DEATH.

Mitchell— At his ropidenoe, Tancred street, on February 16, after a long and painful illnpss, William, the be loved huband of Mrs Amelia A. Mitchell. Passed away in hit* 48th year. Deeply regretted. Dumfries papers please copy.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1896 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The bouquet sent to America from the gardens a Blenheim for the Duke of Marlborough's bride was twelve feet in circumference. At a recent dog show at Birmingham, the record price of £470 was paid for a St Bernard- said to be the best dog of hiß class ever exhibited. A Scottish gillie, when told that anglers killed finer salmon higher up the river remarked : ' It's no the f ush that are bigger ; they're bigger leears there.' The captain of the Fire Brigade desires to acknowledge a donation of £2 2s from Mr Henry Zander, the local agent of the Sun Fire Insurance Company, towards the cost of the new hook and ladder plant.

A great photographic camera, for taking fall-length life-sizi portraits, has been made and used with mach Baocess by a Dublin firm. The camera takes a plate 7ft) high and 6fb wide. " Anti-Humbug " writes to say tha the gentleman who is acting as station master at Ashburton daring the temporary absence of thab officer has given notice that the by-law which forbids smoking on the platform will be enforced. Our cor respondent thinks the by-law is ultra-vires and that it will not stand in a Court of law, and intimateß that a test case is in tended to be brought before the Court. Says the Otahi Mail:—' A. number of notices have lately been posted up at Manv.kau, announcing a dance at the Manukau Hall for January 29. Th« notices are written in red ink. and the following is a faithful copy :— ' Notse thear is gonto be a ball in the M»nukau hall on the 29 of Jenery 1896 ledys frea cnraanci ab 8 pm sharp gentlemen 16 and there is gohty be a sapper at 12 a clock. — James Sinclair, on.sao." A good story is told of Judge O'Grady, at the Cork Assizes. The jury acquitted two notorious highwaymen. O'Grady observed, 'Prisoners! these twelve in telligent, good men have' proneuhoed you innocent, and I have therefore only to discharge you, but I shall instruct the gaoler to detain you two respectable gentlemen for a couple of hours, as I am leaving for Dublin at 6 o'clock and would like a fair start.' We regret to laarn thab we are about to lose from our midst a public officer who has well earned the reßpeot of the com munity daring the number of years he has been In Ashburton. Sergeant Moller, who has had charge of this police district for the lasfa seven years, received on Satur day orders from headquarters to proceed to Blenheim to assume oharge of that station, and will leave in the coarse of the week. Sergeant Scanlon, now of Blenheim takes Sergeant Moller 'a place here. Hollowav's Pills — Any dyspeptic suf ferer aware of the purifiying, reguUting, and gently aperient powers of these Fills should permit no one to cloud his judgment or to warp his course. With a box of Holloway's Fills, and attention to its ac companying 'Directions,' he may feel thoroughly satisfied that he can safely and effectually release himself from his miseries without impairing his appetite or weakening his digestion. This moat excellent medi cine acts as a nervine and bodily tonic by aiding nutrition, and banishes a thousand annoying forms of nervouß complaints. An occasional resort to Hollo way 'a remedy will prove highly salutary to all persons, whether well or ill, whose digestion ia slow or imperfect, a condition usually en* denced by weariness, langour, liotlessneas, tod dcipondeaoy,

