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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1896. THE PREMIER AND THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.

The Hon. E. J. Seddon is a master of vituperation. When he chooses to " dress down " an opponent, he can say very hard things. If the Premier were a public man who, m his public utterances, seldom indulged m abuse of his opponents, and was not often moved to apparent anger, considerable importance would attach to bis more acid utterances * but when every speech he makes is remarkable chiefly for the fact that he is scolding some body m good set terms, and generally reads like the speech of a sort of Ishmael who seems to think that his hand ought to be against every man, and every man's hand against his, then much of the sting of his vituperation is taken away, and people begin to get tired of his everlasting railing, and to fancy that he doth protest too much. Recently he has been tilting at the Press Association. He has been accusing the agents of that institution of "coloring" the reports they tele graph of political meetings to the disadvantage of his party. Writing with some knowledge of the men who supply the news to the Association papers, we feel perfectly safe m assert ing that not one m ten of them has any very strong views either way on the politics of the colony, and that they care a good deal more about getting credit for fair, expeditious, and accurate reporting than they do • about helping or hindering either party by an attempt at color; and they all try to deserve this credit. When Mr Seddoa addresses a public meeting he does not spare himself. He has a fatal fluency which does not often spend itself inside of two hours, and «*e have known him speak for three A speech by the Premier, lasting three hours, represents twelve columns of closely printed matter, and to boil such an ocean of words as that down to a column and a half, at the most, for the metropolitan papers, and to less than half a column for the country journals, requires considerable journalistic ability. And the journal ists who essay such a task, whether the speech be far a, pink man or a blue, we ar.e perfectly certain have but one end m view as regards their con densation — that it shall give their readers a fair idea of the speaker's drift. Be it remembered also that the work is done under high time pressure, and that m addition to being a crystal lisation of the speaker's thoughts, it must also be a skeleton of itself m words, the sub-editor at the other end having the duty laid upon him of filling m the ellipses. This is done to reduce the cost of telegraphing, and m many cases the messages are so elliptical as to convey no sense at all to the most subtle brained sub-editor that ever extended a xnre. Tn addition to the almost cipher of the repQi^ei) the sub editor has to contend with frequent: mutilations by the telegraphists in' transmission, so that there is little room for the throwing m (intention ally at least) en the part of the first reporter, of anything m the shape of "color." If that is done at all, it is more likely to be done after tho mess age has reached its destination, as hardly any two papers will reproduce the message m exactly the same form. iNo! -7.8 have no sympathy with the Premier's charge against the Associa tion of "coloring" the reports. At Ohristchurch last week the hon. gentle man flared up against the Association's agent at Dunedin for having wired reports of the Supreme Court sitting m Ol.an_berßp when Judge Williatm heard the case m which the Ward Farmers Association was involved. I This is how he spoke : — " A most vic-1 ious and determined attempt was made to ruin the Colonial Treasurer privately. It was a most unjust thing fchat & .man should be attacked pri vately, as they had no doubt read m ' the paper*, wiwre ft® setter wh

between the creditors and the com pany with which he was associated. Did they ever before see*uch telegrams sent by the Press Association from one end of the colony to the other as had been sent that day ! No, they nev r did. When the Loan and Mercantile troubles were over the country, when other companies were m trouble here and m other parts of the colony, were there telegrams by the Press Association about them ? No, nothing of the kind. But all this was now done for no thing more than political purposes." Surely Mr Seddon does nob fancy that reporters of an institution like the Press Association would refrain from wiring to their clients a precis of a case m which the Colonial Treasurer m the witness box confessed himself as hopelessly insolvent if he were required to meet the liabilities, to relieve him of which that very case before the Judge had for one of its objects — at least if successful tbat would be one of its results. Can the Premier really suppose that they could resist the temptation of forwarding the short details of the oats transaction 1 Why blame the Press Association ? Within a couple of days after the hearing the Dunedin papers, containing verbatim (or almost) reports of the case would be m the hands of every editor m the colony, so that suppression of the story was impossible. Mr Seddon may expect and secure implicit obedience from his followers m the House of ] Representatives, but we fancy he •will J fail to make the reporters of the Pres Association obey bis whoop- They are dogso£ another kennel. Besides, the whole population of the colony is interested m the case. The amalgama tion of th© Colonial Bank with the Bank of New Zealand was a matter of serlou- import to the taxpayers, after recent banking legislation, and they had a perfect right to know the nature of the " business the Bank of New Zealand bought over when the Colonial Bank was merged m the State guaranteed institution, the more especi ally when the nature of the business was defined m the Supreme Court of the colony. As to the Loan and Mercantile business, our recollections are that a good deal was wired about ifc, and for his share m its management Mr Muudella, President of the Imperial Board of Trade, had to resign bis position. Mr Mundella's connection with the Loan and Mercantile was his private aff-ir, just as Mr Ward's connection with the Ward Farmers Association is that gentleman's private affair. But Mr Mundella was unable to prevent his connection with the Company from affecting his public position. We have nothing to say about the case now before Mr Justice Williams. We may not comment on it until it has left his Honor's bands, but we do think Mr Seddon expected too much if he thought the press of the colony was likely to suppress reports of a case like that referred to — a case which is now the subject of talk, whenever two men meet, throughout the length and breadth of the colony — and the Premier's attack on the Press Association m connection with report ing it will serve no good purpose.

