DEATH.

Taylor.— On Februaiy 12 y at Trevorton, Elizabeth, wife of James Taylor ; aged 61. After a long and* painful illness.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, FEBBUARY 13, 1896 THE MINISTER FOR LANDS AT CHRISTOHURCH.

Self preservation is, we all know, the \ first law of nature. In following out the doctrine of the iate Sir Harry Atkinson, that the first duty of a Government is to preserve its own 1 existence, Ministers have taken ad vantage of the attention called to | public affairs by the electoral contest at Chfistchurch to address crowded gatherings in that city in defence of | their policy and administration. The choice of time and place has of course been adversely commented upon, inas much as these Ministerial speeches i must necessarily be a factor in deter i mining the verdict of the electors of I the Cathedral Oity as to the candidate whom they will choose to represent , them. No doubt it was with this very i object that the three leading members of the Ministry have chosen Christ church at this particular time as the theatre of their deliverances, and for our .part we confess that we should have- preferred.. that it had not.beeri so, , as we venture to think that Ministers could well have afforded to stand aloof for the moment, and to select another opportunity for conking these Minis terial addresses. However, they are unquestionably within their rights in selecting any platform at any time, and we are concerned rather with the matter than the manner of their de liverances. We have already referred briefly to the address of the Premier ; we come now to the address of the Minister for Lands. Mr McKenzie appears to have received a very fair and patient hearing, albeit, owing to the large number of figures with which he had to deal, the address was neces sarily deficient in oratorical attractions, though it was none the less valuable on that account. No reference whatever appears to have been made to matters of general policy outside the Land Department, or rather there was only one such reference, and that a vary brief one. This was the statement that " any attempt at legislation before public opinion was prepared to receive and support that legislation was a mistake," with which dictum we are entirely in agreement. Mr McKenzie's defence of his own administration of the Lands Department was, in our opinion, both complete and conclusive. In regard to the Land for Settlements Act, he showed its necessity, especially in relation to Canterbury, as without it there were no other means of acquir ing land for this purpose. He added that "there was no other British colony where the Government had power to compulsorily tafce land for settlement, and he did not think the power existed in any European country." As regards the first part of this statement, we believe that Mr McKenzie is correct, but as • regards the latter portion, we would point out that he has evidently overlooked recent Imperial legislation, under which local governing bodies have power compulsorily to acquire land for laborers' allotments. The Minister very fairly claimed credit for his Government for the extension of the system of occupation licenses for agricultural purposes of lands situated within goldfields and coal mining dis tricts, and also for the system which they have introduced of bush farm settlement. He also was entitled to claim, as he did, that the village settle ment Bystem had been carried on with vigor, and he was able to show that under all the various systems of settle ment large progross has, during his ad ministration, been made. For example, he showed that during the past four years and nine months no less than 10,902 selectors have been settled on 2,404,925 acres, giving an average area per selector of 220 acres ; while as re gards the village settlement system he showed that under this there had within the i same period been 1487 selectors who had taken up a total area of 24,721 acres, the revenue from which foots up to £28,819 per annum. Under the special settlement system 370,000 acres had been taken up by 1602 selectors. la the improved farms and village settlements together, there had been 2020 selectors, and these with, say 1000*special settlers, made a total of 3000 people (with their families totalling up to about 10,000) whom the Government had placed upon the land. As regards the Cheviot estate,

