The Ashburton Guardian.

Vol xxl v<>. 4771.

Ashbuhton : Thursday, April 13, 1899.

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but as a testimony to the fact that God an swers prayer. Would God I had better oc cupied the field and been more consecrated fco the work f May God forgive me few Faojt , of service in the jiast and double «n4<2iuad- } ruple and quintuple my work in fufclire. In this my quarter century sernspn, I record the fact that side by side with the procession of blessings has cone &/ proces sion of disasters. 1 am preaching t<i#ay in the fourth church building since I began in this city. My first sermon was in the old church on Sohermerhorn street to an audience chiefly of empty seats, for the church was almost extinguished. That church filled and overflowing, we built a larger church, which after two or three fears disappeared in flame. Then we bpllt toother church, which also In a line of fiery succession disappeared in the game way. Then we put up this building, and may it Btand for many years a fortress of right eousness and a lighthouse for tn,e storm tossed, its gates crowded with vast assem blages long after we have ceased to fre quent them. The Free Gospel. We have raised in this church over $1, ---080,000 for church charitable purposes dur ing the present pastorate, while we have given, free of all expense, the gospel to hundreds of thousands of strangers year by year. I record with gratitude to God that during this generation of 25 years I remember but two Sabbaths that I have missed service through anything like phys ical indisposition. Almost a fanatic on the subject of physical exercise, I have made the parks with which our city is blessed the means of good physical condi tion. A daily walk and run in the open air have kept me ready for work and in good humor with all the world. I say to all young ministers of the gospel it is easier to keep good health than to regain it when once lost. The reason so many good men think the world is going to ruin is because their own physical condition is on the down grade. No man ought to preach who has a diseased liver or an enlarged spleen. There are two things ahead of us that ought to keep us cheerful in our work heaven and the millennium. And now, having come up to the twen ty-fifth milestone in my pastorate, I won der how many more miles I am to travel? Your company has been exceedingly pleas ant, O my dear people, and I would like to march by your side until the generation with whom we are now moving abreast and step to step shall have stacked arms after the last battle. But the Lord knows best, and we ought to be willing to stay or go. i A Pastor's Vacation. | Most of you are aware that I propose at this time, between the close of my twenty fifth year of pastorate and before the be ginning of my twenty-sixth year, to be ab sent for a few months in order to take a journey around the world. I expect to sail from San Francisco in the steamer Ala meda May 81. My place here on Sabbaths will be fully occupied, while on Mondays, and every Monday, I will continue to speak through the printing press in this and other lands as heretofore. Why do I go? To make pastoral visitation among people whoxa I have never seen, but to Whom I have been permitted a long while to administer. I want to see thorn in their own cities, towns and neighborhoods. I want to know what are their prosperi ties, what their adversities and what their opportunities, and so enlarge my work and get more adaptedness. Why do. I go? For educational purposes. I want to fresh en my mind and heart by new scenes, new faces, new manners and customs. I want better to understand what are the wrongs to be righted and the waste places to be reclaimed. I will put all I learn in ser mons to be preached to you when I return. I want to see the Sandwich Islands, not so much in the light of modern politics as in the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ, which has transformed them, and Samoa and those vast realms of New Zealand and Australia and Goylon and India. I want to see what Christianity has accomplished. I want to see how the missionaries have been lied about as living in luxury and idleness. * I want to know whether the heathen re ligions are really as tolerable and as com mendable as they were represented by theix adherents in the parliament of religions at Chicago. I want to see whether Moham medanism and Buddhism would be a good ' thing for transplantation in America, as it has again and again been argued. I want to hear the Brahmans pray. I want to tost whether the Pacific ocean treats its guests any better than does the Atlantic % want to see the wondrous architecture of India, and the Delhi and Cawnpore where Christ was cruoified in the massacre of his modern