The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1896. THE PENNY POST.

• — ♦ Mr Henniker-Heaton, M.P., has been a most energetic and unwearied advo cate for, years past of a system- of penny postage between Great Britain and her colonies. He is very persis tent m his agitation, and the new Postmaster-General is allowed no peace on this Imperial penny postage system question by the indefatigable enthu siast. Mr Henniker-Heaton has a good many followers, too, arid those, believers m his doctrine of an Imperial penny postage give him yeoraanly sup port m his agitation. Long ago it was understood that the Government of her Britannic Majesty was favorable to the adoption of an Imperial penny post, and that at an early date the i order establishing it would be issued, i But time has rolled on, the order has , not been issued, and naturally Mr Henniker-Heatoii and his followers i want to know the reason why. To , their inquiries Mr R.- W, . Hanbury, the Financial Secretary to. the Trea sury, has replied that it was impossible . to force the Imperial penny postage ' ..down the throats of the colonies, and 1 that it would involve .*a, universal penny postage, by which the losses on the foreign and colonial services would be increased by more than a quarter million per annum. This is an answer m which the last argument has some thing tangible m it. But it is not an answer likely to satisfy Mr Henniker- Heaton. He has made up his mind that the sole cause ot the Imperial penny post not now being an accom plished fact is simply the hatred of re form and innovation which the perma nent officials at the Imperial postal head quarters . entertain. And Mr Heaton is not likely to rest content with the Financial Secretary's answer while this belief disturbs his mind. That Mr Hanbury's answer settles the question can hardly be accepted, and letters from Home correspondents in dicate that many of Mr Heaton's more influential supporters have become pos sessed with his belief with regard to the passive resistance of conservative officialdom, and are prepared to fight it until it is overcome. A resolution was passed m the House of Commons, without opposition, affirming the desir ableness of an Imperial penny post, and the Rosebery Ministry endorsed it, , so that the advocates of the movement 1 can hardly be expected to accept the | Financial Secretary's answer to Mr; Heitpn as final, jfofore that answer

' was given the South of Scotland Asso- f i ciation of Chambers of Commerce pre- ■ pared a resolution, which was sub- i mitted to the Associated Chambers of the United KiDgdom, at their meeting on March 29. The fate of that reso | lution the cable has not indicated, but it will soon be- known when the Eng lish files reach us. The resolution, however, is available and runs thus : — " That m the opinion of this Associa tion no serious attempt has ever been made by the Postmaster-General or the postal authorities to carry out the wishes of the Imperial Parliament or of the Chambers of Commerce, repea tedly expressed, for the establishment of Imperial penny postage ; that the so-called opposition of the Australian people has no foundation m fact ; that the letters published from the Prime Ministers of Victoria, New Zealand, and Tasmania, expressly assent to the establishment of an Imperial penny post from England to the colonies ; that m these circumstances her Majesty's Government be again strongly urged to take the necessary steps forthwith to carry out this reform." The case seems to us to have been well put m this resolution, and since it was prepared Mr Heaton's pen has been busy m advocating his pet cause. He wrote to the Times at length,, saying the colonies had only been asked for a mere platonic assent to a purely British reform, but "the officials have never even taken the trouble to communicate with the colonies. They assert that it is not their duty to invite the assent of the Australian colonies, but their own acts, when the 2£d rate was ac cepted by Mr Goschen, render it impos sible to accept this answer. Again they urge that the colonies are not unanimous, but this is mere trifling, since m 1890 the post office offered to enforce the views of the majority, or even the more important colonies, upon the rest. They were even prepared to go as far as to arrange a 2|d rate with New Zealand alone." Mr Heaton sug gests the speediest way to break down the opposition of the permanent offi cials is to appoint a small commission of business men to report as to whether it is advisable to get m the thin end of the wedge by establishing penny postage forthwith to Canada, Victoria, and New Zealand, and the other colonies that have already given m their assent, or wait until every small dependency falls into line. He concludes : " It is unnecessary to state what will be the " decision or report of the Committee." We. expect to hear of Mr Beaton again returning to the attack, and as he says both the Chan cellor of the Exchequer and Mr Cham berlain are warm advocates of the measure, the capitulation of officialdom may soon be looked for. Mr Heaton's letters and speeches seem to infer that this matter has been left almost wholly to the decision of officialdom, and when that is done the wheels of the department are confined sternly to the pld tracks. Once Mr Heaton gets the eyes of the chiefs of the Cabinet turned m earnest gaze .upon his scheme, and those master minds gat. a clear grasp of the situa tion, official'don will give way m a ihurry. In spite of the Financial Sec retary'a apparently authoritative reply to Mr Heaton, are not without hope that the realisation of our. hopes for a penny postage scheme between the Australian colonies at least and the Mother Country is not after all m the very far distant future.

