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Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1998. IRRIGATION.

Mr Harper seemed to be rather afraid I that when the winter came, and with it, perhaps, a flood, gome of tbo enthusiasm manifested for irrigation would be frozen out with the winter, or washed away with the 1 flood. He remembered ths untoward experience of the vote taken at Kakaia, when, rain having fallen m the interval between the preliminary steps and the poll for the loan, the weak-kneed ones, who feared the cost though they desired *,he water, either voted against the loon or craven ly stayed away from the poll. Many who did so thsn have had sad cause to regret their conduct since ; and at any time within the last three months had polling day been one of the dry days they were then experiencing, its dawn would have seen them prepar-' ing for a ride to the polling booth to gladly vote with the Ayes. This season has been the most severe for both agriculturalist and pastoralist ever experienced m this county, and men have been tempted — and have given way to the temptation — to become water thieves, who never before attempted the integrity of a race. There are ardent advocates of irrigation who say that the season has been arranged for us m the way it has been aa a lesson from Providence to force upon us the duty of making use of the natural advantages we have for irriga tion. The ways of Providence are mysterious, and il is noc for man to attempt their solution ; but there should be little difficulty about the lesson of irrigation as taught by the drought we are now experiencing, and he will be a thoughtlsss -"and careless farmer indeed who will forget m the approaching winter, whether an abun dant rainfall come with it or not, the terrible effects of the present season upon his paddocks, and its disastrous result to his Bank account. We have no need to recount today the benefits of irrigation. They are seen m the vicinity of every water race m the county, and the many complaints of tampering with those races show that the farmers are well aware of them. Nor have we any need to go into de tails of the schemes submitted for bringing irrigation supplies from the various sources. These columns have time after time been, loaded with the county engineer's able reports setting forth those schemes, and discussions on Ihem, and the several sketch maps he has prepared have been lithographed by us, and published as supplements with issues of our paper. We have also published m pamphlet form for, and by authority of, the County Uouncil, reprints of several of those valuable reports, with the maps re ferred to accompanying, and these have been scattered broadcast over the county, so that it is only a very new chum farmer here and there who can plead ignorance of the schemes. In fact the only irriga tion maps available m the district (and wo know hundreds have been preserved by the farmers of the couuty) are those that were circulated with our papers, and issued also with the pamphlet form rfprint from our columns of the engineer's reports. So that the solution of the irrigation question now really lies with the farmers themselves. As praefcipal men .who have had the fullest data possible put before them of what can b ) done by irrigation, and what it will cost them annually, the fault will be their own if fchty fail m their duty to them- I selves, and to their children who may come after them, by standing out of this movement which has for its object the placing of the farmers of this county m a position independent of the rainf i!). We could fill columns if we wished on the benefits of irrigation — write till both writer and reader were sick of the subject. We have done so before, and so have our Ohrist- I church contemporaries ; but we fancy ! the work is unnecessary, and a carry ing of coals to Newcastle, as the meet ing of Thursday last showed that those j benefits are well enough known. Let 1 the sufferers m all the drought stricken districts of this county approach the members of the County Council for their various ridings and take the initiatory steps, and these taken wh?n the time — the crucial and decisive time —comes to aocept or reject irrigation, let tbo.se who are tired, of seeing the reward of their year's labor destroyed by drought, whether m grass or corn, sot for themselves the one all important i task — vote, and vote Aye 1

