The Ashburton Guardian.

V^ol xx. no. 4682

AsHBURTOSi i Thursday, December 22 LB9B.

pbice : One Penry

THE ROYAL OAK FIRE.

he amazing rapidly with which the fire ran through the Royal Oak Hotel, We'lington, when that building -wag ieatroyt A some days ago, has astonished the public, and haa supplied an object l°sson to thnso m authority The coroner w : io held the inquest on the oodies of the two victims of the disaster, and the officin.l inquiry into the fire, has recommended the Welling, ton Licensing Committee, afc the request of the jury, to refuse licenses to hotels which are wau'ing m the matter of fire escape. The jury urged the Licensing Committee to institute an enquiry, by experts if need be, into the condition ot all the hotels m the district m regard to fire escape appliances, and this recommendation has been made by the Coroner, who has also made recommendations to the City Council m regard to dividing walls of brick or stone, and the plasteriog of such as are of wood. The public will, await with interest the action of the Licensing Oommittee and the City Council, as the question is an import* ant one, and does nob affect Welling, ton alone, but morß or less every town and bam'et m the colony where a hetel is to be found. At the Dunedin City Council meeting Councillor Solo mon has given notice ot a motion m which he proposes that hotels Bhould be refused licenses until suitable fire escapes ate fixed to each bedroom, or such othe.r provision is made for the "" safety of the inmates from fire as the city surveyor, or such other person as the Licensing Committee may appoint, shall consider sufficient. Discussing this motion, th« Otago Daily Times devotes considerable sp ; cc to the sub ject, and says that opinions may, and doubtless do, differ as to what is a suit able provision for the safety of a boarder m a puMichouae. " The most commonly provided mean* of escape is a etout rope attached to a ring or staple m the bedroom wall, and the boarder ia supposed to lower him&e'f by this until he reaches a place of safety beneath ; but the use of ropes is not tree from dangrr, and it is understood that theßu appliances do r>ot meet with the approval of experts. Whatever diverse opinions may be entertained on this point, it is obviously desirable that m hotels, above all other place?, pro vision of the most ample kind should be made, first for the purpose of fire prevention, and then for fire escape. A. person engaging a room for a few d<*ys m a hotel takes it for granted tbat reasonable facilities are provided for his escapwg, m the event of fire, with bia lift*, if not with his property. One of the fir&t thoughts of the experi enced traveller m entering a hotel m which he proposes to stay is to loose to the means of escape, ar.d, as it were, to take liia beuringa ; but there are many parsons to whom the maze of corridors m the large hotels of the pre sent time is a source of absolute bewilderment. Even m broad daylight thfse people have some difficulty m finding their rooms without assistance, and the state of desperate helplessness m which they would be found if they were suddenly aroused from their slumbers m the dead of night by an alatmoffire may easily be imagined. All persons whose travelling necessi tates their occasionally liviug-Jn note's run the risk of being overtaken by fire m a building with the arrangements of which they are unfamiliar. The hotel proprietor becomes for the time being the custodian of the lives of these people, and a grave responsibility rests upon him to ensure their safety. The construction of brick partitions may accomplish much good by confining a fire within certain limits, or, at any rate, by checking its progress ; but the existeuce m the Royal Oak Hotel of a number of walls which should have localised the flames did not prevent the loss from being a total one. The pro vision of means of escape is, however, more important, and it is compulsory upon hotelkeepers. It is laid down m the licensing law that no publican's license shall be granted m respect of any house m any borough unless it ia furnished with sufficient doors or faci lities for escape m case ©f fire." In all licensed houses endeavors are made to comply with the law up to a certain point, but m very few cases indeed can it be said that the measures adopted are effective. The agitation begun m Wellington, taken up m Dunedin, and now rapidly spreading over the colony, is one which, iv view of the Hoyal Oak incident, mustoi necessity obtain much public sympathy, and we have no doubt that sooner or later steps will be taken by Government to impress upon all Licei-sing Oorcuiittees the necessity for assuring themselves that the best that can be done has been done to give a traveller, caught m a burning hotel m the night time, a fair chance for his life.