Three is a lady m New York who has looked with sorrow upon the troops of boys and girls who larrikinism. are allowed to run about the streets of that city at all hours of the night, and proposes a remedy. She is a member of one of the school boards of the city, and she intends to ask the State Legis lature to enact measures excluding girls and boys from the street after dark. She thinks that, when we hear of a hoy who has invented a new way to blow up safe?, and of others who are learning to be robbers and burglars and cracks men, it is quite time something should be done. For this purpose Mrs Towns end has thrown m her lot with the Boys' and Girls' National Home and Employment Association, which has been formed with the special obiect of coping with juvenile crime. The follow ing is a synopsis of the laws "for the suppression of crimes among youth " endorsed by the National Association at its seventh annual Convention, held m St. Louis m 1894, and introduced m thirty-one Legislatures: — "First — Compelling officials of cities, towns, and villages to detain and return to their homes all truant and tramping boys and girls. Second — Compelling all children^ and youths under fifteen years of age, unless accompanied by parents or absent with leave (apprentices oxceptedand those employed), to be at their homes after -the hour of, nine o'clock at night. Third — To imprison all youths apart from criminals. Fourth — To open a free public intelli gence office m the respective caunties of each of the States, enabling youths to secure homes or employment them selves or through their parents. Fifth — To protect children m the homes of vicious and immoral parents." The State law which Mrs Townsend. pro poses makes it unlawful for any * boy or girl m any city,. town, or village of the State to be m the street after nine o'clock at night, under penalty of five dollars for the first offence and 10 dollars for the second, unless . accom panied •" by .'. a parent or guardian or engaged m some employment approved by them. The ordinance, which is said to have worked well m Lincoln, Neb., forbids children under fifteen from being m the streets after nine, o'clock between Marchl and August l,and after eight o'clock for the rest of the year, unless accompanied or author ised by a parent or guardian. The penalty is ten dollars, and' it is made the duty of the police to arrest with out warrants. Parents or guardians who allow children to go into the street during the prohibited hours without " reasonable necessity ", are made lia able to a fine of 25 dollars

A contemporary muses m the.follow ing strain on the advent of the twen tieth century: — the twentieth There appears to century. be some difference of opinion as: to when the twentieth century will begin, which controversy leads a scientific journal to poiutoutthat those whoclajuj

