THE DREYFUS CASE.

-• United Press Assooiation— -By Electric Telegraph— Copyright London, December 14 The Daily Aews states that a pot has been discovered that the L«*gue patriots contemplated overpow--ri->g <he escort »nd kidnapping Dr^yfii* on his arrival at the end of bis journey. Tbe League communicated their dobign J to the officers of an army corp=, ono of j -*horn informed M F.eycine\ who m turn arranged to defeat the plot,

THE ASHBURTOft GUARDIAN : FRTDAY, DECEMBER 16 t fB9B

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DIUKK Dh*LAGLUi6 PERFECT IN QUAUTY, FLAVOR AND BLEND. Paoked m Tins, the delicate Aroma Absolutely Preserved. OBTAINABLE FROM ALL GROCERS RAMBLER BICYCLES. I HAVE JUST RECEIVED a Consign- meat of the Neatest, Strongest, and most Comfortable, Machines m thejmarket. THE RAMBLEE RACING MACHINES & ROADSTERS, AND A SPECIAL LINE OF -f LADIES' MACHINES, All fitted with Dunlop Valves, etc. Oycliate and others are invited to call and inspect these machines. Terms and Prices East for RAMBLERS 10 60 D. THOMAS, West Street. ASHBURTON No 2 INDUSTRIAL BUILDING SOCIETY. i To be Incorporated under the Provisions of the Building Societies Aob, 1880. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS: Charles Reid, W. D. V. Preston, Edwabd Gates, Fbancis Scrint, J. H. Paulino, G. R. Anderson, L H. Stepbenson. SECRETARY ; SOLICITOR : Fbedk. Makeig. E. G. Crisp. BANKERS : The Bank of Australasia, Ashburton. OFFICE OF TBE SOCIETY: Post Office Buildings, Cameron Street, AshburtOD. Office now open to take Entries. OFFICE HOURS! 9 3D a.m. to 1 p.m., 2.30 to 5 p.m., and from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays and Saturdays LAWES' ■Dips & Manures, np RE Public Dips at the Ashbarton and JL Tinwald Sale Yards are now open for the SEASON. For terms and particulars apply to Care caker. Lawes 1 Superphosphate — Baab Turnip Manure m the world. Also poisonous and non-poisonous Sheep Dip m stock. EDWABD "SAUNDERS, LOCAL AGENT. 11 116 The Wife's Welfare. Treatise posted free. It will teach you more thu YOU kQ mEN, Wnte to me for valuable free Book coHcernire vmi- SUFFERING MEN-EKHSr £3-*"U after specialists failed. Address iLvaou) S. Bkul G.P.0., ilelbourna. THE'TRIJTH Valuable book for men, • "^ I KW I n about themselves, 100 pages. Poeted.Od., m Btamp3(&ny colony). Prokkssou Wkbstbr, Specialist, Exhibition-street, Melbourne. TANORED 'STREET 1-aPERHANGING '" WAREHOUSE. —Established 1876. — C. CHAPMAN, HOUSE DECORATOR, SON WRITER, PAPERHANGER, GRAINKR. GLAZrER, ETC. TUSD ARRIVED, EX RUAPEHU. o BEST SELECTION OF PAPER H:A NGINGS Ever Shown m ABhburton. Direct from the Manufacturers. LATEST ENGLISH DESIGNS. Please call and inspect. Established 1880. Telephone No 69 BAKER BROS., CIDRNISHING TYNDERTAKERS c DRKISHmG U NDERTAKERS DIRECT Importers of Best and Latest Designs m FUJSERAL FURNISHINGS. FONERALB Condnsted with the greatest care and satisfaction, at mosb reasonable Charges. Corner of Wakanui Road and Caa Streets, and Baker and Brown's Coacl Factory.