The Pasteur Institute has just pub lished its report for 1895. The salient feature of the state the pasteur ment appears to be that institute, of 1523 persons treated only five succumbed to their injuries. Of these the symptoms of rabies manifested themselves within fifteen days after the first inoculation, while one case was seized with rabies during the course of the treatment, and has not been included m the figures. A table of statistics contains the figures commencing from 1886, and from this | it seems that while of the 2671 persons treated m that year, 25 died, or a mortality of 0.94 per cent * of the 1520 treated m 1895, only two -lied. Oh the face of it this would go to show the >< efficacy of the treatment, but it is noticeable that the number of persons treated since 1886 has continuously dwindled, and is now not much more than half what it was m 1886. From this fact, of course, moro than one reasonable conclusion may be properly inferred. Either, for example, the Institute has been so successful m mitigating the disease that there are no longer the same number of cases to be treated; or, that experience has not added to, but has rather diminished, the general faith m the inoculation remedy. It is however certain that whether the treatment is a failure or not the . whole subject of rabies, it origin, prevention, and nature is now much better understood than was the case before Pasteur announced his cuie. This is a great thing, altogether apart from the success or failure of the cure. '■

Under tbis heading the Ohristchurch Press tells the following story, which will be read with interest the latest m this country, where so "record," much ' shingle shifting' has been done :—Dif ferent people have different ideas as to the best method of spending a holiday, but certainly one of the oddest ways is that which was adopted recently by a dweller m the Alford Forest district. It appears that a few days ago a resi dent of that locality asked Mr E. Herring, of Alford Forest station, to give J. King, one of his employees, a day's holiday. King is an old and valued servant, and the request was of course readily granted. The manner m which King spent his holiday would hardly commend itself to the average town man, nor tor that matter do we expect a rush of dwellers m this country to emulate his example. As a matter of fact he got into a shingle pit at half past eight m the morning and under took to fill "twenty-five two-horse dray loads pf shingle inside a working day of eight hours, a w%ger of JBS a side having been laid about his' a&complish- -, ing such a task. King went to work very methodically, and with only an hour's spell for dinner kept well ahead of bis work until 4 p.m., when the severe strain began to tell upon him, and he showed signs of great distress. However, after a little stimulant and a abort rest he set to work again with such vigor that the last load was hauled out of the pit at 5.10 p.u?., or twenty minutes within the eight hours. ' Every yar£ of shingle was carefully measured and it' was: found that King had given three quarters of a yard over and above the stipulated twenty-five, besides fulfilling the other conditions of leaving a, good '

