CRICKET.

The lew Zealand Team

United Prest Association—By Electric Telegraph.

Christchuboh, January 13. Fisher and Fradkish have both obtained leave to visib Australia with the New Zea land cricket team. The Council is fully determined to keep to its engagements. In an interview today, Mr F Wilding, one of the oldest cricketers in the colony, ■aid that the team was a good representative one, though not the best;. He was glad to see Sims and Ashbolt included, both being young New Zealauders. to whom the ex perience would be invaluab'e. He thought the tour uhoald not on any account be abandoned.

MAYFIELD.

From Our Own Correspondent

THE HARVEST

Nothing worth speaking about has taken place Bince the holidays. Every man and boy in fche district seems to be employed, either in finishing up the late shearing, or in harvesting, and to all appearance hands will be very scarce when harvest starts generally. At present there is enly a small area fit, but with the hot wind which was blowing all Saturday and Sunday, and again on Thurs day, the grain will mature very quickly. Mr Charles Gale is t.he first about here to do any stacking, and as I write he has three or four stacks up. Grass seed is an abun dant crop this year, and the sample is excellent. THE SACRAMENT- The Rev. James Skinner, of Flemington, is to dispense the sacrament of the Lord's to the members of the Presbyterian Church in Mayfield on Sunday morning, 22nd instant. HEKEAO SETTLEMENT This settlement is boom ng ahead very well indeed. The crops present a picture hard to beat, comprising mostly oats, turnips, and rape, the turnips being a grand ttrike. Mr ton Connor is busy getting the material for his houso, which ia to be bnilt right away, and Nir Hyde has started a large frontage addition to his present cottagp. The Government have dec ded to complete shingUng the roadp as soon as possible, and the contracts are all let, and part completed. MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, At their biweekly meeting ihe members of the Mayfield Mutual Improvement Asso ciation held a mock parliamentary election, when four candidates came forward, three as Liberals and one »a Conservative, all of whom gave first rate speeches, the two ladies ably holding their own against their male opponents.—Mrs W. G. Gallagher and Mias Forward and Mr James Deliow, Liberals, and Mr W. G. Gallagher Conser vative, The latter gentleman came in for most of the heckling, but he was more than abia for all the questions, and many of the replies would not have been out of place at a real election campaign. The large atten dance of members and others thoroughly en joyed the entertainment. Owing to the late hour, however, the election could not come off, and this was put off until next evening. KUNAWAY. As Mr W. Ellery was standing by his two horse team, attached to a dray, at the black smith's shop the other day, the horses took fright at an engine sawing timber, and bolted along the Kangitata Road, dragging Mr Ellery along on his back for a few yards, the reins having become entangled around him. Luckily they slipped quickly, and with the exception of a few bruises about the thighs he got off all right. The team galloped along about halfway to Mayfield E-i'ate gate, and then quieted clown a bit, and were soon after stopped, without any other damages being done.

THE ASHBURTON' GUABDIAN : SATTTEDAf, JANUAKY 14, 1899

Printed and published by Henry Willis, of Peter Street, Ashburbon, for the Proprie tors, at> their Printing Office, Burnafe Street, Aihburton, SATURDAY, JANUARY }fc lS9f



