THE SPOILING OF TUG POOR.

An Appeal to the Moderate Drinke

Being an address m part delivered to the Forward Movement, Welling ton, New Zealand, on Sunday, 17th November, 1895, by A.. D. Atkinson, some time Scholar of Corpus Ohristi College, Oxford.

.The spoil of the poor is m your housest What mean ye that ye beat My people to piecea, and grind the faceß of the poor ? saith the Lord God of Hosts.— lsaiah iii. 14, 15.

The ravages of strong drink are, m one sense, a very familiar subject ; but m another they are to most of us a sealed book. There are certain great truths of which Coleridge speaks as " lying bedridden m the dormitories of the soul " — truths, that is, too obvious to be disputed, but grown powerless from neglect and want of exercise, and commanding on occasion a vague and abstract recognition instead of a con* stant and practical homage. Upon the aspect of the drink problem which even for the most thoughtless has almost the air of an axiomatic truth — I mean its magnitude and urgency — I Bhall have very little to say to-night, and nothing that is new, and what I shall say will be entirely directed to wards a more disregarded aspect of the question, namely, the responsibility of the individual Christian m the matter of this gigantic evil, and especially m relation to those who are less able to protect themselves than he is. My endeavour will be to galvanise into activity this belief m the enormity of the evil which m some souls is but a bedridden truth , and to convert it into a vital power for the guidance of conduct. I shall speak from the Christian standpoint, and as the subject is important, and I do not wish to be misunderstood, I shall speak as plainly as possible.

A very brief summary of the kind o^ evidence obtainable must suffice for a reminder of the mischiefs wrought by strong drink. In England, Scotland, Ireland, America, and m these colonies, judges have agreed m branding it from the bench aB the most prolific source of crime, their estimates of the proportion to be ascribed to •it varying from the 90 per cent, of Lord Ooleridge, the late Ohief Justice of England, and scores of others, to the two thirds which is our own Ohief Justice's estimate for this colony. Inside the prisons this testimony has been confirmed by gaolers and prison chaplains: — " Eighty per cent, of the men who have passed through my hands would not have corns there but for the drink," was the opinion recently expressed by the keeper of the Wellington Gaol. A similar tale is told by philanthropists and city missionaries of the wrecks and outcasts among whom they have worked. " Nine-tenths of our poverty, squalor, vice, and crime springs from this poisonous tap-root/ say General Booth ; 99 per cent, was Dr Guthrie's calculation of the proportion of desti tute children who owed their destitu tion to drink ; and Dr Barnardo, who at first thought the statement a gross exaggeration, arrived at a minimum of 90 per cent, and became a total ab stainer m consequence. In New Zea land a benevolent trustee of large experience m this city, and the head of a charitable institution m Christ church, have both debited liquor with 90 per cent of the cases that have come before them. This proportion gives us 1400 as the number of "neglected and criminal" children m our industrial schools at the end of 1893 through the drinking habits of their parents, and 150 as the number added by that cause m 1894. To anyone with a sense of the value of home life and the sacredness of childhood — m other words, of- the worth of a human soul and its infinite aptitudes for good or for evil which are involuntarily shaped by early impressions and associations ■^statistics of this class tell a more tragic tale than any form of adult suffering. As to the death rate, the highest authority on inebriety m Eng land, Dr Norman Kerr, who took up the matter some years ago with the avowed object of upsetting the ex travagant estimate . which ascribed 60,000 deaths m the United Kingdom ! annually to this cause, came to the conclusion that 120,000— -about four times the entire population of Wel lington — was nearer the truth. Another high authority places the number as high as 200,000. In our own little colony the number has been estimated at 1000. The data are somewhat uncertain, and I 'have not been able to check the calculation, but it does not appear to me excessive, ana is less than half the English rate. Consider it for a moment— looo deaths f rpm drink every year m this sparsely populated country, 20 every week ; 20 have gone Bince our laßt Sunday terviojj 2Q more «Ui go before the

church bells ring again ; or shall I say, before the wine goes round again at the Ohristisn's Sunday dinner. I * The estimate ia a good deal more favor ! able to ub than the comparative statistics of ■ drunkenness would seem to justify. The r average of the arrests for drunkenness m ■ EDgland and Wales for the years 1889-1893 j was 178,842, or 6 per 1000 of ttie population; ' m New Zealand for the same period the rate ' was over 7 per thousand ; but ib would be absurd to suppose that drunkenness is more rife here than m the Mother Country. Many causes conld be snpgested for the dis crepancy m the figures; among which I should certainly not be inclined to place the greater vigilanoe of our police. The number of arrests for drunkenness m New Zealand last year was 4594, m 1893 ib was 5251~an average of about 94 per week. (To be continued).

