BIRTH.

Maxwell— On July 26, at th« School-' houso, Drorri' re, the wife of A. C- Maxwell, of a son. !g! " !gg I

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1896. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

' ♦ Over 160,000 cases of apples are sent away from Nelson every season. Two Chinamen were fined -RIO and £20 ab Windorah, Queensland, for uupplying opium to aboriginals. The Governments of Victoria and New South Wales intend to take joint action respecting the tick plague. It ooat £300 for cablegrams m connec tion with tracing the solicitor Geake, who is supposed to be at Monte Video. There was a decrease of 116,337 bales m the export of wool from Australasia last season, as compared with the previous season; A new seam of hard, bright, solid coal of the best quality, 25 feet m width, is said to have been discovered m the Kaitangata mine. The directors of the Caledonian Society have decided to hold their annual fancy dress irglealde m the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday, August 19. >■ A butcher's horse and cart baoked over the Nelson wharf last week, and landed without damage on the deck of a ketch whioh was moored there. An expert says that m Tasmania with ordinary oare an orchardist can save up wards of 80 per cent of his fruit from codlin moth and other, pests .

The coat of lighting the Wellington Public Library ia so greab that the City Council intends to inquire whether some alteration can be made so as to reduce it. A large number of spikes were taken from the railway bridge near Frankton Junction, Waikato, recently, and the Railway Department offer £200 reward for the conviction of the perpetrators. The hearing of the action, Popham v. Taylor, to recover £1000 damages for alleged slander was continued on Tuesday, when several witnesses gave evidence fur the defence. A number of witnesses have yet to be heard. , The Dunedin Star suggests that it would be a worthy and graceful act on the part of the Ministry to recommend his Excellency to call Sir Dillon Bell to the Legislative Council, m succession to the late Hon Robert Pharazyn. The Timaru Herald reports that Mr 3 . S. Rutherford's male emu has hatched nine young ones ouij of ten eggs he sat upon. He was found sitting on ten eggs on May 19, so that the period of incuba tion for emus' eggs, m the climate of Albury, is about- sixty -five days. At a Manly church on Sunday week a j member of the congregation, who makes it a habit of leaving before the sermon, was requested from the pulpit to leave either earlier or later. The rebuked parishioner quietly informed the rev. gentleman that he would go oat of church when it suited him. A married couple, whose united ages amounted to 146 years, came before the Wellington Benevolent Institution trust ees on Tuesday, and asked for aid. The old man had 'been working up rill a few/ weekai ag^>, but; he had to discontinue lo^jnsc.tohii health failing. The trustees granted 2s 6d and rations to the old couple. . . '": v Mr George Stewart, late of Fortrose, who was compelled to take refuge m a tree for thirty-six hours during the late floods, was conveyed to the Southland Hospital by Saturday's express. From the time of admission it was evident there was no hope of recovery, and he died on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, death being due to blood-poisoning following frost bite. The usual monthly meeting of No. 25, T.-.0.L., South Bakaia, took place on Saturday evening. There was a fair attendance of members, W.M. Bro. Rosa being m the Chair. Correspondence waa read and dealt with and it was decided to write to the Grand Secretary L.O.L of Victoria 'expressing sympathy with the brethren who had been assaulted m Mel bourne on July 13. The chaplain gave an exoellenc address on Orangeism. Messrs R. D. Petrie and Go, butchers, Rakaia, have had on view for some days past a sheep that turned the scales at 20olbs. A guessing competition was arranged for, the proceeds to go to increase the funds of Herrick'a Home, and .Mr Petrie was the nearest with 2041b5, Mr Alpe coming next with 197£lbs, Mr Martin following with 1971ba. The sheep was bred by Mr A. McPhaiJ, farmer, r-.outh Rakaia.

