SENSATIONAL AFFAIR IN CHRISTCHURCH.

A Man Kills Another With an Axe

Homicide in Self-Defence

Preis Association—By Electric Telegraph

Christchurch, January 22,

This morning a man named Horatio John Parkes 8 single, seventy-one years of age, residing in Pine's Road, Opawa, confessed to Constable Hayes, at VVoolaton, that he had killed another man, named Michael Ryan, in self defence with an axe. It appears that Eyan has been living with Parkes for aboat nine months, the latter having a small income sufficient to keep hlnn Ryan was in the habit of coming home the woras for drink, and assaulting Parkes, and last night, between twelve aad one o'clock, Parkes was awakened by Ryan pulling him out of bed, Ryati struck Pa; kea with what the latter thought was tha leg of a table, and fclteu got the axe and threatened to cut Parkes up. Parkes got the axe away, and striking Ryan two blows on the head with the front of the axe, killed him. Paikes says he then fell into semi-un consciousness, and when he recovered ■efficiently this morning he went and re ported the matter to Coa-table Hayes. Parkes L v very old resident of the district, having lived by himseif for over twenty years at Opawa. Ryan was about forty-five years of age. When charged at the Christ church police depot with having muidered Ryan, I'arkcs said "I did not murder iiiin ; I killed him iv self defence." He also addod "He very nearly killed me. lam half cead now." Parkes has a bad bruise under the lefc eye, evidently the result of a severe blow.

SPORTING.

WELLINGTON RACING CLUB'S SUMMER MEETING.

PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. , Huti Racecourse, January 22 Following are results of the second day's racing :— Wellington Raci.v; Club Handicap, of 250 (■ov-i; one mile and a quarter.—J Rangipuhi, Bst, 1; St Paul, Bst 51b, 2;! Strath Braan, Bab 101b, 3. A\l started Strath Braan led for aix furlong?, but in the straight gave way to St Paul and Rangipu'.i, the latter winning by a length, time— 2min llsec. Dividend—£9 2s. A protest on the ground of a cro?s was dismissed. Jitvbnilk Handicap, of 100 soys ; five furlongs.—Defiant, B=t 111b, 1 ; Choroid, Bst 91b, 2; Maybutl, 7st 121b, 3. All started, Otioroid dashed away with the lead but was caught in the straight by Defiant who won by a length and a half, Maybud a neck behind. Time—lmin llsec. Dividend— £2 7.*. Metropolitan Handicap, of 150 s-ovs ; six furloDga.—Belligerent, 7at 2!b; Dare : devil, Bst 6lb, 2 ; Waters'on.-, 6*t 91b, 3. Torpina, Rip van Winkle and St. Elmo were scratched, A good race, wou by a length. Time—lmin 16tsec. Dividend—£6 10s. Welter* Handicap, of 100 soys; seven furlongs.—The Miser, lOsfc 31b, 1; The Brook, 9^, 2 ; '! orpin;>, lOat s!b, 3. Strati) Braan, Flying Sh"t, end. Splinter were scratched. Torpina led in'o the ttraighi but The Miser carr.e with a rattle and won easily. Time—lmin ?l|sec. Dividend— £7 103. Hack Handicap, of 60 soys ; one mile.— Petrol)ne, Bdt 9ib, beat aix others, Time— lmin 44sec. Dividend—£4. Electric Handicap, of 103 soys; five furlongs.—King's Bowm&n, 88b 121b, 1; Loveshot, 7st 81b, 2; Flying Shot, 9db, 3. All started. Won by a nose after an excellent race. Time—lmin 2gaec. Divi dend -£2 6?. The sum of £10,649 was put through the j machine to-day, making a total of £20,020 for the two days, or £2748 more than last meeting.