You Never "Will Forget 9th.

PRINCE OF WALES' BIRTHDAY, November 9, 1898. The Post Office will be closed on the 9th inst. Mails usually despatched at 630 a.m on Wednesday will be dealt with as usual. The Telegraph Office will be open from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The telephone exchange will be open as usual.

CRIME, PAUPERISM, DEATH.

tHE AB£ißoß'j\)a aOAtDiA^; SATtiBDA*. KOtEMBER 5 iB9«



' r m '••*- >■ .11- SEASONABLE G (BS AND PICNIC DELICACIES. fletchTr buos. TJAVE m Stock the following Summer Delicacies:— fSilb S SS J?BS it l^ Corned Beef 2 b tiM Oorned Mutton 21b Urn B tewed r T r ? D d oßabbUS0 BabbUS *'J 1108I 108 j?° aßt M ""°* 21b tins Roast Beef 2Jlb tina Preserved feas ?£ ? M ? rR 7 n Q 2 *' b tiDB P ">« ved Peache » lib tins PrZvlrilwl \u tm " Iri * h Sausa ge 2*tb tins Preserved Aprioot 1 and 2lb ?na Preserve,^ f D uck lib r" 2* Md . S »»8« llb tins abridge S »»** and Green P«a7 J £ t ! nB , GooBe «» Jeliy lib tin* German Sausa. o llbtiuaßUckCurraatPudding llb Pud- lib tin. Apple P«dd.ng Salmon & n Ofi l\ ln Sauce, fiocktail Salmon, N-ha Bay Auchoiv °P ° f UII w ß> Jr ° 8 r and Blaekwell'i B oater Paste, Fresh md Sonnd. SHEEP J>ETTIKG, FOWL NETTING, be sold 7d per 1b under marked^riS ' 8b eoonomiofti lea ln the Market, tc earthen wajke, china waee, & glassware ww w BEPAKTMiiNT DINNER WARM AIVD TEA WARE. Note the Address— FLETCHER BROS., _ „_ CASH SUPPLY STORES, BAST STREET, ASHBURTON, AND JHIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH. Wholesale andj. Retail Agents for Nimmo and Blair's Standard Seeds. SPRING 1898 SUMMER TTjTK Begtoaiiseour Customers and the Public generally that each Department m cur Establishment 13 now Thoroughly Stocked with Novel, ties fcr the Season. In our Household Furnishing Department ,m" ''"'"' * °t°l°° v "'"y ° f ' "» Patterns la Oilolotho and Linolenras, tom-het Ctei^ CurtM - 8 - Qalltsl Art M ° !iiM - "° d •» « M 3 >» &*•• THE DRESS AND BLOUSE MATEKIAL3 ! AS USUAL OUR Millinery & Mantle Showroom Ib replete with Sfeylish and Fashionable examples of Art, which Ladies are cordially invited to inspect. AT OUR CLOTHING AND MERCERY COUNTERS The chief attraction is the nnfquo Selection of Gentlemen's Ties and Shirts, and the Large Stock of Suiting Tweeds. — (o) We are m Business. We wart to be busy, and to keep busy, therefore it is to oar interest to serve you as well a« possible. If yon give us your patronage we will deserve it; Abe best service only can do this. We try to make a better service impossible. 63T 'We find that the demands made on our Dressmaking Department make ib compulsory for us to decline to make up Costumes other than thoso purchased at oa- Estftblißhment. - i !-■ f y i _ MITCHELL & TURNER. GROCERIES & PROVISIONS. GREAT REDUCTIONS. FLOUR REDUCED- 1O« per Ton KEROSENE „ 3s» per Case SOAP „ per Box TEA .... „ 3d per Ib HAMS AND BACON-A Choice lot of Sides, Rolls, and Ham»,'gaaranteed cram.fed. Try it. ' CALIFORNIAN FRriTS-Jast Landed, Pears, Peaches, Apricots,fwhich will be found delicions, and Cheaper than fresh fruit, A LARGE STOCK OF THE FOLLOWING NOW LANDING AND IN STOCK :— ACIDS, ALMOND^ ARROWROOT, «A LRY » ULUE. BAKING POWpFR, Bo^h^ BISCriTS, OA»RA WAY SEEDS, OA £P, LE3 'n COFFrE, CUKRIE POWDRR CURHa NTS, ORES AM f f TART » R, CORK FLOUR 00 Sr^ % CANDIED PKI'L, FXTRACT OF MEAT ™ s ' OOLDBN SYROP, ISINGLASS, HOPS KEROSENK LIME JUICE, JAMS, M^KMALADE, MATCHES MUSTARD. OATMKAL,. RAISINS SALTPETRE, ChYTALS. BICE fc %?sr7S &HPEP TONGUES, SODA, JOHN 6M ~AND CO., (EAST STREET, ASHBURTON,



