M^l ASHBUBTON GUARDIAN : FRTDAt, JANUARY it, 1896.

Printed and Published by the ' Ashbnrton Publishing Company, Limited, at their Steam Printing Office, Burnett Street Aehburton. FRIDAY, JANUARY 17t 1899



PUBLIC NOTICES IKY GA hLICH N'S A.C. Ointment. A wonderful and unsurpassable preparation A SURE CURB for Bronchitis, Severe Colds, Burns, Boils, Ear- iche, Sore Legs, Chilblains, etc. Price, la 6d ; from Chemists and Stores GALLIOHAN'S A.C. OINTMENT Is also specially prepared for Veter- inary use, and as a Horse and Cattle Dressing will be found faithful m its operation For all kind of Sores, Cracked and Greasy Heels and Wounds on Horses, or Sore Teats on Cows, etc , give it one trial, and its virtue and cheapness will be for ever established. Sold everywhere. Price, 2s 6d TRY GAIEoHAN'S A.C. VEGETABI^ PILLS n Vov Constipation, Dyspepsia, Stole Headaohe, Inaigeatipn, Want ofAppetite, Female and all Stomach and liver Com- plaints, etc. ..; . • . _There is no humbug about these PH&- Their extensive use ifl a guarantee of their Parity and Goodness. Thibty Pnia m every Box, and one Pill sufficient for a dose. Give them a trial Prioe, 1b 6<i everywhere TRY QAtLIOHAN'S A.C. CORN CUKE. .1(3 Is a most Wonderful Preparation, and will remove any Com (hakd or soft.) It also removes the matter that prt vides food for the Corn, without m any way injuring the FEET. Directions with every pot, and are easily carried oub . Price, Is everywhere MR G. P. HoStEN, Ashburton, represents GalUchan's A.O. Preparations m Canterbury, and all business must be conducted through him EDWIN GALLICHAN, PROPRIETOR AND MANUFACTURER, Ashurst, Manawatu, N.Z LO C A l/ AGENTS — Mbs Adams, Saundera' Buildings ; H. E. Bonningtoic, Ohemisb, East Street ; Shbabman Bros , Burnett Street 12 45 FARMERS CALL ON John- Orr & Co* FOR QUOTATIONS OF Machine Oil, AND ALL FARMING REQUISITES WE ARE SELLING BINDER TWINE CHEAPER THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE IN ASHBURTON and are m a position to GUARANTEE Every Bale Senb Out AGENTS FORgTHE McCORMICK Reaper and Binder THE BEST AND MOST DURABLE MACHINE MADE. Sections and Chains for Ma&ey- Harris, and Walter A. Wood Machines, KEPT; IN STOOS. John Orr and Co., IRONMONGERS, ASHBURTON M. B. HE AW, ASHBURTON HOTEL. ff^Hß ASHBURTON HOTEL Is one 1 of the points of history. Jnsb where the approach to the Traffic Bridge is now, the First Licensed House m Ashburton stoed. The Ashburto'n Hotel was its Immediate successor. The old accommodation house was the first and lasb house m a day&'s ride, and it was a wel- oome eighfc to many a weary traveller. The new house is still the last the south' ward traveller sees as he leaves Ashbur ton, and the tramp to t henextis leng and weary. The new house is entered with pleasure, and quitted with regret, for the Landlord Keeps Only the Best, and his brand of CIVILITY has the Guinea Stamp of Genuineness, and IS , SOLD AT COST PRICE



