COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN AND PRO DUCE MARKET.

Press.

The local wheat market has fitmed consi derably daring the week, and the demand for prime milling continues to be fairly active. Some little excitement has been caused by the two largest growers in the province, Mr D. Cameron, of Springfield, Methven, and Mr J. Grigg, of Longbeach, placing large lines upon the market. me \ former's consisted of 8,000 sacks of velvet, , and 6 500 sacks of Tuscan, and it was, with- ' out exception, one of the finest samples ot i milling wheat in the colony. The price has nob been divulged, but it is said to be aererai pence over 4a at Lyndhumt. The purchasers were the Northern Roller Muling Company, Auckland, and tree storage, it is understood, will be given, and the delivery will extend over a certain period. The Loßßbeaoh line consisted of about 9,000 sacks, chiefly velvet and Tuscan, the price being 4s ab Window and the purchasers were h dhriitohuroh firm of grain merchants. The wheat will be delivered as required, and free; stprage will be given until the end of the year. Aline of i,200 sacks of mixed milling Rakaia wheat haa been placed at equal to 4a 3d f.0.b., and another parcel of 350 aaofca of mixed milling wheat at the aarce figure. The demand in Dunedm for prime milling wheat !■ ■«»/*»* a° tiy, e ' *™ Irat-olaas samples are firmly held for top prioea. Velvet is quoted at 4b 4 i to 4« 6d, »nd Tuscan 4s 3d to 4a 4d. Tha Melbourne oat market shows aigns ot further weakneas, millingbein* quoted at 28 Ud as against 2s to 2s 2d last week. Sydney prices anew little alteration, heavy tfew Zealand feeding being worth 2s 5d and medium 2s 3d to 2a 4d. The Christohurch market is very quiet, stout feed being the only description at all in demand, and the change in the weather should improve the inquiry temporarily, Small lines of bright etout feed have been placed at 23 3d delivered at Christchurch. There ia a better enquiry in Dunedm for feed sorts but no improvement in prices. Prime muling and eeed are worth 2a 3d to 2a 6d and best feedlslOid to 2s. The growera of eowgrasa who held over their seed for the *p«ing trade are now placing it on the market, but have to meet competition of German and American grown clovers, and prices are therefore weaker. Potatoes are in better enquiry for export, though no improvement haa taken place in price. They are quoted at £3 oa the wharf at Auckland, and New Zealand grown are worth £3 2s 6d in Sydney. . The following are current prices paid to farmer*, f.0.b., Lyttelton, for direct _ ship ment from country stations and free of com mission, except where otherwise specified :— Wheat—Good to prime quality pearl 4» 2d to 4s 3d, Tuacan4s Id to 4a 2d,Hunters 4a Id, second quality wheat about 2d low©r OATS-Prime milling 2s 4d, good stout feed 2a Id to 2« 2d, fair short feed 2a W to 2s 2d, dans 2s 3d, Danish 2s Id to 2s 2d. BABMSY-Prime malting 3a 9d to 4s W, medium 3s 3d fco 3s 6d, feed 2s 3d to 2a sd, Gape 2s scl. Beans—2i 7d to 2a Bd. Pkas—Blue Prussians 4a 3d to 4a 6d, feed varieties 3a 3d to 3a 4d. Oatsheaf Chaw—ssa at country s'ationi?. Potatoes—Derwentß 50s to 52a 6d at country stations. ... o Gbass SEBD—Ryegrass, farmers' lots 3d to 2a 9d, machine dreased 3s 6d 3s 9a, and heavy shotty seed up to 4s ; cocksfoot, bright 3Jd to 3|d, discolored 2|<i to 3d ; cowgrass 6d to 7d ; white clover B&d to ojcl; alayke s*d to 6id, Dairy Pbobucb—Cheeae 4d to 4J-', loat 4d tosd; butter, factory Is, in boxes 91 to 3Qd, dairy 7d to lOd, salt in boxes 6d to 7d. Bacoa 6|d, roll 6£d to 7d, bams 7£d.

A "RECORD YEAR" IN DAIRY EXPORTS.

[{Press.)