BICYCLES. THE ASHBURrON "EXPRESS" ENGINEFRING AND BICYCLE WORKS Burnett Street. A BIG Reduction on NEW & SECOND BAND MACHINES, for the benefit of our Country People on Show Week *i>econd«Hand Machines from £4. Agents for all the Leading Machines, Come m and see for yourselves. LANDELIY & SON, SOLE PROPRIETORS. WANTED Known— Pretty Christmas Cards m packets— l 2 for 3d, 25 for 6d and 9d, boxee Is,— W H Collier, Tb* Corner



J E. W. HAMMER, ' B. W~HANMEXt JHAVE mach pleasure m notifying to tb< Farmerß who were clients of the OM firm of Hanmer and Graves, aud others with nhi m I bavo m the paat done haeineße. hat 1 shall be represented attheßtock Sale* •eld m the Ashburton County m the future. having made arrangements with Mr J. R. Bland to aot as my Auctioneer. Any business entrusted to me, will be carefully ] looked after as usual, and I hope I may be favored With a chare of what ia going. For the time being I Bhall occupy the old • ffiees which I have been m for the past six years m West Street, and m connection with the new business shall c.irry on the agencies already established there. |EDWARD W. HANMER, Aebburton, October 14, 1898. WOOL SEASON, 1898-1899. I HAVE taken the Well Lighted and Commodious third Fioor m Mr John MSB's Btore m Timaru as heretofore, and anall offer at the Wool Sales any Wool which may be eiuruited to me. The Second Bale will he held on DECEMBER 30th, and all Wool should be forwarded by the 27ch December, to CDSure being catalogued. I am prepared to make advances FREB OF COMMISSION on all Wool seat forward. Woolpacko and Twine at Lowest Current Rates, E. W. HANMER. JOHN R. BLAND, 08 . Auctioneer Henry StephensoD. HENRY STEPHBNBON/ (oucceseor to Alfred Harrieoili) Established 20 years. AUCTIONEER, LAND ESTATE AND OMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER WEEKLY SALES of Live Stock Produce, Furniture, etc., EVERY SATURDAY, at 12 o'clock. Clearing Sales of Stock, Houeebold Furni- ■ nre, etc., as per arrangement, m any part > the county. Advance* made on Goods placed m mj 'i&Eds for Sale* CHAFF, OATS, WHEAT, FTX>UK, SHARPS, BRAN, ONIONS, POTATOES SEEDB, etc, Sold Daily m Large or Bmall Quantities, Agent : Norwich Ouion Fire Insurance Company & Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agenoy Company. PIANOB and ORGANS on time pay ments from per month. SEBRY STEPHENSON, AUCTIONEER. FOE SALE, SHARES IN fTIHB MID DOME HYDRAULIC . 1 ELEVATING GOLD MINING CO., Limited, KOKOMAL— 9B Acres. Capital — £12,000. Divided into 12,000 Shareß of £1 each, as follows :— 2OOO Shareß (which will be called A Shareß) tolly paid up, to be allotted to the Vendors m payment of their interests, 10,000 B Shares are now offered to the public, payable la per Share on application, 1« per Share on allotment, and the balance by calls, not exceeding Is each, at Intervals of not less than one month between each. 'I he A (Promoters) Shares will not RECEIVE ANY DIVIDEND UNTIL A DIVIDEND at the bate of 7 pee okn't has been alloted to the b (contributing; shares, and no Promoters' Shares will bb 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 Soy Claim. The land m the Gorge is very limited, all held by Sew Hoy, the Lion Company, and thiß Company. For Prospectuß, etc, apply to 12 101 F. MAKEIG, Agent. X.M.A.S PRESENTS. PAY A VISIT TO J. Y. de BEER. SPECIAL REDUCTIONS. A LL Goods Marked m — PLAIN FIGURES — GOLD BROOCHES from 6s SILVER BROOCHES „ Is GOLD LINKS ;, 6s ALL 01 HER GOODS IN PROPORTION Ladies' Ring:** «*• Specialty- New Goods Just Opened Suitable for CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. J. V. DE BEER, (LATE S. SALEK) WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER, ASHBURTON. m." i f NOTICE— We defy competition j you get wonderful value at Mbllor'b, Tanored Street.