I . butiU;esß Notices. < ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. A DVANOES of £25 and upwards made on Freehold Properties, repayable by Monthly, Quarterly, or Half Yearly ieatftl ments. . # Loans are aleo granted for Fixed Period at lowest current rates. Deposits received at highest eurreutjatei AH information on application to I | EDWARD STEPHENS, Manager !~~"_ __ _^ CHEAP WINTER FIRING, NEW MOUNT JSOMEKS COAL. OUTPUT has Trebled daring the hurt twelve months. IT IS USED EVERYWHERE. This Coal is the Best and Cheapest Sfcaara \nd Household Coal in the market]. Used in the Woollen Factory andCantw bury Flour Mills, GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS WRITE FOR PRICES xo G. T, PARK, MOUNT SOMERS, TANCRED STREET PAPERHANGING WAREHOUSE. (Established 1876.) C CHAPMAN HOUSE DECORATOR, SIGN WRITER, PAPERH ANGER, GRAINER, GLAZIER, Ftc. TU3T ARRIVED, EX RUAPEHU, BEST SELECTION OF PAPEEHANGINGS Ever shown in Ashburton. Direct from the Manufacturers. LATEST ENGLISH DESIGNS. Pleaae call and inspect. LAWES' Dips & Manures. fTIHE Public Dips ab the Ashbarbon and X Tinwald Sale Yards are now open for the SEASON. For terms and particulars apply to Care taker. Lawea' Superphosphate — Besb Turnip Manure in the world. Also poisonous arm non-poiaonona Sheep Dip in stock. EDWABD "SAUNDERS, LOCAL AGENT. 11 116 CHEAP MONEY! CHEAP MONEY CHEAP MONET IN SUMS JF £100 ..*> £10,000, ON COUNTRY, CITY, AND SUBURBAN FREEHOLD, At exceptionally low rates of interest. FOR FORMS OF APPLICATION AND FULL INFORMATION, Apply to the DISTRICT MANAGER, ChrUtchurch. J. H. RICHARDSON, Government nsnrance Commissioner. '• A report conies from the district of Wagunyah, N.S.W., of a rettler and his family exhibiting very serious symptoms of poisoning after partaking of their evening meal. In searching for the cause, sus picion fell on the tea they had used. A sample taken from a one pound tin in use was analysed and found to contain strong traces of muriatic ariil, the presence of which is caused by the use of spirits of sa ts in welding the parts of tin together! The analyst warns consumers that tea packed in small tins, owing to its very absorbent nature, is very liable to becoma impregnated with this acid, and therefore dangerous for human consumption, and advises that the very safest package to purchase is that packed in lead with an inside lining of vegetable parchment. This stylo of packet is quite impervious to the air, and tea so packed has been known to retain all its aroma and strength for a period of five years." MOTB.— KOZIB TEA is packed in lead with]u> nside lining of Vegetable Parchment. A Cabd. MISS WILLIAMS BEGS to notify the general Public that she has started business as DRFSS AND MANTLE MAKER Id Saunders' Buildings. Entrance by Cooper's Btudr*. Established 1880. Telephone No 6 BAKER BROS., CIURNISHING UNDERTAKERS E URNISHING U NDERTAKKRS DIRECT Importers of Beat and Latest Designs In FUNERAL FURNISHINGS. FUNERALS conducted with the greatest care and satisfaction, at moat reasonable pharges. Corner of Wakanai Road and Gaga Streets, and Baker and Brown's Coach factory.



— 1 UxLJji pJjiJjilJ'kj* 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 of SEEDS AND GRAIN. and will guarantee to give them satisfaction. I can aopply best BYEGBASS, weighing from 261bs to 441bs to the bushel ; and COCKSFOOT, locally grown, H|lbs. to 16Jlbs to the bushel also, best GLOVERS, dressed by my own machines, the purity of which must be seen to be appreciated. ALSO—HFBST AND SONS BEST SNGLISL GLOVERS TURNIPS | RAPE, LUCERNE, TRliJbOiJ^ Etc. FENCING WIBE, BAKB 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 WOOL. WOOL. WOOL. I 'AM NOW MAKING Liberal Cash Advances Against Wool PLACED ia my hands for SALE in ASHBURTON or ELSEWHERE. -(x)— TTIHE CANTERBURY WOOL SALES have been fixed as follows, viz:— Timaru Sale — FEBRUARY 8,1899. Ohrlstchurch Sale — FEBRUARY 10, 1899. I shall be represented at BOTH PLACES, and shall be glad to receire consignments, which will have my Personal Supervision. Wool intended for me at Ghristchurch Sales should be consigned to Cantekbuby Bbid Company's Siding, Addington, account ]>. Thomas. Wool intended for me at Timaru Sales, please consign to Messes Gcinhess and LeCken, Timacu, account D. Thomas. I have made satisfactory arrangements for disposing of Clips privately, either on the Farm or in my Store. Clients will do well to give me notice when they are ready. f Woolpacks, Branding Oils, Twine, and other Requisites Supplied, Fortnightly Sals of Sheepskins, Fab, Hides, every alternate MONDAY throughout the Season. D. T H O M A S 10 187 ASHBURTON. •ORION" COOKING RANGES [IN USE IN THIS COLONY I 1! —*. I r - I shaci 1. ti 1 11! r^— ■r THEY BITRN LIGNITE, TRUE GOAL OR WOOD UP TO 24ra no settingTrequibed. With Stove Pipe can be worked out in the open. SPLENDID BREAD BAKERS. With Oast Iron or Copper Boilers. The Copper Boilers are large and Tinned inside. REPAIRS ARE A MINIMUM. Made in all sizes, single or double ovens. High or low pressure boilers; Sold by all Ironmongers, from whom Catalogues can be obtained, or^ from the maker, H. E. SHACKLOCK. SOUTHEND FOUNDRY, DUNEDIN. 631 i■— |M -'■ ' .' T"" Is 1 jE/$Sy TO OHitiK . EASY "\O O\^\.S*V^ %.. '^"^^^ EASILY THE ft ISA. ' 'm^ r| New Zealand Insurance Company. hstablish"¥d°' « «. 1 ss9j CAPITAL^ONEMILLION. THE PBEMIEE AND^WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY FIRE AND "MARINE RISKS, ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MACHINES, Ac, ACOIPTED AT LOWEST UURBBNT.BaTIBS E. W, HANMBR AGENT,