MELLOR'S ~~ ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE ALWAYS TO THE FEONT. pOR GOOD OHKAP BOOTS AND SHOES WK STAND ALONE. We do the Leading Trade, and we mean to keep it. NOTE OUR PRICES— Men's rinod 9s f><\ • ChiMrnnV A. bio <r+ t Ladies' Pretty Shoes, 4a lid and Se 6d ; Men's Good Blu'che^ 4?lld rttP8 ' 1§ '' Thousands of other pairs at the same Cutting Prices. yo?go Y to WftDt * GU ° D B °°^ c th » b wi » " tand th « »«r. be sore MELL OITS ZEALANDIA BOOT STOBE, ■„., |||iH|)|||| TANGRED BTRKK.T 4SHBUBT3N "THE CORNER"" HAS THE MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF NEWEST GOODS IN ASH BURTON. "yiBIIORB From the Country are Invited to Inspect the Latest Nov.ltleain- OREAM AND WHTTE CYCLING GLOVES NEWEST PRINTS AND GrNGH AMS NEWE9T SAILOR HATS NEWEST BLOUSES ' NEW SUNSH \DES PRETTY VEIL NET 3 LATEST TRIMMED MILLINERY SILK MIXTURES FOR BLOUdKS STYLISH CHIFFONS AND LACES WHITE AND CREAM FABRIC GLOVES LATEST STALES m Children'a^nd Ladi^JJHOES, at Special Low Pricei W, H. COJ7LIER, "THE CORNE R,» G. D. H. HKFFORD, Manager. WOOL. WOOL. WOOL. I AM NOW MAKING Liberal Cash Advances Against Wool PLACED m my hands for SALE m ASHBURTON or ELSEWHERE. rpHE CANTERBURY WOOL BALES have been fixed as follow*, viz : -Christ- church Salea on NOVEMBER 3, NOVEMBER 25, DECEMBER 15, 1898, and JANUARY 13, FEBRUARY 10, 1899. Timaru Sales -DECEMBER 2, DECEMBER 30, 1898, and FEBRUARY 8/1899. Wool intended for me at Christchuroh Sales Bhould be consigned to Cantjcrbory Sb>» Compaxys Siding, Addington, acnouut D. Thomas. I have made satisfactory arrangements foe disposing of Clips privately, either on the Farm or m my Store. Ciienta will do well to give me notice when they are ready. FortniaH,T^ aC i k8 '*«r md: f? Oi Jf' T ,r ne ' * oA other Requiaitts Supplied. the Sheepekmß, EUt. Hides, every alternate MONDAY throughout D. TlfO MA S, 10 187 ASUBURiY)N. BICYCLES- -^nScYC^^ £20 — -Ladies 9 & Gentlemen's — £20 The Celebrated "CRESCENT" Bicycles INCLUDING MUDGUARDS, LAMP, & BELL. n IHESE MACHINES are one of the Highest Grade American Cycles, fitted with A L ft il ,_,? Uteßb Improvementß, and are undoubtedly the best value