Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1897. HAMPSTEAD SCHOOL AFFAIRS.

The report of the proceedings of the Humpstead School Committee, which was published m our issue of yester day, throws a lurid light upon the working of the educational machinery under the present system, and points unmistakably to the necessity for some amendment. Fortunately for the teachers m the immediate vicinity of Ashburton, the School Committees have generally been composed of men having a fair idea of the responsibilities of their office, and they have been usually found acting with prudence, tacfr, and fairness. But the Hampstead Com mittje has shown what can be done when members permit their private feelings to warp their judgment and influence their actions m the discharge of public duty, for it is impossible to account for the extraordinary conduct of some of the members upon any other hypothesis than that they were so influenced. It is certainly to the benefit of all concerned that the mem bers of local bodies do not generally conduct their business on the lines followed by the Hampstead School Committee. The facts seem to be briefly these — A parent lodged a com plaint against one of the teachers for unduly punishing her child, and when the matter came before the Committee, one of the members proceeded to sup port the charge by mentioning several similar charges that had from time to time been made to him by other persons. The Chairman, however, following the usual custom, ruled that the discussion must be confined to the specific charge before the meeting, unless the other complaints were m writing. Thereupon another of the members — who might have been tx pected to know that the ruling of the Chairman was ttrictly correct, and was certainly fair and reasonable — made an angry speech, insisting upon the right of members of School Committees to trot out every bit of hearsay which might strike them as having a" bearing upon the complaint before them. The most oomioal part of these very -lddioroiu proceedings however, wai the

proposal that the Chairman — who]' seems to have adhered to his ruling — | d Ehould vacate the chair, and that some j I one else should be appointed. Itdoesnot c appear that this preposterous rcco' ution a was put to the meeting, but a report p has been circulated that it was carried c by six to two, and it is the fact that t some one else did take the chair. But I we cannot imagine that six persons \ could be fcund — even m the Haoup- t stead bchool Committee — to make i themselves so utterly ridiculous. We ] prefer to assume that the Chairman, s who is somewhat of a philosopher and ] a humourist m his way, left the chair ' m order to allow those who challenged his fitness for the position which he has so long filled, an opportunity of dis binguisbing themselves His action was all that was wanted to make the proceedings of the Hampstead School Committee contribute to the general amusement — for a few days at least. tie might have protested against such treatment after having worthily filled the position from which it was pro posed to eject him for five or six years. Ha might have retorted with crashing effect upon his chief persecutor. But instead of that he quietly took a back seat, and laughed softly to himself, while the self-constituted champions of " the public interest " had an innings, These gentlemen seem to have been determined the farce should be played out to the end, for after the r. tirement of the legally appointed chairman, they proceeded to transaot other business ! As to the question upon which the majority of the Hampstead School Committee detet mined to sacrifice their long-tried and experienced chairman, together with aIJ regard for fair play and ordinary precedent, there can be no two opinions. Apart from the custom of all public bodies m dealing with important matters of a semi judicial character, the most elementary appreciation of fair play should hare suggested that verbal complaints against a teacher made at odd times to members of the School Committee with out the accused having had an oppor tunity of answering them at a time when the facts — if auy — might have been ascertainable, should not be allowed to influence the consideration of a separate and specific charge. Had the chairman permitted that, then he would have deserved severe censure; and no teacher m the school with which he is connec ted could thence forward have any hope of receiving fair treatment. More over, Mr Crooks was quite correct m requiring that all complaints should be put m writing before being placed before the Committee. Common sense and experience suggest that no persons should be encouraged to make verbal complaints to members of school com mittees, unless they are prepared to substantiate them. Besides this, those against whom complaints of tbie sort are made — which m nine in stances out of ten are unfounded — should have an opportunity of putting their side of the matter before the investigating tribunal on the same occasion when the charge is officially considered. The usual practice m cases similar to that under notice is to supply the teacher complained of with a copy of the complaint made, or at least to hear what he mi.y have to say. There has been far too much of this practice of encouraging children to run to their parents, and parents to committeemen whenever a teacher's idrasof discipline clash with the inclina tions or the feelings of an insubordinate pupil. It is one of the worst blots upon our education system that the efforts of the con6pientious teacher to uphold and inculcate the principles of law and order are continually being thwarted by the injudicious inter ference of parents. Tho.se amongst the rising generation who have a tendency to defy authority cannot well be kept m check under a regime which permits the teachers -co be constantly called before com mittees to answer the most trifling complaints from fond and partial parents, who themselves always spare the rod and spoil the child. Not that we would wish to, see an unjust or cruel teacher escape from the conse quences of his acts. x But every person m this colony knows, or should know, that there are very few men of this sort m the profession, and the records of the investigations that haye taken place show $ha£ the aqtion of the teachers has been approved m an overwhelming majority o,f cases. We cannot, however, shut our eyes to the distressing fact that much of the juvenile crime so frequently deplored is traceable m the first instance to the mistaken policy of encouraging parents to complain of every little punishment inflicted upon their children, and to abet them m resisting lawful authority. In this matter oar forefathers were wiser than we are.

