Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1896 PUPIL TEACHERS.

It may interest those of o t jr readers who are m any way connected with our education system to peruse the following paper set for th 3 repent examination of pupil teachers under the North Canterbury Board of Education, It will strike most people that a young teacher who can success fully dispose of such a paper should be competent to undertake the ordinary duties of an assistant Wooer, vith.gut having to spend a year at the Normal School afterwards, and yet it is con sidered necessary to spend a large sum out of the a».njjial grain t to the North Qanterbgry Board ,of Education to •?tfpp9 r 6 &at institution. Here is jkhe — -«r ref^red tor — <

1. A school of 63 pupils distributed as follows : SVI. 5, SV. 10, SIV. 12, SHI. 10, SII. 10, SI. 8, P 10, is staffed with master and mistress : construct a time-table for each of the teachers.

2. What information is furnished m the Admission Register ? Give a specimen page of the Daily Attendance Roister, framed for one week's entries and ten names; and make out the summary for the week. 3 What are the aims of the teacher m administering punishments? If you were plac3d m charge of a school under what restrictions would you employ corporal punishment 2

4. to giving a firafc lesson on vulgar fractions state what visible illustrations you would employ ; and giye some example* of the mental exercises with which you would introduce the subject. 5* The syllabus prescribes for the history of Standard IV. a selection of about twenty five persona and events, and twelve dates : draw up what you would consider a suitable list.

6. Write full notes of a lesson on^~ (a) Adjectives, adjective-phrases and ad jective-clauses ; or (b) Rain, hail and snow. It should be added that this paper is set for pupil teachers who have reached the end of their fourth year and that the time allowed for the comple tion is two hours and a half. We quite concur m £he necessity for those who adopt th.c teaching profession being themselves thoroughly 'taught, but there is such a thing as over doing the work of preparation, and judging from the aboye paper we do not wonder that many of our pupH teaphers suffer m health through the severity o£ thei examinations, and, as it seems to us, often excessive demands of the examiners.

The Christchurch Election.

Mr T< 13. Taylor has announced hia candidature.

The Ftess gives it as an on dit that a large number of the hotelkeepers m Christ church are very strongly opposed to the candidature of Mr J. L. Scott, and will take measures to make their opposition felt m connection with the forthcoming by-election. (Mr Scott is, we understand a prohibitionist. Ilinc Vice laohryma )

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Building Socia'y payments due today The bot-fly has appeared m Vacant County.

Tho next sale at Hinds Saleyards takes place on Monday next, January 13- A trial of the New Buckeye Harvester will be held on Friday. January 10, on the farm of Mr W. Elm.-Jie, Maytield.

A report of the Grcenstreet school examination and the Australasian championship mooting appears on (he fourth page.

Me°srß W. H. Collins and Co. cali attention m another column to th ar new stock ot machine oils which they have just received.

Mr F. W. Wake, 15 4., headmaster of the Timaru school for six years past, has resigned, owing to ill health, and re linquishes the profession.

Dr and Mrs Purchas, of Auckland, have just celeb ated their golden wedding, having be>n married m Liverpool on December 27, 1845

Not quite 2000 persons are. living who possess British orders of knighthood— or, ronghly speaking, only aboub 1 m 28,000 of the population.

, A lady who had a tioket on First Result at the Ashurat races was robbed of her parse, containing upwards of £30, a very short time afterwards.

Lord Glasgow and patty arrived by the Hinemoa ab Ooromandel yesterday, and was welcomed by the County Council and driven to Tapanga mine. Some speeches were made.

A Press Association telegram received last uight states thab large bash fires have been bnrning at Oxford since Friday, and that houses a 1 } Woodsida are m danger.

The annual meeting of the Ashburton Presbyterian Church will be held on Wednesday evening next, at 7,30 p.m., and during the evening light refreshments will be handed round. A good attendance Is expected.

At the inquest on the body of the boy Sh°ehan, drowned at the City bait water baths, Wellington, a verdict of acci. dentally drowned was returned. The jury regarded the bathiDg platform unsafe for non-swimmers.

