Interprovincial News.

Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Sudden Heath. Timako, October 18. : A woman named Cakns, aged 64, living alone in a cottage, was found dead by her daughter who vis-ited her yesterday. De ceased seemed to have died while naying her prayers before getting into bed on Saturday ..fght, as she waa on her knees with her i Leads in her hand. I imam High School. The Timaru Higii Schi ol Board ti-<Uy resolved to reorganise the school, separating fche eexet', with separate staffs in one builo mg, three teachers to eaoh—and aggregate salaries of £1475. With a view to re arrangement all the present naff are to be given notice to terminte thea 1 agreements.

SPORTING.

Press Assooifttion—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright Melbourne, October 16. Following ia the result of the Caulfield Cup, a handicap of 2,500 sove ; second 350 hoys ; third 150 aovs out of stake. One mile and a half. Mr W. Dugg&n's be Atnberite, by Car bine— Duenna, 3yrs, 7<t7lb(iVl. Harris) 1 Mr F. Fielder's eh h Parthenopieus, by . Splendour—Atalanta, syrs, 7«b 121b ... (F. Fielder) 2 Mr W. H. Davidson's br h Ayrshire, by Dunlop—Hinnomungie, syrs, Bst 91b (Stevenson) 3 Mr F. G. 8. Hare's bg Paul' Pry, by Loohiel—Busybody, syrs, 9ib (includ ing 141b penalty) ... (Poweil) 4 Won by a length. Time—2min 37sec. OAMABU RACES. Oamabp, October 18, The following acceptances and entries have been received :— ACCEPTANCES. Publicans' Handicap, seven furlongs,— Vandyke 9.6, Double Event 8,4, G'enore 7.10, Lady Lear.7,4, Saladin 70, Confidence 6.12, Strongbow 6.7. Novel Race.—Aldershot 9.0, Stockfish 8.7, Rothamatead 80, Rosy Mora 8 0, Esau 7.9, S*ladin 7.9, Nat. 7.2, Last Shoo 7,0, The Miller 6.9, All Saints 6.7. Spring Handicap, oue mile and a distanc?. -—Lord Zetland 8.4, Vanilla 8.1, AJailia and Double Event 8.0, Hipponus 6 7. H'lying Handicap, aix furlongs.—Vanilla j 9.0, Cannonshot 8.6, Molly Darling 7.6, | Paladin 7.0, Lady Lear 6.12, Zephyr 6 7. Ladies' Bracelet.—Dngald Mohr 11.2, Gleuavy and Stanley 11.0, My Lord and Linkshot 10.9, Strongbow 10.5, Reel 10 3, Tufto 10.0. Trot.—Beware scratch, Stirling Lad ssec, Terry 20aec, Jemmy 25sec. NOMINATIONS. Maiden Platk. — Warrant, Eippouus, Mountebank, Gladys 11., Strongbow, Sequin, Zephyr, Galileo. Fabewkix Tbot. —Jumrny, Bell, Berlin, Doll, Stirling Lad. j FARiAVELTi Handicap.—Sequin, Stanley, Strongbow, Lady Lear, Lord Zetland, Zephyr, Glenore, Paladin, Aldershot,Galileo.

CRICKET.

"- I Methven, { The Methven C?ub opened the season on i Thursday last with their annual match— J Fre ident'a Mount Hut eleven v rest of the Olub—the former winning by 17 run°. Foe the winners Dart, Cr^nn'rld, and S. Burrows j share i the batting honors ; while for the j losers Blair, McKee, and Middletoa showed j up best. Dart aurl : aville bowled uu- j changed for the winning side, the former taking six and the latter four wickets. MoKee was the only one who howled with any success foi the losers. Mr Aynsley's te;»m played two men short. The following , are the individual scores■:— j president's team. Aynsley, b Henderson .. ... ... 4 Cranfield, b McKee ... 8 Saville, c (Jonaidine, b Henderson ... 6 Dart, c Midd!eton, b Blair 34 Wood, b Blair 5 S. Burrows, nob out 8 G. Burrows, c Rands, b McKee 2 Sivewright, b McKee 0 McDonald, b McKee 0 ; Extras 2 Total 69 CLUB TEAM, Rands, c SaviHe, b Dart ... 6 ' John Henderson, b Dart 6 I McKee lbw, b Saville .- ... ... 8 Clark, c and b Dart 0 J. Henderson, b Saville ..* .... ... 2 Blair, not out 11 Middleton, b Dart 11 M. Henderson, b Saville 0 Dobba, bDarb 0 Budge, b Seville .„ 4 Oonaidine, b Dart .- .~ .- ,■• 1 Extras 3 Total ... 52

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The Gambling Fiend or Why Not Gamble ? —~# : By the Rev. J. Cockke. "He that eat neth wages, earneth wag.s to put it into a lag with holes. —Haggai, i., 6. " Then the soldiers when, they had crucified Jesus • took his garments and made four parts, to evvy soldier apatt: andalso his wt: now the coat was withoiU seam, woven from the top throughout They said, therefore, among themselves, let us not rend it, but cast lots for it whose it shall be. " — John, vi.y 23, 24. GAMBLING IS AN ANCIENT EVIL. IT existed to such an extent Amongst the Romans iliat legislation was passed either to govern or suppress it. Loaded dice have been found amongst the rains of Pompeii. The evil existed amongst the ancient Grecians and was one of the biota upon the " Golden Age " of Pericles the Democratic statesman. It has for ages been one of the greatest evils amongst the nations of Europe. In 1569 a state lottery was held at the west door of St. Paul's Cathedral. It contained four hundred thousand ten shilling tickets, and the net proceeds of the lottery were employed in the improvement of the English harbours and other public works. The British Go vernment has repeatedly availed itself of this 'means of raising money for building public Works, of which the British Museum