MAIL NOTICES.

The Letter Box will be cleared for the despatch of ._orrespondence from Ashburton for the undermentioned places aa follows :— Corrected to August 1, 1898. Burnham and Duusandel, daily ... .- ••• 3.15 pm Chertßsy and Rakaia, daily J 6 30am315pm 6 30 pm Dromore, daily ... -630 pm Christchurch and north, daily 630 am 3 15p and 6 30 pm and on Mondays, Wednesdays, and n9 n. m Fridays at 10 30 am EifFelton, Willowby, daily ... 10 30 a m Lismore, Tuesday, Thurs day, and Saturday ... 10 30 am Elgin, Wakanui, and Rivei side, daily ... •« 600 am Seaview, Seafield, Kyle, and Newlands, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday ... 030 am I Waterton. Aah ton, Longbeach, and Flemington, daily ... 3 pm Lowcliffe, Monday, Wednes day, and Friday.. .. 10 30 am Highbank, daily.. •• 630 am Peel Forest, Tuesday, Thurs day, Saturday ... ... 10 30 am Mount Somera, Springburn, Staveley, Alford Forest, daily * F m Winohmore, Greenar.ree% Ash burton Forks, Doris, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday 6.30 a.m. Methven, daily ?„ 1 !L pm Geraldine, and Orari, daily.. 12 *) pm "^amaru, Dunedin, Waimate, and south, daily ... 12 30 pm EMing, Rangitata., daily ._ 10 30 am Temuka, timaru, daily, 1<» 30 am and Tuesday, Thursday, 30 pm and Satnrduy 3 15 pm li.v.vvl], Winslow, Hinds, 10 30 am duly 30 pm And Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday ... »315 pm Ruapuna, Monday and Thurs day - ... — *P m Mayfield, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday ... 4 pm Westerfield, Tuesday, Thurs day, Saturday 4 pre. Letters containg anything of value snould be registered. emmm—nwrn—m-saammmmmmmmmi mmf L

THE ASHBOBTON GtJABDIAN : WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1898.,

-~ ~ ' 3 Printed and published by Henby Willis, of Peter Street, Ashburton, for the Propria tors, at their Printing Office, Burnet*} Street, Aahbnrton. WSPNESDAY, AUGUST 2^ 1898



Business Notices. KEWAED. ' ONE TOUND Reward will be given to anyone giving such information as vill lead to the conviction of anyone jutting m lead, washers, or m aDy w*y rvilfuiiy damaging the Lollie Machice at the ria il way Station, Ashburton. 113 J. MABSDEN. JOHN MOISON^ HAVING considerably added to his Stock as well aa his Shop accommo- dation, is m a position to supply Boots and Shoes at lowest cash values— hie own make, which is not to be surpassed, and the best is the cheapest. Repairs with best sole elather and at once, at J. Moison's, the only Practical Bootmaker, "The Hall," Eaßt Streob, Ashburton. 6 6**——' FOR SAXeT" TTTE Have on hand several NEW AND SECOND-HAND GIGS, & OTHER VEHICLES, Which we can dispose of at reasonabl prices. p & hTsteel, Victorian Steam Carriage and Iron Worka West Btreet, Ashburtoß. DENTAL NOTIOE, r Mb G. F. DODDS WISHFS to notify toJhiß Patients that he has left his .former rooms m Burnett Street, and may now be consulted at his residence, corner of Tancred and Cass streets, next door to Db. Leahy. 