Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1896.

Our attention has been drawn to a j uot uncommon practice among; c rtaiu sheepowuers in this cruelty to district. The prac animals. ticft can of course, in the nature of things, be indulged in only at one season of the year,' but it is one thut ought to be stopped for several reasons, though only that of the cruelty ot the thing may be adduced here. We refer to the driving of ewes too heavy in lamb to market. Tnere were instances of this last sale day, in which lambs were being dropped on the road and in the yards, a state of affairs that surely could have been avoided We can understand a man having a bill to meet for whioh a mob of sheep ma/ be the security, and parading them at the yards in the hope of selling them to meet bis liability, or of getting the bill renewed when his creditor sees that the sheep are still in the j; &nd of the living ; but we cannot 'Understand this being done ffhen the ewes have run so near their time as to drop their young on the way. Surely buyers would prefer to ! purchase such ewes in the paddock, and wait for their -removal until the i lambs and dams were able to travel, and n so save the knocking about the stock: must suffer from being moved .at the most critical time possible At 1 any rate moving ewes by public road under such circumstances, from the [ very cruelty of the thing, ought to be put down, and we commend the matter to the notice of the proper officer under the Act for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

The American Consul in Athens devotes a recent report to bicycling in Greece. The first bicycle was the ' bike 'in taken to the country Greece. many years ago by the ' King. His Majesty did not appear in public on it, as bicycled' were regarded by the natives as supernatural and uncanny* for many years. The pioneer bicyclists of Greece were liable to many inconveniences, and even dangers. They were hooted and laughed at even in the streets of Athens and were sometimes stoned and thrown from their wheels. Even now the rustic generally crosses himself and utters a prayer when a bicyclist passes him. Eight years ago the amusement com menced in earnest in Athens with the founding of several clubs and its adop tion by tho leading Greeks; and the Consul predicts a ' craze ' for bicycling in the near future, as members of the Royal Family and many of the leading diplomatists are enthusiastic bicyclists. The greater part of the country is suit able for the exercise, and the Consul sketches some trips, including one to Corinth along the road skirting the sea, thence visiting Nauplia, Mycenae, Argoa, and Tiryus. The climate, too, is especially favourable. No bicycles are manufactured as yet in Greece, and the duty on those imported is insignifi cant. Those most used are of English make, and a few from the United States sold very rapidly. German cheap machines seem to be regarded with distrust.

The triumph of the cause of prohibi tion, if it ever does so triumph as to t a social Revo- becQme universal, ?™» will P la 7 6ad havoc LUTION - with our literature. It will relegate to simple memory, and | the volumes of almost forgotten lore, some of our most cherished phrases, that will in the triumphant time of the Prohibitionists have no meaning. The occupation of the publican will be gone, and the wine merchant will be found only as a record in the advertis ing columns of old newspaper files. The time will have come when " there will be no more cakes and all," : though "ginger may bo hot in the mouth" still, as lending its sting to the liquor that will replace the potent " heart-heezing gill" of the Scottish poet. Temperance and total abstinence having become the general rule, how can the age that sees this fulfilment of the Izittian dream relish the jovial bacchanalianism of Burns; or the milder conviviality of Tommy Moore ; or even some of the novels of Walter Scott, in which, as Thackeray said, ' there is a deal of good eating and drinking ' ; or the 'Pickwick Papers,' and the •Christmas Carol?' What is to become of ' Willie * and his '• peck o' maut' of /the brave and bearded barley,' of

Let the toast pass ; Drink to the laea, I warrant she'll prove an excuse for a glass ; of ' A bumper of Burgundy, fill, fill for me. Give those who prefer it champagne' 3 and the multitudinous other invocations to jollity and revel that -are scattered over every popular song book. Is the wassail bowl of the -future to be one of hot coffee 1 Is the lover who asks his mistress to drink to him only with her eyes to satisfy the stern cravings of consistency by calling heaven and earth to witness that he will honour the pledge in milk or gingerpop 1 A host of allusions and references which have been the staple of songs, stories, plays, music, and even sermons, bids fair to become obsolete, to retire into the same shades of classical obscurity as those which envelop the mighty trenchermen of the pages of Homer, the banquets of the Olympian gods, or the brimming quotations of the strong-headed heroes in the Teutonic Valhalla.