Sir Augustus Harris, whose death was repotted recently, was superstitions. Madame Melba was opening, m her manager's presence, a number of con gratulatory letters she had received on her birthday. Out of one envelope fell a birthday card. Picking it up with true managerial courtesy, Sir Augustus dis covered to his dismay that peacock's feathers figured m the design. In another moment the card had been torn into small fragments, and the director breathed freely again. The scow Eclipse, which is loaded with five large boilers and fittings, and about which some anxiety waa occasioned a few days ago, has been stopped from proceed ing to sea by order of the Minister of Marine. It is alleged that the boilers are not sufficiently secured. Under ordinary conditions of weather the vessel would have left the port over a week ago, as she had then cleared at the Customs, , A survey by Captain Neal, of the Hinemoa, and Captain Marceil was held yesterday afternoon, and they pronounced her to be unsea worthy as at present loaded. Recently an exciting scene was wit nessed ab the Liverpool-street terminus of the Great Eastern Kail way Company. Two men were fighting on one of the arrival platforms, and whilst struggling violently they both fell over the edge of the platform into the four-foot way. Notwithstanding their fall, they continned to fight, their bodies lying horizontally across one of the rails. Afc this moment a train ran into the station ab a fairly fylgh rate of speed on the side of the platform where the men were fighting. Three porters jumped down on the metals to pull the men away, but without success. Several railway officials and a number of spectators rusfted towards the incoming trainj and shouted to the driver to stop the engine. The driver immediately applied the powerful brakes and reversea the engine, but it was not until ft had' reached to within four or five yards of the gtll} struggling mej> that the train was brought to a standstill. Eventually the men were separated* and removed m custody of the police. Don't Oough.-rrßelief oan be obtained immediately. Use KEATING'B COUGH LOZENGES well known as the utterly unrivalled Cough Remedy. Strongly recom mended by many eminent physioiana. They at onos oheok the oough and remove the oause — without any after effeot ; the most delioate can therefore take them. One Lozenge alone gives ease— one or two at bed times ensureß rest. Sold everywhere m tins isl&deaob, Have yon tried Kozie Tea? Jf not doos ■ At once ; it is deUoioua

A mu«ical feat is offered at the Army ] fortress fco-night, when a troupe of singers, said to be equal tojthe Fisk Jubilee choir, will appear. 1 The Press Association telegraphs from ' Wellington that Messrs Richardson (the Hon. G. F.jandßearden, surveyors, etc.,' of Wellington, ha^e issued a writ against the Bank of New Zealand claiming the 'sum of £4000 for alleged improper dis honouring of the firm's cheque?, white, | as plaintiffs claim, there was a substantial ! sum to the credit of their account. The ' case will be heard before a jury at the next sittings of the Court at Wellngton m August. The weekly lectures to members of the Ambulance Society were given as usual on Saturday to the ladies, and on Monday to the gentlemen; and although the weather wan not of the best, very few were absent. The skeleton, presented to tbe society by Mr Saunders, has been articulated hy Mr Lindells, under the supervision of Dr Leahy, and provides a better view of the bones and joints than the ordinary charts supplied. I At the meeting of the Wellington | Charitable Aid Board yesterday, a olrcu i lar was read from the Labor Bureau with regard to the Boards finding * sandwich men ' for tradesmen. It added—' lam directed to inform yon tbab such action is a breach of the Servants' Registry Office Acb, 1894, and that informations will be laid against any unregistered persons contravening the law m this respect. The circular was adversely oriticlsed by the Trustees, who agreed thabi they | would continue to find employment for deserving men, despite the warning of the department.

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PARLIAMENTARY.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wellington, July 28 The House met at 2 30. MR MONTGOMERY AND THE BANKING COMMITTEE. Mr Montgomery moved that his name be dincharged from the Banking Com mittee. He said that the Premier had used words towards him on that Com mitten which he regarded as offensive, and although the Premier had been asked by the chairman to withdraw them he had nob done so. Under the circumstances he felt that he would not be acting so as to retain his self respect if he remained on the Committee. He had ho feeling against the Premier m the matter, but ie was a question of maintaining his self respect. In reply to Mt McNab, Mr Mont gomery said that the words used by the Premier were—* He is the most Belfish and ungenerous man I have ever met.' No debate took place, and the motion was negatived by 26 to 37. THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. The Hon J. McKenzie gave notice to move for a Committee of Enquiry in'p the working of the Press Association. questions. Replying to questions, it was said that it was not desirable at present to remove the restrictions against the importation of grapen ; that m future appointments to the Telegraph Department more care would be taken to equalise the claims of town and country candidates ; that the Wellington- Woodville railway would be open for traffic m About twelve months.

MOTION OF WANT OF CONFIDENCE. Captain Russell gave notice to move on Friday next :—'• That the administration of theGovernmenb has been unsatisfactory ; that while they have professed to have abstained from . borrowing, the public debt has increased between the 3 1st March. 1891, and the 31st March, 1896, by £4,928,521 ; that on seizing the sink ing funds of the local bodies they have diverted the intention of the Loans to Local Bodies Act, and they have used for the purpose of revenue the capital sum especially provided by the ratepayers for the purpose of paying their loans* and are depleting the land transfer assurance fund for a similar purpose ; thab the alteration m the Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1395, passed by the Government, has im posed further taxation upon the people and increased the charges upon the ' necessaries of life," The Premier said that he could only I accept the motion as a straight out and direct motion of want of confindenae In the Government, and he would give the leader of the Opposition an opportunity of proceeding with the debate at 7.30 that evening or at 230 next day. He could nob ask the House m the face of the motion bo go on with the business. Captain Russell said that his reason for suggesting Friday for the debate was m order to prevent interference with private members' business on Wednesday and Thursday. The Premier said that the motion was ' for the purpose of giving those members who had prepared speeches on the Finan cial Statement another opportunity of delivering them, bub as ib broaghb m the question of sinking funds, he had no option but to look at It m the light of a motion of wanb of confidence. Captain Russell agreed to take the debate ab 2 30 to-morrow afternoon. The Premier thereupon moved thab the House adjourn until that hour* The motion was agreed to. The House rose at §.30 p.m.