4 84 NOTICE. Mbs KNIGHT, SECOND HAND DEALER, WAKANUI ROAD, WISHES to thank the public for the - liberal patronage received by her il 9 the past, and she takes this opportunity ol informing the public that she has disposed !of her business to Mrs Mary Ann Robin- son, for whom she solicits a continnance of the support accorded to her. M. A. KNIGHT. IN reference to the above I wish to say that my best endeavors will be used to follow m the steps of my predecessor. MARY ANN ROBINSON. HEAP MONEY I * CHEAP MONjgY ! CHEAP MONEY IN SUMS JF £100 ™ £10,00Q ' ON COUNTRY, CITY, AND SUBURBAN FREEHOLD, At exceptionally low rates of interest. FOR FORMS OF APPLICATION ANI) FULL INFORMATION, Apply to the DISTRICT MANAGER, Christchurch. J. H. RICHARDSON, Government Insurance Commissioner. 2217 DKINK DELICIOUS PERFECT IN QUALITY, FLAVOB AND BLEND. Paoked m Tins, the delicate Aroma Absolutely Preserved. OBTAINABLE FROM ALL GROCER SMOKE THE NEW VENUS Dark Aromatic Plug Tobacco. THE CELEBRATED & BEST BBAND MANOTAOTUBKD IROM OHOICESU VIRQINA LEAP The Wife's Welfare read it. Write Prnf»=<J lV £ d - Every woman snould !gC2lUn4jggl 0 i tol**:™" 1 "' Specialist ' YOUNG MEN f32SS to -SS!!fSL va, 2r able free Book concerning ycut^ SUFFERING MEN- Par . t i culars free - i>~- * wu! rcninu men accidentally found a cure fi d ft 8 * 9 .^ 18 * 8 ,aUed * Ad <fre63 Harold S. Bbi_v u._\u. 4 Melbourne. ; TUB; TRLITM Valuable book for men,' ■ ■ ■*■ ■ im w *_. fn about themselves, 100 pages. Posted, 6d., m stamps (any colonyX PRorasoa Wbbstbk, Speoialisfe, Exhibition-street, Melboumo.



E-afc— — tt» _i--iii-i;-_ ".■j»_-_<ii ■ T~nTr— run-ill 1 1 uni iiinTTTii n inj !■■■ ■_»——»— -* 1 "* 11 - 1 ' 1 * *---'*■' I \ .898. NEW SEASON'S SEEDS. : NIMMO AND BLAIR'S STANDARD PACKET SEEDS. Vegetable Seeds 3d. Flower Seeds ld. All the latest novelties for the season. TEA. TEA. TEA. OUR CELEBRATED S (m Diamond) BRAND PURE CEYLON TEA is acknowledged to be the BEST Packet Tea m the market. We have also m stook a First-class BROKEN ORANGE PEKOE CEYLON TEA wbioh cannot be beaten for Afternoon Tea. STATION TEAS AT VERY LOW PRICES. "■ Plough Shares, Lubricating Oils, Raw and Boiled Linseed Oils always n stock. Large assortment of Kettles, Saucepans, and Enamelware. Splendid value m Cutlery, Spoons, and Forks, eto. CHEAPEST HOUSE IN ASHBURTON FOR GROCERIES, CROCKERY, i HARDWARE. Goods delivered daily. Orders by Poßt promptly attended to. SHEARMAN BROS., GROCERS AND IRONMONGERS, WINE AND SPIRIT MEROHANTS, MARKET HOUSE, BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. WHEAT. _ WHEAT. TTTE ARE PROMPT OASH BUYERS OF PRIME MILLING WHEAT AT HIGHEST MARKET RATES, We are ai»o prepared to Stcre Grain on Fsrmers account In our New Grain' Stores West Street, Ashburton, on very favourable tcrina Ful sized Ccmsacka and Twine Supplied afc LOWEST CURRENT RATES ROLLITT & CO.. CANTEEBURY FLOUR MILLS. OFFICES AND STOREfc,, WEST STREET. '■r-jTTTTT.'''^^"^"*-^-"'**"'"*"'^^ .hm—'-" — -iir i—i rw_r-— -—• ~~f BwJ^^&lSy TO DRINK . tMVi 10 &\ss.sv /^B^ L EASILY THE ftESx ■•' _J «—■————■-— »— — — MlM_Mi_Ma_«_«MMMnMaiir_«rjr_iiii. a_»ip««ir-.