Mr MoKenzie showed that the total] cost had been £273,000, while the I annual rental is £14,000, or a little j over five per cent. One hundred miles J of roads have been made, and the population is £900. There are 9800 acres in cultivation, and the settlers posse-s 72,000 sheep, 2100 head of cattle, 560 horses, and 540 pigs. As regards the financial results of the Government land purchases, he stated that the Studholrae Junction block is paying 5£ per cent., the Pareora s£, the Pomahaka 4-2, the Kapua 5-7, and the Blind River 2*4 ; and as regards that of the village settlements, he said that the advances made in Canterbury had been £2,260, and the total of arrears was only £36. Altogether the ' Minister was able to make out a very | good case, and the facts and figures ad duced by him will stand a good deal in the direction of attempts to explain ' them away, as notwithstanding adverse criticism it remains that there are sub stantial results to show for the land; policy and administration of the present Government.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I - » Items of interest to farmers on the fourch page. Tenders are called In this issue for erecting stage fittings in the Orange Hall. It is understood that the Government propose taking the Maori census in about a month's time. Mr D. Buick, a brother of Mr Buick* M.H.R., will stand for ths Palmerston seat at next election. There are two female pauper centenar ians in London, one at Wandaworth, aged 105, and the other at Clapham, aged 103. Messrs Mitchell and Turner^ new advertisement appears in another part of this issne. The best of new goods, we are rold, can be had at Kaiapoi House. Notice boards have been erected at the swimming baths indicating that, should medical aid be required in case of accident, the nearest telephones are at the Hospital and Mr Fooka' residence. The newest market novelty is the tomato sausage. It is made in a domesli way at Portland ; it is a delicate pinkish white and tastes of sage and ripe tomatoes. It has made quite a hit la that city and surrounding towns. Mr Justice Hawkins once said to a man who, after pleading guilty to a charge of larceny, withdrew the plea and was acquitted : ' Prisoner, a few minutes ago you said you were a thief. Now the jury says you are a liar. Consequently you are discharged." On his Dorsetshire estate Lord Ailing ton has a * white farm. 9 It is so called beciuse every animal on it is white. There are white horses, white cows white donkeys, white hares from Siberia, and a white pigmy bull. The dogs and .the cats are white. We regret to learn that the long illness from which Mrs Taylor, of Trevor ton. has been suffering, terminated in her death yesterday evening about 7 o'clock. The deceased was a resident for over 22 years in the district. She leaves four daughters and & son, all married, and all but one residents of Ash burton. The cable announces that an exploring company under the auspices of the Rothschilds and Mr Antony Gibb?, has been formed with a capital of a quarter of a million, to acquire Mr Ziman's options in connection wich the Reefron gold mines on the West Coast of New Zealand. The, amount was privately subscribed. A lawyer living in the North of Eng" land, and noted for his laconic style o* expression, Bent the following terse and witty note to a refractory client, who would nab succumb to bis reiterated demands for the payment of his bill : — *Sir, if yon pay tha enclosed, you will oMi.se mo. If you do not, I shall oblige you.' 'l he wifo of the Premier is a daughte r of the late Captain Spotswood, land and shipowner, of Willlamstown, Victoria. Her grandfather was Captain John Spots wood, of the 74th and 98th Regiments, and her great grandfather- was Major General Waddington, of the Kdsh India Company, and at one time Governor of the Presidency of Bombay. A worthy native cook at an Indian missionary . college was ordered to copy out the menu cards for an entertainment about to be given to welcome some new arrivals from England. • Devilled turkey ' figured among the dishes. But the cook was a conscientious man, and had learnt English. Ha sapiently argued with him self that the word * devilled ' was a highly ' improper one to figure upon the menu cards of a festival where 'all the Sahibs were Padres,' so, to the amusement of the guests, they found one diah described under the delicate euphemism of * d— — d turkey.' As will have been observed by an • announcement in our advertising columns, his Worship the Mayor, in response to a large and influential requisition from the burgesses, his requested that Friday 21st inst. be kept as a half-holiday instead of Thursday 20th, in order to allow of merchants, storekeepers, and their employees attending the annual Show of the Ashburton Horticultural Society. This will take place, by the courtesy of Mr Thomas, in the Arcade, and will be well worth a visit as, although some classes of flowers have suffered from the drynes9 of the Beason. there should be a grand show of fruit and vegetables. Th.9 Aahburton Band will play a number of selections on Friday evening, and there will be a promenade concert on Saturday evening. On several occasions recently the rule as regards the exclusion of dogs from the Domain has been broken — in some cases by people who were ignorant of the rule altogether j in others by people who treated it. with contempt. The rule has been enforced recently with some strict ness by the curator, who naturally does not like to see his well-kept flower beds over-run by dogs, and many of his best plants Injured, if nob destroyed. The excuse was tendered by some trespassers that the by-laws of the Domain were not displayed at the gates. To a certain extent this was true. The weather had damaged the calico on which the by-laws were printed, and the larrikins completed what the weather had left unfinished. Now, however, this excuse has been remedied, as strong notice boards, with the calico carrying the by-laws varnished over, as a protection against the weather, have been erected at all the public gates, while beneath are special boards telling that dofrs aro strictly prohibited. Boards have also been put up afresh ac the bath, notifying that the bathing hours for males are — before nine o'clock in the morning, and from half-past five in the evening till half -past eight. The ladies' hours are from ten till eleven in the forenoon, and from two till five in the afternoon. No bathing after half-past nine in the morning is permitted on Sundays. Foe Indigestion, the best remedy is un doubtedly Norton's Camomile Pills. They can confidently be recommended as being mild in operation and absolutely free from injurious drugs. Acting at once as a splen did tonic and a gentle aperient. For nearly 100 years they have proved unequalled for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Bick Headache and for Liver and Stomach complaints. Sold in bottles Is l£d, 2a 9d, and 11s, by all Medi cine Vendors throughout the world. A rfmple, «»fn and certain remody