WM ASHBUBTON (HJABDIAN ? SATOEDAY, JATTOAEY 23, 1897

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ALL OVER THE WORLD. William 0. Herbert, V. S. N.,Wakes Ayer'a Sarsaparilla with Him Everywhere. Disordered Blood and Bad Stomach Cured Positively and Permanently. That is what Ayer's Sarsa pftXiUa Aid for Fast Assistant Engineer Wm. C. Herbert, whose portrait is here given, IWV Herbert has been an officer in the U. S. naval service for the past 16 years. Wi«ant^B have taken Mm all over the world, and he lias been on a constant go for Sveral vears^through $?Dardanelles, around the famous rock of Gibraltar, in the SSrSSn through the Suez Canal, about the South Sea Islands, in Hawaii, Cwe Horn, to louth America, Airica-everywhere, almost, under the sun he h& cruised asa navy officer. On his return from one of his voyages the strain told S?wXh£f blood was in a very bad condition, and his stomach was weakened, andTas he says, he was " knocked out." Mr. Herbert saya: " Although I look very hearty now, four years ago my health and physical con dition were InytMng but good. Then it was that I found the constant knocking SXt bid at last told on me. My blood was very poor and my stomach as bad. 1 hadbeencruising about in the service for a long time without any rest and without ceTsine frommyluties. Frequent changes in water and climate, such as I experi enced wilTw3en and debilitate the strongest of us, and I was no exception. In fact; I was completely run down, and when I came home my family insisted on call iacE, x was j"7i£. Hi* ivescribed for me and did all he could, but nothing came of i° gand I grew Take f^S^wSod Seemed chiefly the cause of the trouble S thought I would §ye Ayer's Sarsaparilla a trial, seeing it advertised to cure such cases. I took a bottle in an aimless sort of a fashion, but when I found it helped my stomach and was commencing to clear my blood, too, I thought there might be some real merit in It and accordingly began on a second bottle. \V ell, to make a long story Sort the third completely cured me and restored me to my old-time health. My Mood was better than ever, and my stomach did not bother me in the least. Ayer's sWfmarillacured me. Now I take it whenever I feel that my system needs it, and I do not consider myself equipped for a cruise anywhere without a bottle of Ayer's Sftrsaparilla; It has, I assure you, my hearty indorsement and recommendation." Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Til© Only True Blood-PMrifier.



Hanmer and Graves. | WOOL. MESSRS HANMER AND GRAVES are prepared to make LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES (free of commicsion) on ALL CLIPS entrusted to them for Bale or shipment. ARRANGEMENTS have been made by which their customers oau have their clips offered either in Ashburton, Christchurch or limaru, and if so desired, we are prepared to obtain quotations from Australian buyers, having made special arrangements for that purpose. ALL CLIPS WILL BE CAREFULLY VALUED BY SPECIAL EXPERTS. Hanmer $ Graves. TTCTE ARE AGENTS FOR LITTLE'S DIPS and keep them in Stock. HANMER AND GRAVES.] | KEAPERS AftD BINDERS. WE have been appointed AGENTS for R. HORNSBY AND SON'S REAPERS AND BINDERS, and shall keep their Machines in Stock, as well aa all the necessary Extras for the Machines. SUPERPHOSPHATE, WE HAVE NOW IN STORE, ou first shipment of this year's Im portation of the well-known ANGLO-CONTINENTAL SUPERPHOSPHATE, and are now prepared to book orderß. Prices on application. HANMER & GRAVES WE have various sums for investment, oi Freehold Security. HANMER & GRAVES. JSEW AUCTIONEER. WE BEG TO NOTIFY THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED MR J. R. BLAND, AS AUCTIONEER, And that we shall be represented at the Rakaia, Geraldine, and Rangitata Sales, as well as at Ashburton. All Business en trusted to him on our account will have careful attention. HANMEU AND GRAVES. BINDER — =_TWINE. WE KEEP IS SiOCK all Donaghy's and other Twines; and are pre pared to quote as low as anyone else. HANMER AND GRAVES. CORNSACKS. ORDERS for these can now be booked, and we advise Clients to take ad vantage of present quotations. SEEDS. SKEDS. SEEDS. We have in Stock the beat of Sutton's Turnips, Swedes and Mangels, and specially recommend the following: — WHITE IURNIPS. Imperial Green Globe, Purp'.e Top Mam moth, Red Paragon, Early Six Weeks, Grey Sfconei YELLOW TURNIPS. Perfection Green Top, Favorite Purple Top Hybrid, All the Year Round, Yellow Tankard, Green Top Scotch, Fosterton Hybrid MANGKLS. Golden Tankard, Long Red. SWEDES. Champion Purple Top, Monarch, Crimson King, Elephant. Also, RAPE, CLOVERS, and other Seeds, HANMER & GRAVES. SI. BlllifOW, UJVDIiBTAKEIB. "POLISHED COFFINS in Figured Rinm and Kauri, with Silver and Braes Mountings. All latest designs. Address : Cameron .Street, opposite Baring Square Evening Ordera may bo left at Cooksons 8 6 PIPES. THE LOEWE, G.B.D, NEEDLEWOOD, BILTOR PIPES. A freßh Supply AT PERCY'S