A DEADLY WSBk By GRANT ALLEN. CHAPTER I, ■_ ' * j8l" He waved his hand and turned along the footpath. When Netta Mayne came to think it over afterward m her own room by her- self, she couldn't imagine what had made her silly enough to quarrel that evening with Ughtred Carnegie. She could only say m a penitent mood it was always the way like that with lovers. Till once they've quarreled a good round quarrel, and afterward solemnly kissed and made it all up again, things never stand on a really firm and settled basis between them. It's a move m the game. You must thrust m tierce before you thrust m quarte. The Roman play- wright spoke the truth after all— a lovers' quarrel begins a fresh chapter m the his- tory of their lovemaking. It was a summer evening, calm and clear and balmy, and Netta and Ughtred had strolled out together, not without a suspicion at times of hand locked m hand, on the high chalk down that rises steep behind Holmbury. How or why they fell out she hardly knew. But they had been engaged already some raontha, with- out a single disagreement, which of course gave Netta a natural right to quarrel with Ughtred by this time, if she thought fit; and as they 7eturned down the hang- ing path through the combe where the wild orchids grow, she used that right at last, out of pure, unadulterated fem- inine perversity. The ways of women are wonderful; no mere man can fathom them. Something that Ughtred said gave her the chance to make a half petulant answer. Ughtred very naturally defended himself from the imputation of rudeness, and Netta retorted. At the end of ten minutes the trifle had grown apace into as pretty a lovers' quarrel as any lady novelist could wish to describe m five chapters. Netta had burst into perfectly ortho- dox tears, refused to be comforted m the most approved fashion, declined to accept Ughtred's escort home and bid- den farewell to him excitedly forever and ever. It was all about nothing, to be sure, and if the two older or wiser heads had only stood by unseen to view the little comedy, they woxiia neigcly have re- marked to each other, with a shake, that before twenty-four hours were out the pair would be rushing into each other's arms with mutual apologies and mutual forgiveness. But Netta Mayne and Ughtred Carnegie were still at the age when one takes love seriously— one does before thirty — and so they turned away along different paths at the bottom of the combe, m the firm belief that love's young dream was shattered, and that henceforth they two were nothing more than the merest acquaintances to each ether. "Goodby, "Mr. Carnegie," Netta fal- tered out, as m obedience to her wishes though much against his own will Ugh- tred turned slowly and remorsefully down the footpath to the right, m the direction of the railway. "Q-oodby, Netta," Ughtred answered, half choking. Even to that moment of parting (forever— or a day) he couldn't find it m his heart to call her "Miss Mayne" who had so long been "Netta" to him. He waved bis hand and turned along the footpath, looking back many timea to see Netta still sitting inconsolable where he had left her, on the stile that led from the combe into the Four acre meadow. Both paths, to right and left, led back to Holmbury over the open field, but they diverged rapidly and crossed the railway track by separate gates and five hundred yards from each other. A turn m the path, at which Ughtred lingered long, hid Netta at last from his j sight. He paused and hesitated. It was growing late, though an hour of summer twilight still remained. He couldn't bear to leave Netta thus alone m the field. She wouldn't allow him to see her home, to be sure, and that being so he was too much of a gentleman to force himself upon her. But he was too much a man, too, to let her find her way back bo late entirely by herself. Unseen him- self, he must still watch over her. Against her will, he must still protect her. He would go on to the railway, and there sit by the side of the line, nnder cover of the hedge, till Netta crossed by the other path. Then he'd walk quietly along the six foot way to the gate she had passed through, and follow her, tmperceived at a distance along the lane, till he saw her back to Holmbury. Whether she wished it or not, he could never leave her. He looked about for a eet»^ One lay most handy. By the side of the line the government engineers had been at work that day, repairing the telegraph sys- tem. They had taken down half a dozen moldering old posts, and set np new ones m tJieir place — tall, clean and shiny. One of the old posts still lay at full length on the ground by the gate, just as the men had left it at the end of their day's work. At the point where the footpath cut the line was a level crossing, and there Ughtred sat down on the fallen post by the side, half con- cealed from view by a tall clump of wil- low herb, waiting patiently for Netta's ' (To be continued.) EX •• Ruapehu "—Barrett Bros, have just received from Manchester another shipment of nioely assorted goods m genera drapery etc. Marked off at lowest cash sale prices. An opportunity is afforded for the ready money to be well spent. T7IOR Bale, Cheap- A lob Men's Bluchers *■ JP only 4a lld'—MELLOR's Zealaodia Boot Store,