FOOTBALL.

The following will represenb the Ash burton Junior Football Olub against Springburn second m the Domain to morrow : — J. Jackson, C. Dixon, F. Wilson, B. Boyle, A. Pilbrow, Woods, Hepburn, E. McTeague, D. Wilson, H. Hefford, Campbell, Baxter, Brown, J Pochard, B. Orr. Emergencies— F. Prichard, Childs, Purchase, Johns.

The Banking Committee.

The Banking Committee resumed on Tuesday morning. There was some tartness between the chairman and Mr Seddon over the time limit question and the former said m the circumstances he would fall back on Rule 103, which confined speeches to ten minubes. In the course of the discussion that followed he repeatedly asked the Premier to Bib down, and the latter obeyed. In conse quence of pob being able to raise a discussion on the subject of some objectionable remarks made by the Premier ab a previous meeting m regard to him Mr Montgomery retired from the Cpmmibt'ee, declining to remain after he had been ins. aided and no apology offered. The examination of Mr Booth was then resumed, and continued throughout the day. • :

PROHIBITION

Mr Isitt at tb« Ortdfollowa' Hall. ISntlrasfniitir. Itleetng- ( XOOO People In the Hall.

Ortainly since the opening of the nr.w Oddfellows' Hall the holding capacity of the i uilding has never been bo severely taxed as it was on the occasion of Mr i&itt's lecture last night on prohibition. Every available seat waß occupied m the body of the hall, right up to the footlights. Ihe centre aisle, and the free spaoe against the front wall, were occupied, the former half way up to tho stage, by people who could not find seats. The porch was full, and m the corridor the people crowded, many deep, round the door leading into the main room. Many people Bought admission, bub went away on finding that seats were not available— not even comfortable standing room. The stage was crowded, too. All the available chairs, and such of the short benches as could be spared, were utilised, and it was a wise move on the part of the Good Templars to announce their intention of wearing regalia on the occasion of the leoture, as thereby they were able to secure good seats, which many other people were not able to do. A range of scenery boxed m the stage from about the centre, the object being to exclude any draughts that might have. been troublesome. Bat the practical door m .the centre of the "interior" very soon had to be opened, so that the crowd who were behind it could see the lecturer. Altogether there could not have been less than a thousand people m the hall. Usually a " temperance " audience m Ashburton is largely made up of women — m fact the. fair sex is mostly very much m the majority. On this occasion, the crowd was mixed, and the majority seemed to be on the side of the men. On the stage, m addition to the officers of the Good Templar Lodges m regalia, were many of the leading temper ance men of the district, and several of the clergymen. At the opening of the proceedings, before the Mayor took the chair, the Rev Mr Olphert said the temperance party m Ash* burton had prepared no formal reception for Mr Isitt on his first appearance here after his return from Home." They were not, however, wanting m the will to give him a hearty welcome, and he believed that there were many who were not of the temperance body who were willing to join m making that welcome hearty. He there i fore asked that three hearty British cheers be given for Mr Isitt. The cheers were given with the full lung power of the large audience*

The Mayor, m introducing Mr Isitt, said they had been called together to hear that gentleman after his absence, during which he had been all over the world, seeing the state of affairs as regarded the liquor, question m other parts of the earth. He was delighted to see so large an audience assembled to give the lecturer a hearty welcome, and he was also delighted to see how hearty that welcome had been. Doubt less the lecturer's experience of the prohi bition question had been greatly extended by his travelß, and of that experience on the question of prohibition, they would reap the benefit that night. Whether it was right or wrong, it was a subject that was occupy ing the minds of very many of the Deat thinking minds of the day and .of the world. That it was occupying the minds of many m the Ashburton county, the presence of so very many that night was ample proof. The subject would soon be paced before the public m a very direot way at the polls, and whether ac that time they were called upon or not to decide the question of national prohibition, he for one believed that the time was not far distant when national prohibition would be eatab -1 lished all over the world. (Loud applause). He bespoke the usual patient hearing for Mr Isitt.