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ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE I IS ONE OP THE PERFECT INVESTMENTS OFFfiBED BY TUB MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION i OF AUSTRALASIA. EXAMPLE of Nonfeilure Conditions.— At Age 30 next Birthday, under Table C 20, Assurance of £1000 will oosb £31 10s per annum for 20 years. In event of discontinuance of payments the Policy becomes Paid up for £150 AFTER 3 YEARS. £250 AFTi-R 5 YKARS. £500 AFTER 10 YEARS. And so on. When the 20 year* 5 Premiums have been paid, the Assurance is not ouly Paid up for £1000, but is increased by the Accumulated Bonuses. WALTER RCALES, Superintendent of New Business. HUGO FRIEDLATSDER. District Agent, Ashburton. FOR SALE. TT7E Have on hand several NEW AND SECOND-HAND GIGS, & OTHEB VEHICLES, Which wo can dispose of at reasonable prices. F & HT'STEEL, Victorian Steam Carriage and Iron Works, West Street, Ashburtou. GREAT Christmas Sale. *@K.f\f\ WORTH of Christmas *OUU Groceries, High class Teas and Sugars, Dried and Tinned Fruits, Biscuits and Confectionery, Preserve Jars, English and American Glass and Earthen ware, Euamelware, Holloware, Brushware, Lamps, Table Cutlery, Nickel and E.P. Spoons and Forks, ALL TO BE CLEARED IN 4 WEEKS. We have just landed ex "Tokamaru" a shipment ef FIRST-CLASS CHINA in five patterns, which will be included in the sale. Cheapesb House in Ashburton for the Famous JPXfcIJMLUS STOVES, Just the thing for Summer. Best Value in Canterbury in Bicycles and Cycle Accessories of every kind. CARSON &CO., GROCERS & ■ IRONMONGERS MPORTERS OF GLASS, CHINA, AND EARTHENWARE, TANORED STREET, ASHBURTON. j CITY TT OT E L 1 T r JIL O T E L TRIANGLE, Christchurch, and RAILWAY STATION REFRESHMENT ROOMS, Ashburton. R\ LEXANDER begs to inform his • JZjL friends andjthe public generally that he has taken over the above com modious and popular Hotel from Mr McNamara. The House is replete with every convenience. Hot, Cold, and Shower Baths. Tho accommodation is second to none in Chris tchurch. Au excellent table and all the best brands of Ales, Wines and Spirits procurable in stock Telephone 365. R. Alexander, Proprietor. I SMOKE THE NEW VENUS Dark Aromatic Plug Tobacco. ! I THE OELB.BRATED & BEST BBAND fIUNUFAOTDBKD FROM ! UHOICEST VIBGINA LEAF STRATHMOEE PEIVATE ! HOSPITAL. EXTENSIVE ADDITIONS JUST COMPLETED UNEQUALLED In"tHE COLONIES FO MEDICAL AND SURGICAL OASES. /^AN Accommodate upwards of FORTI WJ MALE and FEMALE PATIENTS TERMS ; From 2 Guineas pet week PATIENTS CAN BE ATTENDED BY , THJM»< OWN MEDICAL AWJBER Apply to— THE MATRON, Stbathmore Private Hospital, Ferry Road (just) over East Belt), Christ 135 church.