The year ended June 30 last Bhowed a larger export of butter and cheese from New Zealand than baa been recorded in any pre vious year. Thia 1b the more gratifying bo ouse the twelve months ending June 30, 1896, had ahown a decline, as compared with the previous year, We are indebted to our well-edited contemporary, the /Vw Zealand Trade Review, for the figures. The total quantities and values for the last three years compare as follows :—

Total Value. 1894-5 £391,761 1895-6 £372,878 1896-7 £508,485 The valuations equal per cwt for butter 795, 81s, and 80s 6d ; and for cheese 40s, 35s 3J, and 38a 7d respectively in the three years By far the largeßt amount of butter is exported from the North laland, but the Boßth Island claims 54 per cent of the cheese shipments. Of the total butter exports last year 74,350cwt, valued at £301,198, were sent from the North laland ports, and 14,333cwt, valued at £55,989, from the South Island. The total increase in the butter exportß from the whole colony is £106,302, of which £91,632 arises in the North laland, and £14,670 in the South Island. More than 84 per csnt. of the butter exported came from the North Island, and more than half of it comes from the Taranaki district alone. The progress of the Devonshire of New Zealand in the dairying industry is most noteworthy. The exports from the parts of Waitara aad New Plymouth show an improvement of £88,984, or nearly 84 per cent, of the total increase for the whole colony. It is probable that part) of this is merely an apparent increase due to greater carefulness in carrying out the system of recording the exportß to the credit of the port of the producing distriot, instead of the port whence the goods actually leave the colony. Still, after < making allowances for this, it is clear that Taranaki is now rapidly advancing on the lines marked out for it by Nature, destined as it in to become the great dairying district of the colony. An regards cheese, we note that the in crease in tie total value exported is £29,305 of which £19,064 is in the North Island and £10,241 in the South. Turning to our own immediate locality we find that exports of butter from Lyfctelton increased by £4738, and of cheese by £7124 during the year. Oa the whole, these figures give con siderable ground for satisfaction. The season is unusually forward thia year, the fi rat shipment; having been sent forward from New Plymouth by the s.u. Tokomaru on Angasb 28. From the reports of the annual meetings of the various dairy factories it is evident that those in fche4ra.de look forward with confidence to the coming year, which, there is reasoo to believe, will be even more prosperous than the last. The most hopeful sign ia the attention which ia now being given to improved methods of production. Only by the strictest regard to the matter of quality can we hope to compete successfully in the London market wjth Denmark and other progressive countries, which, in some respects, are still in advance of our producers.

An Epidemic of Suicide.

There is in Victoria at present a mild but curious epidemic of more or less successful attempts to commit suicide amongst mere boys and girls. At Charlton, in that col ny, a, girl, twenty years of age, was rebuked by her father for returning home lato on Satur day night. She reflected over the rebuke with entire composure during the whole of Sunday; on Sunday evening she calmly swallowed a dose of strychnine, reported the ciicumstauce to her brother, and was dead in a few hourc ! Another girl, at Hawthorn, seventeen yeais of age, had purchased & watch on the time-payment system. She failed to keep up her payments, received peremptory notice from the vendors of the watch, and, after sleeping over the matter, \ got up in the morning, mixed some carbolic crystals with water and drank it, and was only rescued from death by the most energetic medical treatment. A case is re ported from Adelaide of a lad sixteen years old, who was missing from his home for a few days, and was discovered dead, self strangled with a strap, a form < f suicide arguing quite extraordinary determiuatiou. A girl of sixteen, again, at Brunswick, was teased by her brother, lost her temper and swallowed a dose of poison, told her mother what she had done, and narrowly escaped ieaih.

THE ASBBOfcTOH GtJABDIANi TtJESDA*, SEfTSlffßßft 7, 1897.

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cwt. 1894-5 ... 58,635 895 6 ... 61,945 i 896-7 ... 88,683

£ 231,700 250,885 357,187

cwt. 80,032 67,262 78,384

£ 160,061 121,993 151,298



FuHie Notices.



