The Ashburton Guardian.

Ashburtois : Wednesday, December 2i, 1893.

price : O.io P n y

Vql xx. no, 4681



WAX T B T\ /^fONVBNiBKr G'G, «p9d&ljy adapted V.V for a farmer, for e»'e, cheap. For ait'cularß apply Cffice of this paper. „ WANTED Known— Shipment of New Laces, Fmbro'derieß, Fall Neta, White Glovbb, at remarkably low prices.— W H Collieb, The Corner TTIOUND— In Tancr-d Street, the cheapest JO and moat reliable Boot Shop.— MHLLOR's'Zealandia Boob Store. mENDERS wanted for the sale of 5000 X pairs of boots. — Apply to Mbllob' Zealandia Boot s tore. WANTED Known— Good value for litfcl money at Mellor'B, Zealandia Boob Store. FOR Sale, Cheap — Six Dozen 4>aire of Children's ankle Btrapß. — Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTisD— Wise Motherß to try our Indestructible School Boot. -V- Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED— Sixty Btrong men to try the new Kronio (Blacher).— Mbllos' Zealandia Boot Store. riIHBRE is little use m crossing pare bred JL fowls with moDgrela. The result it seldom satisfactory. Both birds most ba pure, WANTED Known-Ladies' Pretty Walking Shoea m great) variety at Mbllob's Zealandia Boot Store. MRS ROBINSON, Cash Purchaser of Ladies', Gentlemen's, and Children's left-off Clothing, and all kinds of goods. Ladies waited on at their, houses. Note address : Mbs Robinson, Wakanui Boad, Baring Square. 11 123 WANTED Known— Mbs G Hamilton begß to inform the Public of Ash- burton that she is prepared to pay the highest cash price for all kinds of New and Second Hand ClothiDg, Furniture, etc* Letters attended to immediately. Address — Burnett Street, opposite Mail Office. 9 246 WANTED Known— That, when the wind is over and when the dust is gone and Ashburton Housewives commence their Spring Cleaning, Mitchell & Turner are the people for all descriptions of House- hold Furnishings, nod their new goods are ow opened. WANTED Known -That our new Dress Goods are dow on view. Ladies m need of a thoroughly smart and up-to-date costume should give us an early call. A charming variety of Blouse Material and Washing Dress Fabrica now showing.— Mitchell & Turner. WANTED Known— That we have opened a case of Ladies' Fabrio Gloves of really exquisite styles, including a large range of Washing and Cycling Gloves. Special lines m Ladies' Embroidered Hose Sunshades and Umbrellas, per Rangitira. — Mitchel & Turner WANTED— A dozen smart Ladies to try our new k&Dgaroo oalf Shoe.— Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. ■s\; ANTED KNOWN.— Miss E. Barnes Y'V bogo to ti'&nk the Ladies of ABhbor- ton for past favors, and wishes to say she is now shewing the Latest Styles m Trimmed and Un trimmed Millinery for the coming season, also a good selection m Childreu'a Leghorns, Sun Hats, Etc. Sun Bonnets a specialty. Moderate charges, quality guaranteed- Ladies own material made np "VTOTICE— We defy competition ; you get - -JAI wonderful value *kMiaJififF§?7cii£sz6dr* Street. """ WANTeITkNOWN— That I have re- ceived my Summer Stock of Boots and Shoea, which I willjdispose of &t the lowest ratea possible, for Cash. Now ia an opportunity for those who are m Bearch of reliable goods. As usual, Repairs done at once ; at J. Moisok, The Hall Boot Depot, Ashburton. mENDERS wanted to wear out 1000 I pairs o Meixob'b Indestructible Boots. Wear like brass. T7IDRTHER Great Reductions mßollitt's Jj Supreme Roller Flour, at Fletcher Bros., Cash Supply Stores. WANTED K3SOWN — Flour, Flour. Further great reductions m Rollitt'a Roller Flour, at Fletcher Bros., Cash Supply Stores. £i^ X " Tokomaru " — Barrett Bros, have Li just received from Glasgow another