CABLE BREVITIES.

Press Association— By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.

London, November 80 Lord Brassey contributes an article to the Nineteenth Century, in which he advocates the enrolling of colonial sea men in the Naval Reserve, and the training of colonial boys for the Navy. Sir Ohaa. Beresford concurs with Lord Brasaey's suggestions, and urges that the reserve ships at the colonial bases should be manned in time of war by coloaiol reserves, assisted by the crews of obsolete ships, tbtsa liberating the seamen required to man the modern vessels At Home,

Tbe third class partially protected cruiser Porpoise will relieve H.M.S. Fyladev on the Australian station. December 1.

Mr Gerald Balfoar, replying to a deputation at Dublin, said so large a portion of the session had been mort gaged to the Irish local government question, that the Government would not reintroduce the Agricultural In dustries Bill.

Mr Robert Grayson, who has repre sented the Canadian-Australian line, of Australia, has been admitted as a partner in the firm of Huddart, Parker and 00, He will relieve Mr James Huddart, who returns to the colonies. Berlin, November 30

The Emperor, in opening the Reich ■tag, nid the navy was insufficient to protect the home porta and safeguard the increasing commerce of Germany. December 1.

The Emperor, in the course of a speech, said that Germany did not •desire to rival the naval powers of the first rank,,but she must maintain, by preparedness for sea, her prestige among the nations. A measure to reform the military penwl procedure was, be said, necessary in order to meet disciplinary requirements. New York, November 30

Reports show here tha* the famine at Dawson city, the centre of the Klondike goldfielde, is causing an epidemic of crime. Persons without provisions have been warned to leave the fields. Thefts and even murders are beginning to be perpetrated, and there is no g^ol in Dawson city. Melbourne, December I

As the outcome of the recent fire, the Legislative Assembly passed a Bill through alt its stages giving the City Building Surveyor comprehensive "power to remove any buildings con sidered to be dangerous, or likely to become dangerous, owing to fire or •other causes.

It has been ascertained that the man named George Goodwin Crouch Smith, supposed to be the man who shot the cashier of the Bank at Capetown, left Melbourne for the Cape in July last. He insured his life for £1000 and made biß will before leaving. His wife resides bere.

Sydney, December 1

A heated scene took place in the Legislative Assembly between Mr Reid and Mr Lyne. Mr Reid used the ex> pression " mean and treacherous " to an aciou of the Government, Mr I*yne raised a point of order, which Mr Raid characterised as Brumroa^ gew. Mr Lyne excitedly told the Premier not to be insulting or he might get a smack on the lace. After an exchange of farther pleasantries the Speaker called both to order. The Spanish Consul, from facts under his notice and the local know ledge displayed, is inclined to believe that the so called " Spanish swindle " is being perpetrated by an English man.

The Gale in England.

PtfiM Ai«od»ti6n '— By Electric Telegraph Copyright. London, December 1 Many incidents of heroism in con nection wifch rescue work occurred daring the gale. Kve artillerymeo j pufs off in a small boat and attempted j to aaisist some distressed comrades off | Shoeburyness, but ' were themselves gwept seawards, and subsequently reicned by a passing steamer. At Margate the damage is estimated *t £50,000. Large tracts of country are flooded rlniand. i ; •

THE LATEST. Home and Foreign.

FtfW Awwtffttsion—By Eteefcrio Telegraph- Copyright. Baodired Wakapuaka Dec. 2, 9.45 am, Guakdian Office, 10.10 a..m. The Soudan. Cairo, December 1 Later news from the Soudan states, that theKbalifais massacring Christian prisoners in Omdurman and Khartoum Klomlyke Washington, December 1 President McKinley intends to ask Oongreßs to make provision fo»* the relief of deatitnte miners at the Klon «dyke goldfields. lUoetved Wakapaaka Deo. 2, noon, Guardian Office, 12 38 p.m. Kiois in Austria. "Vienna, December 1 facial feefo'i>gi flmbittered over the recent doings in the B«ichsratb s runs nigh throughout Austria, Serious tiotibfif occurred at Prague, where a feody ©f Czechs made an attack on the Hermasa. The military were called tsojfc to safpress the disturbance and wounded a hundred rioters and arrested : fifty others.

THE SITUATION IN INDIA

'A Oainp in ttie Mountains. Trad* 1 Asiobiiktioii -—By Electric TeloEraph— Copyright Received Wakapuaka Beo. 2, 0.4b a.ra OttlßDian Office 10.10 ».m. Oamhjtta, December 1 Brig*dver-Generftl Gaeelee's eolumu bus crossed tba Kobudhara Pass and a large section eIE tbe troops are encamped .*t *n altitude of 850 D feet.

COMMERCIAL.

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THE A. & P. ASSOCIATION.