A recent cable described the b ate of Mr Gladstone's health as far from

satisfactory, and as MR GLADSTONE, giving considerable

anxiety to the friends of the veteran statesman. Re ferring to the matter m December last, the British Medical Jqiir^al stated : — " Some anxiety has been expressed recently as to the state of Mr Glad stone's health, and we are therefore glad to be m a position to make an au thoritative statement. It is the fact that during the past autumn his health has been somewhat less satisfactory than usual. Mr Gladstone has always had a remarkably slow pulse, a characteristic very qften pb. served m persons destined to attain an advanced age, . This autumn it; has increased from the usual rate of 62 to abouc 72, and on two or three occasions it has been for short periods very rapid. The pulse, however, is soft and elastic, and m general perfectly regular > f he is quite free from those roost serious ohanges m the great organs often associated with old age, and he has altogether got rid of an affection fr«m which he suffered a good deal of inconvenience a few years ago. The facial neuralgia, from which he has suffered recently, appjeajfg to be due entirely to a local condition. Towards the end of last summer he' began io puffer from some naaal c&tarrah of the left sjde, and while m Perthshire during the autumn the coudition became much aggravated after exposure to a cold wjn# : he suffered severe pain m the cheep, orbit, and over the whole of the left side of fchje bead. On hh return to Hawardeo the left oiiQ<&

was red and swollen, and it was evi dent to his medical adviser, Dr. Dobie, of Chester, that the catarrhal condition had extended into the antumn, and -that the pain was due, m part at least, to obstruction to the orifice of that cavity. Under suitable treatment the inflammatory symptoms have subsided, and it is believed he will completely recover m Cannes, the air of which place has always exerted a moßt beneficial effect on his system. Before leaving Hawarden Mr Glad stone was seen by Dr. Carter, of Liver pool, m consultation, and the opinion of his medical advisers was that his general condition was wonderful m a man of nearly 88 yearß of age."

Thb largest fruit plantations m the world are m Jamaica. They are owned and operated AMERICAN by an American FRUIT FARMS, company, the area

of wboae frail farm is 44,000 acres. They own 28,000 acres, and the other 16,000 acres are held by them under lease. Their principal crops are bananas and cocoa nuts, and last year they shipped 3,000,000 bunches of bananas and 5,000,000 cocoanuts, besides other fruits to America and elsewhere, em ploying twelve steamers belonging to the company. Near Olden, on the Ozark mountains, m Southern Missouri there is one of the largest and finest fruit farms m the world It consists of 2,200 acres of land, owned by a syndicate formed of the members of the Missouri Horticultural Society, and on which are planted 61,000 peach, 23,000 apple, and 2,000 pear trees, with forty acres m small fruits. There is an orchard at Barbara, m California belonging to Elwood Cooper, which has an area of 1,700 acres, contains 10,000 olivb trees, 3,000 English walnut trees, 4,500 J«p*nese persimmon trees, 10,000 almond trees, and about 4,000 other nut and various fruit trees.

Local and General.

Beading matter on first and fourth pages. Mr James Mellor's now advertisement appears m this issue.

Mr George Jesson has a new notice m this issue re rings, watches, etc.

