The Ashburton Guardian.

peici : One Penny

Ashburton : Thursday, January 10, 1899.

Vol xx. no. 4704

SAMOAN NEWS.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph,

Auckland, January 18 The Chief Justice has declared ilaiietoft Teoua king and Tamasese vice-king. The Gorman Gcnsul-General declined to recognise Malietoa or regard the judgment as final. Mataafa'a supporters surrounded the muiii eipality and fierce fighting ensued, during which Mataafa's side had sixty-one killed and wounded and Malietoa's side twelve. Malietoi'B side was hopelessly outnumbered and wiiß unable to defend the muoioipaliliy, and pulled off to H.M.S PorpoiM. Mataafa'i followers razed nearly every Samoau resi dence to the grouad and uprooted the oulbivatiooß, Bepreaentativei of the three treaty powers met and decided to recognise Mataafa end his chiefs dt facto a provision*! government. The latter closed (he Supreme Court, which was re-opened by the Chief Justice under the protection of a party at British blue jackets, notwithstanding, the protests of the German Consul. Dissensions have already arisen in the provisional government, the Samoans complaining of the dictatorial oonducb of Dr Kaffei, the president. ■

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The American Sentry and the Fitt pino,—A story concerning the American troops jd Mauila is told by an English naval officer, who was an eye-witness to the occurrence. •• The city was crowded," he says, "with bjth American and Spanish soldierc, and they seemed to be on the friendliest terms. As I was crossing one of die numerous bridges across the Pasig River, I saw a native Filipino spit in the face of a Spanish officer, and then run to the American sentinel, who was guarding the bridge, demanding his protection. It w&b some time before the Filipino could make himself understood, and the &< nt.ry to< k some time to catch on to what had been done, bub you oould imagine my surprise when he handed his gun to the Spanish officer and caughl the native by the nape of the neck and the seat of the irouters and pitched him off the bridge into the Pasig River, Then he calmly took his gun from the Spanish officer and began pacirg the beat> as if nothing bad happened. The American soldier may not be so military as his brother of Europe, but he is made of the right stuff." The Grba* Unpaid —The Gre.*t Unpaid, says a London paper, are wonderful people. A beautiful story is eDshrined in the sober police reports of the Chatham and Sochester Obseiver. George Slater was charged with " being drunk and disorderly," and with assaulting a police-sergeant to a considerable extent. The magist&ate was righteously angry, and sentenced him to twenty-one days' hard labor for the assault, and also to [ the usual fine for being drunk. "At a later hour in the afternoon," the report goes on, " the magistrate had Slater again placed in the dock," and told him he thoroughly de served the sentence which was passed on him. Nevertheless, for sundry cryptic reasons, the Magistrate would let him off with the option of a fine. Then follows the pearl. •' He inußt not consider," said Jit Justice Shallow, "that this was in any way due to the fact of his being a somewhat im portant member of a football club, lhat fact had not affected him one atom." Fined £5, with the alternative of twenty-one days' hard labor. "The fine was paid." After that the only thing we want fco know is the result of the local football match, which was presumably in question. The 1 " Saturday Review."—No third rate rising man in the political world can (says the London correspondent of the Aus tralasian) be Baid to be completely launched until he has become proprietor of an entirely hopeless weekly cewspaper. The Saturday Review, which is always for sale, is a good one for that purpose, and the young Earl of Uardwioke has just bought ib from the in genuous Frank Harris. Lord Hardwick is 31, but did not emerge until hi* father, after squandering the family estates, died a couple of years ago. There is a legend that the present earl, just after he came of age, was left a fortune by a relative, and that his father and his trade, Willie Craven, asked him to dinner and won the whole of ihe legacy from the youth in one night at ecarte. The present earl belongs to Sir Horace (now Lord) Farquhar's collection of titled guinea pigs, being director of various companies more or less connected with the Rothschilds. Young Lord Westmoreland, Sir Westby Perceval, and others of our ancient aristo cracy belonged to this group. The new editor is to be Mr Hodge, a dreadful kind of earnest young Tory socialist barrister. The Saturday was supposed to be doing marvel lously well under Frank Harris, with the aid of a couple of musical libel actions and: Bernard Shaw's incomparable contributions. Every reader considers Bernard Shaw's ar ticles perfect, but hopes somehow that ha will sever write another. Of course, what killed the high-clasa weekly reviews was the invention of evening papers like the Pall Mall, and the St James. The former is now an intellectual wreck ; but the West»Unster t under Mr Spender's guidance, keeps up the tradition of evening brilliancy. Reducing a Big Nosk.—The Burgeons have succeeded in accomplishing many re markable rhinoplastic operation?, but in the Berliner Klinischie Wockenschrift Dr Joseph describes a rhinoplastic operation performed by him, not, as is usually the ease, for tba purpose of restoring a mutilated nose, but in order to reduce the proportions of a pre ternaturally developed nose. A country gentleman possessed an olfactory organ of dimensions bo enormous as to arouse the hilarity of his neighbors, and he was thereby so much mortified that he became almost melancholy, and appealed to Dr Joseph to deliver him from his affliction. The super fluous sk in and car tillages were accordingly removed by four incisions, which formed two angles with the vertex in the median line of the nose ; then the unduly prominent nsßftl bones were reduced with the chisel, and finally the bridge of the nose was shortened by excising a wedge-shaped por tion of the bone. Sutures were' then applied, the wound healed by first intention, and the patient is now in hi«h spirits, a comparison of photographs affording ample evidence of the improvement which has been brought about in his appearance. A similar case was under the care of Professor Robert Weir of New York, and is described in the New York Jam not, 1892, p. a 52 ; but, as a rule, it is not the reduction ol a nose, but a, reparation of that organ, damaged oi defi\ cient, which is required. Is Beitish Sport Dying Oct 1 has often been a question for discussion, and it is very satisfactory to know that a negative answer can ba given. The physical condition of Englißnmen has improved during the past half century, and the cause of this satis factory change is attributed to the better ; style of living which has been adopted by all i classes. Men are more temperate, both in eating and drinking, and, above all, the ! system is kept in tone and blood purified by medicines of sterling worth s such as Hollo way's Pilts and Ointment). The taste for sport will never die while people use these remedies, which will cure or relieve any oom ! plaint, and give strength in place of weak ness, Keating's Fowdeb destroys Bugs, Fleas Moths, Beetles, and all other insects, whilst quite harmless to domestio animals. In exterminating Beetles the euceess of this powder is extraordinary. It is perfectly clean in application. See the article you purchase is heating's, as imitations are noxious and ineffectual. Bold in tins, 6d, U, and it W, e*Qh, !*y *H chomlits j