GIVING UP BUSTNF^S: ; FOR SALE. * SEEDSMAN'S FITTINGS COMPLETE EMPTY TANKS FOR SALE. PREMISES TO LET. J. SEALY AJND CO. BELFAST FREEZING WORKS MANURES, ARE THE BEST TilOU TU IP, RAPB WIIKAT, 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 JTI*IISOIVI>INI>JK** BBOS*., Limited., DAVID THOMAS, THE W. 55-. FARMERS* 00-o£»JiilfcA rX'I"VIQ A SSOCIATIUN OF CANTERBURY, Limited., oa AJUBJSJEfcT ROBERTS, AGUfcfJN'l', aahburton. CANTERBURY FROZEN MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT COMPANY, LIMITED. 8 80 " F. WAYMOUTB, Secretary. J. WILSON, IMPORTER OF HIGH-CLASS WALL PAPERS. r^\ - "TTTE Have Just Landed a Large Variety of the Very Latest Designs in (TAJVCVY €3JLiAfc*S?, inqluding Murenese, figured, Boiled, etc. Ordinary "WIN 13OW GLASS always in Stock ; also MIRROU GrtjASS«? 9 which we ewe to any size. The following is a liab of a few Lines kept in Stock at our Warehouse, Corner- of A reticle & JBurnet* {"Street, MIXED PAINTS WHITE LEaD LINSEED OIL RV.D LEAD SOKIM HEMATITR RED RADDLE PUTTY TURPENTINE BLUE KADDLtf OPALS OAK VARNISHES STAINED GARNISHES ENAMEL LAMP BLACK PICTURE MOULDINGS BIUJSREri ARTISTS COLOR OJLOLOrH FOR DADOES GOLD PAINT MAN M E LL O R'S * ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE ALWAYS TO THE FRONT. T7OR GOOD CHEAP BOOTS AND SHOES WE STAND ALONEj We do the Leading Trade, p,nd we mean to keep ifc. NOTE OUR PRICES—Men'B Good Hhooters, 9s 6d ; Children's Ankle Straps, la ; Ladies' Pretty Shoes, 4s lid and 5s 6d ; Men's Good Bluchers, 4s lid. Thousands of other pairs at the same Cutting Prices. IP You want » GOOD EASY BOOT, onp that will stand the wear, be sure you go to MELLOR'S ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE, TANCRED BTBKKT, &SHBUFTD3S"] """DAVID THOMAS. Auctioneer, Land, Insurance & Estate Agent, Valuator, Wool and Grain Broker, ASHBURTON, Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock—Tinwald and Ashburton Alceruately Fortnightly Salea of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc., on Mondays Sales of Wool Throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Oleariaa Sales as per arrangements Arcade Horse and Furniture Sales held on Saturday's. Horse Fairs held Monthly. AGENT FOR— Mataon and Go, Ohriatchurch Booth, McDonald and 00, Ohristchurch White's Sheep Dip fWalter A. Wood Oa Lightband's Belting London and Lancashire Insurance Gctupany Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stevenson and 00, Dunedin Planet Junior Garden and Field Tools Belfast Manures RAX AI h DISTRICT SALES. "S HAVE made arrangements with MESSRS HARDY & CO., Merchants, Rakaia. Do '>/ act as my AGENT for all Auctioneering Work in that District, and in conjunction with them lb will be my endeavour to make the RAKAIA SALE A SUCCESS. DAVID THOMAS, Aehburfeon GREATREDUCTIOH IN PRIOE OF PLANET JB. TOOLS. DAVID THOMAS, ASHBUBTON



