PHASES OF THE MOON.

Ashburton Guardian. Manga et Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1896 THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.

It will be within the recollection of most of our readers that when the now famous oats episode was first tele graphed all over the colony m the shape of the report of a case heard by Mr Justice Williams, the Premier used some very strong language m reference to the Press Association for having published what took place: " Later on the > Hon. John McKenzie, who has always, had a. grievance against the Press Association, moved to have a Select Committee of the House appointed, nominally to investigate the terms on which the Press^ Association was permitted to sendvteleg.ams to the various newspapers connected with the organisation. But it was made abun dantly clear, m the course of the de bate which the motion called forth, that the real object of Mr McKenzie was to muzzle the press, or at least to make the Press Association feel that itß members were notbeyond the reach of an offended Minister. We had occasion to deal with the Press Associa tion as a distributor of news m an article published m this journal some time ago, m which we pointed out that the Association was an organisation formed for the purpose of enabling its members to obtain by combination privileges which, singly, few news papers could afford to avail themselves of. It may be well to add here, that to meet the expenses of a scheme so extensive as that represented by this Association, a pretty heavy entrance fee of from £300 to £800 was found necessary. And to protect themselves after such an outlay, the Association obtained from the Government some sort of safeguard m the shape, of an enactment which provides that no one could publish the telegrams that had been forwarded through the Press Association (and which were private property) unless a member thereof, until eighteen hours after the first publication. There was no favor m this. It was a fair contract made with the state, which gave protection to those newspapers which, at much expense, had organised an admirable system of interchanging news, and at the same time secured a large and reliable revenue to the State. Now, it will be seen at once that the arrangement is a legitimate business transaction — any concession to one side being balanced by some substan tial advantage given to the other. It will also be admitted that the members of the Association had a perfect right to make their own rules and to fix their own entrance fee. But it appears thatcertain Ministers, having succeeded m dominating almost every individual or collection of individuals with whom they have come into contact, resent the independence of the Press Associa tion, and have* determined that if possible it shall be brought like every thing else — within the sphere of Mini sterial influence. Seeking for a pre tence for taking action" a Minister stated m his place m Parliament, that a poor journalist wanted to starts new paper m a certain district, and on applying for admission to the Press Association, the sum of £500 wps demanded as entrance fee. This the Minister evidently thought was a monstrous thing and called for the prompt interference of the State. The fact that the enterprising rag planter wished to get the advantages the members of the Press Association had obtained for themselves by the ex penditure of large sunns of their own money, without putting m his own, did not strike the Ministers who initiated this crusade as being at all monstrous. But the individual m question, instead of accepting the position and recognis ing that if he could not afford to run a newspaper he should abandon the idea, took a complaint to a Minister, and being presumably of the right color, his case was at once taken up. The Minister said members of the Press had repeatedly asked him to put dpwn this monopoly. But he did not say, as he might have done, that these " members of the Press" were of that class the colony could very well do without— people who start so-called newspapers with no reasonable prospect of making them pay, and \vithout any idea of the responsibilities of public journalism. Such men are a nuisance to the country, and the constant worry of bona, fide newspapers. Speaking on this question, Captain Russell said "he thought the misfortune of journalism m New Zealand was that there were too many newspapers, and that it would be far better for the journalists themselves, and certainly better for the public, if there were not half as many newspapers as there were m New Zealand at the present time." Some of the Ministers, however, are of a different opinion, and egged on by members of the House — who we believe are connected with papers unconnected with the " unfair " — have initiated an attack upon the private business ,ef * Q.ll tjie lead ing newspapers m the polony. We are surprised that an astute politician Jike the Premier" could be induced to take up such an unreason able attitude towards an institution whifth-r-rwhatever Ministers may say is not run on party lines, tmt m the public interest. We also regret that when the motion" as modified was ( agreed to, he allowed the name of anyone r^ith partisan tendencies to be placed upon the (select co^njittee. , ]Fro_a the tone o__the speeches of. some who took part m the debate m the Hotise upon this question, it would appear that a jiarg<e k of mis apprehension exists as to the conces sions which have been granted to tho Press Association. Even Ministers, who ought to have jlcnown better, referred to the reductions made on aress telegrams fo and from any news paper m the colony, as if pnly the Press Association journals wpre so favorpi Are the members of the present administration opposed to conceding a lower tariff to the purveyors of news 1 If not, then their recent utterances and actions are calculated to do them a great deal of harm at the coming elections. For we are much mistaken i. the people of this country will ' T*. ■ v

tolerate any curtailment or the privi leges granted to the press — nor for that matter any interference with the rights of private associations to conduct their own business m their own w.-.y.

