The Ashburton Guardian.

price : One Penßj

Vol xxi. no. 4755

Ashburton : Wednesday,,, March. 22, 1899.



Vv A N T E l) t FOR SALK.—Cheap, Several Purel.red Cocks, suitable for farmers aod others for cross-breeding purposes. Making room for young etook.—Apply Pei-ham Yards, or Mail Office. BOAIiDER§~MB3 Knight, EaKt Street, ' has accommodation for a few boarders. All home comforts. Terms moderate. Ten aud light refreshments at all hours. 1 121 _X L. Biggs — glazier. \TTANTED Known-To Men with a Tt harvest cheque, that we can give you a complete rig out from head to foot for 38/9, and none of it rubbish.—Mitchbll & . -;. MRS ALCORN'S Midsummer Bale now on. Prints and Muslins from &£d a yard ; Pinafores and Aprons from 9<ieacb, a few "Own Make,' Boiled, reduoed; Laces from Id per yard ; Embroideries from l£d per yard ; All Wool Dresa Goods, double width, from 9d per yard j Trimmed Millinery half price; Stamped Mountmellick Goods *nd Fancy .Needlework reduced 10 per cent during Bale only. WANTED Known—That we are not picking out a few lines of bad stock only, but reducing the whole stock, so that the largest buyer at our Sale saves the most money.—MiTOHEiiL & Tubnkb, FOR Bale, Cheap—Six DozeiT7a7r7Tf Children's ankle straps.—-Mellob's Zealandia Boot Store. NOTICE— We defy competition; you get wonderful value at Mbllob's, Tailored Street). FOR SALE or LEASE, during approach iDg Coursing season, the fast atid clever Greyhounds Saxon (bred inN.S.W.) and Parthenia. Apply Mail Office. VK^ANTED Known-40 Doz. Women's *T Is 6d Black Cesbmera Hose to be sold for Is pair; 25 do : Women's Black Lißle gloves 2d per pair ; Ladies' Ulsters at 38 6d j Raicproof Cloaks, 8s 6d ; Fur-lined OWks, 10s 6d. All at MITCBEI. & TuBKXB'I Sale} WANTED Known—Shipment of New Lacea, Fmbroidei ice, Fall Net*, White Gloves, at remarkably low prices.— W H Collikb, The Corner WANTED— Wise Mothers to try onr Indestructible School Boot. — Mbllob's Zealandia Boot Store. FOR Bale, Cheap—A lot of Mea'aßiuohen only 4s lld^-Mitixoß's Zfahvodi* Boob Store. WANTED— Sixty strong men to try the new Kronio (Blucherj.—Mklloh Zealandia Boot Store. £X>R'Sale, Cheap—sooo pairs of Udie« and Men's Boots and Shoes.—Apply 0 Mellob, Tancred Street: TTTANTED Known—Good \ lm for litt'e V V money at Mellob's, Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED— A do>sen smart Lathe* to try our new kangaroo oa.it Bhoe.— Mellob's Zeaiandia Boot Store. ANTED KNOWN—ThatTh&ve re ceived my Summer Stock of Boots -nd Shoes, which i will di«pose of at the owest rates possible, for Cath. Now is »v opportunity for those who are m search of reliable goods. As uual, Repairs doce at mcc ; at J. Moisok, ihe Hall Boot Depot, Ashburton. ANTEDKaown—Pratty Chriatm* Cards m packets—l 2 for 3d, 26 for 6d and 9J, boxeß 1 . —W H Collixb, The ■Jorner FOUND— In Tancred Street, the cheapest and moat reliable Boot Bhop.— VtxLLOß's Zoalaadia Boob Store. nnENDiRS wanted for the sale of 5000 X pairs of boots.—Apply to Mjuja*' Zealandia Boot \%J ANTED Known-Ladies' Pretty V V Walking Shoes In great variety at . VEhllob's Zealandia Boot Store. TIENDERS wanted to wear out 1000 X p^ire o - Mellob's Indestructible Boots. Wear like bra&K.- MRS ALCORN has m stock' Stamped Mountmellick, Laoe, Croes-stuoh and Mayeuce Work, White Jeatij Linen Java ttid Congress Canvas, Transfers, Foundation Monogram-, Woven luitiulß, Lace Pins, Stretchers, Single, Shaded and Double Berlin Wools, Kelrableand Butteifly Wools, Perline • \rssene, Filoasils, Crewel hmbroidery and [viutiirig Silks io Colours and IVrtans, Macr&rne Bag's ami Wetdot. b NeedU- work BjoUs, Perforated Cardboard, Ivory Crochet Cotton an-1 Materials for Fancy Work (jeneially. . 10 32 PiilVATfi""" :- li's . HOSPITAL. LiLXTSNisIVK ADDITIONS JUST COMPLETED aNEQUALLED IN THE COLONIES FOR MEDICAL ASU CASKS. /""lAN Accommodate upwards of FORTI 10) MALE fc n«i PEiIALE "PATIENTS TEK.^S:". Frotii 2 Guineas pel week PAT LBN IS CAN Bis ATTINIIi B BY "UK R OWN MEDICAL A^VTSER Apply tr>— THE MATRON, Strath mo uk Privatk Hospital, !?erry Road (just over East Belt), Chrkt ■ hh cl-inrch. Warning —Notice is hereby given that I ntend making it warm fcr all persons taking . Woods' Great Peppermint Cure this winter —so warm that it will not allow any cold to .oiiie m, and if a" cold is there it wiil soon hive it, < ut. Coughs and colds will scon be 1 thing of the past, itp«ople keep a bottle of Woods' Great Peppermint Cure always m the house. For Indigestion, the best .remedy Is undoubtedly Mor°oa's clmomi c Pills Th>y can confidently b<s re .mmt.W« ' eing m Id m operation and absolutely ree from injurious drugs Acting at once as a spl ndid oni"and a gentle aperient For nearly ICO 3e»rs they ",°ye"l"-o ed Micqualled fcr Icdigestion, DytpeiNa, :'V, k Heaaache and all Liver and Stomacn complaints Soldi', bottles, is ljd, 2s 9d, and 11s, by all Medicine Vendors throughout the^worW j. l. Higgs — Paperliauger.



