PHASES OF THE MOON.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1896 THE OLD MEN'S HOME.

Tub Old Men's Home is an excellent institution m its way. It affords refuge and maintenance to many old and infirm men who, past work and unable to support themselves, would find life a dreary burden. There are unfortunately too many such m Canter bury, and the Home has never been able to accommodate all the men of this class who are m our midst. There are many of them who are without homes and friendless, Others have relatives who, if not as poor as them selves, are unable to render them such assistance as they require, and at the same time provide for the necessities of other dependents. Most of the old men have done good work m the colony m their time — have "borne the burden and the heat of the day " m the pioneering times when the burden was heavy, and the circumstances under which it was borne were not those m which the " curled darlings " of society sleep away the sunny hours of life. Some of them, no doubt, have been improvident, and have seen times during which an eye to the future might have placed. hem m a position rendering them independent of any charitable institution, and enabled them to totter along the downhill of life, shielded to some extent at least from the buffets of the keen blasts of adversity. In fact the inmates of the Home have been recruited from all ranks and classes of men • but m the institution m which they are spending their last days there is but little distinction, and m the one claim they may make upon society — their need of help and the care from others that age and infirmity call for — they are all on ODe common level. We have said the Home is an excellent institution i inasmuch as it provides maintenance and shelter for those men who have been wounded m the battle of life and left behind while the great army swept on. But it is only the purpose for which the institution exists that is excellent. There are things to be said about the home itself that must greatly the word excellent To begin with it was not built with any intention of being.used at a future time as a refuge for the old and infirm. It was erected m the seventies to Receive the immigrants who were pouring m .under the Yogel loan and immigration policy, and to afford to them a temporary ' home till the j employers" of labor m the district: repruited them to take part m the J jdaily work of the farm, or to supply l such otjier lAbor, skilled or unskilled. •

as the exigencies of early settlement demanded. When the tide of immi gration under Vogel's scheme reached its flood _aud the ebb set m, the barracks that had been built m every province for the new comers were left high and dry, and when free and assisted immigration wholly ceased the mission of those buildings was fulfilled. All over the colony the Government were left with buildings \of this kind on their hands. But they were not left empty for long. The scheme that called them into existence 'itself provided a use for them. It was only to be expected that, when many thousands of poor people were landed upon our shores to find a living by the labor of their hands, and begin life. battle afresh m a new country, some of them would go down m the struggle and have to seek shelter. Age, infirmity, accident — all brought m their quota, and Government found the barracks ready made to their hands to be used as refuges for the distressed. __s years rolled on, the ranks of the latter steadily increased, until now ,the time has come when we can no longer boast, as not so long ago we proudly did, that m New Zealand " we have neither beggars nor poor rate." We have both now, though neither directly and avowedly.