Our Institutius.

THE ASHBURTON CLUB. "When the town takea a " pet " of tem perance — as a great statesman once said Great. Britain had done, and an outcome of that particular " pet " was a blue book ! prepared by a commission of the House of Lords on the drink question — when the town of Ashburton tases a •* p*-.t ' of tem perance (r.nd it does so whenever a lee turer of any standing on the bubjeot conies along) the Ashburton Club and Mutual School of Arts comes in fot h thare of very idversa criticism. But this la not 10 be wondered at, as the temperance school of to-day is very sweeping in its condemna tion of intoxicating liquor, and all and everything connected with it. If there in one thing more than another by which the ultra-temperance movement of to-day is marked, it is the persistent and uncom promising opposition ib offers to the traffic in liquor. It allows no quarter, its motto is * No surrender,' and aa one of its most consistent and most respected advocates in this county once put it, it has the persistence of an earthworm, and though thwarted here and beaten there, will return religiously to its work of opposition and warfare, strong in its consciousness of right on its own side, and the great moral wrong on the other side of excessive drinking, which it believes to be the almost inevitable ulti mate end of the moderate use of alcoholic liqaor. Needless to say there are many people in the town and county wbo are not of this way of thinking, and as a conse quence houses licensed for the sale of Jiquor still exist in the discrict, and seem to do well- at any rate they exist in undiminished numbers, and the fact of their existence implies that those who carry them on do so for and to their own profit. The Ashburton Club waa established in April 1885, so that the next annual meet ing in April of this year will close the ( eleventh year of its existence. The first ' president was Mr S. B. Nelson, a gentle man who took a prominent parb in the formation of the Club, and another who lent great assistance in establishing the institution waß Mr J. A. Caygill, now, as then, a prominent figure in temperance circles. But Mr Caygill supported the establishment of the Club btlieving that it would provide healthy recreation for ib members withoufa having to come under the operation of the unwritten law of the licensed house, which law means the payment of money over the bar. To a great extent Mr C*ygill's hope was ful filled, for there are now many absolute abstainers in the membership, who attend the leading room every day and make fall use of its privileges as well as those of its extensive library. The Club opened first in Fowler's buildings, Tancred street, where it found a comfortable home till 1891, when the new Club in Burnett street was opened. The old Club rooms, though comfortable enough as long as the membership was comparatively limited, soon became too small when the membership number ran into three figures, and a new house was therefore decided upon. The new Club house was opened on April 15, 1891, on which occasion a fall description of the building was given in these columns, so that much detail miy be dispensed with here. Suffice it to say that but little alteration has been made in the internal arrangements since the opening, although extensions are meditated to meet the growing member ship, which is now well over 300, a large proportion being farmers and others from the country who find the institution a use ful house of call on sale days and Satur days. The Club property comprises a large horso yard to the east of the building for the use of country members, while to the rear of this there is a spacious quoit ground, on which many a lough battle has b«en fought by local champions of the game whom to see play Is a pleasure indeed, and by those whose scores are difficult to count, not because of the near ness of their quoits to the peg, bub their distance away. Every provision is made in the Club house for recreation. A long bowl ing alley has been laid down which on oceasion can be converted into a Morris tribe rifle range, and this part of the house is abundantly prtronised every evening,*' Adjoining the alley is a room in which an excellent bagatelle table has a place, and adjoining that again the billiard room. A.a yet there is only one table, but the committee intend to extend the building so that; space for a second table can be provided, and this work is about to be undertaken There is a larger card room in the centre of the building, where mem bers enjoy a game of cribbage or euchre, and just beyond it is a rcom for ladies. The ladiys' room was provided for the benefit of farmer members who come into town on Saturdays, and a cup of tea after a long cold drive is found to be as * grate ful and comforting ' as is the cocoa of the far-famed Epps. The commercial room is one of the front rooms, and is a most con venient room to many members, while the reading room on the other side of the hall is extensively used. Here are found the daily papers, etc, while in the reading room upstairs — a handsomely, even luxuriously furnished apartment — are to be found all the best* English and Ameri can illustrated papers and magazines. In this room also are the reference and circu lating libraries. The latter is remarkably well found, and one would not be surprised to find portly volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica on the shelves of the clnb long before Cr. Thomas has got over his fright at the increasing overdraft, and consents to let Crs. Cuthbercson and Paul get the heavy tomes from England for the borough's reference library. The circula ting library shelves carry 604 volumes of choice works, and another 250 well selected ones are on the way ou*. Mr Littlecob is librarian, and a most painstaking andatten tive offioer. The Libraries are maintained at a cost to the Club of over £80 per annum. On this floor also are a whist room, a business room for the Committee, aad an office for the Secretary. The buflet is below, and ib is one of its features that only the best liquors in the market are purveyed, while members pay only 3d for a glass of beer. It is mat ter of wonder to many that this price has not been adopted long. ago by the hotels in Ashburton, bub they still stick, in the most conservative spirit, to the price that "has been paid here for the last twenty years — 6d. The Committee have strict rules for the regulation of the buffet, and mem bers respect the Committee's authority with a severity that is almost military. The Club is open from ten o'clock in the morning till eleven o'olook in the evening, and is closed with a punctually that would do credit to a regimental canteen. On (Sunday all the reading rooms are open all day, and the buffet after eight in the even ing till ten. The house is kept admirably by the stewarda — Messrs Stillwell and George Anderson— and the attendance is perfect, while the oversight by the Committee is unremitting, and much of the Club's pronounced succesu is due to the tact and unobtruslveness with which this oversight is exercised. Nor are the external surroundings of the Club neglected. A pretty lawn and a flower garden in front Are very well kept, a professional gardener having the contract for keeping these in order, a work he does very thoroughly indeed.

