The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, JULY 20, 1896.

School inspectors sometimes make funny remarks when examining the youngsters, especi school ally when they can inspectors. raise a smile against one of them. This is just as well perhaps, otherwise the awe with which these official magnates are regarded m scholastic circles might seriously prejudice a pupil's chance of passing his examination. But we should hardly expect their humour to get into their reports to. the depart ment. Some comical statements, how ever, may occasionally be found m these documents. In the Education report for the past year the Taranaki inspector, m the longest report of the lot, frequently expresses himself m very indifferent English. One case is presented m the remark which is quite true " that upon emphasis may depend entirely the sense of a passage, and by altering it the sentence may be made to convey possibly as many different meanings as there are words"; •' History is moderately taught " ; " All pupils m a greater or. less degree must put their thoughts on paper." In the first example we are left m doubt whether "moderately " refers to the quantity of history instilled into the minds of the youngsters, or to the manner m which it is taught. In the second case, the phrase "m a greater or less degree," is equally uncertain m its application. Again the Inspector says, "In questioning a class I usually showed pictures m the books and asked the pupils to tell me about the same, etc.," and he goes on to say that " except m a few schools Julius Caesar would be compounded with an ancient Briton and the Duke of Wellington m a very ludicrous fashion." When the ideal of school inspectors concerning the use of adverbial phrases can get a good deal confused, there is surely some excuse for a little school girl mixing up such warriors as Julius Caesar," " Oracked-a-cress/' and the "Irondook."

Every person who keeps a shop suffers more or less from the fastidiousness of customers, and the A sell for a degree of amiability seller. ' exhibited under this kind of annoyance varies of course m individual cases. Some people sucoeed m making the customer— or rather the inquisitor, for many have no intention of buying— • suppose he or she is conferring a great favor on the tradesman by inspecting his goods. Now and then, however, the victim gets cross and trouble ensues. As a result of a case of this kind an indignant " customer " wrote us a long letter for publication, com plaining of the shopkeeper's conduct ! But sometimes the sufferer finds the circumstances sufficiently funny to smooth his irritation, as witness the following case which actually occurred recently m Ashburton. A rough looking tut apparently prosperous farmer entered the shop of a well known watchmaker, and the following colloquy ensued :— Visitor (evidently o£ the Hibernian persuasion) : t( Ijwant a watch." Proprietor (politely expect ing a good order and producing an eight-guinea Rotheram) : " flow will this do ?" V : "Oh shure its too much!" P: "Here!" (showing a five-guinea hunter) " is a capital watch ; just the thing I should say.*' V:" Oh thin, that's too dear." P: "Well perhaps this second-hand gold watch will do. You can have it for £4" V: "No, no, it's too much." P (getting impatient) : " Thenl suppose this won't be too much for you"— (showing a one-guinea nickel ticker.) V : " Oh, faith, it's too much." P (with appalling calmness) : " Perhaps this second-hand Waterbury might not be too dear at half-a-sov." V : " Shure it is thin." P (with astonishment) : " Great Scott ; what sort of a watch do you want then ? " V (sweetly) : ." Shure I want wan of thiin toy watches about three pince aich for me little girl." Proprietor is so doubled up by a paroxysm of laughter that he is hardly able to gasp " Try next door."