STEATHMOBB PRIVATE HOSPITAL. EXTENSIVE ADDITIONS JUST COMPLETED UNEQUALLED In"tHE COLONIES FO MEDICAL AND SURGICAL OASES. /LAN Accommodate upwards of FORTI 40) MALE *nd FEMALE PATIENTS TERMS i From 2 Guino&B pel w«ik PATIENTS CAN BE ATTENDED BY THJW., OWN MEDICAL AT>VTBER Apply to— THE MATRON, Steathmorb Private Hospital, Ferry Road .'{juat over East Belt), Chriit 136 church. F. CURTIS, WATUHMAEEB, v lEWELLEK & OPTICIAN. (Late Watchmaker for A. Gunderaoxs, Christchurch.) SUCCESSOR TO R. MURRAY, BEGS to intimate that he has now opened up hia new Stock of W.ATCHES, JEWELLERY, and CHRIST :AS NOVELTIES. Watches and Clocks Promptly Repaired. Jewellery made up to orderfjand repaired at shortest notice. LARGE STOCP.OF .ELECTRO-PLATED GOODS. GREAT Christinas Sale. >OUU Groceries, High class Teae md Sugars, Dried and Tinned Fruite, Hifcaitßaod Confectionery, Preserve Jara, <•] gliab and American Glass and Earthen i are, Enamelware, 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. Cheapest House in Ashburton for the Famous .PJRXM.US STOVES, j Just the thing for Summer. Best Value in Canterbury in Bicycles and Cyols Accessories of every kind. CAESON & CO., GROCERS & IRONMONGERS MPORTERS OF GLASS, CHINA, AND EARTHENWARE, TANORED STREET,] ASHBURTON. 81-CHLORIDE fiF COLD CURE. DRINK HAD NEARLY DESTROYED IT I* SUFFERED from an Insatiable Appe tite for Liquor. The Bi-Chlobidb cf Gold Treatment cured me permanently. It Eradicates ALL Desire for Intoxicants. The desire will never return uqlobb you re cultivate it. No oure—no pay. BICHLORIDE OF GOLD INSTITUTE, Ashly House, Rattray|Street, Dunedin, 129 The Wife's Welfare. Treatise posted free. It will teach yon more than \II the years you've lived. Every woman should read it. Write Professor Hermann, French Specialist, 40 Collins-place, Melbourne. YOUNG S¥!EN, Write to me Jor valuable free Book concerning your selves. Professor Hermann, Ppeoialint, 40 Collins plaoe, Melbourne oiICCCDIWO MCJJ-Partitiulars free, how I OUrrCnlnu IfifcW acoidoutally found a cure after specialists failed. Address Harold S. Bei>l, G.P.0., Melbourne. _ __■■»«««- »-* I i"ST^^BJ^Valuable bools forltien, THETRU I W about tliomselves, 100 pages. Posted, 6d., in stampe (any colony). j^ 1™011 Wbbstke, Spenialisfc, Exbibitinn-strest, Melbourne. SMOKE THE NEW VENUS Dark Aromatic Plug Tobacco. !EHE OELfeBRATED A BEST BFAND MANOTAOTUBKD FBOM OBOICESD VIBSINA LEA?,