JReduc ons ductions j A 8 THE If eductions advertised have proved Very Successful a Clearing the large line of Delaines put under offer last week, re have now placed under the Same Treatment, a line of Summer Dresses AND Washing Materials, ALSO- SEVERAL LINES IN THE SHOW ROOM SPECIAL TO CLEAR— A Few Odd Lengths of Oilcloths and Linoleums. MITCHELL & TURNER KAIAPOI HOUSE, TANORED STREET. PAOU BOOTS & SHOES PACU UAOti. BOOTS & SHOES uAuii. GREAT VARIETY, CHEAPEST AND BEST. WSEBBBS (Hcl>O]¥Aljl> X HcDIABOIID HAVE great pleasure m announcing that their premises m East street are Stocked with the Largest Variety of Boots and Shoes ever seen m Ashburton. We are making a specialty of GEN LEMEN'S BOOTS. All kinds kept m stock. Try Our Own Make Hand-sewn to Measur Try the Etecbrlo Boots— specially imported Try the Cookßam— best m the market Try Oar Own Make m French Calf. East India Kip and Colonial Kip A special import of thick rubber Tennis Shoes m Ladies' and Gentlemen's. Try the INCOMPARABLE. Ladies' Walking Strap Shoes m great Variety. Ladies' Shoes m Beetive, Wolfe, Otto Herz, Beehive, Oceana, and all the Best Continental goods. A large assortment of Our Own Make also to cboase from. Children's Dainty Shoes for the holidays. Canvas Shoes of pvery description — Black Brown, White and Blue. SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE SPECIALLY FINE ASSORTMENT OP BABIES' SHOES. Repairing efficiently done at the Shortest notice. TRY THE CASH BOOT SHOP. McDonald & mcDiarmid, East street, Ashburton, and at Oatnaru and Waimate. DAVID THOMAS, (Late Matson, Cox and Co. j Auctioneer, Land, Insurance & Estate Agent, Valuator, Wool and Grain Broker, ASHBU R.T ON. Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock — Tinwald and Ashburton^ Alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc., on Fridays Sales ;,f Wool Throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Oleari jg Sales as per arrangements AGENT FOR— Matson and Co, Christchurch Booth, McDonald and Co, Ohristchurch White's Sheep Dip Massey-Harris Reaper and Binder London and Lancashire Insurance Company : Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stevenson and Co, Dunedin Planet Junior Garden and Field Tools Belfast Manures I beg to inform my Rakaia Clients and others that I have appointed Mb W Barcock as my Agent m the Rakaia district DAVID THOMAS, Ashburton I HAVE the undermentioned Properties for Sale, viz., 280 acres Ghating Oross, well fenced, all m grass 160 acres First-class Swamp Land, thoroughly improved, Flemlngton 62 acres First-class Land, Eifielton 1050 acres Dromore, m grand order 330 acres Tussock, Maronan 300 acres Tussock, Lismore - . 486 acres Good Land, splendidly grassed, Lismore I hold Auction Sales of Sheepskins, Hides, Fat, Etc, every fortnight throughout the season Belfast Freezing Co.'s Manures, I OAN. SUPPLY Superphosphates, Blood Manure, Potato Manure, Bone Meal, and !3one Dust, IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE OF PLANET JR. TOOLS. David Thomas, ASHBURTONj THE Christchurch Meat Company, Ltd. — ■ — :o: HAVING LARGELY INCREASED the Freezing capacity, and Slaughtering and Storage Accommodation of the Works at ISLINGTON, Are m a position Meet All the Requirements of the District daring the Coming Season, and are prepared to FREEZE FOE FABMEBS Or Purchase Sheep and Lamba on the ground at HIGHEST MARKET VALUES J



Public Notices ALFRED CURTIS, GRAIN BROKR AND CJM- MISsION AGENT, ARCADE. J 166 i, E. W. HANWIER j ] AVINGr at last made the necessary J* 1 arrangements to occupy the premises lately occupied by MESttbS MILES AND CO., Limited, without the chance of being asked to clear out at aDy moment, I have much pleasure m informing OLD CLIENTS who have dc ne their business to a great extent on these premiers, and (he Public generally, that 1 intend to keep m stock ALL KINDS OF GOODS WHICH ARHJ REQUIRED ON FARMS, LARGE OR SMALL, SUOff AS Fencing Wire, Barbed