Our Old Men's Home has been the subject of many complaints, Built at a time when both labor and material were very dear, and when the latter was not always easy to get at any price, the buildings cost as much as three or four such structures would cost now, and neither the best of stuff nor the best of work was put into them. Frequent cooperings and tinkerings have been necessary to keep the place at all habitable and m sanitary condition- But from the first it was never intended to afford permanent residence for any body but the caretaker, and so it has all along been unsuitable for the purpose to which it has been put. Not many years ago so horribly over run with vermin was if - -, that the members of the County Council who visited it had to carry umbrellas open over their hoads as shields against the hateful things that dropped m swarms from the ceiling upon everything below. The men were glad to go but of doors j to eat their meals, to escape the vermin * but the latter were masters of the situation m the night time, andi many were the sadly flayed skins,,and much the torture suffered by the popr old men during those terrible nights; At last things became so bad that the inmates had to be put under canvas m the plantations adjoining, while the horrid pest was removed by fumigation. There are many other faults to be found with the Home which need not here be enumerated, but we are glad to notice that they have become so patent to the Charitable Aid Board that a committee of three of its mem bers, with the Mayor added, paid the institution a visit of inspection on Friday last. The result of that inspec tion was a resolution passed at a meet ing held afterwards condemning the establishment as entirely unsuitable for the purposes to which it is now devoted, and recommending that the Government be applied to for 500 acres of the recently purchased High -1 bank estate on which to erect a new Home. It is proposed that the land shall be cultivated by such of the inmates as are able to do a little work, and there are. a number quite equal to a few hours' work per day, and quite willing to do it, although they are far past taking rank with younger and more able-bodied men. Thus the Home could be made entirely self supporting. It is to be hoped Govern ment will accept the recommendation, and thus provide a habitable Home for the poor inmates, whose accommoda tion m the unsuitable building .m Alford Forest road has been a disgrace to the province for the last eighteen years. The claims of hamanity ought m themselves to be potent enough with a Government whose social legislation 1 is one of their proudest boasts, but add to these the making of the, institution self-supporting, and the Committee's recommendation can hardly be thrown aside by the powers that be. Let us hope, at any rate, that it will be accepted and acted upon, and that a continuance of the agitation we have renewed every now and again during all these years for better accommoda tion for the poor old men will thus be , rendered unnecessary.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Reading matter on fourth page. The Brisbane suburban police are being mounted on bicycles.'

To has been decided m Sydney to form a regimentof Irish volunteersln connection with the defence forces of the colony.

The Ashburton Rifle Club will fire a handicap match for prizes on Thursday afternoon next, commencing at half past* two o'clock.

A boy named Campbell died recently In the Gunned*h Hospital, New South Wales,, from lockjaw, the result of a sting from a fly.

The Premier Is announced to deliver an address-on the leading political questions of the day at the Opera House, Christ church, on Thursday evening next.

There are now eighty ships engaged m the "Tbusineis of carrying frozen meat to Britain. They have a capacity of 2,500,000 carcases.

The annual business meeting of the Fire Brigade is to be held to-night at which the election of officers, etc., takea place. To morrow evening the Brigade holds its annual reunion, m the reading room at the station, at which the Mayor will preside.

Mr P. O'Connor, who for the last six years has carried on business as a boob and shoemaker m the Arcade, has removed to premises m Prospect Buildings, East street, next dorr to the shop of Mr Salek watchmaker. Mr O'Connor has had the premises refitted to suit the requireme n*s of a first class * customer-made ' trade, with every privacy afforded for fitting on. etc., and has laid m a stock of ready ratde boots and shoes of every description from the best co'onia 1 f c ories, a . wall as the better class goods from the Home and foreign houses. The premises are ex ceedingly comfortable, and m the well fibted workroom behind the front shop Mr O'Connor has supplied himself with every facility for carrying on an ext.nsive repair trade— a' trade that the footpaths of the town, with their shingled surface, so trying to the foot wear of the inhabi tants, force into rather expene ive import ance. We wish Mr O'Connor every Success In his new location, "^The gre^t clearing aale of S. Anderson's Btock of Boots'' and Shq.B, announced by McDonald and MuDiabmid is coining to a close within ten days. Secure a pair of Boota Rt once at the reduoed price, 11 158 '

Sir Mackenzie Bo well, the present Premier of Cauada, is a Belf-mnl. m.n He begin life m a printing office sb a 'printer's djvil.'

Baron Von Mueller, of Melbou-ne, Is moving m the matter of an expedition to solve the fate of tho explorer Leichardt lost forty-eight years ago.

A telegram from Adelaide says tha* the will of the late La-ly Jeivns shows that she possessed property m South Australia to tho v_lu. of £45,000.

Crowds placed wreaths on the statue of Charles the First m Trafalgar square m memory of his martyrdom. Some of those who visited the sta.ue knelt m prayer

In view of the forthcoming election upwards of 3000 application? have been received for enrolment m tho Christchurch electoral roll . The total number of names on the roll is now 16, 639.

