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Press Association —By Electric Telegraph- Copyright London, November 21. The arrival* of wool for the next seri.s number 146,000 bales, of which 21,000 have been forwarded direct to consumers. The quantity available for the sale is 137,000 bales.

B-SBLIN, November 21 In May last the Berlin authorities adopted measures for abolishing fiee exchanges, on the ground that they were used to evade the law against speculating in futures The action created much dissatisfaction in commercial circles, and the matter was tested in court with thf» result that the police order preventing grain exchanges and •peculating in futures has been rescinded.

On Friday night, at the Wanganui Odd fellows' Hall, where the Paulton-B>anley Company were performing, the gas, says the Herald, was abominable. Feeble at the best, it flickered and jumped in a most exasperating manner, until at last, ashamed m it were of its own imperfection, it flick ered itself right out. Thus it o_me about that an up-to-date Wanganui audience were treated to the spectacle of a piani'-t wrest ling with a couple of tallow candles in his effort to make them maintain a perpendicular position on tne top of the piano, while bf hind the footlights a disgusted actor stood, like Ajax, defying the light{n)ing, firmly fftm-piog »lighted taper in each hand, a flurried gasman the meanwhile doing his best to make the meter behave in a becom ing manner. Bub, joking aside, the state of affairs was very annoying not only to the audience, but to those behind the curtain.

THE ABHBtmTOI. OTABDUN t WEDNESDAY, tfoVBMBfiK 24, 18M.

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i John Orr & Co. i '—. . . - MONSTER SALE. Further Reductions. TTAVING on hand and now landing THE LARGEST STOCK OF IRONMONGERY, GROCERIES, OROOKERY, GLASSWARE, etc., in the Ashburton County, WE HA*E DEFINITELY DECIDED TO »_E__DtTC-l3 BY Oltf-E _ha___.__?v With this end in view, we are now SELLING AS UNDER :~ Grooeries. Best Snowdrop Sugar... ... 2|dperlb Tea blended ... 101b boxes Is per lb Tea in half chests lOdperlb (strong liquor) Gore Oatmeal ... 2s 8d per 251b bag Colonial Candles ... 4d per lb per box English Parafine Candles 6£d per lb per box Kerosene, 150 test, ... 6s 6d per tin ___ 12s 9d per case Rollit's Flour at Mill prices. Currants  ... 4£d per lb Cornflour ... 3d per lb Essence of Lemon ._ ... ... 4d : Worcester Sauce, Pints ... 9s per dcz Essence of Coffee 10£ d Sago l£d per lb Tobacco, Nubian squares ... 4s 6d per lb Bran ._, 3s 6d per bag Sharps 5s per bug



SAN-OEfcC Jc -son-* Euca. lypti -Extrnet. * Under the distinguished patronage of His Majesty the King of Italy, as per communica tion made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs through the Consul-General for Italy, at Melbourne, March 14, 1878. Awarded $ diploma at the Amsterdam Exhibition, 1883. Acknowledged by Medical Clinics and TJniveraities all over the Globe. There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract in the market, products of simple distillation forming crude resinous oils. In order that these crude oils may not be taken, OUR PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, which is recognised by the medical division of the Prussian Government he of perfectly pure origin, as per information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2, 1878, we t tate .— It iaprovad by tests by the Medical Clinics ef the Universities at Bonn and Greifswald, Prussia, and reported by Dr. Schulz, Professor of Parmacology, at Bon, and Professor Dr. Mossier, Director of the Medioal Clinics at Greifswald, that only products that are aatura.ed 3 with oxygen and freed of acids resinous and other substances, adherent to primary distillation, will develope the sanative qualities proper to the plant AH crude oils, or so called Eucalypti Extracts are to be classed According to the named authorities, among the turpentines, which are abandoned long since as an internal ndicament. These crude oils, or so called Eucalypti Extracts, are discernible: 1 By their deficiency in pungent odour— which our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extract develops most freely through its surplus oxygen. 2 By their alcoholic thin and mobile appear ance being reduced in specific density through the presence of acids. 3 By their taste, the result of the contracting tendency of resine and tenna.es. If these crude oils, so called eucalypt extracts, are applied by mistake in cases of oronp, bronchitis, diphtheria, internal n_.ama.ions, dysentery, etc., the con ecmences are most appalling. For safetys akeask aIwaysforSANDER&SON'SEUCA LYPTI EXTRACT.—Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia. SANDEK & SONS.