Wire, Sheep Netting, with centre strand, Binder Twine, Gornsacks, Woolpacks, Beaming Twine, Branding Oils m Blue, > ed, & Black, Flour, Sharps, Bran, Fine r alt,. Go arse Salt, Rock Fait, English Fuperpbosphates, Bone Dust, all kinds of Agricultural Seeds, the germination of which is tried before being offered for Sale, TEA , SUGAR, Etc. I ehall hold Auction Sales of BTOCK «nd SHEEPSKINS at the usual times as heretofore, and I shall be a Gash Buyer of all sorts of GRAIN and GRASS SEH.DS during the coming season. As I have pitched my camp m Ashburton, I hope to receive a share of the business going. E. W. TANMER. West Street, December 17, 1895. Monster Hale of English <»ood?. WE have just landed, ex ss Duke of Sutherland, the following Goods — Tea Sets, Breakfast Sets, Dinner Ware, Steak Dishes, Cheese Stands, Triple Trays, Fancy Jugs m Sets, Forty Toilet Sets, etc. These goods are direct from two of the Largest Potteries m England and are first- class m every respeot. Ex as Kaikoura — A Shipment of the UNRIVALLED BICYCLES which are the Best, Strongest, and Cheapest ever seen m Ashburton. Price from £10. Ball-bearings throughout. Terms if required. Also — Bella Limps, Saddles, Pouches, Oilers, Capes/ etc., which will .be void at Lowest prices Ex ss Ruapehu — Ten Crates JAM JARS with Screw Tops, Splendid Value. The Sale will be held m the END SHOP OF THK AB CADE- Commencing, TUESDAY, December 31. The Best Christmas Show m Ashburton will be Carson aw» Co.'*, MONSTER SALE OF ENGLISH GOODS, at Tancied street end of the Arcade, Direct from London. Wool scouring:. W. T. WEBSTEE BEGS to remind Farmers and others m the Ashburton and adjacent counties thafc m his Wool Scouring Works, on the Ashburton river frontage, near she Bridge (formerly occupied by Mr Horaersham) he has every facility and appliance for the efficient ScouriDg of WOOL. This he is prepared to under- take for Farmers and others on commis- sion, and is besides a Cash purchaser of Wool, Skins, Hides, Fat, Tallow, and other by-products at full market rates. He will be happy to wait on Farmers, and be glad to receive offers at his premises. The advertiser attends all the local Hide and Skin, etc, Sales, but will be pleased to deal privately and make terras person- ally with Clients W- T- WEBSTER, ASHBURTON SCOURING WORKS 11 164 THE TWINE QUESTION. T RUN MY OWN BUSINESS m my X own interest and m the interests of MY CLIENTS. I leave my patrons to be themselves the judges of the quality of everything I sell. This year I ask (he Farmers who have so often dealt with me, and for so many years, to inspect the BINDING TWINE I have to offer them ; to examine its history, of which I can satisfy easily the closest scrutiny. My supply this year is Donaghy'3 — and is this year's product of I that firm's factory, from which io has come direct, and HAS JSOT BEEN BOUGHT AT AUCTION after lying as dead stock m the hands of Merchants who found it unsaleable. I sell the straight article at straighb prices, and these are lean than any yet advertised, Henry Zander, TOE FARMER'SFRIEND- pHRISTMAS, 1895.— 1 beg to thank my friends and the public ab large for the liberal support expended to me since I started business three months ago. I have now received a quantity of Goods suitable for the Chris, maa and New Year trade, second to none m Ashburton, and at a price within the reach of all. A trial solicited .— E. DUbqqd, East Sell) Cash Stere, i .



