Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1896.

The Otago Daily Times of Friday has the following regarding tbe bicycl ■; invented a by our the { ake ake " townsmen, Messrs bicycle. L. N . Dyerberg and

Albert Orum : — Those interested iv bic ; cles, and they are many, were yesterday afforded an opportunity of inspecting the " Ake Ake " bicycle, the patentees of which are Messrs L. N. Dyerberat, W. W. Ourties, and A. Crum. The machine is manufactured by Messrs ~W, Ourties and Co., of Ohristchurch, and a com pany has been formed to run the maohine, the head office being situated m Melbourne. Tt appears to be practi cally, a chainless sa r ety, combining other important advantages, such as variable gear, variable stroke, and no dead centre. In appearance there iB no great difference between it and the every-day cycle. In place of the ordinary bottom bracket, cranks, chain wheels, and chain there is substituted a special bracket, pivoted to which, are cwo special quadrant levers. 'Instead of revolving m the usual way these levers rock up and down, describing an arc, entirely obviating dead centre. As the driving mechanism is independent of the wheel, any length of stroke may be taken, from almost nothing up to 16in. The variable gear is obtained m a remarkably simple manner by the peculiar shaped quadrants. There is no fear of ladies getting their dresses caught and torn, as there is no rotating mechanism. Should anything happen, the pedals merely stop. There being no gear case required, the machine can be made lighter than usual. A prob able drawback that at presentexists is, it is understood, about to be overcome. This is the inability to back-pedal, or brake the machine while going down hill. With the object .of overcoming this difficulty an attachment is to be applied to the machine, by means of which pressure on both pedals will effect a brake to the speed of the cycle. This will be obtained by means of a double-clutch action on each side of the axle. Tt is claimed that the machine is, owing to the long leverage obtained by the cranks, and there being no dead centre — that is that at no time is the motive power suspended as m the ordinary safety — pre eminently before the present style of machine m the direction of hill-climb ing. Some practical tests were applied yesterday, and were attended with very satisfactory results.

Captain Russftix, id his reply at the close ~ of the no-confidence debate, preached a lay., sermon a to the supporters of the lay sermon. Government, He said the hon. member for Walmea-Sonnds (Mr Mills) had said that he (Oaptain Russell) having been, a soldier, ought not to have broughtVn a battle with so small a banl of supporters as he had with him ; the hon, member for Christen urch City (MLr Collins) had accused him of rashness m bringing the motion on, aid the hon. member for Inaugahua (Mr O'Regan) had accused him of wanb of tact m bringing on the en gagement. Ihe hon. and gallant geatle^, mvi then went on with his serm®n. He a^id — We have listened to a great deal of Bible history during the courso of thi* debate, and perhaps the House will pardon me if I give it a little bib more of Bible history. Can honorable memoerb recall the^tory of Gideon ? Gideon had an army which was camped near the well of Harod. The hosts of Midianites were on the north side, and the Lord said unto Gideon, 'The people who are with thee are too numerous for me to give the Midianites into thy handa. Go, there fore, proclaim, * Whe soever is {earful and afraid, let him return and depart early from Gilead.' I thought that perhaps we were getting too numerous and unwieldy, and that the left wing of the army was getting fearful and afraid, and might like to depart from Gilead— meaning to their homes. 'And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand, and there remained only unto him ten thousand,' — an immense secession from the army, yet there was no fear on Gideon, and we fear none — ' and the Lord said onto Gideon> ' The people are yet too many ; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there.' So he brought 4own the people unto the water, and the Lord said unto Gideon, ' Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself '—probably this represented the teetotal section of the army — ' like wise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink' These were the weak-kneed wobblers. * ' And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth was three hundred, but the rest of the people bowed down upon fcheir knees ' — as we have seen the left wlag bow down to the Premier. " And the Lord {said, ' By the three hundred that lapped will I save you and deliver the Midianites into thy hand ; and let all the other people go every man unto his place," which means, I presume, that the chicken hearted were sent to their own homes to remain m private life ever after. "And the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and all the children of the East lay along the valley like grasshoppers for multitude, and their camels were without number as the Band by the seaside for multitude"— this represents the multitude of Govern ment supporters, and the beasts of burden to carry off the spoils of the victors — "and m the third watch," — this is the third session— " taking their lamps m their hands, they fell upon the army of the Mldi&nlteo and destroyed them utterly { and all the host ran, and cried, and fled, and the host fled to Bethshittah.f Sir, our position to.day is exactly the same. We have weeded out all those who are fearful and afraid ; we are reduced to a small number j but, although small, we are prepared to fall upon the army of the Premier, and, I believe, like the host of the Midianites, it will crumble to pieoes ; for of them every man's hand will at the election be agajns.t his neighbor's ; and, when we attack with the lamp of reason at our side, and the sword of criticism m our hand, are shall be found a united band. We are fearful of nothing swe are not afraid to declare our principles; we dread no opposition} we are prepared, whenever the time comes, to stand boldly before the electors and defend the principles we believe m. We know we have fight on our fide ; that the lamp that we have m the one hand will be the light to illumine the political institutions of this country, and, with the sword df Gideon, we will smite the Premier and all the multitude of his followers. —lt is never safe.tQ* prophesy nnlesa you knoy, but a captain with only twelve rank arid file behind him npy be forgiven for pro phesying that a change of some kind may be waiting for birth }n the near future, 1 and In such circumstances at anyrate the 1 Captain's pluok is commendable. It is of ' the came kind a.g that of Fitpjames, who, <