Mr W. E. Bastinsrs, of Wa'areka school, suggests m the North Otago Times that steamships should adapt the Moree alphabet to their steam whistle signals, 3D thab they could be made to convey information, or ask for it, m darkness or fog. At present a steamer can m^ke noise enough, but It ia like a screeching baby, Ib does Jnot tell what's the matter with ib. Mr Bastings refers to the recent Flfeshire mishap as a cas9 m point. The Hon "W. P. Reeves left Lyt^elton la9t evening by the Brunner for Welling ton whence he will leave for England on Friday to take up the duties of Agent- General, About Bixty persors met at the Ohrlstphurch railway station to bid him farewell, and after the usual hand* shaking, cheers were given for Mr and Mrs Reeves. Mr Reeves, m returning thanks, said the parting would not be for ever, and he hoped when they met again they would be just as good friends as they ever were.

The Southland Times says— lb will in terest many, and It h s itisfactory to know, that Mr Ward fully intends to revise the recent telpgrapkio alteration?, with the obj ct of meeting he public cc nvenience as far as it can be done without tending to block the wires at particular timas of the day. He is also m communication with the Governments of other colonies with the view of having the postal con ferenoe postponed until February, and tha cable services Included among the subjects for discussion.

The ueual monthly meeting o? No 25, L 0.L., South Raktiq, - took place on Saturday. There was a fair attendance of members and Vv*.M. Brc G. Russ was m the chair. Correspondence was read and dealt with, and a rum of money was voted to the St Andrew^ Protestant Orphanage, Nelson. An arch purple sum was presented to a brother for his services to the lodge, Visitors were pre«ont from No. 16 Southbridge and No. 32 Leeston. ! '

Some of the Australian Colonies and New Zealand were m communication with regard to the erection of a lighthouse on one . of t^e islands lying to the south of New Zealand, butj owing to the depres sion m yictorla, that c. >lony was unable to gee Ifcs Wf>y to pontrjbufco towards the cost, With the improvement of affairs there, the cpgotiations have been renewed, and by tha Hinemoa, which leaves for the Auckland ami Snares Inlands towards tho. end of the month, Mr Halea, of the Pablio Works department, and Captain Allman, Nautical Idviser to the Govern ment, will proceed to select a suitable site for the lighthouse. th<* cost of which }s to be borne by the colonies interested

Mention was recently made (says the Auckland Herald) of the iaofe that the Tarawera steamer, when off the coast of New Soutjh Wales, ploughed through indmense shoals of fish j 'seemingly so 'map per. Whet Jiar related In Any way or not tothia oirc.u'mstaHi*e t ft j g interesting to know that for" f he jj<wt two ninths schnapper have quite disappeared from the Bay of Islands and the wafers pf the ad jaoent coasts- A*e we to Ic^kon this as indicative of migratory habits m these fish, extendiug to so distant scenes as the other side of the Tastnan Sea? Or is there anything m the traditions current m voloanic countries thab fiah disappear from the coasts b fore earthquakes or violent eruptions 2 The moat disastrous hailstorm oy,ev ex perienced m the neighborhood of Oamaru i took pica on Sunday afternoon. It was { preceded by a number of thunder peals, and then grea*; blocks of ice fill, smashing down every thins: before them. (jreen houses were stripped of theit glass, windows ware bpa&en, and trees partially denuded of their leasres The fruit crop is ruined, and it is a fortunate thins; 'ha' the storm did not extend oyer the whole district, otherwise the_ crops would have suffered serious injury? Tho area affected seems to have been limi'ed to three or four miles outside the town ; but the Information on this point Is not yet of a definite description. Some of the pieces of ice measured 4iin round. Although the storm lasted " only about twenty minutes, it left a trail of destruction, un exampled la the history of the district.

'I ho Magisterial enquiry into the strandinor of the s.s. Fifeshire at O*raaru on December 8, was held at Lytteiton yesterday before TVfr IJeetham, S.M., and Captains Bone and Von Schoen, nautical assessors. The opinion stated by witnesses was that the mishap was caused b*y a s^rohg current setting inshore, which carried the vessel, which was standing off, towards land rapidly. The Court, m giv ing judgment, e^cpregaed opinion that Cap tain Wilson had committed 9 gr<ya error of judgment In standing m tswards land without casting lead, but he had depended entirely for his position upon the assumed distance the vessel 'had run. The action of the captain and oHicejrs after the ship had struck was all that could be desired, and was m every way to be commended j ' The gertificates of the first, second, and third ofijoors vyera returned, as the Court considered the captain solely responsible for the accident, and his certificate would be suspended for three months, and he would be called upon to pay coats £19 17s 6d. The Court also wished to express the opinion that the soundings were alto gether incorrectly and insufficiently marked on charts of fcfce New Zealand Wilt?