Db Dawson gets up the annual , statistics for . Great Britain on the bibulosity of the the French people, and lets us grog score. know just how much per head of wine, spirits, and malt liquors John Bull, swallows every year, Mr Von Dadelzen finds us the same little particulars for New Zealand, There are dozens of lightning calculators figuring out the same problem for the population of the United States, but we never heard of any Frenchman until recently, setting himself the task of figuring out what quantity of wine, cider, or alcoholic liquor was required to slake the drouth per head of the French population. But such a man does exist, and this is his finding : — During last year nearly 43,000,000 litres of grape-juice was drunk, which averages 112 litres per person. The litre is a fraction over a pint and three quart re. Paris heads the list with the average of 264 litres a citizen, whilst m the Department of the Var they are only one quart less. On the contrary, wine-imbibing has fallen very low indeed m the Orne Depart ment, where each man, woman, or child is put down for only seven litros m the year, and none of the north-western districts ghow a much better record. But here they make up m the consump tion of ciser tor what they have failed to accomplish with the wine cup. The Manche Department comes out first with the very respectable total of 419 litres of cider for each inhabitant, and all along the Normandy coast and towards the Belgian frontier the aver age remains at a very high figure. On the other hand, there are thirty-five departments m France where no cider is drunk at all. doming to the spirit drinking, each inhabitant is represented as disposing of about four litres and a third m tho course of twelve months,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A man named Henry dropped dead while watohing a boxing match at St Arnaud, Victoria, the other night. Tae other day Ernest Nicholson, aged eight, was killed by a swing-boab, at i Oollingwood, New couth Wales. The average cost per inmate at the Nelson Old Men's Home last year wan £14 ' 12 i, and the number ot inmates was 44. She — 'What killing eyes your friend the doctor has!' He— 'H'mph! Not half so killing as his medicine, ho waver.' A bullet from a pea rifb which was em- j bedded m a b( y'a arm was located at the Sydney University recently, by means of the X rays. Stables for standing bicyclas m, where they will be cleaned and oiled for a fixed fee per week, hare beon opened m Wel lington. Ab Giljjunnia, New South Wales, » miner named McLaughlin blew his head oft by exploding a raokarock cartridge m his mouth. The four Board schools at Inglewood are combining to torm a cadet corps, and will ask the Government to supply Snider carbines.  A commitcee of ladies was formed at Sydney for the purpose of more effectually spreading the Gospel anfong the aborigines of the colony. The Grey Football Club has apologised to the railway authorities for several of its members creating a disturbance while travelling by rail. Imports of breadstuff's into Sydney fo» the -half-year endi&g June 30, totalled 1,646.000 bushels of wheat, and 27,670 tons flour, valued at £600,000, the bulk of which came from Amerioa. Twelve cases of human bones were sent recently from Sydney to China by the Bteamer Ohingtu, being the mortal remains of _ between forty and fifty Chinese residents who had been interred there. Speaking on the Abolition of Capital Punishment Bill the other day, Mr Hogg who represents a district m which flax le largely cultivated objected to hanging being done away with as this would tell against the flax industry, A perusal is requested of the new advertisement of Mr Madden, baker and pastrycook, whose refreshment rooms m /East street are well appointed, and he draws special attention to the catering department of hit* business.

The cyclists of Palmeraton are signing a petition to the Borough Council request- ' ing permission to be allowed to run their machines upon the footpaths where the roads are unfit for bicycle traffic. A concession of this kind is permitted m France. Brother Bob— 1 For heaven's sake, Nan what are you doikg with my football suit on?' Sister Nan— 'lt is bargain day down at Lacey's, and I'm going to use this.' Brother Bob (excitedly)— 4 No, you're not —no, you're not ! You go aod take it off. That's a, brand-new suit, and I'm not going to have it torn all to pieces. I want to use it myself nexb season.' We may compliment the new Govern- j ment printer apon the promptness and punctuality with which Hansard is now sent out. Formerly this publication ; reached us m a very spasmodic manner I and was seldom lees than a fortnight be hind. Now we do nob have to wait more than a week to read about the doings of our represtntatives m Parliament. ' Paris holds an annual dog show every June, and the twentieth show, just closed, was the bipgest thing of the kind ever held on thy Continent. There were over 1200 entrfes, including twenty-four packs of hounds of the various breeds. Upwards of 10,000 francs wero awarded m prize money, besides merlaW— gold, silver, and bronza. The attehdanca of the public at the show w&s the largest the. society "has. ever been able to record. Connected with the show was a fine collection of sporting pictures ly prominent French artists. The French Offioe of Pablic Works has devoted a special book to statistics of the tailoring indastry m Paris. There are 9500 dressmaking establishments m the great city, which employ about 60,000 workpeople. The; statistician, however, shirks the task as an impossible, one of even remotely calculating how much money is made by these artists. There are 2200 tailors' shops m the city, employ ing 65,000 men. The statistician was afraid to say how much he thought the dreaem ikers made out r f their customers, but he risks a statement that the tailors' profit is from two to three times that of the dressmakers. The North Otago Times quot a the following as from the New Zealand Times 'What a mean and beggarly lot those howling Prohibitionists must be. Justi look what a miserable, coarse, vulgar, low, blackguardly, gutter snipe of a paper is their official organ, the Prohibitionist. In style, tone, and appearance it would digrace a brotherhood of chimney sweeps as their organ.' The Prohibitionist, we must say, is anything but a well-conducted paper, but if it can approach the New Zealand Times m vituperation it haa a fufaure before it. We should say that neither paper is likely to do the cause it espouses much good.

