The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. XVIII. NO. 4338

Ishburtois : Thursday, Noyember 4, 1897*

PRICE : .ONJB PENlsl

MAGISTERIAL.

RAKAIA-FRIDAY,

(Before Mr 0. A. Wray, S.M., »od Mr William Straohan, J.P.) Road Grazihg,—Nicholas Welsh, for whom Mr Wilding appeared, Mr Cuthbert* sod acting for the proieoutioo, was charged with grazing 700 sheep on White* road. After the ease had been heard at tome length, the Magistrate said defendant'! explanation was hardly as satisfactory ai could have been wished, but the Bench was not willing to convict unless it could be shown that the roads had not been used in a legitimate way. The evidence against accused was not strong enough to warrant conviction, and the case would be dismissed, A caße agaiaßt P. Tully of a similar character was also dismissed, only the charge was that cattle instead of sheep had been grazed, and defendant was let off on account of poverty, and because the prosecution did not press the charge.

Civil Casks.—Trustees in estate of W. Bartiock v Smith, £13 7a—judgment for £12 10s 6d and costs; same v Gallagher, £3 12a ; same v J. Irwin, £1 9s 6d—judgment by default; same v p. Kiley, 14* 4<i-~receipt produced, and judgment went fer defendant, with 5s costß; same v Taylor, £1 2s 6d, aame v Boucher, £2 16s lOd—judgment itx each case for amount; game v Osborue, £7 6^ 6d—case adjourned. Mr Wilding ap peared for the trustees, and Mr Cuthbertson ior Osborne. A. Strachan v Smith, £4 10a— judgment for plaintiff.

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Press Association—By Electric '' Telegraph

Auckland, November 3.

The Moana brought 432 mails bags for New Zealand, and 920 tons of cargo, th« largest ever brought here by any mail boat. She had seventy-seven passengers booked for Sydney, and left at 10 p.m. for that port. The Mahinapua left for the south with the San Francisco mails this afternoon.

GENERAL SUMMARY.

The yellow fever plague has been raging in the States of Mississippi, Louisiania, Alabama, and Texas. The deaths in New Orleans were 61, Alabama 22.

Oue of the worst disasters in the history of Sou'h Dakota occurred at Plankinton at midnight on October 6. Eleven lives were lost by the burning of the girls' dormitory, in the State Industrial School. The burned structure was of wood, three stories in height. About twenty-five persons in the school escaped in their night cloches. The seaich for the bodies of the unfortunate ones revealed the fact that eleven girls had perished, each burned beyond recognition.

At present the epidemic of murders, suicides, and outrages upon women in London and vicinity &eems to be unequalled wince the days ol Jnck the Ripper. During September the public were startled by am atrocious murder. Tie ;vlurm wa,s increased by the fact that the perpetrators of the crime baffled the police. The murder in a railway carriage of Mies Camp in February was followed by another railway tragedy, in which Mrs Bryan, wife of Dr Bryan, North ampton, was killed under circumstances pointiug to murder, and Rev. Aubrey Brice, a well-known divine, was killed at his resi dence. A little boy has been kidnapped and murdered in the (suburbs. A rich miserly woman was found cut to pieces at her resi dence in Bethnal Green. A farmer's daughter, named Emma Johnson, was murdered at Windsor. The body was muti lated, stripped, and thrown into the Thames