■llilMiWiwiiim nil m ■■■wwii— iimi—ii ■inn wiiMMiii , , BELFAST FEEEZING WOBKS MANURES, ARE THE BEST TjlOR TURNIP, RAPE WHEAT, AND ANY OTHER CROP. SPECIAL MANURE can be made for any kind of Soil, or description of crop. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE LAST SEASON, Orders received by DAVID XHOMA.S, THE 3N.Z. FABMERISi CO-lIFJBRA.TIVE A BSOCIATIOIV OF CAJNTKRBCJRY, Limited., Oft ALBERT ROBERTS, AGHiIJNI*, ashburton. 3ANTEBBUBY FROZEN MEAT AND DAIRY PEODUOE BXPOET COMPANY, LIMITED. 8 80 F.jWAYMOUTH, Secretary.



W. CONGBEVE, THE PEOPLE'S PRAOTIOAL IRONMONGER, TTAS JUST LANDED HIS FIRST SHIPMENT OF THE CELEBRATED CLIPPEE CYCLES, i and those m wane of a FIRST-CLASS MACHINE at a LOW PRICE would do WOll tO call and inspect them. f>lQ 1Aa v WIIL PURCHASE A I^l O 1A a at'lO lUO LADY'S or GENTLEMAN'S ablo JLUS dbles 10^ ••CLIPPER" BICYCLE. £13 10^ THE " CLIPPER" BICYCLE is not a toy, but a good, solid, sound, eervlceable Bioyole J buxlt-. and sold at a price within the reach of all, PBIMOS STOVES. PBIMUS STOTES. NOISELESS. SMOKELESS. WICKLESS. ODORLESS. No house is complete without one of these perfect Stoves. Tbe raosb eoonomioa Stove m the market. Cheaper than Coal or Gas. Call and inspect them, and you will be convinced. . . THE ENTERPRISE RAISIN SEEDER Will. stone one pound of Raisins m five minutes, a great labor Baver. A child can stone your Raisins with this machine. Also m Btock- Builders' and Furnishing Ironmongery of every description. Hay Forks, Hay Rakea, and all Harvest Requisites at lowest pricea. I hold an Immense Stock of Tools, all of the best English and American makes, and guaranteed, i Compare our prices. All goods marked m plain figures I SELL AT ONE PRICE-'rjtiJK LuWBtST, W. CONGREYE, THE PEOPLE'S PRAOTIOAL IRONMONGER, BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. and at 129 Colombo Street, Christchuroh. DRESS AND FASHION. SUMMER 1898. ANDREW ORR, TS NOW SHOWING A MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF SPRING AND SUMMER NOVELTIES IN MILLINERY, MANTLES, CAPEt*. BLOUSES, SUNSHADES, CORSETS, AND UMBRELLAS. r>X&I?SS GrOOJLJB IN GREAT VARIETY 50 dozen Ladies' ne<v Cycling Gloves and Oorsets. - " "- iwnozen -ftjorfs New Scarves aud Bows/lovely shades. Men's Shirts, Collars, and Hats. Men's Suits to Order from 70s. Carpets, Lineolums, Floorcloths. Splendid Stock of Ladies' and Gentlemen's Boots and Shoes INSPECTION INVITED. ANDREW ORR. = PURE SEEDS. = T HAVE lately erected, regardless of cost, the most COMPLETE SEED-CLEANING PLANT south of the Line, and I now ask intelligent Farmers to inspect the same at work. \ I am now prepared TO CLEAN for Farmer* any description>f SEEDS AND GRAIN. and will guarantee to give them satisfoction, I can supply best RYEGRASS, weighing from 261ba to 441bs to the bushel ; and COCKSFOOT, locally grown, 14£lbs to 16|lbs to the bushel also, best CLOVERS, dressed by my own machines, the purity of which must be seen to be appreciated. ALSO— HURST AND SONS BEST SNGLISt CLOVERS TURNIPS RAPE, LUOERNE, TRfclOt-L., Etc. FENCING WIBE, BAKE WIRE, & STAPLES. The best quality on Sale. WANTED SHEEP FEED. WANTED up till March, 1899, good young grass for 300 sheep,— Apply DAVID THOMAS, | ASHBURTON



MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CASES. CAN Accommodate upwards of FORTi 10) MALE *nd FEMALE PATIENTS TERMS : From 2 Guineas pel week PATIENTS CAN BE ATTENDED BY THP4^ OWN MEDICAL A^VTSER Apply to — i the matron, Strathmorb Private; Hospital, Ferry Road (just over East Belt), Christ 135 church. H.W.BABRETT -- ■ ~ AR GA. I> EJ, FOR SALE, /^FOP OF OATS, on nine Acres of Laud at Allenton. Apply IT. W. BARRETT. Arcade. ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. A DVANOES of £25 and upwards made on Freehold Properties, repayable by Monthly, Quarterly, or {Half Yearly] metal ments. Loans aro also granted for L Pixed Period at lowest current rates. Deposits received at hlgheab current rates AH information on application to EDWARD STEPHENS, Manager r* — , CITY XT O 'J? E L ITrXX O T E L TRIANGLE, Chriatchurch, and RAILWAY STATION REFRESHMENT ROOMS, Ashburton. RA LEXANDER begs to inform his • l\ friends and|the public generally j that he has taken over the above com- modioua ano^ popular Hotel from Mr MoNamara, The House is replete with avery convenience. Hot, Cold, and Shower Bathß. Fhe aoßommodation is second to none m . Christchurch. excellent table and all the best brands of \les, WiDes and Spirits procurable m stock Telephone 365. R. Alexander, Proprietor, 1Q C FOR Sale, Cheap— 6ooo pa i ra of Ladieß and Men a Boots and Shoe?,— Apply o M*ttQ», Xaoored Street, w 'l



Geo ? ge Jesson, WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER, EAST STREET, XT AS jusb received a largo consignment of Watches, Clocks, etc,, suitable for WISIXDJIVGt PRESENTS and ia now Belling ab Cbristchurch Prices. REPAIRS, Etc, PROMPTLY EXECUTED SATISFACTION GUI' A»TEED. ~~ SMOKE ' THE NEW VENUS Dark Aromatio Plug Tobacoo. (DHB CELEBRATED A BEST BFAND MA.NUFAOTUBED FBOM OHOICEST VIRGIN A LEAP CHEAP MONEY! CHEAP MON&Y CHEAP MONEY IN SUMS JF £100 « £10,000, ON COUNTRY, CITY, AND SUBURBAN FREEHOLD, At exceptionally \q\v rates of interest. I i ~~ m . TTIOR FORMS OP APPLICATION AND Jj FULL INFORMATION, Apply to the DISTRICT MANAGER, Chriatchuroh. 1 J. H. RICHARDSON, Government nsurance Commissioner. STBATHMOKE PRIVATE | HOSPITAL. EXTENSIVE ADDITIONS JUST COMPLETED j UNEQUALLED IN THE COLONIES FO



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T . BULLOCK. | TO FARMERS AKD OTHIiRS. ] Reduced Price, v?z , £2 12a 6d per acre for I 143 a c r ,;e s. 143 j being H.S. 29024, Seufkll District, the property of Mr W A Knoptnan, wlto has reduced the price to iho ahovo figure, so aa ! to effect a spteily sale Suitable to work j with rich heavy land m the Wakanui J district Easy terms of payment Apply to T. BULLOCK. TOLET, AT A LOW RICNTAL, Prcmiees m Moore Street, next Pitching and Mileom. Apply to T. BULLOCK TO LET. COMMODIOUS promises fronting East Street souih, near corner of Kermode Street. A very low rental will be accepted, T. BULLOCK. COTTAGE PROPERTY, TINWALD. mOWN SECTION 125, £ acre, fronting X Thomson Street, with Cottage thereon, recently renovated, etc. Offers are invited until MONDAY NEXT for purchase of this on very easy termß. Apply at onoe to T. BULLOCK. TO LET. Two Acres with new Cottage of three rooms thereon, fronting Leeaton Street, Trevorton. Apply to T. BULLOCK, Agent ~~ MONEY. ' TO LEND on approved Freehold Securi- ties the following small special euma ; £5400, £150, £200 ; also £2000. T. BULLOCK. To Persona desirous of investing m Town Properties, or requiring a site for a House. FOR~ALE. T S 1171, containing 32 perches ; nice sice, Hi\velock Street Weßt. £24 15s T S 797, i acre, Cox Street East ; good land for garden purposes. £36 15a TS 1122, £ acre, Wills Street West. £22 10a T S 1169, over J acre, having a long front- age on corner of fciavelock Street and Town Belt West. Offers are invited for this, and a number of other sections m various locali- ties. Partioulara furniahod on application. T. BULLOCK. .