The Ashburton Guardian.

Voiu. xx. no, 4616

Ashbubtoin : Wednesday, October 5 3 1898.

price : One Penny



T. H. UNDPICiL j [K. TUDBILL. T H UNDRILL AND CO., i TTIURNISHTNG UNDERTAKERS. ! JO URNISHI.NG UNDERTAKERS. TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. EVERY REQUISITE ON HAND. Polißhed frffi 8 a Specialty, Ptivate Address, Peter Street, directly behind Ondfellnws' Hall ; aUo care of Mr T. Andrews, bast Bell. 2 ROZIE TKA



WATCHES, clucks, K. P. WARK, J WKI.LK) V, UKPAIIr, J. V. DE BEER, LATE OE Mt LCOURNE& CHRISTCHURCH (Successor to S. Salek) SIGHT T STING A SPECIALTY. SPRING /^ OODS PRING VJ OODS .NOW OPENED CP. •r 1 je A. S a. rs s o H 1 s choice; n E 0 L I E T c E VE R V / H ING UP- TO L>A7 E. I*«ICSJE^ BIGHT. A. P. Wil'iamson, CASH 1 R.4PER'& CLOTHIEd, T^ucieJ Street.



NEW GOODS. WATCH FS, J. V. de UfeKH, CLOCKS, «T. V. do 111 luif, JfiWhLLKhY, E. P. WAKE, J. -\r. d« BKLU. KlP^ltirf, J. V. de JB2£l2£?. FOR GOOD VALUE IN



__ T. Buliocfc MONEY. TO Lend on approved Freehold Security special imall Bum of £200 ; also £5000 m one sum. - T. BULLOCK FOB SALE. ' FRONTING ALFORD FOREST ROAD. LOTS 2, 8. 9, 10 and 13, each containing about i Acre, all fronting Alford Boreat Road, just above the Woollen Factory. Very low prices will be accepted. Apply to T. BULLOCK. TO LET FOR TWELVE MONTHS,. DWELLING of Four Rooms and Bcull. cry, aleo detached Wash-house, well situated m Cnmrron Street, being only a short di taiice from the Railway Station. Apply to T. BULLOCK, __ Agent. FcTlt 8 ALE. 1 f)fk ACRKB fronting the back (*•"" Drcmore Road and near the *J l 'cham Poa«), being R>'. 26587 «ml part 0003. P r oi»s deoiroua of purchasir g pro- perty ntar sowu »nd cot far from the f.eeziog works a?e invited to iuepect thia. Very easy t«-rni3 of payment. Apply to T. BULLOCK.



WANTED, /TXTANTED KNOWN— That I have re- VV ceived my Summer Stock of Boots and Shoep, which I will dispose of at the loweeb rates possible, for Ca«h. Now is an opportunity for thoße who are m search of reliable goods. Ab mual, Repairs done at once ; ab J. Moisox, The Hall Boot Depot, AahburtoD. DISSOLUTION of Partnership.— We beg to announce that our Great Cash O'carance Sale will commence ou Saturday, September 24. Every item of etcok will be offered at greatly reduced prices. — Barrett Bros , Drapers and Clothiers, The Hall, East Btreet. OUR First Consignment of Spring Goods are now opened up, aLd marked cff at Sale prices. This affords our Customers the opportunity of procuring seasonable lines at rock-bottom prices. — Barrett Bros The Hall, Easb Street. ARRETT BROS.' Great Cash Clearance Sale commences on Saturday, Septem- ber 24. Pleaso note — We do not profess to be selling at cost price, but are satisfied we are offering real honest value. — Barrett Bros , The Hal, East Street. TjiLOTJR reduoed £2 5s per ton, KeroEene L lower than Chrhtchuroh prices at Fletcher Bros ' Cath Supply Store*, Ash- burton and Christchurch. XTJT ANTED Known— That we have u»t » received, ex Delphio, a really choice lot of Laces* Valenciennes and real and imitation Torchon. Albo one case Fur Collars, Boas, and Ladies' Maoimoehes. — Mitchbl & Turner. fTIENDERS wanted to wear out 1000 -L pairs o Mellor's Indestruotible Boots. Wear like brass.



