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THE VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS BILL. London, April 24 Cardinal Vaughan and the Roman Catholic bishops generally, approve of the Voluntary Schools Bill, but com plain that Catholic schools are penal ised. They urge that the grants should be increased. _„.,, "■ THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM. *"*The Australian Cricketers have arrived. They will be entertained to j a banquet by the oricketera of Surrey county on May 1. J ABYSSINIA.

Rome, April 24 King Menelek offered to agree to the proposed frontier, but insisted on the Italian protectorate over Abyssinia being abandoned. Rudini agreed, if the prisoners were released, and Mene lik undertook to refuse to allow any other power to assume a protectorate. Menelek, however, declined these conditions.

THE FRENCH MINISTRY.

Paris, April 24

M. Bourgeois, m announcing the resignation of the Ministry, asserted that he was a victim of asserting the right of the democratic Chamber to supremacy. His speech was coldly received, the Radicals accusing him of cowardice. MM. Ricard, Goblet, and Jours denounced the action of the Senate as a blow to universal suffrage. A majority of 258 affirmed the right of the Ohamber to be elected by the people. The Moderates abstained from voting. The majority determined to proceed with democratic reforms, and the Ohamber adjourned till Tuesday. A GRAND FUNERAL

Athens, April 24. The funeral of the late Greek statesman, Toucoupia was attended by fifty thousand people. The King was present.

AUSTRALIAN

BANKING RETURNS. Sydney, April 25 The quarterly banking returns show total assets £48,302,000, as compared with £48,417,000 for the December quarter. Total liabilities, £32,540,000, compared with £32,037,000 for the previous quarter. Deposits have in creased by #498,000, the increase m fixed deposits being £84,500, and on current account £413,500. Advances have decreased by £595,500 ; coin and bullion increased by £527,000, making a total holding by the Banks of £8,037,000, equal to 291 of the total liabilities, which is the highest ever recorded.

THE SOUIH AFRICAN CRISIS.

London, April 24 In the House of Commons, Mr Chamberlain, replying to a question regarding the Transvaal, stated that Sir Hercules Robinson suggested an increase of the patrol on the Boer frontier m order to prevent a spread of rinderpest. BERLIN} April 24 The German Press is incensed at the tone of Mr Chamberlain's remarks at the London banquet. Capetown, April 24 The telegraph wires have been cut twenty miles south of Buluwayo. The column from Mafeking to Buluwayo is marching twenty-five miles a day, and is expected to reach Maeloutsie on May 13, A sortie from Buluwayo drove the Matabele across Umguzu river. Mr Selous had his horse killed under him, and several whitss were wounded. Spies discovered m Buluwayo have been hanged. Rinderpest is spreading m the Northern Transvaal and Bechuanaland. Khama has lost all his cattle. The people of Gwelo, who are threatened by the rebels have ob tained several loads of grain. Corporal Wise was wounded m the Sortie at Umguzue but escaped. Trooper Baxter, while m the act of lending him ! his horse was assegaied.

The Excursion-Brunner ton Concert.

The concert last) nlghb was very well attended, some 800 people being present. A large proportion of the audience consisted of boys and youths, who showed their appreciation of the performers' efforts co please, aod the low price charged for admission, by most disagreeable noises, and tseserally by their outcry succeeded m giving splitting headaches to grown people whose brains are not noise proof, and who seek pleasure m other things than simply noisy row. The behaviour of those youths was m marked contrast to those who attended the recent St Patrick's cencbrt, but then the management of the latter had posted members of the Com mittee all over the house, and the least breach of decorum would have been promptly dealt with. The lady vocalists were Me "dames Denshire and Brooke and Misses Venie Flower, Barrett and Maude Browne, the last named a visitor to Ash burton, who sings pleasingly, and made a decided hit with the Japanese song she sung m character. Mr Lionel Broad and Mr Keddell had the comic element m their hands, and with the assistance of Mr Stratford and Faddy Murphy managed to keep alive the laughter. Mrs Bowman Fox, one of the besb single-handed enter tainers we have, charmed the audience by her brilliantly played pianoforte solo, while Master Dickie's recitations were well received ; so also was Mr Frizzell'a rendering of Major Steward's poem " Death m the Mine." An action song by twelve little fairies, showed how care ful Mrs Davis can be, and how patient and painstaking In the training of little ones. Perhaps, however, the most effec tive of all the Items were the very pretty tableaux m which the Misses Kathleen and Winnie Orr, Miss Gertie Sparrow, and Mr Meyenberg took part. Mr Stratford managed the limelight, and Mrs Bowman Fox and Mrs Mayne were the accompanists. The proceeds for the Brunner fund are expected to be between £9 and £10.

