Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1896. THE SCRIPTURE TEXT BOOK

■♦ ■ • In view of the movement which is no* afoot, with a view to obtain, if possible the sanction of the people for th( introduction into the public schools oi the Irish Scripture tekt-book j and as very few, even of the most interested have ever seen the text-book m ques tion, and therefore have no precise idea of its nature, the following pirti culars which have been supplied to u( will doubtless be read with interest The text-book consists of four smal volumes, two of which contain lessoni from the Old, the others, lessons f ron the New Testament. The following pre face is to be found m No. 1 of th( whole series :-—" The Board of Com missioners of Education earnestly anc unanimously recommend these leasoni to be used m all schools receiving aic from them. The Commissioners offei these extracts, not only as truth, bui as truth recorded under the influence of inspiration, and truth which , it is o! the utmost importance for them to b< well acquainted withjandtothe religioui instructors of the children they cheer fully leave, m communicating thai instruction, the use of the sacrec volume itself, as . containing thos< doctrines and precepts a knowledge o: which must lie at the foundation of al true religion." Volume 1 commencei with the story of the Creation (Genesis chap. I.), and at the end of the chapter the Psalms, the Epistle to the Hebrews and other portions of Scripture ir which tbe Creation is spoken of ar( quoted. Then follows a list of a fey words to be explained by the teacher and then some fifteen to twenty ques tions to be put to the children, wit! the view' of ascertaining that they hav< intelligently mastered the subject o the lesson. The same order anc method are followed m relation to eacl chapter. The first volume on the Ne-w Testament commences with the gospe of St Luke, recounting the birth oi John the Baptist, the birth of th« Saviour, and so on, each chaptei or lesson finishing as before men tioned. The chapters themselvei are simply a reprint from th< Bible, generally from the authorised version, though sometimes, m order t( meet the wishes of Roman Catholics the Douay version is used. Through out the series of lesson-boons there is not a word of comment, simply portion: of the Bible itself, divided into shod chapters, with the questions before mentioned appended. It is understood that its introduction into the national schools of Ireland was the result of at agreement between the heads of tht leading churches, including the bishops of the Roman Catholic church, and if a similar agreement aould be arrived at m New Zealand theie would seem to be no insuperable difficulty m the adoption of the text-book m che State schools of the colony. The matter is one for the people at large, and the proposal made by the promoters of the movement for the adoption of the text book is that the matter shall be re ferred by Parliament to the people for decision. To that we can see no objection. What the result of such a referendum will be we do not attempt to predicate. A similar referendum m South Australia recently resulted m the proposal being negatived by a large majority, but it by no meaDS follows that the like result would attend m New Zealand. That remains to be I seen, but a reference to the popular vote would remove a much discussed question out of the way by settling it m one direction or the other. AN IMPUDENT FRAUD. Early during the current month we received— as also did a number of our contemporaries— a circular order as follows ; "Circular Quay, Sydney, N.S. Wales. Australia, May 1, 1896. Dear Sir,—En closed please find an advertisement, which you will be kind enough to insert m your paper at least three iaauas. Display the advertisement and give it local notice if possible. — We require a few good shearers for this season, and we prefet to have them from your colony, an they are very clean workmen. Send us a memo of your account, together with a copy of the paper containing the advertisement, and we will remit postal note, m due course. — Yours faithfully, Western Graziers' Pastoral and Finance Company, Limited." This order bore the following stamp ; "W«otern Graziers' Paßtoral and Finance Company, Limited. London office : Wool Exchange, E.C. Cable address: Western; as also did the copy of the advertisement enclosed, which was duly inserted and ran as follows : — Shearers. Shearera. Shearers. Wanted sixty (60) good hand shearers ; start June 11 ; two sheds guaranteed. Good men £1 per 100. P.U. agreement. June shed 147,000 sheep ; second shed 110,000 sheep, but 12 less shearers. We also require 40 mftohioe "hearers for QueeaoUpd border j