A letter from beyond the colony, ad dressed as under, was reoeived at th_ Ashburton Post Office during November and is still unclaimed : — Hedvig Nordstrom.

The Go 1 eminent returns show that last year 214 Chinese (212 men, one woman and one girl) arrived m the colony from Australia, and 170 (namely, 169 men and one woman), departed from it.

The New Zealand Pine Company's Colac Bay sawmills, the finest and most complete m Southland, were totally destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The mill was only ereoted last year.

In the Victorian Paliament the other day William Prendergast a labor member, amid cries of •• shame" and "disgraceful " objected to the address of sympathy with the Qaeen moved by the Premier.

The Otago Daily Times says that the Cabinet have decided that m future all cadets joining the civil service will, upon attaining their majority, be required to enrol themselves as members of a volunteer corps.

Travellers who arrived m Dunedin from Central Otago on Saturday night report the remarkable oacurrence that within the past few days the Taieri Lake has so completely dried up as not to contain a drop of water* The tangl held at Urenui over the Maori chief Rangi Lloyd, and afterwards continued at Parihaka, is reported to have cost £500. Rang! was a prominent per sonage m ploughing European land some years ago. Fully a thousand Maories attended the tangi. Frederick J. Home who jh charged with embezzling £ICO of *he funds of the Dunedin Finance. . Company, was arrested at the Heads by the police on Saturday, while attempting to escape by the barque Brier Holmes bound for London. . A yarn is told by the. Pahiatua 'Herald of how a settler m that neighbourhood the other day put a clutch of ducklings into a stream and they were immediately jihased by four large eels. The ducklings were rescued, and one of the eels which was speared turned the ecale at : 7£lb weigh'F.

The. Ashburton Brass Band held its nineteenth annual meeting last night with a full attendance of members. The following officers were elected: — Band'-. master, Mr G. Ho -kins ; leader, Mr W. McDonald ;. librarian, Mr Donald Leitch ;

Hon. secretary., Mr R. S. Elston ; Com

rai.tee of Management, Messrs H. Leggott, J. Chapman, Donald Leitch, W. Mc- Donald, G. Hotfkins, Dunoan Leitch, and R. S. Elstoa. It was resolved to hold an annual gathering as usual for the Band's funds.

Perhaps the smallest Judge on any bench, says the Sydney Bulletin, is Mr Justice Adams, of Tasmania; Seen from tin body of the Court there is nothing extraordinary about his head and shoul ders ; but when he rlees — ! In the cba : r his foot are not within a foot of the 11 or., and belltopper inc.uded, he does not reach ;in ordinary man's armpit when, upright. LVIoBt people always feel inclined to pat his Honour on the head and ask him where he lives. They tell a good story down South about a magi.trate who is not altogether un known m Christchurch. He was hearing i Ya» keegrab case. His Worship didn'i know what Yankeegrab was — of course ! So one of the witnet-s.B undertook to enlighten Una. This party got a box and 1 bones' atd just by way of illustration 'shook.' He threw a six, five, and two when his Worship called out : 'No, no ! leave the five, leave the five!' Whersat there w*s much daughter, which was not instantly suppressed — Spectator Mr Cooper, of Gisborne (who esti mates that he has dropped £10,000 at one time or another m trying to obtain pay able petroleum at Gisborne) Is now on a visit to Tar-naki. Interviewed by the local Herald representative Mr Cooper expressed himself as sanguine that Poverty Bay would yet turn out . oil m payable quantities as he was 22 years ago He has just been to Sydney with a view of forming- another company to bore at Gisborne, but has decided to await developments at Taranaki before going any further.