ever offered to the iruolio. SHEEP SHEABS. SHEEP SHEAKS. WE have now to hand our Season's Stock of «. B. A. &, Traclf's Uuionisi^i And Turkey and Washita Oil Stones. GREAT REDUCTIONS IN GROCERIES. Flour, Kerosene, Tea, Soap, Sugar, IN FACT ALL GROCERIES QUOTED LOWER THAN OHRISTCHURCH PRICES. Splendid Value given m Plated Ware, Cutlery, Spoons and Forks. CKOCKERIWARE AND GLASSWARE A SPECIALTY CHEAPEST rogk IN e ASHBU w R a TON FOR gjgßJ^ CROCKERY, SHEARMAN BROS., GROCERS AND IRONMONGERS, WINE AND SPIRIT MEEO HANTS, MARKET ROUSE, BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. elepbone No 55 EAST STREET. ASHBURTON. H. M. JONES. CHEAP ACCOUNT BOOES^STANDARD WORKS, AND STATIONERY. (x) "DTT) X XT' Q The Teaohera, Students, Pocket, Family, and the Canter- -UJL JD 1 A FjO* bury Bibles, various sizea and Bindings. Prayers and Hymns, Church Praise, Sankey's Hymns— Latest Editions. X>/^V/^"|7"Q Latest Works at Published Prices for Cash. Libiarieß sup- JLJ\JKJ>X\.KD • plied with any works prooured from London, America, or else- where as quickly as possible. A good selection of Reward Books, Standard and Poetical Works m stock. CRICKET, TENNIS, CROQUET, AND HOCKEY Material from Beet London Makers ' TOYS. T"o~Y"s. TOYS. T? 1 A Mn V rrOOT^S A^ BDMS - Photo *"»"<*, Writing X 1 XX.IA \U X VTV/VyJL/k% Desks, Work Boxes, Ladies' Dreseing Cases and Companions, Purses, Pocket Books, Japaneno Goods, Electro- Plated Goods, Glassware. TVTTTQTi OI THE Wioker »s Federal Australian and Victoria Albums • LTJ - yDJLKJ* Tutors for Piano, Organ, Violin and Cornet. Violins, Flutes Brass Instruments, Autoharps. Pianos on H»re for Concerts and Entertainments. "DT A "VT/^O Brimsmead and Sons, Haake, Wagner, Hopkinnon, Collard ■*- XxjLXI \JKJ* and Collard, Spaethe, Goss and Kallman, and others. Cash or Terms. Agent for Milner and Thompson. OT^f^r- A lVTft The Needham, Bell, Chicago Company, New Encland \S JL\)KA J3L±.yt yjm Company, and others. From dST* lOrn upwards. Terms from 10a per month. f^V/HT.'ITQ LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S. Very low prices for V^XVjXJCjO, OASH.-Cyole Extras. «w prices lor H. M. JONJBJS