Mrs Rhodie Noah, of this place, was taken in the night with cvamping pains and the next day diarrhrea set iv. She took half a bottle of blackberry cordial but got no relief, she then sent to me to see if I had anything that would help her. I sent her a bottle of Chamberlain's Colio, Cholera and D arrhoea Remedy and the first close relieved her. Another of our neighbors had been sick for about a week and had hied different reme dies for dianhcea but kept getting worse. I sent him this same remedy. Only four doses of it were required to cure him. He saya he owes his recovery to this wonderful remedy —Mrs Mary S>bley, Sidney, Mich. For sale by Ashburton Drug Company.



OIiIDER &iOM* »acal?ptl Extract o — There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract in the market now, products of simpla distillation forming rndo resinous oils. In order that these crude oils may not b-taken, OUR PUR IS VOLATILE EUCALYPTI BXTRAUT, which is r cognised by the med'cal dirfsiou 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 state :— Is proved by tests by the Medical Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and Groifewalci, Prussia, and reported by Dr Schulz, Professor of t'armacology, at Bon, and Prf'fessor Dr Mo.-ler, Director of the Medical Clinic at Grefawald, that only product-! that ure eaturated w th oxygen and freed of acids, resinous and other substances, adnerent to primary distillation, will dsvel'ipe She sanaiivs qa»lities proper to the plant aocordinff to these authorities, and ac. or ling to Pro tessoT Dr Lister, of England, and to D.'s Baue- Mclntiie, Woo ., Hazard, ew., of America, is th ■'. cjy estract correspondinsj to scientific te t , and the only one wh.'ch possesses the proper therapeutic value. Sander tfe hou's Eucalypti Extract. All other crude oils are to be classed atnoug the tnrpentineg, which have, when used as medicine, no therapeutic effect, and are abandoned as an internal medicament. These so-crilled Eucalypti Extracts which may have received distinction ft Exhibitions as commercial articles are used for mechanical purposes are only discernible. By their deficiency in rit^KGnt odour—which our product, th« only genuine .Eucalypti Extracts devetopes most ireely through its surplus of oxygen By their alcoho'ic thin and mobile appearance beirg reduced in specific density through the presence of acids By their taste, the result of the contracting ten dency cf lesins and tennat.s. If these crude oils, so-called eucalypti extracts, are applied by misfcafc 1 in cases of croup, ' ronc!'i;i, diph theria, imernal inflattimations, dysentery, w-unds, the coaseqiences are appallini'. For safeiy, always ask for SANDER & SaWS EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, and get the old, well-test id, and reliable preparation. —Eandtiurat, Victoria, Australia. SANDER ANo SONS.