*_ TO LET, "~~ DWELLING of five rooms, centrally situated m Q'ancred street. Apply to T. BULLOCK SHEEP OOUJSTRY. KfVA ACRE 3, leasehold, for Sale. O\J\J Rental to the Crown Is peraore. T. BULLOCK. FOR SALS. A LLOTMENTS m Trevorton aa follows ex. LOT 8, containing 34 perches. Corner ' Leeaton and Suffolk Street. LOTS 16 and 29, each containing 31£ perches, fronting Sudbury Street. ! LOTS 40 and 42, containing 1 rood, 2 perolus, frontiug Suffolk Street; i Offers a-e invited for the purchase of the above allotments as a whole, or separately, j T. BULLOCK. THE AUSTRALIAN Widows' Fund LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Ltd. Established m 1871, Accumulated Fuod ... £1,250,000 Annual Revenue ... £210,000 rT]HF! ONLY LIFE OFFICB m New X Zealand that attaches to Policies the condition of Non-Fokfeitctre and Absolute Exemption From Payment of Premiums, while the assured is either temporarily or permanently inoapaoitated through any kind of illness, accident or mental disorder. Example.— lf a man aged 30 effected an assurance of £500, with profits, payable at 60 or previous death, and he became per- manently ill or disabled from (cay) the day after paying the first year's premium, the Society would not charge any further pre- miums, but would pay che £500 with profits m full, withoub deductions, upon the mem- ber attaining the age of 60, or at his previous death. '"--..  Christchurcit" Directors T . _, Wm. Chrystall, Esq. (Chiirman), AEG Rhodes, Esq, Wm. Rbeoe, Esq. Head Office for New Zealand ; 6 Custom House Quay, Wellington. O J FOW LER, Resident Secretary C J OWEN, District Secretary Special Representative— VV JACKSON DAVID THOMAS, 240 Districb Agent, Ashburton THE CASH BOOT STORE (Nox j to Nicoll Bros.) fTIHE Leading Boot Store m Ashburton. IHF FINEST STOCK & LARGEST ASSORTMENT. All Goods imported first hand, aud retailed at lowest price?. JUST ARRIVED - Ladies' Glace ki 1 Shoes m Black and Tan. Ladies' GI&C3 K^d Boota and Tan Boots Ladies' Glaca American Shoos. Ladies' Evening Shoes m all colour?. Shoeß for Bowling, Tennis, Cricket, and Running. Gentlemen's Tennis Shoes from 3s to 20s. Gentlemen's first-class English & Continen. tal Goods SPLENDID VALUE IN COLONIAL GOODS. REMEMBER— McDonald & McDiarinid. EAST STREET. J. NICHOLAS, Manager ABT CLASSES. ARTIST, m South Kensington School of Art, London, EDgtond. STUDIO IN SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS, CENTRAL ENTRANCE. INSTRUCTIONS given m all Branches of ART. Painting from nature a Speoialty. For Particulars addreßS the Art Studio, Saunders' Buildings. EIOR Sale, Cheap— A lot of Men'aßluohers » . Oi only 4s IM*-Mbhm»'b Zealandia Soot Store, j



(To be continued), LOOK * CHEAP WINTER FIRING. NEW MOUNT SOMERS COAL. OUTPUT has Trebled during the laet twelve months. IT IS USED EVERYWHERE. This Coal is tho Best and Cheapest Staatn \nd Household Coal m the market. i Used m the Woollen Factory and Oanfcer bury Flour Mills, GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS WRITE FOR PRICES G. T, PARK, MOUNT SOMEBS, r" ■- ■ .__ WANTED— A dozen smart Ladies to try oar new kangaroo calf Bh.oe.— MEWOB'a Zeftlaqdia Boot Store. '



