tent, but the rain inoreased, and we crawled out after packing our swags m * half recum bent position. To those who could nob enter the cab, the eating of breakfast was a cheer leu process, for it needed some skilful manipulation to hold a plate of porridge and the edge of the waterproof at the same time m a howling breeze. We took the road at 7.20 a.m., and at Starvation Flat our left cab-spring broke. It was repaired m the raiD, and the journey was resumed till the top of Porter's Pass was reached. Things now assumed a serious aspect ; for no sooner had one man crossed the ridge and was about to descend, than he was caught by the wind and upset. By the timely aid of some tussooks which he caught he was prevented from going over ihe edge. Further down on the old track, at different places, three others were seized m violent rotary gusts ; one was thrown down among the , bnulders, and the other two against the edge of the cutting. When we reached the b «ttom the vehicles had not come down, but when they appeared the drivera told us they had had a very dangerous time. In sight of Bpringfield we saw the Oxford bußh was on firs by the enornjoas volumes of smoke that tolled along. At the town the baker gave us a hut to camp m, for we were unable to pitch any tent. However the wind moderated by evening, and the tent was erected m a sheltered spot. For the first time for many years Mr Cassidy was afraid to venture out with the West Coast ooaoh, so he delayed till morning. On Saturday, the cab being fixed, we set off, and after some directions from Mr Larry Markey on the way, we climbed the Pig Saddle, passed Whitecliffs, Glentuunel, and Glenroy, and at night made the gorge bridge again. On Sunday we set off about 10.15, and at Bland'a corner finished the last of our eatables, and arrived home at 5 p.m. We ware singularly fortunate •■ regards rivers, for we orossed the Waimakariri on our journey west when it had subsided, and ra-orossed it again on our return some hours before it rose. Had we been tight hours later, we would have been on its western side for three or four days.

IRRIGATION.

Heating of Ratepayers at Kyle.