-j.i.nMi|-w— (p Mew ' Zealand Insurance Company. ESTABLIS HED '™L _ 185 9J CAPITAL^OIIE MILLION. THB PREMIER A_\ 7 D WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOB PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY* FIRE AND 'MARINE RISKS. ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MACHINES, 40., AOOEPTED AT LOWEST OURRENT RATE! HANMER & GRAVES. AGENTS rzz 19,000 =zr ORION" COOKING RANGES IN USE IN THIS OOLONYr : \\fm?%\- --f Itt***""»S : l Mr • THEY BURN LIGNITE, TRUE OOAL OR WOOD UP TO 24in NO setting"eequired. With Stove Pipe can be worked out m tho open. SPLENDID BREAD BAKERS. . With Cast Iron or Copper Boilers. Tho Copper' Boilers are large and Tinned inside. RKPAIRS ARE A MINIMUM. Made m all sizes, single or double ovens. High or low pressure boilers, — — :o: Sold by all Ironmongers, from whom Catalogues can be obtained, or from the maker, H. E. SHACKLOCK, SOUTHEND FOUNDRY, DUNEDIN. m



mj-—m---xr-zmmmwwm-m a mill I I Will ■■!■ -UlirnTTW o_B LOOK 1 CHEAP WINTER FIRING. " NEW MOUNT SOMEES COAL. OUTPUT has Trebled during the laß twelve months. IT IS USED EVERYWHERE. * Tbis Coal is the Best and Choapest Steam aod Household Coal m tbe market. Used m the Woollen Faotory and Canter bury Flonr Mills, GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS WRITE FOR PRICES TO G. T, PARK, MOUNT SOMERS. THE TEA OF THE AGE. i SAXON TEA. SAXON TEA, mRY IT, AND YOU WILL HAVi , NO OTHEIt. S _ I SAXON TEA. SAXON TEA, Pbof-ssob Bioker-on reports tbat SAXON TEAS is absolutely Pure and of good quality ARTIST PHOTOGRAPHER, .has opened at the VAKDYKE STUDIO, SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON Specialties, Art Portraiture, Linducapes, enlargements, Lactern Sliden, etc. 7 1 MONSTER SALE OF WINTER STOOK NOW ON. STRONG Winter Dress Tweeds 7|d, I lljd, and Is per yard worth double. ALL WOOL HENRIETTA SERGES j i Maroon and Navy Is 6d, were 2s 3d. j Fur Trimmings, various shades, I . 9^d, reduced to 6£d. j LADIES' CORSETS, Good Quality, 2s lid. Sale Price 2s 3d. FLANNELETTES. Plain, Stripes, Checks, Tartans, & Floral patterns, all at greatlyjreduced prices BLANKETS & FLANNELLS, Large Stock — Great Bargains. Linen Tabling Is 3d iW 10Jd. MEN'S & BOYJ? CLOTHING Macintoshes and Overcoats, Mercery, , Hats and Capes, All at specially low prioes for the Sales. ; remnantsTremnants. Hundreds of Remnants must be cleared. Am P. Williamson, CASH DRAPER & CLOTHIER, Tanored Street. H. A. FLOWER, THE LEADING CONFECTIONER FRUITERER, Etc., HAS Now REMOVED to the Fine Premises situated next to Drug Co., East Street, where my numerous Customers oan obtain my old noted lines of Cough ' Drops, Almond and Fruit Toffees, Fruit Candies, Butter Scotch, etc., and Pure Boilod Goods, freßh, daily. x Just Arrived — 10 cases English Confec- 1 tionery, including the following lines :— J Fry'a Celebrated Chocolate Creams, Drops, j Sticks, Ginger, Eating Chocolate, etc, j Cadbury's lead assorted Chocolates m 301 varieties, Murray's Caramels, Hay Bros' Jubes>, No. 1 Extra Strong Mints, Musk, eto. For a good Pork Pie and Cup of Fresh Tea etc, try my Refreshment Rooms. Pastry and