The Lick Observatory will, send an ex pedition to Japan m August, to observe the solar eclipse. It will be under the charge of Professor Schaeberle, and the work undertaken will be entirely photo graphic Large scale photographs of the corona will be taken with a lens forty feet m focal length, giving an image of the sun about 4| inche? m diameter, on a plate 18 by 20 inches In dimensions. Small scale pictures .will also be taken of ♦•he corona ana surrounding stars with smaller telescopes, and steps will be taken to estimate the brightness of the corona. Professor Teras, of the Imperial Observatory, Tokio, will send 1 member of his staff to accompany the expedition, which will be aasisted by the 'United States Minister and Consul- General m Japan. French juries do things sometimes that British juries would not dare. A Paris butcher had seduced a young woman, and the latter, accompanied by her sister, wenfa to the man and implored him to redeem her character by marriage — a promise of which he had made. The man refused, and insulted both eisfcera. The elder sister, however, resolved to m'»ke one more attempt, and went to the man alone. Ho waa standing m the door of his shop, and refused to let her enter. 1 Yoa annoy me,' he said, and added that if he had wanted he could have had Rose m the same position as her younger siste,r. Having said this he attempted to put his arms round Rose's waist, Bub he had made a fatal mistake. Rose promptly seized a knife and stabbed her sister's aeduoer to the heart. He fell with the words on hia dying lips— '• I am lost ! Fetch me a priest.' The jury who tried Rose acquitted her of any crime.

Trotting acceptor ces to-night at the] Central Hotel at 9 30. Annual meeting of the A, and P. Association at Arcade Chambers to morrow at 3 o'clock. At Sydney, Daniel Williams, a foot baller, sustained a fracture of the leg while playing foooball. The annual meeting of the Dorcas Society will be held m the Road Board offioe, Moore street, en Tuesday (to morrow) afternoon at 2SO All members and subscribers to the fund ate invited to be present. We hear that by a fire that occurred on •Sunday, the homestead at Ooldstreara. was burned down, bub nothing beyond the bald fact: can be learned as yet. Jon stable Jackson has gone out to make inquiries. The attention of intending passengers to the Old Country is called to the fact thac the Now Zealand Shipping Company's R. M.S. Rimutaka always makes the passage Home through the Straits of Magelhn, and it may be pointed out that the scenery to be enjoyed on this route is of the moso beautiful description, and is the secret of the popularity of the way ' 3ome by these Straits. A sacred concert m aid of the Primitive Methodisb parsonage building fund, will be held m the Oddfellows' Hall on Tues day night. Miss Sears will take the principal part m the programme, her contributions being *The Star of Bethle hem,' 'The promise of the King,' 'Ora pro nobis' ( which will be given by special request), and * The promise of life. Mr Ffrost, of Christ church, will sing • Eternal rest, and with M<bs Sears the duet * The sea of glass.' Miss Barratt, Miss Eersel, and others, will assist. A deaf and dumb man was swindled out of £253 m Sydney the other day.. The victim, named Durham, is a printer by trade, and he was about to proceed, by steamer to Brisbane, when he was induced by a stranger to accompany him to the Grand Central Coffee Palace, where be parted with his money to the newly-found friend, for the ostensible purpose of having it changed into gold m order to avoid paying discount m Queensland. The friend went out to get the money converted into gold, but forgot to return. We were nofc aware (says the North .Otago Times) that it w*s one of the con ditions of the amalgamation that all the officers of the bank that survived should be capital pistol shots, but ib looks very much like ib, for yesterday afterneon the officials of a bank, whose name we shall not mention— front the head to the office boy— were engaged m revolver practice at a cardboard target m one of the Harbour Board's quarries. From the result of the practice we should say that the staff do not yet come up to the requirements cf their respective offices, for out of an in finitude of shots fired but two scored hits. If the object of the practice is to wing J. Cr. Ward and George Hutchison, a little; more practice will have to be indulged m, for a miss being a? good as a mile, these gentlemen may survive the assault, and live to bust auotner bank or hold an inquiry on the remains.