! TO THE BDITOB. I Sm, —If your report of the finding of the i Finance Committee is correct, I have simply to say that ao far as I am concerned it is absolutely untrue, and a more unjust enquiry has never been recorded in the history of Aahburton. Two of the Committee set up to enquire into the matter were the very | persona who have made all the disturbance, and having unwarrantably dragged me into the affair have by their position on the ! Society attempted to make a scapegoat of me. I deny in toto that I have made any statement which Z cannot substantiate. And what is more, I positively deny that I made any statement at all, as represented. The Committee, the majority of which were interested parties, aai. in judgment on their own actions, excluded the press, allowed the 1 Secrecary, Mr Simpson, the injured party, to take the records of the proceedings, and notwithstanding that I protested again and again against the unfair composition of the Committee, and the exclusion of the Press, pot one word has been reported on the matter. Could unfairness go further? .1 challenge the Committee to report its full proceedings, or to substantiate its verdict, before any impartial tribunal. And in order that the public may know who are to blame in this matter I have appealed to the Presi dent of the Association to have this matter sifted to the very bottom in the meantime. —I am, etc., W. H. Collins.

MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBURTON—rHURSDAY. -! [Before Mr 0. A. Wray, S.M.] Siray OA iraLK.--J. W. Timmina waß charged with grazing two horses on the public street. He admitted that; they were on the street on their way to the water, and might have eaten grass on rhe way, but they were not sent out for that purpose.; He was fined Is without costs.-—E. Nohelty was fined 5a and coats for the like.—E. MeKinuon denied having grazed three horses on the street, but after hearing the evidence His Worship inflicted a fine of ss, stating that if those cases continued to come before him he would have to increase the penalties. —Sproule Graham, for grazing a cow on the North Belt, was fined 5s and costa,—E. Gaskin was cautioned not to allow her horse to graze iv the street again, and was let off without a fine.—T. H. Robinson was fined 5s for ahorse that had "victualled free " for an hour in front of his shop. ■■ Affiliation.—J.J. Reddingtpn, who was in arrears with his payments to the extent of £6 in an affiliation cass, was sentenced to three months in gaol Civil Cases.—Mutton v Moffatt, £4 Moisoa v Faweett, £1 lla 6nL; Salek v Roche, 10s j Craighead and Berryman v Gill, £9 2s—judgment for plaintiff in each case by default.—Wise v Cameron, £24 6s 3d. Mr Cuthbertson for plaintiff Mr Wild ing for defendant. The claim was for balance of wages alleged to be owing to plaintiff by defendant. Plaintiff said he waa engaged in March last as a cook by defendant at 7s 6d a week. He cooked at first at the Methven stable of the Springfield estate for seven men, but shortly after he was sent to the oM homestead where he had to cook for fourteen men, the number gradually increasing to twenty men. £1 was a fair week's wages for such a competent cook as plaintiff, against whom there had been bo complaints. There had been complaints about the mutton which had not been b ed, the sheep having died and been brought in to be cooked. He left of his own accord. By Mr Wilding— When ha was engaged he was to get. 7s 6d at the Methven stables. At the Homestead he did not expecr aay more men then eeveu. When he went there and found the number i of men he had to cook for he asked the over seer tor an increase of wages, and he said he would see his wages all right. In 1894 he i worked for seventeen weeks at 2s, in 1895 he | was getting 5s and 6s a week, He was a | cripple in 1894. In November last "got a cheque for £1 3s 9d, which waa the balauce after paying the store account. Told the manager the money was too small, and he said he would see the matter righted. Had received £1 a week when threshing.—George Sykea said he had known plaintiff for many 1 years, who was a good cook.—The defence was that plaintiff had been engaged at 7s 6d a week, and there had been no other agree ment.—D. Mclntoah, manager at Springfield, said Wise had been pat on by him m cook at 7a 6d a week. The ordinary weekly wages of a, cook equal to his work was £1 and a bonus. Wise was supposed to be equal to the work at the Methven stables, and at the old homestead an assistant was sent to him, bufc Wise would not have him. The men complained of the cooking and witness told them that he was an old man, that they would not be at the homestead long, and it would bs better to put up with him till the end so that he should not go on the road. Witness never mads Wise any promise of more than 7s 61 a week. By Mr Cuthbeftson.— Gould not say how long Wise was at the homestead, but he would not deny that he might have been there thirty weeks The mat* sent to help was a competent cook. There was a butcher kept, a good man, and the mutton was of good quality. By the Bench—Was quite certain that Wise had never com plained to him about the rate of wages, and witness had never promised to increase the wages. By Mr Wilding.—lt was not true that a sheep that had died of itself had ever beea cooked for the men. The best mutton in Canterbury was served at the men's table.—His Worship said the claim had not been established, and gave judgment for defendant.

"MY FRIEND FROM INDIA."