m view of Rhiderick'n arT>y, pUced his back to the rock and defied the ffhole forces m these words — "Come one, come all, this rock shall fly, from its firm base as soon as I." Whether the election may end as success fully for Captain Russell as did the combat m the poem for Fi'zjames, n a matter on which there is room for Ufference of opinion.

The Armenian Relict Fund has beaten the record amongst the various efforts to relieve . oxtra- ABMENTA.N relief ordinary distress. fund The amount for warded to Constan tinople already reaches the unprece dented sum of £143,000. Of this £51,000 relief fund proper was collected by th of Westminster's com mittee from England and Ireland. The Archbishop of ' Canterbury has himself given £50, and cheques fot £16 J each have been frequent. America has sent £50,000 direct to Constantinople, thus almost outdis tancing our efforts. Scotland, where m test m afflicted Armenia is very keen, has sent £10,000 ; and France, strange to say, has sent as much as Scotland, though, considering the course of diplo matic negotiations when the trouble was at its height, this comes as a wel come surprise. Germany, Switzerland and the British Colonies have sent contributions, too ; though Germany with its £3000 is some distance behind France ; while he Armenians themselves scattered throughout Europe have collected £16,000.

The Costa Bioa Packet Case, which has figured at intervals m the cable news not yet THE OOSTA RICA settled and a cable packet case, gram of date London August 16, tells us that the Foreign Office expects the final Dutch reply on November 8. The Costa Rica Packet claim arises out of a peculikr incident. In 1887 the barque Costa Rica Packet was on a whaling expedition 30 miles off Batjan (near Java), when a small water-logged, abandoned, and wrecked prow was fallen m with, and the salvage m her, consisting of a few cases, was removed to the Costa Rica Packet. The occur ence was duly entered on the official logbook, and reported to the Dutch authorities. In 1891 the barque set out on another whaling expedition. On the captain going ashore at Tern Ate he was immediately arrested by the Dutch on a warrant issued m Macassar. No explanation was given as to why he was seized. He offered to givt> ' a bond' to return to Macassar at the end of the wbaling season, but this was refused. He was kept m prison for 28 days, when he was released as suddenly as he had been arrested, and without any explanation. The captain claims £10,000 damages for false imprisonment and alleged piracy. The crew and dfficers £5000, and the owners £10,000. The settlement of this claim has been the subject of diplomatic correspondence between the British and Dutch Governments ever since.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs W. H. Collins and Co., notify m another colamn as a boon to farmers and fencers — a new wire strainer. The annual general meeting of the Melrose Tennis Club is called for Wednes day evening, 26bh inst., at eight o'clock. The 6overnm9nt has decided that the colony shall be represented at the Groceries Exhibition In London m November, A telegram from Wellington states that offers will be made under the Land for Settlements Act for 4865 acres at Koka tahi, Westland ; the Oorwar Estate, 3800 tiores, Canterbury ; 400 aoreß near Spring field, Canterbury, and 1000 acres near Greytown, Wairarapa. The last Island advices show that a war is again raging amongsb the natives of the New Hebrides, and cannibalism is rife. The trouble 'arose through the abduction of a chief's daughter at Vau. Portions of the group are suffering severely from a plague of rats and a famine is threatened. The Gisborne wharf was Invaded a few nights ago by a swarm of large brown .beetles of a kind quite unknown to the district. They were fully an inch long, over an Inch m girth, and oame m thou sands, the decking of the wharf being literally covered with them. Where they came from is a mystery.