Mr Albert Roberts advertises House and Bhop to let near Oddfellows' Hall. Three Chinese have been shipped back to Hongkong from Albany under the new Immigration X eotriotion Act. The Otago Acclimatisation Society haßsent away 78 Btarlings by the Talune to be libera ted m Gippsland. Mr Henry Stephenson will offer for sale next Saturday a large consignment of fruit from the well known Tsviot orohards. Medical men at Rlondyke are fully occu pied with typhoid fever cases juat now* Their fee is £40 per visit ! This is not all profit, since m their turn they have to pay fabulous figures for the commodities essential to living, A settler informs the North Otago Times that a threshing mill m the looholme district for two hoars' work threshed out 24 bushels o c oats, when the mill was stopped. Forty acres of wheat yielded 44 bags. It is estima ted that the return for the lncholme distriot will be from 10 to 12 bushels to the acre. A friend of ours chased a cat across th*) backyard with a knot of stove wood the other night. He didn't hit the cat, but be oaught the olothea line m his mouth, and when he gathered up the slaok he nearly unshipped his spine. When he smiles now he has to hold the corners of his mouth out of his ears with hia fingers. — Truth. Mr Blackmore, the Government pomolo gist, has returned from Whangarei after having inspected every vineyard m the district. He found phylloxera on a number of properties besides Mr Alderton's, The vines will be cub down and burnt, and carbon bisulphide will be injected into the soil, by which method the vines and phylloxera may be killed m 10 days. The MameyrHarria Company point with pardonable pride to the popularity of their bioyples arnqog crack riders, ac proved by the fact that at (he great meeting iv Dune din on Saturday the ohampiqnship of Otago and the Wheel Race were won on Maesey wheels, and altogether m heats and finals, there were won on these wheels twelve firsts, seven seconds, and four thirds. There was quite an excitement m town yesterday when the news reaohed the secretary that the punt of the Barry town Flat Gold Mining Company had been taken to Barry town from Greymouth with sixty tons of the Company's pipes and plant : and more satißfaption still wag manifested when it was made known at seven o'clock that the punb had safely arrived at Barrytown, unloaded, and returned to Greymouth. The weather on the coast has been so boisterous for the last six months that this was only the second day during that period on wbioh any goods cquld be landed at all. With the next trip of the punt the whole of the plant will be landed. The manager expects to be at work about two months afterwards.

A pew submarine bqab waß (successfully tested at Baltimore, United States, laßt month. The craft, which resembled m many respects a miniature monitor, began moving from its moorings, travelling at a fair rate of speed. When it oame to a given point it oame to a full stop and then slowly sank to the bottom, only the two hollow

masts, which resembled fiagstaffs, remaining above water. J?or nearly an hour the gtrange craft nioyed along the bottom, yielding readily te, the helmsman. Then it came to the surface and took on board another party. Thia time the experience was even more novel. Again it sank to .the bottom, and after showing off powers of locomotion a diver prepared to make his way out* He walked into an air-tight compartment, the door of which closed behind him, and then opening an outer door marched into the water. So great waa the pressure from within that although the outer door waa open no water forced its way m. The diver after a time returned by the same route. Probably the most pessimistic realist would fail to invent a plain tale of greater horror than that of the extinction of the 1 Jarvis family of Befmnal Greeny In a workhouae lay Jarvis, a m^toh- dipper, dying of consumption. In a back room on* the ground floor of 6 Dixies oourt, Brady street, Bethnal Green, slept Mrs Jams, aged 39, and her nine children, aged from 16 years to eight months. Mrs Jarvis made match boxes for what is called a living. Her earning may be judged from the fact that a friendly grocer had given her a Christmas dinner, .otherwise they would have had none. Early on the Sjjoday morning following a fire broke out m the bouse, and m a few minutes Mrs Jarvis and every one of her nine children were charred and un recognisable coppses. On the same afternoon Jarvis, the match-dipper, died m the work house, without being told of the fa{;e of his relatives.

Sir weeks ago X suffered with a very severe cold; was almost unable to apeak. My friends all advised me to oonsult a physir oian. Notioing Chamberlain's Cough Rem. edy advertised m the St. Paul VSlks Zeitung I procured a bottle, and after taking it a short while was entirely well. I now most | heartily recommend this remedy to anyone suffering with a cold. Wm. Kbil, 678Selby Aye., St. Paul, Minn. For sale by Ash I bnrtoa Drug Company. Powdkb destroys bugs, fleas, moths, beebles, and* all qther jnseota, whilst quite harmless to domestic) animals. In exterminating beetles the success of this powder iB extraordinary. Ib is perfectly olean m application. See the article you purohaae ia *' Keating's," as imitations are noxious and ineffectual. Sold m tins, 6d» Is *nd f« 6d oßObf by »H obopliti, (

CABLE NEWS.