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 Sales 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, etc., Sold Daily in Large or Small Quantities. Agent: Norwich Union Fire insurance Company & Dresden Pianoforte and Manufacturing Company. HENRY STEPHENSON, AUCTIONEER.



John Orr & Co. mHE SUCCESS ATTENDING OUR Cheap Gash Sale Induces us to adopt for the future this ! system of doing business. And as we purchase for Cash from the best makers in England and America, the General Public will therefore have the advantage of Select ing Goods of Sterling Quality at 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 Maijj.'na Bacon Mackerel Blacking Milk Borax Marmalade Bloater Paste Matches Bloaters Mustard Blue Nutmegs Bovril ' Oysters Butter Colouring Oatmeal Biscuits Oatina Carfaway Seeds , Ox Tongues Chntnee Olives Capers Pepper Castor Oil Potted Meat Candles Peas Cofee Pickles Currants Plums Cheese Raisins i Currie Powder 3_.'ce Candle Cotton Rennet iC&eftm of Tartar Soap (Coco*. Salt Corn Flo,ur Saltpetre Candied _?eel f *•»$& Cloves Sardines Cinnamon Soda Ory#tal| Chocolate Sugars Clothes Pegs SaJad Oils Dates 8»Imo» Essences Semolina Extract of Meat Sauces jfire Kindlars Sulphur Fruits (Tinned) Sago Flour Soups ®emim tf me, m Gelatine Sheep's Tongnea Golden Syrup $..»s G oats fj'obatyW Ginger Tapioca . faddocks Vermecelli o|*s Vestas Herrings Vinegar Infants' flood Whiting Isinglass Yeasc Jams Yeast Powder John Or & Co., ASHBURTON.



WOOL SEASON, 1897-08. MY CLIENTS are requested to deliver their WOOL into MESSRS HANMER AND GRAVE'S STORES, As in former year.. Having wwtde the necessary arrangements to dispose of the same privately. I have also arranged to SELL the WOOL «'. CHRISTCHURCH or TIMARU, or ship the same to foreign ports. I ADVANCES MADE FREE OF I £OM MISSION. HENRY MNPER.



DENTAL NOTICE, Mb S. -B. Seymour. | Me C. W. Sbymotj b. "m/rESSfIS SEYMOUR k SON SuBCJ-SON Dentists, Chriatohutfch, Have opened a branch of (heir business in Ashburton. Mr 0. W. Seymour way be consulted at their rooms io Burnett Street, j next J, T. Mitobe__*s Photographic Studio, •od opposite the Club. 11 30



IiO^IK __*_____ i«i Pure TTTANTED—Ladies in giw Mitchell W & TC-unCß's Dresses and Dre.B making one triaL A unique selection of: Blouse Goods and Ms. mings now showing.} Foa XsriHOEST-ON, the besfi remedy is un doubted./ Norton's Oam&uuS Pills. They otn oontJdea-ly be recommended as being mild in operation and absolutely free frorr tujnr-Owf drugs. Acting at once as a splen did toot, and a gentle aperient. For nearly '■ 100 yean they have prowed u^ualler 5 for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, sick Headache and for Liver and Stomach complaints. Sold ijp bottle. Is -id. 2m 9d, and Us, by all J_f«di lias Vtndon fthnpgtmit th* *<v_i<



Friedlander Bros., v raited. WwlTwool. are Requested to Deliver their Clips to our Ashburton or Tinwald Stores, or Consign them, if Intended for the next Christchurch Sale, to BROWN & SON'S PRIVATE [ SIDING, ADDINGTON, where they will |receive our prompt attention. Catalogues for this sale close on TUESDAY, -i'Sbd-INST., after delivery of the express mail at Christ church. FRIEDLANDER BBOS., Ltd. j PLOUGHSHARES," " PLOUGHSHARES. WE have taken over from MR HENRY ZANDER, his well assorted Stock of PLOUGHSHARES, at considerably below COST PRICE, and are prepared to give our valued Clients the benefit of this bargain. We shall supply Ploughshares of all descriptions at leas than Christchurch Wholesale Prices for Cash.