JbONGBEfILOH ROAD BOARD. TENDERS are required by FRIDAY, November 11th, for Providing and Delivering about 850 yards of shiugle on Boundary Road. FOCKS & SON, H 44 Surveyors to the Board. T. Bullock. TO hh£ Cotfcajjp and secti-n m Cox Street. Rental, 4s 6d per week. Apply to T. BULLOCK. TO LET\ Two ?cres with new O»'tagp of three rooms thereon, fronting Letston S'rect Treyorfcon. Apply to T. BULLOCK, Agent " HAMPSTEAD, T 0 T~E T. /COTTAGE of Three Rooms, large Wash. V^ houne, etc., fronting Church Street. Very good land for Garden purpose*. - T. BULLOCK. To Racehorse Proprietor* and Others. for Tale. 40 A 0 R E 8 40 Adjoining the Racecourse, being R.S. 25535. rriHERE are some Buildings erected on J_ the property, which could be con- verted into a stable and cottagai Well watered with County water races. Exceptionally easy terms of payment will be aooeptedt Apply to T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE. SHEEP COUNTRY AT HINDS. Of\O ACRES » with the Option of /Cv/t/ another Seotian of 59 J acrea oloße to the above. R.S. 33456, 33461, and others fenced and divided into paddocks, well watered with County Water Races. Low Price and Easy Terms, - For particulars apply to T. BULLOCK. TO LET, AT a low rental, Small Shop or office m ' the Arcade. . T BULLOCK GOOD BUILDING SITE. 155.- Price wanted for Town Section 1171, well situated, fronting Havelock Street West. Easy terms if rcq u'red. BULLOCK. rro let. HOUSE of five rooms, centrally situated inTaoored Street' ' T. BULLOCK. for~~sale] 126 acres. 126 /^i OOD LAND, early selection, near Hinds VJ Railway Station, the property of Mr J. Studholme, Jun., divided into three allotments as follows ; — Lot 1, 44 acrec, 2 roods, 33 perches. Lot 2, 40 acres, 2 roods, 11 perches. Lot 3, 41 acres, 2 perches. Can be sold as a whole or separately, on very easy terms of payment, For full particulars, apply to mmmmmmmmmmmm^ m^ T. BULLOCK Government Notices. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. EXCURSION FARES FOR CHRIST CHURCH A. & p. SHOW & RACES, & PRINCE OF WALES BIRTHDAY AT 2d per mile first class, minimum 4s, Id per mile second class, minimum 2s, mileage counted one way only. Tiokets at these fares will be issued to Christchurch from Timaru, Culverden, and intermediate Btationß from the sth to the llth November , and from Aahburton, Culverden, and inter- mediate stations on the 12th also. Stations on branches between the points named are included m both cases. Excursion tickets at the same rates will be issued from any Nation to any station on the llurunui-Bluff aetMon on the 7th, Bth, and 9th November. All Available for return till the 22nd November. The journey must be started on the date of the issue of the ticket m every case, and may be broken after the first 25 mileß. Fuller particulars m posters. 11 20 BY ORDER. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. TRAIN ARRANGEMENTS FOR CHRIBTCHURCH RACES. ON the 7th November a train will leave Timaru for Christchurch at 6.30 a.m., and be due from Rantftata at 7.40, Hinds 8 11, Winslow 8 26, Tinwald 3.37, Ashbur- ton 8.55, taking passengers for Christohuroh only from Timaru, Aahburton, and inter- mediate stations, and will return from Christchurch ab 7.25 p.m., setting down passengers at the same stations only. On the 7th, 9th, and 12th November, the evening train from Christchurch for Ash- burton andMethven will start at 5.10 p.m., and run thirty minutes later than timetable times. CYCLING SPORTS ~AT ASHBURTON, November 9th. The 11.55 a.m. train from Timaru to Ash- burton will run on the 9 h, and a train from Ashburton to Timaru at 5.45 p.rn , running I hour 50 minutes later than the times of the afternoon train on Tuesday. The train to Mount Somers branch on the 9th will start from Aahburton at 5.30 p,m., and run 65 minutes later than timetable times. Oo bhe 9th November a train will leave Ashburtpn for Timaru at 7.15 a.m., Tinwald 7.23, Winslow 7.33, Hinds 7.49, Rangitata Excursion fares as already notified. II 21 BY ORDER. In the matter of the Public Trust Aota for the time being, and m the mabter of the Estate of Ada Mahood, late of Hamp- stead, m the Provincial Distriob of Canterbury, married woman, deceased. NOTICE is hereby given that all creditors and others having claims against the above Estate are required to Bend m to A. A. Fooks, Esq., the agent of the Publio Truatee, Aahburton, and m writing, on or before the 10th day of January, 1899, full particulars of such claims, giving the items and amounts of the same • and the Public Trustee will, at the expiration of the said time or as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, distribute the assets of the said deceased, or any parfc thereof, among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which the Publio Trustee ahall have then had notice, and according to the priorities given by the Publio Trust Office Aots for the time being to such olairas as between themselves respectively. Printed forms for the purpose can be obtained from any of the Agents of this office. All moneys payable to the above Estate may be lodged to the credit of the Publio A rUßte ® ■ wcounb at any Postal Money- Order Office, or paid to A. A. FooKg, Esq., the Agent of the Public Trustee, Aahburton. JAMES O. MARTIN, t, V,. m ■ Public Trustee. Public Trust Office, WrtltnitoD, November 1, 1888.'