start July 23. 95,000 sheep- 188 per 100. j Machines and all shed requisites supplied. 1 Fast men — no learners. Apply by letter, j with copy of references and usual deposit of I £1, to Western Graziers' Pastoral and Finance Company, Limited." — This, it is unnecessary to add, was accepted as bonafide and inserted as Buch, and we had no suspicion that it wks otherwise until we received from the police this morning a copy of a telegram received at Christchurch on Tuesday by Inspector Broham from Com missioner Hume, Wellington, to the effect that the New South Wales police authorities had wired re the advertisements for shearers appearing m the New Zealand paper?, purporting to be from the Western Graziers' Pastoral and Finance Company, Circular Quay, Sydney, that; there is no such registered company known there. The telegram is signed *'. Fosbury, Inspector- General," and Commissioner Hume instructs his officers to warn the papers accordingly. It would, therefore, appear that the whole thing is a fraud, the object of which may be gathered from the last line of the advertise ment, which requires applicants to forward a fee of £1. We may add that; an Ashbarton m&a, neeinspthe advertisement, cabled to be put on the list of applicantß to the address given, and received from the telegraph office an intimation that his cablegram was un delivered, as the address was unknown. We therefore take the firsb opportunity of laying the matter before our readers m order to prevent persons parting with their mosey, apparently for the benefit of a gang of swindlers.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Beading matter on fourth page. The Ashburton High School and Miss Barrett's school re-open on Tuesday, 26th inefc. The Ashburton Hounds meet at the Post Office (instead of at Wmchmore) on Monday, 25th mat, at 11.30 a m, One of the oldest Canterbury identities. Mr John Ruddenklan, of Oust, died on Saturday last. He arrived m the ship Joseph Fletcher m October, 1856. In connection with the lecture to be delivered to-morrow ovoning on the subject of « The British Navy ' hy the Roy. flir Hamilton we may mention that f.he lime- ' light views will be displayed by Mr Crooks, of Christchurch. Miss Norah Sylvia Watkin, aged twenty one years, the youngest daughter of the Rev W. J. Watkin, Wesleyan Minister at Onehunga, disappeared mysteriously on Friday nighb, and cannot be traced. She was of a cheerful disposition, and there wai nothing unusual m her manner when she was last seen. The Press reports that a very large school of whales were playing off the Akaroa Heads on Monday about 10 a.m. They ware described as being big sperm whales, and some of them were rolling and bpoating so close m shore that they made many acres of ocean discoloured through stirring up the bottom mud. The Napier Telegraph gives currency to the report that the murderer Somerville, who shot down a man named Herbert m the streets of Masterton some twenty months ago, and was ordered to be confined m an Asylum during her Majesty's pleasure, the jury having found him to be insane, has been released, put on board a ship bound for another country, and In addition been given the wherewithal 'to makß another start/ The weather last night and this morn- Ing was wintry. The thermometer registered several degrees of frost, and a thin s>heet cf ice covered the reservoir at the Domain. Vessels with water out m the open were frozen over, and thick hoar frost met the eye of the citizen on his first appearance m the morning, which, how ever, soon disappeared at a glance of the sun. The snow shows very low down on the hills. A small box addressed to the police station, and labelled 'Somebody's darling; this side np, with care,' was found m Dr Oollin's garden, Wellington, on Tuesday morning. On being opened at the police stat ion it was found to contain the body of a baby a few days old, carefully wrapped up. The following letter was also found m the box :— * Enclosed yon will find a sum of 10s to bury somebody's darling In a little coffin. Oblige one who will be miles away when you read this.' The following record of a wonderful talking cockatoo exhibited at Government House Is said to be taken from Lord ELopetonn's scrap-book. On the Governor asking the bird how it was it replied, •Got the influenza dam bad.' It then sang 4 Klas me for my mother,' and asked plaintively to be ' carried out on a shutter. ' Finally it turned a double somersault, whistled * Champagne Charley, 1 imitated the drawing of corks, danced a reel to the Governor's whistling, and when little Lord Hope pulled its tail screamed out m imitation of Sir Joseph Porter, • Damme, it'd too bad!' The bird had evidently been trained to speak fluently, but it would have been better had its instructor been less fond of highly spiced expletives. Sleeping and dreaming m a barber's chair cost a man the tip of his nose m Napier the other day, says the Telegraph. The man dropped into the barber's shop to gee a shave, and as his face was being lathered fell asleep. The barber continued to shave the Bleeping customer gently. Snddenly the sleeper struck out right and left with his fists, presumably at some dreamland foe. His right fist struck the razor and drove the keen blade through the end of his nose. This awakened him with a starb and after a hasty explanation the man picked up the piece of his no3e and ran to a local doctor's. The medico stitched the piece of nose on where it belonged, and there is a fair show of its growing m its place, or more or less m place. In the forty-ninth registration report of Massachusetts the compiler presents the statistics of 203 persons who were reported as having died during the ten years (1881 --90) ac the age of 100 and over. Of thia number 153, or 75.4 per cent, were females. By the State census of 1885 the number of females living over eighty years ot age was nearly double that of males. The greater exposure of men to accidents, to weather agencies, to the constant strain of business life, to the anxiety of providing for the family, all tend (according to a medical contemporary) to shorten the life of men. The deaths by accident among men are more than three fold greater than among women, and man commit suicide m about a threefold ratio as compared with women. The adjourned annual meeting of Te Korero was held on Tuesday evening. Mr Brock, the president, occupied the chair, and there was a good attendance of members. The following officers were elected for the ensuing session:—Presi dent—Mr T. Rollitt ; Hon. Secretary- Mr E. Saunders ; Treasurer and Assistant Secretary— Mr C. W. Steward j General Committee— Mrs Crisp, Mrs Dodds, Mrs Brooke, Miss Orr, Messrs Paul, Matson, Salek, and Pooks. The nighfc of meeting was altered to Thuißday, and ib was decided to meet fortnightly at the back room of the Orange Hall at 8 p.m. Several new members were proposed, and other minor business transacted. The next meeting of Te Korero will be held on June 4, and will take the form of a mock banquet. Henry Wilson, the postmaster at Walsh ton, Florida, Bays he cured a ease o! diarr boaa of long standing m biz hours, with one small bottle of Chamberlain's Colia, Gholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. What a pleasant surprise that muat have been to the sufferer* Suoh cures are not unusual with this remedy. In many instances only one or two doses are required to give permanent relief. It can always be depended upon. When reduoed with water it ia pleasant to take. For Bale by the Aahburton Drug Company. From the Tea Plant to the Tea Cup unadulterated and pure— thia is Kozib Tea.