WOOL. WOOL. WOOL. I AM NOW MAKING - Liberal Cash .Advances Against Wool PLACED m my hands for SALE In ASHBURTON or ELSEWHERE. _______ / x \ fTTHE CANTERBURY WOOL SALES have been fixed as follows, viz ;— Christchurch Sales on DECEMBER 15, 1898, and JANUARY 13, FEBRUARY 10, 1899. Timaru Saleo— DECEMßEß 2, DECEMBER 30, 1898,andFKBRUARY8, 1899. I shall be represented at BOTH PLACES, and Bhall be glad to recede consignments, which will have my Personal Supervision. Wool intended for mo at Christohuroh Saleß should be eonaigned to Canterbury Sbrd Company's Siding, Addingban, account ]). Thomas. Wool intended for me at Tlmam Saleß, please consign to Messrs Guinness and LbCrbn, Timaru, aooouot D. Thomas. I have made satisfactory arrangements for disposing of Clips privately, either on the Farm or mmy Store. Clients will do well to give me notice when they are ready. Woolpaoka, Branding Oils, Twine, and other Requisites Supplied, Fortnightly Bala of Sheepskins, Fat, Hides, every alternate MONDAY throughout the Season, D. THOMAS, 10 187 ASHBURTON. mJ^^£4Sy TO DRINK . EASt 10 fftfeUV. /^^^L EASILY THE &t$A . _^ „ .., — „ r _______________________________________________________________g3____«_i TEN SHILLINGS. TEN SHILLINGS £3 EVERYONE WHO SPENDS * 10/- CASH ft? DURING THIS MONTH WITH ft P "iTHE CORNER" g § DRAPERY & CLOTHING ESTABLISHMENT W 00 WILL BE PRESENTED WITH W. H. COLLIER'S MUSICAL & PICTORIAL ALBUM V £} H F E E E. H £5 rPHIS Magnificent AUmm contains lOs worth of Music and 16 ■^ J_ pages of beautiful illustrations, VIEWS OF ASHBURTON, . Reproductions from Famous Oil Paintings, ABSOLUTELY FREE. GG 03 Don't make any mistake. If you buy from •• THE CORNER " you CD h-1 get better value than yon gpt from any other firm and you also get {ZJ X 1O« WORTH OF MUSTO TTITD T?l 17* l-H f 16 PAGES OF LOVELY PIOTORKS /JP JLIuJLLi Hi. s-3 j £"• Come and get one of these splendid Albums at ouce, as on'y a M >—< limited number can be obtained. Nothing like lhia Album has ever H -^ b«en eeen iv Aehburton before, j~* Q COME AND BEE AND BE CONQUERED! QQ W. H. COLLIER, § •'THE OORNE E." ' G. D. H. HEFPORD, Manager. TEN SHILLINGS. TEN SHILLINGS, SPECIAL EXHIBITION- CHARMING NOVELTIES. ANDREW ORR, TS makiDg a GREAT SHOW of Choice Goods m MILLINERY, HA.TP, BONNETS, UP-TO-DATE JACKETS AND CAPES, CHOICE COSTUMES, CLOTH FOR COATS AND SKIRTS. ORDERS TAKEN FOR TAILOR-MADE COSTUMES. SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF NEW DRESS MATERIALS. Boys', Youths' and Men's SUITS of Best Colonial Made Materials. J^INOLJfcLIIJM.B Jto FLOOKCLOTHS, | Lovely Designs, all Widths and Patterns. j SPLENDID STOCK OF LADIES', CHILDREN' 3, AND GENTLEMEN'S BOOTS AND SHOES. ENGLISH AND COLONIAL. Jußb Opened 100 Dozen MEN'S NEW TIES AND SCARVES, ab HALF PRICE, ANDREW ORR. GIVING UP BUSINESS FOR SALE. SEEDSMAN'S FITTINGS COMPLETE EMPTY TANKS FOR SALE. PREMISES TO LET. J. SEALY AND CO.