that it begins January 1, 1900, would probably decline to accept a payment of 1899 dollars from a wealthy debtor who owed them 19,000 dollars. On December 31, 1900, the full term of 100 years comprising the century will have elapsed, and at midnight on that date . begins another century — the twentieth, according to our little record. It would be interest ing to know just how long man has . been keeping an account of time. Several times since the world became inhabited an eftort has been made to keep some sort of tally of the years, and after consecutive counting of the years for a few thousand of Che earth's annual journeys round the sun the count has been broken, some great war or famine or catastrophe sweeping away all vestige of the record. Time and again the effort has been made. Of all chronologies, the Chinese seems most definite and consecutive. They have an unbroken count of years amounting now to over 5000. Many centuries ago a general understanding was had m Europe to date from the birth of Christ and according' to that nearly all those influenced by Western civilisation count by that system, calling this year 1896, A.D., though, m comparison with older systems, 1896 looks very meagre.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Farmers' column will be foand on the fourth- page* . ■ A meeting of the Tinwald Football Olub ii called for this evening. ' The monthly meeting of the High Sohool Board takes place at Mr Braddell's office on Tuesday next at 3 p.m. We learn that the Catholic B&ziar which closed on Tuesday . evening* realised the handsome gros < sum of £570. Somebody goti Into a Wanganul archi tect's office the other night, and made off with the specifications of a new hotel. The Ashburton Masonic Lodge ha 3 forwarded four guineas for the immediate relief of the families of. the two freemasons killed m the Brunnerton disaster. The annual meeting of parishioners of St Stephen's took place last evening. A full report is unavoidably held over until to-morrow's issue. A Curfew is to ba rung at Rockford. Illinois, for keeping all children under 15 years of age, unattended by older persons, from the streets after 9 o'clock. The Christian Endeavour Union hold their half-yearly convention this evening m the Wesley an Church. The Union invites all strangers to attend, as the meeting will be interesting to all. A correspondent signing himself "A Nervous and Distracted Resident " writes to the/London Morning Post a growl about the ringing of Inharmonious church bells for an hour and 45 minutes' aggre gate time on the Day of Kent. A magistrate at Omeo . (Victoria) laid down an example which might be followed .with advantage m some pares of New 1 Zealand. He fined afl offender £15, with £3 18s costs, on two charges of using I obscene language. At a meeting of the Selwyn County Coancil yesterday, Nelson Brothers, who propose establishing freezing woiks at Hornby, applied for a slaughtering license. Petitions for and against the application were received. The matter was deferred for further information. The, Mount Ida Chronicle hears that the gales m Strath -Taieri ware so destructive that one farmer got only nine, bags from eight acres of barley . whic,h at . first promised a fine yield. , Another' threshed only about eight bigs from six acres of wheat. ■ ■ . ■■, :. - ... ' According to the Tuapeka Times, Sir Robert Stout is likely to follow the Minister for Linda when ' he addresses his constituents, and will speak it Palmerston as well as Waaeby. Mr McKenzie, it is understood, will address the Waihemo electors m various centres during the present month. In the recent railway collision m the South one of the passengers, a well-known farmer of Criohton, was warming the hearts of his carriage mites with a Scotch song, given with much spirit and action, when the trains met, and he went down as if shot. Fortunately, be was riot very much hurt. In the absence of a sacceesor to Father Hyland, the Ashburton congregation will have to be content with fewer opportu nities for service for perhaps a fortnight, so th*t the^e will be only one Mass m Ashburton on Sunday, and that ai eight o'clock m the morning. Mass will be celebrated at Methven at eleven a.m. the sama day. The entertainment and supper to be held m theSeafield Schoolroom on Friday evening promises to be most successful. A varied and interesting programme has been prepared, consisting of solos, dia logues, recitations, aotion songs, and lectnrettes, and the Seafield ladies are. providing a plentiful supply of cake and coffee. Proceeds are to be devoted to the funds of the Primitive Methodist Church. In a village smithy m Aberdeenshire a few worthies had foregathered, and the discussion on ' a man loving his second wife ' was touched upon. * &Andy Smith, , said the village letter carrier, 'you sad be weel able to gie an opinion on that sub ject; ye've haen fower wives. Whioh o' them a' did ye like best ? ' ■ * Weel, Posty I hae nae qualms o' conscience m answerin' that question. I aye likeb the livin* one best.** Some years ago the American catfish were introduced into some lakes m the Wrtikato district, aad, fays the Wellington Post, m one instance, that of Mr Deville's lake ab phaupo, thay have thriven and multiplied exceedingly. They are, how ever, small, not measuring, the biggest among them, over 9in m length. They only bite at night, but as many as twelve have been caught m the sp^ce of an hour. They are very. nice eating, though not pretty to look at. The quarterly meeting of the Star of Ashburton Lodge, No 14, U. A..0.D was held aa usual on Monday night, there being a large attendance of members. It was resolved that three pence per quarter per member for the Benevolent fund be charged from date. A Committee was .appointed to bring up a report at next meeting as to the ways and means of doing something to assist the widow and children of the late Bro Greenaway. In the meantime a sum of money was voted out of the inciden tal fund to be handed to Mrs Greenaway for present need*. Receiots for the even in? amounted, to £53 17s 9d and after routine business tne lodge was closed m due form.--.-,. . . The social given by his constituents to the Hon. W. Hall-Jones m St. Mary's sohoolrppra. Tiraaru, last night, was a great success. The building was very, prettily decorated and the tables taste fully laid out. All the South Canterbury members were present as guests, and sppka m reply to the toasb of the Parlia ment. The Mayor of Timaru presided and proposed the toast of the guest of the evening, at the same time presenting to him a handsome illuminated address Mr Hall-Jones replied m an appreciative speech, m which, as m all the speeches of the evening, ; politics were carefully eschewed. A number of songs and instrumental selections enlivened the proceedings, which extended to a late hour. There were fully 300 ladies arvl i gentlemen present, ' ( . -r a