The line from Eketahuna to Newman, one mile and a half, will be opened this week, and the whole line to Woodville Is expected to be ready by the end of the year. ' The absolutely most valuable stamp in the world, says a t.hiktelist, is the one conb magenta of British Guiana, dated 1856. There Is only one copy in existence, and it will <nst you £1000 if you are demented enough to des ; re to purchase it. There is a wealthy woman farmer at Fontaineble3u, France, who began life by digging potatoes for a few hours a day. Now she owns a farm of 600 acres, and can sell her fruits and vegetables at almost any price she asks. The British crown is made up of diamonds, rubles, poatls. sapphires, and emeralds, sot in silver and gold bands. It weighs 390z sdwt, troy. In it there are 3452 diamonds 273 penrls, 5 rubies, 17 sapphires, and 11 emeralds. The children of the blackest Africans are born whitish. In a month they be come pale yellow. In a year brown, at four dirty black, at six or seven glossy black. The change is in the mucous membrane, below the cuticle. Evidently the freezing works are busy. The midday train to-day took north for Belfast and Islington eighteen double deckers of fine-looking sheep for freezing, and the train south took with id a dozen double deckers for a fresh supply. Two men, who had not been In trouble for some time, were before Mr Robert Aloorn, J .P., this morninp, on charges of drunkenness. The Magistrate, appreciao ing their good behaviour for 'the last ho long,' convicted and discharged them without punishment. A Press Association telegram states that the Wellington City valuation for the current year shows a total of £363,765, as oompared with £349,841 for last year, an increase of £13,924 ; 274 new buildings were ereoted during the year, an increase of 39 as compared with the previous year. The meeting at Mr Braddell's office on Saturday afternoon of chairmen of school committees and teachers, convened by Mr Dickie, W3S very largely attended'. It was unanimously agreed to arrange a monster Ashburton county schools excur sion, to visit the fleet of, warships arriving at Lyttellon on the 24th inst. Those present, and all chairmen and head teaohers, were appointed an organising committee. It was agreed rhat all par ticulars re the excursion be advertised as soon as possible. By unanimous request of the meeting Mr Dickie consented to continue to act as secretary.

The greatest corporation on earth is, according to Mr W. 3. Gordon In Pear son's Magazine, the London and North' Western Railway. This company has a capital of £119,000,000 and a revenue of over £1300 an hour. Its 2300 engines travel over 41,000.000 mileß in the year. Ib employs over 60,000 men and carries over 156,000 passengers a day. Ib mikes everything it can for its own use, not only building its own bridges, engines, and rolling Its own rails, bub msking the carriages and waggons, coal-acubtles for its stations, and the wooden limbs for the injured of its staff. The wages bill for the permanent way alone amounts to £26,000 a month. 1 1 know an old soldier who had chronic diarrhoea of long standing to have been per. manently cured by taking Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, ' say3 Edward Sbumpit, a prominent druggist of Minneapolis, Minn. ' I have Fold the remedy in this oiiy for over eevsn years and con&ider it superior to any other medicine now oa the market for bowel complaints.' This remedy for Bale by the Ashburion Drug Company.

Cruelty to Chorus Girls.

The daughter of a Vienna music-m^ster, who was engaged as a member of a ladles' orchestra ia a German town, lately wrote to her parents a heartrending account of the manner in which she and her com panions were treat ed by the director of the band. The father sent his daughter's letter to the Extrablntb, the police here communicated with the local authorities, and the man was arrested. The orchestra consisted almost exclusively of Vienna girls, aged between thirteen and sixteen. J They declare that he had a great club and a heavy horsewhip. With these he punished the girls after fastening them to hooks in the wall. The girl whoso letter led to his arrest received a letter from her parents which the man inter cepted, and from which he learned that she had complained. He 1 ft her without food for thirty hours, thrashed her with a cane, and then made her play at a concert; from four to eleven o'clock, when she fell from her. chair in a fainting fit. When the girls were first examined by the polico they were all so terrified that they declared they were well treated, bub now that the master has been arrested they all testify to his cruelty.

LOWER THE RATES.