disciples, and the disabled Jugger naut unwheeled by Christianity, and to see if the Taj which the Emperor Shah Jehan built in honor of his empress really means any more than the plain slab we put above our dear departed, t want to see the fields where Havelock and Sir Colin Campbell won the day against tho sepoys. I want to see the world from all sides, how much of it is in darkness, how much of it is in light, what the Bible means by the "ends of the earth," and get myself ready to ap preciate the extent of the present to be made to Christ as spoken of in the Psalma "Ask for me, and I shall give $heo the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy posses sion," and so I shall be ready to celebrate in heaven tho victories of Christ in more rapturous song than I could have rendered had I never seen the heathen abominations before they were conquered. And so I hop.6 to come back refreshed, re-enforced and better equipped and to do in 10 years more effectual work than I have, done in the last 25. A Beautiful Garland. Arid now in this twenty-fifth anniver sary sermon I propose to do two things— first, to put a garland on tho grave of the generation that has just passed off an 4 then to put a palm branch in the hand ot the generation just now coming on tho. field of action, for my text is true, "One generation passeth away, and another gen eration cometh." Oh, how many we re vered and honored and loved in the last generation that quit the earth! Tears fell at the thno of their going, and dirges were sounded, and signals of mourning were Put on, but neither tears nor dirge nor somber veil told the half we felt. Theis j going left a, vacancy in our souls that has \ never been filled up. We never get used j to their absence. There are times when J tho sight of something with which they were associated —>a picture, or a book, or a garment, or a staff—breaks us down with Emotion, but wo bear it simply because we i have to bear it. Oh, how snowy white I iheir hair got, and how tho wrinkles inul- < tlplied, and the sight grew more dim, and the hearing loss alert, and the stop more frail, and one day they were gone oxit of tho , ohair by the fireside, and from the plate fit , the meal, and from the end of the cliurch i pow, where they worshiped with tie. 6 my soul, how we miss them! But let us console each other with the thought that we shall meet them again in the land of salutation and reunion.

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M&NBY STEPHENS!)*!, (eoooeesor to Alfred Harrison.) Established 20 yeara. AUCTIONEER, LAND ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGEN3J AND VALUER WEEKLY SALES of Live Stock Produce, Furniture, etc., EVERY SATURDAY,.* 12o'clock. Clearing gales of Stock, Household Parni rrhetuntyPet t "™*°m**b' fa»^ Hegnfer Consignments of Colonial Grown and Island Fruit sold privately thiWMh the week, and at Auction on SATURDAYS; - Aoesr: ■-. '•-"--, Norwich Ctaicn Fire Insurance Company % Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agency Company. • PIANOS and ORGANS on time pay raents from &2Ots per month. HEfcEY STE"PHENSON, AUCTIONEER ABHBURTOI? No 2 IN I) OS TRIAL BUILDING SOCIETY To be incorporated under the Provision! of the Building Societies Act, 1880. '- PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS: Charles Reid, W. IX V. Pbestok Edward Gates, Fkakcis Sckimi, J. H. Pauling, G. R. Andibbok, H. Stephekson.j SECRETARY : SOLICITOR: Fbebk. Makeio, E. G. Cbisp* BANKERS: The Back of Australasia, Ashbnrton. OFFICE OF THE BOCIETY: Post Office Building*, Cameron Street, Ashburtofc, Office now open to take Entries. OFFICE HOURS: 930 a.m, to 1 p.m., 2.30 to 5 p.m. t and frcm 7 iti 8 | .m. ou Tuc^daye und Saturday "^kinFdelicioos pKRFBUI IN QUAUTY, FLdVO.-t i AND BLKND. Packed .n Tins, the delicate Arom* Ahsol v! oi y Pr ewrved ORTATNABLii. J-HOM ALL UROCKRB I < « Ph Ifi g ° O 3« 1-1 §c "is g ■3 fc was. b s! i rt^ ih !-5 « Ph "FRANK CURTIS, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, JEWELLTR AND OPIIOIAN. (Lite Head Watchmaker for H< Gunderaon, Christchurch HAYING the Largest Watchmaken Business iv Ashburton I can offer Special adrautages in the following linea :— WA'ICHEB.-F»r and away the Lsrgeafc and Bsst Stock in Town of Rotherhams, Walthamß, English hand made Leveis, Swiss and Nickel Watchea. CLOt.HS Of every description— Englieb, American, and French. J JK^Vi£2 L L KJRY. — Urgeab and Best Selected Stock of Broochea, Ringa, and Novelties to choose from. Bee my window and inside. BPECT AOJUJES—Speoially con. " structed Fitting Room. Glasaea to suit every sight. Perfect fitting for the first time in Ashburton, ittiiP.A.IJEliS Watches and Clock repaired and regulated with promptnea and despatch. Jewellery made up to order and repaired on shortest notice.