A youth named Joseph Noble, aged ! 16 years, who h*d been assisting his father m bhe rescue work at the Brunner mine, died suddenly last week. It is supposed that death was caused throngh the effaors of the afterdamp* , He has befin m a delicate state of henlth for some time, and he stood at the mouth of 1 the mine all night. The brave young fellow was a pupil teacher m the Brunner ton School. In the Ohristchurch Supreme Court yesterday, T. G. Hickson, licensee of the Albion Hotel, Lyttelton. appealed against - a conviction m the Magistrates' Court for selling liqnor on Sunday. The appeal was upheld on the ground that the trans action was a gift and not a sale of liquor. Judge Denniston said, however, thac he always approached girts by publicans with the greatest suspicion, and would be sorry if his decision interfered with the very broad views held by Magistrates m these cases. Experiments made m Amerloa with steel traoks to save the' wear of wooden bridges, are raid to, have resulted so satis faotorilv as to be applied to roads gener ally. The tracks are msde of boiler plate 9 to 12 inches wide, slightly hollowed, and with a low shoulder on either side, and then a narrow flat flange. It is stated thab a macadam road 16ft wide costs 7000Jols per mile, and a steel track road filled m with broken stone, only 6000 dole per mile* A horse can draw 20 times as much on the steel tracks' as on a common rood; i The rise m the prioe of wool (says the Mount Ida Chronicle) has been acoonv panied by a revival of the woollen manu factures of the colony. We hear that the Mosgiel mill, always m the van m our woollen industry, is so busy that a large quantity of eosbly machinery (more than has reached any colonial mill for many a day) has been ordered from Home to meeb the increas ing demands for its manufactures. We notice, too, that the price of the shares has been gradually rising until now they are quoted at from par to 2a above. The company haft lately strengthened its staff by the adiition of an experienced designer from Home. HOLLOWAT'S OINTMEN* AND PlliS — Health's Defences. None save the atroagest can with impunity pass through the sudden, transitions from wet to dry, from cold to muggy weather so prevalent during the autumnal aqd early winter months. lnflu.enz* bronchitis, cough, sore throat, or quinsy will attack those most watchful of their health; but they can readily arrest any of these complaints by rubbing Holloway's Ointment twice a day upon the skin orer the affected parts, »nd by assisting its corrective action with appropriate doses of his Fills. This well-known, safe, and easy mode of treatment efficiently protects the invalid both from present and future danger without weakening or even disturbing the system m the slightest) degree. A cough is only worth eighteen-pence, for the simple reapon that if you invest that sum m a bottle of Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Golds, you can get rid of it ittaight away—it never fails— every Grooer and Chemist m the town keeps it. Wholesale Agents, New Zealand Drug Comoany. Wright's Celebrated JFamily Brand Coffee is the best m the market; try it; sold everywhere. • ' . '

School Committee.

ASBBURTOK. The usual meeting of the Ashburton School Committee was held on Monday last. Present — Messrs Braddell (Chairman). Meddins, Macphersori, Silcook, Cfaighead, and Bean. Several letters of a formal character, from, the Board of Education, were read and disposed ef., Mr, E.-G. Crisp wrote, offering five acres of land for sale at £42 10a an acre for a site for a side, school at Allenton. Mr W. J. Silcock wrote, offering a similar acreage at 1:35 an acre! It was decided to recommend the. Board to purchase the land offered by Mr Crisp. VOTE OF THANKS. . . [£ unanimous yore of thanks- was passed to the Chairman for his services for the' year.  . . " master's report, The Master's report showed a total on the roll of 490, with an average attendance of 407, the highest daily attendance during tbe month having been 461. ACCOTTMS. Accounts to the amount of £6 16s 6d were passed and the. committee, adjourned.

The Women's Convention

The 'National Council of Women re sum'.rl its sittings yesterday morning- Mrs Tisker presiding. Mrs Blake moved that this council expresses its dissatisfac tion with the' present system of charitable aid, on the grounds that its tendency is to encourage rather than lessen pauperism, and this council is strongly of opinion that women should be elegibie for seats on all local bodies having |p do with the distri bution of charitable aid' funds. Mrs Fleming seoonded the potion, which, after considerable discussion, was carried unanimously. . Moved by Miss Shecriff Bains, seoonded by Mrs Sievwrighfc. and carried unani mously, "That m the opinion of this Council, the land §f any country belongs to the people." Mrs Tasker moved, and Lady Stout seconded, '• That ' m bhe opinion of this council the private ownership of large tracts of land, and that kept up by absentees, is a wrong inflicted on the people and detrimental to progress." After an animated discussion the motion was carried, twelve delegates voting for it and one abstaining from voting. In the afternoon the delegates were enter tained at a garden party. Papers were ■ read by . Mrß Blake on ; " Pauperism," Mr O'Bryen Hoare on " Som<* proposed remedies for the evils of Landlordism," Miss Hookham on "Con structive Socialism," and Mrs Sievwright on "The New Woman." A number of lantern slides, portraits of distinguished women, were exhibited by Mr Seager. The council resumed at 10 a.m. to day.