THE LOAN BILL.

Tae present Government have been very high and mighty m the past

about maintaining a strong finance,

refraining from bor rowing, aud living within their means. But they have come back at last to where they started from, and find that they cannot go on with expensive public works, and keep the ordinary business of the colony going too, with out " flying another kite." If money for public works must be borrowed, we fail to see what advantage is to be gained by calling the Bill, under which the borrowing is to take place, any thing but a Loan Bill. The people of the colony who will have to " back the bill " when the money is obtained will not be able to discriminate or see any differentiation between a " loan,' a •■ raise," Or an " aid," when m the end it means another million of borrowed money. And calling a loan by any other name does not make it les. a loan, or remove the liability to pay interest on it. It seems to us, there fore, that it would be the more noble and honourable' course for a Govern ment who find it absolutely necessary to borrow, to stand out boldly and say they desire to borrow, and purpose doing so, rather than to attempt to hide their action under some shabby genteel makeshift of a name that only pretends, after all, to cover the sore place. The New Zealand Times, the Wellington organ of the Government, has climbed down, and has evidently grown tired of this sort of thing. It has realised that just as " a rose under any other name would smell as sweet," so will borrowing under any other name mean the paying of interest. Under the heading of " Bricks without straw " it takes opponents of borrowing to task for condemning Government and their supporters for stepping aside from the non-borrowing policy of the Ballance Government. "It must be shown," says the Times, " that the cir cumstances are the same now as they were when the principle was laid down * and that there is some other way of getting what is wanted than . the way proposed. Five years ago a Financial Statement of Mr Ballance contained a declaration against borrowing m England, for public works. There^ was plenty of money m the Treasury then, and since then the Government has obeyed the principle by finding for public works expenditure very nearly a million of money from the consoli dated revenue. All this has changed. There is now very little money m the Treasury, and the ordinary revenue can not be laid under further contribu tion. But the necessity for public works is greater than ever. How do these loud-mouthed critics propose to provide for them ? It is out of the question for them to pretend that the works are not required. ' They would, m that case, have to leave off pretend ing that they want to see the land settled. Then how do they propose to find the money ? Their perpetual out cry against increased taxation prevents them from, proposing the strengthening of the revenue. On the other hand they are abusing other people for ask ing to borrow. They will not declare the works unnecessary, they dare not ask for more taxation, they howl at borrowing. The long and the short of it is that it is impossible. They are also inconsistent, for m their final statement they contrive to throw m a i half million loan. It would be more honest to v accept the inevitable, and find some other way of attacking Ministers than through a policy m which they themselves believe, of which they would like themselves to have the carrying out." This is hardly the sort of argument to use. Those loud-tpouthed critics, as the Times calls them, were the men who believed m spending the borrowed money on public works, and m borrowing money for that purpose. They did not pose as financiers who could maintain a strong finance, lighten taxation, carry on the public business and keep public works m progress without borrowing. The present Government did, and went into power on that ticket. Therefore we think if tbey must borrow, they should boldly say they mean tp do sq, cannot get along without doing so, and are compelled, however reluctantly, to -relinquish tlje non-borrowing policy on which they have so long plijrped them selves. One cannot have his cake and eat it too, neither can one keep a reputation for any particular virtue, while plunging publicly into its con trary vice. It is because Ministers have so signally failed m their power to abstain from borrowing that so many of their hitherto most loyal supporters aie m a great quandary as to how their constituents are to be met. There are their **" non-borrowing and self-reliant " pledges still staring at them from the pages of their news files, and there is this Million Loan Bill which .they were asked to vote for, and did so at the Treasurer's bidding.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Ashburton Drapery Company announce m tljts issue the purchase of a big line of seasonable goods ab An enormous discount, and invite inspection:. • The Gazette notifies thab an Order m Council declares thab liver flake m sheep Is a disease for the purposes of the Stock Act, and subject bo the regulations there under. J * lb is notified bhab Petty Osoer Robert Simpson, or the Timaru T Naval Artillery Volunteers, has been dismissed from the

New Zjaland Volunteer force for insub ordination on parade on August 10 lasb.