Moat readers will agree with ms in saying, " Yea ; lower the rates ; whether it be poor-rates, municipal-rates, or paro chial rates, show me the way to lower them and I will quickly adopti it ! " If this eagerness to lessen financial expense —general rates is so universal, what must ifc be when the death-rate is considered? Surely no one would neglect any reasonable chance of lessening the danger of disease — to lower the death rate. Any means ; any agent ; any suggestion should be welcomed by all. Still ; there is surprising apathy on the part of some on this very question. Here we have at hand, within reach of every inhabitant of every town and city in Australia, a means, a remedy — Warner's Safe Cure — which has been adopted and tried by thousands, where its timely use has lowered the death-rate and reduced the invalid list : but strange to say many are ailing to-day, who hesitate adopting or trying this safe and sure remedy in the face of this proof ; in the face of thou sands of lettera from previous invalids, now enjoying good health, — unimpeachable testi mony of Australian men and women ; worthy inhabitants of towns and cities from every part of Australia- You may ask, "How is it this remedy is so universally successful ?" Easily explained. Nine-tenths of all human ailments are caused by diseased kidneys or liver, and a sure way to cure these troubles is by treating the organs v^iich cause them. Warner's Safe Cure acts directly upon these two organs, and by purifying the source you purify the stream — remove the cause. This medicine has now been before the public nearly twenty years, and reports from all civilized countries show it possesses the power of healing the kidneys and invigorat ing the liver. Why not adopt it ? Why should precious time be wasted, and the symptoms which trouble you be allowed to increase, when friends and neighbours assure you it cured them, and in face of the abundant proof of its lowering the death rate? -----_—.

THLE WEATHER.

ALFORD STATION.

'JChe following is the meteorological report I ' or the week ending February 8, 1896 : — I

Bargainß.—Ladjea' Straw Hatß, Trimmed I j Hats, White and Cream Laces* See pur ' < WiadQws,~f Aßbbiirfcoa Drapery Com >>an.y a k i

School Committee.

ASHBURTON. At the usual monthly meeting of the Ashburton School Committee all the members were present, except Mr Craighead, for whom the Chairman apologised. CORRESPONDENCE. Lengthy correspondence from the Board of Education was read on the subject of pupil teachers. It extended over the whole of January, and dealt chiefly with a suggestion made by the Board as to obtain ing a pupil teacher from Hampstead school, which was overstaffed, in the event of all the Hampstead pupil teachers passing their examinations. Ultimately, however, the Board wrote appointing F. A. Silcock and Ada Tucker as pupil teachers, to fill the places of Misses Rosanna Bonnington and Mabel Trezise, who, having passed their fourth year examination, would proceed to the Normal School. The Board forwarded the usual cheque for salaries, with the travelling expenses on scholarships accounb added. There was also received from the Board a circular, centaining the new regulation as to holidays, which fixed an annual minimum of eight weeks, and a maximum of ten weeks. A letter from the Board intimated that two members — Messrs J. W. Sawle and H. W. Peryman— had been appointed to inquire into the question of the proposed school at Allenton, and to report to the 1 next meeting of the Board. THB BOARD ELECTION. The Committee voted for Messrs T. W. Adams, H. W. Peryman, and T. S. Wetton to fill the vacancies on the Board. master's report. The master reported the attendance for the month to have been :— On the roll, boys, 283 ; girls, 221— total, 504. Highest attend ance, 426. Average attendance, boys, 211 ; girls, 167— total 378. Amongst other things the master suggested that in future prizes be awarded on the total marks gained by pupils at the monthly examinations. It was decided to adopt the master's suggestion as to the awarding of prizes. COMPLIMENTARY. The Committee passed a resolution appre ciative of the work done by the teachers, as evidenced the success achieved at the pupil teachers' and scholarship examinations, and granted the school a half-holiday as a mark of the Committee's appreciation. | TANCRED STREET CHANNEL. It was resolved co call the Borough Council's attention to the sunken state of the Tancred street channel near the school. VISITING COMMITTEE. Meßsrs Tucker and Watson were appointed a Visiting Committee for the ensuing month. ACCOUNTS, After passing accounts the Committee adjourned.

OBITUARY.