A Railway Accident.

.Melbourne, April 15 The Adelaide express train was de railed early this morning at Dimboola. The passengers, who were asleep at the time, were much shaken, but none were injured. ...... , . April 16. The passengers say that they had a marvellous escape. The train was travelling thirty miles an hour, and the engine ran on the sleepers for forty yards, and then plunged over an | enbankment three feet high and ploughed up the ground for fifty yards parallel with the track. The engine took two mail vans with it, but the carriages remained where the permanent way had been. The line at the scene of the accident is completely destroyed, and the carriages are more or less broken. Pieces of wheels, brakes and axle-boxes are scattered about. The passengers were hurled about the carriages, and the sleeping cars com pletely embedded m sand and clay. T^he driver and fireman stuck to their posts, and were the first to assist the passengers, '

CABLE NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN

oollierylsxplosion. ' , . London, April 14 An explosion occurred m a colliery it Wellington, JNorthumberland, by vhich seventeen were killed and many injured. PNEUMATIC TYRE COMPANY A syndicate has purchased the works »nd rights of the Pneumatic Tyre □ompahy for three millions. The £99 X?nn° api?lof the °o»P»ny was fc^,sQo, and up to date £658,000 have been paid m dividends, ii i a Es cd-X c Com P any Will be re- Boated, with a capital of six Millions. MRS MAYBftIOK'S CASE. Tha T nJ- • April 14 The Judiciary Committee of the Mr« M k 8- t?° llned t0 ** Mrs Maybrick's case. THE CUBAN REVOLT. Mr « Madbid, April 15 n Maceo one of the rebel leSfcrs" m Ouba, entrapped a Spanish column into * narrow defile m the mountains and mnieted on them heavy losses. THE RINDERPEST. ■ Capetown, April 15 The virulence of the Rinderpest is paralysing transport work, and only mules can be employed.

AUSTRALIAN

SOUTH SEA IBLAND TRADE -."••■• Melbourne, April 15 The financial editor of the Argut, dealing with the controversy as. to which city should be supreme m the South Sea Island trade— Auckland or Sydney—gays it raises the question why should Auckland, with its limited stocks, be able to compete with so preat an emporium as Sydney; or a*" Melbourne, if the latter would onV enter theiiste?, ' - y • THE PEARL DISASTER. Brisbane, April 15 At the inquiry into the Pearl disaster the Marine Board cancelled the certificate of Captain Chard. THE FEDERATION BIL£. _.■"■■ Pbbih, April X . The Federation Bill will be intro* duced next session. ■

THE TRANSVAAL TROUBLE.

• , . London, April 14 Private letters state that five hudred German soldiers have been imported into the Band, and fresh trouble is ex pected.

The Egyptian Question

Si Petersburg, April 15 Tt is reported here that Russia is parleying with England m regard to tbe tatter's movements m Egypt, London, April 16 The Forte has protested against Musselnen fighting their co-religionisti without consulting the Caliph: The Cairo authorities replied that the dervishes against whom the expedition is directed were heretics* ■ and there could .be no inf ringment of the Sultan's firmans since its object, was. the re conquest of Egyptian territory. Upon this tbe Sultan gave way and acquiesced m the. views of the Egyptian Govern ment: Three armoured steamers will be' sent up the Nile m June fo'Ferkeh,.-,,, midway between the second and third r cataract.

The Muswell Lodge aMurder.

f London, April H The victim of the Muswell Lodge murder, which occurred m February last, was Henry Smith, a retired iron merchant. The two convicts who .are regarded as the principals m the affair have eluded pursuit for weeks. They had engaged conjurers as a means of obtaining funds, and are believed to have been concerned m a large number of burglaries. When arrested they ; tried to shoot their captors. The conjurers have been released. A clue was first obtained by a brother of one of the convicts describing a lamp recently lost, which was identical with the one found at the scene of the burglary.

Railway Accident.

I Napier, April 15 An excursion train coming from the Danevitke sports to-day, ran into a bullock a quarter of a mile south of Matsmau. The engine was derailed and turned tight brer and a number nf empty trucks were reduced to splinters. As far aa can be learned, , 4 nobody was iti jured, though the driver and fireman must have had a narrow escape. A train which left Napier at 1.35 went on to the scene of the accident and picked up the passengers for Napier, but as the engine is running tender first its progress is expected to be .slow, and it will nob reach here until about I.SO a.ro. A gang of men were sent on from Makotnku to remove the debris. It is believed that the bullock was fast m a cattle stop. Greab damage was done to the rolling stock.