BICYCLES. WE have received direct from New York a sbipmenb of the celebrated Amerioai Bicycles "ROMEO" & "JUILETTE," and have been appointed SOLE AGENTS FOR ASHBURTON. These Machines embody all that Is best In np to date bioyole construction. Interchangeable Sprockets, Ball Retaining Hubs, Flush Joints, Hollow arched crown nickled, and English Dunlop Tyres. PRICE FOR BOTH LADIES' & GENTLKMEN'S WHEELS .COO OAS]H ' OR I'ERMS AS MAY BE ARRANGED GUAEANTEED FOR TWELVE MONTHS nicollTbros., 12 52 EAST STREET, ASHBUETON. Timber. — TIMBER — Timber. WE HAYJE JUST LANDED— Ex GISBORNE at \ r\C\C\ FEET "WHITE FXJNK 4fc \J 9 \J \J \J Flooring and Lining. Ex GLENOAIRN -< q QQQ FEET HEART TOTAHA Ex HUIA -^g 000 FEET KAUJaI[ Ex JANET NICOL gQ qqq FfiET KEr > pi^ej Ex ROSAMOND — QQQ FBET UED PllNia ALSO NOW DUE PER MATATTJA AND RUAHINE DIRECT PROM LONDON— SOO r>niin« Raw and Boiled OIL 3 TonN White and Red LEAD, PUTTY, and PAINTS 8T Packages of IRONMONGERY 516 JfaU-8 of Gate and other HINGES ISF Persons about to Build will do well to Inspect our Stock and obtain Prices. SEASONED TIMBER SUPPLIED IN ANY QUANTITIES. PAINTING AND PAPEBHANGING A SPECIALTY, And Nothing but GENUINE Materials used. W. H. COLLINS & CO., IRONMONGERS, PAINTERS, COAL Is TIMBER MERCHANTS Agents For — Royal Insurance Company Ltd. j „ Shag Point Coal Company, „ Weßtport Coal Company, MELLO R'S ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE ALWAYS TO THE FRONT. T^OR 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, 9a 6d ; Children's Ankle Straps, Is ; Ladies' Pretty Shoea, 4a lid and 5s 6d ; Men's Good Bluchers, 4a lid. Thousands of other pairs at the same Cutting Prices. .o: — — IF You want a GOOD EASY BOOT, one that will stand the wear, be sure you go to MELLO US ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE, TANORED BTBF.KT, ASHBUFT3N 1 ) CHRISTMAS - 1898. (o) CHRISTMAS PRESENTS- CHRISTMAS PRESENTS WHAT Could be more suitable for a CHRISTMAS PRESENT than a nice Table, Chair, Overmantel, Whatnot, Sewing Machine, Piano, Drawing Room or Dining Room Suite, or some useful article of Furniture. You can get something Pretty and Useful, that will last for years, at a Low Price. :o: GRAND SHOW OF NEW GOODS IN NEW PREMISES. SPECIAL PRICES DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON AT T-- H. UNDRILL & COS. We have also a Grand Assortment of Vases, large and small, all prices; Photo Frames, Pictures, and Ornaments of all kinds; Japanese Baskets, Btaokets, Fire Screens, Glove and Handkerchief Boxes, Work Boxes, Writing Peeks, and Trays m great variety. All new for the Christmas Trade — Call and cae before buying elsewhere. We are also showing a Choice Assortment of Bedsteads, Bedding, etc., Dinner Setf, Tea Seta, Bedroom Setß (a grand variety), Carpets, Linoleums, Ruga and Mats, Japaneee Matting, Rugs, etc ; Chairs m endless variety, over 450 to choose from. Largest Stock m Town — all at Reduced Prices for the Christmas Holidays. er Don't forget to call and see Grand Display on Christmas Eve — it will be the> finest sight m Town, everybody should see it. Don't forget it, at T. H. UNDRILL & CO, CABINETMKERB, UPHOLSTERERS, PICTURE-FRAMERS, & UNDERTAKERS, TANCRBD STREET, oppoeite Aroade, and next Building Sooiety'i Office. i