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A VICTIM OF Functional Disease. Ala Vii m NEVER fails any one in _r_-ld_ 5_.U11l suo h a predicament. To sufferers from Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, Biliousness and Constipation it is "A friend in need and a friend indeed." Assist Nature by Alaxtjm, and you will avoid a multitude of distressing functional derangements and diseases. Of all known medicines for renew ing the energy Alaxum is the best. Its i secondary effects are marvellous. Many persons afflicted with constipation have testi fied not only to its immediate relieving properties but to the fact that the cure lasts. No care is required while using it. It does j not interfere with the diet, habits or occu- j pation, and produces no inconvenience in ' its action. It is at once a laxative, an appetiser, and a stimulating tonic, prepared scientifically,'and endorsed by the Press as the most valuable medicine that has ever been offered to to the public in a popular form. ALAXUM <**** Biliousness, Bilious Headache, Dizziness, Costiveness, Sour Stomach, Loss of Appetite, Coated Tongue, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Flatulence, Heartburn, Pains and Distress after Eating, and all functional derangements of the system of nutrition.



FRIEDLANDER BROS., Limited. WOOL SEASON—TB97-9iT "4 . . WE shall be represented at the Christ church and Timaru fixtures, and have made arrangements to effect sales privately at Ashburton. We are prepared "receive consignments at our Ashburton Stores, and to send the wool on to either Christchurch or Timaru without extra charge, except railage. Woolpacks, full size and full weight, Is sd, Woolpacka, three-quarter size and full weight, Is 4d. Twine, Branding Oil, and other Shearing Requisites supplied at lowest rates. The First Sales of this season are fixed to take place at CHRISTCHURCH on NOVEMBER 26, 1897. At TIMARU on DECEMBER 3, 1897. FRIEDLANDER BROS., Limited. *Y7E ARE CASH BUYERS OF WHEAT RYEGRASB OATS COCKSFOOT BARLEY CLOVERS CHAFF And al other Farm Produce. FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd. 3 XITls A&E BUYERS OF HEAVY BRIGHT OATEN SHEAF CHAFF. FRIEDLANDER BROS., Limitkd. TTTIPh A VE~FOR SALE PEIME TABLE POTATOES. BROS. 1, Ltd.



jNOX-EI THIS WELL.-| The whole system of a human being may be perfectly sound, and yet through derange-! men. or weakness the organs of the boay! may perform their functions or their work sluggishly, thus giving rise to want of appetite, and a consequent general impover ishment of the whole being. Such a con dition causes thousands of people to fancy that they are consumptive, while they are really only in need of a remedy to see the [ organs of the body working harmoniously. Reason points to two essential qualities in a remedy for this purpose. It must create an appetite for food, and at the same time , assimilate itß nutriment. With either of these qualities alone the remedy would be | worse than useless, but with both it becomes a power with incalculable good. Alaxum is the only medicine which combines these two qualities. It is a natural appetiser, and its first action is to create hunger. After the appetite is satisfied it acta directly on i the stomach, liver and kidneys, clearing | away all effete matter and exciting them to I activity. The system then receives nutri tion and new life from the proper assimila ! tion of the food; and where there is no ! organic disease health must follow. This j is common sense and cannot be gainsaid. Accept no substitute that may be recom- i mended to be "jußt as good.' It may be ', better — for the dealer— because of its better j profit, but in such an instance the dealer is not the one who 'needs help. ) ! FROM ALL CHEMISTS &.STORE KEEPERS, PRICE 2 S 6-0



W. H. SUTHERLAND, BEGS to inform his customers and the public that he has removed from Tancred Street, to the 'JLUB OYSTER AND FRIED FISH SALOON, BURNETT STREET (Next the Club) SPECIAL ROOM FUR LADIES. ' Where hot dinners or hot suppers can be got at any time. Fresh Fish and Smoked Fish y Express every night. POULTRY A SPECIALTY. 923 E. DUCKWORTH & SON, UNDERTAKERS, Cabinetmakers, and Upholsterers, Funerals conducted atthefollowingprices/.— Covered Coffins, with hearse" and coach complete, from £7 108. Polished Coffin, silver plated furniture, £8. Children from £2 10s Bubnett Street, Ashburton Residence—Opposite Fire Ur.gr d Station. 105 THE TRADE SUPPLIEL. i



THE FIRST SIGN OF A COLD Should remind you that the beat time to commence taking something is at the begin ning. It should also remind you that the best remedy to head off a spell of sneezing, coughing and general unpleasantness is Benjamin Gum,