Colliery Troubles.

Syimtby, April 15 Two hundred, out of 260, of Hudson's employees, refused to accept the new agreement, and remain idle. A deputation from the unemployed waited on the Colonial Secretary, and asked for shelter and blankets during the winter. Mr Brunker said he anti cipated that the Government would be able to provide sufficient work to render such relief unnecessary. Sydney, aprill6 The Newcastle miners will discuss the present dispute with the Premier to-morrow. ( ' ~.

■RtttriTifeftTdN, April 15 The truckers m the -North Brunnerton nine known as Coolgardie have struck for ligher wages. They now receive trom 5s to fa per day. Work has been resumed m the mine where ;he accidenb occurred.; The -strike,, being jonfined to the truckers, will not interfere with the output. ' . .. • Wellington,, April 15 With regard to the reported strike of truckers at Brunnerton, the I Managing Di rector of the Greyraouth-Point Elizabeth 3bal Company, has received a telegram trom Mr Bishop, the mine manager, stating ihat there was a slight difficulty with the ;ruckers, but it has not caused an interrup tion of the work at the mine. It is ex plained that the truckers are mostly lads* which accounts for the Bmall wages of 5s and 3a per day.

THE ASHBUHTON GtJARDIAS : THURSDAY, APBIt, 16, iß§6.



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Public notices. . ~ — ■ • i WAROO ! THE CURE FOR INDIGESTION. Ashburton Drug Company, Agents 11 108 THE WONDERFUL SERGE - IN NaVYBLACK, MAROON, MYRTLE 'AND GREY. A DKESS LENGTH FOR Os 11d. LADIES' JACKETS from Os JLId, / ■ NEWEST GOODS. i 1%/rOST Stylish and Cheapest Millinery •I**- In Ashburton. EVERYTHING NEW AND FRESH AT - LOWEST CASH PRICES. Ashburton Drapery Company, Drapers, Clothiers, Milliners and Dress- makers, Arcade House. i —OPENED UP— Q TRUNKS MEN'S, YOUTHS* AND BOYS' BOOTS AT NEW ZEALAND CLOTHINC FACTORY. We have gained the reputation of Keeping a GOOD ARTICLE, and we intend to Retain it. The Goods are all marked m Plain Figures at the VERY LOWEST . POSSIBLE PRICES. , 4 Trunks GENTLEMEN'S ENGLISH^ BALMORALS, Sewn, at prices that will pay you to in- spect and Buy. ■ '. ?> ■ '■• ■ ■■'' y>, TRY THE NEW ZEALAND • CLOTfiING F ACTOBY> • /. FOR YOUR NBXU PAIR OF BOOTS ALEX. HENDRY, Manager.