\rtificid ivory i* mide from condensed •••kim-nuilk.

By a Gazette extraordinary Parliament is further prorogued till March 12. At Oamaru, during the hailstorm on Snuday, a mm had his forehead cut open by a large piece of falling ice. Further fixture* cove»in« about 4000 t ons of Californiau wheat, have been made for Sydney.

Cattle are dying m large numbers In the Braidwood district, jNew Sou h Wales, owing to the scarcity of feed anJ watei.

The annual weekly meeting of the members of the Presbyterian Church, Ashburton takes place tomorrow evening at 7 30. *

Mark Twain says the drees worn afe the Sandwich Islands is chi. fly nothing, except- od State occasions, when it is a pleasant smile and a clear conscience. The average rainfall m Wellington last year was one of the heaviest that has been recorded here, There were 184 wet days, the total rainfall being 61.42 inches.

During the recent drought m New South Wales, a settler near Parkes, m siukinr a well, struck a reef showing rich ?o!d. He sold a half interest m the well for £500.

There was a terrific thunderstorm at Arrowtown on Saturday. At Miller's Flat the forked lightning destroyed all the fencing for half a mile, making deep trenches m the ground. The current struck a weatherboard house owned by Mr William Scoles, burning it up com pletely. There were no inmates at the time.

The North Otago Times remarks that there is a strong probability of consider able shipments of wheat being made from New Zealand for the Cape this season. Australia used to send extensive supplies into that colony, bub Australia will require more than has been grown there this season, henoe the necessity for supplies from New Zealand.

The West Coast Times says:— *It is stated that the Premier has not yet defi nitely decided whether he will contest his seat at the next general election. He remarked to a friend at one of the Liberal gatherings m Wellington the other day, m answer to a question; that the West land people seemed not to want him, and if so he would not come down.'

The Wairarapa Caledonian Society has passed a resolution expressing indignation at the refusal of the Chairman of the Licensing Committee to grant a license for the sports gathering. The resolution points out that on no occasion has a single complaint been made by the police, the publican's booth having invariably been well conducted.

As a lady was standing m her garden at Kalapol last Thursday she thought she heard a crackling as of fire, and looked all round but could see nothing til], happen ing to look upwards, she noticed flimei nnd smoke almost at the top of a tall poplar tree, at about fifty feet or more from the ground. After the lapse of ton minutes or a quarter of an hour, an un finished bird's ness fell to the ground m (lames- It is supposed thab a sparrow must have picked up a match, and either the heat of the sun fired ie, or the bird's beak may have Fcrafched it, and so lighted it.— ( Lyttelton Times.)

Judging from the Press notices of the performances of Mr Henry Hooper's Company, who appear at Sb Stephen's schoolroom to-morrow evening, an enjoy ahla time is m store for their patrons. A Tnranakl exchange Bays 'Mr Hooper himself is a first-rate actor. The two ladies who sing, have both sp'endid voioes and the jokes by the corner men are very good, causing mars of langhter. They, as well as the other performers were encored several times. All who go to hear and see them will have a treat and will be well satisfied with their evening's amusement.' At the gift distribution which follows the performance, among other prizes will be the valuable gold and velvet screen which formed the first priza at Mr Elston's recent art union.