Once again, m the middle of a pheno menally dry season, we have an almost agonising cry for irrigation, and one district at least has taken the first gtep necessary to secure a scheme. Nor we be surprised to ccc many others follow «uit. It is satigfactory to know that the step has been taken m a district the settlement of which is comparatively reoent, and whose settlers are all practical farmers who know, or ought to know, what they are doing. When the first great agitation for irrigation m Ashburton Oounty took place — early m the eighties — the district, whose settlers last Thursday at the meeting m Hinds schoolroom so unanimously declared for irrigation, was somewhat in differently settled, so far as population is a factor m settlement. The chair man of the meeting, Mr Harper, pointed out that then the district was ia th© hands of lessees of large areas of country. When this is the case, men are few m the land if flocks are many, and but little is seen of the plough. Now, however, the la»d has gone into the hands of men who hold smajler are as — m fact, to use a common colonial expression, it has been " cut up and settled." In the hands of the lessees irrigation was of comparatively small moment. So long as a trickle .fail m a race sufficient to supply a cJrialc to tfae«tock, pne heard no com plaints, Now, however, that the home- ' steads have become many, and the land , is required to do more for the new occupiers than the former lessees asked ; ef it, and as m a season like the present ih.e land refuses to perform tbe larger task that has been set it, we hear the demand for irrigation- And there was a moat gratifying appearanceof earnest ness about the meeting at which the first step m the direction of getting a practical answer to the demand was taken. It is to be hoped th# earnest- ; ness will continue. We all know the old saying about not knowing the value of water till the well runs dry, and the somewhat irreverent verse which | runs : — When the devil waß sick, The devil a monk would be 1 When the devil was well — Ibt diril * mouU ww ha I

Local and General.

An ariole headed "A Long Married Couple" appears on the fourth page. Plans are being prepared for the new Übravy at the Parliament Buildings. It will be m buck, with lOOfc frontage to Hill street. Not one of the seventy-6ve Maoris sen teaced to two months' imprisonment for ploughing m Tarauaki, has applied tor bail and, m default of tureties, they will be kept 1 m confinement for ten months longer. The building which is fco be erected m Wellington for the head-quarters of the Bank of New Zealand, on the present site at the corner of Lambton Quay and Custom house Quay, will be of four stories and take nearly two years to complete. The Moana, with the English mails of December 25th, left San Francisco on January 9fch, three days late. The Alameda, with the colonial mails of December 25th, .arrived at San Francisco 13th, due date. | Miss Sybil Sanderson, the operatic singer, 1 uaa quietly married m Paris on December Ist to Autonio Terry. Immediately after the ceremony they U-ft for Italy. Mr Terry is a Cuban by birth. His father, Thomas Terry, the Cuban " sugar king," is said to be worth from £6,000,000 to £10,000,009. Mias Sanderson is anr American. Noise is not usually a passport to popu' lanty, butthenewArchbishopof|Canterbury, by his powerful voice, won the affections many years ago of a Devonshire farmer, who, Bitting near the bottom of the ohuroh where the then Bishop of Exeter was preach ing, was overheard to say admiringly, "I do love the bishop, 'oos he hollers proper." A lady called at a large employment 1 agenoy recently and aßked them if they i could recommend her a domestic servant, , explaining that the latter's duties would in t elude the looking after 20 dogs, which required to be fed twice a day. And the 1 pay offered was 2s a week ! Singular to i say, there have been no applicants for this . situation. The desire of the French to establish , themselves m the British colony of Lagos L may be explained by theimpor ance of the trade between the neighboring French colony J of Dahomey and Lagos. During the second ) quarter of last year (1897) the imports into s Dahomey amounted to 2,292,364f , of which 3 only 863,141f. wete from Fiance, 763,330f. from Germany, 332,7Q4f. from Lagos, aud 3 206,235f. from England. Of the exports t forming a total of 1,938,716f., 1,062,718f., b were into Lagos, and only 648,032f. to France. At the Methven Magistrates' Courb on r Friday, before Messrs W. Morgan and J. Batey, J.Ps., a first offender was fined la and costs for drunkenness. J. Boucher 9 admitted taking some timber, the property 3 of tho Ashburtou County Council, and waa , fined Is and costs. W. Thomas was fined 3 for six head of cattle on the roads, Is and costs ; J. Baker, one head, Is and costs ; J. 3 Blair, four head, Is a head and costs ;J. i McCrenor, twelve head, 2s a head and costs. a R. Millar v J. McPherson, judgment for £2 3s and costs. The Clutha Leader states that the Clutha ' Presbyterian Office-bearers Association con ? sidered Mr Hawkins' recent report on the c working of prohibition m the Clutha ». Electorate, and, after considerable discussion, _ it was agreed to appoint a strong committee, j whose duty it wou^d be to gather infor- j r mation on the different points raised by the i magistrate from the office-bearers of the rj Presbyterian and Wesleyan Churches f throughout the bounds of the electorate, to summarise such information, and, m the l " t- hape of a separate report, bring the facts d before the public. v The Americans are enthusiastic checker c on diangiua players, aud have many draughts r cuba Somo of those cubs meet m " sdl-.0.-.s "or public houses. Where that is I he c kse they have un officer of the club who v is called the sergeant at-arms. Asked what o the officer's duties were, an American m v Liverpool replied to his questioners thus : — "Dont you tumble? Do tell! Why, a eetgeant-at-arms m my country is what n folks m this region call a 'chucker-out.' I c tuep.B Fitzgerald's (where the c'.ub met m c Now Jersey) iB a saloon ! ' For once, at all . events, the "Americanism" is to be preferred. j. Hollow ay's Pills. — In the complaints peculiar to females these P. Ha are nnrivalled. y Their use by the fair sex has become so con >* stant for the removal of their ailments that it rare is tho household that is without them. [ g Amongst all classes, from the domestic c servant fco tha peeress, univeral favour is accorded to these renovating Pills ; their m '• vigorating aud purifying properties render n them safe and invaluable m all cases; they > r may be taken by females of all ages for any disorganisation or irregularity of the system, speedily removing fthe cause and restoring 6 " the sufferer to robust health. As a family y medicine they are unapproachable for sub duing the maladies of young and old.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do uot hold ourselves responsible for tha opinions expressed by our correspondents) THAT HOSPITAL. TO THE EDITOR. Sir,-!-To your unmanly, because anony mous, "Satisfied" (with himself) correa poudent I say abuse is not argument. The newspaper reporter style of the writer hetrayß'him.-rrlam, etc., E. Herring. Alford House, January 17.