Ensign Hutchinson, of the Salvation Ariny, who has been engaged in Mel bourne respue work eescub work for many years, in stated in an inter bielbourne. view with an Auck land Herald re porter, that the Salvation Army homes or reformatories there are gazetted as places of detention, and the officer in charge appointed legal guardian of the girls, who are committed from twelve to sixteen, and may be kept in till they are twenty years of age, subject to the control of the guardian as l State wards.' The police force co-operate with the Army in finding out and re turning to the Home any placed out girls who may have left their situations, butsuch an incident is a rarity. In such V contingency they are again put back in thd Howe for further disoipliaary

training and reform. Ensign Hutchin* son says that she was legal guardian to 200 girls, whose whereabouts she could put her finger on at any time On leaving Melbourne the officer of the Army who succeeded to her duties be came the guardian, and exercined her legal powers. All the Protestant chil dren were now committed to the Salva tion reformatories, and when placed at service after suitable training, were put under the supervision of the nearest Salvation Army officer, who reported regularly to headquarters. If there were no officer in the district, then the girl was committed to the supervising care of the nearest Protestant clergy man. Speaking of the Chinese and the opium habit, Ensign Hutohinson states that the Chinese are quiet, have their quarter, and keep out of sight as much as possible, so that the Melbournites have got over their horror of them as residents and of their practices. The European girls and women who live in their "quarter are infinitely better treated than by the European men of their own class, and state they prefer the Chinese to the Melbourne hoodlum, as they do not get knocked about. As a rule the Chinese discard these women ad they grow o'd, and are usually on the look out to decoy young girls into their quarter. As tb the 'opium habit ' there is no abatement of that evil. Numbers of this class of Euro pean girls are inveterate opium-smokers, although some of the women live all their lives in the Chinese quarter with oat using opium. In the great majority of cases, however, says Ensign Hutchison, the women sooner or later acquire the opium habit.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Taranakl Associated Dairy Com panies have let a contract for 30,000: batter boxes. There were over four million passengers j by the railways last year. To be exact 4,162,426. The Victorian Labour party's platform haa a plank in favour of election of Ministers of Parliament. The lambing season has commenced in the Poverty Bay district, and many early lambs are now to be seen in the paddocks on the flats. The Waterton Lodge of Oddfellows hold their annual oelebration on Friday night. An advertisement appears In another column. It is said that the initial expense for ! raitia-growlng is about the same as for winegrowing, the chief cosf; being that of preparing the fruit fjr market. I The annual meeting of the Aahburton Cricket) Clob will be held at the County 'Council's offices on Friday night at eight | o'clock. Intending members are invited. The Ashburton Fire Brigade wish to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of a cheque for £1 Is from Messrs Mitchell and Turner as a contribution to the funds of fhe Brigade. The annual inspection of the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade by the Borough Council will be held at the Fire Station, Burnett Btreer, to-morrow evening (Thurs day) at 7-30 p.m. The approximate number of sheep in Marlborough-Nelson district on April 30 is given vby the Chief Inspector of Stock as 802,442, the decrease since that date last year being 13,865; Quite one hundred stray dogs have been taken off the streets by the Welling ton Corporation officers during the last three weeks. If uot claimed and regis tered they are destroyed. Some years ago the Wairoa Maoris grew such quantities of ma'ze that two steamers were kept busy all the winter carrying maize to Napier. Now it is not easy to procure a bag for fowl feed.