NIOOLL BROTHERS. jNicoll Brothers, £H. F. Ni0011.3 [L. A. Niogm, AUCTIONEERS, ACCOUNTANTS. BHAREBROKERS, VALUATORS, LAND ESTATE, AND GENERAL AGENTS. CENTRAL AUCTION RO'iMS EAST STRBKT, ASHBURTON. WEEKLY SALES OF CaTTLK, PIGB & POULTRY Every Saturday, at 12 o'clock noon, In Yards adjoining the Arcade. Entrance by right-of-way, rear of Union Bank. Also of MERCHANDISE, FURNITURE, and PRODUCE, in oar Rooms EVERY SATURDAY, commencing immediately on conclusion of our live stock sale. CLEARING SALES conducted in any part of the Distriot at lowest current rates. ADVANCES made on go«ris placsd in oar faaudi for absolute sale. ; GRAIN BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COM. MISSION. We shall be pleased to receive samples from farmers who have parcels for disposal. I STATION BOOKS KEPT AND AUDITED We have various sums of Trust Monies, ranging from £300 to £5000, to lend on Freehold Securities, at 4£ and 5 per cent. Farms, House Properties, and Building Sections for Sii!e Particulars on application We invite those wishing to dispoee of their properties to communicate with us. Wool: wool._wool. WE have pleasure in notifying Clients that we have made arrange ments with MESSRS DALGETY & CO., LTD to sell at the Christchurch Sales any Woo which may be entrusted to us, »Dd we are prepared to make LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES against Wool placed in our hands for sale. The Wool should be consigned to Dalgety & Co., Ltd., Chnstchurcb, account NIOOLL Bros., with advice to up. We can also arrange to dispose of clips privately if so desired. FREEZERS, FREEZERS. T7IARMERS wishing to consign Sheop on their own account can book space at any ! ime to suit their own convenience, by com- j municating with us-. NICOLL BROS., DISTRICT AGENTS, ! I CHRISTCHURCH MEAT COMPANY. ! Limited, 8 39 ', i I , : I T"~~HE OHRIS'I CHURCH MEAT CO. : Limited. i ISLINGTON MANURES Especially prepared for Wheat, Turnips, j Rape, and any other crop, and to suit any [ description of soil. iGREATLY INCREASED PRODUCTION ; WHEREVER USKD. ' SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE I Nicoll Bros, store five varieties of this I celebrated fertiliser. Price on application, Allowance made for quantities. Letters will receive prompt attention. NICOLL BROS., DISTRICT AGENTS T BULLOCK. DWELLING of five rooms, centrally situated in Tancred street. Apply to T. BULLOCK HOUSE and Land on East Belt. ■ '; 8 ACRES. S I ——_ ' I Apply to : T. BULLOCK. TO~PRIFTERB AND~~QTHERS. f FTIO LET at a Low Rental—Premises in X the Arcade recently occupied by Mr A. J. Baxter, and FOR BALE-Quantity of Priuter's Type, Frames, etc. Apply i i T BULLOCK !~ TO LJ_TO\ "' AT A LOW RENTAL, Premises Jn ! Moore Street, next Bitching and Milssom. Apply to T. BULLOCK ! TO LE T. j /COTTAGE of 4 rooms, with verandah, and i K^J Scullery at back ; also detached Wash house, centrally situated in Cameron Street. Only a few minutes walk from Railway Station. T. BULLOCK, Agent. ~~ TINW AL D . TO LET, at a low rental, v.'z.- 6a 6d per ( week. 2£ A O R HI S 2|- Fronting Harland and Grove Streets, toge ther with four-roomed Cottage thereon; good Cooking Range. Apply to T. BULLOCK _ TO LET\ A Tb low rental, viz. 6s 61 per week,, ijL small shop or office in the Arcade. Apply,; T. BULLOCK. __. . TO~LETi I /COMFORTABLE Cottage of five rooms, V^ with verandah. Good cooking range. Centrally situated in the Triangle. Rental 8a 6d per week. T. BULLOCK. Smoke New Veuui