Small Goods made daily. Choice Fresh Fruits always m stock. HERBERT A. FLOWER MANUFACTURING CONFECTIONER, EAST STREET, ; For Jndiobstion, the best remedy is ub !doubtedly Norton's Camomile Pills. The, can confidently be recommended as being mild m operation and absolutely free fron j 1 injurious drugs. Aoting at once as a splen- j did toniu and a gentle aperient. For nearlj J 100 years they have proved utequalle*? for J Indigestion, Dyspepsia, sick Headaohe and j or Liver and Stomaoh complaints. Sold m j bottlea *c lid. 2s 9d, and Ua, by all &*&.* I pipe Vw&n* throughput tho woffl, k\



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I ANNUAL j STOCKTAKING SALE \ NOW PROCEEDING. REDUCTIONS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. SPECIALS FOR THIS WEEK. i BIG JOB PURCHASE. LADIES' Black and Colored Straw Hata to go at 6d, 9_, Is, Is 6d each, tegular price f...p these goods were from 2a dtoßs 6d each. All Millinery Trimminga tiust be cleared regardless of cost. As an xtra inducement to purchasers all MILLINERY TRIMMED FREE OF ( CHARGE. - I See Window Display. ADVANTAGEOUS PUROHASE. Gentlemen's Tieß— to go at 6d, 9d, Is. Is bi. Regular Prioe from Is to 2s od each. Men's Printed Moles— Our regular 7a 6d quality now 6s lid. dressesTdresses, SPECIAL VALUE m Navy and Blaok all Wool Serge, from Is per yard. Special quotations for Evening or Fancy Dress Costumes. DRESSMAKING DURING SALE- NS ad. ASHBURTON DRAPERY COMPANY. pGJESSoV-l il LADIES' RINOS I tl KEEPERS And J KNOT RINGS. §Go!d Watches j| JSilver Watches IQOLD JW SlLVtp CHAINS | Brooches, &c. I Islington Fertiliser. ISLINGTON No. 1 FERTILISER, ESPECIALLY PREPARED EOR SOWING WITH GRAIN. THE COMPANY can Recommend Farmers m Sowing Wheat to USE ISLINGTON No. 1 Fertiliser. ftr? PER TON ON TRUCKS A'l at-O SMITHFIELD. SPECIAL ALLOWANCE FOR QUANTITIES. TfcXE CHRISTCHURCH Meat Company, Ltd t . 7 89 TIMARU. ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDINC AND INVESTMENT SOOIETY. ON and after Thursday, the 7th day oi January, 1897, this Office will be CLOSED FOR THE WEEKLY HALF- HOLIDAY, ON THURSDAY instead of SATURDAY, And will be open until 4 p.m, on Saturdaj after that date. EDWARD STEPHENS, Manager FOR SALE— 4 Acres Good Land, Alford Forest Boad, good fences and m grass, FOR SALE— I Acre Land near Waikanu Roadj good House and Stable, chaffhouse und trap shed. FOR SALE— I Acre Land West o'.s. good pump and fences. rpO LET— 3 Cottages, town and suburban. TO LET — Premises suitable* for Dress- maker or shop central. APPLY— H. W. BARRETT, AGENT, ARCADE, ASHBUBTON*



■■ _P» Mm* ■ !■ ' - '— "* Public Notices. | _ GLIMPSES ' - OF A UST RALT A. 