Public Notices. PIANOFOETB, AMEBIOAN ORGAN, AND THEORY OF MUSIC. Mrs Bowman Fox, fVfILL resume teaching on Monday, * January 20, as under— Monday— Havekck street Tue?d»y — Rakaia Wednesday — Saundera' Buildings 'J hurjday — Saunderts 7 Buildings Theory Class Friday— Havelock street Saturday— Saunders' Buildings Havelock street, Ashburton, January 1895. THE VIOLIN. MISS BESSIE SIMMONDS Teacher of the Violin, SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS, Ashburton 1896 PIANOFORTE, SINGING, and FRENCH MRS FrMAKEIGr, Cameron Street (Opposite Reid and Gray s ) Firsb Term will begin February 3, 1896 "TTACANOIES m each of the above. V Terms on application. A CARD MRS A. CrCLARIDGE, TEACHER OF PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, and SINGING, COX STREET, ASHBURTON. TERMS ON APPLICATION. MUSIC. MISS CARSON HAS REMOVED to the Corner of Wills and William Streets, where she will receive Pupils for Pianoforte and American Organ. For terms, etc., apply to Mrs Algobn, Havelock Street. Pupils could ba boarded if required. 1 49 TVTATIONAL MORTGAGE AND IN AGENCY COiMPANY of NEW ZEALAND, Limited. Capital £1,000,000. Paid-up £200,000 HEAD OFFICE!: 8 Great Winchester Street, London BRANCHES: Christohurch, Dunedin, Timaru, Oamaru, Invercargill, Wellington & Melbourne WOOL FOB LOCAL SALE OR SHIPMENT. THE NATIONAL MORTGAGE AND AGBNOY COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, Limited, are making Advances on Large or Small Wool Clips intended for either local sale or shipment to London, ab Lowest Current Rates of Intereat and FREE of COMMISSION Wool for Local Sale should be con signed to — NATIONAL MORTGAGE, CHRIST- CHUKCH, . and when for Shipment to » NATIONAL MORTGAGE, LYTTELION We have made very complete arrange- ments m London for the disposal of Wool and can place our clionts upon most favorable terms The Company's Shipments from the South Island alone last season amounted to over IB>OOO Bale s- Clients are reminded t at the Com panys Articles of Association provide for Proceeds of Wool and Produce being Secured under Separate Trust tor the special acoouut of principals WOOLPAOKS, SEAMING TWINE and all Station Requisites supplied at Lowest Rates Note — Wool consigned to the Company at Lyttalton for Shipment will be received into the Shaw, Savill and Albion^Sheds Free of Charge G. F. MARTIN, J Manager, Chriatchurch. W. WALLIS, 10 119 Agent, Ashburton. LAZAR US'S SIGHT TESTI NG AND SPEOIALITB SPECTACLES. Sole agent for Ashburton District, g g A L E X, JEWELLER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. T AZARUS Patented System ensures JLj comfort and correct sight. Don t spoil your eyes by using badly fitting Spectacles. 5 ' AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT .SOCIETY New Zealand Branch Head Office, Customhouse-quay, Wellington! Local Board of Direotor* : fhe Hon Morgan S. Grape, MJ>., CM.Q., MX.O. (Chairman) ■> the Hon Charles J. Johnston, M.L.CU (Deputy Chairman) Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq TheHon Edward Richardson, 0.M.G., M.L.C John Duncan, Esq Medical Officer : , Dt Qt. S. Alison, M.D., M.8.0.5. (England) fTHHE OLDEST, WEALTHIEST, X ACT) MOST PROSPEROUS Austraxian Lite Ojpfioe, \nd thk LARGEST IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The only Colonial Life Office which declares a BONUS EVERY YF.AT? Xhe Xethod of Valuation adopted by this Society ia I of the moat Stringent Character, and ensures a Consi derably Larger Reserve to meet Liabilities thantha held by any other office In the Australasian. Colonies OOUMULATED FUND EXCEEDS £13,000,000 (TWELVE MILLIONS) Sterling ANNUAL INCOME, £2,000.000, (TWO MILLION STERLING). POLICIES IN FORCE .