The annual conference of the Primitive Methodist Connexion opens m Tinoaru on Thursday next. Sixty delegates from all parts v of the colony are expected to be present, and Interesting meetings are anticipated, A number of the delegates, both ministers and laymen, will visit Ashbnrtnn on Wednesday. They are to be entertained at a banquet m the even ing. Choice dishes In variety an-i aband onee will grace tho tables, roast sucking pigs, poultry, fruit ples,~ Wane manges, etc. After the tables are cleared the visiting ministers ' w!ill deliver' addresses interspersed^ with music by the chojr. The banquet begins at 6 3Q p.m., and the price of admission is one shilling. A correspondent of the Wairampa Times writes— 'lt is said that there is plenty of gold to be found m the Uriwera country, and that some of the reefs are | exceedingly rich. There are one or two 1 white men — men of the highest character, who have married Uriwera women — who declare that they have seen reefs so rich with gold, that to get a specimen a toma hawk had to be Hsed to out it off. These men are carefully waiting and watching till the country lsopVhed up, as a£ present the Maoris wilt not allow any man — lVganri or Pakeha — to go near the places where gold is known to exist. Up IJorth^ it Is fre.ely said that the Government are aware that gold exisfg m tfye Uri^era, ' and fo* t-ha,t raagon are putting rpads through th^t country m ever^ difectiqn, anticipating a. gjfe&t gold rash m the near future, 1

Every line of Boots and Shoes, and every single pair selling at a great reduction dur ing the last ten days of McDonald and McDiarmid's sale of Anderson's Boot Btock.J U 157

CRICKET.

NEW SOUTH WALES v. AUCKLAND.

AujCKLANp, January 7 2.36 p.m. ' ijTew South W»le« batted first j iGoboroft and Wade facing the bowlipg of tllaytfjn and Q Neill. Wade was bo\yled by Neill for 2 j Vyalford, 1 b yr, 2; Goboroft. b. Haw kins, lg. Score— \6fqv two wickets.

Sad Drowning Accident

Wellington, January 6 Another s*d drowning apcident, the third which has happened within the lasb few days m the vicinity of Wellington, happened ab Island Bay this morning. The circumstances are that two young ladies, Miss Olive Goldfinch, aaed about 17, daughter of the latn Mr J M. Gold finch, chief clerk m the Police Depart ment, and Mlsb Lillie Brown, daughter of Mr S. Brown, Hanson street, went to bathe off the rocks along the Q icon's drive, about $0$ yarda distant from the Island Bay hotel, and by some mlsaciven ture they both got into de^p water and sank. The accident was seen bj Masters Harr 1<? Von Dadelszen, and Percy Kinnlbursfh, two Wellington Gollege l^ds. y O ti DaieUzeD wenc io and eveijtually succeeded m bringing Miss Brown safely ashore* she" was 'exhausted bub still alive. Her companion, Miss Goldfinch, had sunk out' of s ght, and young Kinniburgh dived and recovered her body, Jjab although remedies were promptly used ijb V» a too )ste to save life. Both lads showed bravery worthy of the highest commendation.

SPORTING.

DUNEDIN CUP MEETING.

Dune dim, January 6 The following weights have been de clared : — Dunkdin Cop. st )b s t Ib St Hippo ... 9 9 Manlicher ... 711 Prime War- Spindrift ... 710 den ... 8 11 Mauser ... 7 10 N. Atlantic ... 8 10 Chaos ... 7 8 Kuroclydon ... 8 3 Three Star ... 7 6 ■Skirmisher ... 8 6 Aldershot ... 7 4 ; Gipsy Grand 8 4 Dilemma .« 7 4 Saracen ... 8 2 Banner ... 7 2 Casket .8 2 Solitaire ... 7 2 Hippomeneß 8 0 Remembrance 6 9 Marino ... 7 11 >olano ... 6 7 Publican's Hanjoap. Barcnby ... 9 7 Warrington 7 7 Siracen ... 9 2 Stepfelt ... 7 6 Hippomenes 9 0 Solitaire ... 7 6 Euroolydon ... 813 Heather Bell 7 4 Casket ... 8 7 Golden Fleece 7 4 Manno • ... 8 5 Ambush ... 7 2 Spindrift ... 8 3 Speculator ... 7 2 Panoply ... 8 2 Etnmeline ... 7 0 Silver Spec .. 712 Victim ... 7 0 Lord Zetland 711 Bialey ... 612 Goodwood ... 7 l 0 Solano 6 g SSL. :;; J 8 9 ■***«.- * *

The Nor' Westers.

Pamage to Crops.