COMMERCIAL

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

Sydney, May 20 Wheat, chick, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; milling Dominftl. Oats scarce and firm ; feeding 2s 3d, no prime available. Barley, Cape, 2s 9d to 23 lid. Peas, Prussian Blue, 3b 9d to 4s. Potatoes, Circular Heads, £3 to £3 23 6d ; New Zealand, £2 10s. Onions, plentiful, dull, Victorian £6 to £6 5s ; New Zealand prime, £6 15s to £7. Butter, factory, lid to Is; dairy, lOd to lid. Cheese, New Zealand, 6d to 6£d. Bacon, s£d to 6d. Melbourne, May 20 Wheat, quiet, 5s Id to 5s 3£d. Oats, slightly weaker, Algerian 2s lOd to 3s 3£d, atout white 3d Id to 3s 2£d ; Tartarian, 3a Id. Barley, Cape, 2s 3£d' Adelaide, May 20 Wheat, 4s 4d. Oats, Algerian, 3s 9d to 4s; stoub white, 3s Bd. Barley, Cape, feeding 2s 6d to 3s ; sesd, 3s 61 to 3s 9d.

THE WOOL SALES.

Writing on March 23 the London Financial Times says :•— Although it was generally anticipated that there would be brisk business m connection with the March series of the wool sales, the activity that has prevailed has exceeded the most sanguine expectations. Continental buyers have been well to the fore especially the representatives of the German spinners, and our home trade also aided the brisk movement towards the close of the series. Australian merino wools have ad vanced 10 per cent., and some descriptions have risen ,to an even greater extent. American support was very little m evidence during the series. The total quantity sold amounted to about 190,000 bales, of which about 110,000 were for export. It would seem that the supplies of Colonial wool available will be easily absorbed, and the expected defioieny of next year's clip should cause a further upward trend of prices.

ASHBURTON MARKETS.

There was a good attendance at the linwald Yards yesterday. Several f*ir aized lines of station sheep came forward,, and the yards were pretty well filled. The sale on the whole was about equal to that of last week, there still being a good demand for forward-conditioned sound sheep. Fat cattle sold freely, but stores were somewhat neglected. Only ft small number of pigs were yarded, and they sold at satisfactory prices. The following prices wece obtained : Fat srossbreda 93 to 13a, fat merino ewes 3s 5d to ss, do wethers 5s to 7s, fat quarter backs 7s 8d to 7s lid, two-tooth crossbred ewes and wethers 93 sd, crossbred ewes m lamb, 9s to 9s 6d ; merino ewes m lamb 3s lOd, merino wethers 3s to 6s lid, crossbred lambs 6s to 103; Cattle— Fat steers and heifers £3 10s to £6 ss, springers £7 10*, stores 25s to 455. Pigs — Baconers 25s to 345, stores 5s to 11s.

CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN AND PRO DUCE MARKET.