'T.HIS Magnificent Work, Instructive, Interesting, and Ornamental, may be ob sained at the Office of THE ASHBURTON PUBLISHING COMPANY, either m two volumes (bound to order), or m parts, weekly or monthly. J m n For fur tier particulars c APPLY THIS OFFICE. BESSIE SIMMONDS, , TEACHER OF THE VIOLIN AND MUSIC SELLER, BEGS to inform the Inhabitants of Ash« burton and Surrounding Districts that she has commenced Business m those pre- mises next to Mr Seymour, Dentist, and opposite the Ashburton Publishing Company. Piano and Violin Music by the latest Mail, aho choice Songs to select from. Call and see them. Musical Instruments, including a splendid line of Violins, very cheap. All Violin Requisites on hand. Any article not m stock will be immediately procured. Violin Strings, etc., best quality, at the lowest prices. Music and Songs by every Mail, all being selected by a Connoisseur. Agent for the Celebrated Brinsmead Collard and Collard, and Pull and Field's PIANOS. Cash or time payments. A small line of Stationery and Birthday Cards. VIOIiIN TUITIOJN. BESSIE SIMMONDS having made a life study of the above instrument, Pupils can rely upon being thoroughly taught. I can supply an Efficient Band for Balls, Parties or Concerts. Terms on application. Please Note thb Address— BESSIE SIMMONDS, OPPOSITE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 233 BURNETT STREET. WANTED KNOWN— Ladies' Hose 1 Fur Top Kid Gloves Is lid, Towels 4._. d, Art Muslin Is lid dozen, Dress Tweeds 9d to is 3d all wool, Umbrellas is lid, Corsets Is 9d, at A. Orr's Sale. WANTED KNOWN- 50 Ladies' jackets from 7s 9d, 40 Ladies' Capes 8s lid to 255, all about half usual price, at A. Orr's Cheap Sale. WANTED KNOWN— White Quilts 4* lid, Flannelettes 2s 9d, 3s 6d, 4i 61, 5s 9 1 per dozen, Ladies' Fall Nets, ali color-, half price, Blankets 8s lid, Fur Boas at one-third the usual price at Obr's Sale. WANTED KNOWN— Ladies' Milliner, at a great reduction, Ladiea' Undtr- clothing at tromendou. rod not ion 3 , Silks, ("Jimp Trimmir.gs at your own price at A. Orr's Sale. Wonretl Known — f»r\ DOZ3N Washing D^rby Scuver, OU 6d each or 5 for 2s. r\ £r DOZ^N Silk Derby Scarves is, 3 for \y (J 2*, usual price 2a 6d each. QA DHZBN Silk Bows, latest Styles is O\J 6d or 3 for 43 usual price 2s 6_ each Qfr DOZ RN Scotch Wool Socks, 3 for.4s, fcjKJ ufcual price 2i 6d per pair. 1 OA DOZ RN Full Sized Handkerchiefe X/O \J 1 for Is, worth 9d each. t A. OBITS SALE " THE CORNER." MONSTER b CLEARING SALE OF -Hit. WINTER & SURPLUS ' | STOCK. DOUBLE Width Drees Stnffs lO^d, vvnrth~ls 6d ; Fur Top- Lined Kid Gloves Is lid, worth 3s 6d ; Ladies' Cash- mem Hoße le ; Art Muslins, Is 6d per dozen yarde ; Flannelettes from 2* 9d per dozen yards; White and Grey Blankets, 8s lid per pair ; Ladies' Jackets from 5s 6d ; new shapes about half price, new shape Ladies' C!apes proportionately cheap ; good Corsetß r from Is 91 per pair; Gentlemen's Derby 1 Silk Ties Is ; Gentlemen's Derby Washine* Tie?, four for Is ; Gentlemen's Merino 5 Drawers and Vests, Is 6d each ; Gentle- men's full size Shirts, bands and collars, 2s 6-i pach, worth 3s lid ; Boy's good ' Varsity Caps 6d, worth Is ; line of Infants' Shoes Is, worth a double or more. LADIES' & CHILDREN'S MILLINERY AT l GREAT KEDTJOTIONS. ALL STUFF OFFERED GOOD STUFF. NO RUBBISH TO BE DISPOSED OF. Room" must de made for approaching shipments from the English l-ailis. i BARGAINS OF AN EXCEPTIONAL AND STARTLING NATURE i vr_ W. H. COLLIER'S ROZIE TEA im pure.