Shipping, LIKE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, FOR LONDON, i?la Monte Video, Teneriffe & Plymouth. Beefc Accommodation for all olaasei oi Msengers at Lowest Bates. Port of teamere. Toaa, Departure. Date. Blmufeaka 4515 Wellington No? 25. Kaikoura, 4507 — Deo. 25 Tongariro 4163 — Jan. 20—93 Ruahine 8127 — Feb, 17 W« are now prepared to book through paieagea to the Weat Goast of South America aa I Bahia, Percambuoo, and the Falkland Islands. Rates and other par ticuiars on application. For farther particulars apply to fRIBDLANDER BROS., Lib. Agents, Auhburton, BEAW, SATILL AND ALBION COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR LONDON.. ■-X a T?OYAL MAIL STBA ff^flCT^ J^ - MERS, with superior accommodation for all classes *^^^^^* of passengers, calling at Monte Video or Rio, Teneriffe and Ply mouth, Tons Commander From Date. Aotea ... 6346 Scotland ... Wel'tn Oct. 9 lonic .„ 4753 Kempaon... — Nov. 6 Delphic ... 8355 Sowden ... — Deo. liothic .., 7730 Kidley ... — iTokomaru 6238 Maxwell ... — ' CARGO STEAMERS. * Maori ._|s2oo,Moffatt .„ Well'n Juiy 27 Rangifcira 4045 Burton .. — Mamari ... 3583 l.evack ... — Matataa... 3320 Holmes .... — Pakeha ... 4331 Proaaer ... — I Aotea and Tokomaru carry saloon jpasßengers only. , HAMMER AND GRAVES, Agents, UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, Limited STEAMERS S 4IL FROM LYTTELTON ASUJSDER; Foe lYeßtport and Greymonth—Weekly. Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Thura day and Saturdays NOTE—For extra sailings see advertise ment in Chriatchurch papers Dunedin — Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tuesdays and Saturdays Nelson and Picton, via Wellington— Tuesday and Saturday Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate Thursdays The above are subject; to alteration j reference should therefore be made to Ohriatchurch daily papers for dates and boar of sailing For farther particular apply to F. FERRIMAN, Agent, Abhburtoa. MUSICAL, A OABD MRS A fi pLARIDGE, A.. \J. VyLARIDGE, lEAOHER GV PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, and riINGiJSG COX STREET, ASHBURTON. Terms on Application, MR OSBORN COOMBE, . PIANO TUNER & EXPERT, (Late of London), "TTISITS Ashburton and surrounding V Districts every four months—viz., iilarch, July, and November. ORDERS may be left with MR LLEWELLYN OWEN at his Music Studio, Arcade Chambers, Ashburton. A CARD. MISS BESSIE SIMMONDS, rnEAUHRR OF THE VIOLIN Baundeks' Buildings, Ashburton. 'Llewellyn Owen, MX.^M.j $.** I-.-C.iML. PIANOFOiiiTK, SINGING AND HARMONY AND MANDOI/NK PIANOFORTE, SINGING, ORGAN, AND THEORY OF MUSIC. TtT RST3OWMAN JfOX Member of the Canterbury Society of Professional Musicians, fiAvELooK Street, A!S>hbubton. JSAKAIA-—TUESDAYS. Pdpita prepared for Trinity College e'x&raina tion». f ISS Q ARSON MUSIC TEACHER, Corner Wiila and William Streets, Near Wakanui Road. Pupils taken for Piano and Organ. 24 " " ' " 1897. o IPIANOFORTE, SINGING, AND FRENCH. .MRS F."IIAKEIG. ffiHE THIED TERM will begin on X MONBAX", September 20. 109 W'illi .Street, Ashburton. Xozie Tea is good.—4oha Orr and Co. agents



I "TUST Received, a Consignment of hhe V Oetobrated "NEW YORK LEVBB WATCHES. ONLY lOs 6d. To be obtained only from G. JESSON, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLEK, E»st Street, Ashburton,. seeds! ~~ SEEDS. "OOR PRESENT SOWING. "| f\ TONS RED CLOVER. "I f\ TONS 00W GRASS. £T TONS WHITE CLOVER. X TONS ALSYKE CLOVER. X TONS GIANT RAPE.» pf TONS TURNIPS, (all varieties.) . Carters choice English and Colonial grown AT "REDUCED PRICES. Send for Samples. 20,000 OABBA.GE PLANTS. J. SEALY & CO. 9 57 Baker Bros, TWRNLSHING UNDERTAKERS, Ooreer of Wakanni Bmd and Oass Streets and at; B»k«r »nd Brown's Coach Factory Havelock Street. EVERY RBiQUTPLTB SUPPLIED Telbphonb No 69 ill i O j g « O 3 . S 5 ■ | si 3S ? ? ca cs o -Js a. « ■ - £g %Z gg 2 ■_ | O JO h W * fa. m "* to is s a . ; 525 S S DEINK DELICIOUS PERFECT IN QUALITY, FLAVOUR AND BLEND. Packed in Tins, the delicate Aroma Absolutely Preserved. OBTAINABLE FROM ALL GROCERS SMOKE THE NEW VENUS Dark Aromatic Plug Tobacco. THE CELEBRATED & BEST BBANE MANOTAOTUBED FBOM CHOICEST VIK6INA LEAP MOTICB. THE ASHBURTON TAILORING COMPANY has on hand a very choice selection of the very latest Patterns, by which the public oaa secure the most Fashionable .^uit, and not have any old i stock palmed on to them. Our cutter, Mi Pauling, has had a large experience in the best Tailoring Establishments in the colony. i Therefore give us a trial, and we will guaran- I tee you one of the most fashionable Suite procuiable. Gents' own material made up. W. PAULING, Manager Kozie Tea U beib.—Joha Orr & Co., ogento