THE LATE MR WILLIAM MITCHELL. We regret to have to chronicle the death yesterday of Mr William Mitchell, of the firm of Mitchell and Turner, , drapers and clothiers, of this town. Mr MitchsU had been ill— seriously and painfully ill— for six months.- He had had an attack of influenza, from which arose developments of a more dangerous character, and though at times he showed hopeful signs, and was able to be removed to a distance in the hope of improvement from the change, it latterly became evident that the end was near, and he succumbed as above stated. Mr Mitchell came to the colony thirty years ago, arriving at Dunedin in the ship Chile. He was then quite a youth, and at once em barked in the hard, rough life of the early pionser. He worked for a con siderable time in the bush, and then entered into partnership with Mr Henry Turner, a partnership which has existed for over twenty-seven years. The partners bought the business of Mr Yelvin, at Temuka, but extended their operations over a great extent of country. Ashburton offering a better business field than the southern ground the firm! anchored here, and have built up a substantial business. Mr Mitchell was a native of Thornhlll, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and was only forty-eight years of age when he died. He took no hand in pobUc business, being of too quiet and unobtrusive a nature, but in private and business life he showed the possession in a marked degree of those good qualities which earn for a man the respect of his f ello ws and troops of f r ien ds Mr Mitchell leaves a widow and grown up family.

MAGISTERIAL.

* METHVEN— FRIDAY. (Before E. Chapman and D. Cameron, Eeqrs , J'd.P.) James Burrows and James Carr for creating a disturbance were fined Is eaoh and costs 245. A number of persons for having stock at large were fined Is and costs 7s.

A Mesmeric Trance.

At Wellington on Monday last;, at eight p.m., Mr Kennedy, the mesmerist, placed Frederick. Keating in a trance, with the intention of keeping him in that state until 10 p.m on Saturday. Keat ing, during the time of his enforced sleep, was visited by large crowds, the hsll in which he was reposing being open day and night. At different times the sleeping man was subjected to various tests, all of which failed to awake him. On Saturday he was subjected to a most Bevere test. A Sydney doctor (Dr Sweet) inserted a pair of surgical scissors under his finger nails, and strong ammonia was applied to his nostrils. Plantar and abdominal reflexes being absent, he deolared the man to be in a perfectly fit state for any surgical opera tion, and said he hoped the day was not far distant when the medical profession would follow the example of the French School of Nancy. Dr Creseey, of Nelson, also examined him, and con firmed the former statements. Pre cisely at ten o'clock on Saturday night-, in the presence of a large audience, Keat ing was 'awakened, apparently none the' worse for his long repose

A NOVELTY IN DECORATIVE ART

_ rr 7 —r » An art decorator of London has dis covered a unique method of decorating houses. Bv this discovery, which the inventor keeps secret, he is able to take natural flowers, petrify them, at the same time preserving their colours, and then imbed them flush with the surface in a kind of liquid marble or alabaster. This hardens like rock, a transparent polish is then laid on, the whole drying and giving the appearance of brilliant flowers in marble. A new house was I recently finished with dadoes and friezes made in this way, and the flowers— sunflowers, paaonies arid dahlias—mad© a very rich appearance. A wealthy American has just had his London residence beautified with a conservatory, the floor of which is studded with chrysanthemums of every variety and colour. Another floor has a deep-water effect with white water-lilies and minnows swimming bslow a transparent surface. The treatment is applicable also to table tops and to small panels far decorative purposes,

THE HUMAN INTESTINES.

.+ . -. ■ — Are racked and torn by violent and danger* I ous so-called remedies. If it is necessary to I use an aperient, use Wolfe'* Schnapps* "

CORRESPONDENCE

'W« do not hold ourseives rosponst le for tho Opinions txpiessed bv our correspondents

BOT-FLIES.

TO THB EDITOR. Sir,— Now that the bot-fly season has arrived and these pests are industriously laying their eggs, ic may interest some of your readers to examine their pumps— taking off the top, etc. In every crevice of one I have just looked over are thousands of eggn, most of them inserted under the top in such a manner that every jar of the handle would be likeiy to shake some into the water below. From there to the jug or domestic receiver is the next journey, and I can leave the next receptacle of the bot fly's egg to the reader's imagination. The questions that now present themselves are : JTirst— Would the after results be the same as in the case of horses? and, if so, second— ls there a remedy adapted to the human stomach? i think this matter is sufficiently important to jusufy this letter.-I am, etc., | T.D.