We hear that serious damage has bean • done to the crops m this district by the fierce norVesters of Saturday * H d Mon day. The forward o«te have suffered most, m some parts of the country half the crop being badly laid. ■ From Lsestcn the correspondent of the Jrress writes that the damage to th* crops Is very great, and mist disheartenine accounts are being brought In. In one case a farmer has had ninety acres of heavy grass seed blown away. The crop wou;d have threshed out forty bushels per acre, and now it will not thresh ten ; m fact, it is lost. Grass hay has been blown all over the country, filling roads, ditches and creeks. Another farmer had twelve I wE. "Si. ■**!?■ b ' cwn Was countrj. When the wind went down on Saturday evening he had to cart sheaves out of a large creek, which they had blocked up. Several paddocks of oats and barley have I been threshed out and broken down with the wind, so as to be almost. worthless, and m several cases not worth cutting. 5? wind has b9ei » worst on heavy crops, which have been much broken about* Tha heaviest gale appears to have crossed the country m strips or bands. . One part of the country Is ruined, the adjoining parb is only generally damaged. Of couwe the great damage has occurred to the early and almost ripe crop-. The later and greener crops are not so much damaged and will recover.

At Methven the crops have been much knocked about, acd trees and fruit greatly damaged. All the rivers m the ranges were .flooded on Saturday, prevent ing the mail coaches reaching Springfield until Sunday afternoon.

The Hailstorm at Oamaru

A Press telegram Pays that Bulleid and Go., drapers, estimate their loss by the damage done by the hailstorm of Sao day ab £1000, their extensive skylights being all broken, and the stock greatly damaged by water. AUny others have suffered heavy loss. Maay hailstones tall from nve to eight inches m circum ferenoe, and m some cases they pierced qorrugated iron roofs The sea was churned to foam by the falling stones, and the splanh of individual stones m the sea oonld be discerned by lookefs-on half a mile away. Ihe cattle and stock ex posed were driven frantio, and are bruised and swollen. Some slight stock fatalities are reported. The trees both orchard and ormental, look as if they had been rain Acted to a blight of caterpillars. The fall 13 unexampled m the memory oi any of the residents.

fK Th^ reka ,y* lle y correspondent of the North Otajo Times says:— A hailstorm, which is unique In the experience of the writer, passed over this district this after noon. After a preliminary display qf thunder and lightning, the household was st»rthd,bya crash upon the roof, c wised by a bombardment of ice. At the conclusi-m of the stoim the* galvanised iron was riddled with holes, all "slopes towards the southeast, whence the storm came, suffering m a much greater degree t]>an others differently situated. When the squ Jl had phased some of the balls were -examined. The exteriors were granulated as if the masses were made qp of large ordinary hailstones, bat the centres were of solid ice. Measured with the tape, even after being reduced some what by melting, each of a number taken almost haphazard measured seven Inches in .circumference, and four of them weighed considerably over a pound. During the height of the Btorm the loebalis presented a moat peculiar appwrance. bounding over fences and hedges and careering down hillsides m a manner thab made an onlooker feel aa If their motive without. It will take some tima to dis cover the th\\ measure of damage. For tunately the immense hailstones did not fall msuph numbers as In qrdi'nary hail^ etq Eraß ao the e&ct on the brona \s not at all 69 bag as rolgfrt be expeatgif. * M

SHIPPING

T . n . London, January 4 The Otarama arrived to-day, bavin* made the passage from Wellington & forty-nine day*. The Aorangi left LoS don to day for Port Chalmers

European and Other Foreign Items.

'■ _. . I^^pbx, January 4 Qreat Britain is sen4ing reinforce ments to thepo,sts on the Mee'kong riypr. . • <■ §

a- if , . P?? A^T A i «t"»nary 8. Sir Mackea ? «c Bowell Reclined a friendly proposaj to. pesjgri ofl^ce, where upon sevgn o,f tlje Ministry resign§d. Sir Charles Tupper succeedg.

New York, January 6 The Cuban insurgents routed the Spanish troops with heavy loss m the vioinity of Havanna, and threatened to follow up their victory by capturing the town. The residents are erecting fortifications and making hurried pre parations to withstand an attack.

The Weather m New South Wales.

•ci rt^, Sydney, January 6 From 95deg registered m the shade m the city yesterday the thermometer to day rose to 105'3deg ; which is the highest record since 1870, when 'a simjlar reading was reported. The heat of the sutifs rays was'aeqompanieci by a hot wfnd like the breath of I furnace. Records from the country give several readings above 100, while Wilgannia topped the list with 1 If.

