that then the Domain was a wild and unkempt tuspock field, and in memory to gaze at the' desolate scene it pre Bented, and to compare with that the scene of to-day is a pleasing mantal effort. When one looks at the pretty, well laid out sports ground, with its superior and perfectly equipped track, cricket patch, pavilions and so forth, he is apt to smile at a liltle incident of the past. At one meeting of the County Council, that body was good enough to vote a handsome sum towards the laying dovvu of what is now an excellent cricket ground, but j

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was then the antipodes of that. The enthu* siastic cricketers of the then day — many of them, alas, are dead, others in other countries and all now left are far Co old and st-iff for the game — set to work and had the ball and rough ground covered with toil and sown down The grass came away beautifully, aud there was promise of a fine sward. But there were no convenieno belts of wellgrowu trees presenting their ttalwart trunks and thick branches to the fury of the nor'we'ters for which the district was then notorious. And the nor'-wester came, and came with its business end foremost. It scooped up the soil. It carried it away in dry showers till the land was as bare as ever, and rained those showers of sand, and black earth, and small pebbles against ihe front of Quill's Hotel ti'l the temper of the landlord was so sorely tried that it gave way, and there was a spirit in him towards cricket aud cricketers that was not prayerful. If it was, it wan not of the kind entertained towards their fellow men by men who claim to be Christian. The cricketers set to work again, however, and gathered tutf from everywhere, and laid down another sward. But it was not a success, and for a season or two shift had to be made with cocoanub matting. But when the Borough came into power it changed all that, and the handsome pitch that now exists is the result of the change. ' Since then the population of the town and district has greatly changed. Many have gone, as has been said. of the old cricketers, and those who were young people then are now bearded men. To ihe new comer it may be interesting to tell a little story of how we came to have water in the Domain at all. When the town became a munici pality the Domain wus a blind creek. The town's water supply for fire prevention pur poses was nil> and its supply for drinking

of dently knew the way, and followed th-; j. course it now takes (or something very nca le it) through the Domain, bursting out at the [e corner of Wills street, flooding the rmhva\ , >- Eastand West street, and away down (• ie the lower parts of the town, and finally mik e ing its way at last to the river. Altar that d< flood we heard no more of the £15 000 loan, y but got instead excellent ornamental water e in the Domain. Out of the unemployed p difficulty of one year we had a considerable e amount spent on the defining of the banks i of the stream, then we had the dam thrown t ac.-oss that gave us the deep water ao the ; entrance to the sports ground. Later came > the other dam that made the swimming baths : possible, and now we have the whole at ■ nearly perfect as it is possible to be in the I time that the Borough Board has had it iu charge. The Borough Council having a gang of men always at hand, can put in an I 1 odd day's labor now and again at little cost. The park has been Mr Fooks' hobby for years, and thanks to this we enjoy much of the beauty it possesses and much of its merit as a recreation ground. But of later years another factor in the cre ation of its beauty and its value as a botani cal garden has come into play in the person of the curator, Mr W. W. Smith, and in securing bib services the Board con ferred a lasting benefit on the people. Well informed, thoroughly master of gardening both as a science and an art, whether it be in landscape gardening, in the more limited area of florioulture, or in wider range that arboriculture affords, Mr Smith has been the great success that he was expected to be. For some years past the sports ground has been worked and controlled by a Sports Association, comprised of the affiliated clubs of the town— cricket, football, swimming, bicycle, and societies for the promotion of sports, and to this Association has been en* trusted the maintenance of the grounds specially set aside for athletic sports. Under i he care of this Association the track for running and bicycling— an exact quarter mile round — has been kept in pertect order, the pitch for the cricketers has become more and more compact year 4)y year, and year by year too the sward of it has become more and more elastic. The footballers have an arenafor the winter game that the best club in the world woula be proud of, and on it also the hockey players have found a convincing ground. In the oval, the Caledonian Society, the Friendly Societies, and the two Cycling Clubs, have a gathering place for their animal contests that rank with any in the colony. And now that the swimming baths have been properly sounded and marked off — the deep from the shallow water, so that the swimmer can enjoy his spin in the deep, and the paddler his wallow in the shallow in safety, and that % full bath is now almost certain to be assured during the whole of the bathing season, the son venient dressing rooms are not likely ever to be out of use during the term, and this healthful and useful pastime will again flourish. The "game laws" are strict in the Domain, and the huge flock of wild fowl that revel in its waters and shelter on its islands know it well. It is a sight for the gods of the sportsman to see when the wild ducks rise in clouds and wheel and circle overhead just above the reservoir. On the Domain, too, swim a yearly increasing flock of a wan a —white swans and black swans — that the young people take a delight in feeding, and there are numerous Muscovy ducks and teal, all so tame that they come to the very feet of the visitor. Later on, we trust to publish a more detailed account of what the botanist aud amateur florist may find in the cultivated portion of the Domain.