To Night. Amongst the audience to-night at the Oddfellows' Hall, on the occasion of the production of "My Friend from ludia," there will doubtless be many who have enjoyed the acting of Mr Harry Paulton and Miss Alma Stanley in London theatres within tbe last few years. Theße will doubtless be delighted to renew their acquaintance with these admirable artistes. "My Friend from India" is a three-act comedy of the most amasing type, written by Messrs Dv Souehet and Leatocq. The latter dramatist is a past master of the art, and anything announced as from his pen j may be expected to be extremely humorous. The cast, as previously stated, is an excellent one, and all may rest assured that the tout ensemble will be of the usual grand style of Messrs Williamson and Musgrove's attrac tions. Attention is drawn to the rising of the curtain »t£ p.m, sharp, as the comedy is a lengthy one, not jjonoluding until nearly eleven o'clock.

Who Were They?

The following information with regard to tbe fire that destroyed the Temuka church is in possession of the police -.—The fire was discovered at 10.15 p.m. At about 7.30 p m. the Re? Mr Farley, whoße residence is close to the church, beard someone playing on the organ. He went inside and found a lady playing the organ, and about a do^un ladies and men present. The men had their hats on, and were talking and behaving in a manner which the Rev Mr Farley considered irreverent. He told them they had better leave if they could not behave better. They then left. They were supposed to be strangers then visiting Temuka. About 545 p.m. &p Mr Farley was turning his horse into a padJofifc adjoining the church he heard a lady tell a mfen w*t> ?w had lett herumbroila in the church near Uw organ, The man went into the church and struck a ! match in order to find the missing umbrel a, He evidently failed to extinguish the match, astheflre started near the organ. The ionr was .qoyered with coooanut matting, along which fire w„o.uld spread rapidly. Ine church doors were never locked.

f fhe Elgin eJihdol edbOert and" ihUte, !tl aid of the school prize fund, will be held to-morrow evening, and our readers are reminded that Newman's drag leaves the Somerset Hotel at 7.20 p.m. On Tuesday evening R. W.M. Bro. William Mcßae, the master e'.ect of the Thistle Lodge of Freemasons, was installed in office, and his officers invested. The ceremony was conducted by Bros. Scaly and Sparrow, both D.D.G.M. and P.M., and was most impressive in effect. There was a large attendance of brethren, several coming from a long distance. Bro. Clayton was organist, and the appropriate music of the ceremony was sung by a masonic choir. The following ar« the new officers of the Lodge :—R. W.M., Bros. W. McKaa; 1.P.M., T. Norgan; n. W., J. M. Hampton; J. W., J. Mullaney ; S.D., J. Rumsay; J.D., G. Morrison ; 1.5. G., W. 3. Adams} Secretary, J. Mellor; Treasurer, W. Sparrow; D.0.C., M. Mc Donald ; Tvler, W. Patterson; Stewards, J. McConochie and W. Robinson ; Organist, E. W. Hanmer ; Auditors, T. Morgan and J. Mullaney. After the ceremony, the Lodge retired from labor to refreshment and a pleasant hour was spent. x

A settler who bas taken up a farm on the Glenmark Estate duly arrived at Medbury on Monday last, with his wife and child of two years, and belongings. Whilst the goods were being unloaded from the trucks, the i babe was placed Bleeping oh the straw in the horse box. In due course the return train arrived, and the horse box and empties were hooked on, and the train departed. As soon as it had gone out of sight, of course the child whs missed, and the frantic* mother remembered that it had been put in the empty horse box, and in the hurry forgotten. The father having procured a horse set off in hot haste for Waikari, about e'even miles distant, to inform the Railway authorities of his loss and trouble, so that they might wire the news oh to the nearest station connected by wire j but on arriving at Waikari he found that this was not necessary, as the guard had opened the horse box, and then discovered the little one still reposing comfortably in his novel bed. He was of course taken out and cared for, and handed over to his anxious father, none the worse for his trip.

RAILWAY TIME TABLE.

Trains leave Ashburton FOR THE NORTH every day at 7.20 a.m., 3.40 p.m. and 7.5 p.m. (express). On Mondays, Wed nesdays, and Fridays, an extra train leaves at 11.0 a.m. Trains arrive from the North every day at 10.45 a.m,, 12.48 noon (express) and 8.0 p.m. Trains leave Ashburton FOR THE SOUTH every day at 10.55 a.m., and 2.53 noon (express). On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays a train leaves at 3.50 p.m. A train leaves for Mount Somers branch line every day at 4.2S p.m. The branch train arrives in Ashburton at 9.45 a.m.

Trains leave Bakaia for Methven daily Thursdays excepted) at 7.5 p.m., on Tuesdays at 10.10 a.m, id on Thursdays at 12.20 noon. Ti . leave Methven at the following times respectively —6.50 every day, except Fridays ; 10.30 Fridays 3.10 p.m. Tuesdays.