GOLD.

m , _. PfiBTB. January 4 Ihe Governor otthe prison at Rott nest Island reports the discovery of small quantities of gold there. It i 8 believed, however, that it will not fcp found, m payable qaaatjtieg,

'MB ASHBOBTOS GtIABDIAN: TO&SDAY, JANUARY 7, 1896.



Breaking Tnß RjiCQßp— Messrs Craig, head and Berryman are evidently doing a very large tailoring business this season. What everybody cays must be true " with regard to their reduced prices, good fib, etc , All who require new suits for Christmas •hould read Chvr new advert iaein«pt on our f««rtb|jsg6,



Bargains. — Ladies' Straw Ha* a, Trimmed Hats. White and Cream Laces. S-o our widows,— Aahburtou Piapery Company - * • .. .it*..



PUBLIC NOTICES ' THE HOLIDAYS. JUST OPENED A tfISW CASES OF SPECIAL GOODS FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON Straw Hats, Foft Felfc Hats, Tennis Hats i fr< m Is 9d. New Shapes m Hard I Felc Hats. Special feather-weight Soft Felt Hats ]£<>z Frame Hats m all the latest thapes A glance at our Christmas windows will show you that we keep the Largeot and B^sr, Assorted Stock of HATS m the district NEW TIES, j NEW SILK HANDKERCHIEFS Foi travelling— A Large Assortment of GLADSTONE BAGS, LEATHER PORTMANTEAUX, AND HAND BAGS TO ATHLETES: Running Pants and Shirts m all Colors Tennis Shirts, Cycling Touring Shirts Cricketing Shirts and Trousers NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. j ALEX. HENDRY, Manager. .Special -Dress ON SATURDAY, January 4, we shall commence a SPECIAL SALE of the balanoe of our SUMMER DRESS GOODS, Together with snne SPECIAL JOB . LINES bought at a Discount of 30 per cent. Note bhe quotations— USUAL SAIiE PRICE. PRICE. Double-width Dieas Material ... Is 6d Is Oil „ „ ... la 6£d Is lid „ Tweed .. 2s Oi Is 7£d „ (Special Job) 2s ßd to 3* la lid During this Sale we shall MAKE UP all DRESSES at 8s 6d m our usual superior Style and Finish. We shall also offer the balance of our SEASON'S CAPES AND MANTLES at cost price, |^* Do not miss this Sale of New and Fashionable Gocds. Ashburton Drapery Company, * Corner of Arcade and Burnett street. TERMS- STRICTLY CASH.