THE . PUREBRED CLYDESDALE STALLION KING OF QUALITY Will Stand at Owner's Farm, Wiilowby, and travel Longbeach, Wakanui, Westerfield and Ashburton Forks Districts.. Will be at Newman's Stables every SATURDAY. KING OF QUAUTY is a dapple bay, rising five years old, bred by Mr R. Gawn, North Taieri. He ia a colt of great substance and power, with many points to recommend him to a breeder, has splendid feet and p.aterns, also great bone, clean and flowing with nice silky hair—the true badge. of a well bred Ciydesdale. He is a prime mover, has good temper, and sound con stitution. His sire is Lion King, by British Lion, imported by Mr Hugh Rae, from Scotland, by Argyle (2567 vol. vi.), dam Darling by Prince of Wales, (673, vol. i), grand dam Maggie, by Lockend Champion (448, vol. i). Lion King was first at Dunedin Show as a three-year-old first at Dunedin in 1894 and 1895, for horse with three of his progeny. Lion King's dam Scotch Annie (imported from Scotland; 343, N.Z.5.8.) was a mare belonging to an exceedingly favorable strain of blood. She was shown in New Zealand four times, gaining first and champwi* upon each'occasion. Her sire was Ivanhoe 2nd (299, 5.C.5.8.); grand sire Ivanhoe Ist (imported ; 113, N.Z.5.8.) He waa gotby the jms.t.Sir Walter Scott, whose breeding needs __ocomr..e_.t, Lion King's sire, British Lion, is so favorably known a. to need no comment. He was considered by competent judges to be one of the best horsed ever landed in. Jjjew Zealand. ' - ■ > ... King of Quality's dam, Queen of Quality, ; (§s3, N J..5;8.) show yard career is so well and favorably kn.ow'jh to breeders, that it is needless to go into details j suffice it'fco say, she has tajten 14 first prizes and seven championßf among the others she was champion mare as the Exhibition Show, Dunedin. This career has stamped her as a mare of unusual excellence j her sire is the far-famed Lord Salisbury, who retired from Ithe *V,AW nn? an unaeaten horse. Queen of Quality's dam J?88? by lYftnbO- (imp. j 113, S.K-)  . < _ King of Quality as a yearling gained first prizVat TaiferiShow, and second at Dunedin, _.nei as a three-year-old first at Taieri and aecond at Dunedin/ It 11 will be seen from ' the above that King of' Quality _b descended ' from the purest strains of prize-taking ! Clydesdale blood, and cannot fail to make a ' name for himself as a sire. ] Terms : £4 4s; js_-2s.at etid of season, 1 balance when mare proves in '|oal.' §eaeoh f mareß^ £3 3s. Groopiage fee, sf. ' * " I AH pa.-.c._ changing hands, f|rst owners held « I responsible, | — * crass paddocks ab owner's farm, as + per oa«angement. _4U «W e»« bot no a responsi 11 y. GEORGI _ GRIG jJ > J & Proprietor, Wiilowby I Groom is barge, G. Gmoi, Jiwr. 1.



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MEN START AT MY STATEMENTS ABOUT BENJAMIN GUM! Thousands of bottles have been soil, and universal praise of its curative qualities is the result. Note the Name: Spencer "Vi-ieent's Great Penjamin Oiiin Extract ?w is 6». Take no other Remedy, but insist on having BENJAMIN GUM Don't take "Just as Good." TESTIMONIALS. Woolston, August 10,1897. To Spencer Vincent, Christchurch. Dear Sir,—For some time past I have been suffering from a most painful CQtiglj, I had quite given _jp hope of its ever leaving me, at least' Or the remainder of this winter^ and feared that it had become chronic, Beeing that other remedies failed to give ___ relief, mud!, less dure, xne pain became so intense that I was afraid of injuring my throaf; and head, especially the lattpr. I pro's!ared one bottle of yohr'BE^AMiN Gtra.. and I may my that I hadn't an atom of fftitb In its curative properties, but felt that X must take something to ease the pain. I drank contents of first bottle very freely, and am thankful to say in less than twelve hours I was wholly free from cough. E. W. Sbars. P,S—Nearly three month, since cough bt.gM»,-.E.W.S,



SPRING ii LOB SO M fE A Packed in _lb» lib, 51b, andij JlOlb Net Wright Aib-Tight Tine. N°' \ ,n(BIUe n,Label) No' 2 <Hed Label> No- 3 (Golden Label 1 */9 P er *>• .2'- per lb. 2/4 per lb. 1 154 Obtainable from all Storekeepers and Tea Dealers.