The rev. lecturer spoke for an hour and a half before he made a pause, to admit) pf a collection being taken to cover the necessary expenses, and on resuming, spoke for another half hour, m answering questions, and m speaking to matters' that had arisen out of them. Ro report of the bare words of Mr Isitt, however full, can do justice to his lecture. Nothing short of presence m sight and hearing of him can do that. To read hia words m hard print is a bald affair indeed compared with hearing them uttered :by the man. The electric influence of his fine presence is not there. Absent too are the exquisite touches of his undoubtedly great natural gift of oratory. .His mobile features are a mirror m which can be seen pictured m a manner native to the man and entirely his own, all the passions it is possible for an elocutionist to idealise.. From grave to gay, from lively to severe— Isitt runs the whole gamut ovev as no other man we know of m New Zealand can do : certainly no temper ance speaker that ever urged the cause m these colonies. His brimful humor flashes out m every merry twinkle of his clear eye, which can be roguish m the highest degree when he mercilessly "pokes borak" at his opponents. He quotes figures that bite, and gives replies that sting to charges that have boen made against his side. But while his figures and words may bite and sting, the merry flash of his eye disarms the opponent and half heals the wound. He is never at a loss for an answer to any one bold enough to put m a remark as his fluent discourse dances on; and the wight haß usually reason to regret his temerity after having been cleverly, laughingly, but most emphatically sat upon. He has read deeply and closely, and noted carefully and accurately the seamy side of the drink traffic and the drinking habits of the people, and none oan picture more vividly than be the worst horrors of the evils of drunkenness, or sound more clearly and shrilly a clarion note of warning to the young and inexperienced to beware. And all through his lecture this was the keynote of his theme. On appearing before the audience he was received with applause, and a little banter from one corner. He said he was pleased to be again m Ashburton. He had always been well received, and the opposition had always been m a comer. He said a great question like prohibition could oaly be dealt with by fact and logical . argument, and it would be the happiest half hour m his life if he could only meet the opposition m that hall face to face and argue the subject out logically* He then went on to compliment the Oddfellows on their new h&IU Mr Louisson had said the prohibitionists were m a miser able minority ; but the very large audience that had come out to that meeting showed not only was the minority not miserable, but it was a very great majority indeed, and it was a. very attractive subject also thai could bring out .such an audience on so miserable a night. He took no credit for the gathering himself, because he knew the subject had become a burning one, and was growing into more and more importance every day. He had been accused of making extraordinary and extreme statements, but the writers who used norn de plumes like ** Citizen" and "Observer" and addressed the editors of the newspapers never quoted a single sample of the bad language attri buted to him. Mr Isitt said he intended to use some very strong language m regard to the liquor traffic that nigh r. "It was the dietisst, moßt disreputable, and most diabolical trade m this town." Loud laughter.) . He. had been to Great Britain since he saw them last. The editors who had been after him with a bludgeon all the time he had been m New Zealand had said kindly things about him when he was away, finding that he was not so bad a fellow after all. But they had not washed him to come back. They had hoped when he" did come back that he would' come with changed ideas, broader views, and more kindly feel ings towards those who opposed him. His ideas had broadened, and his views. had changed, and his feelings had been intensi fied, but those changea had broadenings and intensifying? had all been the direction of making his mind and feelings all the m,ore antagonistic to the drink traffi.c. In the course of stating what he had seen m his travels of the traffic, he said he had been told frequently that the people of France drank only light wine. He had been m Paris and found there quite as many grog shops as m London. The light wine idea was all a myth, for there was a growing desire on the part of the people for abainthe, and the drinking'of this would bring France into a fair position very soon to be olassed along with Britain as a hard alcoholic drink ing country. He found that m America they had experienced there what they found here and m England— that it was impossible to regulate the liquor traffic Referring to