and "Westminster Bridge are examples. In the 'reign of Georga the Third these lotteries were made illegal. The advertising in England of foreign lotteries is prohibited and 'numerous attempts have been made to suppress gambling. In France the national lotteries between 1816 and 1828 brought fourteen million francs into the national •exchequer. Prussia in 1870 derived £200,000 tfrom its lotteries. In Mahomedan countries the evil prevails, the pilgrims often gambling on their journey to the shrine of Mahommed. But We do not respect the fiend because his looks are grey with age. Gambling is the oharActeriatio vice of the Australasian colonies. Last season fourteen hundred race .meetings were held in Australia, excluding Mew Zealand, or more than four race meetings per day. About seven thousand horses competed afc the gatherings. Mr Th< wnpaon, of Victoria, the " Leviathan 800 kmaker,'* some time ago gave it as his opinion that the amount of money lost and won .throughout the Colonies in connection With ttboing alone is at least twenty million pounds per year. The evil is far greater in the colonies than the Old Country, ! It has fallen np^n our Colonies like an awful curse, &udh<\B blighted the lives of thousands of the people both old and young. When, at the las<? Great Assize, the Judge of all the earth shall cause the books to be opened, it will doubt.fess be found that the gambling fiend hasßlain hundredsof the people, causing many of them to fill a suicide's grave. . THIS EVIL KRBVALSNT IN NBW ZEALAND. But not only has the evil existed in the past In distant lands, but it exists to an alarming extent in this country now. The gambling spirit has laid hold of the people. It is producing moral rottenness in our gta'tional life, and is the cause of many •*• wild-cat" schemes in the world of finance *»& Commerce. Youg men and old men, and wen Borne women gamble. The evil is found in city, town and country. In the offics, clerks have become dishonest. In the shops, assistants have robbed their masters' tills in the hope of paying back the money if they backed the winning horse. But when ihe horse they backed lost, despair and prison was ihe portion of the gambler.- The highest ambition of many of the sous of the farmers ii' to raise a good racehorse, and in not a few ■eaSs^s the racehorse has run away with the larai and made the farmer a poor man. In the ttain, the hotel, and onboard the ship the professional gambler with his card*, •dice anJ betting l>ook is found. Ihe spirit •of camfefeg is in the art unions conducted by special permits from the Colonial Secretary, and no Christian who wishes to have a clear coDSuietice ought to have anything to do •with art union drawings. Too otten gambling is carried on uudur the CLOAK OF BELIGIOfr, a>s when at church bazaars, raffles, letlkries and games of chance are allowed, and ' • lucky bag*" are sold tv the children. In thia way the church becomes the nursery for the sgamWing table and racecourse. But some ; ■one may plead : The money raised is spent on behalf of religion. Surely the end justifies the means. If we build a church wnh the money we ahaii be able to train the children an the way of religion all the better. I reply, God does not send us to (he devil to got support in building a temple for Him. <±hs very stones might cry out against the Bo«iWers who erect churches with money fccosight into the church's coffera by placmg temptation in the path of youth. Shall we isow the seed in the church, the harvest* of •which shall be reaped at the gambling table, •or on the caoecourse 1 There is need for the Master or some of His servants acting in His aiame and strength to cleanse many of the modern temples by driving out the thieves, who by gambling try to gain the money of the people. She gambling spirit is the Delilah which has shorn many churches of J,heir spiritual strength. new Zealand's cubse. Tl»e gambling spirit is the curse of this colodw. Night after night men meet at the ■card t*l?Ic» sometimes losing but always hoping <w win. The players become fasci nated, wfttfc is neglected, and many of the players arts Wined. Hundreds are brought to poverty t,hros^gh the card table. But bad as the gambling table may be, the racecourse is worse. There is (scarcely a place in thia colony with more than si& hundred people but wh*thas a, racecourse in the district. In this little colony there are racea on almost .every day in the year except Sunday. The Revieio of Reviews of August 26 h, !&%, 4j ftyß ;_•< Omitting the trotting and galloway jraees, which are pure gambling performances, and taking the meetings of the orthodox, racing clubs alone, it seemß that in a single year New Zealand enjoys 300 days of racing, "upon which 2156 races were run. The ■"added money" in excess of stakes, amounted to £98,512, and the sute which passed through the totalisator reaeked J8708.412. Now N*w Zealand scarcely equals a London suburb in population ; it w lust emerging from a ©y;ele of bud times, yet its race bill for the feep is of these stupendous dimensions ! 