KERRY STEPHENSON- j HENRY STEPHENSON, (ouccessor to Alfred Harrison.) Established 20 yeara. AUCTIONEER, LAND ESTATE AND IOMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER LTTEEKLY SALES of Live Stock V V Produce, Furniture, etc., EVERY SATURDAY, at 12 o'clock. f Clearing Sales of Stock, HouseholdFurni- are, etc., as per arrangement, m any part | i the oounty. . I Advances made on Goods placed m my J t lands for Sale. FOR SALE — Second-Hand Bioyole nearly new. y CHAFF, OATS, WHEAT, FLOUR, , SHARPS, BRAN, ONIONS, POTATOES SEEDS, etc., Sold Daily m Large or Small Quantities. Agent: Norwioh Union Fire Insurance Company b Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agency Company. PIANOS and ORGANS on time pay ments from «Os per month. . HENRY STEPHENSON, AUCTIONEER. PRIZE POULTRY. THE Proprietor of the PELHAM POULTRY YARDS draws attention to the fact that owing to the necessity for reducing stook valuable birds for breeding m*y be obtained at greatly reduced prices The Indian Game, Houdans, and Partridge Cochins, some of the best laying and table fowls known, are from the best atrainß m the Colony Established 1880. Telephone No 69. BAKER BBOS., riURNTSHING TTNDERTAKEBS, £ URNISHING U NDERTAKERB, DIRECT Importers of Best and Latest Designs m FUNERAL FURNISHING *. FUNERALS Conducted with the greases- care and satisfaction, ac most reasonable Charged. Corner of Wakanui Road and Cass Streets, and Baker and Brown's Coach Factory. STRATHMORE PRIVATE HOSPITAL. EXTENSIVE ADDITIONS; JUST COMPLETED UNEQUALLED IN THE OOLONIES FO ? MEDICAL AND S ORG LCAL CASES. /^IAN Accommodate upwvrda of FORTI? 101 MALE *nd FEMALE^ PATIKNTS TF.R.MS ; From 2 Guineas pu weok PATIENTS CAN BE ATTENDED BY THVi.. OWN MEDICAL ATWT3ER Apply to— THE MATRON, Strathmore Private Hospital, Ferry Road (just over East Belt), Chris 135 church. S. CLEAVER IS now SHOEING ab the folio wit f prices : — ORAUGHTS ... — ._>» per set. HACKS .., __, 4s per act. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. BURNETT STREET SHOEING FORGE 219 ASHBURTON. Bazaar Livery Stables. TT HAVE PLEASURE m notifying^ the Publio of Ashburton that I have taken over THE BAZAAR STABLES, Burnett Street, from Mr S. Trevprza, and trust tbat I may reoeive a fair share of patronage of the general public. CABS MEET ALL TRAINS.J Saddle Horses, Traps, aud Buggies on hire at all hours, and at reasonable charges. GOOD STABLING. JAMES MCCORMICK. 1 6 I .#_? Gsfieperewatletftol wtw^AW afff}Bh7?ffafiom\ fi ffis/sf a/? $&w/?(?x |i • -"; I Cj -^ tf; £« tl*<? \ii t3 •T>'* i€fyifMms^imMpf£M\ i y&scmpmd^Wim.wmA \IU ffie&ffsfwmff&miM/ . j | experience can Jbinf.