I The Chri&tchuroh City Council has i resolved to return to the custom which prevailed for some time of taking portions of rates. This course has been found to be of very great convenience to smaller ratepayers. Mr McLachlan will ask the Minister of Lands if he will give the settlers at Methven a right; to erect saleyards and sheep dip on a part of Reserve No. 2026, sometime used as a gravel pit for the j railway. I Mr Smith, of South Australia, says that there dried peaches are only jusb beginn ing to be sold in commercial quantities, and the price realised for the besb has been from Id to2£d per pound above that of apricots.; this is unpeeled fruit. $o far the attempts to raise bhe sunken barque Ooromandel, which capsized after being brought to Wellington from West* port, have proved futile. Ib Is now intended to build a coffer dam in the forehatch, and when the water has been pumped out by centrifugal pumps, a further attempt will be made to get her on an even keel. The ctimlnal sittings of the Supreme Court were resumed ab 10 a.m. on Tuesday, before Mr J ustice Denniston. The whole day was occupied with the case of George KyrrlsoD, charged with stealing seventy sheep and seventy lambs from Mr C. Ensor, of Mount Grey Downs. A large number of witnesses gave evidence for the prosecution, and the case for the Crown closed ab 5 p.m. A return, ordered on the motion of Mr McLachlan, shows thab the amount paid by the Government for wines and spirits prooured as samples by Government officers appointed under the Alcoholic Liquors Sales Control Aob, 1895, was £5 13s 6d, and that suoh wines and spirits were used for analytical purposes onljt. Mr Lewis is bo ask the Government if they will at once take steps to secure the samo promptness in the publication of the evidence taken before the Banking Committee, which has been considered necessary in the case of Mansard, seeing thab experience has shown chat fear of libel actions has rendered the reports In the daily press so incomplete as to be practically useless.

Last night the Arowhenua Native Troupe gave their promised! entertainment in the Oddfellows' Hall to a moderate audience. The programme comprised Maori dances, songs, and chaunts, Inter spersed with exhibitions of what the troupe could do in vocal mnsic generally. The performers were all arrayed in Maori costume, and their native dances, songs, etc., were certainly very striking, while Mr Tiratahi was quite amusing in aoms of his items. His imitation of the antics of a Maori hen were very funny, and his spear 'combat ' with another member of. the company was very fierce. The male members of the troupe were not wanting in energy in the grotesque dances, and In fact made up In vigor what they hcked in the precision we have always been taught to believe was the chief characteristic of native dancing. Te Weteri is an excellent step dancer, and his sailor's hornpipe and jig dancing would score anywhere. A couple of English ohoruaea showed that there were some good voices among the troupe, espeoia'ly ihe ladies, aqd these were heartily applauded. Indeed there wa9 no want of applause throughout the whole performance.

The whole of the shocp in West Australia are now reported to be free from scab. The rainfall at Westport during the month of Jnly was 8-84 inches. There were 24 wnfa days. The cane crop on the Northern rivera of New South Wales has been greatly damaged by heavy frosts. ! A. man at Melbourne was fined £10, vrith the op ion of three monthsingsol, for running down a lady cyclist with his cart. The New Z aland Clothing Factory have a new advertisement in this issue, whioh will repay perusal. Reoently Drake Wood, formerly a well, known labor organiser, was killed at Ilfraoombe, Queensland, by being thrown from a cart. A. man named Jahn Dlxon, while trying to drown a dog in the farra, Melbourne, fell into the river and was himself drowned. * ' Owing to the flooded condition of the Bowral cemetery, Sydney, a coffin bad recently to beheld down while the burial service was read. * By the use of 'X'rays at Bathorsfi the location of a charge whioh a young man had accidentally fired Into, his hand was determined. . - A domestic servant in Sydney, who bad some words with her mistress, afterwards made attempts to commit suicide by poisoning and drowning. , A. Kelly, who was attested at Palmer> ston North on a charge of stealing a horaa belonging to Mr Maslin, M.H.R., at Timarn, has been remanded to Christ* church. • Snowshoe noes were held at Klandrs* New South Wales, on Saturday week* when about 200 people witnessed tjie sport. The championship over 286 jarda was won in 16aec The Brisbane city engineer has recom. mended to the council a system of wood* paving for the streets, and suggested raising a loan of £36,000 with which to carry oub the works.