'J here is some thing, both in the history and in the |?lpod of the colonial populations generally,. which predispose* them to the madness of inordinate fumbling. If Great Britain hud a racecourse !aod« fcotalisator on the seal© of New Zealand, the agectacle would be the alarm, or the jesfc, -af the «ivilised world ! And all the Austra lasian «ol«mes are fermenting with the mw passion for the fierce delights and eisy gaios «f the tuif. Spore, and the gambling bred «f sport, threatej to tragically effect the Australian character/ Of course much of •the money probably paused through the totalisator a number of times, but on the other hand the machine was not used at all the races, then at s,lmost all the races thers «r« private individuals who lay totalieator -odds, and these walking totalisators often do j» roaring trade. Tha bookmakers also mAtend the roces in numbers and &n.d plenty iof *ien who prefer to do business with them rath*? than with the totalisator. Then the biggest bets are often made privately, weeks .before the races come off. Owners of hcnSOf* *2U? not wait for the tot&Usator. We question whether in connection with some of the races more money is wot betted privately than passes through the machine. The amount gambled every year is on the increase. In ihe hew Zealand Referee of February 3rd and lOih, 1897, we are informed that *'oyer a quarter of a million has been put through the machine at the various meetings during •t&p past three ino&Uis, W.e know that the lafeove does not represent f>y a great deal all the betting done on horse racing, for the bookmakers are doing a bigger business than ■ever in illegal totalisator odds betting. Speculation through the agency of the totiUiaator is more extensive than ever it was. The numbers of layers of totalisator pddf hm igsrs*eed m uomUto,k.»kly thatthe



demand mast also be on the increase to keep the army of layers going, and the older hands at the game declare they have never had auch a large turnover. Bookmakers are laying totalisator orids every day almost throughout the colcoy. The existence of these betting shops where boys can invest their shillings has been pointed out* over and over again. BAOING HAS BECOME A MANIA. Every public holiday ia observed by hold ing special race meetings. According to the I Turf Register, the Prince of Wales' birthday [ is celebrated by race meetings being held on ten racecourses. Ou ihe Queen's biithday the ! colony shows its loyalty by having race 3in ten different places. St. Patrick's Day is observed by eleven race meetings being held ia different parts of the colony, but Boxing i)ay is thegreib racing day of the year, and in twenty-three different town or country districts race meetings are held, and at eleven places the racing isc >ii».inu^d on thofo low iug ('ay. Auckland held races' on 14 days iv 1893, and £63,415 passed through the totalisator. ' unedm had races on eleven days, and £53,436 were invested on the totalia&tor, but the evil is not confined to the cities. Aahburton, with a population of 3,500 had races on seven days in the year, and on the seven days £7,922 were invested in the totalisator. At the last Feilding j raceß, Spring meeting, 1896, in two days, £7,841 passed through the totalisator; this ia a small town of 2000 inhabitants. Wood ville, with a population of 1000 can boast of races at which during the twodays, February 2nd and 3rd, 1897, £8,612 passed through the machine. Of course, it is granted that it is not always the people of the town where the races are held who do the most; betting. It is the imported gambler who comes for the occasion. Then, not content with gambling in connection with the races io our own country, a huge sum is annually sent to the Australian colonies. One writer in the public press sometime ago declared that £50,000 were sent in one year to the neighbouring colonies to be placed upon the horses running in the races. Then add to these figures the thousands of pounds which change hands at the card tables in the hotels, clubs, private rooms, lodginghouses, and back rooms of certain shops, etc. Remember that it is customary for three four lads to make up a pound, and for the eldest to invest it in the totalisator. Girls and young women have been guilty of the same practice. Then thiuk of ihe time spent in racing, and ] the still greater time spent in gambling, how | widespread its demobilising influence ; well . might Lord Beaconsfield speak of the turf j as " A vast engine of national dftnoraiisa- ' tion.'"' As an evil it certainly stands nexb to ' the drink. In many cases the two evils go j together. This is illustrated by the papers which advocate sporting and champion the ■ cause of the drink traffic at the same time ] We need only refer to The Sporting Revieiv j and Licensed Victuallers* Gazette, The Weekly \ Press and N.Z. Referee. Then at some of the races there are Publican's Handicaps. Drink and gambling are twin evils ; the racecourse ' and the hotel are closely connected. j THE SPIRIT OF GAMBLING IS IN DIRECT j ANTAGONISM TO THE SPIRIT OF INDUSTRY. We are not surprised that statesmen have i come to the conclusion that it is opposed to the colony's material prosperity, and that , attempts are being made to abolish the totalisator, and restrain incitements to