THE WEATHER.

ALFORD STATION. The following ia the meteorological report for the week epding July 17, 1896 :— Date/ Shade> ?^ State — — — m of weather. Low. High Sun. Saturday.. 37' 52- 82- Fine Calm Sunday ... 31- 54-107. „ Monday... 34- 43, 51- Rain S.W. Tuesday,... 32- 51- 95- Pine Calm Wednesday 30- 47' 90' „ N.\V. Thursday... 32- 47- 72- Snow S.W. Friday ... 25- 51- 111- Fine Calm

Hampstead Town Board

« : A meeting of the Hampatead Town Board —adjourned from last week, when there was no quorum— was held last evening.— Present —Messrs G. Andrews (chairman)", W. xMc- Rae, H. Berryman, and 0. Truckle. SUBSIDY. A circular was received from the Commis sioner of Taxes, m reference to the form of resolution necessary to authorise payment of the 75 per cent of Bubsidy ; also a form of declaration for payment of subsidy for the current year.— The Clerk stated that the document had been completed and forwarded. AUDIO?. The balance sheet of the Board's accounts for 1895-6 was received certified from the Audit Department, DRAINAGE. A petition was received from a number of residents In Suffolk etreet, requesting the Board to have this street relieved of water accumulating there. — It appeared thewater gathered in' consequence of the natural course having been obstructed by occupiers of adjacent sections, and the i anger was instructed to give them notice to open the waterway. Messrs Andrews and Mcßae reported they ( had found it just possible to take the water lowing on to Mr McElrea's land by another course, and this had been done. WOBKS. The Works Committee reported that the Bhingling on Oxford and Church streets had been completed, as well as some works. Twenty yards of metal was ordered to be put on Wellington Btreet, near Mr Lublow's, and the expenditure of £2 was authorised m improving a road on reserves 1261. RATE. Mr Truckle gave notice to move at nexfe meeting that a general rate of jin the £ be made,, payable on September 11, 1896, for the year ending March 31, 1897. ■ ACCOUNTS, Accounts amounting to £44 3s 4d were passed, and the Board sat as a Board of health. The Inspector's report, which was generally satisfactory, was received.

School Committee.

« The monthly meeting of the Ashburton District School Committee was held on Monday last. Present — Messrs Macpher son (chairman), Keir, Meddins, Phaup, Chapman and Silcock. FINANCE. The Chairman said the credit balance at the bank was £35 7s 9d. ALLENTON SCHOOL. Among a mass of routine correspondence was a letter from the Board, stating that the selection of the site for Allenton had been left mMr S&wle's hands. The Committee decided to urge' the Board to proceed with the ereotion of the side school at Ashburton. ATTENDANCE. The master's report showed a total on the roll of 490 children; the highest attendance for the month had been 445'; and the strict average 419. I drawing. ■ , The use of the schoolroom was granted to Mr W. H. Tait for the purpose of teaching drawing on Saturday afternoons, pupil teachers being his pupils. This grant was made till next meeting of the Committee, to which Mr Tait) was to be asked to furnish the Committee with his scale of fees, both for pupil teacherß m Ashburton, and for those of other schools. SCHOOL CONFERENCE. Messrs Chapman, Craighead, Silcook, Keir, and the Chairman were appointed a Committee to arrange a programme for the ionferenee of School Committees. VISITING COMMITTEE. The outgoing Visiting Committee reported laving fenced m a triangular piece of ground ront ing Port street, for a horse yard m onnection with the school. Messrs Silcock nd Phaup were appointed a Visiting Com littee for the month. , It was resolved that m future fuel be btained only on the Chairman's order, and fter passing accounts to the amount of £16, he Committee adjourned.

CABLE NEWS.

HOEM AND FOREIGN

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. London, July 17 The Humber cycle works, including the machinery, at Coventry, have been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £100,000. AGRICULTURAL RATTNG BILL The House of Lords bus passed the Agricultural Rating Bill. NATIONAL ARBITRATION. Njjw York, July 18 The Tribune states that the treaty providing for arbitration m disputes between Great Britain and the United States will be presented to Congress m a few days. It provides for the appointment of ten Commissioners, and the difficulty with Venezuela is to be included m its provisions, AFFAIRS IN CRETE. Athens, July 18 The hostility of the Turks having rendered a meeting of the Cretan Assembly impossible, the Christian deputies have submitted their demands.