Hanmer and Graves. | SUTTON'S SEEDS. I "TOTE HAVE JUST RECEIVED our Rape and Turnip SEEDS from the above well-known growers, all of which have arrived in tip-top condition. We keep in stock the following varieties ;— SUTTON'S Crimson King Swede £ do Champion Swede Early Six Weeks Turnip do Favorite Turnip do All the Year Round Turnip do Red Paragon Turnip do Perfection Turnip do Yellow Tankard Turnip do Fosterton Green Top Turnip do Green Top Yellow Aberdeen doj do Purple Top Yellow Aberdeen do Purple Top Mammoth Turnip do Devonshire Greystone Turnip do Imperial Green Globe Turnip do Broad-leaved Essex Rape do Early Sheep-fold Cabbage do Early Drumhead Cabbage do Giant Drumhead Cabbage do Long Red Altringham Carrot j do Giant White Belgian Carrot ! do Intermediate Carrot I do Sheep's Parsley j Messrs Sutton and Sons have sent out j with the above a Collection of Garden J Vegetable and Flower Seeds of all their / best varieties, and Packets can be had of any of the sorts at | 6d PER PACKET Farmers and others are invited to inspect. WE have the following good FARMS FOR SALE on easy terras— 125 Acres, Mount Somers, in grass and crop, good land, seven-roomed house, stable and other outbuildings. This is a very snug little property. 1300 Acres, tylayfield, good buildings, all in grass. Price 453 7s 6d. Terms, small cash deposit, balance can remain for a number of years at a .low rate of • interest. 750 Acres, Lowcliff, first class buildings, all in English grasß. Price low, and .easy terms.



PLOUGH SHARES. T_)EGULAR Supplies imported; by us direub from the Makers j both Ransome's and Hornsby's—standard sizes. Priohs—Lowest current. TTT-ThaVE ALWAYS IN STOC_£- Long anf? Short Feed Oats, Prime Oaten Sheaf Chaff, Royal Oil (150deg. Fire Te ß t), Crushed Barley and Wheat for Pig feed, Whole & Broken Chick Wheat, Agricultural Salt, Farn_& Station Requisites oL.ll kinds,! including Tea (specially packed for us and imported direct by ourselves from Ceyion), Sugar, Soap, Candles, Oatmeal, Flour, Bran, Sharps, Salt (best table), Rock Salt. Fencicg Wire (plainand barbed), Staples, Galvanized Sheep Netting (most suitable for fencing ofi turnips), Clover and Turnip Seed, all varie ties ; Ryegrass and Cocksfoot (machine dressed), Oils—Castor, IVliichinery, Boiled, Tattoo Oil (for branding sheep) &c., &c.



POTATOES. rrr e have for sale prime BLUE DERWENT 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. HANMER & GRAVES.



llaker Bros. tpURNISHING UNDERTAKERS, Corner of Wakanui Road and Cass Streets and at Baker and Brown's Coach Factory, Havelook Street. EVERY REQUISITE SUPPLIED Telephone No. 69.



DRINK DELICIOUS PERFECT IN QUALITY, LAVOUR AND BLEND. Paoked in Tins, the delicate Aroma Absolutely Preserved. OBTAINABLE FROM AW 6ROQJRS



PERFECT Test of Satisfied Customers can only be obtained by the Amount o Businese Reoorded, and we have therefore decided to Present a DUNLOP BICYCLE (Lady's or Gentleman's) to the Person who Supplies|us WITH A correct answer to the following conundrum:—HOW MANY MILES OF BICYCLE, HAVE BEEN SOLD BY US IN AUSTRALASIA DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS FIITED WITH * DUNLOP TYKES The figures have been made up by us, and vouched FOE IBy our Accountant, and the list will be closed formally on 30th NOVEMBER- All letters must be addresged to our Office marked " Dunlop Pu___le," and NOTHING Will be received after that date ; but the number of guesses ia only limited to the number of Coupons sent in, which must be cut from The New Zealand Wheelman, published in Christchurch, price one penny. Should none of the guesses prove absolutely correct, th nearest guess will be awarded the prise. Winner's name will be published in The New Zealand Wheelman during December. Full particulars m-.y be obtained from— AUSTRAL CYCLE AGENCY, Limited, COLOMBO STREET, CHRISTCHURCH, & 123, GEORGE STREET, DUNEDIN. SHEARMAN BROS., AGENTS, ASHBURTON.



THOS. E. KILWOETH & SON ENGINEERS, BRIDGE WORKS, ASHBURTON, TTNDERTAKE all k nds of Eogine Work, all :kindsfof£Millwright's3 Work, General Engineering', Woodworking', & Biacksmithing. KIL WORTH <fe SOJN, ASHRUKTON.