THE WEATHER.

*. ALFORD STATION. The following is the meteorological report tor the week ending January 14, 1898 : —

SWIMMING.

... : «■ Press Association — By Kleotrio Telegraph Copyright. SypNEy", January 16 In the East Sydney Swimming C|ub ; s 220 Yards Championship of Australasia, E. Cavill was first, GUlespie 2, D^vis 3. Won ten yards m 3min. The Mile Champion ship of Nat? South "Wales waa won by p. Cavill, S. Caviil 2, Regau 3. Won by Bixty yards. Time, 26min 52^360 .

CYCLING.

[ ■ -» —~ Press Association— By Electric Telegraph.— Gopyrighb. Melbournk, January 16 At the League of Wheelmeu's meeting, the result of the Cup was —Jackson, Vic toria, 45yds, 1 ; Congdon, Sydney, 140 yds, 2; Ainsworth, England, 60yds, 3. Won by four lengths. Time— 4.34J. — : " :

CABLE NEWS.

Home and Foreign.

Presß Assooiation —By Eleotrio Telegraph— j Copyright. I The Father of the House of Commons. London, January 15 Mr O. P.* Villiers, member for Wolverhampton, known as the father of the House ot Commons, is seriously ill and reported to be sinking. West Australian Loan. The West A usrralian loan averaged £96 6s 4d. The tenders for the loan included a syndicate's offer for £1,600,000 at £96 4s. The Royal Niger Company. The Sultans of JSokoto and Candu, m West Africa, ndmit, as the outcome of the late British punitive expedition, the loss of Nupe and Uorin, tributary states m the Koyal Niger Company's territory. They agree to re accept the Niger Company'B allowances and adhere to the British, and refuse the French overtures, Deep Sea Soundings. Berlin, January 15 The Budget Committee of the Reichstadt favours the voting of 300,000 marks, to be utilised m making deep sea soundings m the Antarctic and elsewhere. Fighting; m Basutoland. Capetown, January 15 In the fighting m Basutoland, the chiefs Lerothodi and Masupha and •ighty-two of their followers were klled, Canada aud the United States. Ottawa, January 15. The hoisting of the American flag at the southern extremity of Lake Bennett, Alaska, led to a protest from Canada, whereupon the stars and stripes were lowered. The Behring Sea Indemnity. Washington, January 15 President McKinley is urging Con gress to pay the indemnity awarded to Great Britain against America m connection with the Behring Sea sealing difficulty. United States and Cuba. Misxico, January 15. Four American battleship?, several cruisers and a flotilla of torpedo boats have been assembled m the Gulf of Mexico, nominally for drilling pur poses. It is suspected that the States has a design on Cuba.