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Entertainments. ODDFELLOWS' TT A L L Ashburton. XX ONE NIGHT ONLY. TO-NIGHT, TO-NIGHT. XXTILLIAMSON & TITUSGROVE'S LATEST ATTRACTION. First and Only Appeal ance here. The Eminent English Comedian, MB HARRY PAULTON. TQ-NX&ET. The Brilliant English Comedienne, I MISS ALMA STANLEY. TO-NIGHT.



Supported by a SPECIALLY SELECTED COMPANY OF COMEDIANS. When will be acted the Funniest, Mtrriest Comedy ever staged, entitled My Friend From India, By H. A. Dv Soucbjst & W. Lestocq. Played with enormous success at the Garrick Theatre, London, for 18 months; New York, 20 months; Melbourne and Sydney, 6 weeks ; Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch, 6 nights. THE LAUGHING SUCCESS OF THE CENTURY. Appointments on the usual scale of the firm's attractions. Pbices—Reserved seats, 43 j stalls, 2s 6d j pit. Is. Box plan at Mr H. M. Jones. * 11 163



WANTED, LOST, between Trevurza's Stable and Grange—Cap off Waggonette. Finder kindly return it to Bazaar Stableß. 12 14



FRESH Flounders, Garfish, and all kinds of Fresh Fish by express To-night. Ice on sale at J. H. Jewitt s, opposite Mail Office. Telephone 96. 12 13



IMPORTED Star Bicycles—Latest from England, on view at H. M. .Tones. -J. Bubns, representative. 12,7



CiTAR Wheels—Ladies', £25 ;,Gentlemen ss £23, The famous Eadie Company' 8 machines- Come and see them at H. M° Jones. Two days only. —J. Burns- Representative. 12 8



WANTED — Thoroughly competent Bodice Hand, also Apprentices.— Apply to Misses Rtjndle, Dressmakers, Tancred street. 12 11



LOOK HERE—Herbal Beer, Lemonade, Soda Water, and all other Summer Drinks at 2d per glass at W. G. Page's Store, East Belt.



THOMPSON'S Patent Mechanical Vampe^ for piano. H. M. Jones, Agent. Call and inspect. Exceedingly simple and easy £o play. 11 165



FAMILY Herald, (Oofcober), Weldon's Home Dressmaker, Boya" and Girls' Own Paper, Christian Herald, New Books, Sheilah McLeod, TliePomp of the Lavilettes, Queen of the Jesters, The Final War, The Service of the Master, The New Law, Success and Failure, Trooper Peter Halket.— H. M. Jones.



'"KOSIEES tie: A. JMLost Economical FOR SALE — Pullets, first croBS, aa under:—Orpington-Houdaa ; Indian Game Cochin ; Dorking-Cochin, from two to three months old ; also Houdan and Cochin Cockerels ; at Pelham Yaeds, Ashburton.



WANTED Known-That we are now ] showing the finest assortment of Gents' Ties, Bows and Scarfs, we have ever had the pleasure of submitting. Men's and Boys' Straw and Felt Hats in endless assortment. New Goods in Tennis Shirts just opened.—Mitchell & Tubner. TrilNESTFßoller Flour, 2001b, 24a ; lOOlba J}' 12s 6d ? 501b-. 6s 4£d; 251b? 3s 3d. Finest' Oatmeal, 2SJb 2s §d, at Fj.etchee BboS.; Aghbarton an 4 Ohfatphnrph,'.-



The New Womai», the new fashion, £he latest craze, havfi some particular virtue to commend fhem ; so it is with the new cough mature, Woods' Great Peppermint Ure— iostftßjtoeous relief for man, woman, or kildislhe feature of this unfailing remedy. All Grocers »nd,Ghemists keep it, the price



T. Buiiook. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4. TO THOSE DESIROUS OF PURCHAS ING PROPERTY NEAR TOWN. 40 ACR E S 40 Near the Agricultural and Pastoral Associ ation's Show Grounds, together with dwelling, etc., tbereon. MR T. BULLOCK has received instruc tions from Mr John Wilson to sell by Public Auction at the Arcade on the above date, his property fronting the Sea field Road.