Home and Foreign.

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The Nevill Case.

Nevill was dazed when sentence was pronounced. Immediately the warder touched him on the shoulder he left the dock, and was removed to Newgate, where he was allowed to interview his wife m the presence of the governor. He was afterwards taken to Worm* wood b'crubbs prison. By-election. Mr Lowe, Conservative, has been elected for the Qdgbaston division of Birmingham, unopposed, The Battleship Victorious. Router reports that the battleship Victorious, which recently left Malta for Ohina, is ashore m a bad position. It has been found necessary to dis charge her coal and artillery, but the vessel cannot be floated until the weather moderates. The battleship Revenge and the second-class crusser Venus have sailed from Malta to the assistance of the Victorious. Strained Relations. Mr Smalley, the Mew York corres pondent of the Times, states that the relations between Canada and the United States are strained with refer ence to the Yukon customs dispute. British Agent m Abyssinia. , Lieutenant Harrington, of" the Indian staff, has been appointed British Agent m Abyssinia. A Transvaal Loan Pretoria, February 15 President Kruger states that it is intended to call for tenders for a loan for building new railways and carrying out other public works on the Hand.

Wreck of a Steamer.

New York, February 15

The steamer Clara, from Nevada to Seattle, foundered off the Alaskan coast. The passengers, who were largely Klondike* miners, and the crew, to the number of sixty-siv, were be lieved to be lost.

The UsKub Outrages.

Constantinople, February 15

Edhem Pasha has been ordered to proceed to Ugkub to enquire into the outrages alleged to have been perpe trated by Turkish officials.

The Niger Difficulty.

Pabis, February 15

The Matin semi«officially states that Britain's uncompromising attitude m regard to the Niger difficulty jeopar dises the work of the Delimitation Commission. The same journal adds

that it is imperative that a compromise should be effected without the annihi lation of the French sacrifices made on the Niger.

America and Spaiu.

Madrid, February 15

The Spanish Government has re fused to accede to the request, of General Woodford, American Minister at Madrid, that Spain should disavow Senor De Lomes' references to Presi dent McKinley, considering that the resignation of the Minister was ade quate reparation.

Australian.

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The Loss of the Amy. Sydney, February 16 Two more bodies from the Amy have been recovered.

The Smallpox Patients. Melbourne, February 16 The original smallpox patients by the Oaledonien are dead, the other is progressing favourably.

THE WAR CLOUD.

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Constantinople, February 15 Russia is negotiating with the Porte for leave to take through the Bos phorous from the Black Sea a cruiser destined for Ohina.

Russia has purchased 50,000 tons o: coal at Odessa.

FEDERAL CONVENTION.

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Melbourne, February 16

The financial clauses are still engag ing the attention of the Federal Convention. South Australia wished the Commonwealth to take over debts equal m value to any buildings that may be taken for federal purposes. This has been conceded.

FIGHTING IN WEST AFRICA.

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London, February 15

News has been received that the Niger force renewed the attack at Oross river. The Epuris tribe having refused the British offer of peace, the native capital was destroyed after severe fighting. The troops lost nine; teen men, while the natives sustained heavy casualties.

THE ZULU RISING

The Insurgents Defeated.

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Capetown, February 15

The Angoni Zulus have been routed and tied to the hills. Twenty were killed.

Interprovincial News.

Wellington City Election.

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Wbkjnoion, February 17 The vaoanoy for the city will be gazettied to nighb, and it is probable the date of the election will be Friday, W»wb. 4, <

IMPEItKiL PaHLIAMENT.

The Address- iu- Reply.

The Indian Frontier Policy.

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London, February 15. The debate on the Addresa-in-Rep'y was continued m the House of Com mons.

Mr Asquith asked the House to declare that the occupation of Obitral and the maintenance of the fortified road deserved condemnation.