Australian.

| Press Association — By Electric Telegraph. J Copyright. ! A Proposed Plebiscite. J Sydney, January 16. s Mr Roid has informed an inter viewer that he intends to take a a plebiscite on the fiscal question at the , approaching general election.

THE DREYFUS CASE.

i " A Judicial Farce." M. Zola to be Prosecuted. Press Association— By Electric Telegraph Copyright Londonj January 13 The English Press regards the court-martial upon Major Esterh.zy m connection with the Ureyfus case as a judicial farce. Parts, January 13 M. Emile Zola denounced the de cision of the court mart. ; al on Major Esterhazy. He charges General Billot, Minister of War, and several generals, with having conspired 'o obstruct proofs of On p rain Dreyfua's innocence. Colonel Picquart, chief of the infor mation bureau at the Ministry of War, who made no secret of his belief m Dreyfus's inuocence, and was chief witness at the enquiry just concluded, has been arrested. January 14. The Government has dec'ded to pro secute M. Zola for his charges made against the army. The Chamber of Deputies^ after a stormy debate, approved of th 6 Go vornment's attitude m the Dreyfus affair by a majority of 190. The Senate re-elected M, Loubet President, but rejected M. Scheurer Kestner, one of the VicePreaidents, who played so conspicuous a part m the Dreyfus revelations. January 15. Paris is hysterically excised over the aocusaticm by M. Z.ola against M. Billot, Minister of War, m connection with the Dreyfus oase. General de Boisdefre, chief of the general staff, and General Gouse state that he sup pressed convincing proof of Drejfus's innocence for a year m order to obviate the confession of an abominable judicial error M» Zola is being vilified as a sympathiser with Jews. A number of influential university and professional men m Paris are petitioning for a retrial of Dreyfus, on the ground that he was convicted without a single document produced m the case being shown to the prisoner or his counsel. An anti-Semitic Com mittee is being formed m Paris to combat the so-called syndicate which is aiming at Dreyfus's release.

THE SOUDAN.

Press Association— By Eleotrio Telegraph— Copyright. Cairo, January 15 The First Battalion of the Oatnero nians has left here for Berber to reinforce the British forces at the front.

FEDERAL DEFENCE

Colonel Gordon's Lecture. Press Association— By Electric Telegraph Copyright London, January 14 Major-General Sir Bevan Edwards occupied the chair at Colonel Gordon's lecture. In the discussion which followed Sir John Celomb expressed . his regret th»t Great Britain was weak enough' to renew the naval agreement with Australasia, which, he said, was founded upon a fal-e conception of the. nival policy of Australasia. -Ltieut- General Sir Robert Grant, Inspector- General of Fortifications, considered the scheme of defences, as embodied m the South Australian Act, was far ahead of the military system of any other colony, and it was even a little m advance of British legislation. Oolonel X, Hutson, 0.8, formerly Commandant of the I> ew South W ales Forces, said he was delighted to find that South Australia bad given effect to the policy which developed at the Military Conference held m Sydney. Sir Henry Norman said the Queens land Defence Act of 1834 was the basis of the recommendations at the Sydney Conference.

LABOR QUESTIONS.

♦ The Engineers' Strike. Press Awootfttion— By Eleotrio Telegraph Copyright. London, January 15. The members of the Engineers* Association, m London, have with drawn their demand for eight hours* The employers insist on their accept' ance of the proposals enunciated at the recent Conference, insisting on freedom m the management of their works, prior to consenting to resume work. Received Wakapuaka Jan. 17, 11 50 «.m f Gvabdian Office, 1.15 p.m. London, January 16 The engineers' executive are willing to concede the question of management if unions are granted a voice m the disputes over wages for piece work and overtime when working under extra strain. The Fairfield ship building yards are re-engaging many old hands as non unionists.