40 ACRES, Being R.S. 24369, on which is erected a Dwelling House of seven rooms, surrounded by plantations, also out houses, etc. The property is con veniently situated, being only about one mile from the Show Grounds. The reason of its being sold is that the owner purposes moving into town. Inspection Invited. Easy terms of payment. Note time of Sale—ll.3o a.m. T. BULLOCK, 11 166 Auctioneer. " " hampsteaK ~~~ NEAR THE SCHOOL. A? r\ O PR*CE required for small Cottage obO& and Land fronting Cambridge Street, not far from the School. Terms can be arranged. Appiv to, r ' T, BULLOCK. VERY Nice "Suburban Property at Hampstead, belonging to Mb Isaac Hoard. Being Lots-151, 152, and part of 153, con taining 2 roods, 20 perches, on which is erected cottage of four I rooms, with scullery and wash hbuse, also stable, cartshed, etc. The property is well situated in a healthy locality. Not having disposed of it by auction offers are invited for same. Terms can be arranged. T. BULLOCK ■■ ~~~ tTnwalix ~~ 1 ACRE V HAVING two frontages On Harland and Grove streets, being sections Nob. 525, 524, 531 and 532, on which is erected COTTAGE, etc., the property of Mrs Laffey. On account of the owner's removal from the district, this is for sale on exceptionally easy i erms of payment. Full particulars furnished on application. T. BULLOCK, Agent.



TO LET. OFFICE or small Bhop in the Arcade. Possession can be given in a few days. Apply to T. BULLOCK. Fur sTITI ~~"; FIRST CLASS BUILDING SITE. Burnett-Street; East. .Now a favorite street. BEINtt.T.S.' 293, containing QUARTER* ACRE ; high ; very nice site for a house; land good for garden purposes! Exceptionally easy terms of payment, via :— £5 cash deposit, balance by instalments bearing interest at 5 per cent. T- BULLOC . TO L.ET,.. PREMISES in Moore Street, at a low rental, viz :~ss 6J per week. Apply to T. BULLOCK. CIOX STREET—FOR SALE at a reduced J price, on account of the Mortgagee, T.S. 794, containing QUAETER-ACRR, on ' which is erected a FQUARE DWELLING HOUSE. The property is well situated. Very easy terms of payment. Apply t<> T. BULLOCK, Agent, j 8 CTlONS~numbered 388^0~395 and ! 409, South Street, near the Pound, for a paddock. Offers are invited for the purchase of the above ; very easy terms of payment will be accepted. T. BULLOCK. Wmmm»mmmlmmmmmmmmmmmmmmilmmmmmmmmmmmmmmilmmmm^ Friedlander Bros., Limited. CONTINUATION OF HENRY ZANDER'S r^ REAT /~1 LEAKING QALE BY AUCTION. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1897.



DAVID IVHOMAS,1 VHOMAS, ARCADE. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1897. MR DAVID THOMAS has received instructions from a client to sell by Public Auction— 1 FIRST-CLASS GIG, silVer mounted everything complete. HAS TO BE SOLD. Sale at 12 o'clock. 12 5 D. THOMAS, Auctioneer. F. FERIRMAN. THE PATENT ELASTIC STEEL HORSE COLLAR, Contractors to Her Majesty's Government (War Office). Patented in Great Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Italy, South Australia, Victoria, and the United States of America, etc. LATEST AWARDS. Silver Medal, Birkenhead Agricultural Society, 1890.—Silver Medal, Altrincham Agricultural Society, 1890.—Diploma of Merit, Royal Military Exhibition, Chelsea, 1890.—Bronze Medal, Prague Exhibition, 1891 PTIHE Collar is an invention which wins _L the approval of all owners of horses who once GIVE IT A TRIAL. It is composed of two similar halves, with their necessary connections, formed of thin Steel Platea forged into U shape, and is pro vided with rigid fastenings at top and bottom, thus enabling the Collar to be opened on pressing a spring catch at the throat, and then etisily put on or taken off a horse's neck, avoiding the necessity of forcing the Collar over the horde's head, and greatly facilitating the disengagement of the Collar when a horse falls. Ifc may be described as a hollow pair of Hames enlarged to the size of an ordinary Collar but ia an improved manner. The section of the Collar is everywhere of a U shape, one side resting against the shoulder and the other carrying the Draught Hooks. In designing the different parts of thie Collar, the anatomy of the horse has been carefully studied, and the facility and exactness with which one Collar can, by the use of the simple means of ad justment whinh are provided, be made to fit any number of horses of about the same build, is an important advantage possessed by this Collar over a Leather Collar of the old type. Any one of the Elastic Steel Collars is capable of thres different adjustments ia length, and three in width, (the Spanner, or Key sent out with the Collar being the only tool required) and, with only eight siaes, all horses from the smallest pony to the heaviest dray horse, can be fitted from stock on receipt of the inside length and width of the old Collar.