HUGH MoNEILL'S HEN. "So it is, sir, and I hope it will soon be over." "Thar's some ez thinks hit won't nevah stop, but ef all had a-keerd as little fo' fightin ez me, hit wouldn't 'a' nevah be gun." Then with a change of manner and addressing mo, "Come from up Ohatt'nooga way?" "Yes." "Bound fo' Bridgeport, I reckon?" "No; 'Stevenson." o Not caring to talk with this man, foi* I could see he was trying to act, I went down to the creek where the horses were grazing and the men were sitting m a group with their carbines m their laps. I had just explained to them that after we had had something to eat we should push on and try to get some sleep m the hills after midnight, when Hugh McNeil came to say that he had procured bacon and corn from a neigh bor, and that Mm was cooking the for mer. The corn he brought down at once, enough to give the horses a good feed and to leave a few quarts apiece over, which I proposed to carry away. We went up to the house one-half at a time, I going with the second lot, and ate heartily of bacon and corn bread, which we might have washed down with un limited new whisky if we had felt so disposed. I noticed while eating that m addition to Peet two more mountain men, who looked very much like him, came and looked m from the door, but refused Hugh McNeil's invitation to eat. McNeil prevailed on me, and I led him to believe that I would remain till the next morning, but I had made up my mind to start as soon as the moon was up and not to say goodby to him. The men were quietly saddling up a few i hours after supper, when' Mm found me j out, and drawing me into the shadows, whispered: "Dad's got the gang heah, and they're , dead set fo' you tins I" CHAPTER m, Supposing that he was dead, Lin Moore. laid Mm down. My six companions, who had been feeling a bit nervous, overheard the girl, Mm McNeil. As soon as she had gasped out her warning, the men stood to horse, expecting to hear the order to mount. Hugh McNeil was evidently the leader of the men now m or coming to his cabin, and it was to me very cer tain that to attempt to avoid trouble by a flight through the wooded hills m the night, leaving these guerrillas free m the rear, would be to give them the ad vantage. McNeil knew every trail, and he and his men could travel faster on foot than we could on horseback. Once ! m our front these fellows would bush j whack us, nor give us any chance to resist. Mm haying put us on our guard waa •■ about to flee back to the cabin, when 1 restrained her long enough to whisper: i "Don't blame me if 1 carry off youi father tonight." "Tote him ez fur ez you uns please, and ef you uns tote him so fur he can't ! never come back to that cabin up thar, hit won't make me cry no teahs." There was a sob m the girl's voice aa she pressed my hand and disappeared m I the darkness. It did not take me a half j minute to outline my plans to the men and to impress them with the impor tance of taking the papers from my j breast pocket m the event of my being | killed or even severely wounded, and getting them through to Mitchell, Sill - or Negley. Hitching the horses back from the stream and leaving two men to guard them, with orders to permit no one to approach till we returned, I took the re^ maining four men and went quietly up the slope to the cabin. Loud laughter and the boisterous voices of many men talking at once convinced me while we were yet fifty yards away that Hugh McNeil had received re-enforcements. At this distance we halted, and I sent one of my men to the cabin to tell Hugh McNeil that I wanted to see him for a few minutes. Against the shaft of light from the cabin door we could see our comrade and the burly form of McNeil approach ing. The mountaineer expected to find me down at the creek, but I well knew that to surprise such a man was to make him physically powerless and mentally incompetent for the time. "Hugh McNeil, you are my prisoner! If you utter a whisper or move an inch without my order you are a dead man!" The four cocked carbines pressed against his body convixiced him that he must obey. As i took off his hat and tied his hands behind him with a picket rope brought up for the purpose, I could bear the quick, heavy breathing, and the gritting of the teeth that told the effort with which the fellow was re straining himself. It required another threat, after he had been bound, to make him lie down, but he quickly re alized that we were m a hurry and meant business. One of the men was detailed to watch McNeil, which left only four, including myself, to deal with the gang m the cabin, but the ad vantage was on our side. Audacity and judicious surprise are the strongest allies of the trooper. There were eight men smoking inside the cab in, all lank, desperate looking fellows, with powder horns and pullet pouches slung from their shoulders or waist belts, and their heavy hunting rifles within reach. "Shoot the first man who lifts a handr__ ! Continued on page 4 " He was a bold man" that first ate the oyster. It requires courage to drink blended teas, diamond jdbilke is pure, mountain grown, unblended, uneiulterated and un tampered witb.—ShoaifflftU BrOB,, Agents. J



