The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1896.

The situation m Crete continues

critical. The insurgents, when they fight, do so de the insurrection sporately, and the m crete. Tuvkish troops, with

all their valor, seem to make but little headway against them. The Turks did make an attempt to carry the \* ar into the interior, but "the freeman battling on his hills" was too many for them, and they have been virtually confined m their opexa tions to the seaport towns. The Turkish spirit does not take a beating ■ kindly, and when offended it usually resorts to the tactics which have made the name of Turk stink m the nostrils of Western civilisation. In those tactics the Turks are past masters, and they are repeating m Crete, though m a less degree, the programme, they have been carrying out m Armenia with only too terrible success. Massacre, pillage, fire ! Death to all opponents, without distinction of age or sex ! Bob and plunder the defence less villagers, slay and outrage their old men j their little children, and their women. 'These are I 'the fiendish tactics of the merciless foes with whom the Cretan islanders have to deal, but the gallant fellows still hold out, and apparently intend to do so to the bitter end. They have a hope that aid will be sent them by the Greek Govern ment, or at least by the Greek people, and that ultimately their country will be added to the possessions of the kingdom of Greece. That their hope 3 of help from the Greek people are not without reason, recent telegrams indi cate pretty clearly, and having no faith at all m the promises of the Turks — and who does put faith m a Turkish promise? — they mean to emancipate themselves from Turkish oppression, and to live for themselves instead of simply as taxpaying machines for a foreign Government— a Government, too, that has no bowels of mercy m it. The Turks have a long row to hoe m the subjugation of the Cretan in surgents. The country inland is wild ana rugged, and almost inaccessible to an invading army, and this is the explanation of the recent cable telling that the troops had been ordered back to the towns. But the sea-coast towns m Crete are not by any meana cities of safe refuge, for, m them it would, not be impossible to gradually starve the I occupying garrisons. The Tu;ks have practically no navy, and the Cretans, who are all familiar with the sea, and are sailors as well as soldiers, can do much, if they wish, towards preventing the victualling of the Turkish garri sons. .It would.be the best thing that could yhappen to Crete were the island to be transferred to Greece, even if the latter were to have to purchase the

island from the Porte, But if the Armenian atrocities are to be repeated) to any extent m Crete, the chances are that the Powers will order the cession m spite of Turkey. Doubtless Turkey will cling sturdily to the island, as to lose it would mean the loss of both present and future plunder to the Sultan, and the Sublime Porte could hardly have felt comfortable wh n the sturdy mountaineers refused to trust the Ottoman Govern ment and lay down their arms on any condition whatsoever. Still less would the situation please his Sublime Majesty when Russia, France, and Austria proposed that hostilities should cease, that the National Assembly be convoked, that a general amnesty should be proclaimed; that the Haleppa Treaty should be restored, and that a Christian governor should be appointed. Those proposals meant the practical abdication of the Sultan's authority over Crete, but if the Powers are really m earnest, and support their proposals by armed intervention, the Sultan must give way as he has often done .before when outside pressure has been -put upon him. But the " balance of power," that question whictvhas forso many years prevented the carrying* out of reforms m the Turkish empire, kept £ts horrid rule alive and per mitted the perpetration of the most unspeakable barbarities, stands always m the way, and has paralysed the hands of European diplomatists to such an extent that while the whole world gnashes its teeth m rage and wrings its hands m anguish, the poor Armenians are being sacrificed with horrid cruelty. So may it, m the Cretan question, stand m the way of a prompt settlement. If, however, the Cretans, with such aid as they may obtain from the Greek people, are allowed to carry on the war them selves, it is quite within the bounds of possibility that they may successfully throttle their enemy and work out their own freedom.