A fatal case of snake bite has occurred. , at Strzlecki (Victoria), the victim being an eight-year-old girl named Kelly. She waa sleeping with an older sister, and about two o'clock m the morning woke up crying. She explained that she had hurt her finger. The sister then put out her hand to get some matches, and placed it right on the head of a snake. An alarm was at once raised, the parents aroused, and an examination made. It was found that the girl had been bitten on the finger, arm, and throat. The wounds were scarified and sucked, and the father im mediately started off to JCorumburra with the child for medical aid. Before he got halfway the young sufferer e'ied. The snake was .'found colled up under the bed and ki11ed. ....... It will not be necessary to remind our young folk, that the circus visits Ashbur ton on Saturday, as they are one and all counting up„thelr pennies with a view to purchasing tickets ; but their elders may be assured that this time a really good show is coming. It is drawing crowds In Christchurch, Mahomet the wonderful ' talking horse ' being spoken of as some-, thing phenomenal m. the way of equine intelligence. Professor Peart's diving feats are also of exceptional merit.' He dives from the top of the tent into as little as 2ft 91n of water, The performances of Mdlle. Antonio, and of the Eclair Brothers, contortionists, are also very highly spoken of. In view of the threatening war-cloud now hanging over the world, reliable information as to the lelative strength of the navies of the leading Powers cannot fail to be of interest. The Times sates that at the end of the year 1897 the position will be .'—Battleships (first class) England, 27 ; France, 15 j Russia, 8 ; total for France and Russia, 23 ; (second class), England, 12 ; France 13 ; Russia, 6 • total for France and Russia, 19 ; (third class), England 11 ; France 3 ; Russia 0. U the end of 1898 the position will be :— B .ttleships : (first class), England 29. France 17, Russia 8 ; total fo? France and Russia, 25 ; (second-class) England 12, France 13. Russia 7 ; total for France and , Russia, 20 ; (third-class) England 11, . Ft-ance 0, Russia 0. I \

At the Supreme Court session at Timaru to-day Jobn T. Anderson, for horse stealing at Ashburton, was sentenced to two years and William Cobbledick, tor sheep stealing at Kangitata, to six months' imprisonment.

From the letter of the London corres pondent of the Lyttetotb Times we obs.rve that Sir Maurice O'fio.k • spent the New Year m Ireland where he purposed remaining for six weeks. Later on he goes to friends m Norfolk, after which he i. expected to pay a visit to London. The Indications of fine weather as likely to follow the rain experienced yesterday vere realised, as to-day the sun has been strong and .the atmosphere very warm. Overnight, however, and till well on m the morning there was a cold snap, and the thermometer was lower than it has I been all the summer.

vTstS cS GoD &°** opened at Dunedin yesterday, 92 represencativea being pre- DV? m ° r !. m r *ferenc 3 to the C. T.mpe C ratur H^Tv* _ received wi*t. i _° of Victoria was ^ to ?\ wllWl was ohecked c^hurch S l h °\ b 7,? r Mick!e of Ch ***' ctiurch, that It should be rec-ivei with 5-&teSSL ta _sEj3'-'

COMMERCIAL

DUNEDIN HORSE MARKET.

Messrs Wright, Stephenson report a fair demand for all classes of horses at their Saturdays sale and a larger portion than usual was disposed of at satisfactory prices. lhey te : - He avy draughts, four to sir years, £22 to £27 j do, eight to ten years, £15 to £20; light and small do, £8 to £12; aged and inferior do, £4 to £7 ; upstand mg spnngcart horses, young and sound, £12 to £16; well-bred upstanding hacks and harness howes, £16 to £20; upstanding hacks and harness horses, £10 to £14 ; aged and inferior, £2 to £5. ■-.».».