JNiooll Brothers, H. F. Niooll.J [C A. Niooifc, "AUCTIONEERS, ACCOUNTANTS. SHAREBROKERS, VALUATORS, LAND ESTATE, AND GENERAL AGENTS. OENTEAL AUCTION BOOMS EAST STREET, ABHBI7RTON. WEEKLY SALES OF CATTLE, PIGS& POULTBY Every Satnrday, at 12 o'clock noon, la Yards adjoining the Arcade. Entrance by right-of-way, rear of Union Bank. Also of MERCHANDISE, FURNITURF, and^ PRODUCE, in our Rooms EVKRY SATURDAY, commencing immediately on conclusion of our live stock sale. CLEARING SALES conducted in any part of the District at lowest current ra.tep. ADVANCES made on goods placed in our hands for absolute sale. GRAIN BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COM MISSION. We shall be pleased to receive samples from farmers who have parcels for disposal. STATION BOOKS KEPT AND AUDIT? D We have various sums of Trußti Monies, '' ranging from £300 to £5000, to lend on Freehold Securities, at 4£ and 5 per cent. ! Farms, House Properties, and Building * Sections for Sale. Particulars on application. We invite those wishing to dispose of their properties to communicate with us. WOOL. WOOL._WOOL WE have pleasure in notifying our Clients that we have made arrange ments with MESSRS DALGETY & CO., LTD. to sell at the Chriatehurch Sales, any Woo which may be entrusted to ns, and w*. are prepared to make LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES against Wool placed in our hands for sale. The Woo! should be consigned to Dalgety &Co., Ltd., Christchurcfo, account NIOOLL Bkos., with advice fco us. We can also arrange to dispose of clips privately if so desired. FREEZERS. FREEZERS, T7IARMERS winning to consign Sheep on their own account can hook epace a& any time to suit their own convenience, by com municating with us, NICOLL BROS., DISTRICT AGENTS, ■■ on RKTCTi uR c n m eat go mpan y . Limited. 8 39 HpHE CHRISTCHUROH MEAT CO jL Limited. ISLINGTON MANURES fespccially prepared for Wheat, Turnips, Rape, and-any other crop, and to suit any description of soil. GREATLY INCREASED PRODUCTION WHEREVER USIiU. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE Nicom, Bros, store five varieties of this Jelabrated fertiliser. Price on application, Allowance made for quantities. Letters will receive prompt attention. NICOLL BROS., DISTRICT AGENTS Jyp 11 K:x-# r« at. Under the distinguished patronage of His Majesty the King of Italy, super communica tion made by the Minister for Foreign Affairß through the Consul-General for Italy, at Melbourne, March 14, 1878. Awarded diploma at tie Amsterdam Exhibition, 1883. Acknowledged by Medical Clinics and Universities al! over the Globe. There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract in the market, products of simple distillation forming crude resinous oils. In order thut these crude oils may not be taken, OUR PURE VOLATILE EUCAL\ PTI fcIXTEAOT, which is recotimtd by the medical division of the Pruesiar; Government to i-G of pp.rfe:.tiy pmo oric'xi, &b per information forwarded to us through the Consul-at Meilourue, March 2.1878, we abate I' ll is proved by tests by the Medical Clinics of fche Universities at Bonn and Greifswald, Prussia, and reported