A meeting of ratepayers was held last evening m the Kyle schoolroom, to consider what steps should be taken with a view <o scouring an irrigation supply for the dis triofe. There was not a large attendance, whiob, however, was accounted for by the fact that most of the ratepayers were busy harvesting, and most cf them had Ion? dis tances to travel to the meeting. Mr Lambie was asked to take the chair, and said he was rather disappointed at the small attendance, seeing how much the settlers had suffered by the drought this year. It did not lay much for their enthusiasm, but he knew that those present ware quite enthusiastic m the matter — at least he was. The question of irrigation was now no longer m the experimental stage. It was past that, and they all knew that irrigation was not only advantageous, but absolutely necessary. It was a question of living. As things were at present, it was impossible to do with their land what ought to be done with it to make it yield its fullest to them. If they had water they could make of the district a very Garden of Eden. He then read from the Ashburton Maift report of the meeting at Hinds last week, portions of Mr Harper's speech, showiog what steps had to be taken to have a district constituted, and many of Mr Harper's remarks m regard to the attitude that the people had assumed towards irrigation m the past, and explained how the coat of the poll for a loan were to be met. The cost of a poll m the Hinds district would be 2360, and it would be •boat the same here, and five months would have to elapse before the poll could be taken. It would thus be seen that they would be into the next summer be fore the scheme could be m op ration. He, however, was prepared to go ou, and put before them Mr Baxter's scheme of irri gation for Kyle laid before the Council m 1895. That scheme was one intended to deal with irrigation on only a sma.ll scale, and gave facilities for irrigating only a seventh of the properties of the settlers. The new scheme proposed to inolude the whole of the Kyle district, leaving out Doric, and would comprise 30,000 acres. The supply that would have to be taken m now would be about ten times larger than that proposed by Mr Baxter m 1893. He then read a letter from Mr W. L. Allan, who, writing with hiß experience of irrigation at Actou, advised them not to be afraid of a large scheme, but) to get down plenty of water, because one acre of irrigated land was worth a whole paddook without it. Mr Allan was willing to help all he could m the matter, but the condition of his eyes was such that he could not attend their meeting. The district was admirably fitted for irrigation, and there was no physical difficulty about it at all. The land with irrigation would carry double the number of stock, immensely inorease the fertility of the land m crop, and would be necessary, as he had found it, nine seasons m every ten. A f copy of the agree ment between Mr Allan and the Council was on the table, and from that agreement it was evident that no difficulty would stand m the way of the scheme from any compli cation with Acton estate. Mr Mulligan said there had been objection raised before as to laying down large channels unless sufficient bridges were thrown over them. The Chairman thought that the difficulty could be got over by laying down suitable fords. Traction engines could go over Mr Allan's own race, arid that gentleman was very reasonable and would not aßk of the settlers any more than the Council bad fisked of hhn. Footbridges were another question *'Mr Riphardssaid it was only a few settlers near the sea who seamed to be asking for increased water Bupply for irrigation, and there were many m the upper part of the district who did not want it, and some who objected (Mr W. White for instance) to it going through their property at all- Jn these circumstances he was not certain that it was wise to force a large scheme upon those people. The Chairman asked Mr Baxter to read Mr White's letter giving his opinion of tapping the Bakaia at all. Mr White, who is a very old settler, recounted many disasters that had befallen settlers m the early days from tampering with so treacher ous a river as the Bakaia. Ofckleigh home, itead had been washed away, though only a four feet channel had been taken to it. That channel was now half a mile wide. The ferry buildings had gone m the same dray, so had Knjrett s station, and the Rakaia bridge had had to be lengthened. In his knowledge the South branch of the Rakaia 1 had " " shunted " southwards three imltes, and the whole tone of his letter, though not by any means against irrigation per se, was antagonistic to trenching on the river, which m the past had played sad pricks with the people on its banks. Mr- Baxter was quite aware that there was a certain ameunt of danger m injudicious gutting of the river banks, but the r channel to the'Aotqti Estate had been running for fourteen years. The Chairman said Mr White's notions about the Rakaia were not new. He with Mr White had benn ou the. Rakaia Board of Conservators, and on Mr White's advice a large sum of money had been spent on bank ing the Rakaia. The work was tound to be quite unnecesßary and the ratepayers had risen m rebellion against it and sent it aud Mr White to the deuce. He did not attach much importance to Mr White's opposition, which he thought would disappear if a scheme of irrigation were adopted. Beside there was always the Public Works Act tc bring into aotion if land to carry th< ohannel were wanted. Mr W. Loohhead did not think a large scheme was wanted. The small attendance showed that som9 of the upper settlers die i|ot"#aht irrigation. There was not enougt water m the channels to supply everybody now, .and those who had enough for them selves did not seem to care whether theii neighbors had water or not. Mr John Watson was m favor of a largi soheme. The race which did not serve hin was the most irregular of the whole system end he was more often without water thai ieith! it. ' So:«.far as Mr White> histories instances were oonoerned, there need be n fear entertained-in'-consequence of the bug bear raised 1 by them, a». when the channc was taken into Oakleigh, there had been n attempt- made atfhead works,- and so' of oours the river made its way into the ohannel ou for it. With proper ««re Ukeq there woul baoofwi, ■'• »• • •■•" - f-'