It is stated that owing to the absence of market gardeners, Wanganui cabbages are being hawked in Napier. Not long since i Sydney cabbages were sent to Woodville and other bush towns. i Messrs Friedlander Bros, Limited* report the sale of the draught stallion Lord Cranley, on account of Mr John Small, to Mr Herbert Bright, of Otski, in the Wellington district, for 200gs. There is every probability of a lecturer being appointed by the Hawke's Bay Licensed Victualler' Association, to place the views of the trade before the free and indeoendeot at the forthcoming elec tion. A man named Carl Schmidt was, at Sydney, struck in the eye with an umbrella so violently that the eye had to be removed. A woman named Cautzner was afterwards arrested, charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm. A big value is evidently not placed on the book debts of a publican. A boni faoe at Foiton filed last week, the book debts in the estate amounting to £1156 149 Ba, which are estimated to produce £278 7s 4d. ■ At Balmaln (Sydney) Oonrb, tba other day, two young men employed at the local abattoirs were fined £2 each, • for throw ing bullocks' livers at people passing— a practice so common as to be an intolerable nuisance. 1 : . | The lambing season has commenced in | the Rangitikei district, and so far the percentages are excellent, no doubt aided by the somewhat unusually good weather experienced at this season of the year. The Government veterinarian (Mr Park) reports that the dairies of Masterton are in a disgusting condition. Many of the cows are suffering from ulcerated teats, and the conditions altogether are anything but conducive to good health. At the Palmerston North Court the other day a 'habitual drunk,' when sentenced, was removed from the Court exclaiming that if the Bench conld see its way to take a three months' bill for the amount of the fine, he would be glad to give one. Lasb week Mr Robert Graham, residing near Stratford, had four milch cows poisoned by the ngalo shrub. It took a considerable' time to realise what the cows were suffering from, and when the cause was ascertained the remedies were too late.

A curious case of maternal instinct in animals is reported from Normanby. A lad named Baldwin found a young hare, took It home, and placed it with a cab thab had kittens under her charge. Pass has now had the little stranger a week in ; her keeping, and treats ib jusfc as If ib were one of her own family. Ab a meeting of the Auokland Liberal Associatibnsbveralmembersspokestrongly on the action of members who accepted nomination to the Upper House and then failed to discharge their duties. A motion was adopted in the following form :— Thab we draw the Government's attention to the faot that several members of the Legislative Council are neglecting the interests of the colony. An important point .has cropped up in connection with the alteration of the

boundaries of the Clutha and Mataura electorates. Ihe district of Pakerau has been taken from Mataura and added to Clutha, so that in the very corner of the new electorate of Clutha there is now a licensed publichouse. The position is a curious one, and the only way out of the d'ffioulty seems to be the taking of a new vote in Olutha to determine the question of licensing. The poll, of course, will tie taken at the general election. Regarding the coming election the Press has the following in reference to the local seats :— Mr B. G. Wright has decided not to stand. for Geraldihe, and Mr A. E. G. Rhodes will contest it. Ib is believed by those best able to judge that he has every prospect of being returned by a good majority. Mr Wright's many friends hope that he will be induced to come for ward for Ashburton, where it is believed he would be elected with very little trouble. Mr Wasoo should hold his own district— now the Selwyn— -against all comers, notwithstanding the facb that Mr Sauhders and Mr McLachlan are well backed up by their respective allies, the prohibitionists and the licensed victuallers. The Temuka Leader thus handles Mr T. B. Taylor :—•♦ But the beauty of Mr Taylor's contempt for newspapers is thab in order to advance b^s own political interests he has Started a little 'rag ' of his own. He is also intimately connected with another 'rag.' This very superior person, who has supreme contempt for newspapers, has actually started one of his own, and when people refuse to buy It he distributes it gratis, then some people would not have it in their, houses, even at that price. Bub probably Mr Taylor's contempt for newspapers pro ceeds from the facb thab newspapers have the greatest contempt for him. It is a case of 'sour grapes' with Mr Taylor. There is not a newspaper in Hew Zealand, either liberal or Conservative, which would uphold Mr Taylor's conduct with the exception of the two with which he Is personally connected."

THE A8HBU&TOB GUARDIAN : "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19 1896.



I Mr C. Rimmington acknowledges the very I prompt settlement of his claim on the New Zealand Insurance Company, in connection with the fire on August 11, by which bis house on the Lightnor Road was destroyed. The agents of the Company, Messrs Hanmer and Graves, settled the claim without delay. —Adyt. • 8 106 Drink only Kozie Tba ; it s abjolutoly pure* U, Zandkb, Sole Agent^ •■ .