COAL. COAL. I HAVE JUST LANDED, ex Liddersdalo, 300 Tons 300 of the very best quality of NEWCASTLE GOAL, AND SO Tons §0 OF WESTPORT GOAL, ex Janet Nicol, which I am prepared to Sell ab Loweri Kates to effect a clearance, ALSO IN STOCK AND TO ARRIVE,— The celebrated ALLANDALE AND* MOUNT SOMERS COALS. COKE k FIRE WOOD-long & short l«ngth» Any peraon who intends fencing should oalUnd getprioea— 8 »««•*« A large Bfcock of STAKES, POSTS, and RAILS always on hand. James Elliott COAL AND JFIRE WOOD MERCHANT West Street. TatKPHOKa No. 83,



A. LAWRIE, SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS, OPPOSITE RAIIWAY STATION.



THE SALE OOMMBNOES TO-DAY, YOU OAN EXPEOT BARGAINS AND GET THEM BY CALLING EARLY.



NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED.



A. LAWRIE, SAUNDEBS' BUILDINGS. RETIRING FROM BUSINESS. PREMISES 70 LET. rpHE SALE for the last few weeks has JL been % pronounced success, and in order to facilitate a complete clearance further sweeping reductions will be made. The stock must be Sold Regardless of Cost



Kilworth & Son, BRIDGE WOJttOELS, ASHBURTON



We are prepared to advise and prepare Plans of any special work, and execute the same by contract or otherwise. All kinds of Engineering, Mechanical and General Work at lowest rates, consistent with high clasß work.



XJas JSat Cost, Anything* Vott Repairs. Mr Kilworth, Sir,—The Water Wheel and Pump you made and fixed for me some years ago has given every satisfaction, and has not as yet cost anything for repairs.—l am, etc., John Cochkane, Ashburton.



A. Great Suooesw. Mr Kiiworth, Dear Sir, —The Sorreli Riddle you recom mended for my Combine has proved a great success ; nothing else I have tried has done so well. In fact I have had it in the mill the whole season. It never blocks with oats as does the ordinary perforated zino.—l am, etc., Peter Chalmebb, Chertsey.



TL'Jhe] Miller JGxpresMeißt fesatisf action. Canterbury Flour Mills, Ashburton. To Mr Kilworth. Dear Sir,—The various Flour Milling Machines you have madt> for as have answered the purpose for which they were designed, and have givtn every satisfaction. —We are, etc., Rollitt & Co.



A. man Who Appreciates . Economy. To Mr Kilworth. Dear Sir, —Since you bored the Cylinder of my Fowler Engine and fitted a New Piston, it works highly satisfactory, and is* great saving in coal. In fact all work you have done for me has always been of first class order.—l am, etc., John Bubgzss, Mayfield. Front the Bood Bawyw« To Mr Kilworth. Dear Sir,—We were very much troubled with a loose pulley seizing. Since yon bushed it and fitted Solidified Oil Lubricators and supplied Oil for same and other bearings, all has worked satisfactorily. Your Celuloid Emery Wheels for Saw gullettng are the best we ever used.—We are, etc., Sharfmn & Co., Staveley.



Concerning the New Governor, To Mr Kilworth. Dear Sir, —The New Governor you fitted to my Traction Engine is working splendidly, and ail who have seen it speak highly of its performance.—l am, etc, Mbeeoith Wilson, Wakanui.



]?XTBACTS FBOM COBBESPONDENCE. What an M.H.I*. Soy* = Corwar, BarrhiH. To Messrs Kilworth and Son. Dear Sir,—The Rack Saw-mill you built for me last year continues to give me every satisfaction. Three men can put through a large quantity of timber in a day, and handle large logs with ease. —I am, etc., J. Cathoabt Wason.



A. P. WILLIAMSON, CASH DEAPEK & CLOTHIEE. TANOBED STREET, ASHBUBTON.



T AM now making liberal CASH ADVANCES FREE OF COM MISSION upon all WOOL placed in my hands for SALE either in Ashburton or elsewhere, WOOLPAOKS, TvVINE, OIL, AND BRANDING MATERIAL .The best quality on Sale. DAVID "THOMAS, ASHBURTON.