by Dr. Schulz.Profesaor of Parmacology, atßoa, and Professor Dr; Mossier, Director of the Medical Clinics at QreijCewaid, that oniy products that are saturated with oxygen and freed or' acids, resjDoue and r-lher Fubstancea, adherent to primary distillation, will develope the sanative qualities proper to the plant AUcrode oils, or uo called Kucalypti Extracts are to be cl&asod according to the named authorities, among the turpeuciuee, whiah ■ire ahdndened !ong since as an internal tna.iicanjciif. These crude oih, or co called Kucalypti Extracts, are discernible :— 1 By their deficiency in pungent odour— which enr produce, the only genuine Eucalypti Extract develops most freely through its 6urp!ua oxyget'. 2 By their alcoholic thin and mobile appear ance being reduced in specific density through the prescixMs of acids, 5 By their taste v Ibe result of the contracting tendency of resins and tonnates. If these crutlo oils, so-called eucalypti extracts, are applied by nnstako in caseß of oroup, bronchitis, diphtheria, internal v flam a (.ions, dysentery, e!c, the con sequences are moak appalling.' For safety sake ask always f<?r SANDER & SON'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. — Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia. SANBEK & SONS. - Old fashions in dress may be revived, but no old-fashioned mtdieine can replace Chamberlain's Colic,' Cholera and Diarrbcui Remedy. For sale by AsHBtmTON Drug Company. * 5' Begorra it's a purty Tay,' and sold by Sheaiman Bros, AshburtOD, W. Doak, ■•Mount Somera and Mayfield, James Gudsell, Tinwald, •is Diamond Jubilee, 1 Ceylon's beat high ground Tea. TO THE DEAF.—A rich lady, cured of her Deafness and noises in the head by Dr Nicholson's Artificial Ear Drums, has sent £1000 to his Institute, so fchab deaf people unable to procure the Ear Drums may have them free. Apply to Pepartment, NS., iThe Institute, " Longoott," Guouerßbury London, W., England.



W ■ ;•: v k D. \\f A TKP KiS! O W N ~MI W Hamilton «' 3 is atiil paying tbejhiyhest pnce for ali kiiide of Ladies', Gentlemen's, and Children's lefb off Clothing, Furniture bought in any quantity. Ladies waited on at shortest notice. Note the addreis-— Burnett Street, opposite Mail Office. TO Farmers and Others.—Wanted—Old Oaafc Plough Shares in any quantity, delivered ab our Foundry. —Ki&woeth & Son, Engineers, etc., Ashburton 2 193 WANTED K-own—To Men with a harvest cheque, that we can give you a complete rig out from head to foot for 38/9, acd none of ib rubbish.-—Mitchell & Tubnek, T^TT ANTED Known—That we are not »*T picking out a few lines of bad stock only, bub reducing the whole stock, so that the largest buyer at our Sale saves the most money.—Mitchell & Turner. FOR SALE—Cheap, Several Purebred Cocks, suitable for farmers and others I for cross-breeding purposes. Making room for young stock.—Apply Pelham Yakds, or Mail Office. BOARDERS— Mrs Knight, East Street, has accommodation for a few boarders, j Ail home comforts. Terms moderate. Tea, and light refreshments at all hours. 1 121 FOR Sale, Cheap—Six Dozet /'airs of Children's ankle straps.