Seafield Harvest Social

A most enjoyable harvest social took place at Seafield on Mondny evening last Although the night was wtt, a good company assembled m the schoolroom, which was very tastefully decorated with flowers, ever greens, grain, fruit, and vegetables. Rev J. Olphert presided, and gave a racy account of a lecent camping trip to the West Coast; Solos were pleasingly rendered by Miss E. Barretb and Miss CoUinson ;' recitations by Mise Addis and Miss A. and L. Robinson, and Rev J; Olphert; action songs and dialogues by twelve little girls. A break was made m the programme, when a plentiful and varied supply of fruit was handed round, to the evident satisfaction of the audience, A very tempting supper was also provided by Mesdames Ayrton, Moore, Tait, Kelly, Hard wick, Misses Fechney, Bruce, and others. Full justice was done to all the good things, and all present supported the hearty vote of thanks proposed to the ladies, who had spared neither trouble nor expanse to make the gathering a success.

How Did The Thief Get In?

Yon wake up some morning and miss your watch, your purse, your best clothes and other valuables. Yet neither you nor any member of your family heard a Bound during the night. Neither ia there a sign of how the thief got into the house nor by what road ho decamped. You rush round and tell the police, and also decide to keep a dog and a shotgun. You will let rheives know they musn't come fooling .around your premises after this. A sensible procedure. Mean while your watch, your money, &c, are gone. Quite so.

Now suppose I should tell you that the thief who stole your property never entered house at all; that he was born m it: had lived twenty years m it; never had been out of it till he went off with your things, albeit not a soul of you had ever seen or heard of him. What would you say to me? You would call me an idiot and ' threaten to have me Bent back to the asylum. But don't be too sure.

" Later on,*' says Mr Heakin, *« rheuma tism struck into my system and I had pains all over me. I waa confined to my bed for three months with it and could not dress myself. In this general condition I con tinued for five years. One after another I was treated by fourteen doctors m that time but their medicines did me little or no good. At one time I went to the Infirmary at Shrewsbury, where they treated me for heart disease; but 1 got worae and feeling anxious returned home."

How he was finally cured we will mention m a minute. First, however, about his rheumatism. Every intelligent person knows that rheumatism and gout (its twin brother) is virtually a universal ailment. It does its crueland body -racking work m every country and climate. No other malady causes so vast an aggregate of suffering and disability. Whatever will cure it is worth more money m England than a gold mine m every country. But does rheumatism " strike into " the system as a bullet or -a knife might Btrike into it? No Kheumatism is a thief who steals away our comfort and strength; but it is a thief, aB I said, who Here is our good ftiend Mr. Richard Heakin, of Pentervin, Salop, who expresses an opinion m this line. Let us have his exact words . He says : ' ' Rheuma tism struck into my system'" Of course we understand that he speaks afrer the manner of men. You know we talk of being "attacked" bythia, that, and the other com plaint, as though diseases were like soldiers or wild beasts* "Doesn't make any odds," do you say? Beg pardon, but if> . does — heavy odds. For it teaches us to look m the wrong direction for danger. Do you see now