From the Tea Plant to the Tea . Cup 1 unadulterated aqd pure—i&ia ia Kozis lEk4 I



Warned. \if ANTED— Well Cured Hams.— , VV Jambs Tasker, Tancred Street. 8 111 OJIIZE Spanish Cockerel and six t Pullets ; trio of White Created Black Polish ; trio of Brahmas, and egge of various bretdy for sale cheap - Pelham Poultry fards 8 96 NEW BOOKS and Magazines.— Wild North Tand, Briseis. Humble {Enterprise, Mrs Armstrong, The Two Maries, Denis, The Release, Wynnum, Pioneers of the Kmpire, Annals of Oricket, Making Fate, Doctor Double, Ayres of Studleigh, Is 3 K— H. M. Jones. NKW Turf Register, 10< 6i ; Y.,uug ladies' Journal for 'August ; Wtildon's Dressmaker and Children's Bazaar, July ; Quarterly Something to Read ; Soraps and Snapshots ; Half-yearly Boys of England j ' Virginia ' Waltz, 2s ; Gold and Silver Paper for Fancy Dress. Large selection of Fans. — Andrbwes, Anderson, and Co. SEEDS. SEEDS. Flower Seeds, Id per packet. Vegetable Seeds, 3d ' per packet. All guaranteed New Seeds. — Fletcher Bros /East Street. <T AMPS. Lamps. Beautiful Biamarck LJ Lamps, 3s lid each ; Alarm Clocks, 3* lid each.— Fletcher Bros , East Street. WANTED Known— Mrs Smith, Dress and Habit maker, Havelock Street, Ashburton. 8 61 WANTED Known— lf you miss the Cheap Boot Sale you will be sorry. — Mellor's, Tancred Street. WANTED Known— The 'Economic Kid 'Glove, four buttons, Is 9J per pair, is the Glove for everyday wear. — W. H. Collier. WANTED Known—We are clearing out all our Macintoshes, Jackets, Lined Cloaks and Dressing Gowns. No reasonable offer refused for anything soiled or *' not up to date." — Mitohfll & Turner. \* 7 ANTEDKnown— Go toTHECoRNER *t ; for Newest Styles in Drapery and Millinery— W. H Collier. WANTED Known— Men's Mercery, Clothing and Boots. For Goods that wear well, fit well, and look well, try (hat old established firm — Mitchell & Turner. /CHEAPEST House in Canterbury for Garden and Farm Seeds is Carson and Co.'s. Six packets of Vegetable Seeds for Is ; Flower Seeds from Is dozen; Garden Tools of all sorts. KENT'S Famous Bicycles for Ladies and Gentlemen can now be obtained from Carson and Co , Agents, Tyres and Extras in great variety. WANTED Known — Large delivery of the ' Economic ' Kid Glove 1 ?, four buttons, Is 9d per pair, worth much more. — w H. Collier. BANANAS. Bananas, ripe and sound ; also sweet D. R. Oranges at H. A. Flower's, Confectioner and .Fruiterer, East Street. OOUGH, C< ugh, Cough— l am still making my celebrated Cough Drops, None genuine unless stamped Flowers OougK 11. A Flower, Confectioner, Kast street,. 5 24 TTTOW n.t to be ill, by Dr Emily B. ■*-■■ Rhyder, eab fruit, cho'ce fruit, good fr» i H A. Flowers fruit. East Street, Ashburton. "tl/ ANTED Known— Everybody to roll V\ op to Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale Now'a your time to buy. WANTED Known-- 6000 pairs of Boot* and shoes to pick from Mellor s Great. Boot Sale. AJNTED Known— We intend to shake up every Boob Shop in Ashburton. — Mellor's Clearing Boot Sale MEN'S Bluchers ss, a good Strong Nailed Shooter at 8s 6d ; a nloe assortment of Ladies' and Children's Boots nd Shoes from Is 9d a pair at R Alcorns \k, ANTED Known— 6ooo pairs of V * Boots to be cleared in one month. —Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. W' ANTED Known- You save 5s in every pound if you patronise Mellor's Cheap Boot Store. WANTED Known— Monste Clear Ing Boot Sale at Mellob' Zealan dia Boot Store. , WANTED Known— Buots and Shoes from Is 3d to 27s 6d — Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale. WANTED Known — Madden's Re- freihment Rooms are the rooms Par Excellence. When in town do not fail to give them a look up. Do you like a Loaf that has a sweet nutty flavor, of good pile and bloom, in addition to its full weight, which a surprise visih from the Inspector the other day proved 1 You do ? Well, go to Madden's ! If you are getting up a Spread in a private or general way, and would like