Bd In answer to Mr Louhhead, Mr Baxte n- said there had been no serious trouble wit er the Acton headworks, and the Acton schem r- was calculated to supply 5000 acres mor ul than the scheme he had proposed for Kyi id m 1893. le Iv reply to Messrs Adair and Askio, M at Baxter said a scheme to supply the distric ft similarly to what was proposed for the Hiad le would cost about the same as the Hinds ie 4£d an acre. The small pcheme would cos ;s la an acre, and small schemes were alway jr more costly th%n large. »s Mr Mulligan asked whether several tapp iy ings of the river with small channels wouU )f not be better than one tapping with om is large main channel. sr Mr Baxter said fhe present races wouk s, require to be enlarged on new lines, and new y races introduced. The submaina' supplj ie would extend over tvo or three weeks, and ;e every holding would receive its quota c according to acreage, and m rotation. The it main channel would require to be large at y the outset, and be reduced as it supplied if subtnain , which would relieve it of its n quantity according to the wants of the hold t> ings on die submains, till down towards the c end of the system the main would not be 0 much larger than the submains. The 1 aeaaon would last over about six months. » Much had been said by some of the settlers j m favor of winter irrigation, which well t soaked the subsoil. This was a question I worthy of consideration t The Chairman said there was the river i flowing away to the sea, there was the ) country splendidly fitted by nature for , irrigation, and he thought the time was > come to take steps to secure a scheme. He > did not quite understand Mr Baxter's ■ scheme, but he took it that arrangements i would be made so that there would be no i irregularity. i Mr Baxter said it was not intended to let the whole water brought m down upon one 1 man. The supply would be given m rotatioD, : bat quite within the season that would make . it useful. Of oourse the supply would be under the oontrol and regulation of properly appointed and qualified officers of the Council. The Chairman read the agreement between the Council and the Aoton Estate Company, m which it was shown that an , extension of the Acton system could be obtained, or the Council could take over, at half the original cost of construction, the works of that scheme. Mr Richards said he thought the feeling of the Doric people at one time was that if they gob their water out of Acton race there would not be enough for both them and Kyle. There would be no compensation required until they came out of Acton, and he did not fancy that, auyone wanting compensation would like to see the land taken under the Public Works Act and fenced off, so that their stock could only look at it but not drink it, He would be glad to assist either an irrigation scheme or an increase of their present water supply, and he believed the Council would be willing to put through either. He thought it would cost nearly as much to make an increased water supply as an irrigation system. The Chairman said the change of name would not remove the red tape cost, as that had to be incurred whenever a l'-an was dealt with. He was not, m a general way, m favor of loans, but this was a work a portion of the cost of which might be left to pros perity, and he was willing that a loan should be raised. They would never have such a chance as they had now, and he believed there would be no one against irrigation, Mr Mulligan moved the first resolution as follows :— •• That m the opinion of this meet' ing it is advisable to prepare and present to the Ashburton County Council a petition from the ratepayers, as required by the Counties Act, 1886, praying that an irriga tion district be constituted." Mr Askin seconded and the resolution was carried. After some discussion as to the boundaries of the proposed district, Mr Askin proposed and Me Watson seconded the following resolution, which was carried :—" That the boundaries of the proposed district should be approximately those mentioned m the County Eugineer's report on Kyle irrigation Bcheme laid on the table of the Council on August 4, 1893." Mr Adair moved :—" That the following ratepayers are prepared to guarantee to the County Council pro tata, the expense of taking the necessary poll of the ratepayers, should the proposal to form and irrigation district be rejected." Several names were put upon the motion. A vote of thanks to the Chairman con oluded the meeting.

CABLE NEWS.

Home and Foreign.

Press Assooiation —By Bleobrio Telegraph — Copyright. Abolition of Sugar Bounties. London, January 14 At the invitation of Belgium an International Conference is about to assemble for the purpose of discussing the question of the abolition of sugar bounties. Rush tor Klondike. Letters from New York indicate that an enormous rush has set m for the Klondike goldfields. Five railway companies have booked 45,000 passen gers, and two Pacific steamship com panies have provided passages for 15,000, while scores of sailing vessels, carrying intending diggers, have Started for Vancouver and other ports of British Columbia via Cape Horn. New Steamers for New Zealand. Messrs Turnbull, Martin and Co., the well known shipbuilders of Lon don, Glasgow and Punedin, are having four steamers, eaoh of 8500 tons, built for the New Zealand frozen meat trade. French Army Appointments. Paris, January 17 General Zurlinden, Oommauder of the Fifteenth French Army Corps, has been appointed Military Commander of Paris m succession to General S&ussier. General Jamont, one of the' members of the Council of War, succeeds General De Torcy as Oom mander-in-Obief.

LABOR QUESTIONS.

Ike Engineers' Strike. Press Assqciabion— By Electric Telegraph Copyright IO.N.PON, January 18, ; Defections from the Engineers' ', Society are reported. Members are leaving the Union and accepting em -1 ployment on the masters' terms, [ Allied trades are subscribing reluc i tantly and not liberally to the strike i fund. 1 Received Wakapuaka January 19, 9. 55am. 3 Guardian Offioe 10.40 a.m. s London, January 18 Six engineering firms m Lancashire J have issued lock-out notices to their 1 employees. / Last Bummer one of our grandchildren • wais sick with a severe bowel trouble. Our r "Jootor'a remedies had failed, then we tried Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea c Remedy, whioh gave very speedy relief, n We regard it as the best medicine ever pub i, on the market for bowel complaints. — Mrs A E. Wv Gregory, Frederickßtown, Mo. This il oettainly is the best medioine ever put on o the market for dysentery, summer' com ;- plaint, colic andcholerainfantumin children, si It never fails to give prompt relief when o 6aed m reasonable time and the plain printed le directions are followed. Mtany mothers it have expressed their Binoere gratitude for d the cures it hat effected, For B»la by

THE LATEST.