WANTED. FOR SALE or LEASE, during approach ing Courting season, the fast and clever Greyhounds Saxon (bred ioN.S.W,) and Parthenia. Apply Mail Office. FLOOR! f LOUR !—Farther great re ductions at Fletcher Bros. Cash Supply Shores. SAVE MONKY by buying your Flour from us and bakicg your own bread.— j Fletcher Bros., East Street, Aehburton, j and High Street, Christeburob. VjTT ANTED Known—Shipment of New T T Laoea, Embroideries, Fall Nets, White Glove?, at) remarkably low prices.— I W H Collieb, The Corner i TTTOUND*~In Tanored Street, the cheapest X? and moat reliable Boot Shop.— Mkllor's Zealandia Boot Store, ITTENDERB wanted for the sale of 5000 X pairs of boots.—Apply to Mkllob' Zealandia Boot •'•'tore. TRY FLOWER'S Refreshment Rooms for a Cup of Fresh Tea, eta. Ice Creams and Iced Drinks, Ripe Tomatoes, Apricots, Peaches, Cnoioe Bananas, etc., always is Stock. WANTED Known—Good value for littl money at Mesllor'b, Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known—Ladies' Pretty Walking Shoes in great variety at Mbu.or'B Zealandia Boot Store. ANTED KDown^That,~~when the wind is over and when the dust is gone and Ashburton Housewives commenoe I their Spring Cleaning, Mitchell & Turner ) are the people for all descriptions of House hold Furnishings, and their new goods ure now opened. NOTICE— We defy competition j you get wonderful value at Mbllor's, Tanored Street. WANTED Known—That we have ( opened a case of Ladies' Fabric ' G'oves of really exquisite styles, including a large range of Washing and (Jyoling Glovea. Special hoes in Ladies' Embroidered Hose Sunshades and Umbrellas, per Rangitira.— Mitchkl & Turner rTIENDERS wanted to wear out 1000 _L pairs o Mellor's Indestructible Boots. Wear like brass, WANTED Known—Pretty Christmas Cards in packets—l 2 for 3d, 25 for 6d and 9d, boxes I«.—W H Collier, The Corner WANTED—A dozen smart Ladies to try our new kangaroo calf Shoe.— Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. 171 OK Saie, Oheap—sooo pairs of Ladies | ; and Men's Boots and Shoes.—Apply ! to Mellor, Tancred Street j WANTfiD— Wise Mothers to try our ! Indestructible School Boot. — Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store, FOR Sale, Cheap—A lot of Men's Bluchers only 4a lid-—Mellor's Zealandia Boob Store. : WANTED KNOWN—That I have re ceived my Summer Stock of Boots and Shoes, which I will dispose of at the lowest rates possible, for Cash, Now is an opportunity for those who are in search of reliable goods. As v uai, Repairs done at once ; at J. Moison, The Hall Boot Depot, Ashburton. SELLING OFF.—Mrs Alcorn, finding that her shop room is insufficient for her increasing business, has decided to offer her toys, dolls, prams, vases, and glassware at reduced rates for Christmas and New Year to clear right out of these lines. WANTED— Sixty strong men to try the new Kronio (Bluoher).—Mkllob' Zealandia Boot Store. MRS ALCORN has in stock Stamped Mount Mellick, Laco, Cross-Btitohaad Mayence Work, White Jean, Linen Java and Congress Canvas, Transfers, Foundation Monograni3, Woven Initials, Lace Pins, Stretchers, Single, Shaded and Double Berlin Wools, Reliable and Butterfly Wools, Perline Arasene. Filosslla, Crewel Embroidery and Silks, Knittings in Tartans and Colours, Macrame Bags and String, Weldon's Needle work Books, Perforated, Cardboard, IvOry Crochet Cotton and Materials for Fancy Work generally. 10 32 WANTED Known—That our new Dress Goods are now on view. Ladies in need of a thoroughly smart and up-to-date costume should give ua an early call. A charming variety of Blouse Material and Washing Dress Fabrics now showing.— Mitchell & Turner. _ WANTED Known—Mrs G Hamilton begs to inform the Publio of Ash burton that she is prepared to pay the highest cash price for all kinds of New and Second Hand Clothing, Furniture, etc. Letters attended to immediately. Address —Burnett Street, opposite Mail Office. E. W. HANMER. & W. HANMEK I HAVE much pleasure in notifying to the Farmers who were clients of the old firm of Hanmer and Graves, and others with whom I have in the past) done business, that I shall be represented attheStock Sales held in the Ashburton County in the future, having made arrangements with Mr J. R. Bland to aot as my Auctioneer. Any business entrusted to me wil! be carefully looked after aa usual, and I hope I may be favored with a share of what is going. For the time being I shall occupy the old offices which I have been in for the past six years in West Street, and in connection with the new business shall carry on the agencies already established there. EDWARD W. HANMER, Ashburton, October 14, 1898. WOOL SEASON, 1898-1899. I HAVE taken the Well Lighted and Commodious third Floor in Mr John Meh's Store in Timaru as heretofore, and shall offer at the Wool Sales any Wool which may be entrusted to me, The Second Sale wil" be held on DECEMBER 30th, and all Wool should be forwarded by the 27fch December, to ensure being catalogued. I am prepared to make advances FREE OF COMMISSION on all Wool sent forward. Wool packs and Twine at Lowest Current Rates. E. W. HANMER. JOHN R BLAND, 08 Auctioneer