= PURE_J>EEDS. =: T HAVE lately erected, regardless of cost, the most COMPLETE SEED-OLEANING PLANT south of the Line, and I now ask intelligent Farmers to inspect the same at work. I'am now prepared TO' CLEAN for Farmer* any description of SEEDS AND GRAIN, and will guarantee to give them satisfaction, I can supply best RYEGRASS, weighing from 261bs to 44ibs to the bushel; and COCKSFOOT, locally grown, HJlbB to 16ilbs to the bushel; also, best CLOVERS, dressed by my own machines, the purity of which must be seen to be appreciated. ALSO—HURST AND SONS BEST ENGLISH CLOVERS, TURNIPS RAPE, LUCERNE, TREFOIL, Etc. D. THOMAS, ASHBORTON. WOOL. WOOL. WOOL.



JUST IMPORTED. A SMALL but Choice delivery of NEW SPRING PRINTS, Also GALA TEAS for Boys' Suits. NEW OHTFFONS in Light Shades. TORTOISESHELL SIDE COMBS for the hair. Patent India-rubber KID GLOVE GLEANERS—a tremendous run on these in England, Is each. A job line of TURKISH TOWELS, very large, Is Sd—not to be equalled. 2 Without exception the Best Kid Glove Sf> D *or Half-a-Crown in Canterbury. Four «fl n ™U large Studs. All sizes. tfß "D Still Jobbing Balance of Winter Stock at VERY LOW PRICES. Ladies should see these before purchasing elsewhere. Good Solid Stuft at Low Prices. W. H. COLLIER, "THE COEKE R.»



Important Announcement. IMMENSE ■SUCCESS OF THE GREAT SALE OP Drapery, Clothing and Boots, IN THE ASSIGNED ESTATE OF W. S. MITCHELL. ANDREW ORE ffIAKES this opportunity of thanking the Public for their liberal patronage at this Great Sale, which will be continued FOE THKEE WEEKS ONLY. To enable those living at a distance from Ashburton to visit this Cheap Sale} the Bail way Fare will be paid to any Customer who purchases at least £6 worth of Goods. ALL MY OWN STOOK AT EQUALLY REDUCED PRICES. Every Article must be cleared, as a large shipment, ex s.s, Waimate, is nearly due. ANDREW ORR.



HENBY ZANDEB, GENERA.L MERCHANT.



HENRY ZANDER, STOCK AND STATION AGENT.



HENRY ZANDER, WINE ANDTSPIRIT MERCHANT.



HENRY ZANDER, SEED MERCHANT,



TUST TO HAND, Ex Gothic, ENGLISH RED CLOVER, ENGLISH COWGRASS, ENGLISH WHITE CLOVER, ENGLISH ALSYKE, Best in the Market. Henry Zander, DIRECT IMPORTER.



TO CONTRACTORS AND CARRIERS. T HAVE ALWAYS FOR SALE OATSHfiAF CHAFF CRUSHED OATS FEED OATS BRAN and SHARPS



TO FARMERS AND DEALERS. •CLEARING AND SKIN SALES con \J ducted, and Saleyards regularly attended to, under ths Supervision of MR DAVID ZANDER, Auctioneer.



JUST LANDED, 100 Galvanised STEEL COLLARS 100" HORNSBY & RANSOME PLOUGH SHARES 60 Tons Barbed and Plain FENCING WIRE 60 200 Drums LINSEED OIL 200 CROCKERY and GLASSWARE Etc Eto



Henry Zander JUST LANDED 1000 bags 1000 BAGS ]y/f AURITIUS QUGAR. 100 CHESTS CEYLON TEA 100. Henry Zander, |Oheapest Grocer in Ashburton.



"VI7E HAVE FOR PRIVATE SALE, The Well-known Trotting Stallion BALTIMOKE. Full particulars on application to FRIEDLANDER BROS., Limited.



TJT7E ARE CASH BUYERS OF WHEAT RYEGRASB OATS COCKSFOOT BARLEY CLOVERS CHAFF And al other Farm Produce. FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd. 0



"TIT E HAVE FOR SALE— JPBIME TABLE POTATOES. FRIEDLANDER BROS, Ltd.