what opponents of prohibition said about liquor, he quoted what Mr Joseph Chamber lain had aaid about it — that it was ruining oue m every twenty of the people of Great Britain, and Chamberlain was certainly not a prohibitionist. He (the lecturer) was a parson, and he hated cant and hypocrisy m the_ church. But cant and hypocrisy were just as reprehensible m political, social, and commercial life. He had heard that there was to be a branch of the Liberty Lpague started m Ashburton. Now be wanted that league to call itself by its proper name. Ie was eaiiing under the colors of a political society, while really it was nothing more than a society for the de fenc3 of the liquor traffic* After roughly handling the Liberty League for a time he went on deal with the drink bill. The colony spent £2,000,000 of money every year on liquor. He set the bank clerks a sum that would be easy for them to figure out, and he left it to them to do, so that they might better remember the result. At 100 sovereigns a minute, and counting eight hours a day, how long would it take a man to count the sovereigns representing the amount annually wasted by the people of New Zealand on liquor ? The sum so spent was so vast that if every letter of the Bible were set apart to admit of it, that sum would provide a gold coin to cover each letter, and yet have a balance to spare. He laughed at the idea of having to waste £2,000,000 of money on drink to provide £500,000 of revenue. The lecturer went on at great length, bnt racily and humorously withal, to prove that the production and consumption of liquor was the grossest waste imaginable, and having done so he made another onslaught or two on those who, themselves interested to the very bottom of their purses m the drink traffic, hypooritically spoke of fighting for what they called the liberties of the people. In regard to the sly grogging they were threatened with after prohibition came, he laughed at this bogey. Remove the schools m which the drinking lesson was taught, the haunts of the tempter and the tempta* tion, and the patrons of ttie illicit trade that were left would only be those who had so keen a love for liquor that they would have it, as they boasted, m spite of any thing. Temptation would be out of the way of the young people ; out of the way of the honest farmer when he came into town and would rather go home without having tasted any liquor, and would do bo, only he does not like to be thought unsocial j out of the way of the working men when work is over, and when pay day comes — out of the way of every working man who knew m his own heart he , was better without liquor* Those who would have the liquor from the sly-grog shops would be left as a remnanb of the curse that liquor has been, and they would m the end find that liquor claimed its victims ; but the place's of that remnant would not be taken by the young men who were growing up around -them. He denied the use of alcohol as an element of nutrition, and told a story .of how m Cathedral equare, while address* ing a large audience, he had been called a " blanked liar " by the manager of a brewery. He answered that were he to retort by calling that brewer " a gentleman," they would both have been guilty of telling untruths (Laughter.) He threw out a challenge to that brewer, dud asked him not to wriggle out of it. A quart of the best ale that could be found was to be submitted for analysis to a Government analyst, and if the result showed that that quart contained as much nutriment as was contained m as much oat meal as would cover a five shilling piece he would pay the cost of the analysis. If it did not, then the brewer should pay. Bat he wriggled! (And the eye .twinkle " brought down the house."} The lecturer made play with the well-known drinking song "In cellar cool," and m a few terrible pictures showed that the drunkard, " wiile to the floor I'm sinking " did injure far more people than himself, and that the injury was done to wife and family. In a peroration that was a masterpiece of elocution, the lecturer showed that Edgar Allan Foe, a poet whose dissipation was terrible m the extreme and finally caused his death, had painted all the horrors of a drunkard's remorse m his poem '• Nevermore," which Mr Isitt recited admirably, and followed up with a stirring appeal to all to vote no license,

In the course of giving answers to ques tions that were, pat to him m writing, he said Mr Seddon had been compelled by the power of the temperance party to introduce \ the licensing legislation they now had, and i that they were^ likely to have this session. It was not a case of Mr Seddon leading the people, but'the people leading Air Seddon. The prohibitionists did not want prohibition at the hands of Mr Seddon or any other man, or any parliament. They wanted ito at the handa of a people educated up to the moral wrong of the liquor traffic. If they failed to get itat the handa of the people, then the work of educating the people up to an appreciation of that wrong would nave to go on till the work was done and the cause was won. A reference to Mr Lsadley's remarks at the National Association meet* ing last Friday, gave that gentleman an opportunity of putting himself right m regard to his vote for Mr Waeon at last election. Mr Wasoa, he said, had been at Home for a considerable length of time before that 1 election, and was hardly m touch with the people on the subject of pro hibition, but after that gentleman's first : speech Mr Leadley had. explained to him what the prohibitionists wanted—the power put into the hands of the people to say whether they would have the trade amongst them or not, and Mr IVason had expressed himself as favorable to the people being allowed to exercise this right. Mr Leadley went into a spirited defence of his conduct, and abundantly proved, what it is certain no one m this county will deny, that he has been an enthusiastic and consistent prohibit tionist ever since he came to the county. Mr Isitt moved a hearty vote of thanks to the Mayor for presiding, and bis Worship, m acknowledging "the toast "—(loud laughter at the slip, which the Mayor hardly understood for a second or two, which renewed the laughter)— said he was not him self a prohibitionist, although he saw what was coming, but it was his duty as the Mayor of the town to take»the chair at such a meeting as the one that night, and he was glad that he had done so, and given himself the pleasure of listening to Mr Isifct's admir able and interesting lecture. An officer of the Salvation Army, whose name did not reaoh the reporter's ears, m an impassioned speech, moved a vote of thanks to. tyr Isitfc, after whose reply the meeting closed,

Stealing- a Yacht.