your Pastry, Cakes, Jellies, Creams, etc., to be a success, why, come along to Madden's in East Street, and you won't be disappointed. Bride, Christening and Birthday Cakes a specialty. WANTED Known— That E. Mahood is still selling all kinds of Grooery, Crockery, and Glassware at as reasonable a price as any other house in the trade Orders by letter or Telephone promptly attended to Families waited on daily. Telephone No 76. WANTED Known— Great Reduction at Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale. ~Xjn ANTED Known — Bargains from VV floor to ceiling. — Mellor's Stock taking Boob Sale. CT7" ANTED Known— Just opened, ex » ' Pakeha and Gothic, Flannelettes, white, stripes, and colours ; Velveteens, black, all prices; Colours, large variety, including new shades in Reseda, Hum- boldt and Hungarian— Mitchell and Turner. WANTED Known— That it Is lament able to hear people ask why there is so muoh trash in the Boot Trade now-a- --days % But no wonder I say. They m?y strike their breasts and say, ' By our own fault, who buy such trash at cheap sales. Though oheap, a profit must be levied, and you don't get the worth of your money But you have yet a remedy by calling at J. Moieon. the Premier in the Boot Trade, where a solid, dry, and good wearing boot can be got. . Secure good boots for winter or your feet will be wee Get your repairs done at on;e or while you wait at J. Moison's Impermeable Boot Depot, East Street, Ashburton. 18 Don't Oough. — Relief oan be obtained immediately. Use HEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES well known ag the utterly unrivalled Cough Remedy. Strongly recom- mended by many eminent physicians. They at bnpe obeok the oough and remove the cause— without any af'er effeot ; the most delioate ' oan therefore 7 ' take them. One. Lozenge alone gives eaiie— one nr two at fabd- times ensures test. 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I PUBLIC NOTICES j HALLENSTEIN BRO3 CTAVE received their Trousers First Selection of New To Spring TROUSERINGS \ Measure shirtings and COATINGS ' Wm 6d. FIRST-CLASS TAILORING AT Suits to Greatly Rcduoed Prioeß Measure We <} aarantee E very s — Gatment to be Well- made and » "■ Perfeot Fit. ■''■' •• Overcoats "^" HALLENSTEIN BROS., T0 NEW ZEALAND Measure CLOTHING FACTORY. 53« 6d. Alex. Hendby, Manger. STOCK-TAKING SALE. SPECIAL FOR THIS WEEK. Alloa Yarn 2s lid lb Linen Tick, 31in wide, Is yard Linen Table Damask, Sale price 1 s yd Colonial Blankets, full size, Sale price 18i 6d Colonial Shirtings, full size, Sale price Is 7£d yard Union Shirting, Heavy, Sale price 9i3 Trimmed Millinery— Must be cleared regardless of cost or value . Oddments and Remnants at about Half-price Speoial Purchase Dress Goods— 3d 9d Cloths at 2s 3d per yard Crepcn Velvets 89 6d— Now 3s 9d per yd Fancy Silks 7s 9d— Now 4s 6d per yd Suitable for Evening Wear T"\RESSMAKING "during Sale 8a 6d Ashburton Drapery Go.. ARCADE HOUSE. WATCHES. WATCHES. WATCHES. THE ESTABLISHMENT FOB WATCHES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION IS 8. SALEK'S, EAST STREET. Rothecham's English Levers, specially made to S. Salek's order, are THE BEST. JUST RECEIVED, a shipment of S. Salek's famed DIXIT DIXIT r DIXIT ; WATCHES. * The only GENUINE D.xit has "S. Salek, Ashburton" engraved on dial. Jt&~ See that you get it. For ONE MONTH ONLY these Wacohea are offered at the specially low price of 15/- 15/- 15/- --each at S. SALEK'S WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, EAST STREET. WAHOO ! THE CURE FOR INDIGESTION. Aehburton Drug Company, Agents 11 10 WANTED Known— Ladies Shoes tan or black, 6s 6d.— Mf.llor's Cheap Boot Sale. NOTICE.— Are you going to build. Because the cheapest shop for Hoofing, Iron Ridging, Gutters, Nails, Lead, Spouting. Water Tanks, Pumps, Ranges, Register Grates, Locks and Hinges, Washing Boilers, and all sorts of Ironmongery, Is J. W. Habdley's, Ironmonger, Plumber, and Tinsmith. Telephone $2,