CHRISTCHURCH ELECTION.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,— There is a homely adage which declares that the looker-on fees matt rf the game ; but in the case of the Chriatchurch by-election you were, if we may judga from your recent article on the subject, standing too far away from the struggle to obtain an accurate knowledge of what was going on. People who were engaged in the fight will only be amused by your conclusions ; but the Ashburton Liberals who look to you for information andguidancemay be discouraged ! by the assumption that the stronghold of their party has been captured by the enemy. There is not the slightest ground even for alarm. By a very ingenions calculation you show — not, I hope, to your own satisfaction — that the two great parties are very evenly balanced in the Christchurch constituency, and that the scale has a tendency to tip in favour of the Conservatives* You manage this by assuming that one-third (1134) of Mr T. E. Taylor's supporters were Conser vatives, and over-looking— no doubt in ignorance of the admitted facts— (l) that at least a fourth of Mr 0. Lewis's supporters (1178) were Liberals who were profoundly dissatisfied with both the' other candidates ; (2) that the liquor vote (1000) was transferred from the Liberals to the Conservatives without any regard to general politics; (3) that only an infinitesimal proportion of the prohibitionists are Conservatives; and (4) that Bome 5300 electors, most of whom were Liberals, abstained from voting al together. If we exclude the liquor vote, which cannot be reckoned as any indication of public feeling, we can divide Thursday's poll into the following figures :— Liberal.— R, M. Taylor 3196, T. E. Taylor 4000, C. Lewis say 1000. 'J otal 8196. Conservative.— C. Lewis (leu liquor and Liberal votes, i.e. t 4714 less 2000) 27U. Total 2714. These figures still show a large increase in the Conservative vote, but that is easily explained. The roll was increased by 500U, and the Conservatives besides beating up electors as they had never been beaten up before, transferred at least 300 residential voters from the suburbs and country to their property qualifications in the city. The local Liberals on the other hand were totally apathetic. The Lyttelton Times preached Liberalism with commendable vigour, but discouraged the Minister** interference and positively refused to mention Mr R. M. Taylor's name. On the polling day the Liberal voters were practi cally left to themselves, and in many instances fell into the hands of the Conser vatiyea, and add to this the fact that Mr Lewis adopted the whole of the Liberal policy, and you will have a conception of the position that will make you wonder why the Conservatives did not win by several thousands. The lessons to be drawn from the reanlt are very clear. The Libera'a must organise and unite. The liquor vote has gone over to the Conservatives. Let it remain with them. This will clear the way to a reconciliation between the prohibition ists and Radicals, in which both will make concessions. We have a tremendoos in stalment of Liberal licensing legislation, and sincere temperance reformers will not imperil the administration of the law by assisting the Conservatives, the natural allies of " the trade," to :power, and let the Liberals find strong candidates at the General Election and they will score such a victory that Toryism will be dead, and the Government will be kept closely to' the lines of the policy, of the party by an independent and a vigilant Parliament, — lam, etc., v Merrie England.

COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS.

The Press of to-day reports :— There was a medium entry of horses in the yards on Saturday, but nothing of good qualify. There was a fair demand for good draught horses. Sales were effected as follows:— Medium draughts £10 to £15, inferior do £4 to £8, medium harness horses £8 to £12 inferior do £4 to £7, medium hacks £7 to £10, inferior do £2 to £6. There was an average entry of poultry at the produce markets, and a fair demand for table birds Roosters made 2s 6d to 3s 6d, hens 2s to 2a 6d, ducks 2s 6d to 3s 3d, geese 3s 6d to 43, turkey cocks 12s to 15s, do hens 5s to Bs. There was a good entry of pigs, and last week's prices were maintained. Porkers sold at 17s to 20a, stores lls to 16s, weanera 4s to 7s 6d.