AUSTRALIAN.

GOVERNMENT INSURANCE. Sydney, July 18 The Daily Telegraph comments ad versely on the Government scheme of compulsory insurance m New Zealand, which it considered would be unfair to the companies who had established themselves with the explicit sanction of Government. THE COMMERCIAL TRAVEL , , LERB TAX. 1 ; Melbourne, Jnly 18 The secretary of the Commercial Travellers Association has received a reply from MrSeddon, holding out no hope for a reduction m the tax imposed on '{commercial travellers. HOME RULE. Bbisbane, July 18 The Attorney-General presided over a large meeting of Irishmen, who adopted a resolution approving of the coming Dublin Home Rule convention, and hoped every effort would be made to promote united action of the whole party towards the achievement of the great principle. '

CRICKET.

..■■■■ - • .- . . THE AUSTRALIANS AT HOME. AUSTRALIANS v. "aLL ENGLAND. - Londoit,' July 17 On resuming to-day the weather was still fine, and the wicket again played excellently. The attendance was good. The Australian tail made a capital stand, and took the score to 412 before the last man was bowled. July 18. All England eleven were all disposed of for 231. The following are the scores : — Aisl England —First Innings. Grace, at Kelly b Trott . . . . .. ■ 2 Stoddart, Bt Kelly N b Trott 15 Abel, c Trumble b McKibbin ... ... 26 Ran jitsinghi, c Trott b McKibbin  62 Jackson, run out , rf ..... .. 18 Maclaren, c TrumVile b M-jKibbin . . 0 Brown, c Kelly b Trumble ... ... 22 Lilley, not out ... .. ... ... 65 Briggs, b Trumble .. 0 Hearne, c Trumble b Giffen . . , _ 18 Richardson, run out ... ... .; 2

Extras ... .. ... ... l Total •-,..  .. .. 231 The Indian Prince played brilliantly, and Abel played steadily for his runs. Jones started bowling,' buc finding that his leg affected him, Giffen took the ball when the score was it 27. ■■ At 52 Trott handed the ball. to Trumble, and this" change h~ad~ the "~~ effect of checking the score. McKibbin re lieved Giffen when the score stood at 84. McKibben took three wiekete for 45 runs, Trumble two for 80, Trott two for 46, and Giffen one for 48. England, requiring 181 r to avert a on© ipnings defeat, after a few minutes adjourn . ment, commenced their, second innings. All England — Second innings. ■ Grace, c Trotfc b Jocea .. ... '.„ H Stoddart, b McKibbin .. .. ..41 Ranjitsinjhi, not put ... ... ... 154 Abel, c McKibbin b Giffen ... .. 13 Jackson, o McKibbin b Giffen .. ... 1 I Brown, c lredale, b Jones .. ..19 i Maclaren, c Jones b Trumble ... ... 15 Lilley, o Trott b Giffen * . . . . . 19 Briggs, st Kelly b McKibbin .. ... 16 Hearne, o Kelly b McKibbin . . . . 9 . - Richardson, c Jones b Trumble.. 1 Sundribs ... ... ■ .. ,. #> g Total .. ... .. .^"3^s McKibbin took three wickets for 61, Giffen three for 65, Trumble two for 78, Joneß two for 78. ' ; Ranjitainghi played a fine innings, and he never gave a cnance. lie was at the wickets three hours and ten minutes, and hit twenty-three 4's. He is the first bats man to register a century against the ! present Australian Eleven. The Australians requiring 125 rnns to win began their second innings, and lost seven wickets before obtaining them. They thus won by three wickets. ' Australian Eleven — Second innings. Iredale, b Richardson ... ... .7 11 Darling, c Lilley b Richardson ;.. 16 Giffen, c Ranjitsinjhi b Richardson .. 6 Trott, c Lilley b Richardson 2 Gregory, c Ranjitsinjhi b Briggs .. 33 Donnan, c Jaokson^b Richardson . . 15 Hill, c Lilley b Richardson _ . . 14 Trumble, not out .. .. .. .. 17 Kelly, not out . . .... . . 8 Sundries ... .. ... 3 Total for seven wickets ... ..125 \ Richardson took six wickets for 76, Bricea one for 24. , .