Thirteen years ago, m the spring of 1880 whilst working m the Roman Gravel Lead min33, Mr Heakin took a bad cold. He got over the cold, but not ovor what followed it. Ha was feeble, without appetite, and had a deal of pain m the chest and sides. His eyes and skin were tinted yellow, and his hands and feet were cold and clammy. Frequently he would break out iuto a cold perspiration, as a man does on receiving a nervous shock caused by something fearful or horrible. He was also troubled with pain at the heart and had spells of difficu't breathing — what medical men call asthma, is born on the premises' In other words, it is one — and only one —of the consequences of indigestion and dyspepsia. And this is the why and wherefore: Indigestion creates a poison called uric acid ; this acid combines with the chloride of sodium to form a salt; this salt is urate of sodium, which is de posited m the form of sharp crystals m the musclos and joints. Then comes inflammation and agony, otherwise rheumatism* Thus you perceive that it doesn't come from the outside but from the inside — from the stomach. Our friend's cold, caught m the mine, did not produce his rheumatism, if dogged his skin and so kept all the poison m his body instead of letting part of'ib out. Mr. Heakin adds; " I was cured at last by Mother Seigel'i Curative Syrup, and with out it 1 believe I should have been dead long ago. Very likely very likely; for this thief although he may wait long for his oppor tunity is not always satisfied to run away with our comfort and our money; he often takes life too.

THE ASHBURTON GgARDIAN : SATURDAY, APBIL 25, 1896.



Business 1 he portable Swing Water Bafrow. Prevention is Better Than Cure npHE few cages of Typhoid m Ashburton Bqrongh and Snbnrbs afford bo * ground for a " scare," bnt it is only by using reasonable precautions that the dread scourge can be kept within bounds. In view of the subject bewg referred to m the public journals, it may be of service to reprint an extract from an issue of the "Nineteenth Century" of last year, m which special reference is made to Diphtheria, but which applies with equal force to Typhoid. The writer remarks, that the latest epidemics m Russia swept away nearly all the children m come villages ; and m Prussia, no less than one- sixth to one-fourth part of all children dying m the age of from one to five >ears suc- cumbed to Diphtheria, and the same proportion prevailed m Western Europe as well. Keen interest is being ttken m the experiments of the French Doctors, Roox and Tersen ;. but Diphtheria, like Anthrax, Cholera* Typhoid, Malarit, and other kindred complaints is due to an infection of the body by special baoteri*, caused by the effluvia rising from drains, back yards and premises generally, into and upon which dairy and kitchen slops have been thrown. Without an infection by bacteria or the poisons which they secrete, there is no diphtheria. The Portable Wash Barrow is just the one thing indispensable m the direction of perfect sanitary arrangements. By its uee,;a two-fold benefit is derived. The fever and diphtheria breeding agencies are removed, and what is otherwise a source of terror becomes an absolute gain, by conveying the waph to pig trough or to the garden. The Portable Barrows can be put to various kinds' of use, and they are so admirably con- structed that/with them, a child can do «york which otherwise requires the strength of mature years. The cost is comparatively small. Possession of one becomes an absolute means of sweetness/comfort and profit. Improved Copper Boilers. I have jast received direct from the manufacturers a fresh supply of Portable Ccpper Boilers, with patent smoke, stack joint, and Semi-double sheeted frame — galvanised. This useful household requisite should be in- spected, when its varicus excpllencies of construction, strength and service- ableness, will speak for themselves. Size^~l4galp,, 16gals, and 18gals., at prices within the reach of all. F. FEREIMAS, LAND AND ESTATE AGENT. —AGENCIES- Union Steam Shipping Company North British Fire Insurance Company , ._ 3 133 KAIAPOI HOUSE. ISew and Seasonable Goods NOW BEING LANDED DAILY. IMMENSE VARIETIES, CHOICE PATTERNS, BEAUTIFUL FABRICS, MAKING A Grand Display. /"\UR Country Friends will be duly waited upon with full , ranges of Samples, on dates to be further advised. MITCHELL & TIMER. TANORED SIREET —TO THE LADIES— GRAND SHOW^ New Drapery and Clothing FOR AOTUjVEN AND WINTER. THE LATEST FASHION IN TIRBNOH & ENGLISH Dress Materials French and English Millinery Ribbons, Flowers, aud Fsathera A BEAUTIFUL SELECTION OF • [LADIES* JACKETS, MANTLES, & CLOAKS. CORSETS IN ALL THE LATEST MAKES EVERYTHING UP-TO-DATE