face and throwing aside all stone above regulation size. King's per formance was watched by a number of people interested m such a test of pluck and physical endurance, and when he finished he was warmly congratulated upon having put up the world's record. There are records now-adays for almost every form of physical effort, many of them not nearly so useful as shingle-filling, and if this exercise has to be added to the long list, we should think King has every right to call himself the champion. Neither, we should imagine, will he be troubled with many rivals desirous of robbing him of his laurels.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Attention is directed to Mr <3- J . Neill's new advertisement. Amongst other alterations m the Hansard staff it is intended to appoint a sub-editor, who will have charge of all the amanuenses and relieve the chief of much of the revising work he now has to do. In the forty-nimh registration report of Massachusetts the compiler presents the statistics of 203 persons who were repor ted as having died during the ten years (1881-90 at the age of 100 and over. Of this number 163, or 75 4 per cent., were females. * Why is it that the good are not always happy? was the question whioh a Sunday school teacher m an up- town church put to her class of boys last Sunday. There was dead silence for a moment, and then a little fellow piped out : — ' Because thoy're thinking of the fan they ain't having.' On Saturday next, m Gates' School of Music, candidates for certificates of Trinity College, London, will sib for examination. Last year only two entered. _his year there are eighteen — from the conveu*, and from the classes of Mrs Bowman Fox and Llewellyn Owen, Mr David J. Jones is supervisor, as he was last year. The following team were picked last night to represent Ashburton m the hookey match v. Tinwald, to-morrow m the Tinwald Domain Play to commence at 3 p.m. :— S. Hardley, L. Broad, Potter (2), C. Andrews, Mellor (2), L F. Andrews ' Cowllshaw, Neill, Cambridge. Emergencies F. Gale, H. W. Anderson, W. Crooke. Referee, Dr. L.ahy. All members are requested to wear the necessary coßtume. The Ashburton Telephone Exchange is still expanding. We have been advised of additional subscribers as follows : — Xo BL, J. 0 Duncan's billiard-room ; No 82, F, Ferriman ; No 83, .James Elliott, ; i\o 84. Octavius Digby ; No 85, G. A. McLean Buckley, Lagmhor station ; No 86, Joseph Ward, secretary of Gas Company, etc ; No 87, Bank of New Zaaland ; No 88, Union Bank of Aus tralia. We also hear of several other intending subscribers. A remedy for one of the ohlef obstacles to the general use of alum num, the oxidum of the surface has been found by Professor Gutting of the Berlin Artillery and Engineering Academy. The alumi mum i. dipped into a duluted solution of

certain salts, that are not made public * which turn the surface into a brown sub stance of great resisting power resembling Japanese bronze. Experiments are being made to find out, whether with the new treatment, aluminum can be used for cooking utensils for tho army. Two little boye, eons of Mr Harrington, of Eton street, Jf ampstead, Ashburton, one aged twelve years and the other six, have been missing since Monday. They were tent to the Borough school m tha morning but did not go there, and were

seen on the Ashburton bridge ab.>ut 3 o'clock m the afternoon. Although the matter was promptly communicated to the police, no further trace of them was

discovered until today when they were brought from Flemlngton. They had got into Borne dray or waggon going into the country, unseen by thediiver — a practice some children indulge m. but which, for many reasons, Bhould be checked as much as possible.

The great wall of China was measured m many places by Engineer Unthank, the American who surveyed for the chief Mongolian railroad. His measurement

5 give it an average height of 18feer, and a i top width of 15ft. Every few hundred feet the wall is widened and surmounted 1 by towers 24feet square, and from 10 to 25 ' feet high. The foundation of the wall Is l of soiid granite, and the bricks which > constitute the main part of the structure, j are still goed, even though they are sup , posed to have been made 2jOQ years before r Christ. In building this immense fence as barrier to the regular Incursions of the ' Tartars, the builders do not even attempt 1 to avoid mountains or chasms to save ex* ) pense. For 1,800 miles the wall goes ' straight over mountains and plains, hills , and dales, utterly regardless of Nature s greatest obstructions.. p A new method has been hit upon of ' distributing ' New Zealand produce. It occurred to the Intelligent mind of some ' oostermonger that a good thing might be done by buying frozen mutton cheap, and then retailing it from house to house to i housewives of an economical turn of mind. i.Two costers have been trying this experi ment wkh results very satisfactory to them selves. They bought two frozen sheep for 10s eaoh, thawed and cut them up, and then went round with the mutton m their respective donkey carts. They were of course able to sell the meat at a price veiy roach below that ssked m the ia the ordinary butcher's shop, and they found a brisk demand. One customer writes that the meat was all that could be desired, except that the flesh was rather pale m colour, and had a good deal of exuding moisture, which told the tale of its origin. The Manawatu Farmer of a recent date has the following : — A large stock-owner, residing at Pi^qn B»Lv, Canterbury, who buy- whereverne can, often sending stock from Nelson, has been through the Horo whenua and Manawatu districts looking out for stock. It is a long way to come to make purchases, but this gentleman is of opinion that he can trade successfully and profitably by shipping cattle at Foxfon and if arrangements can be made, it Is likely that the steamers trading at the port of Foxton will be often used for carry- Ing stock across the Strait. Farmers ' 'sometime*, express their surprise at the I price for stock being so much higher m ] Canterbury than on this coast. Not many I days since the owner of some fat wethers 1 m this district was offered 9s a head for < fat wethers, •" The pries yaq refused, and ] I they were sent to Canterbury, where they c brought 14s after paying all expenses. i This item of information will make farmers a consider how much they are losing m a ( year by Belling locally, when by combi- t nation a better market can be secured I down south. j fi

Constable Morgan has been removed from Metbven to Kaikoura, and Constable Pascoe, from Clinton, takes his place. The Preps Association telegraphs that the appointment of Mr J. Mackay, of Dunedin, as Government printer, has been finally decided upon.