- The People of August 8 says:— A southern legislator wag conspicuous by his antics at Te Aro the other day. Ha had had more than was good for him, and Icpke4 m a wretchedly filthy condition. A business man m the locality wanted a constable to take him to his lodgings; b.ut the legislator insisted that he wanted to be locked up, and brought before the court, as he stated that he had been looked m a bagk room at Parliament Buildings' for four daya without proper food. The legislator is known to be a radical m banking matters, and declares thin method W4s resorted to m order to prevent: him giving any trouble, A rather curious case of alleged sheep | stealing is now occupying the Wellington Supreme Court. Herbert Sootb and Hiideers Bergherson are charged with stealing fifty-seven sheep from William Ooombes at Fltzherbert on July 6. The prisoners are being tried separately, Scott's case being taken first. . The circumstances alleged are that the accused who lives near Ooombes,. removed a portion of the dividing fence, drove off and slaughtered seventy odd sheep, ihe carcases were buried,, and some fifty of the skins sold to a fellraonger. The jury, after half an hour's retirement, acquitted the accused. There ia still another charge against him.

Noumea files contains a story of remark able bravery displayed by a woman. A short distance from the .Nety Caledonian coast lies Bailly Island, the sole Inhabi tants of which were a man and his wife and children and two men servants. On July 19 Ronel and the two servants left In a cutter to bring stores from the mainland. When returning, and m sight of home the boat capsized and all were drownad. The wife and children witnessed the accident). Madame Ronel's stock of provisions tfas exhausted, and her condi tion was desperate. For eleyen days she kepb Bignal fires burning to attract asslsfcanpe, but none sa.me As a last resource she launched a table- and, taking advantage of a favouring ourrent, drifted ashore to the mainland twenty miles from Noumea. She walked to town and a boat was despatched and rescued the children, who were exhausted from starvation. The 4-Otlng-Qovernor sent for the woman and applauded fttadaireta sejf sacrifice. The residents are eiubsoriblnga testimonial m recognition of her bravery. Confound it I said a testy o'd gentleman, ac proprieto? and editor of this paper ought to be prbsepu'ted ; t was iust readicg a nioe pithy little paragraph, and fcund it wound up by advising me to take Woods' Great Pepper mint Cure for coughs and colds, sold by a(l Grocers and Chemists j the prioe was only Is Qd, but the advioa wai invaluable,

The celebration of the fourteenth anni versary of lhe Loyal Waterton Ledge will take pUce on Friday next, the 91st insttnt. Mr Wiiliam Fie no ing has opened a produce store m the building recently occupied by Mr R. B. Restell, and his notice to that iffcot appears m our advertising columns. On Thursday next the E'gin branch of the Baud of Hope will meet m. the Elgin Schoolroom, and arrangements have been made to provide for a very pleasant evening's rntertainment. To is reported thai a young fellow m New Plymouth think * he has found a couple of hundred pounds worth of ambergris, and he has hid it m a tin waiting to have the analyst's report. A deputation of four ladies waited on the Minister of Justioe at Wellington yesterday and urged the release of Mrs JLooher, who shot Norbury. The Hon. T, Thompson said that he could not do any thing m the matter, but refer it to the Cabinet. Two relatives of Sir John Mlllais(says the Wellington Post) live m this colony- Mr a. Millais,of the Public Works Depart ment, Wellington, his first oousin, and Mr Melville Grey, of Timaru, his brother* lift-law. — The deceased, it may be stated* was prouder of his Jersey lineage than of his baronetage, for he could traoe hi* ancestry back m unbroken line to the ■year 1331. •■'.