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H. CHILDS, WAKANUI ROAD. 19 CUHTINUATIQtt SAL E. FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN PRINTS A^VVASHING FABRIC?. ALL MUBT GO. FAST COLOR PRINTS, G--.od Patterns, 3£d and 4f i pet yard. All Linen Tabling 9|i per yard Special Prices m Flannelletteß, Galateas, Shirtinga, Towels, Cretonnes etc. Double Width all Wool fcerges, Choice Colorings, Is 3d per yard, were 2s. GENUINE REDUCTIONS IN MEN'S & ROYS' CLOTHING, etc. Youths' Tweed Trouser Suits, 12s 6d each Boys' Drill Washing Suits from 3a 6d Boys' Caps, sd. Boys' Braces, 3£d. GENUINE FOR EVERYBODY. A. P. WILLIAMSON, TANORED STREET.



npo !' rmers a;jd OtSiera —Wanted- Old X Cist Plough Shares m r.ny quantity, delivered at our Foundry.—Xli>worth & Son, Engineers, etc., Ashburton 2 193 mRY FLOWER'S Refreshment Rooms X for a Cup cf Freeh Tea, etc. Ice Creams and Iced Drinks, Ripe Tomatoes, Apricofee, Peaches, Choice Bananas, eto., always m Stock. ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE ! IS'ONE OF THE PERFECT INVESTMENTS OFFERED BY THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALASIA. EXAMPLE of Non-feiiure Conditions.— At Age 30 next Birthday, under Table C 20, Assurance of £1000 will coat £31 10s par aonum for 20 years. In event of discontinuance of j ayments theg Policy becomes Pair! up for £150 AFTER 3 YEARS. £250 AFTi-R 5 7KARS. £500 AFTER .10 YEARS. And so on. When the2Qy<?&ra } Premiums have been paid, the Assurance ia not; ouly Paid up for £1000, but is increased by the Accumulated Bonuses. • . • WALTER SCALES, iSuperintendenfc of New Business* HUGO FRIEDLJJKDER. District Agent, Ashburton. BOOTH, MAODONALD AND 00, ANDREWS AND BEAVAN. "I" BEG TO N0T TT to the Farmers; and all who are interested m Agricultural or other Machinery, that I have been appointed AGENT m Aehburton tor the above Manufacturers, whose oelebrated Implements and Machinery are giving satisfaction throughout the Australasian Colonies. I have on hand a large quantity o EXTRAS; also Simple Maohinery and Implements. .