1 1 know an old soldier who had chronic diarrhoea of long standing to have, been per manently cured by taking Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, ' say3 Edward Sbumpik, a prominent druggist ot Minneapolis, Minn. < I have sold the remedy in this oity for over seven years and consider it superior to any other medioine now on the market for bowel complaints.' This remedy for Bale by the Aehhurton Drug QompiDj, .

The Coloni al Treasurer at Christchurch.

Christchuroh, February 12 The Colonial Treasurer addressed a crowded meeting at the Drill Hall to-night, many being unable to obtain admission. He was enthusiastically received and frequently applauded. He said he had been Attacked more in Ohristchurch than any where else, and this fairly entitled him to reply. After referring to matters brought before him by. deputations he said the accusation that ho had misled the financial ningnates in London was tantamount to an imputation of falsehood and misrepresenta tion on the part of the permanent officials and a reflection on some of the oldest and ablest financiers in the world. He did not deny that the debt had been increased by £1,566,000 by the pressnt Government but £1,330,000 of this was invested, and re turned more interest than than was paid for ihe whole. He defended the surpluses as genuine The accounts had been clearly and fairly placed before Parliament and the people and English finan ciers. 'Ihey were fully explained in Parliament and certified by the Comp troller and Auditor-General and Public Ac counts Committee. The success of the three per cent, loan was due to h ! s visit to London, and his statements in the matter of the public securities had been confirmed officially. He repelled strongly the unfair attacks on himself based on reports after* wards corrected, but which corrections were overlooked by the colonial Conservative Press* His visit to London also resulted in the reduced cost of inscription of loans. The effeot of the Liberal legislation was en tirely in the interest of the mass of the people, the administration had been economical, and the credit of the oolony had advanced to the highest point it had ever reached. An enthusiastic vote of thanks and of confidence in the Government was passed. >