Home and Foreign.

r Press Association —By Electric Telegraph— st Copyright. f Received Wakapuka, Jan. 19, 9.55 a.m., |t Guardian Office 10 40 a.m. Cotton Strike. Nkav York, January 18 An extensivestrikeof cotton spinners for an advance of wages has taken place m New England. One thousand hands are affected, Indian Treasury Bills Calcutta, January 18 The Indian Treasury i: ills were suhscribed tenfold. Received Wakapuaka Jan. 19, 0 55 p.m., * Guardian Office, 1.20 p.m. South Africa. Capetown, January 18 Moiketsi, the chief cause of the tribal trouble m Bashutuland, hassurrendered, but Masupa, his father, still remains obdurate, though surrounded by his enemies. Girls Suiciding-. Washington, January 18 Four Washington belles, daughters of distinguished Government officials, have committed suicide within a month.

FEDERAL CONVENTION.

Press Association— By Electrio Telegraph — Copyright. Melbourne, January 18. The Federal Finance Committee baa arrived at a general agreement on the main principles of the proposal for the distribution of surplus revenues after payment of the Federal Government expenditure ; but the details cannot be arranged till the arrival of the West Australian delegates on Thursday. The scheme provides for keeping the Customs accounts of the various colonies for a period of five or two years, sfill to be fixed, at the end of which the surplus revenues are to be distributed among the colonies m iroportion to the amounts contributed to the Federal Customs revenue. With regard to Victoria and New South Wales, it is anticipated that the Cora naittee will suggest that the border duties be collected on all but inter colonial products.

THE SOUDAN.

Press Association — B/ Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. ! Received Wakapuaka Jan. 19, 955 a.m. Guardian Office 10.40 a.m. | Cairo, January 18 A detachment of native troops from Kassala captured a dervish post twenty-eight miles west of Kassala on the road to Khartoum.

THE INDIAN FRONTIER.

Press Association — By Electric Telegraph Copyright. Received Wakapuaka Jan. 19, 0.55 p.m. Guardian Office, 1.20 p.m Calcutta, January lg Zakka Khels are now the only powerful tribe on the north-west Indian frontier remaining unconquered.

AFFAIRS IN CUBA.

An American Waniiiig'. Press Association —By Electric Telegraph — Copyright Havanna, January 17, Following the recent announcement that an American squadron had assembled at the Gulf of Mexico, sup posedly m connection with the situa tion m Ouba, the American Consul here has advised General Blanco, the Spanish commandant m Ouba, that if American life or property m the island be destroyed he will immediately summoD the warships, The supporters of General Weyler, the late Spanish Commander, are fomenting disorder m Havana.

CRICKET.

THE THIRD TEST MATCH.