CHANGE IN BUSINESS. „ ., (q\ nmml Great Cash Realising Sale. nicholaslTpickfoiux HAVING bought out Messrs McDonald and McDiarmid's Ashburton business, at a discount of 20 per cent off Coat Prices, are determined wifh the object of getting the ready money, to hold a Cash Sale for OIXE MONTH ONJLT. KEIMLIfi M.JBEjEt this ia the most Genuine Boot Sale ever held m the district, want the Cash, and therefore are prepared to give our customers the benefit of our special purchase. That it will be to your advantage to secure a slock of Boots, Shoes, and Slippers, a glance at the following quotations will prove :— PBICE LIST. s. i), s. d. Men's best French Calf Shooters, usual price .. .. 18 6 now 16 9 Men's best French Calf Gookhams, usual .. .. 20 0  17 6 Men's best Pegged Watertights, 15 6 „ 12 9 Men's best Pegged Watertight Bluchers 12 6  10 6 Men's best Pegged Shooters 15 0 „ 12 6 Men's Shooters .. 10 6  8 6 Men's Bluchers .. .. .. 7 6,, 6 9 Men's Bluchers 6 9  5 9 Men's Bluchers .. ..  5 9,, 4 11 Men's beat French Calf Balmorals .. .. .. 18 0  15 0 Men's Lace Boots, heel and toe plates .. 116  96 Men's Lace Boots, heel and toe plates ..  10 6  8 6 Ladies' Leather 2 bar shoes .. .. .. .. 6 6  5 3 Ladies' Leather Lace Shoes  66  56 Ladies'beet Glace 2 bar shoes .. .. ..  12 6 „ 10 6 Ladies'best Glace Oxford Shoes  t . .. 13 0  10 6 Ladies' 2 bar Kid Shoes  9 6 „ 711 Ladies' Tan 2 bar Shoes - .. JO 6  8 6 Ladies' Leather Elastic Side Boots 10 6  8 9 A lob of Children's and Maids' 2 bar Canvas Shoes to be sold at 7to 9, 2s; 10 to 13, 2s 3d; 1 and 2, 2b 6d ;3t07, 2s lid. 20 pairs Men's English Goloshed Balmorals, usual price from 18a 6d to 30s, to clear at from 12s 6d to 18i 6d. A line of Gentlemen's X : G Balmorals, 9 usual price 223 6d, now 153. Ladies' Tennia Shoes, usual price 6s 6d, now 4s 6d ; gentlemen's Tennis Shoes, usual price 8s 6d, now 6s 6d, and hundreds of other pairs at equally low prices. Remember : We want the Cash, and must get ib before the Ist of April. So come and secure some of the Bargains, and heJp us to meet our payment. DON'T FORGET SALE STARTS ON FRIDAY, lOtti lust. NICHOLAS &~PICKFORD. BAST STKEET. (LATE MCDONALD AND McDIARMID.) 3 76



EAST HTRTs: JKT H. M. JONES. FREE INSURANCE Against Accident or Death. POLICIES CURRENT from I>sny« to IS Montliw, according to Value Purchased. £31 per Week for Total Disablement up to Ten Weeks, for Death from Accident. Special Concessions to Purchasers of Pianos, Organs, and Cycles. Oa«h purchasers from 10a will receive a Policy good for Seven Days. AGENTS FOR MILNER AND THOMPSONS — FIA.IN'OsS —- By Brinsmead and Son 3, Hopkinson, Goss and T)"r A lyr/^Q— Kallman, Wagner, Collard and Collard, Broad- JL XxXlAlv^O wood, Haake, Spaethe, Channell and Son, Lipp -PIANOS- and Sohn. — ORG AIM S — By Bell and Co, Smith, and the Needham Company, /^"Rf^ A "NTQ. Willcox and White, Mason and Hamlin, the Chicago Com \J JLi>vXxjL IAI O pany, Palace Organ Company, and other makers. -OKGAISS- From 100 ro £50, OBGAINB From lOs per month r»IAISO» „ .„ ... ... £SOs „ „ ALL INSTRUMENTS GUARANTEED. — Best Cash Value Obtainable. TUIT PDAMJLDUf!i!£ The Most Powerful and Pleasing Instrument Irin UnMlVlMrnUnr, * of the kind made. Splendid records of the beat performers m Songa, Speeches, Quar tets, and Brass Band Selections. Cash or Terms, Call and see it. Latest Books by every Mail, at Published Prices for Cash. Magazines and Periodicals. LOWEST CASH PRICES m all Departments. Kqual to Chrifitchurch and Dun« die Bousea. Do your Business here and keep the Trade m the District INSPECTION INVITED. h. m.Tones.