A somewhat peculiar case, involving a charge of stealing a yacht, has occurred ab Lyttelton. On Monday evening tyro boys named Skelton and Gilray, aged 13 and 14 respectively, took a dingy belonging to one of the launches and rowed to where the yachts are moored. According to the story of one of the boys they had previously agreed to take one of the yachts, proceed to Wellington, and thence to Australia, and finally visit other countries of which they appear to have had but visionary notions. Ihey had no food or extra clothing of any I sort. When they got m the vicinity of the yachts thsy coald n,ot agree as to. which orafb to take. " Skelton favoured the Mascotte, : while Qilray thought the Myrtle was more suited to their requirement*. Then Gilray hit Skelton "over the mouth," and finally they decided to take the ijyrtle, the smaller boat of the two. The oars and rowlocks were taken out of the dingy, and she was cast adrifti They got the yacht under way, and when about the entrance to the moles they narrowly escaped being run down by the steamer Kawatiri, which was then leaving port. They proceeded dawn the harbon. having sec sail the best w/ay they could, and when just below Rhodes' Bay decided to wait f'tjll the wind freshened/ They hailed the brigantine M. A. Doran. Need less to say the crew of the brigantine were more than astonished, and took the yacht alongside and the boys on board for the night, as soon as daylight oame the captain signalled for the launch, and the yacht and boys were then handed over to the signalman. <

THE ASHBUETON GUABDIAN : WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1896.



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Dr Jameson's trial is rapidly approaching. As to whether hid aotion was a wise one or not is a grave question, The trial of Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for coughs and colds haßbeen a deoided buocqbs — it is allowed ty all to be unequalled- from all grocers and chemists, Is Qi and 2a 6dl. Wholesale tgeute, Nw Zealand Drag Oompwy(



4X7" AN TED Known— Just opened, ex '" Pakehaand Gothic, Flannelettes, white, stripes, and colours ; Velveteens, black, all prices ; Colours, large variety, Including new shades m Reseda, Hum- boldb and Hungarian— Mitchell and Titrneb. ANTED Known— The 'Economic' Kid Glove, four buttons, Is 9d perpair, is the Glove for everyday wear. — W. H. Colmbb. WANTED Known— lf you miss the Cheap Boob Sale you will be rry. — Mellob's, Tancred Street. HOLIDAY Suits— A Nice Kalapoi Suit for 27s 6d, Boys' Kniokes and Cambridge Suits from 7s 6d, Men'r Suits to Measure from 455, Fit and Workmanship Gnaranteed ab R. Alcorn's WANTED Known— -6000 pairs of Boots to be cleared m one month. —Mellob's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known— We are clearing out all our Macintoshes, Jaokets, Lined Cloaks and Dressing Gowns. No reasonable offer refused for anything soiled or "not up to date/' — Mitchell &Ttjbneb. VfcTANTED Known -Madden's Re- VY fresh ra en t Booms are the rooms Par Excellence. When m town do not fail to give them a look up. Do you like a loaf that has a sweet nutty flavor, of good pile and bloom, m addition to Its f nil weight*, which a surprise visit from the Inspector, the other day proved ? You do ? Well, go to Maddens ! If you are getting up a Spread m a private or general way, and would like your Paltry, 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 Specialty. • WANTED Known— That it ia lament able to hear people ask why there is so much trash m the Boot Trade now-a- days? But no wonder I say. Thcsympy strike their breasts and Bay, ' By our own fault, who buy such trash at oheap sales, Though oheap, a profit must be levied, and you don'b get the worth of your money But you have yet a remedy by calling at J . Moison. the Premier m the Boob Trade, where a eolid, dry, and good wearing boot oan be gob. Secure good boots for winter or your feet will be w«o. Get your repairs done ab once or while you wait ab J. Moison's Impermeable Boot Depdb, East Street, Ashburton. 19 2 IkkWN Make m Ladies and Children's HMttfrderclobhing, Aprons, and Pina- of Calicoes, etc., |HHH^^^H^Hb&®P> Baker'e