IT WILL BE TO THE ADVANTAGE OP CONSUMERS TO OBTAIN OUR SAMPLES AND QUOTATIONS BEFORE PLACING THEIR m ORDERB. Friedlander Bros*, Limited.



TTTE HAVE GIVEN SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE SELECTION AND DRESSING OF OUR Grass and Cloyer .SEEDS, AND ARE IN A POSITION TOIOIFEB HIGH GRADE QUALITIES AT LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES.



Friedlander Bros., Limited. ~~ SEEDS FOR SPKING SOWING.



■8 PRI N G B LOS S0 M TE A Packed in |ft 1&, 5\ and 10& Nbt Weight Aib-Tight Tina. No. 1 (Blue Label) No. 2 (Red Label) No. 3 (Golden Label) 1/9 per B). 2'- per ft, 2/4 per B>, 11 154 Obtainable from all Storekeepers and Tea Dealers.



T HAVE on Hand a Large Stock of FINEST COLONIAL CLOVERS ANP GRASS SEEDS. MY Prices for These are LOWER than any other Merchant's. Send for and.Quotationa.



iianmer and Graves.



SET Your Garden Seeds from Oabson AKD Co. Larsse aaicrtment, best



Ask Anyone W HO Xlltl^Tv Ir IHB SEEDS IS NOT SUPERIOR. All the leading kinds of Vegetable Seeds. O Packets for Is. FLOWER SEEDS—I 3 Packets Is. Choose your own varieties. FARM SEEDS—Reliable and Reasonable in price. SEED POTATOES—Ruby, Early Bose Beauty of Hebron, Ashleaf, etc., from I Papanui. Also Choice Table Potatoes. Best Brands of TEA lower still. Horse s Fowl, and Pig Feed, Bed Chaff, etc. Lowest prices for Cash. Money cheerfully returned for any article not giving satisfaction. J. THOMAS, HAVELOOK STREET.



Agent: Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company. HENBY STEPHENSON, 4 AUCTIONEER.



Henry Stephenson. HENRY STEPHENSON, (Successor to Alfred Harrison.) Established 20 years. AUCTIONEER, LAND ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGENT 'AND VALUER, WEEKLY SALES of Live Stock Produce, Furniture, etc., EVERY SATURDAY, at 12 o'clock. Clearing Salea of Stock, Household Furni ture, etc., as per arrangement, in any part o the county. Advances made on Goods placed in my hands for Sale. CHAFF, OATS, WHEAT, FLOUR, SHARPS, BRAN, ONIONS, POTATOES, SEEDS, eto., Sold Daily in Large or Small Quantities,



HANMER & GRAVES.



POTATOES. TTTT E HAVE FOR SALE PRIME BLUE DEE* WENT POTATOES. ALSO, A Splendid Sample of Golden Tares, for sowing with Cape Barley or Dun Oats for early Spring feed. Prussian Blue Peas, Grey Peas, and Partridge Peas.



"TTTE HAVE ALWAYS IN STOCK— Long and Short Feed Oatß, Priaie Oaten Sheaf Chaff, Royal Oil (150deg. Fire Teßt), Crushed Barley and Wheat for Pig feed, Whole & Broken Chick Wheat, Agricultural Salt, Farm& Station Requisite* of all kinds, | including Tea (specially packed for us and imported direct by ourselves from Ceylon), Sugar, Soap, Candles, Oatmeal, Flour, Bran, Sharps, Salt (best table), Rock Salt, Fencing Wire (plain and barbed), Staples, Galvanize! Sheep Netting (moßt suitable for fencing ofi turnips), Clover and Turnip Seed, all varie ties ; Ryegrasa and Cocksfoot (machine dressed), Oils—Castor, Machinery, Boiled, Tattoo Oil (for branding sheep) &&, &c.



PLOUGH SHARES. "DEGULAR Supplies imported by us direub from the Makers; both Ransome's and Hornsby's—standard sizes. Prices—Lowest current.