POULTRY Fanciers and those desirous of commencing the breeding of Pure- bred Foyvlb will fiud ir. to their advantage to visit the Pelham Yards, any day between 12 and 3, except ou Sundays 1 A {\f\f\ PACKETS Vegetable XU.VJUv/ Se?dß, 3d per packet; 5000 Packets Flower Seeds at Id per packet, at Fletcher Bros., Ashburton and Chi is t- church. HORSE CARDS. r\WNEUS QF STUD HORSES a;e informed that HORSE CARDS cf the latest designs can be obtained at the Office of the ASHBURTON PUBLISHING CO., at the ihorteet notice.



WANTED— Sixty strong men to try the new Kronio (Blucher). — Mellob' Z?alandia Boot Store. nMHKRE ia little use m crossing pure bred JL fowls with mongrels. Tne result is seldom satisfactory. Both birds must be pure. rriYPE WRITING— For sale, a bargain, JL Yost type writer, practically new. Apply Mail Office. FOR SALE, Cheap— A fine trio of Silver Spangled Polish at Pelham Yards, A&hburton. SITTINGS OF iGGS, first crosses of all the favorite breeds, at the'^'FLHAM Yari s, Peter Street. I VXJ ANTED KNOWN.— Ladies' Cycling V ? Knickers, Con binitions, All Wool Vests, m great variety. Special prices.— \\ . H. Collier. " Tbo Corner." WANTED Known— Ladies' Pretty Walking Shoes m great variety at Mbllob'b Zealandia Boot Store. I^ICT«REFRAMING.-W. Adams, Arcade, Practical Framer, does the work himself ; therefore guarantees it. Prices and quality right. Choice mouidiuga , m stock. Trial solicited. Country customers' vvci k completed day of order. 5 148 SMITH MACKWELL thanks the people of Ashburton and Distriot for their liberal support during the past 3 years, and having lately started m the Fruit Business, asks for a continuauce of their patronage. The cheapest shop m town for fruit. All pricea matkod m plain figures. Apples from 3d a pouDd.— Smith Mackwell, Fruiterer & Umbrel'a Maker, Next Mr Patching's, East Street, Ashbutton, 9 6



WAITED Knoun— A line of Cheap Tweeds, just rpeu' d, together witb full ra^s of Meu'a and Juveniles' Clothing end Bo ts uf all descriptioi c at Mitchell A ' Turner' s - FOR Sa'e, Cheap— sooo puirs of Ladies and Men's Boots and b'hoe*. — Apply to Mellor, Tancred Street. FOR Sa'e, Cheap— A lot of Men's Bhicbers only 4a lid-— Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WrtN H-.D X - OAK- Larries' Pur Top Lined Kid G oves 2s lid, 3s 6d, 4s 6d pc- pair. Worth double. — W. H. COLLIES, "The Corner." WANTED— Wise Mothers to try our ludestructible School Boot. — Mellob's Zealandia Boot Store. FOR BALJ<\ Cheap— strong Trap; may be ÜBed as a brake. Apply Mail Offioe. 7.125 FOR SALE — Indian Game and Houdans, Exhibition birds and for cross breed- ing purposes. Best table fowls known. — Pelham Yards TOIPOIJLTRY BREED URS —Beginners could not make a better start than by purchasing a' trio of Partridge CochiFF, the best strain m the colony, from Pelham Yards. Any day, except Sunday, from 12 to 3.



WANTED— A dozen smart Ladies to try our new kangaroo calf Sboe. — Mellob's Zealandia Boor Sfore. T7IOUND— In Tanertd Street, the cheapest JL 1 and moat reliable Boot Bhop.— Mbllor'B Zealsndia Boot Store. rjIENDERS wanted for the sale of 5000 JL pairs of boots.— Apply to Mkllor' Zialandia Boot ' tore. WAN'I ED Known— Good value foriittle money at Mellob's, Zealandia Boot Store. IpOR Sale, Cheap— Six Dozeu Airs of Cliildreu's nnk t stiaps.— Mbllob'B Zoulaufiia Boot Store. TVj'OTICE— We defy competition ; you get i.l woiderful value at Mbllob's, 1 ancred S rest. WANTED Known— That we are offer- ing the following rprcial lines: — Col- red and black Vtlvettens, Is 4d per yard. Ladies' Macintoshes at 12s 6.1, Jackets at 63 6ti and a grnd lire of 32-inch striped FUunelette, at 3*<?. -Mitchell & Turner.