shipment of nicely assorted goods m Prints, Shirting, Satteen Stripes, Galateas, and numerous other lines m general drapery, eto. All marked off at loweet casn sale prices. BARRETT BROS, announce that their Dissolution of Partnership Sale ia now on. At its commencement every item of Stock was reduced m price, giving customers far greater advantage than the usual dis- count did. They are still selliDg at lowest a9h sale prices, T71.0R Sale, Cheap— A lot Men's Bluchers JJ only 4s lid — Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known— Pretty Christmaa o%rd 3 m packets— l 2 far 3d, 25 fop 6d and 9d, boxes la.— W H Collibr, The Corner STRAWBERRIES and Cream, Ice Cream, and Iced Summer Prioks always ready at FLOWER'S Refreshment Rooms, nex& Drug Co., EastStreac. . 12 IQ7 Trust and Agency COMPANY OF AUSTRAL- ASIA, Ltd. Incorporated 1860. I AUTHORISED GaPITAT, £2,000,000 SUBSCRIBED £1,^50,000 RESERVE FUNDS (British * Consols, etc.) £200,000 SOLICITORS AND AGENTS. Mesarß Wynn- Williams and Brown, Cbristchurch. Messrs Chapman and Tripp, Wellington. Messrs Sainsbury and Logan, Napier. Head Office m New Zealand— 211, HEREFORD STREET, CHRIST- ' CHURCH. • £30,000 to Lend at 5 per cent. ON FREEHOLD FARM LANDS. Advances can be repaid at six months' notice, and eren sums up to three-fifths o amount borrowed can be paid off at any time I by giving three months' written notice. g JA6. NATHL. HAMER, 7 Manager and Inspector for New Zealand; 81$



U I E. W. HANMER. ! E. W. HANGER I HAVE much pleasure m notifying to tb( Farmers who were olients of the ole firm of Hanmer and Graves, and others witl whom I have m the past done business that I shall be represented attheStook Salei held m the Ashburton County m the future, having made arrangements with Mr J. R. Bland to act as my Auctioneer. Any business entrusted to me will be carefully looked after as usual, and I hope I may be favored with a share of what is going. For the time being I shall occupy the old offices which I nuvo been m for the past six years m West Street, and m connection with the new business shall carry on the agenoieß already established there. lEDWARD W. HANMER, Ashburton, October 14, 1898. WOOL SEASON, 1898-1899. I HAVE taken the Weir Lighted and Commodious third Floor m Mr John Mbe's Store m Timaru as heretofore, and shall offer at the Wool Sales any Wool which may be entrusted to me. The Seoond Bale will be held on DECEMBER 30XH, and all Wool should be forwarded by the 27th December, to ensure being catalogued. I am prepared to make advances FREE OF COMMISSION on all Wool sent forward. Woolpaoks and Twine at Loweet Current Rates, B. W. HANMER. JOHN R. BLAND, 08 Auctioneer Henry Stephenson. HENRY STEPHESSON, (successor to Alfred Harrison.) Established 20 years. AUCTIONEER, LAND ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER WEEKLY BALEB of Live Stook Produce, Furniture, eto., EVERY BATURDAY, at 12 o'clock. Clearing Baleß of Stock, Household Furni- ture, etc., as per arrangement, m any part o the county. Advances made on Goods placed In my hands for Sale. CHAFF, OATS, WHEAT, FLOUR, SHARPS, BRAN, ONIONS, POTATOEB SEEDB, etc., Sold Dally m Large or Small Quantities. Agent : Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company ft Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agenoy Company. PIANOS and ORGANS on time pay ments from ££Os per month. HENRY STEPHENSON, AUCTIONEER. FOR SALE. SHARES • IN . mHE MID DOME HYDRAULIC X ELEVATING GOLD MINING CO> Limited, NOKOMAL— 9B Acres, Capital— £l2,ooo. Divided into 12,000 Shares of £1 each, as follows :— 2OOO Shareß (which will be called A Shareß) tnlly paid up, to