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purposes was obtained as now from pipe ' wella. An agitation aroße for a high pres ! sure scheme of water supply. Mr 0. E. [ Fooks, our present town cleik and chief j engineer drew up a scheme that would have ! served the town admirably, and ifc was adopted toy the Council. A vote of the ratepayers was taken for sanction to borrow £15,000 to bring in this much desired supply, And the ratepayers said •* Aye " by a sub stantial majority. There was a miuority, however, who did not favor it, and shortly afterwards nature favored them by drawing for them the rough outlines of the Bcheme which since then Mr Fooks has so ably carried out, for his engineering Bkill do we owe the living streams that flow down every street. A heavy Btorm had flooded the river, and just about Digby's the river burst its banks and came tearing down over the land, flooding every dwelling on its way^and • carrying everything before it. There was ' no saying how many years before that, I the water had come down the dry creek in 1 the Domain. The chronicler who should I have told us had gone out of business and there was no record. But the water evi-

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Tl^e Swimming BatUs

A View in the Domain.

Feeding the Swans

THE SOUDAN.

« — . Paris, October 2 Telegrams published here from Cairo state that the British are asking the banks for an advance of 26,000,000 francs on security of the Egyptian revenue, for the purpose of defraying the cost of the campaign. Cairo, October 2. The Khalifa's influence is waning and his followers are seeking their own safety by separating. The troops ■will not advance l *beyond Dongola this year, but it is intended that armed steamers shall patrol the rivers above the town. Biitish and Egyptian officers will be appointed to administer the province, and the railway will be completed to Kaibar.

Sydney Oranges in the Home Market.

Sydney, Octber 2. The result of the sale of the Ophir's oranges has an important bearing on fruit growing in this colony. 1800 cases were sent Home by Government as an experiment. The fruit was wrapped in tissue paper, and packed in well-ventilated cases. A few cases only were treated by Parker's process and pumice packing. So far as can be gathered at present the shipment means a net profit of 3s per case. The fruit was sent somewhat late in the season, but there is reason to believe that an earlier one would command bven better prices. London, October 1. The Australian oranges, by the steamer Ophir, arrived in splendid condition^ and at auction there was the keenest competition. Some cases fetched as high as 23s per case, but the average price was 13s 8d per case. One parcel preserved by Parker's process arrived soft, and sold at 10s per case. Those packed in pumice were a failure, and brought only 6s per case.

THE ASfIBURTON GUARDIAN : SATURDAY, OCXOfiER 3, 1896.









(SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.) Hanmer and Graves— Re Mr J. R. Bland. Ashbuitou Poultry, Pigeon, and Canary Society — Annual general meeting, October 7, at 8 p.m. D. Thomas. — Preliminary notice, Mrs W. C. Davis' clearing sale, 15th inst. Sale of sheep and firming plant on account of Mr Storry, Rakaia, October- 15. Church notices — Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist. >