After awhile one of the men sud- denly straightened himself up as though he had just awakened out of a reverie, and turning to the other said: "Was there anything new up at the Flat when you left this morning?" "No," the other answered, recalling his wandering thoughts. "Nothing of much importance. They had a couple of road agents under arrest, and were going to try them this afternoon and hang them tonight." "So? You don't know who the two are?" "No; they brought them m just as I was leaving. They were Mexicans, though, I think." "Then Mart Thompson is not one of them?" "No; more's the pity. But they'll get him" The old lady had suddenly sprung to her feet, and now stood before the miners holding to a strap for support, her face pale and cold, her eyes fixed ip ft searching gaze on the two men, her lips twitching and her whole frame wrought up to -the highest pitch of 1 nervous tension, 4 -What was it you said about Mart Thompson?" she cried m an eager yet stifled voice. "Did you say he was a ! road agent and that he was to be arrest- ed and hung? Tell me, did you say I that?" The men were startled by the old To be continued.) i WANTED— A few Broody Hens and Turkeys. Apply Pkluam Podltky Yards, or Office of this paper. I Flat-rant and refreshing—New Venut



"Jack, the sight of that old lady and child makes me sad; yet it does me good. It takes my thoughts right back to the old home m the east, and brings up re- membrances of the friends I have not seen for so long." "Just what I was thinking, Joe," the other replied. "The old lady reminds me of mother, and somehow I can al- most imagine that it is she. Poor old mother; it's been a long time since I have seen her, and 1 have not thought of her very often the last two or three years; but, Joe, I love her yet above everything on earth. I haven't written to her for two years, and I know how anxiously she has watched the mails, and how disappointed she has been, and how she has wept and suffered. The Bight of this old lady has brought it all back to me, and tomorrow I am going to write a good, long letter. The dear old soul will be so pleased." The two men were silent for some time, each looking straight out before him, their lips slightly tremulous, while a moisture gathered m their eyes. They were rough, buu bronzed men with calloused hearts, but the re- membrance of the old homes and the old mothers they had left there touched them and awoke m them the better part of their natures.



The old lady, although she was thin and frail and nervous, bore all the rough jolting and bumping uncomplainingly, and as often as the men turned their eyes toward her they saw a happy, satisfied smile lighting up her wrinkled features. Where could she have come from? they wondered, and where could she be go~ ing— she and tho child? It was evident that they did not belong there m that rough new countrj r ; that they were strangers to the rugged habits and semi- civilized life of the western miners. They were delicate, refined and well dressed — attributes that did not belong to those who had been long m a mining camp m the far west, The two men scrutinized their fellow passengers silently and intently for a long time, and once or twice something like a sigh escaped them. Finally the stage reached a stretch of comparatively smooth road, where it was possible to converse with tolerable ease. The men drew closer together, and one of them said:



There were four passengers m the coach, two of them men of about the middle age, whose appearance and garb showed them to be frontiersmen, evi- dently miners, and a very old lady, who was exceedingly small and nervous, but patient and good natured withal, and the other a little girl of perhaps geven years, very beautiful and demure, and seemingly very much afraid. There was not much opportunity for conversation, for the stage made enough noise to drown any ordinary tone of voice, and then the passengers had al] they could do to keep themselves seated. Once or twice the men had attempted to exchange a word or so, but scarcely had they begun to speak when the stage gave a sudden lurch and cut their remarks short.



The Bandit of the Sierras By THOMAS P. MONTFOBT. ICopyright, 1893, by American Press Associa- tion.] CHAPTER L "Did you say he was a road agentP* A dilapidated, weather stained old stagecoach, which had evidently seen many years of rugged service, bounded along the rough track that wound np a deep, dark gorge m the Sierra Nevada mountains. Now it swung to the right, now to the left, now giving a great lurch forward as the front wheels dropped in- to a rut, now creaking and groaning like some live thing m terrible pain, and ever and anon tipping up on one side and threatening to turn over and rol down some steep embankment.