A Leather Collar, after a little wear, gets discoloured and shabby, the padding becomes displaced and protrudes, the lining is rotted by perspiration and rain, it becomes hard on the surface, gives the horse sore shoulders, aud has to undergo expensive repairs, the horse meanwhile requiring another Collar to be carefully fitted to him, or otherwise is unoble to work, and in the case of a bad sore, has to rest till it htais. Most large employers of horses have quite a number of horsts laid up with sore shoulders, caused through the use of Leather Collars. The Elastic Steel Collars on the contrary, may be readily adjusted to the horae's shoulders, and once fitted, never alter their ts'hape ; and as they present a smooth surface galvanized with zinc, they practically exiood all over the Collar the advantages of the Zinc Pad, which has been in use for many yeare, with such good results. They are always dry and comfortable, and fit for immediate use. Ihey are invaluable for horses with tender skiu, enabling them to work with comfort where, with ordinary Collars they would be continually under treatment for galls. The cool and comfortable condition in which horses using these Collars return from their work is a remarkable contrast to the heated and exhausted state of horses working in ordinary Collars, in hot or wet weather. The Collars are lighter, stronger, cheaper, cleaner, and more comfortable than Leather Collars, and the. only way to appreciate their numerous and undoubted advantages is to GIVE THEM A TRIAL. All parts are interchangeable, and in the event of any part being damaged or worn out, it can be at once replaced at a nominal cost. The Hames of ordinary Collars are occasionally pulled out cf their places ; but as Hames are not used with the Elastic Steel Collar, that dangerous occurence cannot possibly happen. The Collars are in use by Her Majesty's Government, the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, Tramway, Omnibus, and Railway Companies, Brewers, Maltsters, etc. They are approved by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and by eminent Veterinary Surgeons, and in no single instance where tbe Collars have been used have they failed to gain approval, and to establish their superiorly over those hitherto in use.



The only favour which the Company ask is a TRIAL ORDER, as they are satisfied that the merits of the Collar, when once known, will secure its general and permanent adoption, none other being comparable to it for strength, durability, appearance, economy, comfort, and general efficiency.



THE WHOLE OF THE BALANCE OF STOCK Now Remaining in the Store, WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST RESERVE, —Comprising— Clovers, Ryegrass, Turnip, and other Seeds. Ironmongery, Groceries, Weighing Machine, qfcci. Also, The Town Delivery Dray, Spring Trap, Horses, and Harness. And everything in the Yards and Brick Stores. Everything must be cleared. Sale at 12 o?clock sharp. R. FRIEDLANDER, 1210 Auctioneer. » — -— »! Pu&lig Notices. IMPOUNDED.™" IMPOUNDED fronTSouth Town Belt, Rakaia, one Bay Colt, 2 hind and 1 off fore feet white, and white face. If not claimed and expenses paid wi 1 be sold at noon on December 16, 1897, GEORGE SHELLOCK, 12 12 Poundkeeper, Rakaia. """" SHEARING. ~" SHEARING will begin at Clent Hills on MONDAY, 13th inst. f||s .1 AMKS HARRISQN, I In .



. T H E. Advantages of the Collar MAY BE SUMMARISED AS BELOW :- No Hames required ; It is easily fitted 5 It cannot get out of shape by wear 5 It requires no stuffing ; There is no pinching of the shoulders; The jerk at starting with a heavy load is minimised, the collar being in itself a spring. The pull is distributed over a large surface of the shoulder, and does not come wholly on the outer edge, ac is often the case with the ordinary Collar. Id never wants drying, and. therefore, second Collar for use during that process is unnecessary. It is cheaper, lighter, and more comfortable,' and lasts longer than a Leather Collar and She parts are interchangeable. AGENT FOR ASHBURTON : F. FERRIMAN. _ 371ISHING Season.—l am now showing a J great variety of fishing requisites in all the latest design^ inolludjng 'Hods, I4inn|j|Wß, flies, Trapes, Reels, Gut, Lines, Waders, Rod Mountings, Hooks, eto. Fishing Licenses on sale,~J\ W, Harp M*. East Strath ,<??.^ <#*->-:



John Orr & Co. MONSTER SALE. Further Reductions. TTAVING on hand and now landing THE LAKGEBT STOCK OF IRONMONGERY, GROCERIES, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, etc., in the Ashburton County, WE HA\E DEFINITELY DECIDED TO RJSimcJE BY OWE HAJLF. With this end in view, we are now SELLING AS UNDER ;- Groceries.



Beat Snowdrop Sugar... ... 2£dperlb Tea blended ... 101b boxes la per Ib Tea in half chests lOdperlb (strong liquor) Gore Oatmeal ... 2a Bdper 251b bag Colonial Candles ... 4dperlbperbox English Parafine Caudles 6£d per 1b per box Kerosene, 150 test, , 6s 6d per tin ~. 12s 9d per case RolJil's Flour at Mill prices. Currants ... ... 4i<l perlb Cornflour , ... 3d per lb Essence of Lemon 4d Worcester Sauce, Pintß ... 93 per d< z Essence of Coffee lQ^d Sago IJd per lb Tobacco, Nubian squares ... 4s 6d perlb Bran , 3s 6d per bag \ I Sharps , ... 5s per b^g i John Orr & Go. mHE SUCCESS ATTENDING OUR Cheap Cash Sale Induces us to adopb for the future thie system of doing buiiness. And as we purchase for Cash from the beat makers in England and America, the General Public will therefore have the advantage of Select* ing Goods of Sterling Quality ab prices hitherto unheard of. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING NOW LANDING AND IN STOCK:—