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Oltiidar-r _-__ Auckland, February 3 1-javid Ross, who was severely burned at the Rotorua fire, died this morning at Malbi. f /F* Bangikaheke, the famous Arawa chief, died at Rotorua. A SAD EVD At the inquest on R. L. Garland, of Mauku, the verdict was died from an overdose of chloral, while In a state of temporary insanity. Deceased's wife and daughter are m England, and he had been under surveillance of an attendant. The doctors declined to cemmit him to an asylum. Di-qualitteA Vn*u „ „ Du^din, February 4 « I «? p 10 ™,™ 11 J ockey °lub am disquali fied "Jess," alleged to be identical with tfte trotter Elian, and awarded the stakes and totalisator money to Wizird. the second horse. • '. ■*

Supreme Court

. ■ Timaru, February 4 At the Supreme Courb criminal session to-day. the only two prisoners for trial were John Thomas Anderson, who pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing two horses the property of different owners at Ash burton. He was sentenced to two years on each charge, sentences to be concurrent. William Cobbledick, on two charges of sheep stealing at Rangitata, pleaded guilty of stealing 20 sheep and 12 respectively. As it was a c.se of sudden and unusual temptation he was lightly dealt with and sentenced to six months on each charge, concurrent. The session did not occupy three-quarters of an hour.

Hampstead Town Board.

The ordinary meeting of the Hampstead lown Board was held on Monday evening. Present — Messrs Andrews (chairman), Mcßae, Hendry, and Meaclem.

NEW MEMBER. A letter was read from the Returning Officer, notifying the election of Mr Robert Meaclem ai a Commissioner m" the place of Mrßiokman. X*K *

"THIRDS, Authority wsb received from the Land Board to include the thirds from Sections 15 and.l 7, reserve 1261 m the general expend., ture oa that reserve. .

WOBKS COMMITTEE. The report of this Committee dealt with the usual small works executed or required.

_, RANGER. The ranger reported that he had im. pounded a number of cattle and horses during the month.

RATES. It was resolved to instruct the collector to colleot the rates forthwith.

MSETINGS. It was resolved that m future the Board meet on the second Friday m each month at the usual hour.

ACCOUNTS, Accounts amounting to £8 13s 5d were passed, and the Board sat as a

BOARD OP HEALTH. The Inspector's report was read and beinff generally satisfactory waa adopted.

"Say Uncle."

A ,GX)C>p EAB,RQT YARN.

A man m !NW Bedford, whoso niece had coaxed him to buy her a parrot, succeeded m getting a bird that was warranted a good talker. He brought it home, and after pitting ft m a cage/ stObd^ before it and said: "Say uncle, Polly 1" The bird did not respond, and after repeating the sentence a dozen times or more, with no better success, the uncle put his hand m the cage and grabbed the bird by the neck, shook him until his head wobbled around, all the time yelling at him: "Say uncle, you beggar, say uncle !" The bird looked up limp and lifeless; and disgusted with his pur chase the old fellow too}, tho parrot out m the baok yard, where.- he liad a coop of thirty chickens. Thrusting the half-dead bird m with the chickens he exclaimed: "Say uncle, you beggar." Next morning the uncle went to see how the parrot -was getting along. Looking into the coop he counted twenty-nine dead chickens, and m the centre of the coop stood the parrot on one foot hold ing the thirtieth chicken by the neck and shaking it till its head, wobbled, and screaming: "Say uncle, you beggar, say node !"

IN THE DISORDERED ACTION.

Of the stomach Wolfe's Schnapps speedily institutes a radical reform* Sour and aoid eruotatioqn folk should notice this; *

THB ASHBttBTOft GUARDIAN: TtIESDA?, ftEBBUABY 4, 1896.