The Highbank : Purchase

The following reference was made to this purchase by Hon. Mr Mackenzie, in his speech at Christchurch r — They might have seen this estate referred to in the Conserva tive journal as a very bad bargain. Every estate the Government had purchased had been termed a white elephant by the Con servative papers. (Applause and laughter). The arguments used in connection with > Highbank were most extraordinary. The paper said they had taken £60,000, and given it to a gentleman who was going away, but the money must have been somewhere else before they could take it away, and the land had not been taken away. (Applause.) He had yet to learn that one individual settler on 9000 acres of land was going to employ a larger number of men than would those twenty-five settlers that it was ad mitted could be placed on it. In his opinion, however, they could get forty-five settlers on it. That meant forty-five houses, forty.five steadings, a large number of chains of fencing and many other improvements, all of which would mean employment for the working people of Canterbury. (Applause.) Then more implements would be required, and thus more labour would be employed. Which would be the best for the people of Canterbury and New Zealand — to have one solitary individual (a bachelor, he under stood) on the estate, or forty-five families. (Applause.) They would now all agree that | the article was very absurd. (Applause, and a voice : *' More than one man was employed at Highbank.V) He had no doubt that it was so— (a voice: "There were twelve or fifteen ") — but one man would not employ i as many as forty-five settlers would.

Valentine's Day.

The day that birds begin to mate, And turtle-doves are cooing ; When sable rooks have cause to state I The pains of Love's undoing. The day that Cupid bends his bow, And sends his arrows flying 1 3o«' a' the airts the wind can blow," And sets the lassies sighing. The lasses, and the lads as well— T'is "six and half-a-dozen"— For those who won't of sweethearts tell Own slyly to a •• cousin." The day that small as well as great Are led in Bilken fetters, Andpostmen stagger 'neath the weight Of heaps of perfumed letters. Letters wich borders made of lace, And decked with buds and flowers • "With hearts and darts, and doves that grace, The sweeteßt, prettiest bowers. A church and spire, a co»y farm, And winding pathways to them, And handsome couples arm-in-arm. That lovingly pursue them. Letters with rings and lockß of hair. h orget-me-nots and roaes ; . . . Some, caskets rich for jewels rare, And others hid in posies. The postman meets all down the Btreet A wondrous eager greeting, And girls and boys are full of joys As dear as they are fleeting. Valentine's Day ! thus was it aye When those now old were young sirs • And thus may aye Love's choaen day Continue to be sung, sirs. — Wm. J. Stewabd.

CABLE NEWS.

■ «- none Aixn voreioi LORD ROSEBERY'S OPINION. . London, February 11 Lord Rosebery considers the conduct of the Government in respect to Armenia is inexplicable, as the Sultan has foully broken the treaty of Berlin. The boundless loyalty of the colonies, he considers a welcome incident in con nection with the Venezuelan question. THE BRIGHT MEMORIAL. The Duke of Devonshire, in unveil ing the statue of John Bright in Parliament House said, the loss of the influence of the departed statesman was never more sorely felt than at the present time. NATIONAL MORTGAGE AGENCY COMPANY. The National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand, shows a profit of £7237. The call, the report states, had been well met, defaulting shareholders' liabilities not exceeding £7000. ° RAILWAY IN MANCHURIA. A French Company has received the contract to build the Russian railway in Manchuria. The Russo-Ohineße Bank is assisting in' providing the money. CAPE GOLD MINES. Capetown/ February 11 The Rand output of gold for January is 30,0000zs under that of December. THE CHARTERED COMPANY. Messrs Hoffmeyer and Meriman in presenting their case to the Cape Parliament against the Chartered Com pany, declared that after providing for the redemption ,of debentures, the Chartered Company's cash reserve ex ceeded half a million sterling. A TAILORS' STRIKE. Berlin, February 11 Fully 25,000 tailors have gone on strike here.