si SW IN I)- i^A^^im^P WIND jJM IX_< 1^ Si. ; '^Hin^™|p XML X !•* T.i si, BOOTH MACDoIfALD'S "Carlyle" Windmill TS°now well-known throughout New Zealand and Australia, and the demand for them is steadily increasing, which ia the best proof of their superiority. Farmers & Householders will do well to provide against a dry summer, and to bear in mind that for watering stock and irragattag garden's* eta, a good Mill is a cheap and profitable investment). Wool Presses. In addition to their well-known makes of these, they have this season brought) out) ft new Press, the " Carlyle Junior." This Press is specially designed to meeb the need of the small farmer, although thoroughly competent for any Shed, and capable of pressing $ and full sized bales. PLOUGHS, HARROWS, CULTIVATORS, DISC HARROWS & SPADLING HARROWS, Second to none Send for Prices to their Ashburfccn Ageift; JOHN TAYLOR. Andrew's and Beaven'a Chaff-cutters, Cornorushers, & Seed Gleaners, now known as the best that can be procured are kept in stock by their Agent for Ashburbon district, JOHN TAYLOR. IMPLEMENT DEPOT, WKST STREET, ASHBURTON. CLIENTS, KINDLY LEAVE lOUE OBDEKS EARLY FOR PAPERING ROOMS AND PAINTING, ETC., SO THAT THE RUSH WHICh GENERALLY TAKES PLACE BEFORE CHRISTMAS MAY BE AVOIDED. I HAVE JUST TO HAND A CHOICE SELECTION OF PICTURE FRAME MOULDINGS. J. WILSON, CORNER OF ARCADE & BURNETT STREET. J> ROBERT MURRAY, , /l^^^m EAST STBBET, ASHBUBTON. \S^|J^3^p (For the last 18 years the only practical Horologist in the District,) INVITES the public to inspect his magnificent stock of ij WATCHES, * CLOCKS, H JJbU-WKLI^KK.Y, Q jjj So t»X J A.XJHiI> GOODiil. OPTICAL AND OTHER LINES. r w Q * . v Watclies of all grades from the lowest price to the highest quality'—non-magnetic London hand-made gooda. _ 0 Oloe*£f* in Ormolu Marble, Wood, Nickel, and Fancy Cases, the ra higher grades beiug manufactured on the premises. , W f4 Je-wellev.y and \Pl«tecl Goods-Newest designs, " best quality, lowest prices. Q Holding the moat perfect plant, the largest stock of material*, and J the most skilful staff of workmen, Robert iVItTREAY can offer exceptional advantages in the execution of Repairs. W 50 Yq&XS Experience in the trade. PAINTING! PAINTING! 1898. PAPERHANGINGS; 1898. JUST LANDED EX MATATUA, 6000 PIECES WALL PAPERS OF ARTISTIC PATTERNS, FASHIONABLE TINTS, AND Si'LENDID QUALITY. THE BEST VALUE EVER OFFERED IN ASHBURTON. TIMBER. TIMBER. TIMBER. JUST LANDED. ' w T Tnwreargill from Bluff ... ••• 30,000 ft tied Pins j HtX lmrercargm irom biuii ... nnnn. WhihA Pin« Ex Gisborne from Thames Jt'SSK XSs Ex Maria from Kaipata ... i^SSSSto [ ExGlencairnfromWanganui if'SnoSSdKn. • Ex Glencairn from Havelock ... ... ••• 15.0U0W Kfltt nne TO FARMERS.-Trucks of coal direct from the ship's side, cheaper than any house in ' the trade. I f\ inn i * W. H. COLLINS & CO., ! IRONMONGERS, PAINTERS, TIMBER AND COAL MERCHANTS. ' AGENT—RoyaI Insurance Company