WHEAT. WHEAT. WE AEE PEOMPX CASH BUYEES OF PRIME MILLING WHEAT. AT HIGHEST MA : RK§T RATES WE are also Prepared to STORE GRAIN on Farmers' Account m our New GRAIN SHEDS, West Street, Ashburton, on very favorable Terms. lULL-SIZED CORNBACKS AND TWINE SUPPLIED [AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES. ROLLITf~& Co., CANTERBURY FLOUR MILLS. OFFICES AND STORES — WEST STREET, ASHBURTON. 1 230 BELFAST FREEZING WORKS MANURES, ARE THE BEST "GIOR TU IP, RAPE WHEAT, AND ANY OTHISR CROP. SPECIAL MANURE i can be made for any kind of Soil, or description of crop. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE L&ST SEASON. Orders received by DAVID THOMAS, THE IS.'jL. ITAJEfcIfcEEOSs OQ»v?I?!^S.-S.A.'X'I"VE il BSOCIATION OF CAIMTEEBUBY, Limited., ob ALI3JESJRI? BtOBJ3B r.r«, AGENT, ASbburton. CANTERBURY FROZEN MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT COMPANY, LIMITED. 8 80 F. WAYMOUTH Secretary. o^^^ £Asr ro oßim. zhsi 10 av^vi. i _ eAStLY rHE BiSl



DAVID THOMAS. Auctioneer, Land, Insurance & Estate Aeent, Valuator, Wool and Grain Broker, ASHBURTON Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock—Tinwald and Ashbartoc Alcernatiely Fortnightly Sales o! Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc., on Mondays Sales of Wool ThroHghout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Clearing Sales as per arrangements Arcade Horse and Fnrnitare Sales held on Saturday's. Horse Fairs held Monthly, AGENT FOR— Matson and 00, Ohristoharob Booth, McDonald and 00, Ohrisbobarch 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 Manure? I EAKAH DISTRICT SALES, "I HAVE made arrangements with MESSRS HARDY & CO., Merchants, Rakaia, to 3 aob as my AGENT for all Auctioneering Work m that District, and m conjunction with them It will be my endeavour to make the RAKAIA SALE A SUCCESS. DAVID THOMAS, Ashhartoa GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE OF PLANET JE. TOOLS DAVID THOMAS, ASHBUBTON ASHBURTOHI FURNITURE WAREHOUSE. Great Cash Sale of TjWRNITURE LINOLEUMS OARPETS BEDSTEADS BEDDING (JHAIRS RUGS OCOXI^IiiX WAJHUE In Greuc Variety. TIA AND DINNER SERVICES AT ALL PRICES. FANCY GOODS AT COST PRICF, LARGEST STOCKS. LOWEST PRICES AT T. H. UNDRILL & CO. CABINETMAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, PICTURE-FRAMERS, & UNDERTAKERS TANCRED STREET, opposite Arcade, and next Bnilding Society's Offico G. MEDDINS (Successor to W. Congreve,) THE PEOPLE'S PKACTIOAL IRONMONGER BURNETT STREET, OPPOSITE ARCADE, BEGS to notify that he has on hand large stocks of Builders' Furnishing, Household and General Ironmongery, all the very best makes, at fully 25 per cent, leas than usual Ashburton prices. A SPECIALTY The Celebrated " PRIMUS " LAMP STOVES, the best m the world ; also a few of the second class the " Alexandra," at reduced prices to clear. FARMERS' REQUIREMENTS. Plough Shares, Plough, leading, and back Chains, Forks, Spades, Shovels, Gorse Knives, Drags, etc. MECHANICS' TOOLS. I have the largest and most varied stock m Ashburton, at prices that defy com* petitios ; all guaranteed and replaced if not as represented. No rubbish. I respectfully solicit a trial, and guarantee satisfaction, as I intend to uphold the name gained by Mr Congreve—TO SELL AT ONE PRICE—THE LOWEST. TIMBEE. TIMBEE. TIMBEE. Roofing Iron. Roofing Iron. FARMERS I BE WISE, & STORE YOUR WHEAT ~Y" O U CAN BUILD A SHED WITH THE AMOUNT fOU PAY OTHERS FOR STORAGE. WE CAN SUPPLY YOUR REQUIREMENTS AT BEDROCK PRICES, & IF YOU TAKE OUR ADVICE YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT. Call and Inspect our Stocks and Obtain Prices. W. H. COLLINS & CO,, IRONMONGERS, PAINTERS, COAL fc TIMBER MERCHANTS I AgentsjFor—Royal Insurance Company Ltdi « j  Shag Point Coal Company, * „ Westporfc Coal Company,