Me Jerome K. Jerome puts the situa lion m South Africa m the bluntest of all blunt and the the fate of plainest of all plain south afrioa. language m the •i i following para graph :— " An empire beyond the seas is an absolute necessity as an append age to the British Isles. We had to steal America and turn out the origi nal redskins from their property. We had to seize upon Australia m the same way, and to conquer India. We are now engaged ii the necessary but diffi cult operation of annexing Africa. The majority of Englishmen at the bottom of their hearts approve the scheme. They see its sweet reasonable ness and its inevitableness. We have already secured a fairly good slice of that continent, and have got to the length of dubbing the original owners * rebels.' For myself, I profess to no sentimentallity on the point. I see a great benefit to the world as a whole m England declaring herself master of first one and then another of the African kingdoms and killing such of the ill-advised but brave natives who attempt to defend their property. Some civilised nation will have to take Africa m hand, and of all nations I con sider Great Britain the most entitled and the most capable. But would it not be better for us to acknowledge the plain fact and go to nrork m a businesslike manner without any further hypocrisy?" It may not be nice to be told that under a hypocriti cal pretence of civilising the new eon tiaent we are simply ptayug » gwe

of " grah," and doing all we can to 1 satisfy the earth- hunger that has consumed us for a century and a half But there is a good deal of truth m what Mr Jerome says, notwithstanding, and his picture is fairly true to life as regards imperial opinion m Britain. Mr Jerome is bitterly adverse to go vernment by chartered companies, and demands that the existence of these bodies should cease m all parts of the empire. ' I

A despatch from Tokio, dated June 26, gives the following details of the catastrophe of the the Japanese tidal wave : — Ti.e tidal wave, horror of Japan's

calamity — the visu tation of the tidal wave — grows as the details become more fully known. On the 15th June, at 8.80 m the evening, a seismic wave struck the northeast coast of the main island throughout a distance of about 200 miles, and m five minutes 80,000 people were killed, and 12,000 houses destroyed. That is the whole story. One stupendous blow accomplished the whole calamity man instant. At 8.30 the inhabitants of numerous .towns and hamlets along the coast were celebrating the " Boys' Festival " on the fifth day of the fifth month, according, to the old calendar ; ajb 8.35, 3b,0Q0 "of them had been swept out to sea or thrown dead upon the shore, and 8000 of their homes had disappeared or lay wrecked. There was nothing to presage the disaster. Several accounts agree, however, that at 7.30 o'clock three or four shocks of earthquake were felt; not violent shocks, though of the vertical kind that folks m Japan have learned to dread. The barometer gave, at that time, no indication of anything unusual. Some twenty or twenty-five minutes later a booming sound become audible from the direction of the sea. It appears to have been variously interpreted. Some con strued it as the noise of a coming gale ; others supposed that a huge school of sardines had reached the offing, and others thought that it was a question of whales. Only a few suspected the real significance of the sound, and fled inland at the top of their speed. Rapidly the noise increased,' until it assumed the volume and deafetfing din of a great park of artillery, and then m a moment, waves from 20 to 30 feet high were thundering against the shore. The scene presented by the devastated district is shocking^ A long the beach timbers of the wrecked houses lie piled upon each other ashore, houses that have had their walls torn away stand, mere skeletons ; others have been wrenched from their found ation?, telescoped into 'each other, tumbled upside down or heaped to gether m shattered confusion. In one instance the immense mass of water, rushing up a narrow inlet, tore from their foundations the houses on either side, and drove them with terrific force into the highland ahead, where, they now lie, a confused mass of timber thatch and wreckage of all kinds, the grave of many a mangled body. The wounds suffered by the survivors and shown by the bodies of the dead are also of a shocking description. The terrible totals at this writing are 29,073 killed, 7737 wounded, and 7844 houses washed away or wrecked.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An infant girl eleven weeks old, named Applegarth, at Tlmara, was overlaid by its mother on Saturday night. At the inquest to-day a verdict of accidental death was returned

The fins weather of the past week or so has been of great servica to the farmers all over Canterbury, and we note that elsewhere, especially m South Canterbury large areas are being put down m grain.

The Parliamentary correspondent of the Press says : — The Speaker's seat is not so safe as was at one time anticipated. Mr J. E. Taylor is announced as a candidate m the prohibition interest, and from all I can hear he will poll heavily. There is just a possibility that a third candidate will shortly be m the field.

Mr Beetham, S.M., on Saturday, m discussing a case brought again sb a publi can, said that until the mere delivery of liquor, s%le or no sale, to others than boarders or travellers, was made by law a distinct offence, neither prohibitionists, police, magistrates, nor the Supreme Court Itself could put a stop to Sunday trading. Inspector Broham responded with the observation that under this view the police were powerless.