DAVID THOMAS. Auctioixeer, Land, Insurance & Estate Agent, Valuator, Wool and Grain Broker, ABHBURTON Loans .Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock-—Tinwald and Ashburton Alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc., on Frid/TI Sales of Wool Throughout the Season Grain Bought and Bold on Commission Clearing Sales as per arrangements AGENT FOB— Matson and Co, Ohrietchurch Booth, McDonald and 00, Ohristchurch White's Sheep Dip Walter A. Wood Oo Lightband's Belting / London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stevenson and 00, Dunedin Planet Junior Garden and Field Tools Belfast Manures RAKAIA DISTRICT SALES. "p AYE made arrangements with MESSRS HARDY & CO., Merchants, Kakaia. to ../ act &8 my AGENT for all Auctioneering Work in that District, and in con junction ith them it will be my endeavour to.tnake the RAKAIA fc ALE A SUCCESS, DAVID THOMAS, Ashbarton GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICK OF RLA.NET ' JTL TOOLS- . , ■ DAVID THOMAS ASHBTTRTON* = PURE SEEDS. — T HAVE lately erected, regardless of cost, the most COMPLETE SEED-CLEANING PLANT south of the Line, and I now ask intelligent Farmers to inspect the same at work. I am now prepared TO CLEAJST for Farmer* any description of SEEDS AND " GRAIN, and will guarantee to give them satisfaction. I can supply best RYEGRASS, weighing ftorn 261bs to 441bs to the bushel; and COCKSFOOT, locally grown, HJlbg to 16|lbs 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, ASHBURTON. WOOL. WOOL. WOOL. 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. WOOLPACKS, Tv/INE, OIL, AND BRANDING MATERIAL The beat quality on Sale. DAVID "THOMAS, ASHBURTON. Display of Spring Fashions i■•.AT , , ' • "THE CORNER/ 7 NOW*SHOWING NOVELTIES] IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. LOOK INTO OUR SHOWROOM* where you will Bnd the choicest ladies' and Children's Millinery that London and Paris have produced for the se>son. LOOK INTO OUR SHOWROOM for new Mantles, new Gapes, rew Underc'othing, new Corsets, new Sailor Hats, new Aprons, new Ribbons, new Laces, etc. A marvellous collection o£ new Drapes, including some gpecial features in new shot silk mixtures, liandsome shoe Lustres—the very latest s yles. New French Coatings. New Silk Grenadines. Latest Novelties in Washing Materials and Blousings in endless variety and very choice design—goods that will wash. The newest Fall Nets in choice variety. LOOK AT THE TRIMMING COUNTER for the best value in new shot bead trimmings and garnitures. fg&* The best Half Crown Kid Glove—4 studs—in Canterbury, W. H. COLLIER, "THE COENE B." CYCLES. _ CYCLES. ; '* Swifts " * Triumphs " "Atalantas? mHE HIGHEST &RADE; MA CHINES AT KMDCJCMJD JPRICJEH. . T ADIES' T7IAVOURITB «' mRIUMPH 9? \ OOA rjASH 1 Juadies X 1 avourite , Xriumph j sb&KJ B»**> /CENTS' " rfIEIUMPH 9? T)OAD T> ACER 7 G~l Q rAHH Utents* Xriumph xload xlager 5 csblO <^*-a»*»- POPULAR «6 CJWIFT 5? "OOAD TRACER \ OOA paSTI OPULAR OWIFT XIOAD XtAOER / 3jd>\J ES-M- A'MLANTA X^ATH XiACER (^Olbswejght) j 4^^ tABHI We have the following sundries in stock, viz : -TYRE COVERS, RUBBER SOLUTION, REPAIRING OUTFITS, LAMPS,-OIL CANS, LAMP OIL, LUBRICATING OIL, Etc. Etc. Etc. Easy Terms of Payment Arranged For. FULL PARTICULARS MAY BE OBTAINED ON APPLICATION. SHEARMAN BROS. GROOEES, IRONMONGERS, & GENERAL IMPORISKS MABKET HOUSE, ASHBUBTON.