aim. Then be hollers out, 'Surrender, '• by I'll histe tho black flag an out every man o' ye tor pieces. ' An, shore enough, ■ they did surrender, Btackecl thar gunß ) whar he ordered befo' ho let 'crn see j whar he wus an marched tho last man ,' of 'em ter camp. Then, ses he: 'I don't j think, my men, ye'Jl ever do the Con- ] federacy much harm. I release ye on prole. Take yer horses an go home an tell yer children an gran'ohildren how Mr. Forrest saved yer lives. ' He wus m a good humor that night. Ef he (hadn't been" — A shako of the head J conveyed tho dreadful alternative. CHAPTER 11. The proclamation was a fixed and dreadful reality. A little conference with his neighbors convinced Major Powell that, unlikely as it seemed, for once Thomas Gregory, Esq.., had spoken truth. The countryside was m a fer- ment over it. Martial law had made the inhabitants wonderfully docile. Nobody thought of evading or defying it. There was muoh pondering, though, heavy consultation betwixt frienda and neigh- bors, as to whioh horn of the dilemma Was least unacceptable— whether to swear allegianoe m full or merely sign the nonoombatant's parole — m Mr. Thomas Gregory's vernaoular, the "un- oompetent" oath. Eaoh settled the question m some fashion. The appointed day saw a fine stir m Bellsboro. All its so long deso- late Btreets were a-teem. The military distriot embraoed a dozen counties. AH of them had sent out old men and maid- ens, boys m roundabouts, mothers m widow's weeds, to swell the motley throng. By twos, by threes, by dozens, they oame m ramshackle bnggies, m rusty carriages, m rattling, clattering, spring- less farm wagons, upon horsebaok, m ox oarts, a very few on foot. A various orew indeed, yet m one partioular curiously alike. Whatever the beast of burden, it was as ill look- ing as Pharaoh's lean kine. The coun- try was not yet stripped of good stook, but no man m it was mad enough to ride or drive a hoof of it to Bellsboro. It was the era of huge hoops, long, shapeless saoks and sky soraping bon- nets. A few women disported them- selves m fashion's full panoply, thereby proclaiming that m their breasts van- ity outranked publio spirit. For the most part gowns, whether of Bilk or Btuff or calico, were scant enough, faded enough, to demonstrate that they had come down from a more peaceful era. A few very old men oame m well brushed broadcloth, black or blue, with frayed satin or velvet waistcoats and red silk bandannas peeping out of the tail pookets. Much the larger part of tbe masculine element was clothed m. homespun — jeans opats either brown or \ sheep's gray, with flax cloth trousers* abovo home cobbled shoes. For all that it was a moneyed orowd. Thanks to the grapeviners, everybody m the country had sold his tobacco or wheat or pork at what seemed enormous figures, unless indeed the seller m eisted upon having gold. Then the price shrunk marvelously — almost as much as did his more complaisant neighbor's crisp greenbacks when he dropped into one of the stores and was offered calico at 50 cents the yard, shoes at $10 or a hat for $20. That part, though, came later. The ! first thing was to ask the way to head- quarters. The bystreet m front of them was soon crowded full of all sorts and ill conditions of horse and mule flesh, Major Powell halted his buggy a full blook away. Anne was beside him, mov- ed to recantation, not by lesser love for her cause, but by her mother's pleading eyes as she said: "We are under the lion's paw, Anne. Don't make it worse for us. Think if they should burn tho house and take i you or your father away to prison 1" "Think, too, of being able to go to town and buy new olothesl I'm so sick of every old rag I've got. I'd take 40 oaths to