SAIS3DEK. &; Sons .Euca lypti Extract Jnder the distinguished patronage of His Majesty the King of Italy, as per communica tion made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs through the Consul-General for Italy, at Melbourne, March 14, 1878. Awarded diploma at the Amsterdam Exhibition, 1883. Acknowledged by Medical Cliaica and Universities all over the Globe, There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract the market, products of simple distillation forming crude resinous oils. In order that these crude oils may not be taken, OUR PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, which is recognised by the medical division of the PrußsianGovernment be of perfectly pure origin, aa per aformation forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2, 1878, we tate: — It is proved by testa by the Medical Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and Greifswald, Prussia, and reported by Dr. Schulz,Professor of Parmacology, at Bon, and Professor Dr; Mossier, Director of the Medical Clinics at Jreifswald, that only products that are saturated with oxygen and freed of resinous and other substancos, adherent to primary distillation, will develope the anative qualities proper to the plant U! crude oils, orsocallod Eucalypti Extracts are to be classed according to the named authorities, among the turpenoines, which »re abandoned long since as an nternal adicamenh These crude oils, or bo called Eucalypti Extracts, are discernible: I By their deficiency in pungent odour— which our product, the only genuine Euoalypti Extract develops most freely through its surplus oxygen. By their alcoholic thin and mobile appear ance being reduced in specific density through the presenoe of acids. By their taste, the result of the contracting tendency of resin» and tennates. If these crude oils, 80-called eucalypt extracts, are applied by mistake ia cases of croup, bronchitis, diphtheria, internal aflamations, dysentery, etc., the con sequences are moat appalling. For safety akeask always for SANDER&SON'SEUCA. LYPTI EXTRACT.—Sandhurst, Victoria, j Australia. SANDER & SONS. ♦* I have used Chamberlain's Cough Kern edy in my family for years and always with good results," says Mr W B Cooper, of El Rio, Cat. " For small children we find it especially «geflbim" Fop sale by fch.



DEBILITATED BY HOT WEATHER, | TIRED OUT AND ILL. locks (so-called) do no good, fcut Ayer's Sarsaparilla builds up and restores to health Mr. J. Qcugh of Cape Town, Cape Colony, who sends his portrait and writes as follows: "During the past summer the extremely hot weather made me seriously ill. I lost all appetite, could not sleep, was incapacitated for work, and suffered from severe pains in the head. I tried several tomes, but they did mV no good whatever. A friend, who had been similarly affected, told me to take Ayer's Sarsaparilla, as he had done. I followed his advice, and soon began to regain my strength, and after using three or four bottles my health was completely restored." Very many people suffer from the effects of a prolonged season of warm weather in the same way as did Mr Gough. Their blood becomes thin, food distasteful, and life is positively burdensome. Ayer's Sarsaparilla makes new pure blood; restores strength and vitality, and has been the salvation of thousands who, prior to its use, were, as. they expressed it, "both tired out and worn out." >See that the name-Ayer's Sarsapari!la-is on the wrapper and blown ia the glass of each bottle. HT-. a ?r«pu«d toy »r. J. O. Ayer & Co., I«oweli, e3)£aßß., V. S. A. y



>■-; HEimY STEPHENSON. "jSeNBY STEPHENSON, (oucesssor to Alfred Harrison.) Established 20 years. AUCTIONEER, LAND ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER WEEKLY SALES of Live Stock Produce, Furniture, etc., EVERY SATURDAY, at 12 o'clock. Clearing Sales of Stock, Household Furni ture, etc., aa per arrangement, in any part o the coanfcy. Advances made en Goods placed In my Stands for Sale* OHAFF, OATS, WHEAT, FLOUR. SHARPS, BRAN, ONIONS, POTATOES SEEDS, etc., Sold Daily in Large or Small Quantities. Agenx: Norwich Onion Fire Insurance Company & Dreiden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agency Company. .PIANOS »nd ORGANS on time pay mcnfcs from £3O& per month. HENBY STEPHENSON, AUCTIONEER ' ABT CLaJbls. ARTIST, Fro South Kensington School of Art, London, England. STUDIO IN SAUNDBRS' BUILDINGS, CENTRAL ENTRANCE. INSTRUCTIONS given in all Branches of ART. Painting from nature a Specialty. For Particulars address the Art Studio, Sounders' Buildings. DKINK DELICIOUS flkfi Wm mm a PERFECT IN QUALITY, FLAVOR AND BLEND. Packed in Tins, the delicate Aroma Absolutely Preserved.



News from Epsom on Debby Day not only causes a thrill of intense interest among sporting men, but it causes a flatter of excitement throughout England, as many people take an interest in it who, on other occasions, have no sympathy with racing events. So it is in cases of illnesß ; when strangers are the victims, we feel no anxiety, but when a friend or relative is stricken down, we await news of their progress with impatient suspense. Many letters of thanks are written daily by grateful friends, or the sn&erars themselves, for the benefit received through Holloway's marvellous medicines. They have been a source of relief in almost every known complaint. The PiHa give tone lo the stomach, increase the appetite, and aid the digestion, whilst the Ointment, when absorbed into the pores, prevents disease from having a fatal influence upon the system.—A dvt. _