Business Notices _J|| FECULINA. EECULIRA.iI THii PBKFKUiIwN OF OARM FLOUR. |S 5d per Packet. od per Packet. ij9 4s 6d per Dozen. 4s 6d per dozen; ||S FLETCHER BROS. 1 /JAVING received a large consignment of the celebrated Feculina or Cakl 1.1 Flour, we are enabled to sell it Cheaper than any other- store in Asfr- tfurton. i FECULINA stands unrivalled as the perfection of prepared Elour for; producing pure and delicious Cakes, with the minimum of time, trouble, expense. • ' 'if FEOOLINA may be had in the following kinds :— M Ground Eice Cheese Cakf s Madeira Cakes || Sultana Cakes Sponge Ginger Bread ?| Raspberry Buns Currant Cakes < II Sponge Cakes Rice Cakes Raspberry Sandwiches Seed Cakes ||8 Cocoanut Cakes Snow Cakes ' x j|fl COLOURED_STARCh7 COLOURED STARCH, M -For imparting to Curtains, Laces, Blouses, etc., the necessary Color required! to preserve the original appearance. To be had in the following colors :-^B Pink, Blue, Green, and Heliotrope. Ladies make your homes look nice &n<j| comfortable by using this famous Starch. | SPRING BLOSSOM TEA. - -^^S We are Sole Agents in Ashburton for this splendid Tea', and can thoroDgblyi recommend it. We can supply it in £lb and lib and 51b and 101b Tins. | REDUCTION. "REDUCTION. 1 We have reduced the price of the best brand of Keroseue, and also of Timato^ Oatmeal. Enquire our price before buying elsewheVe. JB CROCKERY. CROCKERY. jH A large shipment of Crockery of every description has just come to hpnd|fl and having bought in the best Home and Continental markets for Prompt Casflß we are enabled to sell Cheaper than any other house in the trade. |H SEED POTATOES ■ This is the Cheapest house in Town for Seed Potatoes. Early Rose — 161aH for Is ; Queen of Valley— -161bs for Is ; Bruce— 161bs for Is ; Myatt's Ashlefflß [ — 24lbs for ls> Otago Cup Eyes— 2o;b«s for Is ; Beauty of Hebrpr — 141bs ffffl lls ; Bath Kidney — 24lbs for If, 6s per sack Lapstone Kidneys— 24lbs for ffiJH 6s 6d per sack ; prime Derwects— 63 per s^ck, delivered anywhere withitrtinM TUBNIP SEEDS. TURNIP SEEDS. M Our Turnip Seeds are grown from specially selected roots, and are alwaJ^H carefully tested in growth before being sent ouf, and none are supplied but wb^H are really, strong and robust. m^M Carter's felephant Swede, Devons! ire Greystone, Improved ~ Skirving j^^m Swede, Mammoth Purple Top, Aberdeen Green Top Yellow, . -—''^^B Aberdeen Purple Tc.p Yellow, Fosterton Hybrid Yellow, etc., etc. Also in Stock — The best strains of Mangel, Clover, and Carrot Seeds. SPECIAL PRTZES.— Ashburton Horticultural Show, 1897. "~'"fJ WE, as Agents for Nimnio and Blair, Feed Merchants, are authorised to J ( fFer two Special Prizes of Seeds to the value of 10s 6d — one for the bes|fl| Collection of Vegetable?, and the other for the best Collection of Flowers, growiS from Messrs Ninnno and Blair's Seed:*, purchased during tho present season. f9 FLETCHERT BROS., 1 CASH SUPPLY STORES. w'~>Ji ALL CLAIMS AGAINST 1 MITCHELL & TURNER, TO SiPTEMB^R 23, 1898, . _-^ TO BE .. • 5 SENT IN AT. ONCE. -j MITCHELL & TURNER. I Q.BEAT SPECIAL PHECHASE SALE JAMES ifELLOE HAS MADE AN EX CBAORDINARY PURCHASE OF 2000 PAIRS OF MEN'S, WOMEN'S, AND CHILDREN'S LINES AT A GREAT DISCOUNT, And is determined to give the Public a share of the benefit derived by him in this --_ Purchase. HERE ARE SOME QUOTATIONS :— 50 Men's Canvas Shoes 53 9d, usual 6s 9d 30 Ladiea' Button Shoes, large siao 7s, 20 Men's Shooters 83 9d, usual 9s 6d usual 10s 6d 70 Ladiea' Canvas 4s 6d, usual 5s 6d 90 Men's and' Women's Albert Slippers 100 Men's Cookhams 20s, usual 30s 4s 9d-, usual 6s 6d 60 Youths' Shooters 6s lid, usual 8s 9d ; f 50 Gents' Shoes 5a 6d, usual 6s 9d 50 Men's Balmorals 14s to 19a, usual 20s 20 Ladies' Leather Slippers 2a lid, usual to 30s 3a 6d 160 Ladies' Glace Kid Boots 12a 6d, usual 60 Men's Best Gum Boots 253, usual 30s^ 16s 6d 100 Ladies' and Men's, damaged (half 20 Men's Shoes 7s, usual 8s 9.1 ; price) 20 Youths' Best Shooters 10s, usual 12a 9d 30 at any price The whole of this Special Purchase has been mrrked at very low prices, and will befl offered for TWENTY-ONE DAYS. This is au opportunity that seldom, occurs, anfl fathers, mothers, and all who have to provide Boots, can make their purchases on splendidH termj. jfl SALE COMMENCES ONFRLpAY, SEPTEMBER 25, AT 10 O'OLOOKfI REMEMBER FOR TWENTY -ONE DAYS, AND NO LONGER, ~^fl THE SPECIAL PURCHASE SALE WILL RUN. ■ ALWAYS TO THE FORE. I JAMES MELLOR, I ASHBURTON. 1 ALWAYS "UP-TO-DATE." I »Qi * WE HAVE JUST IMPORTED DIRECT, per s.s. "Mamari, ■ A LARGE SHIPMENT OF fl NEW VICUNAS, SEHUES, AND EANOY WORSTED SUiTI fl Also— A CHOICE LOT OF SCOTCH, IRISH, & WEST OF ENGLAND TWEEDSfI in the Newest Patterns anji Best Qualities. fl In order to meet the Demands of our Large and Increasing Business, we are showing jfl this Season probably fl THE LARGEST STOCK OF NEW TAILORING GOODS ■ Ever exhibited in Ashburton, representing the Latest production of all the New \fl Zealand Woollen Mills. H £S* CUSTOMERS requiring New Suits "before the Show" will greatly oblige, -fl and find it to their own advantage, to favor us with their Orders early, fl before the "Rush." ■ craioheadl&'berryman, I THE LEADING TAILORS AND OUTFITTERS, Ashburton. M AGENTS FOR— Armiger's Christchuroh Steam Dye Works. Ladies' Dresaea, £ etc., Dyed like New, and pressed ready for wear. ~~^H