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Wanted. j WANTED, homely person m a small I * family, to occupy nics large room with fireplace. Moderate. For address apply Mail Office. 2 20 . T^T ANTED— Man to milk two cows, clean boots, do gardening, and tn make himself generally useful.— -A pp'y M.R., PostMflhe, Ashburton. 2 23 \X7 ANTED — A young female Cook to v * manage kitchen woik — Apply M.R., Post Office, Aehburton. 2 22 IN consfquenca of Sheep worrying, Poison laid on Rosend.le's Farm, Boundary Road, near Tinwald.- J. Lloyu senr. 1 155 f CHRIST vJAS - Review of Review?, \J Weldon's B»z,ar, fashions for Janu ry, Tbung Ladies' Journals for February. Good strong Bicycle, spung frame, solid tyres, m good order, cheap for cash. — H. M.Jones. ~V\f ANTED Known — Bargains from VV floor to ceiling.— Mellor's Stock taking Boot Sale. WANTED Known— Cycles thoroughly overhauled and enamelled. Tyres a specialty— E. Knight, Eclipse Cycle Works, Tancred Street, opposite Arcade 12 85 WANTED Known— Everybody to roll op to Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale.. Now's your time to buy. -:•'*? WANTED Known— lf you miss the Cheap Boot Sale you will be sorry.— Mellor's, Tancred Street. OTHER People are getting Bargains at Carson's Monster Sale of Bicycles, Earthernware, Glass, and China. Why not You ? 1 84 WN Make m Ladies' and Children's , Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina- fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, Muslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc.- at Mrs Alcorn s new shop, Baker's Buildings. WANTED Known— Ladies Shoes, tan or black, 6. 61. — Mkllor's Cheap Boot Sale. VXTANTED Known— l am a Buyer of » » Bottles -pints, quarts. Whiskey, : and Brandy ; also Old Iron, wrought and cast ; Bones m large or small lots ; Zinc, : Brass, and Horse Hair . — Charles Brown, bottom o Havelock, Street, Ashburton. , 11 144 WANTED Known— Monster Clear- ing Boot Sale at Mellor's Zealand dia Boot Store. ' OOLIDAY Suits-A Nice Kaiapoi Suit for 27s 6d, Boys' Knicker and Cambridge Suits from 7s 6d, Men's Suits to Measure from 453, Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed at R. Alcorn's WANTED Known— so pairs Ladies and Girls' Leather Top and Canvas ' Tennis Shoes, at half usual price, for two ' weeks only. — Andrew Orr. 10 136 » ; WANTED Known -Mitchell and Turner's Show Room is now ! free to inspects, free to fit on, and some Goods free of cost. WANTED Known— Buots and Shoes from L, 31 to 27. 61 — MfllorV Cheap Boot Sale. » l/TEN'S Bluchers 53, a good Strong I LTA Nailed Shooter at 83 6d ; a nict 1 assortment .of Ladies' and Children's [ Boots and Shoes from Is 9d a pair at R. Alcorn's l . , : . WANTED Known— To Harvesters- Men's Strong Cord Trousers, ' 6s 31. Gooil Tweed Trousers 6s 6d ; other lines m proportion. — Mitchell and Turner. : \IT ANTED Known— 6ooo pairs of ! *■" - . 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Collier ANTED Known— We intend to shake up every Boob Shop m Ashburton.— Mellor's ClearingßootSale. * \X7\AKTED Known— Newest Goods m *V Drapery and Millinery for the 1 Summer Season, direct from London — W H. Collier, The Corner. WANTED Known— We are still giving Presents to all Purchasers of Drapery, etc.— H. C. Segbbs, Melford House njT ANTED Known — 6000 pairs of V V Boota and shoes to pick from., .' Mellor's Great Boot Sale. ..„ WANTEDKhbwn— Go to The Corner for Newest Styles m Drapery and Millinery— W. H Collier. \I 7 ANTED Kiown-You save 5s m VV every pound if you patronise Mellor's Cheap Boot Store. ' TITANTED Known— Clearing out of ] *^ Odd Lines at Mitchell and, j Turner's. Cotton and Wool Dresses, Lengths of Oilc'oths, Linoleums, China Matting, Ladies Fabric Gloves, Ladies Boots and Shoes, etc. JUST Arrived.— A large variety of use- ful a»ia Ornamental Goods, Dolls, Toys, and 'Novelties ; also, a job lot over [ one hundred astrorted Bibkets and Morocco and Russian Leather Handbags, to be sf>ld at and under ordinary cost • price at Mrs Alcorn's. JAM JARS, JAM J A.RS.— Fletcher Bros, are j-st landing a large ship- ment of Jam Jars of all kinds. Mason Screw Top Jars m Quart and Half-gallon Jars at very low prices ; also Fruit Preserving Sugur of tho very best quality, I m 561 b and 701 b Bags, at equally low I ratcs.-j-FLBTCHER Bros., East S.treel', 1 Aj)l_bu_te#. Telephone 24 (^ H RI&TM AS," 1895. —1 b,sg to thank -** my friendi. and the publicfat large for the liberal support extended tome since I started business three months ago. J have now received a quantity of Goods suitable for the Christmas and New Year trade, second jtp none m Ashburton, and at a-^price within ,the reach of all. A trial Holio.lted.-r_- :l Mauood, £{Krt p«|t Caib StPje, 1