* On Saturday last Mr Thomas Bullock sold Mr Walter Hay man's farm at Wheat stone—2l2 acres 2 roods 31 perches — to Mr Hugh Donaldson, at £11 103 per acre. Mr Hayman sold out m consequence of haviDg purchased a block of land on the Waimate estate. Mr Bullock, m conjunc tion . with Mr Thomas, also sold 39 acres 3 roods between the Wakanui creek and the racecourse, at £27 per acre— to Mr Arthur Wilson. Lots 45, 58, 59; 80, 61 —2 acres 1 rood 38 perches, at £35 per acre — to Mr John William Maidens, senr. Lot* 61 and 62—10 acres part R, 8. 25106 originally part of Fairfield estate, at £4 12s 61 per acre— to Mr Hay Smith. Fiftben aores fronting Wjnchmore roid, part of U.S. 27629, at £14 15s per acre— to Mr Stephen Curd. Lots 25 to 38, 57 to 71— 7 acres 1 rood 9 perches, part) of B.S. 23387, near the county sale yard?, at £13 15d per acre— to Mr T. M.Jones.

The annual •■ general meeting of the Allen ton Lawn Tennis Club was held at Mr J. Trizise's, Tanored Street, on Tuesday,. August 17— Mr G. Hardley chairman. A satisfactory yearly report was read. The Secretary, Mr Meyenberg, who has left the district, resigned, and the resignation was received with : regret, as that gentleman had always taken a great interest m the welfare of the Club. The retiring officers were re-elected, Miss Potter being added to the Committee. The subscription to the Club was fixed at — ladies 2s 6d, gentlemen ss. The colors of the Club, after a little discHssion, were chosen— old gold and white. Mr H. Hardley was elected secretary. Votes of thanks were given to Mr and Mrs Davis for the satisfactory way In which they looked after the tennis court 'and to tbe chairman. Several new members were elected.

Holloway'u Pills. Teaching of Experience. — Tbfl united testimony of thousand?, extend* ing over forty years, must Btrongly reoom mend these pills as the beet purifier?, the mildest aperients, and the surest restoratives. They never prove delusive, or give merely temporary relief but attack all ailments of the atomaob, lungs, heart and bowels m Jh only safe and legitimate way, by depuratiDg the blood, and so eradicating those impurities whioh are the source and constituents of almost every disease. Their medicinal effiaaoy is wonderful m renovating enfeebled constitution?. Their action embraces all that id desirable m a household medicine. They expel every noxious and effete matter, and the strength! ia matured and tup energies »tftaul*te<i.

MrG. S. Perrin, Conservator of State Forests, Victoria, who has been on a tour through the timber growing portions of this colony, notes with regret the gradual destruction of the New Zealand timber.

A partial eclipse of the moon took phce on Sunday. It was visible from the rising of the moon at 5; 18 p.m. until the last contact with the shadow at 8 1 p.m. The last contact with the penumbra wa* at 9.17 pan.

] A London butcher, found guilty of soiling diseased meat, was the other day given three years' penal servitude. Aus tralia should copy. the earnest spirit of this sentence. Why should men be hanged for poisoning their wives and yet escape with a paltry fine when they cold bloodedly poison tbe community at large with oancer and consumption m the guise of nourishment I—Bnl\etm.

A rather unique trotting vehiole has been introduced. It has a single wheel only, aad the rider sits over it as on a bioyole. There are no shafts, the back bone 7 or frame being extended forwards aij^l arranged to fasten on the middle of the horse's back with a strap arrange ment at the sides, thus forming part of the patent, to keep it upright, and yeb admit of a sufficient play for the swerving of the wheel when turning corners and making curves. The wheel Is of the bicycle pattern, and is provided with pneumatic tyres.