THE LATEST.

Home and Foreign.

Preia Association—By Electrio Telegraph Copyright. Received Wakapuaka January 17, 910 a.m. Guardian Offioe 10.1 a.m. "But Soon Left Again." St Petersburg, January 16 The Novoe Vremyct, referring to the movements of the British fleet m Chinese waters, says that two British men-o'-war made their appearance m the outer roads of Port Arthur m December, but coon left again, Crete. London, January 16 The. Daily Telegrapk states that Russia has warned the Sultan that unless Prince George, second Hon of the King of the Hellenes, has been, accepted' as Governor of Crete, the Czar will propose the annexation of Crete to Greece. Obituary. The death is announced of Lewis Oartoll (Rer Oharlea Dodgson), author of " Alice's Adventures m Wonder i land," and other works. Currency Notes m India. Calcutta, January 15 Sir Jamea Westland, financial mem ber of the Council of the Governor- General of India, has introduced a Bill providing for the isjme of ourrenoy notes m India, against the gold paid to the Secretary of State for India. Received Wakapuaka Jan. 17, 1150 ».».» Guardian Office 1.15 p.m. Labpur Legislation m Germany] j # Berlin, January 16 Prince Hohenlohe, the German Chancellor, contemplates the introduc tion of stringent legislation to prevent abuses by labour combinations. A Penitentiary to be Shifted. Paris, January 16 A private Bill has been introduced iff the Chamber of Deputies transferr ing the Penitentiary at New Caledonia to Kerguelen Island, m the Indian Ocean. The ground for this step ia that New Caledonia ia a commercially valuable group, while the convicts work is unprofitable. It is expected that the Ministry will support the measure. The Soudan. Cairo, January 16 Sir Herbert 'Kitchener has greatly modified his restrictions on journalists accompanying the Soudan expedition. nun.

Australian.

Press Association — By Electric Telegraph- Copyright Received Wakapuka, Jan. 17, 1Q.20 a.m.,, OnAßDiAjr Office H.'4Q a.m. Sunday Sailing. Mblboukne,' January |7. The Bremen on the steamer fJulunba struck work yesterday as a protest agaiust Sunday sailing, bat they resumed work at midnight. Charge of Murder. A drunken brawl at Oollingwood resulted m the arrest of six men on a oharge of murdering a comrade, named Smith, whose brains were apparently dashed out with a bottle.

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Shade. mh g tafc Date. £ ot Low. High Sun weather. Saturday.. 49- 84- 101* Fine, N.B. Sunday ... 53- 84- 98* „ N.W. Monday ... 43- 75' 112. „ S. Tuesday ... 40- 88-112' „ Calm Wednesday 45' 84- 110* „ N.W. Thursday... 60. 88- 104- „ „ Friday ... 59- 94" 104- „ „



In the recently issued volume of the f Wealth and Progress of New South W^les " for 1896 97 DIVORCE. tho 'Sydney Daily Telegraph) some figures and facts regarding divorce are given. These show that m this respect tho position of New South Wales is not satisfactory ; at least from the point of view of those who regard the dissolution of the carriage tie as wrong m itself. Whether, m the final analysis, for better or for worse, the divorce rate m New South Wales is only exceeded by that of three countries m the world. According to Mr Ooghlan's figure?, Tjrhich represent the averages of the latest decades obtainable, the divorce rate here is 189 per 10,090 marriages, while m Roumania it is 204, m Swit- zerland 432, and m the United States 412. France, with 1,80, comes next below us, then Germany with 165. the Netherlands with 103, and Cape Colony with 98. The divorce rate of Australia as a whole is only 94, und would be very much lower if New South Wales, with a large population, had not go high a percentage Queens- land is loweßt among the Australian provinces, the rate being but 18, while South Australia furnishes only 25, Tasmania 38, New Zealand 58, and Victoria 71. The total number of divorces gre-nted here during the past four years was #04 m 1893, 369 m 1894, 302 m 1895, and 173 m }89f? The latter may bo regarded as some- thing like our normal rate, the great numbers shown for the three preceding years representing arrears of marital failure which had been accumulating until the n^w J)«yorce Act of 1892 came into operation.