Preßß Association — By Electric Telegrari - Copyright. Adelaide, January 18 1 he test match was resumed this morning under extremely unpleasant conditions. A gale of wind blew across the ground, carry ing with it a considerable quantity of dust. Noble and Howeli resumed bowling, and with nine runs added Stoddartwas splendidly taken by Jones at mid-off from a hard drive. When Briggs had made five he was missed by Howeli a* slip off Noble. The batsman showed his gratitude by hitting Noble to the boundary twice off Buceessive balla, but off the last ball of the over he was caught at the wiokets. Two balls from Howeli were too much for Hearne. Richardson and Hirst made an unexpected staud. Both men hit freely though Richardson had Rome luck with his lofty ones. Jones was tried instead of Howeli without effeofc. When 56 runs had been put on m forty minutes Trumble at slip caught Hirst. The York shireman was batting for three hours and twenty minutes, and did not give a chance, one having been wrongly debited to him yesterday ;he hit eleven fours. The dura tion of his whole innings was five hours and iwenty-five minutes. McLaren and Mason began the second nnings to the bowling of Howeli and Noble. McLaren first hit a warm return to Howeli, md he also gave Noble a similar ohance Hrectly afterwards. With 10 up Mason waß saught at mid-off from a similar stroke. 3anjitiUDJhi made nineteen quickly, then was mißsed at long-off by Darling off Noble, Fifty runs were reached man hour. At this stage Trumble displaced Howeli who had bowled a dozen overs for nineteen runs. After a spell of slow play McLaren got each bowler to square leg for four. At 75 McLeod relieved Noble. Ranj taiDjhl out each bowler to the boundary. Ab the adjournment the score was 91 — Ranjitsinjhi 45 and McLaren 43. Trott and McLeod leaumed bowling, and 100 went up aa the outcome of an hour and fifty-two minutes batting. Directly afterwards both batsmen reached their half century. Ranjitsinjhi made light of Trott whom he hit for two fours, and at 118 Trott gave way to Howeli. The batsmen were pi .ying masterly cricket. . They took no risks but pl&yed all the bowling with the utmo3i reepect. At last Ranjitsinjhi made a mishit and skied the ball to slip, where Trumble held it. He was batiina for two hours and a half, and after the first few mkiutea his batting was m his bast form. He hit eight fours, and the partnership put on 142 runs. Hay ward was m twenty minutes for one run, then re turned a ball low down to McLeod, who made a fine catch. Storer having made six m two hits out the ball to Hill, third man, who held it. Boh wickets fell m the same over. Druce and McLaren played out time. i Howeli finished up the day by bowling eighc maiden overs. McLaren played a great i innings. He was m for three hours and twtnty minutes, and after the first two difficult chances to the bowlers did not make a mistake, He hit five fours. The Aus tralians fielded brilliantly, apart from Darling's mistake. Iredale, Jones and Gregory were very smart. r J hey were un fortunate m respect to bowling, as Jones owing to an injured shoulder could not bowl at all. The following are the scores : — Australia. First Innings, McLeod, b Briggs  ..  31 Darling, c Storer, b ßichardson. . . . 178 Hill, c Storer, b Richardson  ..81 Gregory, c Storer, b Hirat .. ..52 Iredale, b Richardson 84 Trott, b Hearne 3 Noble, b Richardson 39 Trumble, not out 37 Kelly, b Stoddart 22 Jone^, run out .. ..  .. 8 Howeli, b Hearne 16 Extras 22 Total  ... .. .. 573 Bowusg Analysis — Briggs 1 for 128, Richardson 4 for 164, Hirst 1 for 63, Hearne ( 2 for 94, Hayward 0 for 35, Mason 0 for 41, Storer 0 for 16, Stoddart 1 for 10. i England. First luningß; " ! MacLaren, b Howeli .. .. .. -14 Mason, b Jones 11 Ranjitsinhji, c Jones, b Trumble .. 6 Ntorer, b Howeli 4 , Hayward, b Jones .70 Druce, c Darling, b Noble . . . . 24 Hirst, c '1 rumble, b Noble .. ..85 Stoddart, c Jones, b Howeli  . . 15 Briggs, c Kelly, b Noble   . . 14 Hearne, b Howeli 0 Richardson, not out . . . . . . 25 . Extras 10 Total 278 Bowling Analysis.— Howeli 4 for 70, Jones 2 for 67, Trumble 7 for 39, Noble 3 for 87, Trott 0 for 14. Second Innings. McLaren, not out .. .. .. ..70 Mason, c Jones, b Noble 0 Raujitsinhji, c Trumble b McLeod .. 77 ( Hayward, c and b McLeod ..  1 Storer, c Hill, b McLeod 6 Druce, nob out .. .. .. .. 0 Extras . . . . . . . .  7 Total for four wickets . . . . 161 Bowling Analysis— Trumble 0 for 17, i Noble 1 for 44, Trolt Q for IQ, MoL,eod 3, tor , 36, Howeli 0 for 4.1. London, January 17. 1 Intense disappointment is expressed at the poor stand made by the Englishmen m the third test match. The newspapers refer to « thra batting as a wretched display, and to k the score aa paltry.

ASHBURTON JUNIORS v. ASHBURTON SECOND ELEVEN.

The following will represent their respec tive teams m the match to be played on the Domain to-morrow, play starting at 3 p.m : Juniorg —Amos, Stock, Revel!, Minnis, Clark, Robottom, Crisp, Denshire, Choatj, Anderson, A. Purnell. Emergencies—L. ' 'Purnell, McPherson, and Kick man". Asc burton Second Eleven —J.. Viitch'ard, $. ' Pjritchard, Wilkie, C. Andrews, L. F. Andrewes, Powell, Terris, Pilbrow, Baigent, Marsden, J. Friedlander. Emergencies — P«rcy and Wilson.