Thk New Zealand Farmers' CoopbbA' tive Association of Canterbury, Ltd., quote aa follows on May 19, 1896 :— Wheat- Prime milling Pearl 3s 5d f.o.b „ „ Tuscan 3s 4d to 3a 4|d „ „ „ Hunter's 3s 4d „ Seconds clean ... 2s lOd fro.b Data— or Ch Tartars seed ... 2s 3d  Duns and Danish ... 2s 2d „ Good stout feed ... 2s 2d Milling 2s 3d „ Barley — Prime malting . 3s 64 to 3s 9d Ch, Medium (dull) ... 3* „ Beans 2s 5d f.o.b. Peas — Prussian blues ... 3s6dto3s9d „ Partridge, i ... 3s „ Ryegravis — Farmers' lines ... 2a 3d to 2s 9d Oh. Cocksfoot — Good bright seed 3d to 3£d  „ Medium grades . . 2|d to 3d „ „ Chag— Good oatsheaf ... 503 at country stationi Potatoes— Derwenta 35s „ „ I MHM.M Th 4 New Zealand Loan and Mebcantili Agency Company, Ltd., quote as follows on May 19, 1896 :— Wheat- Prime milling Pearl 3s4dto3ssd f.o.b „ , „ Tuscan 3s 3d to 3s 4rl „ „ ' „ Hunter's 3s Id to 3s 3d „ Seconds, c^an .. 2s 6d to 3s „ Oats- Tartars and Duns . . Is lid to 2s Id „ Goo dßtout feed ... 2a to 2s Id „ Milling and seed . . 2a Id to 2s 3d „ Barley — Prime malting . . 3* 6d to 4s \exst'r< Medium (dull) feed Is9d to2s3d/nomin Beans «. 29 to 2s 3d f.o.b, Peas- Prussian Blues . . 3s 4d to 3s 9d f.o.b Ryegrasa— Dressed . . 3s 9d to 4s 3d „ Cocksfoot — Good dressed ... 4d to 4§d „

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIAN TEAM V ENGLAND. London, May 18 The match is being played on the Crystal Palace* ground. The attendance is moderate and the weather fine. At three o'clock the Home team had lost Bix wicket* for 95. (This is not one of the test matcheß). The English team are all out tor 114 runs. The only double figures m the English first innings were Albert Ward, b Jones, 22; Sugg, b Trumble, 20, Baker, b Jones, 17 i Rriggs, bEady, 10; Tougher, not out 27, the abovenamed five totalling 96 out of the .114 scored m the innings. Jones bowled splendidly, taking eight wicketa for 39. Eady took one wicket for 14* London, May 19 Johna made hia first appearance behind the wicketa at the Crystal Palace and per formed with credit. Donnan and Darling by free and stylish batting raised the score to 96, Bawdin was than put on and met with considerable success for a time. Among his victims were Giffen and Trott. Gregory however made a lengthened stand and hit with such vigor that at the call of timo only six wickets were down for 264, the little Sydney crack being still m with 97 to his name*

THE WEATHER

ALFORD STATION. The following is tha meteorological report for the week ending May 15, 1896 : —

CABLE NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN

PROTRACTED DROUGHT. London, May 18 A protracted drought is retarding the English crops. VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS BILL. May 19. In order to prorogue Parliament by the middle of August the Government has decided to limit the discussion m Committee on the Voluntary Schools Bill. There are already 1500 amend ments. A SEVERE SENTENCE. Berlin, May 18 Herr Kotze, who fatally wounded Baron Schrader m a duel arising out of the recent scandals, has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment m a fortress. A FLARIUL HOLOCAUST. Constantinople, May 19 The details of the massacre at urfah, Khurdistan, disclose a fearful holo caust. The victims were executed locally under superior orders, and out of 8000 massacred 3000 were burnt m the Cathedral. SIR J. DE WET'S SUCCESSOR. Oarbtoww, May 18 Mr S. V. Oloete, an English Afrikander, temporarily succeeds Sir J. De Wet m Pretoria. It is stated that Mr Chamberlain consults Sir H. Robinson prior to deciding on the permanent appointment.

AUSTRALIAN

TUB MEAGHER-DEAN CASE. Sydney, May It The Fall Court has called upon Meagher to show cause, on Friday, why he should not be struck off the 1 rolls. Mrs Dean is suing for a divorce. ' CITY OF MELBOURNE BANK I ENQUIRY. The Oity of Melbourne Bank en ; quiry is concluded, ; mr f&rkes' charges. [ Judge Murray has beon appointed i to conduct an investigation into Mr l Yarney Parkes' charges against the ' Public Works Committee of the Legia -3 lative Assembly. , CONFERENCE OF ODD FELLOWS. The Intercolonial Conference of Oddfellows, at which New Zealand is represented, has opened. The aggre ■ gate statistics of the Order m Aus » iralia show a numerical retrogression of 1230 since last report, but New Zealand has made substantial pro gresß. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Launcbston, May 19 John Sykes, a well-qnown solicitor, was arrested on a charge of causing a forged cheque for £1200 to be pre sented at the Commercial Bank of Tasmania. The accused was admitted ' to bail, and on his release telegraphed . to Dr Cole, his brother-in-law, to come to him. On the latter's "arrival, he found that Sykes had cut his throat, but the wound is unlikely to prove fatal.