TRESSPASS NOTICE. TV OTICE is hereby given tbat -*-^ Trespassers on my Paddock, be- low Beach road, River Bed, WILL BE PROSECUTED. 4 181 PETER RATTRAY. ' MONEY. MONEY TO LEND on Freehold Security at current rates of interest* Apply to MRO. W.PURNELL, Solicitor, 4 174 Montgomery's Buildings, DANCING AND DEPORTMENT. MRS CURTI3 AND MISS CUSSEN will Open a Class for Children on SATURDiY, May 2, from 2 o'clock until 4 p.m., m the Orange Hall Terms : Half a guinea for a series of ten lessons. Private Classes for Adults, also for Spanish Danoe Cachuca, and French Cotillon. 4 188 ORANGE BAZAAR. A BAZAAR and Sale of Work will be held m the Orange Hall on May 23, m aid of the Building Fund. Friends who have promised Produce and other Goods will kindly deliver same at Mb Davis' Store, Royal Hotel. 4 184 LIVERY & BAIT STABLES. MRS G. F. SCOTT desires to notify that she has disposed of her business as Livery Stablekeeper, Burnett Street, ABh burton, to !HH J. £JM>TI> and trusts that he will be accorded the same liberal amount of support she has always received. IN REFERENCE to the above I can confidently assure the Public that good Horses only will be kept m toy ' Stables, and Traps from a Dog-cart to a Waggonette, Pony Cart, etc., can always be obtained from me ; also Saddle Horses and Vehicles at all hours at reasonable charges. 4 137 J. LLOYD. Henry Zander DAS NOW FOR SALE- Cornsacks (full-sized) Comsacks Seaming Twine (5 ply) India, China and Ceylon Teas (Direct from the Growers) Mauritius and Queensland Sugars Wines and Spirits Ales and Stout Manning and Co.'s Colonial Ale GUNS (Hollis}' GUNS Ammunition. Ammunition. Of Every Description -. Barbed and Fencing Wire Ransomes and Hornsby's Plough-Shares Crockery and Glaarsn Etc. Highest Market Prices Paid FOB GRASS AND CLOVER SEEDS, OATS AND OATEN SHEAF CHAFF Clearing Sales Conducted, and Saleyards Regularly Attended under the supervision of Mb David Zander, Auctioneer. Henry Zander, GENERAL MERCHANT WOOL, STOCK AND STATION AGENT AGENT FOR— Sun Fire Insurance Office Australian Mutual Provident Soolet



MR W. S. MABLIN WILL ADDRESS the Electors of Rangltata m the Templar Hall, T I N W A L D, ON TUESDAY, APRIL 28, And m the Schoolroom, FJLEMINGTON, OK WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29. Each meeting will commence at 8 p m. 4 191 BALANCE-SHEET OF THE ASHBUR- TON ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY FOR THE TEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 1896. PARTIOUL4RS. RECEIPT*. JLxPBNni" TUltB. £sd £ a d To licenses 501 d.,, 65 10 0 By late ranger, £121Oj, ranger £44, secretary £3 3s ... 59 13 0 L»w Coats ... 110 Printing and ad- vertising ... 2 15 0 Mrs Mutton, pur- chase of neta ... 3 15 0 Sundries— 2l sfra?s heads at Is, £1 Is ; postages, etc, 13s 4d ; cheque book, 2s 6d ... 1 16 10 To balance on 31st March, 1895 ... 54 12 6 By balance m Bank 31st March 1896, £49 18a 6d; petty cash m hand £1 33 2d ... 51 1 8 120 2 6 120 2 6 Balance on hand3let March 1896, £51 Is 8d PERCY H. COX, Hon. Treasurer. Audited and found correot — Arthur H. Field, Auditor. 4 187 XITST IvA%l>El>, 10,000 Yards, Sheep Netting:, WITH CENTRE STRAND. YI7E ARE PREPARED TO QUOTE SPECIALLY LOW PRICES FOR QUANTITIES. QUALITT GUARANTEED. John Orr & Co. ASHBURTON. Wright's Celebrated Family Brand Coffee is the best ia tho m»rk«b; try it j Bold OTtey where,



Business Notices. - TO gEG TO lISTJMA.TE that the LAST WEEK of their FIUST * ANNUAL SALE begins on I SATURDAY, MARCH 21. o IF you Lave not visited this Great Leviathan Sale yet you should do 9 so at once. The prices are astonishingly low. The Goods are our 'Own make, and of guaranteed quality. The variety is the largest m Ashburton. t Note the Address, and make your purohases befora it closes at THE CASH BOOT SHOP i. EAST STREET. • Repairs attended to promptly.