WANTED Known— Ladies Shoes tan or black, 6s 6d.— Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale. WANTED Known— Everybody to roll up to Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale Now's your time to buy. WANTED Known — 6000 pairs o Boots and shoes to pick from Mellor s Greab Boot Sale. TX7 ANTEDKnown— Go toTHECoRNER V V for Newest Stylea m Drapery and Millinery— W. H. Collier. TENDING 'thafa our stock of Earthen- •*• ware and Ironmongery is still £200 too large, we are offering a few choice nibbles for cash to clear.— Carson & Co. 7 95 . " - , YATES' Reliable New Season's Garden Seeds, just landed. Vegetable Seeds ab reduced prioes. Carson & Co., Agents. Garden Tools m great variety. 7 94 ~VT E W Magazines and Books ; quarterly JLN Something to Read, Scraps and Snapshots, The Mighty Atom (Corelli), Men of the Moss Hags (Crockett), Finrt Aid, Hints and Helps. (Ambulance Book?) New Waltz. * Virginia,' by Ruby Zander ; Newi lot /Foreign Stamps, ? Packets anai | Sheets at Andrewes, Anderson, j!njd Co., I Stationer's Hall. '  WANTED Known— Great Reduction at Mellor's Cheap Boot Pale. WANTED Known— You save 6a m every pound if you patronise Mellor's Cheap Boot Store. WANTED Known— lf you want Seed that are sure to grow get them a Fletcher Bros. WANTED Known— Buots and Shoes from Is Sd to 27s 6d.— Mbllor's Cheap Boot Sale. WANTED Known— We intend to ■ shake up every Boob Shop m Aehburton.— Mellor's Clearing Boot Sale WANTED Known— Men's Mercery, Clothing and Boots. For Goods thafa wear well, fib well, and look well, try that old established firm — Mitchell & Turner. WANTED Known — For Vegetable and Flower Seeds call at Fletcher Bros , Easb Street.



Wanted. | TSITT'S Meeting a great success. Follow -*■ up by attending Piimitive Band of Hope, m Cliuroh, To-morrcw, at 730 Collection. 7 187 f OST, m Tancred Street, a Gold I_J Enamrael and Pearl Brooch. Finder rewarded ab Union Bank. 7 185 --■■■■-■ - DOIS'T miss the wonderful Trouba- dours at the Salvation Army To- night. Musio, Song, and Glee. Tickets 6d. • 7 186 »a / ANTED to sell cr exchange for VV Lantern Slides, a Limelight Apparatus. — R. Cxark, Methven. 7 189 WANTED— For a Station, a Strong Youth as groom, to milk, etc. Apply to D. Williamson before 11 a m. on Friday, July 31. 7 184 WELDON'S Journal for June. Family Reader, June; Heavy Odds, M, Clarke ; The Seat of the Mighty, Parker; London np to date, Sala ; Soldier of Fortune, Meade. New Books by the mail* Clearing Sale this month.— H. M. Jokes. . TVTUTIOE.— Are you going to build. J3I Beoause the oheapesb shop for Roofing, Iron Ridging, Gutters, Nails, Lead, Spouting, Water Tanks, Pumpe, Ranges, Register Grates, Locks and Hinges, Washing Boilers, and all 'sorts of Ironmongery, is J. W. Hardley's, Ironmonger, Plumber, and Tinsmith. Telephone 32. WANTED Known— Monate Clear ing Boot Sale at Mellor' Zealan dia Boofi Store. MBS KNIGHT, cash purchaser of Ladies' and Gentlemen a left off Clothing, etc. Letters promptly attended to. Near Post Office, • 5 100 WANTED KNOWN— H. Baibstow has commenced the Undertaking Business. Any order intrusted to his oare will reoeive prompt and careful at tentlon. Address, Cameron Street, opposite Baring Square. 6 140 ANTED Known— Large delivery of the ' Economic ' Kid Gloves, four buttons, Is 9d per pair, worth much more. — W H. Collier.



BY PURCHASING FOR CASH. 10AN Supply the following goods ab LOW PRICES- Flour, best brands, m 501 b, 1001 b, and 2001 ba — Special Low prices by ton Sharpß by le Worth, sack or ton Bran by Is worth, sack or ton Oats, Whole and Crushed, m any quantity Oatsheaf Chaff by sack or ton— l have Borne over 1001 b per sack Straw Chaff by sack or ton Bed Chaff Chiok Wheat by Is worth or sack Barley by Is worth or sack Linseed, Onions, Carrots, Potatoes, Ryf grass, Cocksfoot, Clover, eto . Tea m 51b boxes, Tins and Caddies ALSO,— About 1000 Apple Trees from 3 to 6 years old, over twenty varieties. When grafting I choose these after fruiting ; 200 choice kinds. They are strong, well- grown treeß, with good fibrous roots. Most of them have already borne excellent fruit. J. Thomas, GRAIN AND PRODUCE DEALER, I HAVBLOOK STREET. . Wanted. WAHOO ! THE CURE FOR INDIGESTION. Aehburton Drug Company, Agents 11 108 MANY thanks for past favors and solicits a continuance during coming year. My motto is to give satisfaction. Being under a minimum expense am able to compete with anyone.— O. Hawkins, Boob and Draper's Store, Tinwald . OUGH, Cough, Cough— l am still making my celebrated Cough Drops, None genuine unless stamped Flower's. Ooogh. — H. A. Flower, Confectioner, if cist street. 5 24 / jnRY Flowbus latest Bulgarian Rook 1. and Cream Walnuts, eimply delicious : at the Old Reliable Confec- tioner's, East street. BANANAS. Bananas, ripe and sound ; aho sweei D.B. Oranges at H. A. Flower's, Oonfeotioner and Fruiterer, E*3t Street. WANTED Known— That E. Mahood is still selling all kinds of Grocery, Crockery, and Glassware at as reasonable a price as »ny other house In the trade Orders by letter .or Telephone promptly attended to Families pajtecL^^^d Telephone No ?6. -TT7 ANTED J&gjH^^^^^H VV fIoorJ^H^^HHHBH