The piano at tip Old Men's Home hai" been tun«d ahd repaired 'an\3 the socials occasionally given appear to be a success. The expenses of tuning the piano were defrayeji by a subscription got up for the purpose*.

A cablegram has been received from the Hon. Mr MoOullougb, who leaves London per Tongarlr _ for Wellington on the 17thlhsb, that about £J.6,Q00 m cash has been remitted from England to Auck land on account of mine purchases, and £SQOO for working capital.

The Ha tyke's Bay LlpenslngQoqamltfcee passed a resolution asking the Govern ment to embody m the licensing legi.la tion, a proviso thab the chairman may grant provisional or temporary transfers, instead of compelling the committee to meet as ab present. ,

-lave yon tried Kozie Tea ? If not do so at once; it UdflwWHS

The Heathcote Ro.d Board office waa •woken hito on Tbur.day morning, and . bi-r safe removed to a shed afc the back V man living i.ext door heard a noise, *nd npr n going with a lantern to enquire, he borgiars dropped their tools and made off. The bottom of the safe was partly cutout. *

Referring to the statement mad a by the Key. L. M Isitt that "yon cannot take up a paper without reading of a death caused by drink," the Bulletin offers to bet him an oven kfg of rum that he won't ;ead of a death he can prove was caused by dtink iv on* paper out of every four "* uid «• on top of this lays Mr Isltt an even love that he invents his facts as he goes along. °

At a meeting of the Dunedin Trades and Labonr Council a report which ia cunent that a Chinese furniture faotory is about to be established there, was c )nsidered, and a resolution was passed promising every assistance to the trades union to restrict the Chinese cabinet making trade, and recommending that a conference be held with employers to con.ider the best means of combatting cheap Chinese made furniture.

One of the biggest transactions m city property that has taken plaoe fot years was completed a few days ago m Auckland by the sale of the premises formerly the wh desale warehouse of William MoArthur and Ob. The price paid for the blook, which comprises a frontage of lOOtt to Queen Street with 216 ft to Elliot Street, was ;£25,000. The buildings alone oost originally £16,000. The transaction shows great ; faith m the future of Auckland.

Those of our readers wha were prevented* by the. bad weather and other causes from hearing Mr Hurst Seager's interest ing lecture on Westminster Abbey lasb week, will have anobher opportunity of doing so, as he, has kindly consented to deliver the lecture In St. Stephen's school room on Monday evening next, the 7th inst., m aid of the Church of England Suuday Sohools. Mr Bickerton, of Ohristchurch, will manipulate the apparatus for the limelight views.

A Sydney paper reoenbly published the portraits of a swinming family, among them being one of a little girl of 4£ years. Of this little one ib was written that, at the age of three, she swam 110 yds un assisted—for which feab a handsome gold medal was given to her— and- thab ' one has bub to see her m the water to marvel at the aptitude of cne so young.' Every child ought to be able to do as muoh, and with the bathiug facilities that Ashburton possesses now there is no excuse for any Ashburton boy or girl of at leasb ten years old being unable to swim.

Mr F. W. Weiss; the billiard champion of Australia, played his- first match last evening at Devane's Hotel, giving one of the best of our local amateurs 700 oat of 1000 When the latter was a«\769 he was paused by the champion who ran out by a succession of brilliant breaks, the_prinoipal ones being 129, 123, 73, 69, and several over 30. After the game Mr Weiss treated the spectators to an exhibition ot what he could do with the one and balls. Mr Weiss will play another amateur this evening at the same place, and no doubt amateurs will avail themselves of seeing his brilliant play. '

The usual monthly meeting of the Tihwald School Committee was held on Tuesday. Present — Messrs Clothier (chairman), Hampton, Stevens, Hawkins, Gudsell, and Rev. Blaokburne. The mister's report was read which showed the roll numbers— boya 78, girls 71 ; total 149. It was decided that the chairman write to the sergeant of police, asking him to send a constable over to get the list of children who have not attended school the required number of times. The Committee agreed that it was. better to have the Inspector's reporb published, In answer to a letter from the Ashburton Publishing Company It was decided to invite applications for the position of caretaker of the school for twelve month. from October next. It was agreed to plant half bhe dividing fence with macro carpa, and also to get two d< z?n more hat peg.. Ace ants were passed for payment to the amount of £4 lis 6i and the meeting then ad journed.