PALM AND JOKO TEAS. INDIAN AND CEYLON. /\UR 2*4 d INDIAN (Prim Brand) is » / noted for producing 200 large Tea Oops of first-race Tea to the pound. This is the Tea Mr Q-eorge Jameson sold so largely, OUR 2a TEAS (Palm and Joko) are qunHy good valuo for the money. OUR TEA.S are so popular that we Frequently hear of instances of other Teas being packed and sold in our empties 'Imitation la eiiicerest, flattery,' but the public shoulu Hee they get cha genuine urtiele, Kctau rrom all the principal Store keepers. WHOLESALE FROM JAMESOK, ANDERSON & CO., 155 Colombo Street, Christohueoh . i a§ i . I * S « » g ■ a S i __, _ _<s__ riIHERE is ao doubt, no possible doubt X that you get) Good. Value fop your inun*y it Mvkwti&i * *



~Friedlandef Bros^, Limited. COKNSACKS. TTTE HAVE ARRANGED FOR A LIMITED QUANTITY OF COENSA 0 X S, (To b3 landed for U?, ex p.b. FAZILKA, BOW due at LyHelton, and shall be glad to Supply Orders. FJRIEDLA^BER BROS., Lid WANTED Known—Midden's Refresh meut Kooms are the rooms Par Excellence. When in town do not fj.il to give them a look up. Do you like a Loaf that has a sweet nutty flavor, of Rood pile and bloom, in addition to its full weight which a surprise visit from the Inspector ihs other day proved ? You do ? Wei! go to Maddkn's ! If you are getting up a Spread in a private or general way, and would lika your Pastry, Cakes, Jellies, Creams, etc., to be a success, why, come along to Maddesn's in East Street, and you woaH; be disappointed. Bride, Christening «mcl Birthday Cakes a specialty. NOW'S your time to Buy. Tfoere is a Big gale *t MsiAoa'B Zealandi* Boot PtOfli



SPRING BLOSSOM TEA. Packed in |fi>, lib, 51b, and 10ft> Net Weight Air-Tight Tins. No. 1 (Blue Label) No. 2 (Red Label) . No. 3 (Golden Label) 1/9 per ft>. 2/- per ft. 2/4 per ft. H 154 Obtainable from all Storekeepers and Tea Dealers.