Tenders. ~ jf ASHBURTON 00UKT7 G<fUNnti te r ENDERS are invfrrd forJ*roviclirg an 1 Planting 41900 Breef, m tw of Contracts. JT 01 Also for Taflaocking/Ploaghing, an Harrowing a atrip a'on/South Road, nea 4 Rosedale Vilfage Settlement, m on Contract, and fendhigin another Contract L * Specifications on vfW at Council Office and Tenders, addressed to Chairman, t 8 be sent m by 11 o'clock a. mon FRIDAI n Mayl By Order WILLIAM BAXTER, 7 4 175 County Engineer, y Hanmer and Graves. PIRTIVERSHir. fHAVE the Pleasure to announce that I have taken Into PARTNERSHIP \ MR S. H. GRAVES, who was for some time the Manager oi . the Bank of New Zealand here, and the t, Business In future will be oarried on under the style of 1 Hanmer & Grayes. L It 1* the intention of the new firm to oarry on the business already taken up by myself m all its branches, and as my Partner has added a very substantial sum to the eapltal formerly employed by me, the Extension of the Business right through will be songhfr. Hoping that, this announcement will be satisfactory to the Business People, Far- mers, and the Public generally m the Aahburton County, I only have to belc that a f-iir share of the business going will be sent our way. E. W. HANMER. A&hburton, April 13, 1896, D. Thomas. ASHBURTON HORSE FIAR. LON3BEACH~ DRAUGHT HORSES. T HAVE been instructed by JohnGrigg, ■*- Esq., to Sell ab the above Fair, to be HELD OK THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1896 QK DRAUGHT HORSES, Good In j *w all Farm Work, Young, Sound, and'Staunoh, now m work On account of J. Ballantyne, Esq., Ruapuna— O(\ DRAUGHT HORSES (all now working), to he sold on account of his letting his work by contract ry GRAND PONIES General Entries and Present — I JQ HORSES of all descriptions Sale at 11.30 DAVID THOMAS, 4 103 Auctioneer. ) In the matter of The Land Transfer Act, ' 1885, and m tha matter of memo- randum of Mortgage registered No. 15041. MR DAVID THOMAS has received instructions from the Registrar of the Supreme Court, Canterbury District, acting ab the request of the Mortgagee, | TO SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION ! AT BULLOCK'S ARCADE, Aahburton, on ! SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1896, at 2 o'clock m tho afternoon, — 144 Acres, Being Rural Sections 27634 »nd 26745, about three miles from tha Kyle Post Office, and occupied by Mr Edward MoAnalty, Farmer. For further particular* apply to Messrs IZABD AND LOXJGHNAN, Solicitors, Her«> ford Street, Christchurch, or to the Auctioneer. 4 133 ARCADE. SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1896. MR DAVID THOMAS has wired instructions from Mrs «^«inn to Sell by Public Auction on the above date and fixture, — I HER VALUABLE PROPERTY, viz :— Dwelling House of fourteen rooms with hot and cold water laid on, together with half-aorn of good ltnd, being T.S. No. 1219, 1220, corner of Grigg and Havelock Streets, Ash- burton, DAVID THOMAS. 4 152 Auctioneer. CLEARING SALE. FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1896. MR D. THOMAS has received instructions from Mr P. Daley, (who has sold his farm), to Sell by Public Auction aa abave, on tha Farm (just off Chertsey Road, three miles from Mitcham Railway station), the WHOLE OF HIB LIVE AND DEAD STOCK, as follows : ->(\C\ PRIME FREEZING Two- tjVJVJ Tooth Crosebreds UQ FREEZING LAMBS 9QA GOOD MERINO EWES, and 4OU Five Rams X HEAD OF FAT CATTLE *y HEAD OF YOUNG CATTLE SMcOORMIOK REAPERS & Binders (1 string and 2 wire) Double-furrow Plough, Six Leaf Harrows, Roller, Twenty-Coulter Drill (Reid and Gray), Farm Dray, Two New Grass Seed Strippers, Three horse Power Ghaffcutter, Corncrush«r,Two Iron Tanks, and large quantities of sundries. Also— Fifty Bushels Ryegrass. Sale at 1 o'olock Luncheon Provided No Reserve DAVID THOMAS, 4 190 Auctioneer. Frosront and Comforting— N<w Vmm