Acids Jellies Almonds Kerosene Anchovy Paste Knife Polish „ Sauce Ketchup Arrowroot Lime Juice Annatto Lemon Juice Ammonia Linseed Meal Baking Powder Macaroni Barley Mace Black Lead Maizena Bacon Mackerel Blacking Milk Borax Marmalade Bloater Paste Matches Bloaters Mustard Blue Nutmegs Bovril Oysters Butter Colouring Oatmeal Biscuits Oatina Carraway Seeds Q% Tongues Chutnee Olives Capers pepper: Castor Oil Potted Meat Candles Peas Coffee Pickles Currants Plums Cheese Raisins Currie Powder Rice Candle Cotton Rennet Cream of Tartar Soap Cocoa Salt Corn Flour • Saltpetre Candied Peel Starch Cloves Sardines Cinnamon Soda Crystals Chocolate Sugars Clothes Pegs Salad Oils Dates Salmon Essences Semolina Extract of Meat Sauces Fire-Kindlers Sulphui' Fruits {Tinned) Sago Flour Soups Germina Spices Gelatine Sheep's Tongues Golden Syrup Teas Groats Tobacco Ginger Tapioca Haddocks VermeceHi Hops Vestas Herrings Vinegar Infants' Food Whiting Isinglass Yeast Jams Yeast Powder



BOOTS AND SHOES TO PICK FROM. Try our new leathers. Every pair Guaranteed. JAMES UeLLOR, TANCRED STREET] MAKE NO MISTAKE, MELLOR'S ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE, rpHK PUBLIC BOOT BENEFIT. Second to none in Canterbury FOR GOOD CHE\P BOOTS & SHOES. Pronounced by the Ashburton Public to give wonderful value for little money. '. __■ ; ..JZTT — g Church. Services. ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH, Ashburton. ANNUAL, VIS3ST OF THE BISHOP. THURSDAY. i Choir Festival Service, 4 p.m,, Piteacher— The Right Reverend the Bishop of Christ church. Offertory in aid of St. Mary's Refuge Home CONFIRMATION SKRVICE, 7 p.s». Offertory in aid of general expenses, Social Gaihering and Welcome to the Bishop in the Schoolroom, 8 p.m. FRIDAY—HoIy Communion, 7,30 a.m. SUNDAY SERVICES* ■■■' a,m.~^ orn ing Prayet and Holy Com "3 Up!m.-Greenstreet,Rev. T. A. Hamilton. 3 p.m.—Dromore, Mr Gates. 6 30 p.m.—Evening Prayer. My X- *. BAMUA'QN.



John Or & Co.) ASHBURTON.



.SUGAR! SUGAR! SUGAR 1 FLETCHER BROS. ARE NOW SELLING } FINEST SNOWDROP CANE SUGAR ! AT Per Pound 2{i, 21d, 2jd Per Pound. Or for 7s 6d,-|seib for lOs 6d, 701b for 13a 3d Nelson, Moate & Co.'s Tea, in Rollitt'e Supreme Roller Flour, 101b tins Is 6d per lb 2001b sacks 24« Ceylon Tea in 101b boxes ... Is 5d per lb 1001b bags 12s 6d Uld Valencia Raisins ... 4d per lb 50:b bags ... ." 6s 4H New Currants .« ... 4^l per lb 251b bags 3» 3d New Valencia Raisins .„ 7d per lb Liberal i -ncount tor Ton lots. New Dates „ 6d per lb Finest Diamond Brand Oatmeal Electric Candles (by the box).„ 4d per lb (Timaru), 251b bags for ... 2* 9d English Parrafine Candles (by 50 Cases of Enamel ware at wholesale price* the box) ... .„ 6d per lb Pie Dishes from lOd each 100 Dozen Assorted Jam (best Kettles from 2? 6d each quality) 4s6dperdoz Saucepans from 6d each 50 Dozen Best Quality Rasp- Candlesticks from 7d each berry Jam 6d per tin ._ 5s 6dperdoz Enamelled White and Grey Mugs 6d eaoh 241b Tins Preserved Fruit (delicious) Stew Pans from Is lid each Pears, Peaches, & Apricots lOd per tin Wash Basins from Is 3d Highest Test Kerosene, per tin 6s 6d Cullendars from 2s 3d each » 11 per case 12s 9d Teapots from 2s 3d each, Etc. Etc. Eta Finesc Mixed Peel (Lemon, Orange*, Citron) 8d per lb 21b for Is 3d JUST ARRIVED, Fresh Herrings 6£d per tin ... 6a3dperdtz Small Tins Sardines, 4sd per tin 4s per dozen Two Tanks of Kenrick's Holloware, direel Large Tins Sardines 8d per tin 7» 31 dozen from the Manufacturer, Van Houten Cocoa 3s 3d lb tin comprising Fry's Cocoa, per lb tin Is 4£d Saucepans, Boilers, Kettles, and Preserving Red Herrings 9at Is Pans, all sizes. Salt Herrings 9 at Is Finest Dried Apricots, Peaches Also,—Twenty Crates and Hogshead* O! _ , »?<* Pca L r> - ». 10d per lb Chinaware and Eartbenware, Splendid Blacking in Tins 21 Direct from tbe Home Potteries (Doulton't „ P ertm Is lOd dozen and Feilding's, eto.) Raspberry hyrup Is per bottle Lemon, Pineapple, etc. ... lid per bottle Printed Cups and Saucers from 2s 9d per do lib Tins Rabbit in Jelly ... 7d per tin Glass Covered Buttere 9d each Acetic Acid is lid bottle Moulded Tumblers 2s 6d per dozen ' oilet Soap (4 Tablets in a box) 9d per box Best Qnality "Pheasant Plates 2s 6d per dossal Balls Glycerine Soap .„ 3d per ball Pie Steamers 4d each 21b Tins Golden Syrup .... 6£d per tin Fink and Gold China Cups and Saucers Caustic Soda 7d per tin .... 6s 9d dozen full size, 6s 6d per dozen Etc. Etc. Etc. Eto Etc. Etc^ Two Tons of Garter's Turnip Seed (12 varieties). 6d per lb by the cwt, Half a Ton of Mangel Seed (4 varieties) 6d per lb FLETCHER BROS., CASH SUPPLY STORES, East Street, Ashburton, and High Street, Christen urcb. P.O. Box 67. , Telephone 24. TO FAEMb.ES AND S rATIONHOLDERS LAMP BLACK <******> RED RADDLE <•»»*»>■ BLUE RADDLE ww™