Spor t ng. BICYCLE CARNIVAL. T)RINOE OF WALES BIRTHDAY, WEDNESDAY, November .9. i Ashburton Domain. FIRST RACE 7p.m. SHARP. SlSp.m. SHARP. NO WAITS. NO DELAYS. i . Champions of JNow Zealand- I LARGEST ENTRY ON BEOORD. .. ' 11 37 *'---■ - ■-.... ■_ <\\ Er edlander tiros, YKT® are favored with instructions from A. -BUTUERIOK, E>Q , TO SELL BY PRIVATE TfiEATY, HIS COMPACT LITTLE FARM OF 238 Acres AT LOWCLIFFE, HINDS FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd. NICOLL BROTHERS. JNicoll Brothers, [H. F. Nicoll.] [L. A. Nicoll AUCTIONEERS, ACCOUNTANTS. BHAREBROKERS, VALUATORS, LAND ESTATE, AND GENERAL AGENTS. CifiNTEAL AUCTION EOOMS EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. WEEKLY SALES OF CATTLE, PIGS & POULTEY Every Saturday, *b 12 o'clock nooD, In Yards adjoining the Arcade. Entrance by right-of-way, rear of Union Bank. Also of MERCHANDISE, FURNITUEE, and PRODUCE, m our Rooms EVERY SATURDAY, commencing immediately on conclusion of our live stock sale. CLEARING SALES conducted m any parb of the Diatriob at lowest current rates. ADVANOEB made on goods |m our hauda for absolute sale. GRAIN BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COM- MISBION. We shall be pleased to receive samples from farmers who have parcels for disposal. NEW SEASON'S SEEDS We have been appointed Agents for Messrs Sawtell, Waohsmann & Co., Christohuroh, and have now on hand a supply of Colonial Grown Ryegrass, Cooksfoot, Cow- grasa, White Clover, Alsyke. Also, Turnips Mangels, Carrots, Rape, etc., grown by Charles Sharpe and Co., Limited, Standard Seed Growers, Lincoln, England* WE ARE ALSO AGENTS FOR— The Chrißtohureh Meat Company Limited. Milburn Lime and Cement) Company Limited. Little's Sheep Dip. Sharplin and Co., Staveley Saw Mills. Ridley's Reliable Teas. Traveller Bioycles. FIRE, LIFE, & MARINE INSURANCE RISKS EFFECTED. STATION BOOKS KEPT AND AUDITED We havo various sums oDTrust Monies, ranging from £300 to £5000, to lend on Freehold Securities, at 4£ and 5 per cent. Farms, House Properties, and Building Sections for Sale. Particulars on application. We invite those wishing to dispose of their properties to communicate with us. THE CHRISTCHURCH MEAT CO. Limited^ ISLINGTON MANUEES Especially prepared for Wheat, Turnips, Rape, and any other crop, and to suib any description of soil. GREATLY INCREASED PRODUCTION WHEREVER USED. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE Nicoll Bros, store five varieties of this celebrated fertiliser. Price on application. Allowance made for quantities. Letters will receive prompt attention. NICOLL ~BROS., DISTEICT AGENTS FREEZERS, FREEZERS. T7IARMERS wishing to consign Sheop on their own account can book space ab any time to suib their own convenience, by oom municating with us. NICOLL BROS., DISTEICT AGENTS, CHRISTCHURCH MEAT COMPANY. Limited. 8 39 y ' Public Notices, ashburton industrial building SOCIETY. MONDAY Nexb being a Holiday, the Payment will be received on TUES- DAY, the Bth inst. CHAS. J. STYCHE, 11 40 Seoretary. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL^ A PPLICATIONS are invited for the XJL situation of Working Foreman to the Ashburton Borough Counoil, also for Driver and Horse for water-carb, Schedule of duties, etc., may be seen at the Borough Counoil office, where applications will be received till 1 p.m. on MONDAY, the 14th insb. CHARLES B. FOOKS, 11 45 Town Clerk. Tenders, TENDERS. mENDERS are invited for the Ereotion X of a Cottage for the Gas Company, to be ereoted near the Works. Plans and Specifications may be seen at the Company's Office, Arcade Chambers, on and after Monday next, November 7th. Tenders received up till 12 noon on MONDAY, 15th inst. The lowest Tender not ntoeuarjlj Accepted. " 39 Q, WARD, gegretftry;