LONDON MARKETS

London, February 14 New South Walea 3 per cent, inscribed stock 90£, New Zealand 3 per cent. 96| . New Zealand lamb, new, 6d. Butter market flat, quoted at 96s to 100a. Danish has been raised one kroner owing to the large demand From Manchester importers; A shipment of Australian, packed in plaster, arrived in a rancid and shrunken condition, and had apparently been heated on the voyage. Mr Sinclair thinks that the idea is an excellent one, and advocates a further trial. New Zealand cheese, dull, 425. „ . , February 15. home of the cattle, ex Angers, brought 2s 3d per stone. . The Manchester Journal of Commerce attacks the authorities of the Canal for mismanagement in connection with dischare ing frozen meat cargoes and the cold meat stores. It declares that a quantity of the mutton, ex the Gulf of Siam, was kept for hours on lorries; London, February 16 Tallow, medium, mutton, 2ls 3d; beef, 19a 9d. The English wheat market is dull and.the American and Continental changing, the latter for the worse.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

Sydney, February 15 Breadstuffs are unsettled, and pending any large transactions it is impossible to fix price3. Milling wheat, nominally, is quoted at 4s 4d to 4s Bd. Small sales are mentioned at a considerable advance on the former figure Owing to the floods in the North, maize is scarce and advancing: lfc is quoted at 3i 4d to 38 6d. Potatoes and onions also are in very short supply. Other lines are steady.

February 17 Wool experts estimate tht*t the shortage in the clip this season will be 150,000 bales. Melbourne, February 16 The import market is qniet, and very little is doing. Sales of wheat have been made at 4s lid to ss. Flour is dull and a little weaker. Feed grain is in good demand. Adelaide, February 14 Sellers of wheat are holding out strongly for 4s 4d, and limited business, has been done at that figure.

My boy was taken with a disease reaemb ing bloody flax. The first thing I thought o! waa Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Two doses of it settled the matter and oared him sound and well. I heartily recommend this remedy to all per sona suffering irom a like oomplaint. I will answer any inquiries regarding it when stamp is enclosed, I refer to any county of&oial as to my reliabili y. Wußoaoh, J P, Primroy, OampbeU Co, Temv For sale by fte &-N burton Drug; QompiDj.

THE A3HBUBTON GUARDIAN: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1896.



Shade. mh gtate \ Date. ._ { * ofweather . ( Low. High Sun. Light rain E. ( Saturday.. 53- 80- 147 1 Pine „ i Sunday ..'. 52' 83' 143. Rain calm , Monday ... 49' 69* 105. Pine S. Tuesday ... 42- 71" 137' „ „ \ Wednesday 39" 84' 146- Rain  I Thurßday... 45- 70- 127' Pine N.E* Fridav ...j 47> | 84' 144'



Public notices. LAST FEW DAYS op | SPECIAL DRESS SALE. ALL SUMMER DRESS GOODS must be Cleared to make room for Autumn Goods now due. SEE WINDOWS FOR BARGAINS LAST FEW DAYS OF Dressmaking* at Ashburton Drapery Company, CORNER ARCADE & BUENETT STREET. N.Z.C.F. N.Z.C.F. HARVESTING. mHE NEW GAMBROON MATERIAL, LIGHT AND STRONG; Trousers ... M . ... 6a 9d Sac Coat 6s 9d BLUE DENAM. Overalls ... ... ... 4a 6d Jackets ... 4s 6d Jumpers ... ... ... 4s 6d BLUE DUOK, VEBY STRONG Overall 5s 6d Jackets ... ... ... 5s 6d Junrpers 6s 6d Harvesting Straw Hats, 9d. Good Strong Shirts Is 6d, no rubbish. Merino Halt-Hose 6d per pair. Light Strong Blutchers 4s lid, N_CW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager.