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WANTKD Known— Tho 'Economic' Kid Glove, four buttons, la 9i per pair, is the Glove for everyday wear. — W. H. Collier. WANTED Known — For Vegetable and Flower Seeds call at Fletcher Bros , Easb Swept. WANTED Known— L«ge delivery of the 'Economic' Kid Gloves, four buttons, Is 9d per pair, worth much more. — W H. Collibr. IXT ANTED Known— Just: opened, ex ** Pakeha and Gothic, Fiannelettes, white, stripes, and colours ; Velveteens, black, all prices ; Colonrs, large variety, including new 'shades m Reseda, Hum- boldb and Hungarian— Mitchell and Turner. vy ANTED Known— Thab it is lamenb * • able to hear people ask why there is so much trash, m the Boot Trade nowa- days ? But no wonder I say. Th<jy mt>y strike their breasts and say, ' By our own fault, who buy such trash at cheap sales.' Thongh aheap, a profit must be levied, and 1 you don'b geb the worth of your money But you have yet a remedy by calling at I J. Moisan. the Premier m tho Boob Trade, where a solid, dry, and good wearing boob can be got. Secure good boots for winter or your f eeb will be w«c Geb your repairs done at once or while you wait ab J. Moison's Impermeable Boot Depdb, Past Street, Ashburton. 18 2 MEN'S Bluchers ss, a good Strong Nailed Shooter ab 8s 6d ; a nice assortment of Ladies 1 and Children's Boots nd Shoea from la j9d a pair at R Aj,uoun« '



Public Notices. ' WOOLLEN GOODS FOR WINTER WEAR. HEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. Men's Overcoats, with Cape, from ... ... 20s Boys' Uver coats from 8a 6d Men's All Wool Sao Suits from 27s 6d Meu's All Wool Trousers from 83 9d Boya'-All Wool Knicker Suits from... . ... ... ... 7a 6d Mons Cover Coat from .., 29s 6d BLANKETS. BLANKETS. BLANKETS Mosgiel. Ashburton. Mosgiel 16s 6d per pair, RUGS. RUGS. RUGS. Wellington, 'Mosgiel, Timaru 12a 6d. L.W. Pants, our own make, 3s lid. - Flannel Shirts 3s 6d. a jyBXVIXG GLOVES, Wool Lined 3Hovea, Mufflors from Is, Wool Socks Is, Men's Golf Caps from Is, Boys' Caps 6d NEW ZEALAND . CLOTHING FACTORY. ALEX HENDRY, Manager. co Jh °, a G »• < co, S : | .Q m ■■■» ■■•£-•■« t^ p ■■fe g b J: I*: 8 ■ pg -h ■p* % % G fi. ■■.. ; . g..g ■©. _!' .8:- 8 ■ H «■ ..— ■ ■■■■"■" m P UJ . {E ;. €L QQ CO <l r) ■ . SAVIS MONEY AND LOSE WORRY BY PURCtTASING FOR CASH. I CAN Supply thi following goods at LOW PKIOES- Flonr, beut brands, m 601 b, 1001 b, and 200lbs~3Decial Low prices by ton Sharps by Is worth. Back or ton Bran by Is worth, sack or ton Oats, Whole and Crushed, m any j quantity Oatsheaf Chaff by sack or ton— l have some over 1001 b per saok Straw Chaff by sack or ton . Bed Chaff Chick Wheat by Is worth or sack Barley by la wotth or sack Linseed, Onions, Carrots, Potatoes, Ryf grass, Cocksfoot, Clover, etc 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 trees, with good fibrous roots. Most of them have already borne excellent fruit. ' JV Thomas, GRA.IN AND PBOBiIJOE D, E A L E B, HAYELOOtf STREET. % » ANTEDKnown— OotoTHBCoBJSKR *" * for Newest Styles In Drapery and Millinery-rW. H. Collier. BANANAS. Bananas, ripe and sound ; also sweet D.E. Oranges at H. A. Flowbk's, Confectioner and .Fruiterer, East Street. WANTED KNOWN.— Mks Hufpam, having taken the premises lately occupied by Mr 6. Neill, intends to open same as Ladles' Dining and Refresh- ment Booms, where visitors will find a long felt want supplied. Meals at all hours. A few boarders will find all the omf orts of a home. 4 196 WANTED Known— That E. Mahood is still selling all kinds of Grocery, Orookery, and Glassware at as reasonable a price as any other house m the trade Orders by letter or Telephone promptly attended to Families waited on daily. Telephone No 76. , >lUI,'. " ■--■■"■ _ -" " ■ WANTED Known— You save 6s m every pound if you patronise Mellor's Cheap Boob Store* WAITED Known— Great Reduction at Mellob's Cheap Boot Pale. I £JST Arrived.— A large variety of asa £| fui and Ornamental Goods, Dolls, Ttfys, and Noveltiqs j also, a job lot over one hundred ' assorted Baskets and' Morocco and Russian Leather Handbags, to bo sold at and under ordinary cost urioe at> to Alcoun's, ,