' ro drink . ibst io owls\ . fASUY THE BtSV EAST STREET. . ~ ASHBURTON. EL M. JONES. CHEAP ACCOUNT BOOKS^STANDARD WORKS, AND STATIOttEKY. HAVING Purchased a large portion of the Assigned Estate of W. Chartres, of Chriotchurch, of Books and General Stationery. I am offering the Bame at) LOW PHIOES FOR OASH. S QUIBtES O.F NOTEPAPEB FOR, Oct. SPECIAL VALUE IN ACCOUNT BOOKS. (x) Cricketing & Lawn Tennis Material \ BATS, BALLS, STUMPS, GLOVES, RACQUETS, FROM 5s TO 255. TENNIS & HOOKEY BALLS NOW LANDING FROM LONDON. T7l A TVT/*Y\7' f^ f\r\T\Gi ALBUMS, Photo Frames, Writing Jj A. IN \J JL VJVJvJ-LJO. Deßk8 > WorlJ BoX(:S ' Lidie *' leasing Caeca and Compiniona, Pursef, Pocket Books, Japanese Goods, Electro- Plated Goods, Glassware. IV/TTTOT/^ THE Wickens Federal Australian aud Victoria Albums ]\J_ yj )s±_\J # Tutors for Piano, Organ, Violin and Cornet. Violins, Flatea Brass Instruments, Autoharps. Pianos on Hire for Concerts aud Entertainments. T>T A TVT/^O GREAT REDUCTIONS for CASH, thiß Month, prior to irli^JL\Uks. Stocktaking. /"\T>/~^ A "VTQ TWO SPECIAL LINES Bargains for Cash, this Month UXVVXA-IM E5« P rior t0 Stccktaking. TT^Q LADIES' ANX> GENTLEMEN'S. Very low prices for yj X VJ J-J CjO» CASH, thiß month, prior to Stocktaking. CIRCULATING LIBRARY. H. M. JONES Extension of Premises. oh — :o: m - Great Bargains. Genuine Reductions B B —■"■— S fd %r j^ riIHE Undersigned offers the whole of his Valuable and Varied Slock R X at UNHEARD Ob PRICES previous to and during extension <! ifw of Premises ;15to 20 p?r cent reduction on all articleß of £1 and over. w Customers may rely on their Purchases being what they are " R&PKESENTED, JbC. MURRAy'a being the fc 525 MOST RELIABLE AISD OLDEST ESTABLISHMENT p ! W £3 m the Trade m ABhourton. m ALL REPAIRS IXEOUIED ON THE PREMISES IN THE <J fo MOST APPROVED STYLE. 0Q O ft oq CALL EARLY AND SECURE UHE BARGAINS AT § 1 ROBERT MURRAY'S, Goldsmith and Jeweller, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



DAVID THOMAS. Auctioneer, Land, Insurance & Estate Aeent, Valuator, Wool and Grain Broker, ASHBURTON, . Loans Negotiated "Weekly Sales of Live Stock — Tinweld and Ashburton Alcornately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc., oa Mondays Sales of Wool Throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Oleari ac Sales as per arrangements Arcade Horse and Furniture Sales held on Saturday's. Horse Fairs held Monthly. AGENT FOE- Matson and 00, Ohristcharch Booth, McDonald and 00, Ohristcburch White's Sheep Dip Walter A. Wood Oo Lightband's Belting London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stevenson and 00, Dunedin Planet Junior Garden and Field Tools Belfast Manures RAKAIA DISTRICT SALES. 1 HAVE made arrangements with MESSRS HARDY & CO., Merchants, Rakaia. to J act as my AGENT for all Auctioneering Work m that Diatriob, an* m conjunction With them ib will be my endeavour to make the RAKAIA SALE A SUCCESS. DAVID TUOMAS, Aahburfeon GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE OF PLANET JR. TOOL?.' DAVID THOMAS. A.SII BURTON! " ■ — — — ■ t New Sealant' Insurance Company. ESTABLISHED* — _ J859 CAPITAL^ONIT MILLION. THE PKEMIEB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIJBEKALITY. FIRE AND ~MARINE RISKS RJS<S ON GROWING CROPS, \ THRESHING MAOHI > T ?,S, 4o. f ACCEPTED AT LOWEST TCRRENT RATES i E. W. HANMEB i