1 T. Bullock. BUILDING SII'KS lA>tt WALE cc „  t as follows : — iy T.S. 732, Wills S-reet. Capital hi is for a house, first claai land. Price £35. r- T.S's. 994, 995, half an acre, ooruer < >v Walker and Peter Streets, West. Pric it £20 each. t' T.S. 875, Grey Street, good lane 3 Price £25. y T.S., Aitken Street, East. Price £1 '> 10s. £ T.S. 860, Grey Street. Price f25 10s ,1 Cottage and Seotion well situated ii d Moore Street. Price £135. c T. BULLOCK 5 < , TO LET.— -Cottage of 3 rooms witl , verandah and Scullery, situated m Grej > Street. 1 T. BULLOOK. j •— " ■ f TO OWNERS OF RICH HEAVY LAND, SHEEP FARMERS AIXD OTHKRS. FOR~SALE, O A HK ACRES GOOD SHEEP <UrL ft D OOUJSTRY, situated m Shepherd's Bush Survey District, being R.S. 28486 and others. Very suitable for working with rich heavy land. T, BULLOOK. TO LET— Shop and Dwelling In East Street, lately ocoupied by Mr R. Lewis. T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE an improved Farm of 156 Acres, divided Into 7 Convenient I sized paddocks, nearly all m English 5 grasses, all well watered and conveniently I situated near a school. Easy terms of payment. For full par* tlculars apply to T. BULLOOK. OFFERS are invited for any of the following Town Suctions, each containing £ acre : — 755 Peter Street 818 Aitken Street 822 Cox Street 711 Wills Street 842 Corner of Aitken and Cass Streets Liberal terms if required. T. BULLOOK, Agent. ~ FOE SALE, GOOD SHEEP COUNTRY, ; qqo ACRES near Maronan, partly i tJtJCj Fenced. Persons desirous of Purchasing a block such as the above, are invited to inspeot. Low Price will be accepted, and exceptionally easy terms of payment. Full particulars on applica- tion. T. BULLOOK. TINWALD. TO LKT— Cottage fronting Graham's Road, next the Hole!. T. BULLOCK. «— — — »■"» '■ ■— —■^— - —■——■<» J. T. Ford and Co. MESSRS J. T. FORD & 00. have received instructions to Sell by Public Auction at the ASHBURTON SALEYARDS, ON TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1896, I KCin SIX AND EIGHT-TOOTH. ±O\JKJ MERINO WETHERS, the property of Mr George McMillan, and direct from the Mesopotamia Station. These Sheep are large framed and m very forward condition ; m every way suitable for finishing off on turnips, and as there are only % limited number of this class of Sheep coming forward this season, it Is confidently expected that good prices will be obtained fot Fat Merino Wethers during the Winter and m early spring. ~~J. T. FQRD, 4 185 Auctioneer. PUBLIC NOTICES. Meat Mart has killed a *^ pig too. Sausages at 4d per lb. (will bear comparison with any other In the trade) (Shop open until 10 o'clock this evening. —W. J. Silcock, 4 201 ASHBURTON DISTRICT SCHOOL* HOUSEHOLDERS' Meeting to elect Committee will be held m the School Chambers on MONDAY, 27th Inst., at 7 pm. 4 194 B~~T. STEPHEN'S CHURCH Ashburton SUNDA yTaPRIL 26. ___ ® ASHBURTON. 8.30 a.m., Holy Communion— Rev T. A. Hamilton. 11 a m., Morning Prayer— Rev T. A, Hamilton. 6.30, Evening Prayer— Rev T. A. Hamilton. SEAFIELD. 3 p.m. — Rev T. A Hamilton. DROMORE. 3 p.m. — Mr Bowman Fox. HAMPSTEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE Annual Meeting of Householders will be held In the School on MON- DAY, April 27. at 7 30. Business — To elect Committee for en- suing year. 8 * W. J. CROOKS, 4 195 Chairman. I MISS A. «. HOOD IS PREPARED to Teach Drawing m its various branches ; also Sketching and Painting from Nature m water and oils. Orders taken for Painting resi- dences , Hours of attendance ab Studio, Arcade, on Tuesdays and Fbidats, from II a.m. to 4 p.m. 4 61 WAKANUI ROAD BOARD. rjIHE Annual Meeting of Ratepayers _L will be held at the Board's Office, ' Moore Street, Ashburton on SATUR- DAY, May 2, 1896, ab 1 p.m. PETER STEWART, 4 167 Chairman. NOTICE. THE ELEVENTH YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Members of THE ASHBURTON CLUB & M.S. A., Will be held at the CLUB ROOMS, ', ON TUESDAY EVENING, The 28th April, at 7.30. Business : To Receive Yearly Statement of Accounts, Election of Officers, and General. After the Meeting the usual DINNER will be held m the ORANGE HALL. Admission by ticket only, to be ob- tained from the Steward. 4 162 BY ORDER. Try Wright's Family Brand Coffee ; to be obtained from all Grocers and Storekeepers