The Sb Louis tornado has revived the opposition to overhead wires, and news papers all over the United States have taken up the subject again, and are making a strong fighb for a removal of the danger whioh is thr?aened to life and property In every city where wires are above ground. One paper, speaking of the subject m a recent lssue,<says :--* The overhead wires m Blooming. on are ap anachronism, and a constant menace to life and property. Every wire within the fire limits, if nob, indeed, within tbe city limits, ought to be burled. The St Louis catastrophe should serve as an object lesson for our citizens. When tb.e fury of the tornado had bnrgta upon t%p stricken towns the wires became an inextricable network of live, biasing and scorching demons. Thpy became as sq many incendiaries flashing their firebrands to hundreds of localities, but giving no alarm to the fire departments. Doubtless many were shoqked to dea£h by the labyrinth of wire-, as thickly strewn m the streets as straws m a haryesb "fteld. Pab the deadly, and destructive agents underground before a calamity befalls oqr city.* It is evident this same thing will haye to be faced hi all the larger towns of the colony. ./ ■ ■

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIANS y. THORNTON'S TEAM

PER pRgSS ASSOCIATION

London, September 2 The Australians have lost six wickets for 90 runs m their second innings. The Jasb three w'okets fell for Beven runs. •• The innings closed for 140 runs. The scores are : Darling 24, Giffen 3, Iredale 42, Gregory 0. Hill 2, Donnan 13, Trott 7, Trumble 8, Kelly 14, Jones 20. McKibbin not oub 1, sundries 6, total 140. ::

Peel took 5 wickets for 43, Smith 3 for 19, Hearne 1 for 72.

Thornton's eleven won by an innings and 36 run..

.In the second innings Iredale and Darling played freely until the latter loot his wicket m attempting an impossible run. ' Gregory and Hill played i cautiously j Trumble slogged,' and Jones had a merry innings. "

tattfe AB-3-3t?BtO^ GDABfrIAN : i?BlDA_r, SE_?TEMBEK 4, I*^6.