Wanted. WAHOO ! THE CURE FOR INDIGESTION. Aehburton Drug Company, Agents ._ 11 108 VA/aN TED for Auckland, from March * v 1» Lady help ; references required. Apply by latter to Alks Sydney Twenty- man, Ashburton. 1 33 LpuDSD, Uvercnat m Page's road. _L Owner can have antne on paying I txpenses. — Robinson Bros, Triangle. j 1 3 ! LOST, between W. H. Oollier's and H, M. J one^\ unaddrtssed envelope containing lls worth of stamps. Finder rewarded on leaving at MiiL Office. 1 OST at Hindb, on Monday, a black *" ■< and whire Sheep Dcg ; answers to name of * 4 Soofc." Finder rewarded on returning to John Orb and Co. 1 35 "YOUNG Ladles' Journal for January, •*• Christmas Numbers Weldon's Ladies' Journals, Children's Bazaar of Pastimes, Half-yearly volumes of Family Herald and Great Thoughts, Quarterly Division of Nuggets. Diaries and Almanacs. — H, M. Jones. WANTED Known— Cycles thoroughly overhauled and enamelled. Tyres a specialty— E. Knight, Eclipsa Cycle Works, Tanored Street, opposite Arcade 12 85 WANTED Known— Mrs Smith, Dress- maker (lateof London West), has Removed from Cameron street to Have- lock street, opposite Army Barracks. 12 148 ♦TlHJfc Very Latest. — Strawberries and X Tee Cream 6d per plate at H. A, Flower's, the People's Confectioner Iced Boston Cream and other drinks. WANTJtD Known— We ara selling nice lighc walking Shoe at 4s 6 \ the usual price of {his Shoe is 6s 6d — Mitchell & Turner i WANTED Known— lf you are hard on Boots try Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. \XTANTED Known— Newest Goods m vv Drapery and Millinery for the Summer Season, direct from London— I W. H. Collier, The Corner. j WANTED Known— No old fashioned Goods at Mellok's Zealandia Boot Store. NOTHING makes such a comfortable light Blouse as a Wool Delaine. A lot of patterns to select from at 4$d — Mitchell & Turner " \kj ANTED Known— We are~ now YV showing all kinds of Summer Drapery, MlUin^iy, &c. Everything marked as low as possible. —H. C, Seders, Melford House, ANTED /Known— We are now giving Tickets for Presents to all cash purchases of Lrapery, Millinery, &C.—H. O. Seoebs, Melford House. ANTED Known- 50 pairs Ladies and Girls' Leather Top and Canvas Tennis Shoes, at half usual price, for two weeks only. — A ndrb w Orr 10 136 TITANTJLD Known— Mellor a Boots V 7 and Shoes stand like brass ; try a pair. WANTED— Every man to try Mellor's Bluchers, only 4s lid. WANTED Known— 24o Pairs of Saittpie £o.olj? at cost price.— Metxor's Zealandia tiont gtqrg. WANTED Known— Stacks of cheap Boots ,and Shoes at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. TOTAHrKD Known— lam a Buyer of ** Bottha-pi^'s, quarts. Whiskey, and Brandy; also Old Iron, wrought and c*Bt ; Bones m large or ttnall lots; Zinc, Bras?, and Horse Hair. — Charles Brown, bottom of Harelock, Street, Aahburtpn. 11144 TRY FLWTOHKRTBHOSr for your *• Chris' maa Fruits. They are of the finest quality that are procurable, and at the lowest possible prices. See the quality and judge for yourselves. — Fletcher Bros.. Ashburton TX7E are clearing a big line of Al T T Wool Delaines, first class pattern, ransii s from 10* 1 to Is 3d, now selling at 4£d— MITGHEjC&& f^RNER CTTANTED Known— Mbllo»* Zea VV landia Boot Store is the cheapest Boot shop m A6h burton. TAM JARS, JAM J\RS.— Fletcher ** Bfros.. are 31st landing a large ship- m*nb p£ Jam Jars of all Jjcinds, M^^on gJ?"^ Top Jays m Quart and Half r gßllon Jars at vT"* w . P T l ceß f » !so Fruit Preserving Su?»r ot £* * 6^ &»*> (B*Uty> m 561 b an^ 70 b Bags, at cq"u F io V rates. — Fletcher Bros , East Street, Ashburton. Telephone 24 ANTED Known -Girls' neat Kid Shoes 5a 6d at Mellor's Zea. landia Boot Score. WANTED Known — Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything In the optical line at S; Silkk's, Optician . fT^ ANTED Known— Men's Suits 17s " 6d, Kaiapoi Tweed Trousers 9s lid, Knicker Suits 4s lid, Caps 6d,— Ihe Corner. W. H. Collier WANTED— Ladies to see the latest styles m Boots and Shoes. — Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. HOLIDAY Suits— A Nice Kaiapoi Suit for 27s 6d, Boy« KnJcker and Cambridge Suits from 7a 6d, Men's Suitß to Measure from 455, Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed at R. A loom's WANTED Known— Mellor's Zea- landia Bjot Store has Ladies' Kid Shoes at 6s 6d. /"\WNMakein Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina- fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, Muslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs Alcorns new shop, Baker's Buildings. \^; ANTEDKnown— Go to The Corner for Neweßt Styles m Drapery and i Millinery- W. H. Collier. % * / ANTED Known— For good value VV m Drapery, Millinery, &0., go to Melford H'inse. Tickets tor presents given to all caah purchasers. — H. C Segers, WANTED— Everybody to examine the Goods and Prices at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. TUSTArrived.— A large variety of use- O ful and Ornamental Goods, Dolls, Toys, and Novelties ; also, a job lot over one hundred assorted Buckets and Morocco and Russian Leather Handbags, to be 8"ld ac and under ordinary cost price at Mrs Alcorn's. TO LET. DWELLING m Moore street, at 5a 6d par week. ■ " T. BULLOOK.