MOUNT SOMERS ROAD BOAKD. ELECTION. "^TOTICE is hereby given tint m JJN accordance with the provisions of the Road Board Act, 1882, and the amendments thereto, and the Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876, AN ELEC- TION OF TWO PERSOFS m the place of Messrß Hood and Harrison, will take placo on WEDNESDAY, May 6. NOMINATIONS will be received by the Returning Officer till noon, on I FRIDAY, May 1,1896. Nomination Forms can be obtained from the undersigned. THE ANNUAL MEETING of RA.TE- PITERS of the above Road District, will be held at 2 p.m. on FRIDAY, May J, 1896. E. B. COOPER, 4 114 Clerk and Returning Officer,



Attention is drawn to the fact that Mesßrs L. F. Andrewes and Co,, stationers and booksellers, are holding an extensive clearing sale. Those who have not already visited the premises are re- commended to do so without delay. A look at the windows and doors of the firm will convince any intending buyers. — Advt, There is no medicine so often needed m every home and so admirably adapted to the purpoßesforwhich.it is intended, as Chamber- lain s Fain Balm. Hardly a week passes but some member of the family has need of it. 1 A toothache lor headache may be cured by it. A touch of rheumatism or neuralgia quieted. The severe pain of a burn or scald promptly relieved and the sore healed m much less time than when medicine has to be sent for. A sprain may be promptly treated betore inflammation sets m, which nsures a cure m about one-third of the itime otherwise required. Cuts and bruises should receive immediate treatment before he parts become swollen, which can only be done when Pain Balm is kept at hand. A sore throat may be oured before it becomes serious. A troublesome corn may be re- moved by applying it twice a day for a week or two. A lame back may be cured and several days of valuable time saved or a' I pain m the side or chest relieved without I paying a doctor's bill* Procure a bottle at I once and you will never regret it. For sale by the Ashburton Drug Company. One Box of Clarke's 841 Pills is war ran ted to cure all discharges from the Urinary Organs, m either sex (acquired or consti- tutional), Gravel and Fains m the Back. Guarranteed free from Mercury. Sold m Boxes 4s 6d each, by all Ohemists and Patent medicine Vendors throughout the World ! Proprietors : The Lincoln and Midland Counties Druo CoMPAny, Lincoln. England Every mother should know that croup can be prevented. The first symptom of true croup is hoarseness. This is followed by a peculiar rough cough. If Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is given freely as soon as the child becomes hoarse or even after the cough For sale by the Ashburton Drug Company.,



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