Shipping. rr* H E >'MiKy NBW zEALAND i» 'S^gg^^E'SHTPPTIS'G 00/8 LINK ROYAL WAIL STEAMERS, FOR LONDON, Via Monte Video, Tenerlffe ft Plymouth. Beat Accommodation for all olassea of PafesGngora at Lotveab Rates. BWmersJ Tobb. D^ f re> Pate. Ruapehu 4202 ... Ntn T~ Nov. 24 Ruahiu« 6127 WelllD B fcon Dae. 22 Riniutaka 4515 ~~ Jan. 19 Papanui 7003 ~ Feb. 16 Kaikoura 4507 'March 16 CARGO STEAMERS. "" Arohtor 3414 | — Deo. Waimate 6688 — Dec. Tekoa 4050 — Dec. Waikato 4767 — J*n Qn. Louise 3385 — I Jan Rakaia | 5628 — | Feb Fer further particulars apply to FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltp. Agents, Aahbartoa, SHAW, SAYILL AND ALBION COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR LONDON. -pOYAL MAIL STEA- rf^^^k ■** MKRS, with superior jy^ accommodation for all classes ■""***"•*"* of paefcengera, calling afe Moate Video or Rio, Teneriffe and Ply- mouth, Tons Commander From \ Date. Delphio S. 8355 Sowden ... Wel't'n Jan 5 lonic ... 4748 Kcmpson^ Lyttl'n Jan 5 Aotea i* 6364 Scotland „, — Feb Gothic _ 7730 Kidley ... Wel't'n Mar 2 CARGO STEAMERS. Mamari ... 13583 |M.'Dougall,WelVn|Ncv 30 ' [Tokomaru 62381 tf ax weil W 't'n IDee 15 Matatua- 13322/ Evans V ChTrt'Jan 5 Jfl. W. HANM&ii, Agent. UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, Limited STEAMERS* SAII FRCMLITTELTON AS UNDER: For Weßbport and Greymouth— Weekly. Wellington — Monday, Tuesday, Thnrs day and Saturdays NOTE — For extra sailings Bee advertise- ment m Christchurch papers 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; reference should therefore be made to Christchurch daily papers for dates and hour of sailing For farther particulars apply to F» FERRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton MUSICAL. Miss Bessie Simmonds, TEACHER OF THE VIOLIN AND MUSIC SELLER, HAS VACANCIES for a limited num- ber of Pupils, lerma on appli- cation, and Instrumental Musio up to date. Solos, Duets, Trios, etc , fur all Instruments. Violins from £2 10s— These are Good Models, correctly made, and with care will increase m value. Strings and all requisites at Lowesb Possible Prices. Accordeons from 10d. Campbell's Celebrated Melodeons, etc., etc. Any article not m Stock procured immediately. Can also supply a good Piano for £39. Cash oi 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. Tl/r R S T> V^M AN TTIOX Member of the Cai ;3ooiety of Professional k ..dns, Havelock Street, Ashburton. RAKAIA— TUESDAYS. Pupils prepared for Trinity College exam- inations. Llewellyn Owen, ALC.»*M., JL*.*? l-.-C.JMt. PIANOFORTE, 6INGING, HABMONY,AND MANDOLINE. A O4KD MRS A C* |^ LA RIDGE iL. \Jm \JLARIDGE TEACHER o iT PIANOFORTE, ORGAN,°and SINGING COX STREET, ASHBURTON. Terms on Application. MISS RICHAKDSON, TEACHER OF THE PIANO, IS Prepared to receive PUPILS from any date. Particulars may be obtained from Mr H M Jones, Aehburton ; or Miss Richardson, Charles Street, AUenton. 10 76 MR OSBOBN COOMBeT PIANO TUNER & EXPERT, (Late of London), VISITS ABhburton and smrounding Districts every four months— viz , ] March, July, and November. ! ORDERS may be lefb with MR LLEWELLYN OWEN at his Musio Sfcndio, Arcade Chambers. Ashburton WANTED— A dozen smarb Ladies to try our new kangaroo calf Shoe. — Mbllob's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED— Wise Motherß to try our Indestructible Sobool Boot. — UlLfcOß's Zealftndia.Boot Store.