Last year forty-seven permits were . issued; for riflles for religions purposes, of which the Roman Catholics had seventeen, the Ohurch of England eight, the Prcuby. i terians one, and dencm : nations of which twenty-one were nob stated. The same return shows that 178 permits for the totalisator were issued, covering 250 days of the year, and bringing m a revenue to the State of £11,256. The !Ashburton public are to be treated . to an entertainment to night of a unique , kind m the Oddfellows' Hall. A troupe of Native performers from the Arowhenua district, desirous of raising funds for the erection of a n°w Church at Arowhenua Kaik, are touring Canterbury giving entertainments m aid of the building fund. Their programme consists of vocal and Instrumental music by Maori per formers, male and female, native dances m native costume, etc., including the was dance. The troupe is well spoken of down south, having given several, very successful entertainments to good houses, and the object is a deserving one. The business manager is Mr H. K. Tiratuhi, a very intelligent and well educated Maori gentlemin. Where do the daffodils come from? The Agriculturist Economist replies thafe' those who visit Co vent Garden m March can hattily refrain from asking the above question. Not from our English gardens and orchards certainly, for few arrive even from thb most popular English county till April, and then the home-grown are oply a. drop m the coean. while the largest of v the Sollly Teles with a circumference of only nine miles is supposed to have flowered three millions of narcissus this year, and m Holland, 90,000 narcissus 300,000 hyacinths, 116,000 tulips, 250,000 crocuses (all flowering bulbs) are planted to the acre, seedlings and offsets being placed much thicker. These figures give one some idea of the magnitude and im portance of the foreign bulb trade and the extent of the competition which allotment holders and farmers have to surmount who are boldly trying bulbs m lieu of corn. A special meeting (adjourned from July 25) of the Ashburton section of the North Canterbury Branch of Lhe Educational Institute was. held m the Borough School room on Saturday. Them was a fair attendance, and Mr George Oulverhouse, President, occupied the ohair. Corres pondence was read from the Secretary of the Christchurch section, with regard to the result of . their last meeting ; also inviting members to attend annual social. The new schedule of conditions under which teachers hold their houses was discussed at some length. It was eventually agreed that this section endorses the resolution framed by the Ohristchurch section, viz : — " That teachers occupying schoolhnuses should not be asked to perform any duties other than those required of ordinary tenants. 4 ' It was also decided bo take action with regard to the publishing of school reports m the newspapers. The discussion on the question of technical education was postponed. Notice of motion was given to discuss at next meeting the advisable ness of obtaining direct payment of salaries.

The criminal sittings of the Supreme Court, Christ church, opened on Monday before His Honor Mr Justice Denniston. There were sixteen persons for trial. His Honor, m his charge, said that the orly point calling for notice, m the calendar was. the absence of crimes of violence against the parson. Charles Sutton pleaded guilty to two indictments for forgery, and was sentenced to two years'. imprisonment. Michael Brennan, an old offender, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and received a sentence of four years' imprisonment. Henry Cash mere, a lad of fourteen, pleaded guilty to having set fire to Sfc Aloyslna' Hall, and, aa he had been six weeks m gaol, was ordered te be imprisoned till the 1 rising pf the Qourb. Hugh Milligan pleaded guilty to misappropriating fch'e fpnds of the Operative Bootmakers Union, and was sentenced to two years' Imprison* menb. Donald Mcßae ans Alfred George J)riscoll, two lads, pleaded puilty to a charge of breaking and entering at Lyttelton ; and were bound over to come up for sentence when called upon. Annie Taylor and Emma Watson, charged with illegally taking a child from the custody of its lawful guardian, were found not guil'y. At 5.45 p.m. the Court adjourned to 10 a.m. to-day. The yerba tree (Ilex Paraguensis) Is known as the Brazilian holly. It is a shrub about eight feet high, with small close leaves, and bearing many sprouts on the stems. These are yearly pruned, the branches being as aromatic as the leaves when dried formate, Aa to its mode of preparation m Paraguay, where cyer bales' laid down by the Jesuits are said to oover 4000 square miles, the following may be quoted from Mr Mulhall, m 'Handbook of the River Plate:— ' Yerbamat 4 may probably supplant coffee, as it can be' placed in* Europe 1 at 2d pee lb. It pan be prepared for market, |4 thirty-six hoars The lea?ea are slightly scorched by being passed rapidly through a fire, and then the branches or twigs are suspended m sheds open at the sides. Here they are expised from fifteen to

twenty hours to a fire of scented wood kindled beneath, after which the twigs are ground. . . . In the reign ef Qaeen Anne the London physicians for bade this Jesuits' tea, but possibly they were jealous of its qrlgiq, although the* encouraged the use of Jesuits 1 barf, Thlq tea is now more or lofs used by 18,000,000 people In South Araerioa.' Holloway's Pills— The Great Need,— The blood is the life, and on its purity our exis tence depends. These Pills thorough'y cleanse the vital flaid'from all oontaminations and by that means strengthen and invigorate the whole system, healthily stimulant sluggish organs, repress overexcited action, and establish ' the oironMidn and -seorel tions throughout every * part 'of the >ody. The balsamio nature of Hejloway'g Pilh ezeroises marvellous power iff giving toe tno debilitated and nervquß'constitqtlonti. These Bills remove all obstructions, bsh ia the bowels/and" 'elsewhere) and are on thai account much sought for promoting regular, i y ot aotion m youog females and delicate persons who an naturally weak, or have horn lomeoiufe become BQ, • »»xfiWß|

DHB ASBBURtQN GPAKDJAft ; frtJESPAt, AtJGtJST 18, 1896.