f\UR Stock conßiata of all the LATEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE SUITINGS that it is possible to procure, and at prices that cannot be beat m the trade. THE TAILORING DEPARTMENT is under the superintendence of a FIRST CLASS CUTTER. Perfect Satisfaction Assured. HATS, SHIRTS, SOARVES, PORTMANTEAUX, RUGS, Eto. BOOT DEPARTMENT. We would Specially direct your atttntion to our Large Htook of Ladies' and Gentle- men's BOOTS AND SHOES of every description, and of really very superior makes m English, American, and Colonial. BOOTS MADE TO ORDER, AND REPAIRS PROMPTLY EXECUTED by | First Class Workmen. W. SPARROW, EAST STREET. 10 7 ,^,_ _— 1 '. W, H. COLLIER, "THE CORNEE," IS NOW MAKING A MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY OF LATEST FASHIONS FOR SPRING. Choice Patterns m PRINTS and DRILLS -WXL^J^ W A.SFI, I PANDORAS m every colour. NEW CAMBRICS, Plain and Fancy ZEPHYRS, NAINSOOKS, Etc. LATEST DRESS FABRICS GALATEA.S RIBBONS ART MUSLINS SUNSHADES MUSLIN APRONS LACES EMBROIDERIES CHIFFONS GLOVES MEN'S & BOYS' SHIRTS NEW COLLARS NEW SHAPES MEN'S HATS. SILKB IN GLAOB, SHOT, COLORS, AND SATINS. Ladiea' up to-date SAILOR HATS m Pedal and all the new plaits. DA.IXNTY JMLI JL.ILiirVHiRY.— FuII Stock of Ladies' aDd Children's SPRING UNDEHCLOTHING, all irom the great centreß of fashion. All cordially invited to inspect our unrivalled Stock before purchasing elsewhere. WEDVJNG & MOURNING ORDERS EXECUTED WITH DESPATCH,



1898. NEW SEASON'S SEEDS. NIMMO AND BLAIR'S STANDARD PACKET SEEDS. Vegetable Seeds 3d. Flower Seeds Id, All the latest novelties for the season. TEA. TEA. TEA. OUR CELEBRATED S (m Diamond) BRAND PURE CEYLON TEA is acknowledged to be the BEST Packet Tea m the market. We have also m atock a First-clasß BROKEN ORANGE PEKOE CEYLON TEA which can Hob be beaten for Afternoon Tea. STATION TEAS AT VERY LOW PRICES. Plough Shares, Lubricating Oils, Raw and Boiled Linseed Oils alwa / m stock. Large assortment of Kettles, Saucepans, and Enamel ware. Splendid value m Cutlery, Spoons, and Forks, etc. CHEAPEST HOUSK IN ASHBURTON FOR GROCERIES, CROCKERY, AND HARDWARE. Goode delivered daily. Orders by Post promptly attended to. SHEARMAN BROS., GROCERS AND IRONMONGERS, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, MARKET HOUSE, BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. WILLIAM SPARROW, TAILOR & OUTFITTEB.



WALL PAPERS. WALL PAPERS. Artistic -Ceiling^ Dadoes, Friezes, New Patterns, New Designs^ WE have just landed a shipment of the moßt Artistic Wall Papers ever introduced into this market. Our Clients are asked to make early choice. Painting and Paperhanging is carried on by ua on scientific lines. Nothing but genuine material being used, and FIRST-CLASS WOKKMEN employed. ESTIMATES GIVEN FOR ALL KINDS OF HOUSE DECORATION. PICTURE FUAMING FOR THE MILLION. 35 NEW DESIGNS JUST OPENED UP. W. H. COLLTNS & CO., IRONMONGERS, PAINTERS, COAL & TIMBER MERCHANTS Agent B, For — Royal Insurance Company Ltd. „ Shag Point Coal Company. „ Weetport Coal Company, BELFAST FREEZING WORKS MziNUREs, ARE THE BEST TjlOR TURNIP, RAPE, WHEAT, AND ANY OTHER CROP. SPECIAL MANUBE can be made for any kind of Soil, or description of crop. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE LAST SEASON. Orders received by J^rtHDl>l^y\]Nl>^Lt BROtf., Limited., DAVID THOMAS, THE IV. Z,. FAR,MLER» CO-I>PKRATIVE A SteOCIATION OF CANTERBURY, Limited., or ALJ3JBJRT ROBEIMS, AGH^IVX', Ashbnrton. OANTEBBURY FROZEN MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT COMPANY, LIMITED. 8 80 F. WAYMOUTH, Secretary.