- H9,S3S dum Assured £39,888.071 Cash Bonuses Divided .. <.. £5,883,41S BONUSES BONUS for ONE year, 1898, £448,790, yielding CASH Reversionary Bonuses amounting to £910,000 after making SPECIAL RESERVES. CASH BONUSES declared for last FIVE years, over TWO MILLIONS, yielding Reversionary Bonuses ■ exceeding POUR MILLIONS ASSURE YOUR LIFE IN THE A- M- P- SOCIETY And fc> scare a BONUS EVERY *EAR Expenses of Management B|per cent on the total income EDWARD W. LOWE, Resident Secretary Branca Office — Custom House Quay, Wellington Ohriatohuroh District Office- Cathedral Square. JAMES HAIR, District Secretary H ZANDER, L oal Broker Ashburton V



Public Notices.) t Henry Zander. 4 S the Harvesting Season is now i\. drawing near, I beg to intimate that I have bought a very large stock of Harvesting Material?, anticipating " a correspondingly large demand. bindingT"twines. BINDING TWINES. BINDING WIEE. BINDING WIRE. . And all other Harvesting Material now m Stock. Farmers, do not give your orders for Twine without getting my quotation, as I can quote less than any local merchant, having purohased most favorably. I have for Sale a few SECOND HAND MoOORMICK REAPERS & BINDERS In First Glass Order. Early application necessary. McCORMICK & BUCKEYE EXTRAS kept m Stock, Also "TYZAGK'S" SECTIONS & CHAINS For all ether machines CORNSACKS, CORNSACKS. I am now prepared to take'orderß for fall sized Cornsacks, and farmers will do well to order early, as crops will be heavy. Carpets, Linoleums, Oilcloths, etc. In order to make room for Harvest- ing and other Goods now landing and to arrive, I will sell the whole of the above Stock at 25 per cent below cost price- -1000 MATS, 1000 MATS, 1000 MATS Mauritius Sugar. Be snre to use no other for yonr JAM, and sea that you get it NEW CURBANTt*, NEW RAISINS, and NEW SULTANAS. These fruits are readj for use without further washing Teas, Teas, Teas. CHINA, CEYLON, INDIA, and HEALTH TEA Just Landed (ex Gothic) 100 GALVANISED STEEL ELASTIC HORSE COLLARS, In all sizes. They are giving universal satisfaction SCOTT'S WELL-KNOWN RANGES, AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. Oils Oils. 1 I have m Stock and to Land — 100 Drums Linseed Oil 200 cases Valvoline 200 cases Castor Oil 20 bales best 5 -ply Seaming Twine China and Glassware Hornsby's & Bansome's Plough Shares Barbed and Plain Fencing Wire BEST ENGLISH LEATHER BELTING WINES & SPIBIT3, ALES & STODT LIQUEURS, «fc HABANA CIGARS, CIGARETTES, In view of approaching holidays, at SPECIALLY LOW PRICES I have Alwayß for Sale — CRUSHED OATS, OATEN SHEAF CHAFF, , OATS, BRAN, SHARPS, AND OHICKWHEAT. Henry Zander, GENERAL MERCHANT WOOL, STOCK AND STATION AGENT AGENT FOR- Snn Fire Insurance Office Australian Mutual Provident Society