Wanted. J TJHlZitl Spanish Cockerel and six Pullets; trio of White Cces'ed Black Poiißh ; trio of Brahmas, ana egys of 'various bretd^ for sale cheap -Pelham Poultry tfards 8 96 ( > HEAP Excureion, London and back. * Lecture by Rev A. Ager, with Limelight. Oddfellows' Hall, August 27. XTEW BUOKS and Magazines.— ±-\ Wild North land, Briseis. Humble Enterprise, Mrs Armstrong, The Two Maries, Denis, The Release, Wynnum, Pioneers of the Umpire, Anna's of Cricket, Making Fate, Doctor Double, Ayres of Studleigh, Is 3 1.—-H. M. Jones. KW Turf Register, 10^ 6J ; young Ladies' Journal for August.; Weldon's Dressmaker and Children's Bazsar, July ; Quarterly Something to Read ; Scraps and Snapshots ; Half-yearly Boys of England j • Virginia Wahz, 2i ; Gold and Silver Paper for Fancy Dreas. Large selection of Fans. — Andrewes, Anderson, and Co. VJ&EDB. SEEDS. . Flower Seeds, Id kD per packet. Vegetable Seeds, 3d per packet. All guaranteed New Seeds —Fletcher Bros., East Street. LAMPS. Lamp 8 . Beautiful Bismarck Lamps, 3s lid each ; Alarm Clocks, 3s lid each.— Fletcher Bros, East Screet. \\7 ANTED Knowtt—MßS Smith, Dreaa ' " and Habit maker, Havelock Street, Ashburton. 61 W' ANTED Known— lf you miss tha Cheap Boot Sale you will be sorry.— Mellor's, Tancred Street. t^' ANTED Known— The 'Economic *" Kid Glove, four buttons, Is 9; per pair, is the Glove for everyday wear -r-W. H. Collier, WANTED Known— We are clearing out all our Macintoshes, Jackets, Lined Cloaks and Dressing Gowns. No reasorable offer refused for anything soiled or **not up to date." — Mitohfll & Tttrner. , ANTED Known— Go to The Corner ' * far Newest Styles m 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 that old established firm — Mitchell & TtTRNER. /"CHEAPEST House m Canterbury for ' Garden and Farm Seeds is Carson and Co.'s. Six packets of Vegetable Seeds for Is ; Flower Seeds.from Is d( zen; Garden Tools of all sorts. ' TRENT'S Famous Bicycles for Ladies -»^- and Gentlemen can now be obtained from Carson and Co , Agents, Tyres and Extras m great variety. V\7 A N TED Known— Large delivery of v v the ' Economic ' Kid Gloye?, four buttons, Is 9d per pair, worth much more. — w H. Collier. BaNaNAS. Bananas, ripe and sound ; abb sweet, D:E. Orangfs at H. A. Flower's, Confectioner and -'Fruiterer, 1 East Street. ! /10UGH, Cough, Cough— l am still V^ making my celebrated Cough Drops, None genuine unless Btamped Flower's Cough. -H. A Flower, Confectioner. jKast street. 5 24 TTOW n-)t to be ill, by Dr Emily B. ■■ ■■- Rhyder, e-ifc fruit, choice fruit, good frni v H \. Flower s fruit, East Street, Ashburton. v\A AN TED Known— Just opened, ex * * Pdkeha and Gothic, Flannelettes, white, stripes, and colours ; Velveteens, black, all prices ; Colours, large variety, including new shades m Reseda, Hum- boldb and Hungarian — Mitchell and Turner. WANTED Known— Everybody to roll op to Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale Now's your time to buy. WANTED Known — 6000 pairs of Boots and shoes to pick from | Mellors Great Boot Sale. ANTED Known— We intend to shake up every Boob Shop m Ashburton.— Mellor's Clearing Boot Sale MEN'S Bluchers ss, a good Strong Nailed Shooter ab 8s 6d ; a nice assortment of Ladies 1 and Children's Boots nd Shoes from Is 9d a pair at R Alcorns \a ANTED Known— 6ooo pairs of V \ Boots to be cleared m one month, — Mellor's Zealandia Boot .Store. \ I 'ANTED Known- You save 5s m VV every pound » if you patronise Mellor's Cheap Boob Store. ANTED Known— Monste Clear * ing Boot Sale at Meleob' Zealan dia Booh Store. WANTED Known— Boots and Shoes from Is 3d to 27s 6d Mellor's Cheap Boob Sale. \ITANTED Known— Thab ib ia lament vv able to hear people ask why there is so much trash m the Boot Trade now-a- days ? But no wonder I say. Thdy m."y strike their breasts and say, ' By our own fault, who buy such trash ab cheap sales. Though cheap, a profit musb be levied, and you don'b geb the worth of your money But you have yeb a remedy by calling at J. Moison, the Premier m the Boob Trade, where a solid, dry, and good wearing boot can be gob. Secure good boots for winter or your feeb will be w«c. Geb your repairs done ab orwe or while you wait ab J. Moison's Impermeable Boot Depot, East Street, Ashburton. . , 12 WANTED Known— That E. Mahood is still selling all kinds of Grocery, Crookery, and Glassware 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— Great Reduction at , Mbllor's Cheap Boob Pale. WANTED Known — Bargains from floor to ceiling. — Mellor's Stock taking Boot Sale. >