PUBLIC NOTICES j WOOLLEN GOODS FOE | WINTEB WEAR. HEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. Men's Overcoats, with fCape, from ... ... 20a Boys' Overcoats from . ... 8u 6d Men's All Wool Sao Snits from 27s 6d Meu's All Wool Trousers from 8s 9d Boys' AH Wool Knicker Suits from ... ... 7a 6d Men's Cover Coat from ... 29s 6d BLANKETS. BLANKETS. BLANKETS Mosgiel. Ashburbon. Mosgiel 16b 6d per pair. RUGS. RUGS. RUGS. Wellington, Mosgiel, Timaru 12a 6d. L.W. Pants, our own make, 3s lid. Flannel Shirts 3s 6d. JJRIVING GLOVES, Wool Lined GUoves, Mufflers from Is, Wool Sooks Is, Men's Golf Caps from Is, Boys' Gaps 6d NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. / ALEX HENDRY, Manager. RESERVED FOB THE % .... A shburton Drapery Company SAVfi MONEY AND LOSE WORRY



Business Notices. ■ Look. Look, 0 G. J. NEILL US NOW SELLING CHEAPER THAN EVER. MAKE NO ERROR GO TO N BILL'S. FOR GOOD & CHEAP DBAPBRY, CLOTHING, & BOOIS NO OLD STOCK, EVERYTHING NEW, COME AND SEE, AND COMPARE OCR PRICES. WE DEFY COMPETITION; DRAPERY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Mon'a Boots and Shoes. Women's Boots and Shoes Boys' Boots and Shoes, Girls' Boots and Shoes of Every Description. .< •'■.'■ €t. J. UTEIIjIj, Friedlander's Corner, ' East Street. TEEMS CASH. FANS. FANS. FANS. XUST RECEIVED A LABGE ASSORTMENT OF FAN S AT VERY LOW PRICED 3r6^ ss> ?« 6d, 8a Od, and 15* WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER, EAST iSTREET, ASHBUR'ION. . ■■'('• GET YOUB



Seed Potatoes Seed Potatoes. FROM . j 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 district. We would advise orders to be sent to us as early as possible, m order that they may be filled from our own stocks, which occasionally become exhausted before the end of the 8ea8OD; 'BEAUTY OF HEBRON,'" This variety is Very Early, coming to the table before either Early Robb or Ashleaf Kidney, and is far superior both m quality and productiveness. 'QUEEN O? 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 aho 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 Bmall, and is a first-claßa eating potato. We have also m stock splendid samples of Bath Kidneys, Lapstone, Derwents, Etc., Eto. LAWN GBASS SEEDS. Try Nimmo <fc Blair's Celebrated Lawn Grass Seed. It is the purest, cleanest, and best quality m the market, and is composed only of Fine Dwarf, arowiDg evergreen grasses. Per lb, Is 3d ; per bushel, 22s 6d. ■ ■ ; : ;jy ' x tforeHies For Season 1896. CABBAGE— 4 LAMB'S EAUEST OF ALL' A Superior Early Cabbage of quick growth, beautiful white compact heads, 6d per packet. • CABBAGE—' BLAIR'S PHENOMENAL.' The finest main crop Cabbage ever introduced, heads as solid as a stone, weighing 14 and 181bs. The Cabbage for market gardeners. 6d per packet. NEW ONION— <E ABLY GOLDEN GLOBE.' Growers have golden opinions of this Onion. It grows a large bulb is eonnd as * cricket ball. For market gardeners this onion is beyond doubt the finest tint can be grown for sale. Is per picket. ' PEA— REV DB BT SWART. The finest eirly Dwarf Pea ever introduced. Per pack efc, PEA—SIR HARRY ATKINSON. Thw h the finest tall growing Pea m the world. Per packet, 6d ; per lb, Uj or 71bs for ss. Call and Get one of our VOitfilogues of Selected NovoUies. FLETCHER BROS.. CABH SOITLY STORES, ASHBURTON AND CHRISTCHVRCH. TgLBPHOJTC 24 \^uk^^^^^^^^^ Box 67