AND SEVERAL OTH"R LIKES. 100 DRUMS "BOILED OIL. HAVING bought the whole of MR H, ZANDER'S EXTENSIVE STOCK of the above Goods a* a considerable reduction on the ordinary pries I •in now telling them at a GREAT RUDTJOfION. Now that the shearing season is on, it should suit sheep farmers to buy at once. * SPECIAL QUOTATIONS FOR LARGE ORDERS. J. WILSON, CORNER OF ARCADE & BURNET STREET 1] 5000 PAIRS IcAESON&CO'S



Cash Price List. MILLAQUIN Sugar, 40lb bags, 8s ; Tea, (best value in town) la lOd per • lb; Assorted Jam, lib tins, 4s per dozen; Currants, 4£d per lb ; Lambs' Tongues, 9d ; Corned Beef, 2s 10d, Colored Starch, 4d per packet; Water Biscuits, 41b tins, Is 6d ; Mustard, £lb tins, lOd; Flour, 2001b sack, 24s ; Paramatta Lime Juice Is; Bran, 3s6d; Sharps, 5s 6d ; Timaru Oatmeal, 261b bag, I 2s 9d ; Kerosene, 150 per cent, 6s 6d; Prime [ T^ble Potatoes, 4s per sack. WE have Just Landed, in prime condition, S Packages First-Class < lima, ,& l£iu*then>vare, Direct, from the English Potteries, and can now offer the best; selection and latest patterns in Tea, Breakfast, and Dinner Ware, suitable for preseats, etc. Examine these goods before purchasing elsewhere Comparison invited. CARSON & Co. GROCERS AND IMPORTER& Importers of Glass, China & Earthenware, i TANCP.ED STREJiT & ARCADE, ASHBURTON. FOR PRIVATE SALE~I)N~EASY~* TERMS, ex WOULD BK EXCHANGED FOR TOWN PROPERTY. THAT Charmingly Situated Suburban Property on Belt Road, AllenfenO containing about 6£ Aejrrs of the beet lead in the County, with really good House, Urcnaro, ,and ev*cy convenience; at present occupied by H F. Nicoll, Esq., under lease expiring March 5 next. Full particulars from 121 ' WILLIAM HORKJg; evangelistic? ' MR WILLIAM McLEJIN, Evangeliet, will (D. V.) hold Evangelistic Service* in the Arcade Chambers on THURSDAY and FRIDAY, December 2 and 3 t at 7.30. All are cordially invited. Sankey's Hymnß. 12 3 "TTTANTED Knqwn—ThafeJ. MoisonaM \\ received a varied stock of Semmer Boots and Shoes., {black and tan) ia strap and laco up, vthich he will sell at a good Discount far Cash. Repairs a» *«ua! dene at onoe. Nothing but tbe best n kept at l& Moiso.N's Premier Bocb Pep©*, A*j»fcoftta