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Wanted. | )\. ANTED Nurse Girl Apply;' 1 Mrs Hart, Peter -treet, *!?«•• Hospital. 9 22 TJIRESH Rabbits. Oysters, and Fieh X? To-nighb by Express. — Dt-ep Sea Fihing Co . opposite .Mail Office. 921 ANTEu» KNOWN -That Joseph ' Robinson is removing from ihe Prtmises he has lately occlpied to th- Store between Messrs H.wkin. and -Indsell, Unwald ; and while thanking his ft tends for their liberal support m ihf past, solicits a continuance m the future 9 20 UR POULTRY have won 37 First and numbers of special prizes this season. Young birds of vatious breeds, for Sale very oheap. Eggs— Dark Brahma, Spanish, and Polish, 7s 6d a sitting. — Pel ham Yards, Ashbuiton. 8 153 Wy AVY aud Army, Pearson's Magazine, ■*-* Windsor Magazine, back numbers 6d ; back numbers, bound volumes oloth- Kinhfolk, A. Swan ; The Riddle King, Justin McCarthy ; The Master Craftsman Beeant; Cl-max of th^Ages, Varley.— H. M. Jones. , - WANTED Known— The ' Economic, Kid Glove, four buttons* Is 9d per pair, is the Glove for everyday wear. — W. H. Collier. LAMPS. Lamps. Beautiful Bismarck Lamps, 3s lid each ; Alarm Clocks, 3* lid each.— Fletcher Bros , East Street. WANTED Known— You save 6s. in every pound if you patronise Mellor's Cheap Boob Store. WANTED Known— We are clearing onb all onr Macintoshes, Jackets, Lined Cloaks and Dressing Gowns. No reasonable offer refused for anything soiled or ,4 not 9 np to date." — Mitchell & Turner. HEAPEST House m Canterbury for Garden and Farm Seeds is Carson and Co.'s. Six packets of Vegetable Seeds for is ; Flower Seeds frbmJLs dozen; 1 Garden Tools of all sorts. • \XT ANTED Known— That J. Moison * » will give a good Discount for Cash ' for six weeks, being over-stocked and to make room for Summer Boots and Shoes, which will be m - next week. Nothing but the choicest and best quality kept. Repairs as usual done at once at the Premier Boot Store, Town Hall, East Street, Ashburton. ■ : . — , BEEDS. SEEDS. Flower Seeds, Id per packet. Vegetable Seeds, 3d per packet. All guaranteed New Seeds. —Fletcher Bros., East Btreeb. OTICE.— Are you going to build. Because the cheapest shop for Roofing, Iron Ridging, Gutters, .Nails, Lead, Spouting. Water Tanks, Pumps, j Ranges, Register Grates, Locks and Hinges, Washing Boilers, and all sorts of Ironmongery, is J. W. Bardlet's, Ironmonger, Plumber, and Tinsmith. . Telephone 32. VA ANTED Known — Bargains from VV floor to ceiling. — Mellor's Stock king Boot Sale. \\ . ANTED Knowu— Monste Clear VV ing Boot Sale at Mellob' Zealan dia Booh Store. VXT ANTED Known—That E. Mahood * ' is still selling all kinds of Grocery, Crockery, and Glassware at as reasonable a puce as any other house 'm the trade Orders by letter or Telephone promptly | attended to Families waited on daily. 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PUBLIC NOTICES H J _j " •-_ o S s ■ - a >■ & s * <■■ * * Q Q- O 9 & ■ to - ! **" - - .g ' ■ s O S _ = S-a B O „ S mD ** w__ CO 6. © W fy- p 3 i g H I cl w S' "■ "a ' g o t ta « .es 1 + ■.5 fl . 9a 1 o. ° ___ m «* _r P _- >-H __ CU aaaaaa. __ 55 •*■»■_" « 5 9m..: & ...0C P. 1 < W. . H » H »■ B HALLENSTEIN BROS DAVE received their Trousers v - .. First Seleotion of New xo Spring i' TROUSERINGS Measure suitings ; and COATINGS IVtS 6d. L FIRST-CLASS » ' TAILORING . AT Suits to Greatly Reduced Prices Measure We Guarantee Every 55g, Garment to be Well- made and a — — Perfect Covert Fit. Cuats / HALLENSTEIN BROS. . T0 NEW ZEALAND ,' Measure CLOTHING FACTORY. » SfSm 6d. Alex. Hendry, . ' Manger. L WATCHES. WATCHES. WATCHES. ■■-.. THE ESTABLISHMENT FOR WATCHES OF EVERY DKSORIPTIOnKiS I a SALEK'S, EAST {STREET, Rotherham's English Levers, specially made to S. Salek's order, are .THE BEST. JUST RECEIVED, a shlpmenb of S. Salek's famed DIXIT DIXIT DIXIT WATCHES. The only GENUINE Dixit has "B. Salek, Ashburton " engraved, on dial. J_©** See that yon get it. ~~" "" For ONE MONTH ONLY these Watches are offered ab the specially low price of 15/- 15^- 15/- --each at S. SALEK'S WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, EAST STREET.^ VTEW Turf Register, 10s 6d ,* Young UN Ladies' Journal for Augusb ; Weldon's Dressmaker and Children's Bazaar, July ; Quarterly Something to Read - Scraps and Snapshots * Half«yearly , Boys of England j • Virginia ' Waltz, 2, ; Gold and Silver Paper for Fanoy Dress. Large selection of Fans. — Andbewes, Anderson, and Co. WANTED gnown— Men's Mercery, < Olothlng and Boots. JFot Goods (hat wear well, fib well, and look Viell, ' try that old established firm— Miiohbl- f & Stawn* I



Public Notices. ' IM 0111! niiiK mi: [it m i : SPRING AND SUMMER. Tub II I. UK HOITt»*FV Tub . BLUE HO IT SB! JL FTER Carefully Studying the adaptability of Ashburton for a. Strictly Cash Drapery, MilliDery, and Clothing jjbusi- ness, HAVE rEOIDED TO GO RIGHT INTO IT, and {having made Satisfactory arrangements to lease,, m con- nection with the present 'Blue House,' * those Commodious Premises N ext Door to J. ORR & CO., will be enabled to Keep the ■-*"■" Stock necessary for carrying on a Large Business, by giving The »est ; Value IN THE TRADE ON STRICTLY CASH PRINCIPLES ONLY. Spring, Spring, Spring Goods, , OPENING DAILY. THE BEST VALUE IN THE TRADE. -Look Out! -Look Out ! Look Out! For Startling Values m Future Issues. > .. Come Now and Inspect the New Goods, AT THE • Blue Rouse,' Between JOHN ORR & CO.' and the CLOTHfNG FACTORY. EVERYTHING NEW, EVERYTHING CHEAP, FOR CASH ONLY