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fn ... ~l* '-^^-n * r -- 1 -' ■I ■ I I aMM**^^"^^^^— Business Notices. _, One Month. G. J. NEILL HAS MARKED HIS STOCK | OF j General Drapery Clothing and Boots BELOW COST PBICE, A ND is now offering it to the Public. Make no mistake the prices Cannot be beaten. Q. J. NEI LL, BURNETT STREET NEXT SHEARMAN BROS. REMEMBER — FOR ONE MONTH g ox 157 Telephone 24 Preserving Season 1895-96. FLETCHER BROS.. 35 TORS. 25TTOHH. TTAVE IN STOCK AND TO ARRIVE FOR THB PRESENT JAM SEASON, This Sugar is Thoroughly Reliable for all kinds of Jams, Jellies, etc., and is used by the Principal Jam Manufacturers m the Colony. We are still selling sugar at the old price although the price has advanced wholesale and is likely to be much higher KF NOW 18 THE TIME TO BOY YOUR SUGAR. To Farmers, Contractors, JBtc. We keep m stock all kinds of Tinware, which we are selling at Wholesale Cos. Prices. It will pay you to get our price list before buying elsewhere. Seasonable Oootfs. Seasonable Gtoods. We have the following Seasonable Goods m stock and to arrive . — 5 Cases Gear Corned Beef 3 Cases Preserved Peaches 3 Cases Canterbury Corned 2 Cases Raspberry Vinegar Beef 15 leases lib Sheep Tongues 5 Cases Canterbury Corned 5 Cases 2lb Sheep Tongues Mutton 5 Cases New Zealand Mutton 5 Cases Cocktail Salmon 2 Cases Albert (bardines 2 Cases Mackerel 2 Cases Kippered Herrings 3 C ases Herrings m Tomato 3 Cases Preserved Rabbit, 21b gauce tins, Delicious " 5 Cases Fresh Herrings 3 Cases Preserved Apiicofcs b Cases Preserved Pear 3 10 Cases Ship's Lime Juice '!>». Tea. Tea. We offer special inducements m all kinds of Tea. Pure Ceylon (___ounfcain Grown) m 5 and 101 b boxes and 1 and packets Pure Indian m 5 and 101 b tins, and 1 and packets j Blended Tea m Sand 101 b tins, and 1 and -J- lb packets I Nelson and Moate, Saxon, Arab, Jameson and Anderson, Etc FLETCHER BROS., CASH SUPPLY STORES, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, AND 116 and 118 High Street, Christchurch. Dixit. Dixit. Dixit. mHESE CELEBRATED WATCHES ARE THE BEST VALUE EVER OFFERED IN THE WATCH LINE IN ASHBURTON, NEW CONSIGNMENT WEAR LIKE SILVER : LOOK LIKE SILVER THE DIXIT, Open Face »Os and 25« JTHE DIXIT, Hunting Cases ... 30r BUY YOUR WATCHES FROM S. Salefc. GET \OUR WATCHES, CLOCKS, AND JEWELLERY REPAIRED 0 S. Salek's, EAST STREET, SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Tho Largest and Finest Block of Jewellery, Silver and Electro-plated Ware is to be found at & BALEK, DIRECT IMPORTER, EAST STREET. i