—Mbllob's Zealandia Boob Store. NOTICE— We defy competition; you get wonderful value ab Mblloe's, Tanored Street. VT^ANTED Known-40 Doz. Women's * t Is 6d Black Cashmere Hose to be sold for Is pair; 25 do :<Women's Black Liele Gloves 2d per pair ; Ladiea 1 Ulsters at 3a 6d ; Rainproof Cloaks, 8s 6d ; Fur-lined Cloaks, 10s 6d. All at Mitchbl & Turner's SaieJ WANTED— Wiste Mothers to try our Indestructible School Booh — Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. FOR Sale, Cheap—A lot of Men's Bluchers only 4s lid'—Mellok's Zealandia Boob Store. WANTED— Sixty strong men to try the new Kronio (Blueher). —Mellos' Zealandia Boofc Store. FOR Sale, Cheap-^-5000 pairs oTLadieS and Men's Boots and Shoes.—Apply to Melloe, Tanored Streeb, TTTANTED Knojyn—Good v iuo for little VV money at Mellok's, Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED— A dozen smarb Ladies to try our new kangaroo calf Shoe. — MeliLOb's Zealandia Boob Store. W* ANTED KNOWN—ThatTWe re ceived my Summer Stock of Boots and Shoes, which I will dispose of at the lowest rates possible, for Ca&h. Now is an opportunity for those who are in search of reliable goods. As u:-.ual, Repairs done at once ; ab J. Moison, The Hall Boot Depot, Aahburton. mENDERS wanted for the sale of 5000 X pairs of boots.—Apply to Mbllob' ... Zealandia Boob Store. T7IOUND—-In Tancred Street, ihe cheapest Jj and most reliable Boot Shop,— MbliLOb's Zealandia Boob Store. ~A"JsTf E^~Known—Ladies' Prebt'y Walking Shoes In great variety at Meullor's Zealandia Boob Store. MRS ROBINSON, Cash Purchaser of Ladies', Gentlemen's, and Children's left-off Clothing, and all kinds of goode. Ladies waited on at their houses. Note address : Mrs Robinson, Wakanui Road, Baring Square, 11 123 MRS ALCORN'S Midsummer Sale now on. Prints and Muslins from 3£d a yard ; Pinafores and Aprons from 9d each, a few il( Own Make," soiled, reduced; Laces, from Id per yard ; Embroideries from l^d per yard ; All Wool Dress Goods, double width, from 9d per yard ; Trimmed Millinery half price; Stamped Mountmellick Goods and Fancy Needlework reduced 10 per cent during sale only. FLOUR Reduced—Rollitt's, Brown's, or Evans':— 200 ibs, 14s; lOOlbs, 7s 6d; 501bs, 3s lOd; 2F'ba, 2a.—John Orr & Co. __ 2 LOOK-^HoTPies7Tea' l "Cc^iee~,~andUgh t Refreshments always ready ab H, A Flower's Refreshment Rooms. MRS ALCORN has in stock Stamped Mountmellick, Lace, Cross-stitch and Mayence Work, White Jean, Linen Java and Congress Canvas, Transfers, Foundation Monograms, Woven Initials, Lace Pins, Stretchers, Single, Shaded and Double Berlin Wools, Reliable and Butterfly Wools, Perline Arasene, Filossils, Crewel Embroidery and Knitting Silks in Colours and Tartans, Macrame Bags and String, Weldos'a Needle work Books, Perforated Cardboard, Ivory Crochet Cotton and Materials for Fancy Work generally. 