Friedlander Bros., Limited. ' WE HAVE FOR PRIVATE SALE A COMPLETE THRESHING PLANT. Consisting of EIGHT HORSEPOWER TRACTION ENGINE COMBINE, ELEVATORS, WATER CART, Etc., All in First Class Order. FRIEDLANDER BROS., LIMITED. TT^E HAVE FOR SALE GOOD SEED AND EATING POTAT 0 E S. FRIEDLANDER BROS., LIMITED. TI7"E ARE LANDING AND BOOKING ORDERS FOR Anglo-Continental Superphosphate PUEB BONE DUST, AT LOWEST MARKET RATES. We are also prepared to supply ISLINGTON & BELFAST MANUEES, AT FACTORY PRICES. FRIEDLANDER BROS,, LIMITED. SEEDS FOE SPEING SOWING, \X7E HAVE taken particular care in Dressing our this season's GRASS AND CLOVER SEEDS, AND OFFiSR, AT LOWEST MARKET RATES, English Ryegrass, Italian Ryegra«s. Cocksfoot, Colonial Grown Red Clover and Cowgrass, White Clover, Alsike, Timothy, etc , etc. FRIEDLANDER BROS., Limited. Known— That J. Moison TT will give a good Discount for Cash for six weeks, being over-Btocked and to make room for Summer Boots and Shoes, which will be in next week. Nothing but the choicest and beat quality kept. Repairs as usual done at once at the Premier Boot Store, Towa Hall, East Strict, Aibburtoo.