Just m Time for Chbistmas. — In order to keep " up-to-date " with our steadily increasing business we have decided to e{lecb considerable alterations to our premises and to make room for the builders wa have resolved to greatly reduce our stock before Christmas. , We |iave tiherefore culled a large quantity of our Tweeds and Worsteds, eto, to clear at the following reductions : — Men's suits to measure, usual prioe 90s, now 70s ; Men's trousers, usual price 255, now 15s 6d ; eto. We have also pleasure m notifying that we have just been appointed agents for the famous "British Lion ' ; aud ;{ '>' WaVerley " Bioyojcs M{both gents' and ladies'), whioh we are now selling with all the «• up-to-date "> improvements at the lowest cash prices, or on the most liberal terms to suit the convenience of our customers* (svery maohine guaranteed).-— CraighbAd and BKBayifAK.'bbe leading Tailor* wfl Qatfttteri, ' <: ' ■> " ■



To the Deaf and those troubled with Noises m the Head or other Aural Troubles Dr Nicholson, of London, the world famed aural specialist and Inventor of artificial ear drums, has just issued the 100 th edition of his illustrated and descriptive book on Deaf- ness and Aural Troubles. This book may be had from Mr F. Shaw, 160, Adelaide Road WeMogtos), N.Z., on receipt of stamDS olmpbell, 6Uhe mmc 6 doW was greatly relieve of his deafness by D> Stchoffi system, and takes pleasure m spreading the news of the great speoiahst m Sew Zealand. A littlebook on the oure of TtuZ£ltLm Corpulence, £umbago, and fnStSn % the^ne aixthbr, may fee had from M W»wV receipt of stamps. Smoke Mw VWfti



Beat) the big drum and ahoub hurrah ,! , diaooy.ery, the very beat thing this side of the Ijue, lioks everything of the kind into a cooked hat. No more sleepless nijjhtsj a 1 boon to parents ; an evet lasting blessidg. What Why ; Woods' Great Peppermint 6ur,e for oougha and colda, of course. Sold by all grocera and ohemiata at la 6d. aud 2a 64 s the large siae ia the cheapegb m tho loog run,



Last summer one of our grandchildren was eick with a severe bowel trouble. Our doctor's remedies had failed, than we tried Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoa Remedy, which gave very speedy relief. We regard it as the best medicine ever pub on the market for bowel complaints.— Mrs E. W. Gregory, Frederickstown, Mo. This certainly is the best medicine ever put on the market for dysentery, summer oom- plaint, colic andcholerainfantumin children. It never 'fails ]to giv.e. prompt rel^f \stiqn o^ed m reasonable time and. the plain printed directions are followed. : Many mothers have expressed their si d cere gratitude for the cures it bai effected For sale by Ashburton Drug Company. :• , . f KijatiUg's Powdeb destroys bugs, flete moths, beetles, &nd all dth.er insects, white" quite harmless ito dbmeatio animals'.' IS exterminating beetles " the ' success of tbia powder is extraordinary. Ib is perfectly (Jean m Bpplioation. See the article you purohaie is Keatin«'»," a« imitations arii utfxiouß ftod ineffeotual. Sotd to tiai.^. ll