The Te Korero Sociely will open their -tsiion to-moirow evenii g with a mock banq-et m the Orange Hail at 8 o'clock. All old members are requested lo attend.

At tho annual conference of delegates from bounty Councils, which will op.m at Wellington on Friday, June 19, it is anticipated that fully seventy delegates will be present. At a meeting of the Committee of the Ashburton Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Society, held yesterday, it was decided to appoiut Mr Alfred Walker, of Christ, church, aB sole i-dge.' The Ariel Bicycle Club ball to be given to-morrow night promises to be a very successful affiir, the arrangements for the convenience and comfort of the guests being most complete. It Is expected that there will be a large gathering. It is estimated that under the late Mr Gammack's will the lending department of the Ohristchurch Public Library will receive an income of upwards of £600 a year until the death of the testator's widow, and over £1000 a year afterwards. The congregation of St. Pawl's Presby terian Church, Oamaru, have" decided to give a unanimous call to the Rev. Mr Milne, of Sydney, concerning whom there was recently much controvert y at Auck land m connection with St. Andrew's Church there.

TheLyttelton Borough Council intends to make a further effort; for the establish-' ment of municipal insurance for the port. The Mayor has already collected a consider* I able amount of information, and a special committee has been appointed to bring up a report on the subject. The statement of expenditure of the Ashburton and North Canterbury Charit able Aid Board shows that during the month of May £237 3s 2d was expended m institution relief, of which the Ash. burton Home, 66 inmates, received £99 13s Bd. The total expenditure of the Board was £1037 9s 6d.

At a special meeting of the Ashburton Borough Council on Monday the applica tion was dlscuesed of the owners of Canter bury Mills for part payment of the cost of clearing out the water race from the in take at the river to the mill. A. Committee was appointed to consider and reporb to the ordinary meeting on Monday next. The North Canterbury Education Board held a special meeting yesterday, at whioh m Committee the Inspectors gave their opinions on the introduction of manual and technical training Into the Board's schools. The Board afterwards discussed the subject, and by a vote of five to three carried "a motion to the effect that mannal and technical Instruction could not be given at present evidently by the teachers and that It was expedient to establish classes at the Normal School for teacher*} and others to attend. Mr Henry Zander has made extensive alterations jn his business pre mlses. The partition has been removed which divided the private office from what used to be the sanctum of the firm of Friedlander Bros, m their old business premises m Moore street. This room has now be come Mr Zander 1 - private room, and con tains an almost impregnable strong room In b;i ;_; and concrete. What Mr Zander has hitherto used as a private office has been thrown Into the counting house, the accommodation of which has thias been yery greatly enlarged, ant} a convenient .counter now run. tfce whole lengtji of tha room.

A committee meeting pf the Tinwald Hockey Cljub was held at the Vicarage on Tuesday last. The following playere were selected to represent the Club m the hockey match against the Ashburton Club to be held m the Tinwald Domain to. morrow afternoon ;— Forwards H. Mlllt champ, A. Clark, W. Huston, O. Clark, A. Millichamp, and F, Clark • halves— G. Clark and H. Williams ; three quarten — H. Hewsor. and T. Watson j goal, keeper— Rev J. Blackburne (captain), Emergencies- J. Clark. J. GudseU, W. Robinson, and J. Wink. It was decided to hold a hockey re-union m the Templai Hall on Friday, June 26, to consist of a concert and dance. A meeting of pastoralists and others Interested In keeping down the rabbit plague was held at Fairlie on Monday afternoon, but owing to the short notioe the attendance was extremely small. A resolution was, however, passed request ing the member for the district to endeavour to obtain from the Government a grant of £lO,oOQ 'for t_»e erection of a rabbit fence, tho Government to decide the position of the fence. The President of the Tiraarq Agricultural and Pastoral Association was requested to call a fleet ing for those Interested, to "be held m Tin-arq at an early date, to preijs upon the Legislature the necessity for doing something, by way of grant or otherwise, during the coming session, Mr IS, Richardson, jun-.- presided.