10 32 i mENDERS wanted to wear out 1000 X pairs o Mellob's Indestructible Boots, Wear like brass, H. CHILDST tTAVING enlarged my workshop, and XX added to working appliances, lam now prepared to undertake I REPAIRS TO AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. Wheelwright's. Shoeing, and General Blacksmith's Work. H. CKLLDS, WAKANUI ROAD. Agent lor—Booth, McDonald and Co., and Andrews and Beaven. s "m~6 k c THE NEW VENDS Dark Aromatic Plug Tobacco. THE OELIiiJRATED & BEST BFAND MANUFAOTUBED JTJOM CHOICEST VIRGINIA LEAF For Indigestion, the best remedy is undoubtedly Norton<s Camomile Pills They can confidently bo recommended as being mild iv operation and absolutely free worn injurious drugs Acting at once as a splendid tome and a gentle aperient For nearly 100 years they have proved unequalled for Indigestion, Dyspepsia) sick Headache and all Liver and Stomacu complaints Sold in bottles, Is IJd, 2s 8d» and llsj by all Medicine Tenders throughout UaewW " J



WOIH , SKINS,' THOMAS McGBANDEL, TVTOTItfIES to the Butchers, Farmers, and ll others in the District thab he has taken the premises in Tancred Street, Weßt, (next B^nk of Australasia) which he ;h»s opened as a SKIN AND WOOL STORE, and ia prepared to buy at Highest Market Price for Cash-— .SKINS, FAT, HIDES, WOOL, HOESS HAIR, Etc. ' Id attendance on TUESDAYS AND SATURDAYS. 5 137 ~~sTlllTn front. WHO? Sterlings Of Course rnHE f previous Chrietohurch . Dunedin Record 0^22 hours 20 minutes hat> had F O TJZEL HOUB» ohopped£off ib by A. OALDER, {mounted on hia ; *' Sterling Thoroughbred," f< COME ONE ? COMEJALL," AND BUY THE FASTEST, STRONGEST, AND NEATEST BICYCLE IN THE MAEKBT Morrow, Bassett & Go. ASHBURTON. M. PRIEST, Manager. "KAMBLER^ BICYCLES. I HAVE a Nice Line of LADIES' and GENTLEMEN'S Roadsteb Bicycles on View, and am expecting a Consignment of the RAMBLER MODEL 26 A.l AN EABLY DASE. Cyclists intending to Purchase Racing Machines should not fail to call and inspect *HE " KBW MOBEL 26." The RAMBLER is declared to be the Easiest Running Machine on the Market, and is undoubtedly the Strongest and Neat est Bicycle Built. The RAMBLER, fitted with " G & J " Everlasting Detachable Tyres and Dunlop Valves, is without a doubt the Best Machine a. Cyclist can ride. Accessories In Stock, Price Low for Cash, Easy Terms arranged to Suit Purchasers of the RAMBLER. D. THOMAS, WEST STREET. ,/. 3ALLANTYNE & Co., OF OASHEL STREET, OHRISTCHX7ROH, TTAVE FITTED A MOST COMPLETE FACTORY, and; Manufacture FROM START^TO FINISH High-Clasa Furniture at very MODERATE RATES, A Visit to Ballanttwb's Showroom and factory, by any of our Country Client when in Chrietcharch, will be MUCH APPRECIATED BY THE FIRM, Established 1880. Telephone No 69 BAKER BROS.? CIDRNISHING TTNDERTAKERS C URNISHING U NDERTAKERS DIRECT Importers of Best and Lates Designs In FUNERAL FURNISHINGS FUNERALS conducted with the greatest care and satisfaction, ab moat reasonable charges. Corner of Wakanui Road and Cass Streets, and Baker and Brown's Coach Factory, \