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John Orr k Co. John Orr & Co. qiHE SUCCESS ATTENDING OUR Cheap Gash Sale\ Induces us to adopt for the future this system of doing buainess. And *s we purchase for Cash from the best makers m England and America, the General Public will therefore have the advantage of Selecting GOODS OF STERLING QUALITY ab prices hitherto unheard of, CONSISTING OF IRONMONGERY, GROCERIES, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, etc., BEST SNOWDROP SUGAR ... 2Jd lb TEA, BLENDED ... 131 b Boxeß Is lb TEA, IN HALF OHESTH, lOd lb, (Bbrong liquor) Colonial Candles ... 4d lb per box English Parafine Candles ... 6£d lb per box Kerosene, 150 teat ... 6d 6d per tin „ „ 12i 9d per case Worcester Sauce, Pints ... 9d bottle Essence of Coffee 10£4 Tobacco, Nubian squares. « 4a 6d per lb Bran 3s 6d per bag Sharps 5s per bag Oatmeal,x2slb Bags ... 2a 9d bag Rollitt»8 Flour, 2001bs ... 24a „ „ lOOIbs ... 12a 6d „ „ SOlbs .. 6544 d Currants 5d Eleme Raisina .- ... 7d Valencia Raisins ... .„ 7d Sultana Raiaina 7d Sicily Almonds Is 2d Figa : 8d Muscatels ... 8d Jordan Almonds 2b 3d Mixed Peel 8d 2£lb Tins Preserved Fruit lOd , Lemon Squash, English ... Is 3d Lemon Juice, English ... Is 3d Sardines 4£d per tin Fresh Herrings ... ... 6Jd per tin Herringß & Tomato Sauce lOd per tin Pressed Hops, per lb . . Is 4d Ground Ginger Is 4d per lb Anchovy Paste 8d per tin Citrate of Magnesia ... Is per bottle Sheepa Tongues, best ... lOi per tin CEOCKERY & GLASSWARE Dinner Sets Toilet Sets Tea and Breakfast Sets ; Vases and Ornaments Tumblers and Wine Glasses Decanters and Water Bottleß Glass Dishes Jelly and Butter Dishes GRAND VARIETY AND LOW PRICES IN ABOVE LINES, FOR THE FRUIT SEASON. Mason* Screw-top Porcelain Lined Jars. Pints 4s 9d, Quarts 5s 9d, £ Gallon 7s doz. Kenrick's Best Enamelled Maslin Kettles. 8 Quart 6a, 10 quart 7a 6d, 12 quart 8s 6d. Brass Maßlin Kettles, Drop Handleß, 2 Gallon 7a, 2| gallon 11s 6d, 3 gallon 13s 6d Steel Enamel Preserving Puns, 2b 6d, 3s, 3a 6d, 4«. FOR THE HARVEST 'FIELD. WE HAVE A SPLENDID STOCK Reaper Section Reaper Chains Hay Forks Hay Rakes Oils, is 1, 2 & 4lgallons BINDER TWINE. DONAGHY'S BEST, Flax, Mixed, & Manilla. John On* & Co.



EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. H. M. JONES. (x) BEST CASH VALUES OBTAINABLE IN THE COLONY IN Pianos, Pianos*. Pianos*. A BEAUTIFUL UPRIGHT PIANO, 4ft 4in high, oversliuog, Full Trichord. Brass Wreste Plank, Patent Check Repetition Action, Seven Ocave*, usu>l price £55, for -424© lOtf net CASH. A Good PUso, similar to the a* ove, but smaller, usual price £45 for lOS NET CASH. Theae are SIVECJAL PRICES and cannot be beaten. Organs. Organs. Organs. ORGANS from £$ 10s CASH to £45. A SPECIAL LTNE OF ORGANS, 7 Stops with Octave Couplers, 2 Sets Reeds, very sweet Tone, £or £16 NET CASH. (x) Bicycles. Bicycles] Bicycles. A Shipment of Waverley Cycled, Ladies' and Gentlemen's, just to hand, tip to date, high grade, well finished, guaranteed. To be sold at Lowest Cash Price. Terms arranged. Tbe Monarch and other machines supplied. Cycle extras. Purchasers taught to ride. VIM TYRES, the best, m the woild and the cheapest^ Thompson's Patent Yaniper. ALL NON-PLAYERS should have one. Simplicity itself. Call and Inspect. LOWEST CASH PRICEB H. M. JONES. NEW FRUIT ! NEW FRUIT !! Cleaned by Patent Machinery. i'TAVING PROCURED one of the LATEST PATENT FRUIT CLEANING XJL MACHINES, the Public will find it to their advantage to purchase their CHRISTMAS FRUITS from us, as they will be washed, cleaned, and dried, ready for use. Finest Currants 5d per lb Muacatelles 8d perjlb Fineßt Eleme Raiaina 6d to 7d per lb Dried Apricots, Pears and Fineßt ulUnaß 7d per lb Peaches lOd per lb Mixed Peei, O.ange, Lemon and Preeaed Hopß 1b 3d per lb Citron Bdperlb Jelly Powders (assorted) ... 6d per pkt Barcelona Nuts ... ... 8d per lb Herrings m Tomato Sauoe lOd per tin Almond Nuts l(M per lb Freeh Herrings 6£d per tin Mixed Spice I£H per i-kt Kippered Herrioga lOd per tin Rollitt'a " Supreme " Flour 2001 ha 24s English Potted Meatß ... 3d per tin lOOiba 12a 6i Lemon *-'qu»Bh ... ... la per bottle "  „ 501 b 6a 4Jd Fiueat Oai.meal 2^ 9d per bag Smoked Haddockß lOd per tin Kerosene, 150 test 6s 6d per tin White Staich 4<i per box Fineat Cream T&rter ... Is 6d per lb Finest New Figs 8d per lb Carbonate Soda «. .... . 2d per lb JAM JARS. JAM JARS. 21b STONE JARS, 3a 6d per dozon. lib GLASS JARS 2a 3d per dozen. B^" iar'Ofdera by Post promptly attended to. Goods delivered daily. Customers waited W^ upon for Orders. l 9 satisfaotion'Ts" our motto- \ SHEARMAN BROS. GROCERS, IRONMONGERS, & GENERAL IMPORTERS MARKET HOUSE, ASHBURTON. Telephone No. 53. ' t"o residents BUILDING & FURNISHING. \TTB BEG respectfully to announce that we have received, per^S.S. "llonic " and "Bfataura,'. very heavy shipments for our HOUSEHOLD FURNISHING Depart ment, viz: — SHEETINGS CURTAINS CARPET SQUARES PILLOW COTTONS QUILTS HEARTH RUGS TOWELS TOILETS OILCLOTHS TABLIKfcb MUSLINS LINOLEUMS lN the FANCY DEPARTMENT we are showing a fine assortment of new FABRICS, GLOVEB, and HOSIERY, direct from the Leicester Mille ; also some very Shoioe goods m Jet Trimminga, including the new Zouaveß, Boleros, and Skirt Ornaments, •nd an endless variety of Black and Colored Gimps. *fl* i ii NEW SHIPMENTS OF Dresses, titmws, Mantles. 2 Cases of Samples HOSIERY, at LANDED OOST. MITCHELL & TURNER. R D C K D RATES FOR CHRISTMAS ATX S. S ALEK'S, THE LEADING JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT IN THE DISTRICT JLargest Stock Lowest Prices FOR ::NEf YE AR-1898 : : SPECIAL LINES at REDUCED PRICES, marked m Plain Figures. Gold Brooches (new and choice deßigne) at 7. 9d. 12b 6d, 17b 6d, 20* upwarda B Uyer Brooches from la 6d upwarda. ladies' and Gentlemen's Gold Litjkaat 8a 6d, 10a, and upward? Ladies' and Gentlcmen'a Silver Links at 2a 6d, 4s, and 4a 6d. Pencil Cases (a ~ ?£« "took to select from) at 2a 6d, ss, 7a 6d, 10a. Ladies' Rings (the lar«eat and finest Severaeenin Ashburton, equal to any m Chrißtohuroh) from one guinea to ten Seat!Vn4 upward-. Gentlemen* Tio Pinß, neat and taatef ul deigns m gold at &, 7a 6d, 108/258. alTo » nice selection of small and suitable articles at 2a 6d, ss, and 7a 6d. ■ WFI3CJIAJL. ATTJUIXXIOIN IS CALLED TO THE STOCK OF Gold Brooches and Ladies' Rings. Shew two lin«« we Heavily Stocked, and are of tbe Neweat and Choicest Designs. INSPECTION INVITED AT *L S ALEK'S IBWELLIEY ESTABLISHMENT, EAST STREET. STOOK AND PBIOEB TOBQT7ALI.BD IN THE DISTBIOT.J