WE have the following good FARMS FOR SALE on easy terms— 125 Acres, Mount Somers, in grass and crop, good land, seven-roomed house, stable and other outbuildings. This is a very snug little property. 1500 Acreß, Mayfield, good buildings, all its grass. Price 4J5 7s 6d. Terms, Bmall cash deposit, balance oan remain for a number of years at a low rate of interest. 800 Acres, Chertsey. good buildings. The farm is now in wheat, oats, and grass. Prioe £5 ss. 750 Acres, Lowcliff, first class buildings, all in English grass. Prioe low, and easy terms.



BUTTON'S SEEDS. "TTTE HAVE JUST RECEIVED our Rape and Turnip SEEDS from the above well-known glowers, all of which have arrived in tip-top condition! We keep in stock the following varieties :— BUTTON'S Crimson King Swede do Champion Swede do Early Six Weeks Turnip do Favorite Turnip do All the Year Bound Turnip do Red Paragon Turnip do Perfection Turnip do Yellow Tankard Turnip do Fosterton Green Top Turnip do Green Top Yellow Aberdeen do. do Purple Top Yellow Aberdeen do. do Purple Top Mammoth Turnip do Devonshire Greys^no Turnip do Imperial Green Globe Turuip do Broad-leaved Essex Rape do Early Sheep-fold Cabbage do Early Drumhead Cabbage do Giant Drumhead Cabbage do Long Red Altringham Oarrot do Giant White Belgian Carrot do Intermediate Carrot do Sheep's Parsley Messrs Suttou and Sons have sent out with the above a Collection of Garden Vegetable and Flower Seeds of all their best varieties, and Packets can be had of | any of the sorts at 6d PER PACKET. j Fanners and others are invited to inspect.



THOMAS McGRANDEL. 830



WANTED Known. — Boys' Overcoats 3s 9d, Boots 4a 6d to 7s lid, Infanta' Boots 6d, four Gent's ties for Is, four pair of Socks for Is, Cap 6d, Besb Colonial Trousers 6s lld.~A, Orb's Sale of Assigned Ejt4te of W. S. Mitchell. 8 185



LAZARUS'S SIGHT TESTING AND SPECIALITE SPECTACLES. Sole agent for Ashbnrton District, S. S A h E K JEWELLER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. T" AZARUS Patented System ensnre JLj comfort and correct sigh b. Dont spoil yonr eyet> by using badly fitting Spectacles.



PURE CEYLON &HUIAH TEAS Ki»a Within tf« Reach of All PURE l€% CEYLON 1/Cl PURE -, Lw INDIAN 1/llj BLEJJDED EAC| APRICE ~v2 4/PERLB.|^r/^| iOID BY AIL GROCERS. HAVE NOTHING ELSE.



N 0 T I G E. T AM A CASH BUYERToIf SKINS, WOOL, LOOKS, AND PIECES, AT ,THE ROYAL HOTEL YARD, ON SATURDAYS AND TUESDAYS IN ANY QUANTITY. Cash on delivery.



E. DUCKWORTH & SON, XTNDEETAKERS, Cabinetmakers, and KJ Upholsterers, Funerals oonduoted afcthe followingprices :— i Covered Coffins, with hearse and coach complete, from £7 10s. Polished Coffin, silver plated furniture, £8. Children from £2 10s. Bubnett Street, Ashbubton. Private Residence—Opposite Fire Brigade Station. 5 105 THE TRADE SUPPLIED.



npiRY IT, AND YOU WILL HAVE | NO OTHER. SAXON TEA. SAXON TEA, Pkofjsssor BiCKEiwour reports that SAXON TEAS ia absolutely Pure and of good quality



THE TEA OF THE AGE. SAXON TEA. SAXON TEA.



NOTICE. CALLED BACK AGAIT^ JOHN DONOVAN, SWEEP. All Orders promptly attended to, Note the address': MOORE STREET.



IMPOBTANT NOTICE meat.— cheap AND GOOD. TTAViNG STARTED BUTCHERING, I h.ive taken the Second Shop iv Mr Lane's block, and having purchased a line ot very PRIME BEEF from J. S oddart, Esq., of Willowby, 1 am in a prsition to supply FIRST-CLASS BEEF &.MUTTON I at very moderate prices. Cart running Daily. Orders executed promptly. F. N. BLACK.