OEMEMBER, Remember, that Mbllor's JLAj Stock-taking Sale will laßt for fourteen days only, J«ow'b your time to buy. WANTED Known, Girls' Pretty Strap Shoes, tan vt black, only 3a 6d, at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WHERE are yon going to, my pretty maid! To Mmxqr's Cheap Boot Sal«, «ir, be said. rpHOSE who are married may also have a JL pleasant recollection of the Record Beign by purchasing for their home a lovely toned, well finished American Organ, at a very moderate cost, at H. Bairstow's. XJTT ANTED Known—Spectacles, Eye Yv Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and Everything in the optical lint »t 8 Salick's, Optioian WANTED, wise fathers and mothers to remember thai) Melloh's Annual Boot Sale is now on. A KAB and Ceylon Tea le 6d per 1b by XX. 101b box; good China Tea in 601b chests at 9£d per Ib, at Fletcher Bros , Cash Supply Stores. "ITTANTED Known.—Ladies' Water .I,Y proofs 5s lid, Aprons 6d, Prints 3£d Jackets 4s lid, Art Muslin l£d per yard, Umbrellas Is, Pompons one dozen for Is, Corsets la 6d.—Andrew Obb's Great Sale., ;__ _________ ; : '8 18 :. I BEARD a man say that you got wonder ful value for little money, at Mbllob's 1 Cheap Boot Sale. 'TTTANTKD Known, the doors and Tr windows are lined with wonderfu bargains, at Mkllor's Zealandia Boot Store. ANTED KNOWN—A lot of English samples in ladies' combinations, merino and wool vests, knitted skirts, corsets, etc., at half price—At A. Obks' cheap sale. 7 44 WANTED KNOWN. — Ladies' shot ribbed hose, 6d per pair ; Ladies' black cashmere hose, Is per pair; children's gloves, 3d per pair; ladies' gloves 6d per pair; lined kid gloves (fur tops) 2s 6d per pair—At A. Obb's cheap sale. 742 TT7 ANTED KNOWN—New Gentlemen's VV Shirts, Ties, Scarves, Collars, and all requirements of choice design now showing.—W. H. CoLiiiEK. WANTKD Known.—That we expect to receive our Summer Dresses and Millinery (specially selected by our London agent) about Wednesday, September 8, and from samples received these goods should eclipse anything we have previously im ported.— MITCHBI I- AKD TOKNEB. WANTBD KNOWN-Inf^ntcea, w^ol mits, and gaiters, 4d per pair; large white Turkey towels, 6d each; lace curtains, from 2a lid ; white Marcella quilts, 10s 6d, worth 21a—Au A. Orr's cheap sale. 743 WANTED Known. — Boys' Overcoats 3a 9d, Boots 4i 6d to 7s lid, Infants' Boots 6d, four Gent's tieß for Is, four pair of Socks <or Is, Cop 6d, Best Colonial Trousers 6a lid.—A. Orb's Sale of Assigned Estate of W. S. Mitchell. 8 185 WANTED KNOWN—Table damask, from Is 3d p«r y»rd ; table napkimt, ray cloths, doyieys, toilet covers, and table :»vi-;8. greatly reduced—At A. Orb's cheap sale 7 46 YOUNG MEN—Write to me for Va!u able Free Book concerning your selves,—Pkofbssc a R K. Hbbmann .Specialist, Collins Place, Melbourne. 880 WANTED Known—That Mitchell and Turner have opened up their new Prints and Dress Muslins, Sunshades and Umbrellas. Dreßß Goods, Millinery, and Mantles to arrive psr s,s, Aotea, September 6th WANTED KNOWN —The way the young people of Ashburton should celebrate the record reign, Get married, and buy their furniture at H. Bairstow's, Tancred Street. Satisfaction guaranteed. 6 120 WANTED Knawn.—Four Trunks Carpe Samples, 1| yard long, just the thing for Bedrooms and Kitchen Hearth Rugs. Four Cases Harvard and Leather Shirtings; new patterns and splendid value. —MITCHEIX AND TORNEB, WANTED KNOWN-Ladiea " jackets", capes, and waterproofs, all new goods, 50 per cent off usual pried ; ladies' dressing gowns, at English cost—At A. Orr's cheap sale. WANTED Known, in fourteen days I intend to sell 1000 pairs of Boots.— Mellok's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known—A Cheap Boot Sale at MeLLOr's, for fourteen days ouly. X ADlES.—Write to me for Valuable JLj Free Book concerning yourselves.— Professor R. R. Hermann, French Special ist, Collins Place, Melbourne. 8 79 WANTED KNOWN—Mrs Hotfam having taken t]ae premises lately oocupied by Mr G. Neill, intends to open same as Ladies' Dining and Refreshment Roorcs, where visitors wilt find a long felt want supplied. Meals ab all hours, A few boarders will find all the comforts of a home. MRS KNIGHT, Cash purchaser o ladies, gentlemen's, and children's left ofi Clothing, and all kinds of Goods.—Wakanui Road, near Baring Square. 6 13 WANTED KNOWN—French serges in navy, black and maroon, at Is6d worth 2* 6d j dress goods, from lOd per yard single costumes, reduced from 25s to 7s 6d silicias andiinings, all reduced—At A Obr's cheap sale. 7 4 XUST Fancy, Men's Pegged Bluohera 6^ t) lid, usually 8a 9d.—Mkllob's Zea andia Boot Store. A BOON to Cyclists.—Beeman's Pepsin Chewing Gum keeps the mouth always moist; also the best cure for In digestion.—H. A. Flower, Confectioner, etc., East Street. BOOTS, Boots, Boots, wonderfully cheap at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known—That J.Moison has received a varied stock of Sumtnet Boots and Shoes (black and tan) in strap and la.cc up, which he will sell at a,good Discount for Cash. Repairs a«s usual dooe at once. Nothing bufc the best is kept at J. Moisos's Premier Boot Dep6t, Ashburton FISHING Season.—l am now showing a great variety of fishing requisites in atl the latest designs, including Rods, Minnows, Flies, Traces, Reels, Gut, Lines, Waders, Rod Mouutings, HooUb, etc. Licenses on Bftle.—J, W, HAaDLB?, Ewt Street.