Affairs m Egypt.

Cairo, May 18 The construction of the Aksaleh railway advances a mile and a half a c day. 3 May 19. The Dervishes have abandoned  Ferkeba on the Nile.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN

THE DUO D'ORLEANS. c Paris, May 10 il The Due d'Orleans, writing to Duke Daudriffet Pasquier, President of the Royalist Committee, says that although he has no intention ot coming forward as a candidate for the representation of Chalet m the Senate he will be glad to receive the votes of the electors. He considers that the time has come when it is necessary to choose between playing at monarchy and making it a reality. A vain distrust of universal 1 suffrage will only encourage the belief 9 that monarchic and elective rights are 5 incompatible. He declined to censure Prince Henry's acceptance of a decora . tion from the Republic. Daudriffet > Pasquier is displeased at the tone of | the letter and has resigned. The ' younger section of the Royalist ! Committee is m sympathy with the i Due d'Orleans. IMPORTATION OF STOCK. London, May 19 The Board of Agriculture has for bidden New South Wales to re-ship foreign stud sheep to London after they have undergone a fortnight's quarantine m accordance with the stock regulations of the colony. The Agent General has protested.

AUSTRALIAN

THE IMPERIAL ZOLLVEREIN. Melbourne, May 20 Lord Brassey, speaking at the Dairy ing Exhibition, said he would be extremely glad to see the proposed Imperial Zollverein realised, but as a practical man, he was bound to recognise that the difficulties were great because the advantages to all parts of the Empire were not identical, some being m a highly developed state m regard to their ability to manufacture pro duce and others m an early stage, and their industries more susceptible to competition. DROUGHT AND RABBITS. Adelaide, May 20 Severe drought prevails m thn northern dissricts, and rabbits are spreading with alarming rapidity, causing a large amount of destruction.

THE ASHBUBTON GUABBIAN : WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1896.



Shade. mgh gtate vate. _Jn of weather. Low. High Sun. Saturday.. 32' 58- 120* Fine, calm Sunday ... 3.0' 57' 115* „ „ Monday ... 27* 56* 112r „ „ Tuesday ... 29» 57' 117* „ N. Wednesday 31* 52- 87* Overcast Calm Thursday... 36' 54- 108* Heavy Shovrr's S.VV. Friday .». 29* 52' Jls* Fine S.



Holloway's Pills and Ointment exert a rapidly favourable effect m all those diseases which are induced by exposure to ! damp or by great changes m temperature. They will therefore be eminently serviceable to those who work m iron foundries, copper mines and coUferiea. These well-known remedies presenV manifest advantages m respect of use and effectiveness, being en- tirely compounded of vegetable drugs selected with the groatest care ard regard- leas of price. Wh9n used m accordance with the ample printed directions which accompany them, they act surely but mildly aud dp not interfere with the daily work. There aro but a few diseases which are not capable of cure— or, at all events, of great relicf — if Holloway's remedies are peraev«r- ingly used. Drink only Kozib Tea; it is absolutely pure. 11. Zander, Sole Agent Many ladies complain the Tea they have been using has neither strength nor flavor. If they try Kozib Tea they will be satisfied, The SJ/iis superb •



AVER'S Cherry Pectoral Is now on Sale by all Medicine Vendors In Half-Size Bottles, And also m the Old Standard Site. ( A record of nearly 60 years ? m curing affections of the Throat S and Lungs, Colds, Coughs, La '? Grippe and Pneumonia. Pleas- S ant to take, sure to cure. Ayers Cherry Pectoral Gold Medals at the World's Great Expositions. Accept no Cheap and WorthUM Subttitut*.



Wanted. ' WAB.00 ! THE CURE FOR INDIGESTION. Aehburton Drug Company, Agents 11 108 vrTANTJiiD KNOWN .—Mbs Huffam. * ■ having taken the premises lately ' occupied by Mr G. Neill, intends to open same as Ladies' Dining and Refresh- ment Rooms, where visitors will find a long felt want supplied. Meals at all hours. A few boarders will find all the comforts of a home. 4 196 WOLF! WOLFI WOLF! The old cry. He has come this week, and is slaughtering Music at unheard of prices. Is pit c as for 3d ;Is 6d pieces for 4d ;2s pieces for 6d ; 3d pieces for 9d ; 4s pieces for Is. 3500 pieces to eelecc from at L. F. Andrewes & Uo.'s Great Sale. 593 QHOOTING SEASON, 1896.— Buy your Guns, Ammunition, Etc., ab J. W. Hardley/s. 3 79 ■Q.UNB ON HIRE; also Guns thoroughly repaired. Please forward early to avoid the rush."J. W. Hardley, 380 BIRTHDAY HOLIDAY. AS MONDAY, the 25th Inst., is a Holiday under the Factories' Act, the GUARDIAN WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED on that day.