Mr Ourzon, replying, said he was unable to understand the objection to the maintenance of the road, which the predecessors of the Government had constructed.

Sir W. V. Harcourt said the for ward policy during the last twenty years had cost seventy millions, m addition to the enormously increased Indian army. He regretted that Great Britain had not contributed to the expenses of the present frontier war.

Mr Balfour said he was unable to afford the slightest hope of avoiding complications on the frontier. He looked forward to a period when the task already accomplished, south and north of the disturbed districts, would be extended gradually among the tribes.

Amidst cheers the amendment was declared lost by 311 votes to 208,

THE DREYFUS CASE.

M. Zola's Trial.

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Received Wakapuaka February 17, 9.50 a.m. Guardian Office 10.31 a.m. Pabis, February 16 At the Zola trial several experts testified that the handwriting m the bordereau is Esterhazy's. It also tran spired that Madame Boulancy received compromising letters from Esterhazy. Received Wakapnaka Feb. 17, 12.15 p.m.

Guardian Office 1 p.m.

During Zola's trial, Professor Grimaus, of the Ecole Polytechnique, deposed that General Billot asked the Cabinet to dismiss him for signing a memorial against the illegality of Drey* fua' sentence. He also states that Billot attempted fresh intimidation when the Cabinet refused to dismiss him. The statement created a tremendous sensation m court.

STRANGE ACCIDENT.

Narrow Escape of Lord Salisbury.

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Received Wakapuaka February 17, 12.15 p.m., Guardian Office 1 p.m. London, February 16 Lord Salisbury and Lord William Cecil were entering Hatfield Park, when the wind blew an iron gate against and wrecked their carriage. Lord Salisbury was enveloped m the debris, but escaped unhurt.

EDUCATION BOARD.

At Wednesday's meeting the following appointments were approved : Hinds, Miss Mabel Newinaa, mistress m sole change ; Winslow. mistress, Miss W. Edkins ; Dn more, mistress, Miss M. Dickinson ; Ashburton, first year pupil teachera, Alice Stanley and Olive Mary Meddins. The resignation of Miss N. Durey, Hinds, was accepted.

Mr J. W. Siloock, Asbburton, wrote, pro testing against the proceedings of hi* oom mittee when deciding upon the candidates to be recommended for the vacant pupil teaoherehips, the chairman having ruled that unless he voted by ballot— which he re fused to do— his vote could not be recorded. It was resolved to forward a copy of the letter to the School Committee, and to poinb out that if the circumstances were such aa represented by Mr Siloock the proceedings were irregular and the recommendations could not be sustained. "*

After discussion it was resolved " That the board forthwith take the necessary steps to establish manual and technical classes m such schools as the board's grant for manual and technical education will enable them to establish ; and, if necessary, to erect or to assist m the ereotion or furnishing of suitable buildings In which to carry on manual and technical elementary instruction, under the provisions of 'The Manual and Technical Elementary instruc tion Act, 1895/" The proposal to form a winter class for manual training for persona not connected with the Board's schools was deferred. It was agreed, however, to inform Mr Simmers, principal of the Ashbnrton High School, that the board would have no objection uo his* attending the classes.

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS.

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London, Febrnary 15 Wheat has advanced 6d during the week. Sydney, February 16 Wheat — Chick, prime 3* 4d ;milling, 4s to 43 2d. Flour, £10 10s to £11. Oats — Feeding, prime 2s 61 ; medium, 2s 4d to 2s sd ; seeding, 2a Bd. Barley, Cape and English, 33 3d. Peas, Prussian bine 5s to 5s 3d. Potatoes, local, £5 to £7 ss. Onions—Globes £5, Port Arlington £6 53. Butter, dairy 6£d ; factory, 7d to 7£d. Cheese, large, 4sd ; loaf, 5Jd. Bacon, 6d to 7*d.

Melbourne, February 16. Wheat , 4s 41. Oats, Algerian, Is 9d to Is 1H ; Tartarian and Danish, 2s to 2a 3d; Barley, prime English, 5* 6d ; Cap«, 2s 7d to 2s lOd. Potatoes, £6 15s. Onions, £5 to £510s.

ApiELAiD?, January 16 Wheat, 4s sd. Oats, 2s 6.1 to 2s lQd.