/^1 W. J. PARSONS, MONUMENTAL MASON, Manchester Street, Christchurcb, R. HANDCOCK, Agent. Samples can be soon at my office, Standard Office Buildings, Aahburton. 2 125



Business Notices. NIGHT SCHOOL I7IOR Particulars apply to DAVID J. JONES.



The weather prophetspredict that the long Sne dry spell which we have had will be followed by a very wet and severe winter. The one thing needful for protection against the elements of such a winter is a really good reliable waterproof coat or cloak. \Ve are assured that Messrs Craighead an;i Berryman have become famous for their well known brand of winter clothing, which has hitherto given such satisfaction, and in anticipation of a still larger sale for theeo goods, this season they are now showing probably the largest stock of waterproof tweed, serge, and melton overcoats ever exhibitad in Ashburton. They are also supplying ladies' and gentlemen's water proof cloaks and coats to measure at ready made prices. Every garment guaranteed thoroughly waterproof. (Three months trial, if defective money returned). All wool linings—keeping thg wearers alwajs warm and dry—sewn throughout with strong silk / rentilated and every improve ment "up to date."—Advx.



There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract in the market now, products of simple d stillation forming crude resinoua oila. In order that these crude oils may not be taken, OUR PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, which ia recognised by the medical division of the Prussian Government to be of perfectly pure origin, as their information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2, 1878, we tate :•— It proved by tests by the Medical Clinics j of the Universities at Bonn and Greifswald, ! Prussia, and reported by Dr. Schulz, Professor j of Parmacology, at Bon, and Professor Dr. Mosler, Director of the Medical Clinic at Greifswald, that only products that are j saturated with oxygen and freed of acids, j resinoua and other substances, adherent to j primary distillation, will develope the sanative qualities proper to the plant according to these authorities, and according to Professor Dr. Lister, of England, and to Drs. Bauer, Mcln tire, Wood, Hazard, ftc,, of America, is the only extract correspond ing to scientific teats, and the only one which possesses the proper therapeutic value. SANDER & RON'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. All other crude oils are to be classed among the turpentines, which have, when used as medicine, no therapeutic effect, and are abandoned as an internal medicament. These so-called Eucalypti Extract which may have received distinction at Exhibitions as commercial articles are used for mechanical ! purposes are only discernible. By their deficiency in pundgenfc odour— which our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extracts develops most freely through its surplus of oxygen. By their alcoholic thin and mobile appear ance being reduced in specific density through the presence of acids. By their taste, the result of the contracting tendency of resins and tennates. If these crude oils, so-called eucalypt xtraets, are applied by mistake in cases of roup, bronchitis, diphtheria, internal nflamations, dysentery, wounds, the consequences are appalling. For safety always ask for SANDER & SON'S EUCA LYPTI EXTRACT, and get the old, well tested, and reliable preparation.— Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia. SANDEE & SONS.



SAJSJ^EIMA &c Sons Euca lypti Extract.



WANTED Known, Mbuob's Bargain Sale now on. Come early, (Jhil dreo's Straps Is 9cl, u&ually 2» 6d.



P. JONAS BEGS to Notify the Farmers an Butchers of Ashburton and Surrouc ing District that he has Opened up Busino 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—TtTESDAYS AND" SATOBDATS AH Communications carefully attended to



T>OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE FIRE, LIFE, SEA, and ANNUITIE Establish ed—l72o. Claims Paid—Thirty-seven Millions J. 0. BELL, AGENT, Burnett Street, Aahbutton. 2 Z sis . £ 02 x<l°° £*z 5 a B



Used in the Woollen Factory and Canter bury Flour Milk, GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS WRITE FOR PRICES 10 G. T. PABK, MOU NX 80MEJ.U',



LOOK CHEAP WINTER FIRING. . NEW MOUifT BOMERS COAL. OUTPUT has Trebled during the last twelve months. IT IS USED EVERYWHERE. This Coal is the Best and Cheapest Steam aad Household Coal in the market.