be allotted to the Vendors m payment of their interests, 10,000 B Shares are pow offered to the public, payable Is per Share on application, Is per Share on allotment, and the balance by calls, not exceeding Is each, at intervals of not less than one month between each. The A (Promoters) Shares witL not receive any dividend until a dividend at the bate of 7 per cent has been alloted to the b (contributing; sharks, and no Promoters' Shares will be sold under par value until such dividend has been paid. dividends will be paid at per Share, irrespective of amount PAID UP. The Claim lies m the Nokomai Gorge, adjacent to the Lion Company and Sew Hoy Claim. The land m the Gorge is very limited, all held by Sew Hoy, the Lion Company, and this Company. For Prospectus, etc, apply to 12 101 ¥. MAKEIG, Agent. X.M.Aj^> presents PAY A VISIT TO J. Y. de BEER. SPEGIIAL REDUCTIONS. A LL Goods Marked m — PLAIN FIGURES — GOLD BROOCHES from 6s SILVER BROOCHES „ IS GOLD LINKS ;, 6s ALL OTHER GOODS IN PROPORTION Ladles' Ri»sr« a Specialty i I New Goodfs Juab Opened Suitable for | CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. ; J. V. DE BEER, t (LATE S. SALEK) " fc WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER, k r ASHBURTON. e 6 ■ • FOR Sale, Cheap— sooo pairs of Ladiei and Men's Boots and Shoes.— Applj to Mbllob, Tanoced. Street,



The Uncompetent Oatl Anne answered only with a look. He went on pathetically ea^rr: "It might not bo a long imprisonment, dear. You see, I meant Tor my life. I have here — just under yo ar hands — two troublesome reminders of yotir*friends m gray which may make an end of me any day. Could you not endure me even a little while?" Stormy tears broke up to Anne's sweet eyes. Impulsively she laid her oheek against his hands and said brokenly: "Oh, Colonel Grioe, if only I oould give you my youth and strength! Let you live out my allotted spaul" Colonel Grioe put her gently away, drew a long, hard breath, and said, looking full m her eyes, ' 'Let me take you to your father, Anne, and please i forget — everything — except that I can wait." Ten years later, m the times of piping peaoe, nothing more delighted Mr. Thomas Gregory than to tell to the pass- ing stranger the tale of Colonel Grice'a wooing. Strange to relate, Mr. Gregory's Bouthern sympathies grew muoh more marked m an atmosphere devoid of vil- lainous saltpeter. 80 the tale was apt to wind up thus: "Yes, suh, he wuz er Yankee — colonel oommandin the post j yere — an fell m love with her the very minit he seen her. But our southern wimmin are the dear grit, speoially the blooded ones like Cousin Anne Powell. 1 1 tell ye, she didn't surrender tell ; more'n a year after Gen'l Lee did, an then I believe it wuz mostly from pyore pity, fer between the love and the lead m him it did look like he'd die. But she did marry him, her brother Jaok stand- in up with 'em, an now — why, Lord bless ye, between his wife an the olimit he's as likely as any man ye know ter live ter die of old age. " THB END. Old Marital Ceremonies. "Wedding" cornea from an old word, "wad," or "wed," a pledge or token, still used m Sootland to denote a bail or surety: An early English author, one Eobert Brunne, writes of laying his glove to "wed." Also Geoffrey Chaucer says, "Let him beware his nekke lieth to wedde." Furthermore, the poet Gower enlightens us on the use of the word "wedde" as follows: But first, 'er thou be spedde, Thou shalt have suoh a wedde That I ■will have troth on honde That thou shalt be myn husbande. Anglo-Saxon custom ordained that, when the betrothal of young people took place, the youth gave the maiden cer- tain "weds," one of which was a ring. It was put on the right hand then, be- ing subsequently removed to the left on marriage. This is apparently the origin of our modern engagement ring. The giving of money is assigned to the time of Clovis, who, when married to Princess Clothilde, gave her a "sou" and a "denir." Since then, these have become legal marriage offerings even to this day m France. Of course, the value of the coins depends on the status of the contracting parties. Formerly, a like custom existed iir Sng ias J^. T?he bride or her attendant oarried a bag, often handsomely embroidered, to receive the gift for the bride. This reoeptacle was called a "dow (from 'dower') purse, " and this custom long lingered m coun- try parts. Evidently from it originated the bridal gift of parents or bridegroom oalled a dowry ; — Chambers' Journal. Aluminium In lithography. The stone whioh Amerioan lithog- raphers have to impor; from Germany bids fair to be superseded before long by aluminium. The only Amerioan stone thus far known that \?ould answer at all is m Arkansas, and that is not good. Aluminium is a little cheaper than the imported stone, and it is now of great interest among our lithographio art peo- ple that the metal is boing successfully used as a substitute, vith results that are improving more an 1 more as its use becomes familiar. It is easily etohed by acids, and a set of p iates can be very quickly prepared m this way for any design that may be desired. As far as the use of these plates has gone, how- ever, the highest grade of work is still done on the German 3tone by the old engraving process. Our best American lithographs are ten col or work. Some- times it runs as high £ s 18 and 14, but that is the highest. The French and German olaim to use 22 colors and ehades on their finest work, but nobody has ever been able to count them out. Amerioan ten color w ark is now fully and easily up to the European standard, and we are therefore independent m that respect. Importations are becoming less and less every year and are now, m fact, narrowed! down to Christmas and Easter oards and suoh things, whioh continue to come over on their reputa- tion rather than upon superiority of quality. — St. Louis Globe-Demoorat. The Grave of John Paul Jonegi Daniel W. Howland of Boston wrote a letter to the navy department asking information as to the whereabouts of the grave of John Paul tones. Mr. How- land was informed that the famous old eea fighter was probably buried m the Protestant graveyard of Paris, back of the Hotel Dieu; that m 1851 the United States ship St. Lawrence was ordered to Southampton to bring his body to this country for interment, and that it was then ascertained that the ancient graveyard had been sold and devoted to other uses. Whether the bones were dumped m a pit or disposed, of m the oataoombs of Paris the navy depart- ment does not know. The JFutnre of T jlegraphy. '••If I should tell you what I hoped for," Nikola Tesla is reported to have said lately to a New York interviewer, "you would think me a dreamer and very far gone. But I oa.n tell you that I look forward with absolute confidence to sending messages th ugh the earth without any wires. I ive also great hopes of transmitting ieotric force m the same way without waste. " M. Tesla adds emphatioally that lie has no hesi- tation m predicting sucoess concerning the transmission of messages through the earth without wires. EX " Ruapehu "—Barrett Bros, have jus received from Manchester anothe shipment of nicely assorted goods m genera drapery etc. Marked off at loweßt cash aal prices. An opportunity is afforded for th ready money to be well spent, I graoke New Ywu«,