F. Ferr man. FOR mALiK CHBAP SECOND Hand /nglo- American Drill, 17 Coulters in capital order. F FEEEIMQ. A BAEGAIN. THE Undersigned has received inst rue tions from Mb A djdis to sell by private treaty his House containing six rooms and 83ullery, together with £ an acre of First Class Land with good frontage on the Wakanui Road. This property is being sold solely on account of Mr Addis removing to Highbank. N F. FEEEIMAN. "TYTANTED, Second-band Bagß in any Quantity. NEWCASTLE, WESTPORT, BRUNNER i NUTS. MOUNT SOMERS, AND ALLA.NO ALE COALS, alwaya in Stock. ALSO— COKE, FIREWOOD, POSTS, RAILS, STAKES, and all fencing material. I wish to draw the attention o' the public to the celebrated AILANDALE COAL, Which has held its own Fagainst all the Lignites in the market. It is screened, and burns with, a flame to a clean aßh, leaving no dangerous embers, and is really the best and cheapest Native coal to be had. One trial will convince you. James Elliott, SOLE AGENT, WEST STREET, Opposite D. Thomaß* Grain and Wool 215 Stores. THE ASHBUKTON SEAT. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE ASHBURTON ELKC TOR ATF. T ADIES AND GENTLEMEN,— JLj I Beg to inform you that 1 shall be a Candidate for the 4shburton Electorate i the LIBERAL interesb at the forthcoming election, and will moet the Electors at the «lose of the present Session to explain my views. I am, Lidles and Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, w. n. lAiuitr. 8 60 You have ruined your constitution sufficiently by drinking inferior Tea. Recruit by drinking only Kozie Tea ; it is pure. The tea is delicious



| Business Notices :: W. H. COLLINS & CO., PAINTERS, PAPERHANGERS, AND HOUSE - DIiCORAIORS. «— _ — — — — pVERY DESCRIPTION OF MATERIAL REQUIRED KEPT IN STOCK — Just Landing — News Papers, New De-ngns, Choice and A rustic I; adoes, Borders and Friezes. Now is your opportunity to Renovate your homes. APPLY TO-- W. H. COLLINS &.CO.. IMPORTEBS FECULINA. HP HE T)ERPECTION /~\F /"I AKE Tp LOURS, JL HE Jr ERFECIION XjE VjAKE JJ LOURS, Stands Unrivalled as the perfection of Prepared Flours for producing PURE and DELICIOUS CAKES, with the minimum of time, trouble, and expense. FECULINA is packed in lib cardboard boxes, and can be had in the following kinds — Cherry Cakes Raspberry Sandwiches Rice Cheese Cakes Sponge Ginger Bread Cocoannt Cakes Currant Cakes Genoa Cakea Sultana Cakea Seed Cakes Rice Cakea Madeira Cakes Snow Cakes These packets of Cake Flour contain all the dry ingredients of a Wholesome and Delicious Cake. Full directions on each packet. Price — 6d.each TEA. TEA. TEA. We have an excellent line of ORANGE PAKOE CEYLON TEA, imported direct from the gardens, which we have packed in £lb and lib packets, 51b and 101b tins, and J -chests and 561bs. NIMMO & BLAIR'S CELEBRATED GARDEN SEEDS ALWAYS IN STOCK. Goods Delivered Daily. Orders by Post Despatched with Punctuality. Best House in Ashburton for Groceries, Crockery, and Hardware. SHEARMAN BROS., "MARKET HOUSE." Telephone No. 63 great boom in boots. McDonald & mcdiarmid TTAVE RECEIVED A.DVICE OF IABGE SHIPMENTS OF NEW GUODS Landing ex Mamari and lonic, Specially ordered for the Ashburton trade. These Goods will he opened up in a few weeks, and in order to Reduce Stock and make room for New Goods, we will bold a GENUINE CLEARING SALE. THE STOCK MUST BE REDUCED. No consideration of profit will be allowed to interfere with this object. For Bargains Seo Our Windows and Door. EXAMINE OUR GOODS, COMPARE OUR PRICES, And you will be bound to admit that we effor the very best value in BOOTS and SHjES in A&hburton. Sale Commencing— SATUßDAY, 29th insb. THE CASH BOOT SHOP, KAST STREET J. I>ICHPr.._S, Manager