Shipping, fli B. X tfEW ZEALAND, '^HJ^^SHIPPING OO.'S LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, FOR LONDON, Via Monte Video, Tenerlfte & Plymouth. Beat Accommodation fee all clauses of Passengers at Lowest Eatea. j ] PorTof Sti earn era. Tons. Departure. Dare. Rakaia 6688 Lyttelton Feb 25 Papanul 7000 — March 23 Kaikoura 4507 Wellington April 20 Ruahina 6127 — May 11 Wakanui "000 — May 25 Riarafcaka 4515 — Unoe 8 " CARGO STEAMERS. Otarama | 3808 — I Feb Waikato (1767 — j On. Loaise 3385 — I Per farther particulars apply to FRIBBLANDER BROS., Lsd. Agents, Ashburten. SHAW, SAYILL AND ALBION COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR LONDON. jJk^ "OOYAL MAIL STEA- Xt; MKRS, with superior «»»R«3ra» of passengers, calling at Monte Video or Rio, Teneniffe and Ply moafchj Vessel Tons Commander From Date. Aotea ..6364KidIey ... WelVn Gothio _ 7730 Evans ... Wel'b'n Mar 2 " CARGO STEAMERS. Mabatua... 3322 Holmes Lyt'lVn i Delphic .« 8355 Sowden — Rangatira 1045 Burton | — j March E, W. HANMEtt. Agent. UKION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, Limited STEAMERS SAII FRCMLITTELTON AS UNDER: For Weubport and Greymouth—Weekly, Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Thura day and Saturdays NOTE—For extra sailings see advertise ment m Ohriatchurch papers Danedin — Mondays, Fridays and alternate (Tuesdays and Saturdays Nelson and Picton, via Wellington- Tuesday and Saturday Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate Thursdays The above are subject to alteration; reference should therefore be made to Ohriatchurch daily papers foz dates and hour of sailing For farther particulars apply fco F. FBKRIMAN, Agent, Ashbnrton MUSICAL. Llewellyn Owen, PIANOFORTE, BINGINO, HAEMONY,AND MANDOUNE. A CARD MRS A fl /"< LA RIDGE A.. U. I^LARIDGE TEACHER OF PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, and SINGING COX STREET, ASHBURTON. Terms on Application. PIANOFORTE, SINGING, ORGAN, AND THEORY OF MUSIC. Tyr RS T>OWMAN THIOX Member of the Canterbury Society of Professional Musicians, Havelook Street, Asbburton. Pupils prepared ior Trinity College exam* nations. MISS CARSON. mEACHER of Pianoforte and Organ. JL For terms, etc., apply at Residence, Corner of Wills and William Streets, near Wakacui Boad East. 1 13& OSBORN^ COOMBE,™ PIANO TUNER & EXPERT, (Late of London), VISITS Ashburton and surrounding Districts every four months—viz., March, July, and November. ORDERS may be left with MR LLEWELLYN OWEN at his Music Studio, Arcade Chambers, Ashburton, or at) Commercial Hotel. I Bicycle Harvest. LANDELLS & SON, ENGINEERS & BICYCLE MAKERS, BQRKETT STREET, Next the Club. TO the Farmers and General Public of Ashburton,—We beg to state that we have reaped a harvest m Bicycles, having just landed a big consignment of first-class jiggers at £14 10s; We are the oldest bicycle firm m Ashburton and intend to uphold our reputation. Agents for White Flyers, Radge-Whit-, worth, Waverleys, Cyclops, The Parrot, etc- Repairs by experts, All work guaran teed. J. L. Biggs — Painter, Tancred Street. "CLARKFS 841 PILLS warranted to cure Gravel, Pains m the back and all kindred complaints. Free from Mercury. Established upwards of 30 years. In boxes 4s 6d each, of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors throughout the world. Proprietors, Th© Lincoln and Mid tend Counties Drug Company, Lincoln England . Fa£ .'*' BHid drink; it gars folk speak "a^ JT« A ■ i " O OIAMOND JOBILBE TEA, the best of Onnks—Shearmaa Bros., Agents.