1 ; *-" * WOOL. WOOL. WOOL. I AM NOW MAKTNG Liberal Cash Advances Against Wool PLACED m my hands for SALE m ASHBURTON or ELSEWHERE. -00 fTIHE CANTERBURY WOOL SALES have been fixed as follows, viz :— Chrlstchurch Sales on DECEMBER 15, 1898, and JANUARY 13, FEBRUARY 10, 1899. Tlmaru SaIes— DECEMBER 2, DECEMBER 30, 1898, and FEBRUARY 8, 1899. I shall be represented at BOTH PLACES, and shall be glad to receive consignments, whioh will have my Personal Supervision. Wool intended for me at Chriatohurch Saleß should be consigned to Cant e rbuby Shed Company's Siding, Addington, account D. Thomas. Wool intended for me at Timaru Salee, ple&ee consign to Messrs Guinness and LbCrbn, Timaru, aooount D. Thoma3. I have made satisfactory arrangements for disposing of Clips privately, either on the Farm or mmy Store. Client* will do well to give me notice when they are ready. Woolsacks, Branding Oils, Twine, and other Re q ulß^ 8 w S n u PEf ie fc d h ' r onah O ub Fortnightly Bala of Sheepokhw, Fat, Hides, every alternate MONDAY throughout the Season. D. THOMAS, 10 187 ASHBURTON. I J^^£4SY TO DRINK . EASt 10 O\£SLSV. EASILY THE ftESI it^ sHtw TEN SHILLINGS TEN SHILLINGS g EVERYONE WHO SPENDS a 10/- CASH g jj§ DURING THIS MONTH WITH g g "THE CORNER" Pj § DRAPERY & CLOTHING ESTABLISHMENT W P° WILL BE PRESENTED WITH W H. COLLIER'S MUSICAL & PICTORIAL ALBUM &EJ H FBEB. 'EH S FTIHIS Magnificent Album contains lOs worth of Musio and 16 X pages of beautiful illustrations, VIBWS OP ASHBURTON, . Reproductions from Famous Oil Pau.tinps, ABSOLUTELY FREE. CO D 5 Don'b make any mistake. If you buy fro ."THE CORNER " you O HH cet better value than you got from any other firm and yor -.1»o ceb {ZJ pj B l.Os WORTH OF MUSIC \ TpX> I? TT 1 - . f* 16 PAGES OB 1 LOVELY PICTURES / X) JLLHI Hi. (-= H Come and geb one of these splendid Albums ab once, as only a H HH limited number can be obtained. Nothing like this Album has ever D been seeD m Aehburton before. bi Q COME AND BEE AND BE CONQUERED 1 ™ l ° W. H. COLLIER, § "THE OORNE R." G. D. H, HEFFORD, Manager. TiSN SHILLINGS. TEN SHILLINGS, SPECIAL EXHIBITION- CHARMING NOVELTIES. ANDREW ORR, TS making a GREAT SHOW of Choice Goods m MILLINERY, HATS, BONNETS, UP-TO-DATE JACKETS AND CAPES, CHOICE COSTUMES, CLOTH FOR COATS AND SKIRTS. ORDERS TAKEN FOR TAILOR-MADE COSTUMES. SPBENDID ASSORTMENT OF NEW DRESS MATERIALS. Boyß', Youths' and Men's SUITS of Besb Colonial Made Materials. .CINOLjIUUIULS & FLOOKCLOTHS, | Lovely Designs, all Widths and Patterns. SPLENDID STOCK OF LADIES', CHILDREN'S, AND GENTLEMEN'S BOOTS AND SHOES. ENGLISH AND COLONIAL. Just Opened 100 Dozen MEN'S NEW TIES AND SCARVES, ab HALF PRICE. ANDREW ORR. New Zealand Insurance Company. ESTABLISHED* _ _ 1859 CAPITAL^ONJT MILLION. THBPBEMIBB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOB PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY FIRE AND 'MARINE RISKS. ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THEIESHING MACHINES, Ac, ACCEPTED AT LOWEST TORRENT RaTBB E l . W. HANMER £9BNT,



BICYCLES. WE have received d ; reob fro.ii New York a shipment of the celebrated AmerioßD Bicycles "ROMEO" & "JTJILETTE," and have been appointed 6OLE AGENTS;FOR ASHBURTON. Theie Machinea embody all that is best m up to date bioyole oomtraotion. Interchangeable Sprockets, Ball Retaining Hubs, Flush Joints, Hollow arched crown niokled, and English Dunlop Tyres. PRICE FOR BOTH LADIES' & GENTLEMEN'S WHEELS -QO Ci CA - SH » 0R TERMS AS MAY BE ARRANGED GUARANTEED FOR TWELVE MONTHS MCOLL~BROS., 12 52 EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Timber. — TIMBER — Timber. *W'b have jdst landed- ex oisbornb jj\ AAA FEET WHITE PXINE 4fc VJ 9 UUU Flooring and Lining. Ex GLENOAIRN -* g aga FEET HELA-EfcT TOTAHA Ex HUIA j^g 000 FEEI} KAXJJE6I Ex JANET NICOL gQ QQQ FEET R£_l> FINE Ex ROSAMOND — QQQ FEET J*JE_l> JPINJB ALSO NOW DUE PER" -- .