SAlSr>ES*< <Sc »o_xts JBuca- lyj>*i "_S_.xtrn.ct. Under tho distinguished patronage of His Majesty the King of Italy, as per communica- •ion made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs through the Consul-General for Italy, at Melbourne, March 14, 1378. Awarded diploma at the Amsterdam Exhibition, 1883. Acknowledged by Medical Clinics and Universities all over the Globe. . There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract 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 Go vcrumeut be of perfectly pure origin, a3 per nformation forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2, 1878, we tate :— . . It is proved by tests by the Medical dimes of the Universities at Bonn and Greifswald, Prasaia, and reported by Dr. Sohulz. Professor of Parmacology, at Bon, and Professor Dr. Mossier, Director of the Medical Clinics at Greifswald, that only products that are datura tei with oxygen and freed of resinous and other aubataucoe, adherent to primary distillation, will developo the ! .anative qua 1 ities proper to the plant. All crude oils, or so cailod Eucalypti Extracts are to be classed according to the named authorities, among the turpentinee, which are abandoned long since as an nte:nal adicament. These crude oils, or so called Eucalypti Extracts, are discernible : 1 By their deficiency m pungent odour— which our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extract develops most freely through its surplus oxygen. By their alcoholic thin aad mobile appear- ance beiog reduced iv specific density through the presence of acids. By theirtaste, the result of the coatmcting tendency of rosine and tennate.*-. If these crude oils, so called ene-lypt extracts, are applied by mistak-s m cases o! croup, bronchitis, diphtheria, ioteina': nflatnations, dyseatery, etc., t>ie co?i sequence< are most appalling. For safecy akeask always fnr.S aNDKR&SON'S ECCA LYPTI EXTRACT.— Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia. SANDER & SON 3. RAILWaYITM- TABLK. Trains leave Ashburton FOR THJ' NOR i'H every day at 7.20 a.m., 3.40 p.m aiid 7.5 p.m. (express). Ou Mondays, Wed ntisdayu, and Fridayi, an extra train loaves- ar 11.0 a.m. Trains arrive from the Nortl. every day at 10.45 a.m.. 12.43 noon (express) and 8.0 p.m. Trains leave Pakaia for Methven daily Thursdays excepted) at 7.5 p.m., on Tuesdays at 10.10 a.m , and on Thursdays at 1*2.20 noon. Trains leave Mfcthv.-.n at the following times res^occtvely 8.50 every day, except Friday •■ ; 10.30 Fridays 3.10 p.m. Tuesdays. (rains leave Ashburton FOR THE SOUTH every day at 10.55 a.m., and 12.53 noon (expreHs). On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays a train leaves at 3.50 p.m. A trnin leaves for Mount Somers brands line every day at 4.25 p.m. The branch train arrives m Ashburton at 9.45 a.m. "- ■ '- — '- '' ' ' ' '—J WANTED, TARMERS fX.O Remember th.it now is the best time to have their McCORMICK BINDERS repaired. We have a COMPETENT REPAIR MAN now iv the Distriot, and any Farmer that wants bis maohine overhauled would -be wise to BRING IT INTO OUR YARD AT ONCE ahd have it attended to. Wb Guarantee Workmanship. IF you want a New Binder call and see us before booking elsewhere, as the McCorniick IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE KING OF THE HARVEST. Morrow. Bassett & Co. WILLS STRKST, ASHBURTON, M. PIUEST, Managftr. To the Deaf aud Utoae troubled with Noises iv the Head or oilier Aural Troubles. Dr Nicholson, of i^ondon, the world famed aural specialist and Investor of artificial ear drums, has just issue. l the 100 th edition of his illustrated and descriptive book on Deaf- • Dee's and Aural Trouble*.. This book may be had from Mr F. Sh-.iw, 160, Adelaide Road, Wellington, N.Z.., on receipt of btampa Mr Campbell, of the same address, ' was gre-.ly relieved of his deafness by Dr. Nicholson's system, and takes pleasure m -pr« iding the news of tbe great specialist m New Zealand. A littlebook on the oure of Rheumatism, Corpulenoe. Lumbago, and j ImUgostion by tho same author, may )fl k» ? i |vm H 9feft7 99 989ip. 9l I Wt*