Wanted. V^ANTHiD for a single gentleman, two *» roojos, either furnished or un furnished, and with or without board. Reply to " Bachelor," care of •• Mail." 5 165 "DLACK Ball Coal m any quantity. * J Best and cheapest. — W. H. Collins & Co. 5 167 TT A. O.D. Lodge will be held as *-' • usual next Monday Night, 25th Inst. 5 174 \%J ANTED, a Cottage built at lin wald, T * May 26.— FooksandSon. 5149 I AM making Irish Moss Jujubes, in- valuable for coughs, colds, influenza, etc — H. A. Flower, Confectioner, Raßt street. ■ 5 23 MRS KNIGHT, cash purchaser of Ladles' and Gentlemen* left off Clothing, etc. Letters promptly attended to. Near Post Office. 6 100 \i/ ANTED known — Morepork Bacon W Wholesale and Retail. -r A Lawbie & Co., Saunders' Buildings. 5 58 WANTED— Attendance at Navy League Leoture on " The Royal Navy" (lime-llghb views) by the Rev. T. A. Hamilton, m Oddfellows' Hal, on Thursday, May 21. Tickets only Is, obtainable from the Booksellers. 5 84 f^REAM Dates— The original maker. KJ Don't be misled by other makes. H. A. Flower, the old reliable Confec- tioner. Hot Pies, Tea, Coffee and Coooa. _P»- FRESH OYSTERS (4d a dozen), Groper, Blue Cod, Skate, Smoked Fish and Wild Rabbit. Hot Fish > Dinner's at Sutherland's, Tancred Street. A MERICAN BOSS and Nougat £L Creams, simply delicious. Hot Pies, Tea, Coffee, and Cocoa H. Diggle, Up-to-date Confectioner, East - Street. r f~^ KEGG'S Shorthand, Torn Bracken's k. VJT Annual, In 3d ; posted. Is 4d Good selections of Historical and Bio- graphical publications, 2d eaoh, 4 for 6d. Song Books, Reciters, cheap editions. , Young Ladies' Journal for May. Weldon's Journal, New Books. — H. M. Jones. OUGH, Cough, Cough— l am still making my celebrated Cough Drops, None genuine unless stamped Flower's fc Cough.— H. A. Flower, Confectioner, East street. 5 24 WANTED Known— Having bought our Winter Supply of Blankets d and Flannels before the great advance m ', prices we intend giving our friends full benefit of same.— Mitohell and Turner WANTED Known— Boots and Shoes  from la 3d to 27s 6d.— Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale. i,VT ANTED Known— The 'Economic L vv Kid Glove, four buttons, Is 9 J per pair, is the Glove for everyday wear. — W. H. Collier. t \4/ ANTED Known— 6ooo pairs of ' ** Boots to be cl Bared m one month, I — Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. ANTED Known— A Magnificent Display of Ladies' Jackets m all the Newest Styles, just landed and now on view. See window — Mitchell and Turner. t ANTEDKnown— Go to The Corner *** #■ for Newest Styles m Drapery and Millinery— W. H. Collier. T3OTATOES. Potatoes. -Prime Der- _L went Potatoes 4s Jid per bag ; two 1 bags for §x 6d. Delivered anywhere within the Belt.— Fletcher Bros. WANTED Known — That Smith Mackwell makes, repairs, and , re-covers Umbrellas and Parasols at Lower East Street, Ashburton. - No persons employed to canvass or collect Umbrellas at the door. , 4 144 \jf? ANTED Known— so pairs Ladles W and Girls' Leather Top and Canvas Tennis Shoes, at half usual price, for two » weeks only.— Andrew Orr 10136 WANTED Known— Monate Clear ing Boot Sale at Mellob' Zealan dia Booh Store. i j OLID AY Suits— A Nice Kalapol IB Suit for 27s 6d, Boys' Knicker and Cambridge Suits from 7s 6d, Men's Suits to Measure from 455, Fit and ,t Workmanship Guaranteed at R. Alcorn's WANTED Known— We intend to shake up every Boob Shop m Ashburton. — Mellor's Clearing Boot Sale ANTED Known— Large delivery of the 'Economic' Kid Glovei, four 8 buttons, Is 9d per pair, worth much more. — W H. Collier. POTATOES-Just arrived a splendid lot of Derwents ; large sacks, prime quality ; to be cold cheap. — Carson & Co. 2 \jL/ ANTED Known— Ladies Shoeß 1 VV tan or black, 6s 6d. — Mellor' a Cheap Boot Sale. • T3E\D THIS-Sixpenny Books at 3d j -*-»> Shilling Books at 4.1, Eighteen 9 Penny Books at 9J, Half a-crown Books !at Is, Envelopes from 3s 9d per 1000, or 250 for Is Bnxes of Note Paper and envelopes from 4£3, Shilling packets of Note Paper at Bd, Two-shilling Packets for Is 31— at L. F. Andrewes „ and Go's Great Sale. 5 46 c t , » \l7 ANTED Known- You save 5s m ' VV every pound if you patronise Mellor's Cheap Boot Store. WANTED Known— Everybody to roll up to Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale. Now's your time to buy. GREAT SALE NOW ON at L. F. ANDRBWES & Co. £3000 worth of Books, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Toys, Music, &c, to be sold this month regard- less of cost. Sale now on at L. F. Andpewes & Co, Stationers' Hall. 4 25 OWN Make m Ladies and Children's . Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina- fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, Mnslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs Alcorns new shop, Baker's Buildings. Alt UN'S Bluchers ss, a good Strong jJJL Nailed Shooter at 8s 6d ; a nice assortment of Ladies' and Children's Boots nd Shoes from Is 9d a pair at R. Alcorns CIRSON & Go's Stocktaking Sale now on — £60J worth of. Groceries, Iron- mongery, Brushware, Glass and China, Bicycles, Nickel and Silver Watches, to be cleared m four weeks. 5 121 BED CHAFF. Bed Chaff. 9d per bag delivered. Sharps, Bran, Flour, &c, at equally low rates. — Fletcher Bros. WANTED Known— That E. Mahood ia still selling all kinds of Grocery, Crookery, and Glassware at as reasonable a price as any other house In the trade Orders by letter or Telephone promptly attended to Families waited on daily. Telephone No 76. WANTED Known— Our Season's Dresses m all the New Colonial Tweeds and Choice Home Materials now opened. An inspection Invited,-— Mitchell and Tviwsh,



Public notices. —opened up— q trunks mbn's, youths' and boys' boots at NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. We have gained the reputation of Keeping a GOOD ARTICLE, and we intend to Retain it. The Goods are all marked In Plain Figures afc the VERY LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. 4 Trunks GENTLEMEN'S ENGLISH BALMORALS, Sewn, at prices that will pay you to in- speob and Buyj TRY THE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY FOR YOUR NEXT PAIR OF BOOTS ALEX* HBNDRY, Manager. special fob this weee arcadeThouse. Men s Heavy Tweed Overcoats, will Capes, 19s9d Men's Heavy Tweed Trousers 6s lid Men's Heavy Grandrill Shirts 2s lid collars or bands Men's Heavy Black and White Checl Shirts 2s lid, collars or bands Men's Heavy Flannelette Shirto 2s lid collars or bands ASHBURTON TWEED SUITS «8s 6: Men's Colonial Knitted Sockß, heavy Is pair Men's Colonial Undershirts 2s lid Men's Waterproof Coats from 29j 6d Men's Heavy Watertight Boots pegged, 12s 6d pair Men's Eip Shooters 8a lid pair A DRESS LENGTH WONDERFUI SERGE Os 11 D DRESSES TO ORDER Serge Dress m Navy, Maroon, Myrtle Grey or Black, complete, including Material, Linings, all Extras, am Making, for 20s Shot Material — In Navy and Brown complete, for 22s 9d Tweed Dross— Complete for 28 i 6d SPECIAL SHOW CHEAP STYLISI MILLINERY SEE WINDOWS. 34in Flannelette (Heavy), 4s lid dozen All-Linen Tick, 31in, Is 2d yard Ashburton Drapery Company, Cash Drapers, Clothiers, Milliners, an< Dressmakers, Burnett street HAVELOCK STREET PRODUCE STORE .11 HE UNDERSIGNED HAS IE JL STOCK SOUND DRRWENT Table Potatoes, Locally Grown, and from Orari, a 48 9d to 5a per sack. Prime Well-saved Onions, Carrots, Linseed, Crushed and WhoL Oats, Chaff, Ohickwheat, Etc. AUTUMN PLANTING. I have a Well-asßorted stock of APPLTi TREES, choice qaality, and with gooc fibrous roots. The majority of these tree; will bear next season. Are all sturdy anc free from blight. In consequence of hay ing decided to relinquish this part of mj business, I am prepared to dispose of th< above Trees at Low Prices. GRISTING. Farmers and others can leave theii Wheat at My Store for Gristing at th( Wakanui Mills. No charge made foi handling. J. Thomas, PRODUCE DEALER HAVELOCK STREET. WANTED, TIOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY, 10,000 Sacks PRIME MILLING WHEAT. noM/trx x co,, CANTERBURY FLOUR MILLS, ASHBURTON. 5 10 You have ruined your constitution sufficiently by drinking inferior Tea. Recruit by drinking<jM/y Kozie Tea 5 it is pure, Tbe 2,4 is delicious