Shipping. "" " f| V UE /GyHfp NEW ZEALAND OO.'S LINK* ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, FOR LONDON, j Via Monbe Video, Teneriffe & Plymouth. Best Accommodation for all olaaaea of Passengers at Lowest Ratea. | Port of Steamers. Tons. Departure. Date» Rimutaka 4515 Lyttelton Kaikoura 4507 Pb. Chalmers Opt. 27 Tongariro 4163 — Nov. 24 Ruahino 6127 - < Dec - _^ CARGO BTEAMERB. Otarama 3803 — Aegußb Rakaia 5628 — Augußt Duke of "" „ on Devonahire 5257 Pt. Chaimeta | Sept 29^ For further particulars apply to FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd. Agents, Aahburton, SHAW, SAYILL AND ALBION OUMPANY, LIMITED. FOR LONDON. **. i XJOYAL MAIL STEA- JA) MERS, with superior \llllil<|£y accommodation for all classes JBBB*** of pasaengerß, calling at Monte Video or Rio, Teneriffe and Ply- month.



VICHUIJN TCITIOiX j . Pupils thoroughly taught at reasonable charges. BESSIE SIMMONDS, BURNETT STREET OPPOSITE PUBLISHING COMPANY, ASHBURTON. PIANOFORTE, SINGING, ORGAN, AND THEORY OF MUSIC. ( TI/T RST>OWMAN TpOX Member of the Canterbury Society of Professional Musicians, Havklock Street, Ashburton. RAKAIA— TUESDAYS. Pupils prepared for Trinity College exam- inations. Llewellyn Owen, M.O.SS'ML., JU.k? X--C.M. PIANOFOHTE, SINGING, HARMONY, AND MANDOLJNE. MR OSBORN COOMBE, PIANO TUNER & EXPERT, (Late of London), VISITS Ashburton and surrounding Districts every four months — viz., March, July, aud November. ORDERS mar be left with MR LLEWELLYN OWEN at his Music Studio, Arcade Chambers. Ashburton HAWTHOBNDEN HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. BOARDERS AND DAY PUPILS .Pbinoipal .- Mes DAVID MoKEE. HAWTHORNDEN is Healthily Situated , m Upper Fendalton, about four miles from Christchurch. Pupils have the advant- age of pure country air. The Grounds are extensive, and contain a Gymnasium and Tennis Lawn; and Riding Lessons can be arranged for under careful supervision. j The different subjects are taught by Trained and Certificated Teachers ; and Bpecial classes are held for the Matriculation and Junior Scholarship Examinations at the University. Farther information as to terms, eto., can fw;obtained. oa application to the Pfioojp*



Tons Commander From Date. Gothic ~ 7739 Kidley ... Lyttl'n Ocfc, 13 Maori .« 5200 Moffatt ... — — Tokomaru 6238 Maxwell .... — — Delphio .- 8355 Sowden ...J — — CARGO STEAMERS. Pakeha ... 1331 IProßser ... Lyttl'onl'Aug 25 Tokomaru 6238 vlaxwell Lyttl'oDlSeptlQ Mamari ... 3583 JLe vack — I E. W. HANMER, Agent. UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, Limited STEAMERS ?AII FRCMLITTELTON AS UJSDER: For Wesfcporc and Greymouth — Weekly. Wellington — Monday, Tuesday, Thure day and Saturdays NOTE— For extra Bailings Bee advertise- ment m Christchurch papers Dunedin — Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tuesdays and Saturdays Nebon and Picton, via Wellington- Tuesday and Saturday Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate Thursdays The above are subject to alteration ; t«ference should therefore be made to Christchurch daily papera for dates and honr of sailing For further particulars apply to F. FERRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton. " """musical. Miss Bessie Simmonds, TEACHER OF THE VIOLIN AND MUSIC SELLER, HAS m St ck Pianos, Violins at all prices, Melodions (with beil attached), Accordions from 10*, Whistles, Mcuth Organs, Britannia Harps, Violin requisites, etc. Violins a speciality. Music and eongß of every deEcriptiou, a fresh supp'y just to hand from Is per theet. EXHIBITION MODEL PIANO Is a seven octave, full Trichord Piano, steel frame, made m London, guaranteed for ten years, £39 Cash. Easy terms if required. IL'heJ cheapest instrument ever offered to the Ashburton public.