ASHBURTON STOCK MARKET.

Messrs Hanmer and Graves report upon the weekly sale at the Ashburton yards on Tuesday. There was a heavy increase m the yarding, the total being 10,936 nheep, 30 head of cattle and 3 pigs, and our entry comprising 2461 sheop. There was a good attendance, and really forward lambs were strongly competed for, but inferior ap.rta were somewhat weaker tha.n laßp week. We. placed the whole of our entry as f ollowa ;— 3heep — 10 fat orossbreds 6,3, 33 fab ctoaa, bredß 5s 6d, 208 croßsbred wethers 7s 3£d, 172 halfbred wethera 7s 9d, 114 lambs 8s 2d, 125 lambs 7s lOd, 211 lambs 7s 6d, 35 lambs 7s 6d, 256 lambs 63 3d, 150 lambs 5a 10d, 175 lambs 5s sd, 62 lambs 4a, 204 lambs 3s BJ, 190 lambs 3s sd, 17 lambs 2* Id, 144 crossbred ewes 3* 2d, 199 merino ewes lid, 56 merino ewes 6d.

THB ASHBURIoa GOABJDIAK : THUBSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1898.



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PUBLIC NO'XXCKS p El • « o O » J a < i c a *? *» : 5 so g ? p g <ri - j 3 | I N ! 1* « i v I U \lfo/?ofJbeDersi/a(fetffo I wi/yahy gflAe/'/n/la/fons. I I (Amn/eifGQfda/Hf&/verMei/afs) j arm ox Blimp rf/rs T/ieyarepi/reanc/wMeso/ne m T/ieJbes/- money a/?cf * experience can iqy. largest sd/e/nAusf/was/a. \ SOLD BY ALL GROCERS J Church Services S,T. STEPHEN'S OHUROfI Aahburton. Thursday — Sunday School Anniversary at Dromore, 7 p.m. Friday— Short Service, 7.30 p.m.; Choir Praotice, 8 p.m. SUNDAY SERVlCES.— February 20. II a.m. — Morning Prayer and Holy Com- munion. 3.30 a.m. — Holy Baptism. 6.30 p.m. — Evening Prayer. REV. T. A. HAMILTON. ' MAIiTNOTIdES; Mails close \ot the following piases as under, Bubject to the nepesaary alterations : THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1?. For Northern Ports, per Penguin, at 6.30 p.m. FRIDAY, NOVMBER 18. For Northern Ports, Westpor*, and Aus- tralian Colonies (via Wellington), per Monowni, at 10.30 a.m.. Due Sydney, Feb- ruary 24. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19. For Australian Colonies (via Bluff), Cey- lon, India, China, &c, and specially ad- dressed correspondence for United Kingdom and Continent of Europe (via Suez), also South Africa (per Woolloomooloo from Mel- bourne, 3rd March), per express at 12.30 o.m, Due Melbourne February 28ch, Lon- don April 3 r di