•- MATATUA AND RUAHINE DIRECT FROM LONDON— 800 Drums Raw and Boiled OIL 3 Tons White and Bed L.EAD, riTTTY, « O d PAINTS ~~ " —^ &a ' j»»^< J i--* H o» of IRONMOMGERY 516 Pairs of Gate and other HINGES .0. IS" Persons about to Build will do well to Inspect our Stock and obtain Prices. SEASONED TIMBER SUPPLIED IN ANY QUANTITIES. PAINTING AND PAPEKHANGrING A SPECIALTY, j And Nothing but GENUINE Materials used. W. H. COLLINS & CO., IRONMONGERS, PAINTERS, COAL ft TIMBER MERCHANTS Agents For — Royal Insurance Company Ltd.  Shag Point Coal Company* „ Westport Coal Company, ME LL O R'S ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE ALWAYS TO THE FRONT. TjiOß GOOD CHEAP BOOTS AND SHOES WE STAND-ALONE. We do the Leading Trade, and we mean to keep it. NOTE OUR PRICES— Men's Good (Shooters, 9s 6d ; Children's Anklo Straps, Is ; Ladies' Pretty Shoeß, 4s lid and 5s 6d ; Men's Good Bluchers, 4s lid. I Thousands of other pairs at the same Catting Prices. IF |Yon: want a GOOD EASY BOOT, one that will stand the wear, be sura you go to MELL O ITS ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE, (CANORED BTREET, 4SHBUFTON 1 ) CHRISTMAS - 1898. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS- CHRISTMAS PRESENTS (o) WHAT Gould be more suitable for a CHRISTMAS PRESENT than a nice Table, Ohair, Overmantel, Whatnot, Sewing Machine, Piano, Drawing Room or Dining Room Suite, or some useful article of Furniture. You can got something Pretty and Useful, that will last for years, at a Low Price. wmmmi^mm *O* «■«--■_■» GRAND SHOW OF NEW GOODS IN NEW PREMISES. SPECIAL PRIOES DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON AT T> H UNDRILL & CD'S* We have also a Grand Assortment; of Vases, large and small, all prioes ; Photo Frames, Pictures, and Ornaments of all kinds; Japanese Baskets, Brackets, Fire Boreens, Glove and Handkerchief Boxes, Work Boxes, Writing Desks, and Trays m great variety. All new for the Christmas Trade — Call and see before buying elsewhere. We are also showing a Choice Assortment of Bedsteads, Bedding, etc., Dinner Sets, Tea Sets, Bedroom Sets (a grand variety), Carpets, Linoleums, Bugs and Mats, Japanese Matting, Rugs, etc. ; Chairs m endless variety, over 450 to ohoose from. Largest Stock m Town — all at Reduced Prices for the Christmas Holidays. -7 Don't forge b to call and see Grand Display on Christmas Eve — it will be the finest sight m Town, everybody Bhould see it. Don't forget it, at t. H. UNDRILL & CO, CABINETMKEBS, UPHOLSTERERS, PIOTURE-FRAMERB, & UNDERTAKERS, WANORE& STREET, opposite Arcade, and nest Building Society's Office,



Shipping. iußL _ rpsß s j ,^3fj|l|nP NEW ZEALAND* LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, v FOR LONDON, 71a Monte Video, Xeneriffe & Plymouth. Best Accommodation fer all classes of Passengers at Lowest Rates. !!!!_!!_!i|-_!!!l "'qSS-J* Dfttflt Ruapehu 4202 w_ii»n«i«m NoVi Z4 Ruahine 6127 VVelllD - bon Dec. 22 Rimntaka 4515 "~ Jan. 19 Papanui 7000 "~ Feb. 16 Kaikoura 4507 ' ~~ 'March 16 CARGO STEAMERS. '" Arohtor 3414 — | Deo. Waimate 6688 — J Deo. Tekoa 4050 — I Deo. Waikafco 4767 — Jin Qn. Louise 3385 — 1 Jan Bakaia 5628 — | Feb Fer farther particulars apply te FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd. Agents, Ashburten. ' SHAW, SAYILL AND ALBION COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR LONDON. T3OYAL MAIL STEA- dgKW^ MERS, with superior Jj^^S&^aoeommodationforallolasseß irHin 1 ' Til_» of passengers, calling at Monte Video or Rio, Tenerlffe and Ply- month. \Tons Commander From \ Date. _y __w —_____.. Dalphio 1. 