id A man named W. J. Atkinson had tq to answer at the Rangiora Magistrate's Court L on Tuesday tp fi charge of insulting a Mrs i* Seattle by galling her a hypoorite, and of a- assaulting her by poking her chin with >J the collerttion plate, when m the exercise id of his duty as an officer of the church at Ir Summerhill, he presented the plate to »r take up Mrs Be&ttie's off«*ring. The c parties had not been friendly, and defend te ant had allowed his patty feeling agalnafc y Mrs Beattie to overmaster his discretion, * and he took advantage of his offiolal c position m the church to thus annoy her* * The Magistrate thought defendant had »f behaved m a manner that showed he was »f not fit for the position he held In the I church, and had disgraced himself and B j abused the office that had been enorusted to him. Atkinson was fined 5s and - costs. t "'' The usu vl mcmfchly meeting of tha - Dromore School Committee wate held on i June $ Present— Messrs Candy'(chair } man), Allen, Bhckburn, Ltngley, Qulgley s and H Martin. T''e master's >eporo l showed the attendance for the past month l to have been very satisfactory. It was 3 decided to grant two weeks winter ) holidays, to be given at the discretion of . the master. A. s .tisf .ctory Inspection i report was received from Dr Anderson* ) Several small amounts were passed for i payment. The Chairman was requested - to write to the Board at-king them to i forward teachers' salaries direct, the Committee being of opinion that the present roundabout system of paying salaries t#~B inconvenient to both Com mittees and teachers, ' Mr Alien proposed and Mr Blackburn seoonded that the Chairman write to the Board informing them of certain m itters concerning the proceedings of the last Committee, which In the opinion of this Committee demanded investigation. Five applications were received for the position of caretaker, the successful applicant being Mrs H. Martin. Mi iss_s Allen and Qulgley were appointed a vhiting committee for the ensuing three months. On the proportion of Mr Blackburn, seconded by Mr Allen, it was deelded that the minutes of the meetinj, should be published. . The advent of tha comedy, Trilby, is be mg looked forward to by all the_tre.go.-B • ° m ... mor 6 interesting topio to heads of tamilies is the advent of Woods' Grea Pen permint Cure for Coupha and Colds. It has been found by all that have tried i t b- the moß| effective oough remedy yet introduced. oh-Sißts Md 2a 4ii aff ff «"rt"'*a Buwiqa* T«i is packed m Oeylon, and ii pure, invigorating, and whole* one, '

THE ABBBORTON GUARDIAN t WEDNESDAY JTJNB 10, 1896.



June — . d h m Lasb Quarter ... 3 7 32 pm New Moon ... 11 812 pm First Quarter ... 18 11 10 pm Fall Moon ... 25 624 pm



UolloY?ay/_ Pjllaand Ointment 1 are remedies whioh BboiVd invariably b,e tafren by - travel- lers m search of health, pleasure or business. Many deleterious irfiunoea are constantly at work m foreign olimes, tending to de'erioratc ihe health ; these and the altered conditions of life will entail on those who travel the neoessity of carefully attending to J>arly symptoms of disease, anti they will find the u.e of these remedies to be highly neoessary, the action of the Pills being purifyiog and ptrecgthening and of great servioes m oases of fever, ague, and all inflamatory diaeaseß whilst the Ointment is a sovereign cure m oases of piles, bad legs, bad breasts, wounds and sloerp. Hollo way 's remedies do not deteriorate by change ojLolimate. ■■ i



You have ruined ydur constitution sufficiently by drinking inferior Tea. Recruit by drinking only Ti QZIE Tea ;it is pure. The 2/4 is delicious '



Wanted. j ~~~WAR06! THE CURE FOR INDIGESTION. Ashburton Drug Company, Agents 11 108 I UST 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, to be sold ac and under ordinary cost orice at Mrs Alcorn's. WANTED Known— That E. Mahood is still selling all kinds of Grocery, Crockery, and Glassware at as reasonable a pi ice as any other house m the trade Orders by letter or Telephone promptly attended to Families waited on daily. Telei-hone No 76. WANTED Known— We intend" to shake np every Boob Shop m Ashburton. — Mellor's Clearing Boot Sale WANTED Known — 6000 pairs of Boots and shoes to pick from. Mellor s Great Boob Sale. CXT HEN yon are m Ohristchurch don't j *^ fail to go to Warnb's, Cashe street, for Fish or Oyster Lunch, Tea or Supper. — Joseph Taylor and Co., Proprietors. 3 4 WANTED Known — Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and, everything m the optica line at S SiLEK s, Optician If you want delicious Coffee try the celebrated Family Brand ; to be obtained •verywhere.