Wanted. WABOO ! THE CURE FOR INDIGESTION. Ashburton Drug Company, Agents 11 108 Tin ANTED,— A Smart Boy for the W shop. Apply to McDonald and McDiabmid, Cash Boot Shop. 2 92 ANTED,— a Young Man to look after horses. Apply John Our and Co. 2 60 T ObT from Allenton — Bay Horse, X J white on back and saddle marked, email sore tinder neck. Ten (shillings reward at Friedlander Bros, to any person returning name. 2 93 JAM, JAM.-— Don'c spoil your Jam by uuing bad Sugar. We have juat received a consignment of Star Preserving Sugar. This Sugar is guaranteed to keep Jams and Jellies almost any length- of time.—- Fletcher Bros., East Street), Ashburton, Sole .Agents. 2 95 SORROWS of Satan, Trilby, When Greek meets Greek, the Marriage of Esther, The Red Cockade, Great Thoughts. Good strong Bicycle, spring frame, solid. tyres, in good order, cheap for cash. — H. M.Jones. OATMEAL, Oatmeal. Reduction, Reduction.- We have just received a large consignment of Finest New Season's Oatmeal from one of the best] millers in Canterbury, whioh we are enabled to sell at greatly reduced' rates. Come and get our quotation.— Fletcher Bros., East street, Ashburton. WANTEDKnown— Go toT_BCoR*BR for Newest Style6 In Drapery abd Millinery— W. H. Collier. , ANTED Known— 6ooo pairs of Boots to be cleared in one month. — Mbllor's Zealandia Boot Store. ANTED Known-Our 'Premier' Boots are the very hest for wear In all shapes and eize?.— Mitchell and Turner. KJiasEJNTiS, i/reseius— We are new giving useful Presents to all Pur- chasers of Drapery, etc.— H. C. Seders, Melford House Xjrr ANTED Known — 6000 pairs of ™V Boots and shoes to pick from. Mellor's Great Boot Sale. WANTED Known— We are still giving Presents to all Purchasers of Drapery, etc — H. O. Segers, Melford House ITT ANTED Known— Men's Suits 17s TT 6d, Kaiapoi Tweed Trousers 9s lid, Knicker Suits 4s Lid, Caps. 6d.-~ Ihe Corner. W. H. Collier WANTED Known— Ladies Shoes, . tan or black, 6? 61, — Mkllor's Cheap Boob Sale. ANTED Known— The best place to obtain Ready-made Clothing and Underclothing is without doubt at Mitchell and Turner's WANTED Known — Bargajns from floor tooeiling. — Mellor's Stock taking Boot Sale. WANTED Known— Cycles thoroughly overhauled and enamelled. Tyres a specialty— E. Kxight, Eclipsa Cycle Works, Tanored Street, opposite Aroadn * 12 85 HOLIDAY Suits— A Nice Kaiapot S'uit for 27a 6d, Boys' Knicker and Cambridge Suits from 7s 6d, Mferi's Suits to Measure from 45*, Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed at R. Alcorn's WANTED Known-50 pairs Ladies and Girls' Leather Top and Canvas Tennis Shoes, at half usual price, for two weeks only.— Andrew Orr. 10 136 AN I'ltiD Known—We intend to shako up every Boob Shop in Ashburton.— MELLOu'sClearingßootSale ANTED Known— lf you miss the Clie*p Boob Sale you will be sorry. — Mellor's. Tarjcced Srreet. OTHER People are getting Bargains at Carbon's Monster bale of Bicycles, Earthenware, Glass, andUhini Why not You ? 1 84 ANTED Known- You save M in every pound if you patronise Mellor's Cheap Boot Store. \Af ANTED Known — Just opening a * f resh lot of useful Presents, to be given to all Purchasers of D. -apery.— H. C. Segers, Melford House WANTED Known— Mrs Smith, Dress- ! maker (late of London West), has Removed from Cameron street to Have- lock street, opposite Army Barracks. > 12 148 WANTED Known— Good Tweed " TrouHers, 6a 6d ; Good Cord Trousers, 6* 3d.- Mitohell and Turner. \XTA!NTED Known— Neweßt Goods in v " Drapery and Millinery for the Summer* Season, direct from London — 1 H. Collier, The Corner. WANTED Xnown— Everyb dy to roll up to Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale. Now's your time to buy. IT^TANTED Known— l am a Buyer of "~ Bottles -pints, quarts. Whiskey, and ; also Old Iron, wrought and cast ; Bones in large or t-nrUl lots ; Zinc, BrasH, and Horsp BUir.— CharlbrHrown bottom o Havelook, Street, Ashburtom , 11144 WANTED Known— Monster Clear- ing Boot Sale at Mellor's Zaalan dia Boot Store. MEN'S Bluchers s*. a goftdh Strong Nailed Shooter ab 8s 63 ; a nice assortment of Ladies' and Children's Boots and Shoea from Is 9d a pair at R Alcorn's x ISLINGTON WORKS. FREEZING SPACE AVAILABLE. TH E CHRISTCUURCH MEAT COMPANY are pleased to intimate to FARMERS AND OTHERS that their new Hercules Machine is now in full working order, and that they are prepared to BOOK SPACE. Priority will be given to applications as they come to hand. Apply the Company's Office, 161 Hereford street, 25 Ohristchurch, Kenneth Bazemore had the good fortune to receive a small battle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy when three members of hiß family were eiok with dyaen- tery. This one small bottle ouudthem all and he had Borne 1.-.ffc which he gave to G W Baker, a prominent merohant of the place, Lewiaton, N.0., and it cured him of the same complaint When troubled with dysentery, diarrhoea, oholio orjoholera morbus, give this remedy a trial and you will be more than pleased with the result. The praise that naturally follows itu introduction and use has mad* it very popular. For sale by hp AohburtoD Drug Company, *