.Concerning the selfish life of the present day baohelor The World bella as : —Men are apt to think that where there •" is no home life, no home, a wife who ia never m, a household .perpetually on the move, and an expenditure more than trebled m consequence, the advantages of matrimony are not great. Many men prefer to remain bachelors,' with a secure pied a terre m the shape of luxurious chambers, reinforced by all the oomforta of club life, and the consciousness that their society is more highly valued and desired by their feminine acquaintances than it would be if they • disoended Into j matrimony.' y One of our almanacs misled us m regard to the date of (he eclipse of the moon, which we stated on Saturday would be visible that evening. Had we, however, been careful to note that the moon was not at the full till August 23, we should have save saved a good many peoole purposeless journeys to their gates and elsewhere to witness a phenomenon that did not come off. The Timarn Herald seems to have made the same error, and this morning explains that * the flew Zealand computers worked from English almanacs, and forgot to change the date. And we never thought of comparing the prediction with the ephemeris, which gives full moon on the the 23rd. The Melbourne Punch says :— * The record held by a leading ladieit' club for aggravated economy, which some people call good business and others real mean ness, has been hioken.by a very swagger men's club, which, like the ladies' society, boasts of vice-royalty as its president. At a smoke night held not very long since and while visitors were enjoying the music, speeches, and sea yarns of perilous voyages aaross the raging main InHobaon's Bay, some men went, round with the hat and made a collection to pay for refresh* men's. Fortuuately the, chief guest of the evening did not see the collectors, or he might have thought it his duty to denote a substantial cheque.' .Lord Brassey is ho doubt getting some capital material for a new book. Charles Dickens was walking m the neighborhood of Gad's Hill one day when he ran into a little girl wheeling a doll's perambulator. The tiny vehicle upset, and the dolls were thrown out and badly damaged. The little maid refused to be comforted. ' Come home with me.' DiokeDS whispered soothingly, * and we'll see if we can't find some grand waxen lady m silks , | and satins for you' back to the big house the two went, and the child was comforted with dolls from the Dickens nursery Not long afterwards the lassie turned up to requite Dickens for his kindness. She brought with her a gorgeously-bound book — * David Copper- I field.' She did not know who her friend r was Many yesrs later she met him m > society, and all was revealed. I 'Hotspur 'in the Press thus writes : — Two of the most popular victories at the . National meeting were those achieved by , MrG. A. M. Buckley's Victor. It was , fitting that the two prizes most of all r desired by hunting men should have fallen to a Master who has been such a princely supporter of the sport. Victor, who is an 1 immensely powerful horse — as he wonld | needs have to be to carry his owner to hounds — has been a moat consistent! 1 performer ; besides being an accomplished 1 and bold fencer, he is endowed with fat 1 ] more pace than anyone would think on 1 looking him over. I understand that Mr Buckley does not purpose asking his t well- tried - ; servant to again carry silk. . Victor would make a big figure In ; England. . i The time honoured echame of rolling up i a piece of paper and using it for a lighter , has been utilised by an inventor m the i manufacture of matches. The new r matches are considerably cheaper than I wooden matches, and waigh much less* a r fact which counts for much m their exportation. The sticks of these matches . consist of paper rolled together on the | bias. The paper is rather strong and J porous, and when immersed In a solution of wax and similar substances will easily c stiok together and burn with a bright, smokeless, and colourless flame. Strips of half an inch m width are first drawn " through the combustible mass spoken of . above, and then turned by maohinery/f nto , long thin tubes, pieces of the ordinary | length of wood or wax matches being cut off automatically by the machine. A ourious case of bigamy has just been > discovered m Buenos Ayres. A gentle- L man employed m a Government office , succeeded m marrying successively two ladies — the widow of a colonel and tno • sister of a lieutenant colonel, and ' managed to live peacefully with both, of : them without either being aware that she : had a rival 'in her husband's affections! The discovery took place byahanoe. One day wife No J went to call upen a friend and met In her house wife No 2. They were not acquainted with each other, and when introduced they were very much surprised at the similarity, of their names. In conversing on. vaiious subjects the un fortunate ladles discovered the. truth, and very indignant, they went together to denounce their common husband to Chief Justice Constanzo, who promised that the guilty one should be treated to the severity of the law. The ourious part of the affair is that when their first fury of indignation was over, the two wives repented having denounced their mutual husband, and begged the judge not to send him to prison, but to find a 'modus Vivendi* which would allow the double marriage. The perplexity rf the good judge may easily be imagined, for how could he solve suoh a difficult question ? Perhaps Solomon wonld have found a means, giving him alternately to one and the other.