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Business Notices. Cheaper Than Eyer. G. J. NEILL IN Premises lately occupied by F. Nokbs, Bootmaker, next Shearman Bros Ladies' Trimmed Hats 4s lid Boys' and Girls 1 Sailor Hats lOd each ' MILLINERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Ladies' Norfold Bodice 2s 9d New Dress Goods Goods 6£d Good Washing Prints 3s lid dozen New Dress Goods Is Good White Muslin 3a lid dozen Corsets 2s 3d pair GLOVES AND RIBBONS AT YOUR OWN PRIOE. Men's All Wool Colonial Tweed Suits 19s 6d Boys' Trousers at Any Price Men's Kaiapoi Tweed Suits 22s 6d Men's Trousers 5s lid Boys' Suits 3s lid HATS, CAPS, SHIRTS, AND TIES AT HALF PRIOE BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. All Our Boots are made Specially to our order. Every Pair Guaranteed. Men's Nail Shooters 7s lid Women's Shoes 4s 6d Men's Bluchers 4s 9d Women's Shoes 5s lid Men's Balmorals 7s 6d • TAN BOOM AND SHOES OF EVERY DESORIPHON G. J. NEILL, BURNETT STREET NEXT SHEARMAN BROS. 4 m^- X S#f r RTOI %^ i ~^m THIS SPACE RESERVED FOB THE NEW ADVERTISEMENT OF ■ S. BAL EX, WATCHMAKEB AND JEWBLLBE, BAST STREET. CHRISTMAS 1895. Tl&» CoutpMmettts of the Season to AH. FRUIT — FLETCHER BROS.. TTAVIS JUST RECEIVED their Fir3t Shipment of New Season's Fruit il and it is Without Doubt some of THE FINEST FRtf : T ?• H^T HAS EVER CJMB TO THIS MARKET 40 Oases Finest Vostizza Currants 5 Oases Preserved Peaches 10 Oases Finest Eleme Raisins 5 Oases Preserved Apricots 10 Cases Finest Va'encia* 5 Oases Preserved Pearg, etc 20 Cases Finest Sultanas 10 Boxes Muscatel 3, Spanish and 2 Cases Finest French Prunes Oalifornian 50 Dozan Hjßsence Lemon, 25 dozen 5 Boxes Persian Dates Essence VanilU, Cochineal, etc., 10 Boxes Turkey Figs specially prepared for Fletcher 5 Oases Preserved Ginger Bros. 5 Boxes Dassicated Cocoanut 3 Cwt Iceing Sugar 2 Oases Va'encia Almonds 2 Oases Jordan Almonds 2 Sacks Walnuts 3 Cases Sicily Almonds 5 Sacks Barcelona Nuts 5 Qf t Scotch -Mixtures 5 Owt Conversations Preserving* Season 1895-96. We have m Stock and to Arrive IS TONS OF FINBST CANE SUGAR IN 561 b and 701 b BAGS. This Sugar can be thoroughly relied upon for making jam of finest quality. This Sugar is solely used by Kirkpatrick m the manfacture o£ their Celebrated C X' Jams. Jam JTara. Jam Jars, IN ALL SORTS AND SIZES AT PRICES WITHIN THE REACH OP ALL Mason Jars, quarts and half -gallon sizes ; lib Glass Jars with tops, 2lb Glass Jars with tops ; White Jars, three m a nest • also, a nice line of TUMBLERS, AT A VERY LOW FIGURE Benin's Patent Milfc Bucket. We have m stock these celebrated Buckets, with or without Strainer. This is really a Splendid Patent and is a much superior idea to the old style of Bucket. The following are five reasons why you should buy one :— (1) It is perfect for holding between the knees while milking (2) The corner foims a lip for easy pouring (3) It is much easier to carry than the round bucket (4) It is not so cumbersome (5) It will hold three and a half gallons £ 0— FLETCHER BROS., CASH SUPPLY STOKE P, BAST STREET, ASHBUBT ON, AND 116 and 118 High Street, Christchurch. BO* 6? Telephone 24