8355 Sowden ._ Wel't'n Jan 5 10-io . 4748 Kempßon_ Lyttl'n Jan 5 Aoiea __ 6364 Scotland _- — Feb Sothio __7730Kidley ...j Wel't'n Mar 2 CARGO STEAMERS. Mamari .„ 13583 JM'Dougall.Wel'b'n INov 30 Tokomaru^23B|vla_well W 't'n IDee 15 Matatua.., 13322 /Evans J P Ch'l'rt'Jan 5 E. W. HANMEU, Agent. UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, Limited STEAMERS S All FRCMLITTELTON AS UNDER: For Wesbport and Greymouth — Weekly. Wellington— Monday, Tueßday, Thura day and Saturdays NOTE — For extra sailings see advertise- ment m Christohurch paperß Dunedin — Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tuesdays and Saturdays Nelson and Pioton, via Wellington — Tuesday and Saturday Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate Thursdays The above are subject to alteration ; teference should therefore be made to Cbrlstchurch daily papers for dates and hour of sailing For further particulars apply to F. FERRIMAN, Agent, Aehburton MUSICAL- Miss Bessie Simmonds, TEACHER OF THE VIOLIN AND MUSIC SELLER, HAS VACANCIES for a limited num- ber of Pupils, lerms on appli- cation. Vocal and Instrumental Music up to date. Solos, Due.ts, Trios, etc , for all Instruments. Violins from £2 10s- These are Good Models, correctly made, and wich care will increase m value. Strings and all requisites at Lowest Possible Prices. Accordeons from 103. Campbell's Celebrated Melodeons, etc., etc. Any article not m Stock procured immediately. Can also supply a good Piano for £39. Cash or Terms. EXHIBITION MODEL PIANO Introduced by Begg and Co., of Dunedin, whose name it bears, is unsurpassed at the price. Other Makers' Pianos if required. Correspondence promptly attended to. BESSIE sFMMONDS, BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON PIANOFORTE, SINGING, ORGAN, AND THEORY OF MUSIC. TUTRS TjOWMAN TT ° X Member of the Canterbury Society of Professional Musicians, Havhlock Street, Asbbubton. RAKAIA— TUESDAYS. Pupils prepared for Trinity College exam- inations. Llewellyn Owen, PIANOFORTE, BINGING, HABMONY,AND MANDOUNE. A OABD MRS A fl i^iLARIDGE i_L. V;. I^LARIDGE TEACHER OF PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, and SINGING COX STREET, ASHBURTON. Terms on Application. MISS RICHARDSON, tEEAOHER OB 1 THE PIANO, IS Prepared to receive PUPILS from any date. Particulars may be obtained from Mr H M Jones, ABhburton ; or Mis* Riohardson, Charles Street, Allenton. 10 76 JPOISOJNEJDI •1 k report comes from the district of Wagnnyah, H.8.W., of. a fettler and his family exhibiting v tt y serioui symptoms of poisoning after partaking of their evening meal. In searching for the cause, sus- picion fell on the tea they had used. A sample taken from a one pound tin m use was analysed and found to contain strong traces of muriatic arid, the presence of which is caused by the use of spirits of eats m welding the parts of tin together. The analyst warns consumers that tea packed m email tins, owing to its very absorbent nature, is very liable to become impregnated with this acid, and therefore dangerous for human consumption, and advises that the very safest package to purchase is that packed m lead with an inside lining of vegetable parchment. This style of packet JB quite impervious to the air, and tea so packed has been known to retain all its aroma and strength for a period of five years." HOTB.-KOZIE TEA is packed m lead with an JasJdolU-ngof Vegetable Parchnest.