One Box of Clarke's 841 Pills is warran ted to cure all discharges from the Urinary - Organß, in either sex (acquired or consli* j tutional), Gravel arid Pains in the Back. '■'■ Guarranteed free from Mercury. Sold in'. 1 . Boxes 4s 6d each, by all Chemists and Patent medicine Vendors throughout the World. Proprietors ; The Lincoln and Midland I Counties Dbto dour Any, Lincoln, England,

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I Public notices. ( LAST FEW DAYS OP ! i SPtCIAL DRESS SALE. A LL SUMMER DRESS GOODS must be Cleared to make room for Autumn Goods now due. SEE WINDOWS FOR BARGAINS LAST FEW DAYS OF Dressmaking at i S* Gd. Ashburton Drapery Company, CORNER ARCADE & BURNETT STREET.



.' Wanted. WAHOO ! \ THE CORE FOR INDIGESTION. 1 Ashburton Drug Company, Agents 11 108 W&.NTED— A Ploughman ; a single man. Wagea, 16d per week. Apply, by letter, to W. Campbell. Springburn. 2 59 WANTEDKnown— Go to The Corker for Newest Styles in Drapery and Millinery— W. H. Collier. WANTED Known— 6ooo pairs of Boots to be cleared in one month. —Mkllob's Zealandia Boot Store. \\f ANTED Known-Our • Premier ' V V Boots are the very hest for wear In all shapes and sizes. — Mitchell and Turner. "Y7"ALBNTINBB ! Valentines! Great V Variety in comic and mechanical, Fancy Boxed, Perfumed Sachets, Love Cards, Booklets, <frc, at L. F. Andrewes and Co. 2 33 "PRESENTS, Presents— We are now ■■- giving useful Presents to all Pur- ohasers of Drapery, etc.— H. C. Segbbs, Melford House ANTED Known — 6000 pairs of Boots and shoes to pick from. Mellor's Great Boob Sale. WANTED Known— We are still giving Presents to all Purchasers of Drapery, etc.— H. O. Segers, Melford House - ANTED Known— Men's Suits 17s " 6d, Kaiapoi Tweed Trousers 9a lid, Knicker Suits 4s lid. Caps 6d.— The Corner. W. H. Collier ORROWS of Satan, Trilby, When i Greek meets Greek, the Marriage J of Esther, The Red Cockade, Great ] Thoughts. Good strong Bicycle, spring frame, solid tyres, in good order, cheap for cash .—H. M. Jones. WANTED Known— Ladies .Shoes, tan or black, 6j 6d.— Mkllor's Cheap Boot Sale. %I"TANTED Known -The best place VV to obtain Ready-made Clothing and Underclothing is without doubt at Mitchell and Turner's. WANTED Known — Bargains from floor to ceiling.— Mellor's Stock taking Boot Sale. WANTED Known— Cycles thoroughly overhauled and enamelled. Tyres a specialty— E. Knight, Eclipse Cycle Works, Tanored Street, opposite Arcade 12 85 IS OLID AY Suits— A Nice Kaiapoi Cl Suit for 27s 6d, Boys' Knicker and Cambridge Suits fmm 7s 6d, Men's Suits to Mea3iire from 455, Fib and Workmanship Guaranteed at R. Alcorn's WANTF.D Known— so pairs Ladies * * and Girls' Leather Top and Canvas Tennis Shoes, at half usual price, for two weeks only. — Andrew Orb, 10 136 WANTED Known— Buots and Shoes from Is 3 i to 27s 63 — Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale. WANTKD Known— We intend to shake up every Boob Shop in Ashbnrton. — Mellor's Clearing BoobSale JAM JARS, JAM JARS. Fletcher . Bros, are jcisb landing a large ship- ment of Jam Jars of all kinds. Mason Screw Top Jars in Quart and Half-esllon Jars at very low prices ; also Fruit Preserving Sugar of the very best quality, in 561b and 70!b Bags, ab equally low rates — Fletcher Bros., East Street, Ashbnrton. Telephone 24 WANTED Known— lf you miss the Che*p Boob Sale you will be sorry — Mellor's. Tancred Street. OTHER People are getting Bargains at Carson's Monster bale of Bicycles, Earthenware, Glass, and China Why not You ? 1 84 X\J ANTED Known- You save 5a in V* every pound if you patronise Mellor's Cheap Boob Store. OTANTED Known— Jusb opening a T fresh lot of useful Presents, to he given to all Purchasers of D;apery.— H. C. Segers, Melford House mRY FLETCHER BROS.' for vour A Christmas Fruits. They are oi the finest quality that are procurable, and at i the lowest possible prices. See the quality and judge for yourselves. — Fletcher Bros., Ashburton WANTED Known— Good Tweed Trousers, 6s 6d ; Good Cord Trousers, 6s 3d.— Mitchell and Turner. ANTED Known— Mrs Smith, Dress- maker (late of London West), has Removed from Cameron street to Have- lock street, opposite Army Barracks. 12 148 \ITANTED Known— Newest Gocda in "* Drap3ry ancl Millinery for the Snmmer Season, direct from London— W. H. Collier, The Corner. WAJN'L'KD Known— Great Kediwtioc at" Mkllor's Cheap Boot Pale. OWN Make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina- fores ; al?o a good assortment of Calicoes, Mußlins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., ab Mrs Alcorns new shop, Baker's Buildings. f CHRISTMAS, 1895 I beg to thank my friends and. the public at large for the liberal support extended to me since I started business three months ago. I have now receiv d a quantity of Goods suitable for the' Christmas and New Year trade, tucond to none in Ashburton, and at a price within the reach of all. A trial solicited. — E Mahood, Easb Belt Cash Store. WANTED Xnnw«— Every b.'dy to roll op to Mell^rs Cheap Boot Sale. Now's your tinio to buy. \\TANTKD Known— l am a Buyer of ** Bobbh s -pints, quarts. Whiskey, and PranJy ; also Old Iron, wrought and ! cast. ; Boiigh in large or t-mall lots ; Zitic, Brass, and Horse Hair. — Charles Brown, bottom o Havelock, Street, Ashburton. 11 144 U/ ANTED Known— Monster Clear- V & ing Boot Sale at Mbllor's Zealan dia Boot Store. TUST Arrived.— A large variety of use- if ful and Ornamental Goods, Dolls, Toys, and Novelties ; also, a job lob over one hundred assorted Baskets and Morocco and Russian Leather Handbags, to be sold ac and under ordinary cost price at Mrs Aicorn's - FOR SALE. <"pHE Freehold of the Waterton Hotel. X For farther particulars apply H. W. BARRETT, Ashburton, Or to the Proprietor, 2 32 Watertou.