betting. ! Character is a nation'*...true wealth. As j the character of the people deteriorates the j nation declines. All history proves that it j is nob simply material wealth which makes j a people great— j " Hi fares the land to hastening ills a prey, 1 Where wealth accumulates and men decay." Gambling is injurious to the moral health of the nation. It is a moral disease and our racecourses are moral cesspools which spread the disease on every hand. While doubtless many respectable people attend the races i simply to enjoy the sight of seeing the horses j run, yet on the ra.'ecourse.the lowest classes, ■ the scam of the country, meet together — ! bookies, drinkers, pickpockets, spielers, • welshers, gamblers, ioafers, make :i their j common rend' zvous. Before and after the ', races the hotel bars are crowded. As night j approaches drunken men are seen staggering : in the street. In some of the colonial towns ' we have known it unsafe for an unprotected j woman to walk down Borne of the streets on : race nights. Matk the number of drunks in j the police court the day after the races. Men j who have won drank their winnings, Others j having lost drank to forget their losses Too oiten men when they have lost heavily and ruin stares them in the face, sooner than meet il, end their life with revolver, razor, or poison. At Monte Carlo in one month there were sixteen suicides, through losses, »nd fifteen duels as the result of quarrels at the gaming table. What on a large scale Lakes place at the gambling metropolis takes place fa a less degree where gaming is practised to any great extent. It has been aoticed that there is often a large number jf suicides closely following the Melbourne 3up. In this country not a few suspicious leaths have closely followed the races. The gambling spirit which makes a man reckless n hid gambling and causes him to plunge, nakea him reckless as to his own life. The racecourse and gambling table are often very jlosely connected with the bankruptcy court, fust in proportion as a man gambleß does he :ail to be industrious and a help to the jommunity. The gambling carpenter must itfcend the different races or the gambling iafele. If he wins he is indifferent to his york for .days. He speads in drink what he yon at the races. If he is employed as a abourer he probably loses his position ; if on ihe other hand he is a master carpenter and employs a number of men, he pvobably oses pounds through not being able to watch iis business and, in too many instances, his gambling ends with meeting his creditors J o d paying next to nothing in the pound. Phis J8 an illustration of what happens in nany fcrwles, The racecourse has converted loneat men into swindlers and fools into :ogues. THE PROFESSIONAL 04WSPIR. ' The professional gambler is one of fhe nost undesirable characters in the colony. Beware of the man who makes his living by gambling—he is an agent of Lucifer, his way [s the way to hell. He is a human paratsite who lives upon his fellow men, and as that is an illegal mode of living he ought to be ;ast into jail m a vagrant without any visible means oi support. He is a wolf constantly on fche look-out for some unsuspecting lamb that he may devour it. He often appears as a wolf in sheep'^ cloth ing. He allows his poor victim to wio a few games until the reckless spirit ot gambling is aroused and he then falls an easy prey, and possibly the honest savings of years are loat in an hour. Or the " bookie " knows all about racing horses and he professes to give his victim safe tip*, but when tha race is ov<?r the pqor fool finds that the tips wera only safe for the bookie. He is an octopus, and is continually seeking to get some new comer in his clutches. He aeta tfce part of the spider towards the fly. He is like a bixs. of prey hovering over his victim, wait ing for $• suitable opportunity to pounce upon it. the "bookmaker "is a hindrance I to genuine raeingj and a stranger to honest hard work. Beware oi the fcookie, with his glib smooth tongue, rings on his fingers, a feeavy gold w.V eh chain across his waistcoat, 6. ciffar ia his mouth which he now and again takea W JP.ith a flourish aa though to tha manner born. Strong, brawny, brainy man he may be, and tie nuf prcfess 10 be your friend, but he is your foe. &3 peeks to get rich at your loss and to enjoy himself at the cost of your sorrow ; beware of him, keep as £sr away from him as you would from a snake that would sting and crush you. Possibly, of the course and after he has had a good haul, he may be very generous and may stand treat; he may appear a