THE ABHBUUTON GtJAKDtAti t MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1896*



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Wanted. /^ULEPONIAN Weekly Olaso on V_y Wedne>day, 26:h insc, as usual. 8 150 ____ \\ AN IED to Let — Cot age, sjx * T rooms, on East Belt. Apply to— J. Leonard, East Bell. 8 148 rjrrAHTrD— Board and Residence m! * * a private family by a young man Apply, stating terms, to "Boarder." Mail Office. 8 137 WAX) TftD Known— Great Reduction a Mrllor's Cheap Boot . w ale. WANTED Known— A Large Stock ot A. Yates & Co 'a Reliable Vege- table aud Flower Seeds to hand. — A Lawrib, launders' Buildings. 8 140 REVIEW of Rflviejirs.Weldon's Ladies Journal for July, New Books ; Cameos by Marie Corelh ; Mr Mangus ; The Story of Eleotriclty ; Mrs Woodp' Works; cheap editions Boys' and Girls' Own Paper ; Family Reader, quarterly parts.— H% M. Jones. BaNANAS, Bananas, ripe and souna ; also sweet D. K2. Oranges at H. A. Flower's, Confectioner and .Fruiterer, East Street. OOUGH, Cough, Cough— l am still making my celebrated Cough Drops, None genuine unless stamped Flower's Oqugh. -H. A. Flower, Confectioner, east) street. 5 24 OW not to be ill, by Dr Emily B. Rhyder, eat fruit, choice fruit, good frbit-, H A. Flower's fruit. East Street, Ashbnrton. SEEDS. SEEDS. Flower Seeds, Id per packet. Vegetable Seeds, 3d per packet. All guaranteed New Seeds. — Flbtchrr Bros., East Street. 147ANTKD Known— The 'Economic ** Kid Glove, fan* buttons, Is 9' per pair, is the Glove for everyday wear. — W. H. Oolmer. WANTED Known— Men's Mercery, Clothing and Boots. For Goods hat wear well, fit well, and look well, try that old established firm — Mitchell & Turner. 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 & Turner. /IHEAPEBT House m Canterbury for v^ Garden and Farm Seeds is/Carson and Co-'s. Six packets of Vegetable Seeds for Is ; Flower Seeds from Is dozen; Garden Tools of all sorts. WANTED Known— Monste Clear ing Boot Sale at Mellob' Zealan dia Booh Store. WANTED Known— Buots and Shoes from U 3i to 27s 6d — Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale. IX7" ANTED Known— Just opened, ex *» Pftkeha and Gothic, Flannelettes, white, stripes, and colours ; Velveteens, black, all prices ; Colours, large variety, Including new shades m Reseda, Hum- bnldt and Hungarian— Mitchell and Turner. , y\r ANTED Known— That J. Moison; . • will givd a srocd Discount. for ..Cash 7or six Wrrks, being over-stocked acd o niakd norn for Summer Boots and Shoas, whiuh will be m next week. Noth nz but the choicest and best quality kept. Rt-piirg a; usual done at once ab '' •the' Premier Hoot Store, Town Hall, HJast S(ree% Afehburton. i TT ANTED Known— Everybody to rol YY, up «o Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale Now's your lime to buy. f AMPS. Lamps Beautiful Bismarck L> Lamps, 3a lid each ; Alarm Clocks, 3j lid each.— Fletcher Bros, East Street). ' WANTED Known— lf you miss, the Cheap Boot Sale you will be aorry. — Mellor's, Tancred Street. NEW Turf Register, 10a 6d ; toung Ladies' Journal Jor August; Weldon's Dressmaker and Children's Bazaar, July ; Quarterly Something to Read ; Scraps and Snapshots ; Half-yearly Boya of England ; * Virginia ' Waltz, 2* ; Gold and Silver Paper for Fancy Drees. Large selection of Fans.— Andrbwbs, Anderson, and Co. 4 I T ANTEDKnown— Go toTHE Corner VV for Newest Styles m Drapery and ( Millinery— W. H. Collier. WANTED Known— We intend to shake up every Boob Shop m Ashbnrton.— Mellor's Clearing Boot Sale KENT'S Famous Bicyoles for Ladles and Gentlemen can now be obtained from Carson and Co, Agents, Tyres and Extras m great variety. HOLIDAY Suits— A Nice Kaiapoi Suit for 27s 6d, Boys' Kniokes and Cambridge Suits from 7s 6d, Men'r Suits to Measure from 455, Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed at R. Alcorn's WANTED Known— L»rge delivery of the ' Economio ' Kid Glove 1 ), four buttons, Is 9d per pair, worth much more.— W H. Colmbr. fTT ANTED Known— That B. Mahood ' * is still selling all kinds of Grocery, Crockery, 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— You save 5s m every pound if you patronise Mellor's Cheap Boot Store. WANTED Known— 6ooo paira of Boots to be cleared In one month. — Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known — Bargains from floor to ceiling. — Mellor's Stock taking Boot Sale. . WANTED Known— Ladies Shoes tan or black, 6s 6d.— Mellor's Cheap Boob Sale. ,4/fF-N'S Bluchers ss, a good Strong iv- Nailed Shooter at 8s 6d ; a nice assortment of Ladies' and Children's Boots nd Shoes from Is 9d a pair at R Aloorns ■■■ ' W' ANTED Known — 6000 pairs of Boots- and shoes to pick from Mellor s Great Boot Sale. B~T\ STEPHEN ■ S ~O HDROH Ashburton MEETINGS Tuesday— Teaohers' Meeting, 7.30 pm Wednesday— Brotherhood of Sc An- drew, tf.3o pm Thursday— Mothers' Union, 3 pm; G.F.S., 7/ pm; Vestry meet- ing, at the Vicarage, 7 30 p m Friday— Short Service, 730 pm; Choir Practice, Bpm SUNDAY SERVICES. 8 30 a m-rHoly Oommunji.on 11 pm-r Morning Prayer 6 30 v m— Evening Prayer . P £EV. T. A. HAMILTON.