W" an vac T^VAHLIAS now ready. Grand collection — JLJ 63 per dczm ; new varieties— ls to 2s each. Badding Hants, Pot Plants — T. Pitt Smitbfield Nursery. n 9 "YTISITORS to Christchurch, Carnival V week, will find lots of good things to ' eat ab Cooke's Refreshment Rooms, opposite Jubilee Clock. H 45 npo LET— One or two front rooms, sitting JL room and bedroom ; Board if required. Havelock streeb West. Apply Guardian Office. 11 42 Y2J-OSPEL Services.— Mr John Hall, \X Evangelist, will |D. V. ) give addresses m the Arcade Chambeis To-morrow at 3 o'clock and 6.30 p.m. Also Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at Mr ■ J. Dempster'*, Alford Forest Road, ab 7.30 j pm. All earnestly invited. 1147 LOST -On Ford's Road, Tinwald, light I brown Cape. Finder will be rewarded on leaving at Mr Moisou'fi, Eaßt street. 11 48 PRIMITIVE Methodist Church Services, To-morrow, Nov mber 6, Wills street. Morning, 11— Mr G. Aston ; Evening, 6.30— Rev. J. Clover, of Greendale. 11 36 TO LET at Methven— A Cottage, suitable ; for a Bootmaker and Repairer or Barber — Apply Mail Office. 10 190 T7ILKTCHER BROS' Establishment will l JL be closed all day on Friday, Novem- ber 11, to allow employees to attend Christ- church Show. n 34 SOUVENIR Views of Ashburton, con- taining forty-three views of the Domain, Principal Streets, Public Build-* ings, Mount Peel, Bush Scene ab Springburu, and Types of New Zealand Nature. The Album is well got up, and just the thing to send to friends ab Home or elsewhere. Price, Is 6d. Published by H. M. Jones. "davTdthomas. arcade! " THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17 1898. MY Next HORSE FAIR will be hel on the above date, FOR WHICH I AM NOW BOOKING ENTRIES. DAVID THOMAS, _ Auctioneer. J853 to Winners on Wednesday HAMPSTEAD TOWN DISTRICT. RATE NOTICE. ESTIMATE. Receipts. £ s d Funds m hand 159 6 11 Rate at id m £ ... .„ 131 311 290 10 10 Expenditure. £ s d Public Workß & Maintenance 290 10 10 Under the Town Districts Act, 1881, Sections 37 and 38, and the Rating Act, 1894, Sections 37 to 44, and the Rating Act, 1894, Amendment Act, 1895, sections 3, 4 and 5. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that ib is the intention of the Hampstead Town Board, ab their next meeting, on FRIDAY, November 11, 1898, to make a GENERAL RATE of one half-penny m the pound (id m £) on all rateable properties m the Distriob, for the period commencing on April 1, 1898, and ending on March 31, 1899, payable m one sum on December }, 1898, and that the Rate Book is open for inspection at my Ofiioe, Burnetb Street, Ashburton, till November 11, 1898, between the hours of 9.30 a.m. and 1 p.m. J. C. BELL, Clerk to Hampstead Town Board. Ootober 27, 1898. 10 238 BICYCLES. THE ASHBURTON "EXPRESS" ENGINEERING AND BICYCLE WORKS Burnetb Streeb, A BIG Reduction on NEW & SECOND- HAND MACHINES, for the benefit of our Country People on Show Week Second-Hand Maohines from £4, Agents for ail the Leading Maohines. Come m and see for yourselves. LANDELLV & SON, SOLE PROPRIETORS, 10 W



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THE DUST PAN. DO WE P °* course WE DO, CLAIM THAT THE Mew I>»"vis ) "TTTAS Pronounced to be the beßt on earth at the Paris / VV Exhibition, where ib was awarded Gold Medal Vertical Feed I against ALLCOMERS, and Highest Awards at Sydney, [ Melbournw, Adelaide, Dunedin, and South Seas Exhibi- SeTvinsr M.aohine \ tioos. Ho Cogs, Springs, or Teeth to Wear Out. EASY TEB\tB. FBEE TRIAL V :x: O f egrjEfp« \The best make. By Special Appointment to Lord Perambulators / Onslow. late Governor of New Zetland. Massey-Harris Sub. AGENT for this High Grade and Well-known jt*lcycle» J Maohiue. Fancy Goods, Stationery, Toys, &c , at THE DUST PAN. Address— NEXT BANK OF NEW ZEALAND, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. M. J. BURGESS. ; 11 32