OWN Make m Ladies and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina- fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, Muslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., ab Mrs Alcorn s new chop, Baker's buildings. TTTANTED KNOWN.— Mrs Huffam. ™ having taken the premises lately occupied by Mr G. Neill, intends to open same as Ladles' Pining and Refresh- ment Rooms, where visitors will find a long felb want supplied. Mealo at all hours. A few boarders will find all the^ comforts of a home. 4 196 WANTED Known— Everybody to roll np to Mellor's Cheap Boob Sale. ! Now's your time to buy. WANTED Known — Bargains from floor bo ceiling.*— Mel_o k's Sbo baking Boob Sale. Drink only Kozik T«a ; it is absolutely pure. H, Zakwsb, Sole ageut ,



WOLF! WOLFI WOLF! The old cry. He has come this week, and is slaughtering Music at unheard of prices. Is pieces for 3d ' Is 6d pieces for 41 ; 2s pieces for 6d ; 3s pieces for 9d ; 49 pieces for Is. 3500 pieces to .elect from at L. F. Andrewes & Co.'s Great Sale. 553



WANTED Known— 6ooo pairs of Boots to be cleared m one month. — Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known — That Smith Mackwell makes, repairs, and re-covers Umbrellas and Parasols at j Lower East Street, Ashburton. No persons employed to canvass or collect Umbrellaa at the door. 4 144 WANTED Known— lf you miaa the Cheip Boot Sale you will be sorry. — Mellor's, Tancred Street. KINGFISH, Barraconda, Blue Cod, Rock Cod, Groper, Ling, Bream Crayfish, Smoked Fish, Oysters, and Kabbits. Hot Fish Dinners at Suther- land's, Tancred Street. A MERICAN BOSS and Nougat iJL, Creams, simply delicious. Hot Pies, Tea, Coffee, and Cocoa. — H. Diggle, Up-to-date Confectioner, East Street. IX7 ANTED Known— The 'Economic' * * Kid Glove, four buttons, la 9 ' per pair, is the Glove for everyday wear. — W. H. Collier, WANTED Known— Ladies Shoes tan or black, 6s 6d. — Mellor' Cheap Boot Sale. CIRSON & Co's Stocktaking Sale now on —£60 J worth of Groceries, Iron- mongery, Brushware, Glass and China, Bicycles, Nickel and Silver Watcher*, to be cleared m four weeks. 5 121 GREAT SALE NOW ON at L. F. ANDREWES & 00. £30.0 worth of Books, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Toys, Music, &c, to be sold this month regard- less of cost. Sale now on at L. F. Andrewes & Co, Stationers' Hall. 4 25 tirrANTED Known— so pairs Ladies YV and Girls' Leather Top and Canvas Tennis Shoeß, at half usual price, for two weeks only.— Andrew Orr 10 136 117 ANTED Known— Our Season's VV Dresses m all the Now Colonial Tweeds and Choice Home Materials now opened. An inspection invited. — Mitchell and Turner . AN TED Known— Go to The Corner > V for Neweßt Styles m Drapery and Millinery— W. H. Collier. ANTED Known— Boots and Shoes from 1. 31 to 27b 6d.— Melior'm Cheap Boot Sale. BUTTER. BUITi_R. — Fii.e^t Factory Butter, lOd per lb.— Fletcher Bros., Eastbtreet, Ashburton. POTATOES- Just arrived a splendid lot of Derwents ; large sacks, prime quality ; to be sold cheap — Car.S">n __ Co. WANTED Known — L*rge delivery of the * Economic' Kid Glove*), four buttons, Is 9d per pair, worth much more. — W H. Collier. A/I EN'S Bluchers ss, a good Strong -"-*■ Nailed Shooter at 8s 6d ; a nice assortment of Ladies' and Children's Boots nd Shoes from Is 9d a pair at R. Alcorn s



NOTICE.— Are you going to build? Because the cheapest shop for Roofing, Iron Ridging, Gutters, Nails, Lead, Spouting, W„ter Tank**, Purape, Ranges, Begister Grates, Locks and Hinges, Washing Boilers, and all sorts of Ironmongery, Is J. W. Hardley's, Ironmonger. Plumber, and Tinsmith. Telephone 32.