I Public Notices HALLINSTEIN BROS CJA.VB received their Trousers CL „ . . First Selection of New T0 Spring TROUSEIUNGS Measure suitings and COATINGS ITS 6d FIRST-CLASS TAILORING AT Suits to Greatly Reduced Prices Measure „, „ We Guarantee Every SSm. Garment; to be Well- made and a — Perfeot Covert F *>- Cuats HALLENSTEIN BROS. J < *>'.■■ NEW ZEALAND Measure CLOTH ING FACTORY. &3* Gel. Alex. Bendry, Manger. i *»■■■ ■«§■.*. I § «, P5 « • " « 5 M 1 & .s ~ .a S S, a O g. «■ g SB W 1 B a fi l § "4 >, "Si I -3*3. .©• «■ If 11 1 I s "5. m I '.sjsS ' - 15 g a gjs \ ot .5 cq Q % 8' S • S .9 'Tj 5 1 S *-^ 03 P H _ ' ' O „ e8 M oo "S •S;- "g ~ S. f s 3 *■ ■ ■OS- ' x WATCHES. WATCHES, WATCHES." THE ESTABLISHMENT FOR WATCHES OP EVERY DESCRIPTIOnI IS S. SALEK'B, EAST JSTREET. Botherham's English Levers, specially made to S. Salek's order, are THE BEST. - " , , -4 JUST RECEIVED, a shipment) of S> Salek's famed DIXIT DIXIT DIXIT WATOHBS. T%e only GENUINE Dlxib has 4I S. Salek, Ashburton " engraved on dial. #£§* See that yon get it. For ONE MONTH ONLY these Wabchea are offered at the specially low price of 15/- 15/- 15/- --each at S. SALEK'S WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, EAST STREET. WAROO! THE CURE FOR INDIGESTION. I Aekburton Drug Company, Agents I U 10 JUST Arrived. — A large variety of use ful and Ornamental Goods, Dolls Toys, and Novelties ; also, a job lot over one hundred assorted Baskets and Morocco and Russian Leather Handbags, co be sold ac and under ordinary coat* urlge at JVlxvs Aloow's. f



Public Notices. * — — — — — — — i |W If! ! i i . ilfllll! IK 01! SPRING AND SUMMER. The lIMIK HOUil V The BIriJB HOUHE! A FTER Carefully Studying the adaptability of Ashburton for a Btrietly Cash Drapery, Millinery, and Clothing busi- ness, HAVE rEOIDED TO GO RIGHT INTO IT, and having made Satisfactory arrangements to lease, m con- nection with the present ■'■Blue- House/ those. Commodious Premises Next Door to J. ORR & CO., will be enabled to Keep the Stock necessary for carrying on a Large Business, by giving The Best Value ;': IN THE TRADE ON STRICTLY CASH PRINCIPLES ONLY. Spring, Spring. Spring Goods, OPENING DAILY. THE BEST VALUE IN THE TRADE. Look Out! liOok Out ! Look Out! For Startling Values m Future Issues, ... tjr . Gome Now and Inspect the New Goods, AT THE * Blue Rouse,' Between JOHN ORR & CO. and the CLOTHING FACTORY. EVERYTHING NEW, EVERYTHING CHEAP, FOR CASH ONLY