ASHBURION AERATED WATER AND CORDIAL FACTORY. BUSINESS CHANGE, I BEG to notify to the numerous patron* of Mr G. M. Brooxb, and the pablie generally, that on and after the Ist intt. I take possession of the above named factory, and by diligent attention to business ana the superiority of our cordials and waters, I take the opportunity of soliciting a share af your support. W. H. DARDIS, CAMERON BTRXET. 114



Hollo way's Pills and Ointment—Th« most effectual Cure for Gout and Rheu matism—A frequent cause of these com plaints is the inflammatory state of the blood, attended with bad digestion, lassitude and great debility, showing rhe want of a proper circulation of the fluid, and any impurity of the blood greatly aggravates these disorders. Hoiloway's Pills are of so purifying a nature that a few doses taken in time are an effectual preventive against gout and rheumatism but anyone woo has an attack of either should use Hollo way's Oint ment, also, the powerful properties of which, combined with the effects of the Piiis, ensure a certain cure. The Oint ment should be thoroughly rubbed into the parts affected at least twice a day, after they have been sufficiently fomented with worm water t" opeu the pores to faciJiate the introduction of the Ointment to the glands.



Seed Potatoes. CHAMPION —A very heavy cropper of first-class quality. BREEZE'S PROLIFIC—The best Potato I for light land. LAPSTONB or VICTORIA KIDNEY from Orari—The Potato Growers there all use these for early market, being heavy yield? rs of best quality. BATH KIDNEY—The general favorite. EARLY RUBY, MAUNUM BONUM, SNOWFLAKE, etc., and Table Potatoes, best quality, lowest prices. BRAN, SHARPS, CHAFF, OATS, Reduced in Price. J. THOMAS, HAVELOOK STREET. ASHBURTON PERMANENtTbUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOOIBTY. ON and after Thursday, the 7th day of January, 1897, this Office will t« CLOSED FOR THE WEEKLY HALF HOLIDAY, ON THURSDAY S instead of SATUKDAY, And will be "open until 4 p.m. on Saturday after that date. EDWARD STEPHENS, Mwmtf