Public Notices JU 3 T Arrived. —A large variety of use- ful aud Ornaimnlal Goods, Dolls, LYys, and Novelties ; also, a job lob over >ne hundred assorted Baskets and yiorocco and Russian Leather Handbags, ;o be sold at and under ordinary cost jrice at Mrs Axcorn's. HOLIDAY Suits— A IS ice Kaiapol buit for 27s 6d, Boys' Knlcker md Cambridge Suits fmm. 7s 6d. Men's SuitH to Mtasure from 45a, Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed at JR. Aloorn's TIHE COLONIAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, (limited ) 3ffioes m all the colonies and m the united kingdom TOTAL Nfe.W BUSINESS since cointnencemettof the Society exceeds TWENTY-ONE MILLIONS, Being an average of a million for each ■ " year oi its existence PREMIUMS~MpDERATE. Claims paid immediately on proof of death Bind title. Policies kept m force oat of Surrender Value as long as there is sufficient to pay one quarterly premium. Write for Proposal Forms and all information to E O YOUNG, Canterbury District Agent R. B. RRSTELL, Local Agent ; or ARTHUR E. GIBBS, Secretary for New Zealand, Wellington 10154 W. Bowman Fox, t^HAREBROKER, ACCOUNTANT & GENERAL AGENT. MONEY TO LEND. I have several suma of Trust Funds to Lend on Freehold Security. Interest fr^m five per cent. JEYE'S|SHEEP DIP AND CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS. I am agent for the above, which will be found very superior, and non-poisonous. Farmers and others are invited to call and inspect testimonials and ascertain prices. TEAS. I have a supply of Horniman's Teas which have bren favorably known m Great Britain for the past forty years. Also Ceylon, India, and China Teas. Agent for the Royal Exchange Fire Assurance, established 1720. Risks at ourrent rates. OFFICE— Moore Street. (Premises formerly occupied by Messrs Friedlander Bros.) COAL | MODNT SOMERS } COA.L OOaL ( HOUSEHOLD | COAL COAL /"PHIS well-known and favorite House S. hold Coal is now delivered at the following rates per 4 ton trnck : — Westerfield Railway Station, 15s per ton, freight paid. Ashburton Railway Station, 16s per ton, freight paid ; Metb yen, 19s 6d, freight paid. All orders must be accompanied oheque or P,O. vtder. GEORGE PARK, Mount Somers. GREAT ANNUAL SALE OP DKAPERY, CLOTBING & BOOTS. ANDREW A RR WILL COMMENCE A GEEAT SALE OF SURPLUS STOCK OF DBAPERY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS, ON SATURDAY, THE 18th JANUARY* TOR ONE MONTH ONLY ALL GOODS MARKED AT A LABGE REDUCTION. Men's Boils at 20s Men's Hats from 6d upwards Men's Boots from 4s 6 & Ladies' Boots half-price Children's Boots from Is Ladies Trimmed Hats half-price Ladies' Jackets from 4s 6d Ladies' Gloves 6d per pair ALL GOODS WILL BE SOLD AT A SACRIFICE FOR CASH. ANDREW ORE..



T. Bullock. TO LWl I—-Oomfwr-ahlo1 — -Oomfwr-ahlo Cotlage m Grey street, Gocd Cooking Range. " T O LE T. j CHEEP Country, Hinds district. I 500 iORRS - -0 SUEH.P FARMERS & orHERS. FOR SAL E — OOf* AORES Westerfield Survey OOU District, about 200 aores havo been s >wn with English Gr*s9eF. Very suitable. for working with heavy lands. Ea*y term" of payment. A j, ply to T. BULLOCK. H]A PRICE wanted for T S 'gj JL v/a number 14, Dobaon street, South. Apply to T. BULLOCK, Agent. FOR SaLE ~~ T.S. 891, quarter acre, Aitken street east, price £14 10s. T.Ss. 994 and 995 each quarter acre, corner of Walker and Peter street west, £80 eaob. T.Ss. 851, 852, 861, 862, one acre, having three f ion tages on Oaas, Aitken and Grey streets, capital building Bite. Easy terms. Also a number of others. Full partlou- to.n.ppM^looto BpLLOOg FOR SALE, by Order of the Mortga Sees-Town Property centrally situated near the Post Office and Railway Station, fronting Cameron Street, being Town Section 237, £ acre, with commodious building thereon, known as Campbell's Boardinghouse. Offers are invited for this property. The Mortgagee has decided to dispose