ALWAYS '^UP-TO-DATE." WE HAVE JUST IMPORTED DIRECT, per s.s. "Mamari, A LARGE .SHIPMENT OF NEW VICUNAS, SERGES, AND FANCY WORSTED SUITI Also-A CHOICE LOT OP SCOTCH, IRISH, & WEST OF ENGLAND TWEEDS, in the Newest Patterns and Best Qualities, order to mee< the Demands of our Large and Inoreasing Business, we are showing this 80.eon probably THE LARGEST STOCK OF NEW TAILORING GOODS Ever exhibited in Ashburton, representing the Latest production of all the New Zealand Woollen Mills. tS- CUSTOMERS requiring New Suits "before the Show" will greatly oblige, and fiud it to their own advantage, to favor us with their Orders early before the "Rush." CRAIGHEAD~^BERRYMAN, THE LEADING TAILORS AND OUTFITTERS, Ashburton. AGENTS FOR— Abmigeb's Christchuroh Steam Dye Works. Ladies' Dreaes, eta., Dyed like New, and pressed ready for wear. WHEAT. WHEAT. TST V. ARE PROMPT CASH BUYERS OF PRIME MILLING WHEAT, AT HIGHEST MARKET RATES, Wa are also prepared to Store Grain on Farmers account In onr New Grain Stores West Street, Ashbonou, on very favourable terms Full sized Oonwaoka and Twine Supplied at LOWEST CURRENT RATES ROLLITT & CO., CANTERBURY FLOUR MILLS. Offubs ant) Stores WEST STRFET, ASHBURTON. CHRISTMAS. CHRISTMAS. 1896. A LL IN WANT OF BOOTS AND SHOES for the Christmas Holidays should not fail to pay a Visit to the LEADING BOOT ESTABLISHMENT IN THE DISTRICT. juat Opened the following lines, suitable for the Holiday Season [— Children's 2x6 White Shoes. Children's Tan and Black Leather 2 Strap Shoes 7x9, 3s. Children's ! an and Bl»ck Leather 2 Scrap Shoes 10 x 12, 4s. Ladies' 2 Strap Shoes from 4s 6d. Ladies and Children's Sand Shoes. Ladies' and Children's 81-ek, White, and Brown Canvas Shoes, iv lace and strap. Gentlemen's Canvas Shoes from 5< 6d Gentlemen's Tan Leather Oxford Shoss from 7s 9d. Splendid value. And other lines too numerous to mention. Call and inspect our Stock and compare our prices, and we are quite sure you will be satisfied that we are offering the very best value in the town. McDonald & mcdiarmid, fiHS LEADING BOOT ESTABLISHMENT, EAST STREET. J. NICHOLAS, Mauser. Repairs and Orders promptly attended to, SALE OF SURPLUS STOCK "THE CORNER." = NOW TAKING PLACE. = COMB EYE-OPENERS IN BARGAINS. DRAPERY, CLOTHING, BOOTS, ETC. W. H. COLLIER. H. M. JONES. H. M. JONES. STATIONERY."*"" ACCOUNT BOOKS. ACCOUNT BOOKS. ACCOUNT BOOKS. F >NCY GOODS. FANC¥ G00D.3. FANCY GOODS. BOOKS. BOOKS. BOuKS. XUST OPENED UP, a Splendid Variety of PLAIN and FANCY STATIONERY t) from Makcus, Wari> & Co. Linear Repp Note, Repoline, Antique, Panel, Floral, Pure Flax, Linen, Bank and Velium Notepapers, Cream Laid and tinted. THE ASHBURTON BOX OF SsTATIuNERY. Best Valuo Ever Offered to the Ashburton Public. "I eh C /IJ' BOX, New Shipment Jusb Opened Up. Is & b& box. Ledgers, Cash and Day Books, Journals, Counter and Memorandum Books various sizes, Letter Books, Copying Requisites, Foolscap, Blotting and Drawing Papers, Pens, Purses, Wallets, Office and SCHOOL REQUI ITES. CRICKETING & LAWN TENNIS MATERIALS from Wisden and Co.'a, London. Bats, Balis, Stumps, Racquets, Etc. SCHOOL COMMITTEES LIBERALLY DEALT WITH. TOYS. TOYS. TOYS, TOYS A Large Variety of all sorts—from ald Squeaker to a Steam Engine. Drums, Trumpets Balk, Arks, Watches, Magic Lanterns, Skipping Ropes, Skittles, Balls, Cubes, Games, Dogs, Cats, Owls, Monkeys, Sheep, Beach Horses, Rocking Horses, Wheel barrows, Engines, Hobby Horses, Carts, Horses and Carts, Trains, Tea teets; Wood, Wool, Rag, and Rubber Toys too numerous to particularise. DOLLS. DOLLS. DOLLS. DOLLS. ALL SORTS AND SIZES FROM Id to 10s. Dolls that squeak and Dolls that won't. Dolls that break and Dolls that don't. Wood, Wool, Rag, Compo, Wax, and Rubber Dolls. FANCY GOODS. FANCY GOODS. Work Baskets, Ladies' Companions, Mirrors, Albums, Writing Cases, Writing Desks, Work Boxes, Glove and Handkerchief Boxes, Shell Boxes, Brackets, Plaques, Hand Bags, Plush and Leather Goods. Electro-plated Ware, Fancy China and Glass Ware, Vases, Ornaments, cheap, pretty Hid useful. Flower Bulb and Specimen Vases, 3d to 6d each. h. mTTones.