DAVID THOMAS. Auctioneer, Land, Insurance & Estate Aeent, Valuator, Wool and Grain Broker, ASHBT7RTON, Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock—Tinwald and Aehbarfcou Aleernafcelj Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc., on Mondays Sales of Wool Throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission , OlaariAflr Sales as per arrangements Arcade Horse and Furniture Sales held on Saturday's. Horae Fairs held Monthly. AGENT FOR— Matron and Go, Ghriaichnrch Booth, McDonald and Go, Ohrktcbnroh White's Sheep Dip Walter A, Wood Oo Lightband'i Belting London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stevenson and 00, Dunedin Planet Junior Garden and Field Tools Belfast Manure? BAK AIA DIST XI C T SALES. 1 HAVE made arrangements with MESSRS HARDY & CO., Merchants, Rakaia.lto ' *. aS ,m/ n,^. ENT for aII Auctioneering Work in that Diatriflt, and in oon junction with them ib.wilJ be my endeavoar to make the RAKAIA SALE A SUCCESS. DAVID THOMAS, Ashhurtoa GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE OF PLANET JB. TOOLS. DAVID THOMAS. 11 immmmmmmmmat ■, l «?.ss l^?y]i?. £ASY ro ORIHK . £Asf 10 OVuVSA. i j _;^2iLJ!i£JL f:sl ■ Jl " WHEAT. __ WHEAT. ■^?E ARE PKOMPT CASH BUJERS OF PRIME MILLING WHEAT. AT HIGHEST . RATES WE are also Prepared to STORK GRAIN on Fan,. a * Account m our New GRAIN SHEBS { West Street, Ashburton, on very favorable Terms. FULL-SIZED CORNSACKS AND TWINE SUPPLIED AT LOWES'] CURRENT RATES. ROLLITT~& Co., CANTBKBUEY FLOUR MILLS. OFFICES AND STORES —WEST STREET, ASHBURTON 1 230 THE WEETHEIM SEWING MACHINE, A MARVEL OP SIMPLICITY AND DURABILITY, IS SOLD AT GRKATLY Jttm/DU CED PRICES, and the advantages Robert LochiJead gives iv relation to Easy Terms, cannob bo sur passed by any other Person or Company In the Ashburton District. OUR GOLD MEDAL NEW STYLE OF PERAMBULATORS and GO-CARTS are undoubtedly the very best and most beautiful articles in New Zealand. FOR MANGLES, PORTABLE BOILERS, and our various other Articles, the universal testimony is the firm cannot be beat. All kinds of Sewing Machines Repaired, KOBERT LOCHHEAD, WERTHEIM MACHINE DEPOT, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. H. H. HEATLEY, BRANCH MANAGER. 3 10 WSB I IE km %w/ImHIUI EAST m »TJREJBT H. M. JONES. FREE INSURANCE Against Accident or Death. Hl n| *Q* mi — POLICIES CURRENT from V I>&yH to 13 Montbsi, according to Value Purchased. per Week for Total Disablement up to Ten Weeks. a£SSO for Death from Accident. Special Concessions to Purchasers of Pianos, Organs, and Cycles. Cash purchasers from 10s will receive a Policy good for Seven Dayß. CHEAP STATIONERY AND ACCOUNT BOOKS. Boxed Stationery, 6d and Is lines, top value ; specially put up in London for my own trade. Fancy and Tinted Note Paper and Envelopes. AGENTS FQR MILNJBR AND THOMPSON S -PIANOS- By Brinsmead and Sons, Hopkinaon, Gosb and PrA"Nrf^Q- Kallman, Wagner, Collard and Collard, Broad _L Jl-OLl_i V/O wood, Haake, Spaethe, Channell and Son, Lipp -PI AIM OS- and Sohn. FP -ORGANS- By Bell and Co, Smith, and the Needh&m Company, O X C%- AXT Q- Willcox and White, Mason and Hamlin, the Chicago Oom- M pany, Palace Organ Company, and other makers. — O££<3-AIN!S— Fkom lOg to d©£sO. m%S£&£^ Fbom - •- - - -• - lOs P @r month PIANOS ... .„ SOs,, „ LALL INSTRUMENTS GUARANTEED. — Best Cash Value Obtainable, Latest Books by every Mail, at Published Prices for Cash. Magazines and Periodicals. at LOWEST CASH PRICES in all Departments. Equal to Christchurch and Dnne din Houses. Do your Business here and keep the Trade in the Distriob INSPECTION INVITED. h. m."Tones.