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H'^ Business Notices . I THE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN CANTERBURY. I G. J. NEILL P' DRAPERY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS. I {'(ORSETS 2* 6d, OOR9ETS 2a 9.J, New Dress Goods Reduced 60 per cent I New Velveteens Reduced, All Wool Flannel (Colonial) 9£d ■ Flannelettes 3s 6d doz Silesia 3s 3d doz ■ Blankets aboat half-price Double-bed White Twill Sheeting 9£d I . Double-bed UnbUaohed Twill Sheeticg, 9£d I Large Whijte and Brown |Tarkish Towels, reduced from Is 6d to I9 Wmr-  CLOTHING. I' Mens All WrolTweed Suits 2Ls.. Men's Tweed Trousers 5a lid I Men's Overcoats, Macintoshes, Oilskin Cjata, and Xegglns, reduced 50 per cent I Boys' and YouthbV Suits half-price. I Men's Cap?, Boys' Caps, Braces and Shirts, afe Ridiculous Prices I ■■;■■ ■■■<■■ Men's Woollen Socka, 7id pair I BOOT S. BOOTS. I We Defy Competition. -Every pair .Guaranteed to wear Every Pair Made to Our Order Men's Nailed Shooters 7a lid Men's Light Shooters 83 6d Men's Watertight Blnohers, pegged; 7s lid Women's Strong Leather Shoes 4s lid A Large Assortment of Ladles' Best French Glace Eid Boots and Gloves to choose from. . I*. J. UTEIAiIj, Friedlander's Corner, East Street. Garden Tools. LAWN MOWERS, SPACES, SHOVELS, lORKS, DUTCH AND DRAW HOES, TROWELS, HEDGE SHEARS, PRUNING KMVES, GORSE KNIVES, By Best Makers at Lowest Prices, AT " '* John Orr & Cp^s ASHBURTON. 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 in the very best potato producing districts. We would advise 'vrdera to be sent to us as early aB possible, in order that they may be filled from ««ar own stocks, which occasionally become exhausted before the end of the season. . < BEAUTY OF HEBKON,' J This Variety is Very Early, ooming to the table before either Early Rose or Ashleaf Kidney, and is far superior both in quality and productiveness. 1 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-class eating potato. ASHLEAF, 'MYATT'S EARLY PROLIFIC.' An excellent and well-known variety ; valuable for sheltered borders and very early use. . NEW POTATO— < RICH ABD SEDDON.' This fine new Potato, selected from a number of seedings four years ago, «as been sent out to us itom 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 in height, with rich green smooth leaves. The tubers are fairly large, of an oval shape, and somewhat distioct, with few eyes near the surface ; flesh close in grain, aßd when cooked, of a dry and mealy nature, with a flavour tqual to the fiuest 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.' - j An excellent early variety, most prolific, and of excellent flavor. i ■ 'LAPSTONE KIDNEY.' j A well-known Kidney variety, excellent for winter use; good quality. 'BATH KIDNEY.' A well-known and approved variety of good quality. 'DEBWENTS.' We have some splendid samples from Orari and North Canterbury. 'CLOVER SEEDS.' White or Dutch (Trefolium repens), Red (Trefolium prateuse), Crimson (Trifolium inearnation). 4 MANGEL WURZEL' The greatest possible care is taken in growing all onr Mangel Seeds. Grown fi-om 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. Mammoth Long Red Golden Tankard, Champion Orange Globe, Etc. FLETCHER BROS.. E A T STR BE T. Sole Agents in Asliburton and Ohristehure for Nimmo & Blair' Standard Seeds,