; Business Notices. BaRRYTOWN PLAT GOLD * MINING 00, Ltd 17 Miles north of Greymoutb. rpHE Sample washed in the Arcade cm X Saturday gave from 120 to 160 Color! the shovel. 20 Colon Will pay 2« per load. lam appointed Broker, and hare Shares or Sale. . FRED MAKEIG, Aroade. TO THE PUBLIC OF ABHBFRTQN AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT I BEG to notify that my Establishment is AGAIN OPEN FOB THE TREATMENT OF ALL AILMENTS, EXCEPT CONTAGIOUS DISEASES, Cases of whioh are NOT ADMITTED ill this Establishment. I shall be Happy to Attend omm of FEVEB AT THE PATIENTS' HOMES, | AS lIX THBBB CASES OUR TREATMENT NEVER FAILS TO PRODUCE GOOD RESULTS. Trusting to receive the Public patronage M before. w. eTule, 1 7 PROPRIETOR. WAKTED, 5000 SECONDHAND BAGS. NEWCASTLE, 'AESTPORT, BRUNNER NUTS, MOUNT SOMERS, AND ALLANUALS COALS, always in Stook. ALBO— COKE, FIREWOOD, POSTS, RAILS' STAKES, and ail fencing material, I wish to draw the attention of the public the oelebrated j ALLANDALE COAL, Which has held its own against til the Lignites in the market. It is screened, iand barns with a flame to a clean ash, leaving no dangerous embers, and Is really the beet and cheapest Native ooal to be bad. One trial will convince you. James Elliott, SOLE AGENT, WEST STREET, Opposite D. Thomas' Grain and Wool Stone. Tilkphonb No. 83. WANTED" Known— M*lZobs Sale surpassing anything ever heard o in Afchburton. GRAHAM & CO.'s DATENT P.E RMA VE N FOOT-ROT CURE, c Is a certain remedy for the disease, and r can be applied at a cost ol leas thau ONE HALFPENNY Pifiß SHEEP. 1 Bead opinions of Government Inspector* 1 of Stock, BLENHEIM, MaUUBOHOUCH. In re jour remedj lor Foot-Bat I fcavs no hesitation in Baying it ia the moat effeotive have met, and baa been used in the disbiat under my charge with the beat Basalts. I have reoommendad »nd shall oontinaw to recommend it to any owners of sheep afleatad with Foot-Rot, a disease whioh I regret to Bay is bo often nsgteotad antU it takes aooh a strong hold on the (look that it «v no longer be ignored, when it might have been tttf'j put down it its first appearance by a littto attention and the use of jour remedy, JOHN MOOBE, Inspector ot Stock February 28, 1895. Department of AoßicuLTtram, Hawua * . In reply to your request aa to my reporting ' to you my opinion of the result of your dressing sheep at Mr Lysaght's an He 1 Nicholas' with your Foot-Bot Speeine, 1 bate , every confidenoe in saying that the oars waa a perfeot one, although the weathec was very wet and Btormy ; and the examination was t only six days after the feet had been dratted. Some of the shoep were very badly afleotad, nearly the whole of the foot having rotted ofl. I should recommend ail sheep owners totua your Speeifiaif their sheep are troubled with Foot-rot, as it is easily put on, and I am sura it will give satisfaction.—l remain, yours truly ALEXANDER MONBO, iDspaator ol Stoat, Jane 22,1895. Genuine only from D. THOMAS, ASHBDRTON, Or from the Sole Proprietors, • GRAHAM AND CO*, Carltoo Gore Road, Hoseneath, Wellington. WN Make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina* fores; also a good assortment of Caliooet, Muslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings;., etc, at Mbs Aixx>sk"s new shop, Baker's Buildings. /CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, AKD NEW YEAR GIFTS, NEW YEAR GIFTS, At bedrock prices, to be had at ! GL JESSON'S, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, East Street. TTTE lead, follow who may. Children's f f Silppera Is. . Mellor's Tancred street.