Shipping ■ I '■ I '■ ■ I II f I .1 111 | Jsfjß(3k ZEALAND OCX'SI LINE ■ ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, FOR LONDON, 7i» Monte Video, Tanerlffe * Plymenth, Beat Aeoommodabidn for all clauses of PaawQgera at Lowest Rates. . Steamers. Teat). Departure. Dara. Kaikoura 4507 Wellington April 22 Ruahine 6127 — May U Wakanui — May 25 Eimatakft 45151 — Jline 8 CARGO STEAMERS. Fifeahire .. 8500 — April ' WOOL SHIPS. Norman II 1 McLeod I 854 | Lyttelton | April GRAIN SHIP^. LoohTorridoo j 2081 | Lyb'n | April Oonway .. | 1899 | Lyt'n | May ' RATE OF fIeIGHT FOR~WHEAtT By Sailer .. .. 27a 6d per ton By Steamer .. 30s 0d per ton With the usual primage. For farther particulars apply to FRIIDLANDER BROS., lav. Agents, Ashburton. SHAW, SAYILL AND ALBION COMPANY. LIMITED. FOB LONDON. *£^A. "H OVAL mAlh S:rlA- A** MERS, with oaperiof JflHw^K^ accommodation for all classes wsmmmaßm* o f naasengerflj calling afc Monte Video or Rio, Teneriffe and Ply month. Veaael (Tone Oommander From i Date. lonic* — 4748 Kempeon Wel't'n May 25 Siofchio «i773o|Kidley ... Wel't'nlJuly 20 OARGO STEAMERS. Maori ,«5317 Moffatt Wel't'n Apl 20 *Waiwera 6500 Stuart WelVn April Tokomaru 6258 Maxwell j — May Mamari ... 3583 Evans (Wal't'n May "~ : wool ship. Wellington } 1309 | Thomas [ Lyb'n" j Mar~* *Oarriee Third-class Passengers. B. W. HANMEK. Ageat. UNION STBIA.MSHIP COMPANY O-f? NEW ZEALAND. Limitbb STEAMERS' S All FECMLITTELTOW ASUNDER: For Wesfcport and Greymouth—Weekly. Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Thura day and Saturdays NOTE—For extra sailings see advertise ment in Ghristohurch 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; eference should therefore be made to wbrlatchurch daily papera for dates and bonr of sailing For farther particulars apply to F. FERRIMAN, Agent, Aehbnrton i MUSIGAJU ~ Llewellyn Owen, PIANOFOBTE, SIHGING, HARMONY, AND MANPOLTNE. "~ A OABD MRS A /I f\ LA RIDGE iIL. VJ* V/LARIDGE TEACHER OE PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, and SINGING COX STREET, ASHBURTON. Terms on Application. PIANOFORTE, SINGING, ORGAN, AND THEORY OF MUSIC. Ti/T R S T>OWMAN THI O X Member of the Canterbury Society of Professional Musicians, Havelook Street, Ashburton. Pupils prepared for Trinity College exam nations. MISS CARSON. FTIEACHER of Pianoforte and Organ. _L For terms, etc., apply at Residence, Corner of Wills and William Streets, near Wakanui Road East. 1 136 OSBORN COOMBB, PIANO TUNER & EXPERT, (Late of London), VISITS Ashburton and surrounding Districfs every four months—viz., Mar oh, July, and November. ORDERS may be left with MR LLEWELLYN OWEN at hia Music Studio, Arcade Chambers. Ashburton, or at Commercial Hotel. ART CLASSES. ETHEL IT JONES, /■CERTIFICATED art teaoher, Canterbury V^ College School of Art; Free Student Technical School of Design, Wellington; Pupil of JamesM. Nairn, Wellington. Instructions given in all branches of Art, Painting from Life, and Sketching from Nature, in Oil or Water Colour. For particulars apply to Mr John Wilson Burnett street. [A Caed. MISSES BUNDLE, DRESS AND MANTLE MAKFRS, TANORBD STREET, (Same Premises). ABHBDBTON. 3 279