genial, liberal, happy-go-lucky fellow and you may fee UioJjned to think that he is nob halt ,» bad sort. That is the time you need moat to be on your g!i*rd-shun him—let the professional gamWer go bankrupt for want of business. When he e^es with his DerßKasi^ tongue and would fcempfi you to try your luck and tells yo» of those who by risking a pound have won twenty, and there would be no harm in venturing a few S ngaon the next race, tell him that pluck L your luck, that you are determined to get voS poa»d« by energy and perseverance, that you are going to live on your own bread, and not on chat whbL y/?» have taken rom SotK »«. Remember tip mpfawonal gambler "goeth about seeking whom mt»*y «« Mao's inhumanity to man Makes oomntlesß thousands mourn ! i (TflbepwfcijEMjecl.J



I Kansrai Notice. B .^tfM,i.ii l |Blji|i L ji,iaMiiiW FUNERAL NOTICE. rjIHE Friends of Fiederick and Jane Jurtd I J_ are respectfully informed that the Funeral of their beloved sod, Ftederiok Stanley, will move from their residence, Maronan Road, Tinwald, on WEDNES DAY, 20'h mat., at; 2 p.m., for the Winalow Cemetery. BAKER BROS.. 10 147 Undertakers. Entertainments. ST. STEPHEN'S bGHOOLEOOM. A LECTURE, illustrated by Limelight Vievvß, will be delivered by MX JAMES PIPE, One of the survivors, on " The wreck of the Wairarapa," in St. Stephen's Schoolroom, } on TUESDAY night, October 19. Ac 7.30 j p.m. Proceeds in aid of St. Stephen's Sunday Schocl Repairing Fund. | Admission Is. 10 142 Friedlander Bros., Limited. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1897. cleakiTg sjale OF FARMS, SHEEP, HORSES, CATTLE, AND FARM PLANT AT VALETTA. By Order of the Executors in the Estate of the ate MR Danibx McCormack. "jl/TESSRS FRIEDLANDBR BROS., Ltd. JlIjL having received instructions as above, will Sell at the Homestead, near Valett a Station, on date named, the following LIVE STOCK AND PLANT,— Q1 A Halfbred EWES, with Lambs at oIKJ foot 6 Good Draught MARES and | GELDINGS i 1 Two-year-old Draught Colt, by Crauley lOue-y< jar-old Draught Colt, by Emperor 6 Light Harness and Saddle MARES and GELDING?. 2 Cows, 2 Heifera (real good sorts), 1 Bull, 1 Fat Steer, 3 Yearlings, 2 Farm i>rays, Tip Dray, Massey Harris Reaper and Binder, 2 McCormick Keapers and Binders, Cambridge Roller, 1 three and 1 two-furrow Ploughs, Single-furrow Plough, Set Six-leaf Harrows, Set Disc Harrows, 1 Gi#, 1 Sulky, 1 Brake, Horsepower Cfaaffeutcer, Corncrusher, Hut, S<t Trap Harness, Shaft, Plough, and Leading Harness, Horse Covers, and lots of Sundiies. Also, THE FAJBM3, Containing /3Qft/ ACRES, either in one or three 00 • lots, viz.— LOT 1. —The Homestead, containing 288 acres of good cropping land, on which is erected a well built six-roomed house, good stable, shed, grannery, and other outbuildings ; sub-divided iuto handy-sizjd paddocks and well watered. Partly in crop, and balance in grasa. L01'2.—150 acres, partly in crop, and balanuo in grass, LOT 15 —199 acres, all in grass. Lots 2 and 3 are within easy distance of 1 he Homestead, and tho whole can be easily worked togelher. ihe laud will be offered us one lor, and if nob disposed of will be put up separately. Foil pa ticulars at time of sale, to THURSDAY, October 21, at 12 noon, or from R. FRIKDLANDER. 10 40 Auctioneer. PuJ- lie Notices. LONGBEAOH ROAD BOARD. NOTICE is hereby given that in con sequence of numerous complaints being made to tho Board, all P rmits to graze Cari le on roads within the Longbeach Road District are revoked from this date. All stock found on the roads after SATURDAY, October 16, will be impounded. By Order, O. E. FOOKS & SON, Clerks to the Board. October 11,1897. 10 79 GLENMAKK A GRICULTUBAL FARMS FOR SALE. INSPECTION INVITED. MAP may be seen at MR BULLOCK'S AUCTION MART, Ashburton. For Further Particulars apply to G. H. MOORE S 96, Park Terrace, 10 148 Christchurch. IeiREWARD. LOST from my farm at Highbank, one DAHK BA¥ MARE with white blaza down face, with cover on and leather head stall; one DARK BROWN MARE with leather head stall on and rope round n6C ' W. HENDERSON, c/o Hibbs Bros , 10 139 Methven._ SUGAR. TTA'VING made a Special Purchase of 25 TONS of the Best Queensland Oane Sugar, we have decided to reduce the price to 2|d per lb, with TEA of {my popular brand. * Now is the time to lay in stocks, QUR CHEAP SALE BOOMS. JOHN ORE & CO. PIANOFORTE, SINGING, AND FRENCH. MBS F~~MA£EIGr. THE THIRD TERM will begin or MONDAY, September 20. g 109 Wills Street, Ashburton. You have ruined your constitutiox sufficiently by drinking inferior teas, reonil by drinking only Kozie Tba, it in pure atu foliftble—^bfl flrr $ Co, §ol? Ag n a



1 Synopsis of New ADVMKTisEMkNTS. Baker Bros—Funeral Notice. Wanted to Reat—Unfurnished Rooms. D. McLean—Tender acoepted. Church Services —St. Stephen's. G. H. Moore, Glenmark—Farms for sate. Mr G. H. Moore, of Glenmark, notifies in another part of this issue (hat a map showing portions of his estate to be sold in farms may be seen at Mr Bullock's office.