T. Bullock. T O L \i T, DWELLING of five Rooms and Sculery with Bay Window and Verandah well situated in Cameron street, west. T. BU LLOCK. MONKY TO LEND ON approved Freehold Securities in sums to tuit Borroweis at lowest curren' fe, of ioietest. T. BULLOCK. SUBUkrt .N LAND. 9 APHID'S, corner of f-facecnurse and Middle Roa-!s, Allenion, with small Stable thereon. Offers are invited for 'his- .property. Very liberal terms of payment. T. BULLOCK HAMPSTEAD. SCHOOLMASTER'S House together with 3 allotments, numbered 71, 72, and 73, well situated in Cambridge Street. Not haviDg djspoaed of this by auction, offers are invited for the purchase of it. T. BULLOCK. WHEATdTONB. longbbaoh"distriot, to storekeepers & others. FOR SALE— "y j/ ACRES, on whloh is erected a */ 2 a Store wi'h Dwelling House attached, Bakery, and o het^boilclings The owner, Mr W. E. IJond, h \vin> removed to Flemington, this properly is for Sale on easy teim? of payment For fall particulars, apply to — T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE.—Town Section No. 333 and Cottage, well situated in Moore Street. Price— £l3s. E&By terms. T. BULLOCK. 't\O LET, at a low rental, SBOP and •*- DWELLING, East street south. T. BULLOCK. OS~ ni> PEIt WEEK. Kenral re- *-* " quired for CottageatTinwald. Apply to T. BULLOCK, Agent. D. Thomas. CLEARING SaLE. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1896. MR DAVID THOMAS has received instructions from Mrs W. C. Davis, who being successful in drawing one ol the Highbank blocks, haa decided to Sell by Public Auction; HER RESIDENCE AND HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Consisting of TEN ROOMED HOUSE, with TWO ACRES of LAND, well situatea. COWS, HAY, FURNI- TURE, and a lot of Sundries. Sale— l2.3o. DAVID THOMAS, 10 20 Auctioneer. R A K A I A. PRELIMINARY ADVERTISEMENT. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 MR D.jTHOMAS (in conjunction with Messrs H. Matson and Co.), has received instructions from J. W. Storey, Esq., who has let his farm for a term, to Sell as above, on the Homestead, near Rakaia, 2000 SHEKP ' I And a Large and Varied Plant, of which full particulars will be given in future advertisements.. Sale at 1 o'clock Luncheon Provided. D. THOMAS \ T . . . nan . H. MATSON ) Joint A « ent3> 10 21 A R O A D E. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, MR DAVID THOMAS has received instructions from Mr H. Chesterman to Sell as above, — A CONTRACTOR'S COMPLETE PLANT, Consisting of 9 GOOD DRAUGHT HORSES, juat out of work. £) Nearly New Reid and Gray DRAYS. Portable W hare,. Six -leaf Tine Harrows, Double-furrow Plough by Duncan, Three-furrow by Reid and Gray, Four-horse Tackle, Harness, Swingle- trees, Chains, Horse Covers, and a large quantity of Sundries. Sale at 1 p.m. 10 5 D. THOMAS. Amusements. *$: X THE MASOMC SOCIAL, X)OSTPONED from September 23, will I be held in the MASONIC HALL, Tancred Street, ON . WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7. 9 245 ODDFELLOW S 1 TT ALL. Aahburton. XX Under the auspices of the Liberty League WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1896. It/TR J,' D. SIEVE^RIGHT WILL DELIVER A LECTURE ON THE FALLACIES OF PROHIBITION. Doora open at 7.30. Lecture at 8 p.m. Admission free. All cordially invited. His Worship the Mayor will preside. 10 10 Tenders. TENDERS. WANTED, TENDERS FOR PLOUGH- ING 100 Acres Turnip Land, and IQO acres Grass Land for Turnips. Furrow Flice 4x 12 and 5 x 12. To be finished by November 10. Tenderß olose TUESDAY NEXT, October 6. GEORGE W. LKADLEY,



From the Tea Plant to the Tea Cup unadulterated. This is Kozie Tea, MF-m 1 1 »» ww— iiuaa— a— amm — — PUBLIC NOTICES NEW AUCTIONEER." WE BEG TO NOTIFY THAT WE HA YE ENGAG&Q ' MR J. R. BLAND,. AS AUCTIONEER, And that all Business entrusted to him on our account will have careful attention. HANMER AND GRAVES. 1019 ASH3URTON POULTRY, PIGEON, AND CANARY SOCIETY. rjIHE ANNUAL Meeting of the above X Society will be held in the office of Mr R B. Restell, Burnett street, on WEDNESDAY EVEVING, October 7, ai 8 o'clock. EDWARD STEPHENS, ! 10 4 Hon. Secretaiy, If you want delicious Coffee try the oelobrated Family Brand ; to be obtained v.ry whore.