Don't Cougb. — Relief can be obtained immediately, tfae COUGH LOZENGES well known 'as the utterly unrivalled Cough Remedy. Strongly reoom- mended by many eminent physioians. ' They at once oheok tbe oough and remove the oausa— without any af er effeot; the most delioate can therefore take them. One Lozenge. alone gives ease— one" or two at bed- times ensures rest. Sold everywhere m tins Isl^deaob. ' tF YOU ABE SICE m any way whateve send a stamped to our Agency, Well ington ; state the oape as minutely ao possible and you reoeive advice by return post, " Our agents are all qualified. ' If you enolose 2a 6d . we will send you our best remedy for the oase ' lasting you two weeks. You save money and ; doctors' bills. You reoeive advice on all points, and the purcßt of remedies seat at no estra cost than if personally bought by doing your business with us by post. Oan- sult at onoe. Ailment* whioh are at the time thought to be light, are often this begin- ning of serious coneequenoes, whioh if taker m time are oheoked and oured.— Gbbatfobd Botanical Company, Wellington. 5 From the Tea Plant to the Tea Cup unadulterated and pure— &i« is Kozib £«a



[ PUBLIC NOTICES J i■ ■ ■ STOCK-TAKING SALE. SPECIAL FOR THI3 WEEK. Alloa Yarn 29 lid lb Linen Tick, 31in wide, la yard Linen Table Damask, Sale price Je yd Colonial Blankets, full size, Sale price 18i 6d Colonial Shirtings, - full siz?, Sale price is 7jd yard Union Shirting, Heavy, Sale price 9&d Trimmed Millinery — Must be cleared regardless of cost or value Oddments and Remnants ab about Half-price Special Purchase Dresß Goods — 3 3 9d Cloths ab 2s 3d per yard Oreppn Velvets 8a 6d— Now 3s 91 per yd Faocy Silks 7s 9d— Now 4s 6d per yd Suitable for Evening Wear "pvRESSMAKING during Sale 84 6d Ashburton Drapery Co.. ARCADE HOUSE. ■tz| • fc=j • ■■■■■•■ fc=J ■■'■ " .P^ ;. . - ■^ o be* o . Watches. watches, watches. (THE ESTABLISHMBNT FOR WATCHES OP EVERY DESCRIPTION 18/ \ CS.. SALEK'S, EAST STREET. Rotherham's English Levers, specially made to S. Salek's order, are THE BEST. JUST RECEIVED, a shlpmenb of S. Salek's famed DIXIT DIXIT DIXIT WATCHES. The only GENUINEDxtb has " S. Salek, Ashburton" engraved on dial. i See thab you geb it. For ONE MONTH ONLY these Watches are offered at the specially low price of 15/- 15/- ■: 15/- " each at S. SALEK'S ■■< WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, BAST STREET. WAROO ! THE CURE FOR INDIGESTION. Ashburton Drug Company, , Agents , ii 10 ; WANTED Known— Ladies Shoes tan or black, 6s 6d.— Mkllor'b Cheap Boob Sale. NOTICE.-^Are you going to build. Because the cheapest shop for Roofing, Iron Ridging, Gutters, Nails, Lead, Spouting, Water Tanks, Pumpe, Ranges, Register Grates, Locks and Hinges, Washing Boilers, and all sorts of Ironmongery, is J. W. Hardley's, Ironmonger, Plumber, and Tinsmith. relephone32,