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N.Z.CF. N.Z.CF. HARVESTING. mHENEW GAMBROON MATERIAL, LIGHT AND STRONG. Trousers ...  ... 6s 9d Sac Coat p'a 9i BLUE DENAM. t?ver »lß 4a 6d JacicftM 43 ed Jumpeis 4 9 6d BLUE DUCK, VERY STRONG Overall* ... 5 a 6d J c'<etß 5 3 6d Juirpers 5 3 6d li^i veai ing Straw Hats, 93. \ Good Stio.-K Shirts 1b 6d. no rnbbiflh. 1 MerLio Halt-Doae 6J per pair. Light Strong Blatchera 4a lid, NEW ZEALAND OL.UT.nJNG FACTORY. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager.



""^ISLINGTON WOEKS. FREEZING SPaOK AVAILABLE. THE OHRIRTOHUIIOH MEAT COMPANY are pleased to intimate to FARMERS AND OTHEKS that their new IL rnnlcs Machine U now in full workJn r rnvipr, and that tiiey are prepared to BOOK SPAOK. Priority will be to Applications ae they come to hand. Apply the C mpany's Dflic**, 161 Hereford btreat, 2 25 0 tiiMchusoh. I N purfln A " <:t) *f tJ»<* "l'aliiic Ki-herven Act, 18^^- ii»u j t* 5 -.ncl 6, notice is ft<J reby sjivn «lnr ttie 'linwa'd D main w'll he s'»fc aparc for the Ashburton County Polo Olub'H mi.Tiiw o.i Ktfhiutry i?7 h. 1896, on which day charges will bo made for admiaaion . h-»«i.«> wii ih« follow ng »cale : — For each Adult O e shilling For eachHorae One shilling Entrance to Stand and Paddook, Two shillings extra, E. GATES, Chairman ■ inwald Uoin*'^. February 13th, 1896. 2 21 Vpt* try tfie A'w Vmw 7ot"««