Business Notices. ' G. J. NEILL TTAS OPENED UP AN ENTIRELY NEW STOCK OJP Drapery, Clothing:, and Boots. f New Dress Goods, double width, ll£d yard j All Wool Flannel 9Jd V Double Bed Twill Sheeting, m white and unbleached, 9|d NEW GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. NO OLD STOCK. CLOTHING. CLOTHING. Men's and Boys' Suits of every description at the very Lowest possible price. Hats, Caps, Collars and Ties. BOOTS. BOOTS. Men's Nail Shooters 7s lid Boys' Boota, Ladies' Boots and Shoes of every description. ■"■■"tOi"""™ 1 €3, J. HfEIIiL, Friedlander's Corner, East Street. — FOR — WEDDING PRESENTS, WEDDING PRESENTS, Pay a V^sit to the JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT OP S. SALE X, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. \T7 HERE la 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. SOMETHING WORTH GROWING. NEW STRAWBERRY "LAXTON'S NOBLE." fIIHIS new Strawberry has established itself m the Home market as the Very 1 Best Strawberry under cultivation. Tho fruit is Urge, firm, and handsome, the bright crimson scarlet barries weighing as high as 2oz each, while the flavor is rich and vinous. Besides these recommendations, "THE NOBLE" is one of the earliest fruiting strawberries, and we have no hesitation m saying that it is undoubtedly the Sirawberry for growers of this favourite fruit. The following is extracted from the Otago Witness of January 2, 1896 : " New Strawberry : " Laxton's Noble "— . . This strawberry excels both m size, flavour and appearance, anything we have had m New Zealand before. . . Some of these fine berries were Bent by the Countess of Pembroke to the Emperor of Germany, each berry being about the size of an apple. They were said to be larger than had ever been seen before. The fruit arftred m ex- cellent condition, not a berry being crushed, speaking well both for the packing aud the travelling qualities of the berries. On the average the berries weighed 2oz each. They were not big, ugly fruit, but were full and handsome. . . " Laxton's Noble" Strawberry comes early into bearing, and is a very heavy bearer, and it should be very serviceable for any cottager with small garden space or for market gardener?, as it is a splendid grower and a heavy cropper, coming early into fruit. Mr Bennet has on young plants, laid m the spring, eight to ten large berries, averaging, say, 2oz each. They are fine handsome berries, and of good travelling qualities." As Stock is limited, we recommend Ordering Early for delivery early m May Strong Well-rooted Plants, 6s per Dozen ; 40s per 100. Authorised Sole Agents for Ashburton and Christchurch for— NIMMO & BLAIR, SEED MERCHANTS AND SEED GROWERS, DUNEDIN. Keroeene. Kerosene, Kerosene. 100 Cases, 100 Cases. We have m stock and to arrive 100 cases 'Evening Star ' Kerosene, 150 degrees fire. test. This oil is, without doubt, one of the Safest and Beßt ieht-eiving oils m the marker. — Cream of Tartw. Cream of Tartar. 11201bs. 11201bs. We have jusfc received half a ton of Pure Cream of Tartar ground specially for us from tho crystals. This Cream of Tartar is guaranteed Pure, and is the Strongest and Best procurable, and having bought it before the rise m the Home market, we are enabled to sell at a Lower Price than any other storekeeper m the town, t'oflTee. toffee. Coffee. We are giving special attention to our Coffee. The Coffee Beans are selected with the greatest care and freshly roasted and ground on our premises by the most apprpyed machinery. We can recommend it with the greatest of confidenco as Superior to any other Coffee m the market. Give it a trial md you will use no other. NOTICE TO FARMEKS, Etc. We are Cash Buyers of GOOD BEESWAX m any quantity, at Highest Market Bates. Orders by Ppst or Telephone Promptly attended to FLETCHER BROS., CASH SUPPLY STORES, BAST S TRrffS,/ ASHB UR T O-N, aud High street, Christchurcb. Telephone 24 Bo * 6 ■ - /