CORRESPONDENCE.

♦ ~ I (We Co not hold ourselvea v^sponsi'p'e for the opiuipijs expiosaed by our Correspondents,)

THE ROSIE O'SHEA CASE.

TO TIIE EDITOR. 8 Sir,—ln reference tp my protest against r Rosie O'Shea, m the ppny race at Tinwald, * on New Year's Day, you report that the r Stewards unanimously dismissed the pro teat. But such was not the case, the voting being nearly equal for and against, the pro test being upheld.—l am, etc., John O'Brien.

OXFORD AND BIRCH HILL FIRES.

TO THE EDITOR, ■ Sir,— Will you allow me to call attention to the fact that Rev R. J. Murray, of ' Oxford, is making an appeal on behalf of i the unfortunate people of his district who J have loot their all m the disastrous fire. • Any oast-off clothes or other articles will be i gladly received and forwarded by myself or ' Mr R* Murray, watchmaker, of Ashburton. I —I am, etc. , R. Taylor, i Wesleyan Parsp.nage,

tfflß ABHBOKTOn GUARDIAN: WEDtfESDAt, JANUARY 10, 1898



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n ' DAVID THOMAS. ir OAT SHEAF CHAFF. rs ir c d T AM a Buyer of Oat Sheaf Chaff mam g X quantity. tl 12 89 D. THOMAS. ll n M _______; 0 ■ J F. FERIRMAN. I, — _ — , 2 t t THE PATENT ELASTIC STEEL i . HORSE COLLAR. 5 Contractors to Her Majesty's Government \ War Office.) i Patented m Great Britain, France, Bel- gium, Germany, Austria, Hungary, lUly, South Australia, Victoria, and the United States of America, eto. LATEST AWARDS. j Silver Medal, Birkenhead Agricultural Society, 1890.— Silver Medal, Altringham Agricultural Society, 1890.— Diploma of Merit, Royal Military Exhibitiou, Chelsea, 1890.— Bronze Medal, Prague Exhibition, 1891. THE COLLAR is an invention which wins the approval of all owners of horses who once give it a trial. TESTIMONIALS. To Mb F. Ferbiman, Dear Sir, — I have taken great pains to | see how the above Collars would answer, | and as you have taken over the agency for them I am sending you this testimonial, hoping you will use it for the benefit of the farming community, as I am satisfied the | Steel Collar is a great boon to this county on account of the great heat and boulders we | have to contend with. J have used them .for cartiug shingle m riverbeds and find that they ease the horses very much. I have also used them m the hottest pjirt of summer to put iv ( urnip ', and find the horses wearing ths Sleel Collars finished much fresher and took less feed lo keep them |m condition thau those working m the j leather collars. I had a mare snt to me j with her thoulders quite raw, and her owner | could not cure them. I started to work her m the Steel Collar, and within a month 1 had her as sound as possible. Another mao j scut me v mare with a tumor on her shoulder. I worked her m a Sttel Collar ; and had her well m a week. In fact I do not think they can be too highly praised, and if once used uo other sort will be used I again At the same time I would like to remind all that use them that they must be kept quite clean, a rub with a wet cioth is all that is required. j F. A. Sauxuers. ! Mayfield. Aabburton, November 30, 1897 Mv F. Ferriman, Dear Sir— l have used the Patent Steel Collar and find them very satisfactory. My horses are never troubled with sore shoulders when worked m these collars. Thomas Bennett. Ashburton, November 27, 1897 Mr F. Ferriman, Dear Sir -I am using six of the Patent Sttel Horse Collars for draught horses, and although my country is very rough none of my horses working m these collars ever suffer from sore shoulders. Whenever my leather collars fail I replace them with, the steel ones. I always use them when, breaking m young horses, and never have any trouble with their shoulders. I have horses I could not work unless I had the Steel Collars. John Dotlb. THE A clvantages of the Collar MAY BE SUMMARISED AS BELOW :— No Hames required ; It is easily fitted ; It cannot get out of shape by wear ; It requires no stuffing ; There is no pinching of the shoulders ; ThejTf 1 * at starting with a heavy load is minimised, the collar being \n itself a spring. T*ie pull is distributed over a large surface of the shoulder, and does not come wholly on the outer edge, as is often the case with the ordinary Collar. It never wants drying, and, therefore, a second Collar for use during that pro- cess is unnecessary, It is cheaper, lighter, and more oomfort- ' -'V; able, and lasts longor than a Leather Collar and Tho parts are. Interchangeable. AGENT FOU ASM&URTON : : F, FERRIMAN. "VTOUNG Ladies' Journal for January, JL Windsor Magazine, Weldon's Ladies Journal, Children's Bazaar of fashions (Christmas Numbers), Review o§ Reviews, Family Herald (hound > t (Jreat Thoughts (bound), God, and the Ant, Lonely God, The tUwwy Seat. publiaheU prioei.— ll. M.