Wanted. "CIOR SALE, cheap, a Pony ; lady or -*- child can drive ; will stand anywhere. Apply Mail Office. 6 49 QPENING Meeting of Primitive Band J of Hope m Church on Thursday at 7 SO. Collection for expenses. Every- body invited. 6 50 4* ANTED — One or two Gentleman * V Boarders. Comfortable Home. Five minute, walk from Post Uffiep. Apply Mail Office. 6 51 CIOUGH, Cough, Cough— l am still -** making ray celebrated Cough Drops, None genuine unless stamped Flower's Cough.— H. A. Flower, Confectioner. East street. 5 24 BANANAS. Bananas, ripe and sound . aho sweek D.R. Oranges at H. A. Flower's, Confectioner and Fruiterer, East Streeb. RE-\D THIS -Sixpenny Books at 31 Shilling Books at 4.1, Eighteen Penny Books at 9J, Half a-orown Books at Is} Envelopes irom 3a 9J per 1000, or 250 for la, Boxes of Note Paper and envelopes from 4£d, Shilling packets of Note Paper at Bd, Two shilling Packetß for Is 31— at L. F. Andrewes and Go's Great Sale. 5 46 WANTED Known—A Magnificent Display of Ladies' Jackets m all the Newest Styles, just landed and now on view. See window. -Mitchell anjd Turner. I AM making Irish Moss Jujubes, in- valuable for coughs, colds, influenza, etc. — H. A. Flower, Confectioner, East street. 5 23 \7 OUNG Ladies' Journal for June, X Tales from Welsh Wales, The Tale of Ten, Transfiguration of Hannah Sfcubbs, Lady Adelaide 2. 6d, Sheep Breeds and Treatment Is 3d. New Stationery, New Books, all at Lowest Cash Prices. A few copies of tho Irish Scripture Text Book on sale. — H. M. Jones. MRS KNIGHT, cash purchaser of Ladies' and Gentlemen's left off Clothing, etc. Letters promptly attended to. Near Post Office. 5 100 WANTED Known- You save 5s m every pound if you patronise Mellor's Cheap Boob Store. WANTED Known— Having bought our Winter Supply of Blankets and Flannels before the great advance m prices we intend giving our friends full benefit of same.— Mitchell and Turner



Business Notices. __ WOOLLEN GOODS FOR WIJSTER WEAR. NEW ZEALAND I CLOTHING FACTORY. Men's Overcofta, with Cape, from 203 Boys' Overcoats from 8j 6d Men's All Wool Sao Suitß from 27s 6d Men's All Wool Trousers from 83 9d Boys' All Wool Knioker Suits from 7a 6d Men's Cover Coat from ... 29_ 6i BLANKETS. BLANKETS. BLANKETS Mosgiel. Ashburton. Mosgiel 16s 6d per pair. RUGS. RUGS. RUGS. Wellington, Mosgiel, Timaru 12s 6d. L.W. Pants, our own make, 3s lid. Flannel Shirts 3s 6d. rvRIVING GLOVES, Wool Lined Gloves, Mufflers from Is, Wool Socks Is, Men's Golf Caps from Is, Boys' Caps 6d NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. ALEX HENDRY, Manager. Ja B. Chapman, PAINTER, GLAZIER, PAPERHANGER & SIGN- WRITER, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON, "DEGS to inform his old friends and the > Public, that he has RECOMMENCED BUSINESS m Ashburton, and will be glad to execute any work they may eutru.t to him, m his well-known satisfactory manner. J. K. Chapman. 6 20 PLEASE NOTE. \\T E have been fortunate m securing AT A BTG DISCOUNT, several clear- ing lines of GENERAL DRAPERY, from one of the Ohristchurch Warehouses, and we intend offering these from THIS DAY AT SPECIALLY LOW PRICES. — REMEMBER — SALE OF WAREHOUSEMEN'S CLEARING LINES, COMMENCING SATURDAY, MAY 23. TERMS STRICTLY CASH Ashburton Drapery Company, ARCADE HOUSE. HAVELOCK STREET PRODUCE STORE. THE UNDERSIGNED HAS IN STOCK SOUND DERWENT Tabic Potatoes, Locally Grown, and from Orari, at 43 9d to 5s per sack. Prime Well-sa*. Ed Onions, Carrots, Linseed, Crushed and Whole Oats, Chaff, Chick wheat, Etc. AUTUMN PLANTING. I have a WolUassorted stock of APPLE TREKS, choice qaality, and with good fibrous roots. The majority of these trees I will bear next season. Are all sturdy and free from blight. In consequence of hav- ing dacided to relinquish this part of my business, I am prepared to dispose of the above Trees at Low Prices. GRISTING. Farmers and others can leave their Wheat at My Store for -Gristing at the Wakanui Mills. No charge made for handling, J* Thomas, PRODUOEDEALER HAVELOCK STREET, "TaZARUS'S SIGU-M^ESTING AND"' SPECIALITE SPECTACLES. Sole ajent for Ashburton District, g g A L E K. JEWELLER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. LAZARUS Patented System ensures comfort and correcb elghfc. Dont spoil your eyes by using badly fitting Spectacles. Many ladies complain the Tea they have been using has neither strength nor flavor. If they try Kozib Tea thoy will be satisfied. Tbe 'Hi ia euporb