Business Notices J THE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN CANTERBURY. G. J. NEILL DRAPERY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS. (*,OR3E-8 2i 6d, CORSETS 2s 9d, New Dress Goods Reduced 50 per cent J New Velveteens Reduced, All Wool Flannel (Colonial) 9&- Flannelettes 39 6d doz SUeßia 3s 3d doz m Blankets abont half-price Double-bed White Twill Sheeting 9fcd Double-bed Uableached Twill Sheeting, 9sd Large White and Brown Turkish Towels, reduced from Is 6d to Is C L OT H I NO. Men s All Wco\ Tweed Suits 2ts. Men's Tweed Trousers 5 3 lid Men's Overcoats, Macintoshes, Oilskin C.ats, and Leggins, reduced 50 per cent Boys* and Youths' Suits half-price. Men's Caps, Boys' Caps, Braoes and Shirts, at Ridiculous Prices Men's Woollen Socks, 7£d pair i . BOOTS. ~~ BOOTS. We Defy Competition. . Every pair Guaranteed to wear Every Pair Made to Our Order v Men's Nailed Shooters 7a lid Men's Light Shooters 8s 6d 4 Men's Watertight Bluchers, pegged, 7s lid .\'~ > Women's Strong Leather Shoes 4s lid A Large Assortment of Ladles' Beßt French Glace Kid Boots and Gloves to choose from. Vk. J. MBllili, Friedlander's Corner, East Street. Important a_*wounoem__nt. G. L BEATH & CO.', TTAVING MADE FRESH ARRANGEMENTS TO RETAIN THEIR ASHBTJRTON PREMISES, beg to intimate that they sre constantly receiving New Shipments for the SPRING AND SUMMER TRADE. --PLEASE NOTE-- JUST OPENED UP, A Splendid Lot of Flannelettes, Prints, etc-*, CHOICE PATTERNS. G, L. BEATH & Co. TANCRED . STREET, ASHBURTON, AND A OffRISTCHURCH. GET YOUR Seed Potatoes, Seed Potatoes: FROM FLETCHER BEOS. 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 districts. We would. advise orders to be sent to us as early as possible, m order that they may be filled from _ v<*r own stocks, which •occasionally become exhausted before the end of the s g £_son 'BEAUTY OF HEBRON,' This variety i» Very Early, coming to the table-before either Early Rose or Ashleaf 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.' *> ' ■ Th.B 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-class eating potato. i ABHLEAF. 'MYATT'S EARLY PROLIFIC. 1 ! ■••■■ . I I • An excellent and well-known variety * valuable for sheltered borders and very early use. NEW POTATO—* RICHABD SEDDON.' This fine new Potato, selected from a number of seedings four years ago, «as been sent out to us from England by the raiser with a very high report of its qualities. Its habit of growth is dwarf, and rather compact, the haulm not exceeding 12 inches m height, with rich green smooth leaves. The tubers are fairly, large, of an oval shape, and somewhat distinct, with few eyes near the surface ; flesh olose m grain, and when cooked, of a dry and mealy nature, with a flavour equal to the fioest of Potatoes grown. Being early and a heavy cropper it is fitted for an early market potato, and from general reports from the raiser we may class it with the best of all varieties now grown. 'AMERICAN ALPHAS.' An excellent early variety, most prolific, and of excellent flavor. ' LAPSTONE KIDNEY.' A well-known Kidney variety, excellent for winter use, good quality. 'BATH KIDNEY.' A wellrknown and approved variety of good quality. 'DERWENTS.' We have some spiendid samples from Orari and North Canterbury. 1 CLOVER SEEDS.' White or Dutch (Trefolium repens), Red (Trefolium pratense), Crimson (Trifolium incarnation). < MANGEL WURZEL.' The greatest possible care is taken in' growing all onr Mangel Seeds. Grown from selected roots they cannot fail to give the greatest satisfaction, and may be relied on for producing the greatest weight-possible per acre under rich and liberal cultivation. v Mammoth Long Red,, Golden Tankard, Champion Orange Globe, Etc. FLETCHEE BEOS.. EAT S T R E E T. Sol© Agents m Ashburton and Ohristchurc for Nimmo & Blair' Standard Seeds. Cblbphonb 24 Box 67