-=:15,000 — "OBION" COOKING RANGES IN USE IN THIS COLONY. THEY BURN LIGNITE^THUE GOAL OR WOOD UP|rO 24m NO setting"eequired. With Stove Pipe can be worked out in the open. SPLENDID BREAD BAKERS. With.Cast Iron or Copper Boilers. The Copper Boilers are large and Tinned inside. REPAIRS ARE A MINIMUM. Made in all sizes, single or double ovens. High or low pressure boilers; Sold by all Ironmongers, from whom Catalogues can be obtained, or from the maker, H. E. SHACKLOCK, SOUTH END FOUNDRY, DUNEDIN. 6 315



New Zealand taruei Companf. BBTABI_IShITd o'~~__. _. 1859 CAPITAL^ONEMILLION. THE PREMIER AND"wiALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOB PROMPTNESS AND LIBBRALITT. FIRE AND 'mAMNB RISKS, ALSO,- RISRS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MAOHINJKS, $0., ACOSPTID AT LOWEST 3URREJST RATKS HANMBK &■ GKAYBSv 40I&NTS



WHEAT. WHEAT. XJU^ ARE PROMPT OASH BUYERS OF PRIME MILLING WHEAT AT HIGHEST MARKET RATES, !We are wtso prepared to Store Grain on Farmers account in our J3e__ Grain Stores ' West Street, Ashburton, on very favourable .erase' Ful slsed Gor-sacka and Twine Supplied at LOWESI. CURRENT RATES 1 ROLLITT & CO., CANTERBURY FLOUR MILLS. OFFICES AND STORES, WEST STREET. I



easiness Notice. KOZIE TEA IS BEST. JOHN ORR _. Co., Agents. LOOK CHEAP WINTER FIRING. NEW MOUNT SOMERS COAL. OUTPUT has Trebled during the last twelve months. IT IS USED EVERYWHERE. This Coal is the Best and Cheapest Steam and Household Coal in the market. Used in the Woollen Factory and Caster bury Floor Mills. GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS WRITE FOR PRICES TO G. T. PARK, MOUNT SOMERS.



LAZARUS'S SIGHT TESTING AND SPECIALITY SPECTACLES. Sole agent fox Ashbnrton District, S. S A h E *• JEWELLER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. LAZARUS Patented System ensure comfort and correct eight. Dont apoil your eye_. by oslng badly fitting '.peeracies.



FilfiD. MAKEIG, T>ROKJSR ft COMMISSION AGENT, Barrytown Flat Gold Mining Shares and Auckland Gold Mining Shares for Sale. GRAIN BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COMMISSION. FRED MAKEI6, Arcade



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 _,_>d Graves' Stables as a Cash Buyer of WOOL, SKINS, HIDES, FAT, and HORSE HAIR in large or small quantities. Office Days—Tuesdays and Satcbdays;



STKATHMOBE PKIVATE HOSPITAL. EXTENSIVE ADDITIONS JTJST COMPLETED. UNEQUALLED IN THE COLONIES ¥0 MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CASES. /°|AN Accommodate upwards of FORTY 40) MALE and FEMALE PATIENTS TERMS : From 2 Guineas p__ week. PATIENTS CAN BE ATTENDED BY. THEIR OWN MEDICAL ADVISER. ! Apply to— THE MATRON, Stbathmorb Privahj.; Hospital, Ferry Road (just over East Belt), Christ -6 135 church.



WOOLSTON STEA.4 WOOL WORKS, CHRISTCHURCH. (Established 1868.) THE Undersigned begs to notify that he i* Scouring as heretofore. Squatters' consignments to the Christchurch or Woolston Station will receive prompt attention. Quick despatch and Lowest Rates. T. YOKE. 10' 90



THB TEA OF THE WE SAXON TEA. SAXON TEA. i rpRY w; and;yoc jwill havw MO OTHER. SAXON TEA, SAXON TEA, Pb« . «8»o_. Bio_-E?-OK reports .ha SAXON TEAS ia absolutely Pure and of good quality



METHVEN. rpHE ASHBURTON "GUARDIAN,? X with the day's telegraphic and cabk news from all parts of the world, can be had from MESSRS HIBBS' BROS., daily „ immediately after the arrival of tbe evening train. BOOTS, Boots, Boots, wonderfully cheap at Meixob's Zealandia Boot Store.