I W anted , b X OST- Between W. H. Collier's and the j J_J Hospital, Bowl of " M gical " Bicycle Lamp. Reward Mail Office. 1 103 [ MRS CLARIDUK will resume teaching on Friday, January 2lst. 1 101 TO Lat— House, Six Rooms, with wash house, etc., five minutes walk from Post Office. Apply Henry Stephenson. 199 MADAME UIBBIS — Palmist and Phrenologist. Questions answered on Health, Marriage, and Business. Wheeler's Boarding House, 1 97 TO LEP, two shops m Jubilee Buildings, Burnett Street. Apply to Henry Stephenson. Friedlander Bros., Limited. TXT E ARE BUYERS OF HEAVY BRIGHT OATEN SHEAF CHAFF. FRIEDLANDER 8R03., Limited] CORNSACKS. XJTT E ARE NOW LANDING, ex "CEAIGNAIft" Our this Season's Supply of 1200 BALES op FULL SIZE AND FULL WEIGHT ! CORNSACKS, Which we offer ex our Ashburton, Tinwald, j i or Lyndhurst Stores, at 4s 7j4d. Farmers will no doubt appreciate • our k( eping prices of their require- i tnentddowu by giving ua their Liberal Support. FRIEDLANDER BROS. LIMITED. ; Henry Stephenson. HENRY STEPHENSON, ; (successor to Alfred Harrison.) Established 20 years. , AUCTIONEER, LAND, ESTATE AND j COMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER. l WEEKLY SALES of Live Stock Produce, Furniture, etc., EVERY SATURDAY, at 12 o'clock, Clearing Sales of Stock, Household Furni- ture, etc, as per arrangement, m any part o the oounty. Advances made on Goods placed m my hands for Sale. CHAFF, OATS, WHEAT, FLOUR, 1 SHARPS, BRAN, ONIONS, POTATOES SEEDS, etc., Sold Daily m Large or Small Quantities. Agent : Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company & Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agency Company. PIANOS and ORGANS on. time pay- ments from *2O« per month. TO LET) two Shops m Jubilee Buildings, Burnett street. Also a Houpo of six rcoms with wash house, near Post Office. HENRY STEPHENSON, AUCTIONEER. ; • Ip&nders. l _ _ — i ASHBURTON BOBOUGH COUNCIL. mENDERS are invited for the Lease of X TS, 12^6 for 21 years, with Compen- sation Clause for improvements. Particulars may be obtained at Borough Council Office, where tenders will be received till 1 p.m. on MONDAY, the 24th inst. CHAS. E. FOOKS, Town Clerk. January 15, 1898 1 85 'JHE" EDUCATION BOARD~OF~THE" DISTRICT OF NOHTH CANTERBURY. rpENDERS are invited for BAiNTING JL - and REPAIRS to School Buildings at Willowby. Finns and Specifications can be seen at the office of Mr John Obb, Ash- burton, and at the office of the Board, Normal School, where endorsed teudersj addressed to the Secretary of the Board, will be rec j ived not later than noon on SATURDAY, the 22nd current. Th' 9 lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. H. 0. LANE, Secretary-. Chriatohurcb, January 17, 1898. I 100) TENDE.RS, " mENDERS are invited for STOOKING _|. about 2QO aces of Wheat. Full par- Mou}ara oaj) be obtained from the under- signed. Tenders close TUESDAY, 25th inst, W, ANDERSON, } 108 Flomjngfcpn,



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