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Business Notices. One Month. G. J. NEI L L HAS MARKED HIS STOCK or General Drapery Clothing and Boots BELOW COST PBIOE, A ND is now offering it to the Public. Make no mistake the prices Cannot be beaten. Q. J. NEILL, BPRNETT STREET NEXT SHEARMAN BROS. . REMEMBER — FOR ONE MONTH \ FOR WEDDING PRESENTS, BIRTHDAY PRESENTS, and PRESENTATIONS DAY A VISIT TO THE JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT OF S. Salek, EAST STREET, where the Largest and Finest Stock at Reasonable Prices are to be seen. N.Bi ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES. For Satisfactory Watch and Clock Repairs at Moderate charges go to S. SALE K, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, EAST STREET. IJox 67 Telephone 24 9'rcKervlftg Netisftft 1 895-06, FLETCHER BROS.. 25 Ton*. 25 Ton* TTAVE IN frTOCK AND TO ARRIVE FItfRST CAME SITGtAK FOR THE PRESENT JAM SEASON. This Sugar is Thoroughly Reliable for all kinds of Jams, Jellies, etc., and is used by the Principal Jam Manufacturers in the Colony. We are still selling sugar at the old price although the price has advanced wholesale and is likely to be nmchjhigher &p NOW IS THE TIME TO BOY YOUR SUGAR. To FrtrmtT», Contractors, Etc. We keep in stock all kinds of Tinware, which we are selling at Wholesale Cost Prices. It will pay you to get our price list before buying elsewhere. 8* asonable Qoods. Seasonable <Roods. We have the following Seasonable Goods in stock and to arrive . — 6 Cases Gear Corned Beef ( 3 Cases Preserved Peaches 3 Cases Canterbury Corned 2 Cases Raspberry Vinegar Beef 15 Cases lib Sheep Tongues 6 Cases Canterbury Corned 5 Cases 21b Sheep Tongues Mutton 5 Cases New Zealand Mutton 5 Cases Cocktail Salmon 2 Cases Albert feardines 2 Cases Mackerel 2 Cases Kippered Herrings 3 Cases Herrings in Tomato 3 Cases Preserved Rabbit, 21b Sauce '"■" tins, Delicious 5 Cases Fresh Herrings 3 Cases Preserved Apticots 6 Cases Preserved Pears 10 Cases Ship's Lime Juice TfVte. Tea. Tea. We offer special inducements in all kinds of Tea, Pure Ceylon (Mountain Grown) in 5 and 101b boxes and 1 and lb packets Pure Indian in 5 and 101b tins, and 1 and £lb packets Blended Tea in 5 and 101b tins, and ) and \ lb packets Nelson and Moate, Saxon, Arab, Jameson and Anderson, Etc. FLETCHER BROS., CASH SUPPLY STORES, EAST BTBEE-T, ASH BUB TON, " AND p-3«u<l 118 High Street, Gbristoburcb.