CHEAP MONEY. I have various Sums of Money for Investment at Low Bates. I would suggest to my Clients and Friends in the Ashburton County who have mortgages running at Call, the advisability of having these maters fixed up now that money ig go Cheap, otherwise they may be in danger in the near future, D. THOMAS, Ashburton FOR SALE. 486 acres tear Liemore, Well Fenced and sab divided, all in grasp, Plenty Water. Easy Terms. Price Low. 98 acres First quality Land, Thoroughly Improved, and one of the best pieces ••f land in Long beach. Very easy terms. 100 acrpg land, Fenced, Well watered, all in Grass, adjoining Springburn ailway station, being R.B. 29674. A L So,— 833 ACRES, being R.S. 25048 and 80068, Shepherd's Bush District First-class land, fenced and subdivided. Price, very low. 1093 Acres, being 8.8. 27081, 27888, 27889, 27890, situated new Dromore, and known as Robert Clark's Farm. The land is in splendid order, fences good, water in each paddock ; 400 Acres now being put into Crop, with which Grass Seed will be sown. The balance of the land is in clover, two and three years old—a epleadid strike. Easy terms. Price very low. Several other Properties, Ashburton Town Sections, and Mrs Qainu's House DAVID "THOMAS, ASHBURTCXN. * AN EYE-OPENER FOR FARMERS. BINDER TWINE - - - - - - BINDER TWINE. T3EFOBE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE call at our office andiinapMt; mmplM, obtain prices, make your purchases and save money. W. H. COLLINS & CO., SOLE AGENTS. LANDELLS & SON, " EXPRESS " Engineering and Cycle Works, Burnett Street (next Clnb.) :o: NOW THAT THE BICYCLE SEASON IS OPEN, we would like to draw attentioi of our Customers, and the public generally, with the fact that we have a Lot c SECONDHAND MACfIINES at Ridiculously Low Prices. SAFETIES, both Ladies' and Gentlemen's, from <©S to £SO, Come and See before Buying Elsewhere —IT WILL PAY YOU. IS" WE GUARANTEE Machines for twelve months, and keep 'tarns in repair FREE OF CHARGE. i -if\ PerCent OFF MARKED PRICES. Per Cent -| S\ R. MURRAY & SON WE AGAIN, aa Christmas time comes round, give our Patrons and the Public th SUBSTANTIAL ADVANTAGE of a 10 per cenb REDUCTION on all ou lines, with the exception of Watches. We have paid Special attention to have a Splendid Assortment of Articles of a kinds, Suitable for OHRISTxMAS and NEW YEAR GIFTS, the remit being selection that CANNOT BE SURPASSED in the district. —Among Other Things We Show— Fancy Atticlea in Sterling Silver Articles in Silver Plate, new deaigni, Gold and Silver Oharms and Pendants Links and Studs in Gold and Silver Gold Alberts, Silver Alberts Gem Rings, Diamond Rings Brooches in Endless Variety Ladies' Watches, at all prices R. MURRAY & SON, WATCHMAKERS AND OPTICIANS, ABHBURTON. 1O Per Cenb REDUCTIONS. 1O Per Cent REDUCTIONS THE REASON WHY yOU SHOULD PATBONISE BRIDGE WORKS. The Largea X Engineering Works io the County of Ashburton. BECAUSE You can get all the Mechanical Work done • you may require, from the Repairing of a Sewing Machine to LJ the making of a Combine, bj BECAUSE We do not take in work, and then get it done at head-quarters in the large towns. Our headquarters are !?d g BRIDGE WORKS, Ashburton. Where your money will El OQ go to employ local tradesmen. O ps} BECAUSE Webring more Money to Aehburton fqr work jj* 03 done in other provinces than all the other shops in the same line of business put together, H BECAUSE Within the last three years WE have sent H close on a £1000 worth of Machinery into Otago. These Machines were made by us in Ashburton. KILWORTH & SON, BRIDGE WORKiS, Ashburton. J. WILSON. LARGE Stock Silvered Plate Glass just arrived from England. The Mirror Glass can be cut to any size to suit customers, at shortest notice. GRAND SELECTION OF Picture-Frame Mouldings. Beautiful window decorations to hide unsightly views of back yards, etc. 'Good imitation of stained glass.) MIXED PAINTS, AETIST'S MATEKIALS, WALL PAPEKS. J. WILSON. CORNER OF ARCADE. Telephone 65.