Wanted. O HOOTING REASON, 1896.- Boy your Guns, Ammunition, Etc., at J. W. Hardley's. 3 79 ' riONS ON HIRE; also Guns' . - i thoroughly repaired. Please forward early to avoid the rush. .1. W. Hakdley. 380 \\7Ai\TED Known— L»rge delivery of, * * the 'Kconomic' Kid Glovei, four buttons, Is 9d per pair, worth much more — w H. Collibr. WANTKD Known— Bunts and Shoe* from li 3i to 27s 6d.— -Mellor'h Cheap Booc Sale. • \*> ANTED Known— lt you misß the '•\ Che*p Boob Sale yon will be sorry — Mellor's. Tancred Street. OWN Makdin ladies and Children's Underclothing,- Aprons, ant) Pina- fores ; aW a good assortment of Calicoes, Muslinn, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc. , at Mrs Alcorns new shop, Baker's Baiidinpn. \\T HliiN you are m Christchurch don't ** fail to go to Warnb's, Cashel street, for Fish or Oyster Lunch, Tea or Sapper. — Joseph Taylor and Co- Proprietors.. 3 4 OTHER People are getting Bargains at Carson's Monster dale of Bioycles, Hart-lien ware, Glass, and China Why not Yon? . 1 84 \\l ANTED Known—Ladiea Shoes, *V tan or black, 6s 6i. — Mkllor's Cheap Boob Sale. . . ANTED Known— 6ooo pairs of ' ■- Boots to be cleared m one month. —Mbllor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known— Monster Clear- ing Boot Sale at Mbllor's Zealan dia Boot Store. . ■ ■ i WANTED Known— We intend to shake up every Boob Shop m Ashbnrton.— Mellok's Clearing Boot Ie ■ » ANTEDKnown— Goto The Corner vv for Newest Styles In Drapery and Millinery— W. H. Collier. HOLIDAY Suits— A Mice Kaiapol Suit for 27s 6d, Boys' Knioker and Cambridge Suits from 7s 6d, Men's Saitß to Measure from 45a, Fib and Workmanship Guaranteed at R. Alcorn's 1710WL3 for export muse be bred from J pure males, well grown Cockerels, best strains, Wyandottes and Brahmas on sale. — Jewitt s, Saturday 18bh. 4 71 REVIEW of Reviews for March. A few copies Merrie England 6i, New Books and Magazines, some cheap editions of Popular Works ab published pi ices for cash, new lines m Stationery and Fanoy Goods now opening vp — U. M Jonk*. T7IRESH Supplies of Westport and JJ Blackball Coal to hand.— W. H Collins and Co. 4 58 GREAT SALE NOW ON at L. F. . ANDREWES&Oo. £30 0 worth of Books, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Toys, Music, &c, to be sold this month regard - Ipss of cosh. Sale now on ab L. F. ANDPEWF43 & Co, Stationerfl' Hill, 4 25 \k f ANTED Known — Bargains from VV floor to ceiling. — Mellor's Stooi taking Boot Sale. WANTED Known- You save 5s m every pound if you patronise Melxor's Cheap Boob Store. Vtf ANTED— Fresh Butter,tf(jgH, Bees ' ' wax, Potatofs, Bacon, Pigs. etc. Tup prices given for prime quality. — Cavson & Co. 4 59 Jtf ANTED Kn«»wn— so pairs Ladies * V and Girls' Leather Top and Canva" Tennis Shoes, at half usual price, for two weeks ouly.— Andrew Orr 10 136 VITANTED Known— Having bought TT our Winter Supply of Blankets and Flannels before the great advance m prices we intetid giving oar friends full beneßfc of same.— Mitohell and Turner WANTED Known— Everyb dy to roll op to Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale. Now's your time to buy. \ 1/ ANTED TO LET, at Westerfield— *V 400 Acres Good Toesock Feed, with or without Turnips, fenced and watered. For futther particulars apply Mail Office. 3 208 iIT ANTED Known— That E. Mahood * ' is scill Belling all kinds of Grocery. Orockery, and GUesware At as reasonable a price as any other house m the trade Orders by letter or Telephone promptly attended to. Families waited on daily. Telephone No. 76 WANTED Known— A Magnificent Display of Ladies' Jackets m all the Newest Styles, just landed and now on vlnwt See window.— Mitchell and Turner. WAITED Known— Great Reduction ab Mrllor's Cheap Boot Palo. WANTED Known — 6000 pairs of Boots and sKoes to pick from. Mellor s Gr«>ab Boob Sale. WANTED Known— Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggios, Folders, and everything m the optlca line at 8. SiLVKS, Optioian < 1 7"AN LED—E ggs m aiy qnauTuy VV must be quite fresh. We are also buyers of good Beeswax m small or large quantities.— Fletcher Bhos , East Street, Ashburton. - WANTED Known— Our Season's Dresces m all the New Colonial Tweeds and Choice Home Materials now opened. An inspection invited. — Mitchell am? Turner ji, "ANTED— a few Tons of Prime Oat "\ Sheaf Chaff. App'y, with samples and price, to Fletcher Bros., Cash Supply Stores, Ashburton. /^OMFORTA-bLte Board and Lodging \J with every home comfoir, 16s ppr week ; meals at all hours, Is ; beds, Is. Tea and Coffee always ready, 2d per cup. Truckle's Coffee Palace (late JLyttelton Boardinghouse) Cameron street, Abhbur ton. 3 23 WANTftD Known— The ' Economic Kid Glove, four bnttons, Is 9 i per pair, is the Glove for everyday wear. — W. H. Collier, WANTED Known.— The popular Tea and Coffee Rooms, 131 Lichfield street, Ohristchurch, late Rundle's. Tda and Coffee Id per cup. Bread and Butter 2d par plate. Ham, Hot Pies, and Pastry, Scones, Buns, etc.— M. Cooke, Proprie- tress: 3 243 It's a fact, said a well-known Christ ohuroh divine the other day, to a friend, that Cough Mixture, called Woods' Great PepbermintCure, ia the very best tbiog for throat Irritation and Cough, I have ever taken; I notice all the Grocers and Chemists keep it— 1 never failing remedy. Wholesale agents, N.Z. Djug Go. Don't Cough. — Relief can be obtained immediately. Uae COUGH LOZENGES well known a« the utterly unrivalled Cough Bemedy. Strongly recom- mended by many eminent physioians. They at once oheok the o:ngh and remove: the oause— without any after effuot ; the most delioate can therefore take them. One Lozenge alone gives ease -one or two at bed* time ensures rest. Sold everywhere m tioa ißsdtMb,