get better ones," added her elder Bister Caroline, who could m no- Wise comprehend why Anne should "make such a fuss" over merely sjgn^- ing a document she need neither read nor heed. If tho exact truth be told, Caroline herself was delighted with the prospect. Bhe set to work at onoe remodeling her most presentable gown, her mind all one vaguely ploasant antioipatory whirl. Life without beaux to Miss Car- oline was utterly stale, though three i gallant Confederates had eaoh taken away, presumably next his heart, her ► picture as well as her promise to "re- member him. " The absent, if not al- ways wrong, are not available for flirta- tion, at least not with letters out of the question. First and last, Miss Caroline had heard a good deal of Colonel Grice — that ho was rich, handsome, single — very well worth having. Besides, the other officers might not be impossible. In her own mind Miss Caroline already saw half a dozen of them her slaves, giving savor and sweetness to. her dull desert days. She had no patience with Anne, who, though her eyeß were dry, ' 'went about looking like two funerals, " and declared she would wear to town ► her gray homespun gown and old blue I eunbonnet. It was quite impossible, Caroline felt, ► to be seen m such company. Go with Anne sho would not. So it was settled that Anne and her father should make i the first essay. A little later Mrs. Pow- ell and Caroline would venture m the family carriage, with blaok Harrison for driver. Anne walked the stretch of mossy pavement tensely upright. There was no tremor m the bar© hand so lightly laid upon her father's arm. She came into the crowded room, a quaint, pa- ■ thetic figure of girlish graco. Her gray gown fell m straight folds to her feet that were oovered with shoes of the same stuff. No wild rose was pinker, 1 po lily more pearly white, than the face shrouded m the faded blue bonnet. In 1 its shade her gray eyes were black, and the long ivory throat, rising out of its orimped ruffle, might have tempted love himself to oling and nestle about it.



CIAINJJJbiJU «&, S9OU.R* Jiiviett- -0 lypti Extract , Under the distinguished patronage of His Majesty the King of Italy, as per communion- tion made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs ; through the Consul-General for Italy, at ■ Meibuurne, March 14, 1878. Awarded ! diploma at the Amsterdam Exhibition, 1883. i Acknowledged by Medical Clinics and I I Universities all over the Globe. j j 'i'hore are imitations of Eucalypti Extract ' the market, products of simple dißii]!:.tiorj forming crude resinous oils. Iv ordur that these crude oils may not be taken, OUR PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTEACT, which ia recognised by the i medical division of the Prussian Government | be of perfectly pnre origin, as pcr } v forma tion forwarded to us through the Cousnl at Melbourne, March 2, 1878, we late :•— It is proved by tests by the Medioal Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and Greifswald, Truss!?, an'i reported by Dr. Schulz, Professor of Parmacology, at Bon, and Professor Dr. Mossier, Director of the Medical CJimcs at 3i-eifawau?, that oaiy products thab are saturated with oxygen and freed o? resinous and other sub3tancos, adherent to primary distillation, will develope tho •anative qualities proper to the plant \ll crude oils, or6ocallod Eucalypti Extracts are to be cluoaed according to the named authorities, among the turpenoinee, which are abandoned loop since aa an nternal