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, Business Notices „ ' THE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN CANTERBURY. G. J. NEILL DRAPERY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS. fNORSBTS 2s 6d,. CORSETS 2a 9J, New Dress Gooes Reduced 50 per cent New Velveteens Reduoed, AH Wool Flannel (Colonial) 9jd Flannelettes 3s 6d doz Silesia 3s 3d doz ! Blankets -aboat half-price Double-bed White Twill Sheeting 9JI Double-bed Unbleaohed Twill Sheeth g, 9Jd Large White and Brown Towels, reduced from Is 6i to Is • « ■':.V,. .. 0 L O~i"l NG-. Mgu : s AU We ol Tweed Suits 21s. Men's Tweed Trousers Bs lid Men's Overcoats, Macintoshes, Oilskin Ooats, and Legglna, reduoed 60 per cent Boys' and Youthß* Suits half prloe. Men's Caps, Boys' Caps, Braces and Shirts, ab Ridiculous Prices " Men's Woollen Socks, 7Jd pair BOOTS. ] - 1~~ ~ BOOTS. We Defy Competition. Every, pair Guaranteed to wear -.r- . Every Pair Made to Our Order Meh's^NaUe'd SHboter* 7s lid . ' Men's Light Shooters -83 6d Men's Watertight Bluchers, pegged, 7s lid . Women's Strong Leather Shoes 4s lid A. Large Aesortment of Ladies' Best French Glaoe Kid Boots and Gloveß .... to choose from. fwi. J. : WKIIIEI, Friedlander's Comer, East Street. Garden Tools. LAWN MOWERS, SPADES, SHOVELS, FORKS, DUTCH AND DRAW HOES, (TROWELS, HEDGE SHEARS, PRUNING KNIVES, GORSE KNIVES, By Best Makers at Lowest Prices, AT" ■ ' Jolin Grr & Co. ? s ASHBURTON. GET YOUR Seed Potatoes, Seed Potatoes. from : H FTCHER BROS. A CHANGE ot Seed Always Paysj as a Better and Heavier Crop is pro- duced. Our Potatoes are all specially raised for seed purposes from selected stocks m the very best potato producing districts. We would advise, ""•tiers to be sent to us as earjy aa possible, m order that they may be. filled from jur own stocks, which occasionaWy become exhausted before the end of the season. . 4 BEAUTY OF HEBRON,' This variety is Very Early, coming to the table before either Early Rose or Ashleaf Kidney, and is far superior both m quality and productiveness. • 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-chas eating potato. ASHLEAF, 'MYATT'S EARLY PROLIFIC/ An excellent and well-known variety 5 valuable for sheltered borders and very early use. NEW POTATO— <RICHABD SEDDON.' This fine new Potato, selected from a number of eeedings four years ago, vias been sent out to us from England by the raiser with a very high report of its qualities. Its habit of growth is dwarf, and rather compact, the haulm not excefding 13 inches m height, with rich green smooth leaves. The tubers are fairly large, of an oval shape, and somewhat distinct;, with few eyes near the surface^ flesh close m grain, and when cooked, of a dry and mealy nature, with a flavour tqual to' the finest' 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.' An excellent early variety, most prolific, and of excellent flavor. •LAPSTONE KIDNEY.' A well-known Kidney Variety, excellent for winter use, good quality. •BATH KIDNEY. 1 A well-known and approved variety of good quality. • DERWENTS.' We have some spiendid samples from Orari and North Canterbury. 'CLOVER SEEDS.' , White or Dutch.- (Trefolium repeos), R,ed (Trefolium pralense), Crimson (Trifolium incarnation). < MANGEL WRZEL' The greatest possible care is taken m growing all onr Mangel Seeds. Grown from selested roots they cannot fail to give the greatest satisfaction, and maybe 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 STRE ET. Sole Agents m Ashburton and Christchurc. for Nimmo & Blair' h;t^ Standard Seeds. fBLKPHONB 24 - fi{)Z 67