Business Notices. I ook. Look. G. J. NEILL •J8 NOW SELLING CHEAPER THAN EVRB. MAKE NO ERROR . 30 TO HE ILL'S , FOR GOOP & CHEAP DB APERY, CLOTHING, & 800 IS NO OLD STOCK, EVERYTHING NEW, -COME AND SEE, AND COMPARE OUR PRICES. WE DEFY COMPETITION DRAPERY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Men's Boots and Shoes. "Women's Boots and Shoes Boys' Boots and Shoes. Girls' Boots and Shoes of Every Description* ..-■-. ■--•■_■ .- ■' ■ ■■■'■•. ■■ •' ■. ■. •■(I. ft. J. HTJRIJLIi, Frwdlander's Corner, East Street. TERMS CASH. FANS, ; FANgi. , ■ ■ ' ■ ' . ■ •■' ' ■' ■' ■ ■ • TU S T RE 0 E I V E B A LARGE ASSORTMENT .OF . FAN S ; ■•,■■■ AT VERY LO W PRI CE S 30 6d, 59, 7* 6d, 88 «d, and 159. -■ ;;:■;■ "-5... : : s : a lee, : \ ' : WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER, BAST STREET, ASHBURTON. ■' '■-■ • -\ -\ '• ; ,/. • r '■•' ■ ' ■■/ ' ;; GET YOUR Seed Potatoes, Seed Potatoes. ■ - ■ ■ ■ . ■ : ■■'/,■'■ • FROM 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 ns as early as possible, m order that they may be filled from our own stocks, which occasionally become exhausted before the end of the season. , "« BEAUTY OF HEBRON,' This variety is Very Early, coming to the table before either Early Rose or Aehtaftf Kidney, and is far superior both m quality and productiveness. 'QUEEN OF 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 also 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 small, and is a first-otass eating potato. We have also m stock splendid samples of Bath Kidneys, Lapstoue, Derwentg, Etc, Etc. 7 LAWN GRASS SEEDS. ? .' •■■' ■ ■ . Try Nimmo <fe Blair's Celebrated Lawn Grass Seed. It is the purest, ;;. cleanest, and best quality m the market, and is composed only of Fine Dwarf, growing evergreen grasses. . Per Ib, Is 3d j per. bushel, 22s Qd. ■■ ]%ovcilies For Season 1800. CABBAGE—* LAMB'S EALIEST OF ALL/ A Superior Early Cabbage of quiok growth, beautiful white compact heads, ; Cd per packet. CABBAGE— 'BLAIR'S PHENOMENAL.' The finest main crop Cabbage ever introduced, heads as solid as a stone, weighing 14, and 181ba. The Cabbage for market gardeners. 6d per packet. NEW ONION— 'EARLY GOLDEN GLOBE.' Growers have golden opinions of this Onion. It grows a large bulb as sound as * cricket ball. JTor market gardeners this onion is, beyond doubt the finest that can be grown for sale. Is per picket. : PJ3A— RET DB STEWART. The fi ee t curly Dwtrt Pea ever introduced. Per packet, . PEA— SIR HARRY ATKINSON. This is the finest til growing P. am the world. Per pccket, 63 ; per lb,ls[; or 7ibß for ss. Call and Get one of our Catalogue* of Selected Novelties. FIETCHEK BROS., s CASH SUPPLY STORES, ASHBURTON AND CBRIBTCHUROH. lelbfhqnb 24 Box 67