adicament. Theße crude oils, or ao called Eucalypti Extracts, are discernible : 1 By their deficiency m pungenb odonr — which our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extoaob develops mosb freely through ita surplus oxygen. By their alcoholic thin and mobile appear- ance being reduced m specifics density through the presence of acids. By their baste, the result of the contracting tendency of resins and tennates. If these crude oils, Booalled euoalypb extracts, are applied by mistake m oases of croup, bronchitis, diphtheria, internal nflamationß, dysentery, etc., the con- sequences are mosb appalling. For safety akeaefc aIwaysforSANDEB&SON'S EUCA- LYPTI EXTRACT.-— Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia. SANDER & SONS. GR EAT " Christmas Sa'e. =Q?Z{\f\ WORTH of Christmas <swO \J \J Groosrieß, High-class Teas and Sugare, Dried and Tinned Fruit*, Biscuits and Confectionery, Preserve Jars, Eugliah and American Glass and Earthen- 1 ware, Enamelware, Holloware, Brushware, Lamps, Table Cutlery, Nickel aud E.P. ■Spoons and Fork^, ALL TO BE CLEARED IN 4 WEEKS. We have jusb landed ex " Tok. maru " a shipmenb ef FIRST-CLASS CHINA m 6ve piUerna, which will be included. in the axle. Cheapesb House m Athburton for the famous J?ffclJ>lXJS STOVES, Just the thing for Summer. Best Value m Canterbury m Bicycles and Cycle Accessories of every kind. CARSON & CO., GROCERS & IRONMONGERS, IMPORTERS OF GLAS 3 , CHINA, AND FARTHENWAEE, TANORED SIREET, ASHBURH N. Bazaar Livery Stable^. T" HAVE PLEASURE m notifying the Publio of Ashburton that I have taken over THE BAZAAR STABLES, Buraettf(S reet, from Mb S. Tbevubza, aud trusb tint 1 may receive a fair'ahare o c p-uronage of.b;je general publo. CABS MEEO) ALL TRAINS Saddle Horses, Trapß, and Buggies on hire ab all hours, ani at reasonable charges. GOOD SDABLING* JAMBS MCC3RMICK. 61 Trust and Agency COMPANY OF AUSTRAL- ASIA, Ltd. Incorporated 1860. AUTHORISED CAPITAL £2,000,000 SUBSCRIBED £1,750,000 RESERVE FUNDS (British Consols, etc.) £200,000 SOLICITORS AND AGENTS; Meßsra 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. £30,000Tt0 Lend at 5 per cent. ON FREEHOLD FARM LANDS. Advances can be repaid at six months' notice, and even suma up to three-fifths o amount borrowed can be paid off at any time by giving three months' written notice. JA.3. NATHL. HAMKR, Manager and Inspector for Now Zealand.- --215 Insist upon having- onr Pure Teas. Don't bo put upon. They are the Best •nd Cheapest. Absolutely pure. Copied but never equalled. WONDERFUL Guaranteed Nicer and Better Value than any at 4d per lb. more money Compare our 2/- Tea with any at 2/4 and our 3/4 with any at 3/- per lb ' teas]



A Card [ MISS WILLIAMS BEGS to notify the general Publio that she has started business as DRFSS AND MANTLE MAKER, la Saunders' Buildings. Entrance by Cooper's Studio BLAOKWOOD ABOALIjAH WILL STAND TTII-i -i<USON at Owner's Sub:e, Ashburton. Good paddocks provided. TERMS— Season, £2 Zi ; Groomage, sa. 31 MAX FRIEDLANUER. O STAND THiS SEASON at Ashburton and Travel the Surrounding district, THE WELL-KNOWN TROTTING STALLION, EXPERIENCE. By General Tracy, dam Fannt. EXPERIENCE is a brighb bay horse, standing over sixteen hands high. Winner of first prize as a two-year-old at Ashburton _m 189), also special priza for the best two- year-old on tbe ground, and first prize, Ash- barton, 1895 His dam. Fanny, ia by Tribune, ouC of that well known trotting mare Fan, and bred by Mr Cameron, of Springfield. His