Jtili »»■ . hili* ■.■** - > ir-a... a.-* 9 'a. < .. .I* ■'-'•'' ll "*"" aimaaa.i Business Notices. Look. Look. G. J. NEILL TS NOW SELLING CHEAPER THAN EVER. MAKE NO ERROR GO TO NEILL'S FOR GOOD & CHEAP DRAPERY, CLOTHING, & BOOTS m~*m~w^^mm*maaamaa. NO OLD STOCK, EVERYTHING NEW, COME AND SEE, AND COMPARE OCR PRICES. WE DEFY COMPETITION DRAPERY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS OF EVERY DESCRIPIION. Men's Bo«ti and Shoeg, Women's Boots and Shoes Boys' Boots and Shoes. Girls' Boots and Shoes of Every Description. fit, J. ItfEllili, Friedlander's Corner, East Street. TERMS CASH. £SSmmSSmmmwaa.ammmwmm7SS£SSS> mmm^SSSSSSSSSSSSSmmammmmmma^aaaaaS — FOR — WEDDING PRESENTS. WEDDING PRESENTS, Pay a Visit to the JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT OP 8. BALEK, BAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Of HERE is to be seen the Largest and Finest Stock of JEWELLERY, and SILVER PLATED WARE m onr district. SOME VERY SUITABLE ARTICLES FOR WEDDING PRESENTS AT REASONABLE PRICES. Seeds. Seeds. Seeds. FLETCHER BEOS. HAVE Just Pece.ved their New Season's Stock of Nimmo & Blair's Flower and Vegetable Seeds. Flower Seeds m One Penny (Id) packets, seventy- two varieties ; Vegetable Seeds m Threepenny (3d) packets, 100 varieties. NOVELTIES FOR THIS YEAR, 1896. NEW JAPANEBE ROSE—CRIMSON RAMBLER. This new Rose is the sensation of the hour m the iloral world, and well may it be, for it is an entire novelty, distinct m ch-raoter and of great merit. It originated m Japan, and is a hardy, everblooming, climbing polyanthus, bearing rich deep crimson flowers m Urge panicles. The flower, when cut, will keep m water for a long time, and will bloom for nearly a month if left on the tree. Extra Strong Rooted Plants, 5s ; Strong Plants, 2s 61. "WHINHAM'B INDUSTRY" GOOSEBERRY. This superb variety has fairly established its reputation as one of the finest and most profitable Gooseberries m existence; The fruit is of enormous size, and when ripe, of a dark, dusky red colour ; it is of fine quality, and cannot be surpassed for preserving. The plant is of robust growth, and is marvellously prolific Upwards of three tons of splendid fruit have been gathered from half an acre, and as much as twenty six tons of this fine Gooseberry have been grown on 3^ acres Price, 2s each ; 20s per dozen. Retail, 2s 6d each ; 24s per dozen A fall catalogue of novelties rrill be ready ia a few days, and Market Gardeners and all who go m for prize stock, should call and get one TO STOREKEEPERS, HAWKERS, Etc We offer to Storekeepers, etc., a liberal discount off Id and 3d packets of Seeds, and can thoroughly recommend them as the best and most reliable Seeds m the market, During the past season (1895), we sold many thousands of pickets of Setdp, and m almost every case we have heard of Splendid Results. If you hive not previously handled Nimmo & Blair's Standard Seeds, it will pay you to do «o now. We fully expect to treble our sales of these famous heeds this season Provision* Provisions. WE HAVE IN STOCK SOME OP THE FINEST PROVISIONS IN ASHBURTON BACON. Finest Smoked Rolls Finest Pale Rolls Finest Fmoked sides Finest Pale Sides Finest Smoked Ham's Finest Pale Hams CHEESE. Finest Akaroa Cheese Finest Factory Cheese LARD. Lard m Bidders and Sausage Skins BUTTER. 10- per lb Finest Factory Batter 10J per lb POTATOES. POTATOES. Finest Blue Derwent Potatoes, 4s lid per bag ; or two bags for 9s 6d, Delivered anywhere within the Bells, FLETCHER BROS., CASH SUPPLY STORES, EAST STREET, ASH BUR T.O N, and High street, Ohristchurch. J ' Telbphone 24 Box 67