Business Notices _ , I THE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN CANTERBURY. G. J. NEILL ' DRAPERY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS. * <QRSETS 2. 6d, CORSETS 29 91, New Dress Goods Reduced 50 per cent New Velveteens Reduced, All Wool Flannel (Colonial) 9jd Flannelettes 3* 6d doz • Sileßia 3s 3d doz , Blankets aboab half-price Double-bed White Twjll Sheeting 9Jd Double-bed Unbicach.d Twill Sheetirg. 9|d Large White and Brown Turkish Towels, reduced from Is 6d to 1* C L O~i""l NG. Men 8 All Wt o\ Tweed Suits 2is. Men's Tweed Trousers 5s lid Men's Overooats, Macintoshes, Oilskin Gjato, and Legglns, reduced 50 per cent Boys' and Youths' Suits halfprioe. . Men's Caps, Boys' Caps. Braces and Shirts, at Ridiculous Prices Men's Woollen Socks, 7£d pair BOOTS. - : BOOTS. We Defy Competition. Every pair Guaranteed to 3 wear Every Pair Made to Our Order Men's Nailed Shooters 7s lid , Men's Light Shooters 8* 6d Men's Watertight Bluchers, pegged,; 7s lid % Women's Strong Leather Shoes 4=3 lid A Large Assortment of Ladles' Best French Glace Kid Boots and Gloves ... .to chpose from. «, J. MBliili, Fnedlander's Corner, East Street. Garden Tools. ■;'■■■■• ■ ■ z-* LAWN MOWERS, SPADES, SHOVELS, FORKS, DUTCH AND DRAW HOES, "^ TROWELS, HEDGE SHEARS, PRUNING KNIVES, GORSE KNIVE3, By Best Makers at Lowest Prices —--.. —-""■'■ AT [ John Orr & Co.'s ASHBURTON. GET YOUR Seed Potatoes, : - Seed Potatoes. 1 FROM I a FLETCHER BROS. A CHANGE of Seed Always Pays, as a Better Ifnd Heavier Crop isvpro- duced., Our Potatoes are all specially raised for seed purposes from r selected stocks m the very best potato producing districts. We would advise to be sent to us as early as possible, m order that they may be filled from .>ar own stocks; which occasionally become exhausted before the end of the season. ! 1 BEAUTY OF HEBRON/ This variety is Very Early, coming to the table before either Early Rose w~ or Ashleaf Kidney, and is far superior both m quality and productiveness. ' QUEEN OF THE VALLEY.' A very heavy cropper and early potato. Tne tubers are handsome and solid (capital variety for exhibition), boiling as white aa milk as dry as flour, and is aleo a fine keeper. ■ . THE 'BRUGE.' . ■ ■ ■ .' i 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-class eating potato. ABHLEAF, 'MYATT'S EARLY PROLIFIC. 1 An excellent and well-known variety ; valuablcfor sheltered borders and very early use. ~~ NEW POTATO—* RIOHABD SEDDoN. J This fine new Potato, selected from a number of seedings four years ago, nag 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 exceeding 12 inches m height, with rich green smooth. leaves. The tubers are fairly large, of an oval shape, jand somewhat distinct, with few eyes near the surface ; flesh close m grain, and when cooked, of a dry and mealy nature, with a flavour <qual to the finest of Potatoes %rown. 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 th* best of all varieties now grown. < AMERICAN^ ALPHAS.' An excellent early variety, most prolific, and of excellent flavor. 'LAPSTONE A well-known Kidney variety, excellent for winter use, good quality. \- < BATH KIDNEY.' A weli-known and approved variety of good quality. 'DERWENTS.' We have some spiendid samples from Orari and North Canterbury. 'CLOVER SEEDS.' White or Dutch (Trefolium repens), Red (Trefoliuna pratense), Crimson (Trifolium incarnation). ' MANGEL WURZEL.' The greatest possible care is token m growing $tt onr Mangel Seeds. Grown from selested roots they cannot fail to give the greatest satisfaction, and may be 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 BEOS.. EAT STREET. ~~ Sole Agents m Ashburton and Ghristchurc . for Nimmo is Blair' Standard Seeds. CwiSPHOHB 24 Box 67