sire, General Tracy, is full brother to Kentucky, being by Berlin (im- ported), dam Jenny Tracy (imported). Experience ma:le bis first appearance on the track at the Lancaster Park Trotting Club'a Sp; ing Meeting of 1897, winning m handsome style the two mile Progressive Handicap m harness, and distancing field m the splendid time of 5 25, which must be regarded as a first class performance for a horse making his first appearance on a trotting track. TERMS. — Three Guineas per mare; Groom- age ss, payable at first service. Mares taken m to graze at Is 6d per week. Every care taken, but no responsibility. For further particulars apply to DENIS McKKNDRY, Laurigtoo, or R. MCDONNELL, Ashburton. 9 109 INVITE P,IKMBB;S TO CALL AND INSPECT THE McCORMICK Reaper & Binder XTTH'CII Secured the SILVISR MED/1L for the BEST BINDER on the ground at the Christohurch A. and P. Show. ' We have sold out our first Consignment of thcee WORLD FAME MACHINES, and wou'd advise farmer* «,o oaiAj kauly if they wiah to secure the BfeiST BIDDER tbe J WORLD HA3 EYI^R PRODUCED. We are also Agents for the Colonial Dril!, Which was awardod the G*Ol_,D JMLEIDA.U for BEST COMBINED DRILL at the Drill Trial on Mb Boag's farm. Morrow^ Bassett & Do, WILLS STREET, ASHBURTON, M. PRIEST, Manager. TEMPEJRANCE DKIXKS FOE THE HOT SUMMER WEATHER. PTJlfcia FRUIT SYjkXJJPS ~D A^PBERRY, Strawberry, Red Currant, .LA. Black CurraDt, Orange, Lemon Squash —Wine boiUes la 6d each* One or two teaspoon fuls m a tumbler of water makes a MOST REFRESHING DRAUGHT. GINGER BEER POWDER — 64 packet makeß two gallons cf old fashioned Sbone. Ginger Beer. GINGER ALE ESSEN CK— 9.I bottle makes four gallons of Ginger Ale. LEMON CRYSTALS— 6d packebmakea two gallons Lemonade. Just the thing for school treats. HERBAL BEER EXTRACT — 8d bottle makes eight gallons Herbal Beer. Smaller size, 4d bottle, makes four gallons. We have just received a further supply of VINEGAR ESSENCE, which we are selling at the reduced price of la 9d per bottle. One gallon of Cold Water added to the con- tents of a bottle makes the best and STRONGEST Eogliih Malt Vinegar — quite different m flivor to the colonial article made from wood shaviogs. THE A BHBORTON TT\ KU U /^OY.. ■ ASHBURTON UrUG KjOY., Ltd 12 94 J. M. CAMBRIDGE, Manager. MRS ALCOBN has iv btock Stamped Mount Mellick, Laoe, Cross-atttoh and Mayeuce Work, White Jean, Lintn Javi and Congress Canvas, Transfers, Foundation Monog<-iin<, Woven luiiiiils, Luce Pins, Stretcher b, Single, Shaded and Double Berlin Wools, Reliable and Buttei fly Wools, PerJine Arosene, Filoasils, Crewel Embroidery and Knitting, Silks ia Tartans and Colours, Alaorame Bags and String, Weldon's Needle- work Books, Perforated Cardboard, Ivory Crochet Cotton an<i Materials for Fancy Work generally. 10 32 NOTICE— We defy competition ; you get W9s4flrjul value at Mw^ofi'^, 'langred



Tub Straight Tip for the winner is anxiously sought for prior to a»y of our great race?, and the joy or sorrow of the recipients U largely measured by the amount of money they af erwardfi win or lose. There fs no uncertainty, however, or anguithed sunponpe, aa to Ihe result of UMt'g Holm way's Pills and Ointment. After a fair trial ihe gainiseura and grrat. Iha Pills, taken occasionally is preFoiibed «?oses, keep tlu- digeßtiou m oidcr, rxoite a free fl-»w of healthy bilo, and regenerate theimpoverished blood with richer materials. The Ointment ia a gr&nd remedy for the romoval of rheumatic p»ioB, wou-ida, soreß, ulcera, cuts, or braises;