Business Notices. j BALANCE OF (J. J. N E ILL'S Salvage 3tock WILL BE SOLD BY . . ■ . ■.. t PUBLIC AUCTION Tn ray old Shop, Corner of Fast and Moore Streets, on SATURDAY* APRIL 25. DRAPJSRY, CLOTHING, & BOOTS. —REMEMBER— f&* FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER. ....,.",. ATJOTION AUCTION. AUCTION See D. THOMAS' Advertisement re SALE. S. 8 A LEX, Watchmaker, manufacturing jeweller, and optician '% . fiAIT STR fiE T. A T THIS JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT, is to be seen the LARGEST and FINEST STOCK m the District of GOLD AND SILVER I SILVER AND E.P. I LADIES' AND GENTS GOLD AND SILVER JEWELLERY. | WARE. | WATCHES. The now famed DIXIJ Watches at^Os^Ssj^andJdouble cases at 80s. TO BE OBTAINED ONLY FROM S. S A LEX, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. SOMETHING WORTH GROWING. j NEW STRAWBERRY "LAXTON'S NOBLE." rpHIS new Strawberry has established itself m the Home market as the Very A Best Strawberry under cultivation. The fruit is large, firm, and handsome, the bright crimson scarlet berries weighing as high as 2oz each, while the flavor is rich and vinous. Besides these recommendations, "THB NOBLE" is one of the earliest fruiting strawberries, and we have no hesitation m saying that it is undoubtedly- the Strawberry for growers of this favourite fruit . The following is extracted from the Otago Witness of January 2, 1896 : "New Strawberry: « Laxton'a Noble "—. . This strawberry excels both m size, flavour and appearance, anything we have had. m. New Zealand before. . . tiome of these fine berries were sent by the Countess, of Pembroke to the Emperor of Germany, each) berry being sbont the size oLan. apple. They were- said to be larger than had ever been seen before. The ffuit arrived m ex- cellent condition, not a berry being crushed, speaking well both for the packing and the travelling qualities of the berries. On the average the berries weighed 2ozeach. They were not big, ugly fruit, but were full and handsome. . . "Laxton's Noble" Strawberry compe early into bearing, and is a. very hsavy bearar, and it should be very serviceable for any cottager with email garden space or for market gardenerc, as it is a splendid grower and a heavy cropper , coming early into fruit. Mr Beimet has on young plants, laid m the spring, eight to ten large berries, averaging, "say', 2oz each. They are fine handsome berries, and of good travelling qualities" Ab Stock is limited, we recommend Ordering Early for delivery early m May ; Strong Well-rooted Plants, 6s per Dozen j 40s per 100. Authorised Sole Agents for Ashburton and Uhristchurch for — NIMMO & BLAIR, SEED MERCHANTS AND SEED GROWERS, DUNEDIN. Kerosene. Keroseoe, Kerosene. 100 Cases, 100 Cases. We havo m stock and to arrive 100 cases « Evening Star '■ Kerosene, 150 per cent fire test. This oil is, without doubt, one of the Safest and Best light-giving oils m the market. , Cream of Tartar. Cream of Tartar. 11201bs. 11201bs, We have just received half a ton of Pure Cream of Tartar ground specially for us from the crystals. This Cream of Tartar is guaranteed Pure, and is the Strongest and Best procurable, and having bought it before the rise m the Home market, we are enabled to sell at a Lower Price than any other storekeeper m the town. . . , ••; Coffee. Coffee. Coffee We are giving special attention to our Coffee. The Coffee Beans are selected with the greatest care and freshly roasted and ground on our premises by the most approved machinery. We can recommend it with the greatest oi confidence as Superior to any other Coffee m the market. Give it a trial and you will use do other. NOTICE TO FARMERS, Etc. We are Cairn Buyers of GOOD BEESWAX m any quantity, at Highest Market Rates. Orders by Post or Telephone Promptly attended to FLETCHER BROS., *- s GASH SUPPLY STORES, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, and High street, Chriatcburch. TELIPHOHB 24 Box 67