* " WANT ED. WANTED Known — Grand Orari Potatoes 53 6d per sack. Tucker and Bean. 10 150 "TTTANTED to Bent—Two unfurnished VV Rooms. Terms to "B" Mail Office. 10 149 IC\ i~ y HP S°CIAL Entertain •\J »>jr? -*- ¥ ment, with refresh ments, Templar Hall, Wednesday, Qetob.er 20. Admission 6d. Commence at 8 p.m. 10 141 FERN Leaf Separator Batter, lid per lb, Guaranteed fresh ; Dairy Butter from 6d per lb at Fletcher Bros., Cash Supply Stores. ~~\ RAB and Ueylon Tea Is 6d per lb by jLTL 101b box; good China Tea in 601b dh&jts at 9^d per lb, at Fletcher Bros., Cash Supply Stores. WANTED— Paddock or grazing for a couple of horseß, within half-mile of Hospital. Apply Mail Office. FOR SALE—Light Gig, in good order, cheap. Also Horse and Harness, if required. Apply D. Thomas. OITTINGB of Eggs—Purebred Partridge Cochins, Houdans, Indian Game, Silver Wyanciottes, (Golden Pencilled Hamburgs, White Crested, Golden, and Silver Spangled Polish. Price—From 5a upwards at Pblham Yards, Peter Street, Ashburton "XTOUNG Ladies' Journal, (October); Tht JL Christian, Fernley Lectures, The unsearchable riches of Christ, Methodisi Idylls, The Lonely God (Kernahan) i Altruist, Our Laddie, Sister Jane, Moderr Corsair, Equality Life (Norman MacLeod); Curse of Cowden, (Annie Swan.) New books by mail.—H. M. Jones, THE Tender of Messrs Madden, Slither land and Mcßohan has been *cceptei for ploughing 600 acres at Lagmhor. DONALD McLEAN, 10 146 Lagmhor.



John Orr k C # i ■ ■ MONSTER SAM. Further Reductions. TTAVIISG on hand aud now landing THE LARGEST STOCK OF IRONMONGERY, GROCERIES, CROOK KRY, GLASSWARE, etc., in the Ashburton County, WE HA^E DEFINITELY DECIDED TO REUtTCE BY ONE HALE 1. With this end in view we are now SELLING AS UNDER:- Groceries, Beat Snowdrop Sugar 2£dperlb Tea blended ... 101b boxc• li per lb Tea in half cheats lOdperlb (slrong liquor) Gore Oatmeal ... 2s 8d per 251b bag Colonal Candles ... 4dperlbperbox English Parafino Candles 6£d per lb per box Kerosone, 150 ttst, ... . 6s6dpertiu — 12s 9d per caap Rollil'a Flour at Mill prices. Currants ... ... ... 4^d perlb Coroflmr ... .... ... 3d per lb Essence of Lemon „ 4d Essence of O< ffee ... ... 10£ d Sago lid per lb Juno Tobacco 4s9dperlb Bran 3s 6d per bag Sharps 5s per bi*g Hardware » Sheep Netting, 36 x 4 x 14 centre strand, 3|ot per yard. Wire Netting, 3ft wide, Ifd per yard per roll of 50 yards. 8.8. A. Sheep Shears ... 5* per pair T.U.S. Sheep Shears .„. 3g per pair Gidgee Sheep Shears ... 3s per pair A.B. Sheep Shears ,„ 3s per pair Sheep Marking Oil 3s 9d per gallon Boiled Oil ... 16s per sgallon drum Ploughshares, Horneby, kid Ransome and Sims, from 13s 6d per dozen. - Fenders formerly 7a 6d, We, 12s 6d, 15s, and 20s now 4a 6d, 5s 9d, 7s 9d, 10s and 14s 6d. Tyz&cks Reaper and; Binder sections, for all machines, 3s per dozen. Machine Chains, for all machines, from Is 2d per dozen. Mason's Jam Jars, quarts 3s 9d, half gallons 5s 3d per dozen. Taylor's oelebrated Cutlery, of which we are the sole DIRECT IMPORTERS in Ashburton, at correspondingly LOW RATES. Builders 1 and Farmers' requisites too numerous to mention, and for which we are PREPARED TO QUOTE PRICES that will astonish the Natives. Crockery & Glassware. Printed Caps and Sanoers 2s lOd per dozen. Engraved Tumblers ... 4s 6d per dozen Good Moulded Tumblers 3s per dozen Wine Glasses engraved 3s 6d per dozen Dinner Sets (61 pieces) 30a, (stylish patterns.) Blue Pheasart Piatea 2b 6d per dozen G'aaa-cover Dishes , 91 each Toilet Sets ... 6s 6d, ?s 6d, ta, 12a Being direct importers we have decided to continue to sell FOE CASH ONLY AT ABOVE PRICES. ALL OTHER GOODS EQUALLY CHEAP John QtT & Co.,