of it at a considerable sacrifice. Terms on application. T. BULLOCK FOB SALE, Cottage and Section, well situated m Mcore Street. T BULLOCK FOR SALE. A 'COMMODIOUS Building for removal. Apply to ■ T. BOLLOCK. TO LET. DWELLING m Moore street, at 5s 6d per week. T. BOLLOCK. Friedlander Bros., Limited. FOR PKIVATK SALE. fpEN .ACRES of Rich Agricultural I Land on Winter's Road, Allenton. Also a good Seven- roomed House on the Alford Forest Road, wich one acre of land, half of which is well stocked with Fruit trees. For further particulars app'y FRIEDLANDKR BROS , 1 57 Limited FOR PRIVAi'E SALE. SEVEN AORES OF LAND, Near the Towu of Etakaia. MESSRS FRIEDL\NDF.R BROS.. Likited, have received instruc- tions from the Owner, to Sell by Private Treaty, SEVEK ACRES of really good Land, situated near the Town of Rakaia, well fenced and all m grass. If not disposed of Pr<ya f ely, will be offered at Auction at Rakaia, on THURSDAY, F^BRUaRY 6, 1896. Full particulars on application. FRIEDLANDEU BUOS., Limited. 1 14 TfTE HAVE FOR SALE,— A LIMITED SDPPIY OF THE McCOBMICK JSIIVDINGt WIHE, CHEAP.' FRIEDLANDER BROS , Limited. 1 THE" VIOLIN. ' MISS BESSIE SIMMONDS, Teacher of the Violin. SaunderV Building ! will RESUME Teaching on MONDAY, January 20. at her rooms Every after- noon, excepting Thursday. Private ad- dress— Creek Road, AUtnton. 1 70 Drawing & JPalatingr Classes:- MrWH.Tait, ARTIST, O.S.A. j i^LAS.SES ARE HELD EVERY lUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY a*d SATURDAY, Id the above Subjects. A specia 1 reduction is made to leacherp, pupil teachers, and pujils actually attend- ing a public school. For card c f terms, apply to Me W. H Collins, or at Studio, care Mr H. A. Gates, School of Music, Ashburton. Pupils prepared for Examination m plain and solid Geometry, Model Drawing > nd Perspective. PROFESSOR LOISETTE'S MEMORY SYSTEM. In response to numerous requests from all sections, of New Zealand that I should at once afford facilities to acquire my art of Assimilative memory by Correspondence on the Single Book System, and at One price of One Pound Four Shillings each pupil, 1 have to state that all persons wishing to learn my system should put themselves into communication w ith Mr P; R. Dix, of Coombes' A' carte, Auckland, who will, pro- vide them with the required single book of instruction and any information necessary with tho greatest possible despatch. 8 105 A. LOISETTE. RAILWAY TIMW TABLE. ~" Trains leave Ashburfcon FOR THE NOR I'H every day at 7.20 a.m., 3 40 p.m., sad 7.5 p.m. (expreßP) On Mondays, Wed- nesdays, and Fridays, an extra train loaves at 11.0 a.m. Traius arrive f rein the North every day at 10.45 a m. t 12. 4S noon (cxprew) •nd 8 0 p.m. Traius leave Ashburton FOH THE? SOUTH every day at 10.55 a.m , and 12 53 noon (express). On Tuesdays, Thursday p, aod Saturdays a train loaves at 3.50 p.m. A train leaves for Mount Somers branch Hoe every day at 4.25 p.m. The branch train arrives m Asblmrton at 9.45 a.m. Trains leave Pakaia for Mefcliven daily (Thursdays excepted) ab 7.5 p.m., on. Tuesdays at 10 10 a.m , and on Thursdays at 12.20 noon. Trains leava Mel h ven at the following times respectively —6 50 every day, except Fridays; 10 30 Fridays j 3 10 p.m. Tuesdays. The great clearing sale of S. Anderson' stock of Boots and shoes, announced hy McDonald and Mol.iaumid is comiog to a close wiihin ten days. Secure % pair of Boots It 906? at tbe rodwcid prigt, \l 158