F. FERRIMAN. r* - *•• ■■ — — — — ..- r-. r FOR SALE- A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY FOR A PERSON WITH A SMALL CAPITAL. T HAVK been instructed by Mb V. Rouse to sell by Private Treaty bis well known and Commodious BOARDING HOUSE, situated m close proximity to the Methven Railway Station, containing XT Rooms and Scullery, together with i aore of land. As Mb Rouse has determined to sell oa aooount of his wife's ill-health, the above should command the attention of anyone m search of a profitable and increasing business m the centre of a large and rising distrioti F. FERRIMAN. FOR SALE- j' WAKANUI iROAD,; WITHIN A FEW MINUTES WALK OF POST OFFICE. A Comfortable Dwelling House, contain- ing 8 rooms, Bathroom and Scullery, to- gether with one acre of land, fronting on Wakanui Road and Cambridge Street. The above is for absolute sale, and from its dose proximity to town should call for special attention from those m searoh^of a good suburban residence. F. FEREIMAN. FOR SALE. LEASE IN PERPETUITY of 100 Acr s of Land at Liamore, subdivided into four paddocks, with an abundant supply of water m eaoh. 20 acres are m English grasses, 35 iv fallow, and 45 are m the native state, upon which there is good feed. Upon the property there is a comfortable five-roomed house, a well planted garden, three-stalled stable, piggeries and sheep yarde. As this farm is within three miles of a Pub'io School, anyone m seat oh of a property at a small rental would .do well to give this j fd inspection. F. FERRIMAN. FOR SALE, THE GOODWILL^OF A LEASE of 20 acres of land, situated within two miles of Ashburton, upon which iB built a very substantial cottage of four rooms. Annual rental, £6. Full particulars on application to F. FERRIMAN. TO LET, William Street, off Wakanui Road. A house of seven reotnr. TO LET, Wakanui Road, a ccmfortablej^houee Jof six rooms and ecullety, F. FERRIMAN. HAIB CUBLING FLUID. IT! HIS FLUID is a secret recipe, and is JL used by the leading ladies of England and America, and now used m all the firet- claas Saloons throughout the world. It is lelicately perfumed, and can be reoom- [ mended as a first-class Toilet Preparation. DIRECTIONS. Moisten the hair with the Fluid, and adjust it loosely. As ifc dries it will show a tendency to curl. Then ran your fingers through it to lighten it up, as you desire. PRIOE— Ss PER BOTTLE. PREPARED BY C. G. ELEY, LADIES' HAIRDRESSER, fcew York, U.S.A. "~ J, B. KIRK,



SHEARMAN BROS., GBOCEBS, IRONMONGERS, & WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS WINES AND SPIRITS. WE have muoh pleasure m informing our Customers and the Ashburton Public that we have ENTERED INTO TBE ABOVE TRADE. We have now to hand a Large Assorted and \Vell-Belected Stock of all Classes of Wines and Spirits, and English and Colonial Bottled Ales and Stout. None bub the Best Bcmwb kept. CROCKERYWARt.~~ X ~CROCKERYWARE. WE have just landed, ex S.S. Kaikoura, some /cry choice Hues m Dinner Sets, Tea Se<B, Toilet Sets, Seta of Jugs, etc , etc., which we are selling at Wholesale Prices. 100 Dozen White and Gold China Cups and Saucers .. 6a 6d per dczen 160 D.zen 2ib Stone Jam Jars 3a 6d per dozen 50 Dozen lib Glass Jam Jars 2a 3d per dozen TEAS. TEAS. TEAS. WE have received direct from the Ceylon and China Gardens a large consignment of ifferent Classes of Teas. As we make Teas a specialty we can offer to our Cußtomerß *nd the general public exceptional value. • Highest Grade Orange Pekoe Ceylon Tea .. .. •• fs per lb First Class Orange Pekoe Ceylon Tea .. .. .. .. Is 9d per H> Good Full Leaf Pekoe Ceylon Tea .. 1" £d per lb Ceylon and China Blended Tea i ,!J P ,1! Good China Tea Is Id per lb SAMPLES MAY BE HAD ON o APPLICATION. MAURITIUS SUGAR. MAURITIUS SUGAR. As Mauritius Bugar oontains far more Preserving Propertied than any other Sugar m the market, it ii therefore the be*t Bugar to use for Jams and Jellies. 701 b Bags— l4B *»a. Orders by Post promptly attended to. Goods delivered daily. SHEARMAN BROS., . GROCERS, IRONMONGERS, AND WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, MARKET HOUSE, ASHBURTON. v eicpuone No. 53. GIGANTIC SALE OF DRAPERY, CLOTHING & BOOTS AT MITCHELL & TURNER'S. The Whole Stock Reduced. ODD LINES AND SUMMER GOODS AT AFTER SEASON PRICES. LADIES' WATCHES GENTLEMEN'S WATCHES GOLD BROOCHES LADIES' GOLD RINGS. FTIHESB FOUR LINES ARE HEAVILY STOCKED AND ARE OFFERED AT REDUCED PRICES. THM LARGEST AND FINEST STOCK IN the District of these end all ottier Lines is to be seen at S. SALEK'S THE LEADING JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT IN THE DISTRICT BARGAINS EXTRAORDINARY f^i REAT ANNUAL] SALE of Surplus Stock of DRAPERY, CLOTHING, &. BOOTS, COMMENCED ON SATURDAY, January 15. IMMENSE REDUCTIONS. ANDREW ORR.