F. -FKRfcIMAN, fTferrimaS LAND, ESTATE, & GINERAI AGRICULTURAL AGENT. AGENCIES : North British and Mercantile Fire Insur ance Company. John Fowler's Steam Traction Engines. Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, Limited, Orient Steamship ComDany-rAustralia to England. Fergusson and Mitchell's Paper Mills. FOR SALE?" PRIME Derwent Potatoes, 5s 6d per sack, delivered. F. FERRI.VIAN. GUANO IN sacks containing two cwb, each, delivered in town for 9s 6d, the beat manu.e for garden, orchard or lawn, free from weeds. F. FMRRIMUN. COX STREET. I have received instructions from the owner, who has left Ashburton, to effect a speedy sale of that very desirable villa resi dence, situated on T.S. 549, within a few minutes walk of Post Office and Domain. Easy terms. F. FERRIMAN. A BARGAIN t TO iT PROMPT BUYER Section of land, fronting the road just below the Flour Mill. Price £11. F. FERRIMAN. TO LET' Shop adjoining Messrs Hanrahau Bros. Capital site. F. FERRIMAN. FOR SALE. Half-acre, fenced, capital building site, in close proximity to the Hospital and Domain F. FERRIMAN. FOR SALE. ALLENTON. A Capital Family Residence, containing Drawing Room, Dining Room, four Bed rooms, Kitchen, Bath-room, and other offices, with a well stocked and highly productive orchard and garden. F. FERRIMAN. The undersigned has for Sale a Comfort able House of five rooms and scullery, within three minutes walk of Post Office. P. FERRIMAN. _______ Good Building Sites in various parts of che Town and Suburbs. F. FERRIMAN. FOR SALE AT ALLENTON. lO£ Acres of Good Ground, with small House. F. FERRIMAN. OF BOOTS ' AND SHOES TO PICK FROM. Try our new leathers. Every pair Guaranteed. j JAMES MELLOE, TANCRED STREET} o MAKE NO MISTAKE. MELLOR'S ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE. HP HE PUBLIC BOOT BENEFIT. Second to none in Canterbury FOR GOOD CHEAP BOOTS & SHOES. 1 Pronounced by the Ashburton Public to give wonderful value for little money. THE ECLIPSE CYCLE WORKS, HAVESNOW IN STOCK AND&TO ARRIVE, Exja.s: Ruahine, Mam&ri, and Mataura, The Largest Shipment |of FIRST CLASS BIOYOLES AND ACCESSORIES Ever brought to Ashburton. XTTE [are now in a position to supply THE ECLIPSE-FI UMBER ROADSTERS AND P.OAD RACERS, Which were such favourites last season. The components of the above machines are manufactured by PERRY & CO., LIMITED, And are acknowledged to, be the best in the world, All Machines fitted with Westwood Hollow Rims. If you roquire a first class mount at ±20 with 50 per cent longer guarantee than any other make, send in your order without delay, as we have already in hand a large number of orders for the above machines. We haye also landed a large quantity of .first class Rubber Goods, aud can supply Outer Covers, Valves, and Inner Tubes at 25 per cent less than usual prices. Cycle Sundries of every description, in cluding Lamps, Bells, Wren-shes, Oilers, Saddles, Jnftatoys, Toe Clips, Trouper Clips, Cycle Oapas, Gear Cases, Handle Bars, Pedals, Perry's Chains, e^^ e tg. Repairs of every description executed on 3 the premises. ECLIPSE CYCLE WORKS BARING SQUARE, ASHBURTON. •t VV Shurfß, Ties, Scales, Collars, am d all 'sequifema.nja pf qb,p,ioe design now



STILL WE LEAD, FOLLOW WHO CAN. AND oar customers and the pub ie in genr-Ml will mote that other storekeepers Are IMITATING OUR STYLE of tfoiug business <>v the cash principle, tbua proving the old proverb to be true thai nothing eueue-eiis iik'..- buuuta anil IMITA'iION IS THE «INOERKSr FLATTERY. SUGAR! SUGAR! SUGAR! FINEST SNOWDUOP SUGAR, Per Pound 2*d, 2|d f 214, ** Pound. Or SQlfe Bag for 10a 6d- Arab Tea in 101b ting, Is 6d per lb ; Ceylon Tea in 5 and 101b tins, la 6d por lb; Ceylcm Tea in 50and 601b boxes irom Is Id per lb; China Teaia 601b bons at 9Jd per lb; Finest Timaru Oatmeal, 251b bags for 2j 9d ; Highest teat kerosene, water white, 6s 6d per tin, 12s 9d per case -. Eteetrie Candles, 4d per lb by the box; English parrafin wax candlts, 6d per lb by the box ; Rollitt's Supreme rollor flour, 2001b eacks, 24a ; Roilitb'a Supreme roller flour, 1001b bags, 12s 6d ; Rollitt's supreme roller flour, 501b bags, 6s 4d; Rollitt's Supreme roller flour, 251b bags, 3s 3d ; Lemon peel, 71b tin for 3a 9d; mixed pee! (lemon, orange and citron), 3d per lb or 21b for Is 3d; corn flour, 3d per lb or 12 lbs for 2s lid; essence of coffee, large bottles 10d per bottle, 9a lOd per dozen; sardines, 4§ per tin, 4s per dozen ; English baking powder. 3d per tin, 5 tins for la ; English custard powder, 3d per tin, 5 tins for la ; English egg powder, 3d per tin, 5 tint for Is ; Greenbank's caustic soda, (Griffin brand), 8d per tiu or 7 • 6.1 per dozen ; SSheep'a tongues, lib tins, Bd, or 2!b tins, la 3d ; furniture polish, 6d per bottle, quart bottle* acetic acid, 2s lid : knife powder, Id and 2d per box: lib tin best quality assorted jams, fid per tin or 4s 9d per doaan; lib tin best quality raspberry jams, 6d per tin or 5* 9d per dozen; 21b glass jars Phcetux jt^p, Is per jar; 2£tb tini preserved ftuife. peaches, apricots, and pears, lOd per tin; Fresh Herrings, 6£d per tin ; Kippered Herrings, lOd per tin ; Herrings in Tomato Sauce lOd per tin j Van Houten Cocoa, 3a 3d per tin ; Fry's Cocoa, 1« 4Jd per lb tin \ Cnrrla Powder, %d per bottle; Bed Herrings, 9at Is ; Salt Herrings, 9 at Is; Prime Pickled Salmon, 4d per lb ; Finest Dried Apricots, Peaches and Pears, lOd per lb ; Muscatels, 8d per lb i New Dates, 6d per lb ; New Figs, 8d per lb ; Extract of Soap, 14 packets at Is; Refined Toilet Soap (4 carets in box), 9i per box j lib bars Toilet Soap, 6d per bar; Glycerine Soap, in bars, 4d per bar ; Balls of Glycerine Soap, 3d per ball or 2s 9d per doren ; Worcester Sauce, 5d per bottle or 4s 6d per dozen; Bloater Paste, 4Jd per tin; Crosse and B ackwell's Potted Ham, in jare, Is per ja«- (delicious); Benger's Food, It lid per tin ; Enos'Fruit Salt, 3a 3d per bottle ; Hood's Saraspafilla, 4s 8d Mr bottle j Ayer's Sarsaparilla, 4s 8d per bottle; yolloway's and Cockles Pills, Is 4d per box s Nftilrod Tobacco, 4i 6d«per lb; Kuby Tobacco, 5s per lb. Cutlery. Good Strong Knives and Forks from 6a 6d per dozen pairs, Table Spoons and Forki from 4a 6d per dozen, Desert Spoons and Forks from 3a 9d per dozen, Teaspoons from 2s fid per dozen, Set of Carvers from 6s 6d per set. Etc., etc., etc. 4 kinds of Mangel Seed (new seed), 9d per lb j Carter's Turnip Seed, all the best varieties, 60s per cwt.; Chick Wheat. 7s 6d per sack : Sharps, 5s 3d : Bran, 3* 6d. FLETCHER BROS., CASH SUPPLY STORES, East Street, Afebburlon, und High Street, Chriatchurch. P.O. Box 67. Telephone 24. MITCHELL & TURNER — aXE NOW SHOWING— PER S.S. RAKAIA, 21 OASES|4 BALIiS.a;VKR S.S.'iWAIMATE, 12 CASES. \ M. &T. 7 \ L / PRINTS CARPETS SQUARES MUSLINS OILCLOTHS CREPONS QUILTS BLOUSE GOODS CURTAINS SERGES IGLOVEB SUNSHADES AND UMBRELLAS. TO ARRIVE SEPT. 6, 8.8. AOTEA, 10 CASES, 3 PACKAGES, 4 BA^KS,; DEESS GOODS, JACKETS AND MAN X L E|S, MILLINERY. OUR TRUNKS CARPET SAMPLES, H Yard for the Price of :1 Yard. PAINTING! PAINTING! 1898. PAPERHANGINGS. 1898/ JUST LANDED EX MATATUA, 6000 PIECES WALL PAPEIIS OF ARTISTIC PATTERNS, FASHIONABLE TINTS,'AND SiLENDID QUALITY. THE BEST VALUE EVER OFFERED Ift ASHBURTON. PERSONS desiroae of having their Homes decorated with taste to suit the tiavei *t* invited to inspect our Stock. Competent workmen sent, to any part of the dktrict. TIMBER. TIMBER. TIMBER. JUST LANDED, Ex InvercargiU from Bluff ... '„. _ . 30 000 ft Red Pine Ex Giaborne from Thames 45,000 ft White Pise Ex Maria from Kaipara t i#t 15,000 ft Kauri Ex Glencaim from Wa«gaaai ... 15,000 ft Totara Ex Glencalrn from, ]@^wloek ... ... ... 15,000 ft Red Pine TO FARMERS—Tfucka of ooal direct from ths ship's sidr, cheaper than any houwin the tr«de % W. H. COLLINS & CO., IRONMONGERS, PAINTERS, TIMBER AND COAL MERCHANTS. AGENT—RoyaI Insurance Company;