1 " r: '-'i "-'.' '■•* -•--■•■•■■-■ r.---.-> "rji iiT' •iMii'i'--'r" '"*'i""""' " "' '^ '" ''^ "'" "" - ; = :Li: -*- : - L: - :L:1 -^ lx . Business Notices. — SOLVING THE UNEMPLOYED DIFFICULTY. TN STEAD of importing Tweeds as hitherto, we have had a complete range 1 of New Home Patterns for 1896 manufactured to our special order in the ASHBURTDN FACTORY, with New Dyea which have been THOROUGHLY TESTED and will not fade like other tweeds. Our orders for these goods were placed before the rise in the price of wool nnd our customers will receive the full benefit of the Low Prices. Farmers and all others who intend to g«t New Suits after harvest, should call early, inspect our New Ashburton Tweeda and encourage local industry. Local labor from the Ashburton Fleece to the Ashburton Suit. THE LEADING TAILORS <fc OUTFITTERS, ASHBURTON H. M. JONES. H. M. JONES. BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS. PUBLISHERS PRICES. CHEAP EDITIONS. Bought for Cask THE ASSIGNED STOCK OF J. MARRDEN ab a Low Price, and the whole £266 will be Cleared at a Great Reduction. COME EARLY FOR BARGAINS IN BOOKS, STATIONERY, AND FANOY GOODS. SHIPMENT of Books, ex Talnai, just opened ap. Great variety, suitable for prize awards and presentation purposes. Liberal Discount to School Com- mittees, to keep the trade here. STATIONERY, STATIONERY, STATIONERY. SPECIAL VALUES in Boxed Paper and Envelopes. Plain and Fanoy from €Id npwardi. Good Business Envelopes from 3s Odper 1000, cash. Law and Com- mercial Papers. ACCOUNT BOOKS, ""ACCOUNT BOOKS. Various sizes and Binding, Memorandum, Pocket and Counter Books, Pianos, Albums, Photo Frames. ELECTROPLATED, GLABS AND CHINA WARE FANCY GOODS In great variety. All at liOwcst C ash Prices. I have made arrangements to procure any Books, Magazines or other lines re* quired, from London, America, (Melbourne, and elsewhere, at the [shortest possible notice. H. M. JONES. KAIAPOI HOUSE. Our Clothing Establishment HAVING been recently stocked with NEW AND CHOICE GOODS in ALL DEPARTMENTS, wo are now offering the VKRY BEST VALUE IN ASHBURTON FOR CASH. - HATS IN NEWEST SHAPES. Qnonlal . SUITS TO MKASU»nS, bv a First-class Tailor. OfJ^Uial . Choice Selection of T .VJCRD3 to select from. Our Standard make of BOOT*, the « PREMIER," are the BHJ«T IN NKW ZEALAND. MITCHELL AND TUMEB, TANCKED STREET. MONSTROUS CLEARING BOOT SALE AT Melloi's ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE FOR ONE MONTH before Stock-taking. We have K educed in price every pair of Boots and Shoes. In this Great Boot Sale we openly defy competition. We Lead, Others follow. Note Our Prices — Men's Strong Leather Dsrby Shoes 8a 9<l j Men's Good Bluchers 49 lid Ladiea' Pretty tan or black, 6s 6d Ladies' Glaze Kid Shoes 8s 6d Men s Eaßy Waltzing Shoeß 7s Ladies' Strap Shoes from 4s 9d Children's Strap Shoes Is 9<i Boots and Shoes trom Is 9d to 27a 6d Roll up in Thousands. look at Our Windows and Doors for Bargains. Country orders promptly sent to any address. KOTE ADDRES3— J. MELLO B, 2EA.LANDIA BOOT STORE, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON.