A CONCERT IN THE CATACOMBS

The Paris correspondent of ih' London Daily Telegraph describes an extraordinary performance in (ho c it a combs beneath the F;encb capital,! commonly known as the boneyard or ' the boneries, A concert, c tiled <{ spiritual and profane/ was organised by a band of new se3thetes, who are art Students, budding doctors, lawye>s, j musicians, aud literacy people. Wnf) j these were some of their f ■ male friends, and a Mdlle. de Me rode, dinseuse of the opera. The musicians were of the leading class, recruited from the orchestras of the opera and the concerts ' of Lamoureux and Oolonne. At mid night over 100 people presented them selves with great secrecy at the gate of the Catacombs in the Rue Dareau, Secrecy was neces?ary, because the concert organisers had no official authorisation to enter the Catacombs. They simply bribed two persons in charge of the place. The descent down the snail-like stairs of 94 steps leading to the oaverns of the dead was dimly illuminated by common candles. The persons attending the concert were then conducted along the central gallery or main shaft, past the myriads of death's heads and erossbones piled around. The whole place exhales an indescribable odour, for it ia deep down in the bowels of the earth, and con tains the bones of over three millions of past generations of Parisians, col lected between 1780 and 1796 from the Cemetery of the Innocents and from Other long-vanished metropolitan and extra-mural graveyards. In the Cata combs were also placed the remains of many who were killed in Paris street fights during times of civil war or revolution. The walls are inscribed Jhere and there with the names of the old cemeteries and with Latin in scriptions from the Scriptures referring to death as the lot of all. The concert took place at a sort of cross-roads, around which some chairs were placed. The musicians stationed themselves be fore their stands at half-past one o'clock in the morning, and arranged their parts by the dim light of the candles ituck in the skulls. When everything was ready, the conductor tapped his desk, raised his baton, and the plain-! tive moanings of Chopin's Funeral March were heard. There were also heard the " Danse Macabre " of Saint- Saehs, the Funeral March from Beet hoven's " Heroic Symphony," and a fragment from the "Perses," the composer of which, M. Leroux, con ducted his own work. Marlet recited a poem written by himself, entitled "Aux Oatacombe." The xylophone was also used during the concert, in order to give an impression of the clanging or rasping of dead men's bones. The extraordinary entertain ment concluded towards three in the morning. ___________

A CORONER ON "SCORCHING."

At an inquest concerning the death of a cyclist named Brenton Murray bheppard, who died as the result of a fall whilst taking pait in a road race, the presiding coroner, Dr Youl, showed very clearly that his sympathies are not with the great army of wheelmen. Road racing, he said, was so dangerous that it &h. uld be prohibited, Cyc ists on such expeditions should carry ambulance stretchers, ani also all the appli ances necessary for conducting Christian burials. The flying wheelmen had become such a positive nuisance that it was im possible because of them to walk along thn St. Kilda road or Collins street without being knocked down or frightened out of every sense. The Corporation and the Government were moving in the direction of amending the legislation restricting cycling in the streets, but they moved too slowly, and should be given a reminder that better haste is desired. The deceased, whom he (Dr Youl) knew, was a very estimable man, and his only fault was his participation in the cycling craze. Even his own orderly (Senior-Constable Davidf-on) had become in volved, and it wjs jb'ird to say where the nuisance would stop. Sheppard had sacri ficed a very excellent life by his foolishm^, and the jury should say that cj'dists shouirl be restricted to moderate pace, and not bo permitted to go tearing through the country like madmen. The jury returned a verdict ot " Acci dental death," and pointedly ignored the coroner's advice to add a rider suggesting the regulation of the pace in cycliug. Dr Youl (to the iury) : Do you say nothing more ? Add no rider ? The Foreman : No. Dr Youl: I suppose you are bicycle riders yourselves. It ia difficult to get a jury nowadays which is nob half composed of cyclists.

THI ABHBOKTOtf GUARDIAN t THURSDAY JUNE 10, 189?.

Printed and Published by the Aihburfon Publishing Company, Limited, ai tbei? Steam Printing Office, Baroett Stree^ Ashburton, THURSDAY JUNE 10, 1897,



RAILWAY TIME TABLE. ! Iraina leave Ashburton FOR THE,' NOR! II every day at 7.20 a.m., 3.40 p.m. ii-ad 7.5 p.m. (express). On Mondays, Wed nesday*, and Fridays, an extra train loaves at 11.0 a.m. Trains arrive from the North very day at 10.45 a.m.. 12.48 noon (express) nd 8 0 p.m. Trains ieavo Ashburton FOR THE SOUTH every day at 10.55 a.m , and 1253 I noon (express). On Tuesdays, Thursdays, j and Saturdays a train leaves at 3.50 p.m. A tr.--.iu leaves for Mount Somers branch line every day at 4.25 p.m. The branch train arrives in Ashburton at 9.45 a.m. Trains leave Pakaia for Methven daily Thursdays excepted) at 7.5 p.m., on Tuesdays at 10.10 a.m, and on Thursdays at 12.20 noon. Trains leavs Methven at the following times rebpeotively every day, except Fridays; 10.3 C Fridays 3.10 p.m. Tuesdays. T. Bullock.



ALFORD FOREST ROAD. Near the entrance to the Woollen Factory. O1 A 1 A PRICE wanted for lot obJLU AUS 30, containing i acre, fronting Alfoid Forest Road, as above. Apply to T. BULLOCK. TINWALD. TO LET—Cottage, fronting Graham's Road, near the Hotel. Rental 33 6d per week. T. BULLOCK. j~~~ fob sale! ~~ BUILDING Site containing \ acre,having 3 chains frontage on Havelock Street West, one section back from the Belt, being T.S. 1170 and 1171, to be sold as a block or separately. Exceptionally easy terms of payment. Apply to T. BULLOCK" FT!O LET at a low rental shop and dwelling JL in Moore Street, all newly painted and papered. Apply to T. BULLOCK. . ________ „ /COTTAGE fronting Alford Forest Road, \ \J lately occupied by Mr James Patter son. T. BULLOCK. LISMORE DISTRICT. TO FARMERS AND OTHERS. FOB SALE. iAn ACHES, being R.S. 27572, all 4t?yO fenced and improved, mostly iv English grasses. Cottage, Stable, Sheep Yards, etc, erected thereon ; well watered. ALSO,— 200 acres, B,S. 27607, near the above, the properties of Messrs Liddle Bros , who are now in the North Island and have made up their minds to realise. Offers are invited. Terms, etc, on application. T. BULLOCK.



MONEY. TO LEND on approved Freehold Security two special sums of £1000 and £300 at lowest current rate 3of interest. T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE. QK of good land near a School fy t) It. fronts on the road leading from Ford's Road to Willowby, being R.S. 19937 Would make a very nice little Homesteui. Property such as this is often asked for. Very easy terms of payment. For full particulars apply to T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE. ( QJUBURBAN PROPERTIES situated )O i» Allenton, Hampstead, &c, us follows, viz : — Lots 75 and 76, each containing £ acre, Cambridge S'reei-, Hampotead, good land. Lot 2, containing \ acre, fronting Alford Forest Road, jnst above Woollen Factory. Lot 22, containing | acre, Church Street., Hsunpstead. Lots 4 and 15, each containing \ acre, corner of Baker Street and Alford Forest Road, with a four-roomed cottage, \vi h verandah erected thereon. Lot 16, containing \ acre, fronting Alford Fi.re-t Road. Lot 14, containing 33 perches, part of R S. 4905, North Town Belt. Lot 8, containing i acre, fronting Alford Forest R<jad. Lot 36, containing \ acre, fronting Church Street, Hampstead, with comfortable i cottage and other buildings, all in goal order. A bargain. Lot 30, containing \ acre, fronting Alford Forest Road. Lot 525, containing J acre, Harland Street, Tinwald. \ Lot 25, containing £ acre, fronting Winters Road, Allenton. Lots 10, 20 and 22, containing in all three quaiters of an acre, fronting William Street, I Alicnton, with four-roomed cottage, wash house, stable, ani other buildings erected thereon. Orchard stocked with well grown fruit trees. Lots 15, 16, 17 and 18, containing 1 rood, ! 28 perches, just off the Went Town Belt. Lot 8, containing \ acre, fronting the continuation of Cox Street. Lot 42, containing \ acre, Church Street, Hampßtead. Lot 37, containing two acres back of Presbyterian Manse, Trevorton. T. BULLOCK.



QAJSMjER * S«t«» Eucalypti Bxtrnrs There are Imitations of Eucalypti Extract in the market noWi products of simple distillation forming; rude resinous oils. In order that these crude oils may not ba taken, OUR PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI. BXTBACT, which is recognised by the medical division of the Prussian Government to be of perfectly pure origin, as their information forwarded to 113 through the Conaal at Melbourne, March 3, 1878, we state :— Is proved by tests by the Medical Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and Greifswald, Prussia, and reported bj Dr Schulz, Professor of. Farmacology, at Bon, and Professor Dr Mo^ler, Director of the Medical Clinic at Greifcrwald, that only products that are saturated with oxygen and freed of acids, resinous and other substances, adnerent to primary distillation, will develops the sanative qualities j>ropci to the plant according to these authorities, and according to Pro fessor Dr Lister, of England, and to I)rs Bauer Mclotire, Wooii, Hazard, etc., of America, is the only extract corresponding to scientific te^t 1, and the only one whteh possesses the proper therapeutic value. Sander & Son's Eucalypti Extract. All other crude oils are to be classed among the urpentmeswhich have, when used as medicine, no therapeutic effect, and are abandoned as on internal medicament. These so-called Eucalyptic Extract which may have-received distinction at Exhibitions as commercial articles oro used for mechanical purposes aroo ly i.iscernible. By their deficiency in cundgent oudour—which our product the only genuine Eucalypti Extracts develops most freely through its surplus of oxygen. By their alcoholic thin and mobile appearance being reduced in specific density though the presence of acids. By their taste, the result of the contracting ten dency of resiDS and ten* ates. If these crude oils, so-called eucalypti extract", aro applied by mistake in cases of croup, bron hiti, dijh theria, internal inflmnat ons, dysentery, wounds, tlic conseq euces are appaling. For safety always ask for SANDfUI & SON'S EUCALYPTI JiXTIiAOT, and get the old, well tested, a r<d reliable preparation. —Sandhurst, Victoria, .Australia. SANDER & SONS-:. WANTED KNOWN, that you miy rely on getting the latest style and best quality in Autumn and Winter Mil linery.—Miss K. Barnks, Arcade and Tancred Street. Ohildrens' millinery a specialty. Do nob fail to see the windows. Ladies own materials made up NOTICE. I HAVE APPOINTED MR J. W. HARDLEY, Plumber, East Street, ac AGENT for my Patent Economical Hot Water Service, for the Ashburton County Testimonials on application. 3 127 J. H. WALKER. EX "Gothic." Barrett; Bros have re ceived through their agents, direct from English Manufacturers, some special him in Drapery, etc. Cash discount One Shilling in the Pound.-"The Hall," East Street KoZIE Tea, the beat, and yst within roftoh of all; Sold at 1/8, l'lO, 2/-, and 2/4,— Jehu Qrr &Cq Sole Agents,



HENRY STEPHKNSON. HENBY STEPHENSON, (Successor to Alfred Harrison,) Established 20 years. . AUCTIONEER, LAND ESTATE AND j COMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER. WEEKLY SALES of Live Stock, Produce, Furniture, etc., EVERY SATURDAY, at 12 o'clock. Clearing Sales of Stock, Household Furni ture, etc., as per arrangement, in any part of the county. Advances made on Goods placed in my hands for Sale. CHAFF, OATS, WHEAT, FLOUR, SHARKS, BRAN, ONIONS, POTATOES, SEEDS, etc., Sold Daily in Large or Small Quantities. Agent: Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company. HENRY STEPHENSON, 6 4 AUCTIONEER. One Box of Clarke's B 41 Prrxs warran tad to cure all discharges from the Urinaiy Organs, in either sex (acquired or cons i tutional), Gravel and Pains in the Back Guarranteed free from Mercury. Sold in Boxes 4a 6d each, by all Chemists and Patent medicine Vendors throughout the World Proprietors : Ths Lincoln and Midland OQtrifmsDiQoQoKrADft I m«?ol», Mihui ,



"TUT ISS mREEBY, BEGS to inform the Ladies of Ashburfcon that she has commenced Business as Dressmaker. CHILDREN'S GARMENTS a Specialty. Terms moderate. MISS TREEBY is prepared to visit Ladies at'their residences in town or country it required. Address—Mrs Baxter, Willa Street E>*sfr, Aahburbon. 4 235 WHA !' everybody saya must be true You get wonderful value for litte monpy at Mellor's. TT^"ANTED Known-The New Flannel T T ette, half wool and cotton, 36 iuehe wide, everlaetiag we»r.<*-Ai Osa. 315S



Henry Zander. JUST LANDED 1000 BACSIOOO BAGS lyi AURITIUS QUGAB. USE NO OiHER FOR YOUR JAM. Henry Zander, Cheapest Grocer in Aahburton. JUST LANDED, Ex Kaikoura and Fazilka, 100 Cases CASTOR OIL 1 100 Cases VaLVGLJNE 10 Bales SEAMING TWINE 1000 Feet LEATHER BELTING 100 Galvanised STBSL COLLARS HORNSBY & RANSOME PLOUGH SHARES Barbed and Plain FENCING WIRE 200 Drums LINSEED OIL CROCKERY and GLASSWARE Etc Etc HENEY ZANDER, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT. TO FARMERS AND DEALERS. CLEARING AND SKIN SALES oon \J ducted, and Saleyards regularly attended to, under the Supervision of MR DAVID ZANDER, Auctioneer. Brooke's and Odham's Sheep Dips always or hand. Advances made against Shipments oi Lamb and Mutton, My London* Agent is known'for his utmost reliability.



THE REASON WHY yOU SHOULD PATRONISE BRIDGE WORKS. The Largest I Engineering Works iD the Oounty of .Ashburton. BECAUSE You can get all the Mechanical Work dom. • you may require, from the Repairing of a Sewing Machine to yq __i the making of a Combine, te > BECAUSE We do not take in work, and then get it done at head-quarters in the large towns. Our head-quarters are fcij g BRIDGE WORKS, Ashburton. Where your money will * fei qq go to employ local tradesmen, K^ «*{ O fS BECAUSE Webring more Money to Ashburton for work Ph done in other provinces than all the other shops in the same line of business put together. 3d W 3 W BECAUSE Within the last three years WE have sent £j EH close on a £1000 worth of Machinery into Otago. These Machines were made by us in Ashburton. KILWORTH & SON, BRIDGE WORKS, Ashlmrton. SPECTACLEST SPECTACLES. 11111 ' X*™* *■** R. MURRAY & SON, OPTICIANS, GOLDSMITHS, Etc. IN Ooc aeqaenoefof * the large increase in this branch of oar business, we have found it necfcSßary to augment our Already large Stock of Optics, by frequent consignments from England of the latest patterns and most approved designs in all classes of BPEOTACLES, FOLDERS, EYE SHADES, LENSES, etc. OUR Mb R. Mubbay having had upwards of THIRTY-FIVE YEARS' Experience of Optics, and during that time has made careful study of the relation between Spectacles and the organ of Bight, the result being that he is able to quickly discern the errors of vision, and correct them by the use of suitable Lenses, an advantage that cannot be adopted by those having little or no Experience of Optics. CUSTOMERS may have their EYES TESTED if neoessary, and also h&.e Spectacles fitted to correot the sight in Eyes of UNEQUAL VISION. SPECIAL CURLED SIDES, for riding, or mechanics at their work WON'T fall off when stooping. NEW FRAMES NEW SIDES, NEW LENSES. Repairs Neat and Strong



HENRY ZANDER, STOCK AND STATION AGENT. TO CONTRACTORS AND CARRIERS. X HAVE ALWAYS FOR SALE OATSHfiAF CHAFF CRUSHED OATS CRUSHED BARLEY FEED OATS BRAN and SHARPS HENRY ZANDER, GENERAL MERCHANT. XBEG to intimate that I have just landed a Large and Varied Stock of GUNS. GUNS.j GUNS, HOLLIS' BEST MAKE. Single and Double Barrel, Breach and Muzzle Loading, well worthy of inspection^ REVOLVERS. REVOLVERS. AMMUNITION. AMMUNITION. Cartridges and Cartridge Cases, Caps, Shot, Gunpowder, Powder and Shot Flasks, Cartridge Belts, Recap pers, Loaders, Wads, Punches, etc. Henry Zander.



P. JONAS BEGS to Notify the Farmers and Butchers of Ashburton and Surround ing District that he has Opened up Business in the Premises adjoining Hanmer and Graves' Stables as a Cash Buyer of WOOL, SKINS, HIDES, FAT, and HORSE HAIR in large or small quantities. Office Days—Tuesdays and Satubdays. AU Communications carefully attended to. ' o 160 LOOK JCHEAP WINTER FIRING. ;new mount somers COAL. OUTPUT haa Trebled the last twelve months. IT IS USED EVERYWHERE. This Coal ia the Best and CheapestjSteam and Household Coal in the market. Used in the Woollen Factory and Canter bury Flour Mills, GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS. WRITE FOR PRICES TO O. T. PARK, MOUNT SOME RS. "fTclakkT HAIRDRESSER AND TOBACCONIST, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



R. Alexander, RAILWAY STATION REFRESHMENT ROOMS, ASHBURTON. nnHE Advertiser desires to inform his JL Friends and the General Public, that he makes a specialty of keeping in stock the very highest c'asa of spiritsso that the public may rely on being supplied with the purest liquor obtainable. The following list will show what can be procured :— WHISKIES. Scotch.—Walker's Kilmarnock in bulk and ease; Buchanan's Glasgow — "Old Smuggler"; D.C.L — Liqueur; Highland Nectar; Highland Club and V.O. Special Bernard and Co., Leith-—"Encore" ;Gilbey's "Provost"; Robertson, Dundee—fine old Scotch ; Brown, Glasgow—4 Crown; Daw son's Glenlivet " Perfection " ; Gow and Ross, Glenfarg Dundee; Mitchell, Glasgow—- Heather Dew Special; Dewar and Sons, Perth — Old Highland ; McKay and Co., Glasgow — White Horse Cellar ; Usher, Edinburgh—Special Reserve; The "Ben more " brand ; Caledonian Liqueur. Irish. — Mitchell's, Belfast—Old Irish Kirker, Greer, and Co., Belfast—"hham rook"; Dunville'a Belfast ; John Jamieaon and Son's—Dublin ** *; D.C.L.—" Killy croy " ; Old Bushmills Distillery Co.; County Antrim—pure malt; Hit John Power's Special. American. —- Hiram Walker's Canadian Club, Ontario. The following whiskies in bulk always in stock—Walker's, Dewar'sandSons, Mitchell's ■V.O.M. Usher's special reserve. BRANDIES. Bisquit Dubouche, V.0.C.8. for invalids and *** *; Hennessey's * * * ; Pascal Combeau's Cognac; Jules' Romford'a Old Cognac and ChampagDe Cognac for invalids ; Australian brandy—the best; Denis Mounie's brands—hulk and case; Martell's Dark. Gins of all grades, and English and Colonial ! bottled Ale and Stout, and Dunedin and Christchurch Bulk Beer always in stock. All classes of Liqueurs, including Bene j dictine, Chartrense, Curacoa, Cherry Brandy, ! Sherry Brandy, Gingßr Brandy, and Maraschino. WINES. A long wine list, including Special Invalid Port. Tobacco, Cigars, and Cigarettes, the beat brands. The Cafe is open from seven a.m< till eight p.m., during which time tea, coffee, cocoa, bovril, etc., can be supplied. All liquors have been reduced in price to meet the requirements of the Public. R. ALEXANDER, REFRESHMENT ROOMS, RAILWAY STATION, ASHBURTON, 205



SAUNDERS' = = BUILDINGS. T" HAVE now to hand a complete and carefully selected stock in all de partments, suitable for the season, and which will be offered at EXTREMELY LOW RATES—keeping in view the fact, " That quality is the true test of cheapness. Now is the time to lay in your Winter Stock of BLANKETS, FLANNELS, FLANNELETTES, best makes. MEN'S, YOUTH'S AND BOY'S CLOTH ING, (all sizes). WATERPROOF TWEED COATS in stock and made to measure. BOOTS—Men's, Youth's, Women's and "Children's Boots aud Shoes—" Standard " and other well-known brands. I also hold large stocks of the BEST KNOWN BRANDS IN TEAS Half-chests, 5 and 101b boxes and tins, lib and £lb packages. Sugars, Oatmeal, Flour, Bran, Pollard, Potatoes, Kerosene, Candles, Oiis, Iron mongery, Tinware, Enamelware, Crockeryware, and other goods. LOWEST RATES.



T AM NOW SELLING TOBACCOS OF THE BEST PRANDS. Derby, Juno, Navy Twist, Diadem, Ruby, Golden Eagle, Welcome Nugget, Wills' Tins, Mild, Medium, Full Strength 2oz Is, 4oz 2s. Just Opened, A FEW CHOICE ACCORDEONS, j More to arrive. PIPES IN ENDLESS VARIETY. CIGARS OF THE BEST BRANDS, Cavours Is per box, Manillas 5 for Is. WATCHES. I AM SELLING CHEAP, Perfection, Waterbury, etc.



EXTENSION OF TIME. GREAT SALE. IN THE BANKRUPT ESTATE L. F.j ANDJREWES & CO. T3REMISES have been for a further term, and the Sale will be*eontinued TILL FURTHER KOEIQS. Goods being brought forward daily. Fresh bargains for everybody, SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY FOR PRICES. H. N. ANDEESON, MANAGER,



T ADIES from the Country requiring JLj medical treatment will find a very Comfortable Home, and every attention given, at MRS RANG ER S Aitken Street. 3 16 'JTEIV POTJBfJDS TEIAD (B fl COMPETITIONS, » fc — a P mHIS MONTH the TRIAD % A JL offers the following prizes ; — Qj Silver Hunting Keyleas Watch for the best Colored Map of New W Zealand (open to boys under 15). H ■» To close 20th May. ft % M £2 2s for the best Short Story TS (about 1500 words, or a page of W Triad). To cloae 20th June. * £2 2s for the best Photo of New j Zealand Scenery. To close 20th July. £2 23 for the best Pianoforte Wa'tz, to take four pages of Triad. To close 20th July. j|j Each of the above competitions L! must be accompanied by a receipt Q for 5s or more for goods purchased 3d from one of the advertisers in the f!\ Triad, as enumerated below. 2 \~ Ashburton Drapery Co. • Gates, Horace 4., Music Ware -0 house (agent for Triad), H Lochhead, R. ¥ Q, Nimmo & Blair, Seedsmen, Q m N.Z. Clothing Factory. Competitions to be addressed to Q j Manager TRIAD, H Dunedia. * M Subscription to the Triad, 3a pei v annum. 0 ■ Agent for Triad, » n HORACE GATES. * TEN i»OUJNJL>S "" The true leaf of the Tea plant, untampered witl and pure; thia is Kozijs Tea, try it — J John Orr & Co., ttgeuts, '



A. LAWRIE. WANTED Known—Men's Bo^TTn great variety from 4s lid to 30s at Mellob's Zealandia Boot Store. MAKE no mistake. If you want a nice job made of your repairs, try Mellor, the up-to-date bootmaker. WANTED Kaown-A aplendid Hne~ol Ladies Iwo-Strap Shoes, 4 8 9d —Mellob's Zealandia Boot Store. FOUND —Nineteen shillings caah to be worth Twenty credit. Our practical system of cash discount One Shilling in the Pound, meeta with approval,—Barrett Bros, " The Hall," East Street. fragrant and Inxdqorating^Nm Vtnus I



SPRING B LOSSO M T"fX Packed in Jib, lib, 51b, and 101b Net Weight Air-Tight Tins. No' i/Cr* No- v r p« r ei) Na \}?°£\^ 11 154 Obtainable from all Storekeepers and Tea Dealers.



WHEAT. WHEAT. ywr E ARE PROMPT CASH BUIUS OF PRIME MILLING WHEAT, AT HIGHEST xMARKET RATES, We are atao prepared to Store Grain on Farmers acoonnb in our New Grain^Storee Weab Street, Ashbarton, on very favourable terms Full sized Cbrnaacks and Twine Supplied at LOWES! CURRENT RATES ROLLIW & CO., CANTERBURY FLOUR MILLS. Ornam and Storks WEST STRFET, ARHBrTRTON TO HORSE OWNERS IN ASHBURTON & OUTLYING DISTRICTS. WANTED KNOWN.— SAM OLEAVER^who worked so long for Harry Pagbt^'is still shoeing horses in the same oldjshop, Burnett Street, next thejAshburton Olub. DRAUGHTS 6s. |HACK sa. REMOVES 3s. Steel Trotting|shoes and Racing Plates a specialty. 4 250



1897. WINTER SEASON 1897 A. P. WILLIAMSON IS NOW SHOWING A FULL ASSORTMENT OF NEW GOODS IK ALL DEPARTMENTS. SPECIALLY SELECTED FOR THE SEASON'S TRADE. NEW DRESS FABRICS, in all the Latest Materials. NEW TRIMMINGS, RIBBONS, VEILINGS, COESETS, GLOVES, HOSIERY, &c. SPLENDID~VALUI3 IN BLANKETS, FLANJNEL^ SHEETINGS, CALICOES, FLANNELETTES, SHIRTINGS, TOWELS, CRETONNES. NEW PATTERNS IN MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING Shirts, Vests, Socks, Hats and Caps, Ties, Braces, &c, &o. The Latest Designs in Great Variety. CHEAPEST HOUSK IN TOWN. A. P. WILLIAMSON, (Late Beath & C 0.,) CASH MAPER & CLOTHIER, Tancred Street Ashburton SHEARMAN BROS., FAMILY GROCERS, IRONMONGERS, AND GENERAL IMPORTERS. KEROSENE. KEROSENE. WE have just landed a large consignment of DOUBLE REFINED KEROSENE, for which we are Sole Agents for Ashburton. This oil is Guaranteed absolutely safe, it burns for longer and produces a much steadier and brighter light than any other Oil in the Market. No house should be without it. 250 BOXES CANDLES. 250 Including Finest Stearine, Sperm, Paraffin Wax, Fluted Wax, Piano, Self-Fitting Bedroom, etc., etc., which we ara disposing of at Christchurch Prices.



OATMEAL. OATMEAL. S TONS CELEBRATED GORE OATMEAL & Acknowledged to be the Finest Oatmeal in the Colony. Guaranteed free from anj adulteration. Being in direct communication with the best British and Continental Manufacturers of all classes of goods, and buying for Prompt Cash, enables us to offer them Cheaper than most Whoieeale Houses in the Colony. BICYCLES. ~ BICYCLES. AGENTS FOR THE AUSTRAL CYCLE AGENCY, Ltd. WORLD'S GREATEST CYCLE DEALERS. Samples of machines may be seen on view in window. Catalogues and all information on application. SHEARMAN^ BEOS., MARKET HOUSE. Telephone S3 , T fl X ~~ AUSTRAL CYCLE AGENCY (L I M I T E D),< SOLE AGENTS FOR: " NUMBER;' «' SWIFTf IiSINGER," « TRIUMPH" AND " A TALANTA » CYCLES, "THE HTTMBER" Hois Had More Geuuiue Successes Than any otlxer Cycle in the World «iacl Still Oeigns Snprfime, WE ARE THE ; "WORLD'S GI-EATEST CYCLE DEALERS," OT« THE HIGHEST GRADE machines ARE PURCHASABLE AT ANY OF OUR DEPOTS. Head Office—2Bs, Collins Stbeet, Melbourne. NEW ZEALAND DEPOTS— Manchester Stbjbet, CHRISTCHDROH. 123, Gborob Street, DUNIDIN. SHEAKMAN BROS., AGENTS, ASHBURTON, i



WANTED Known—Spectacles, Bye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and Everything in the optical line at 8. Salm'«i Optician



J^OFAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE i-IRE, LIFE, SEA, and ANNOITIE KSTABLISHBD— 1720. Claime Paid--Thuty. B ev6B Millioiuj J. C. BELL, AGENT, Barae!lf! rflet> ABhborton- 2 3 PALM AND JOKO TEAS, INDIAN AND CEYLON. \_/ noted for producing 200 lane T<» ?ff % firßtJ ac« Tea to £ pound? Ata larger Mr Q "*g* JaiDwon wW » OUR 2a TEAS (Pain, and Joko) Me UUR TEAS are so popular that we frequently^ear of inatanSjof other Tew ?£S Raok^ BOld in ow «»pS Kitetlu n ! s Bincerosb flattery,' but the S°e. "ld 86e they 6«t tfi giulS: keSUra ttoD[l *" the Prf^P*l Store- WHOLESALE FROM JAMESON, ANDERSON & CO, 155 Colombo Street, OHHiBTOHtmoa X AM A CASH BUYER OP BYE GEASS, COCKSFOOT, AND CLOVEEJSEED. O. H. DOWDING. Agent;forJCooper'B Shee^Dip.



WILLIAM =. =PATCHING, EAST STREET. TOSHES TO ANNOUNCE to hia Farming Friends and Customers of the Ashburton County, that he has now added SADDLEBY AND HARNESS MAKING, to his TENT TARPAULIN AND HORSE CLOTH BUSINESS, and will also carry on CLARK'S TINWALD SHOP as usual. NOTE—Having secured the servicw ol MR JOHN CLARK as manager of the new department, ALL ORDERS WILL BE PROMPTLY^ ATTENDED TO. NOTE ADDRESS—EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. 12 170 LAZARUBB SIGHT TESTING AND SPEOIALITB SPECTACLES. ; Sole agent for Ashburton District, S. ■ S A L E *■ JEWELLER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. | AZARUS Patented System ensue i_J comfort and correct eight. Bone spoil your eyeb by nslng hudly fittin' Speotacles. '



Baker Bros. TpURNISHIN© UNDERTAKERS, Corner of Waksnni Road and Cam Streets and at Baker and Brown's Ooftoh Factory. FTaveiock Street. EVERY REQUISITE SUPPLIED, Telephone No. 69. FRED. MAKEIG, T3ROKEB & COMMISSION AGENT. Barry town Flat Gold Mining Shares and Auckland Gold Mining Shares for Sale. GRAIN BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COMMISSION.; FRED MAKEIG, Arcade m x& m C 5 fSS 25 B£J W «4 o 3 o lJ Q H 58 « §§ * sg^ Qi O> Q3 p^ •^4 -J o o c> •Xi «Krf "*«« i U4 Uj Uj