I Have alao opened a Special Selection of SPECTACLES & EYE GLASSES. Si&lit Testing: a Specialty As Usual I carry the Largest and Best Stock of WATCHES, CLOCKS, jtt.P. "Ware, Jewellery, &e,c IN ASHBURTON. SPECIAL ATTENTION AND PROMPT NESS GIVEN TO REPAIRS. J. V. DE BEEK, WATCHMAKER* JEWELLER, EASI STREET, ASHBURTON. CHEAP MONEY I CHEAP MONIY CHEAP MONEY 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, Chriatchurch, J. H. RICHARDSON, QoTernmeat lo»uraace OommUsicmer,



Express Cycle Works. THE OLDEST AND LARGEST BICYCLE WORKS IN ASHBURTON. LANDELLS & SON, SOLE PROPRIETORS, NEXT THE OMJB. RUDGE-WHIT WORTH, SALEIGHS, WHITE FLYERS, Etc. DO Not be Pursuadcd to Buy any par ticular Bicycle, but use your own Discretion, and then come to us, when we have no doubt we will be able, to supply you with what you want--. teecond-Hand JBicyeles In Great Variety, »t all Prices. j sy GOOD WATCH FOB THE HABYEST. ITUST Received » Direct Consignment of NICKEL WATCHES. FIRST-OLA.SS MOVEMENTS. THIS IS NOT A TOST, BUT A GOOD TIMEPIECE 9/6 moh 9/6 The Beat Value Ever Offered in New Zealand.



[THE AUSTRALIAN WIDOWS* FUND I LIFE AI3SUBANOE SOCIETY, Ltd. It/TONE? TO LEND on Agricultural »sd ItX Paitoral Fropetdeg. 0 J FOWLER, Resident) Secretary, Welliogboa> 0 J OWEN, Reiident Secretary, Christchurch. DAVID THOMAS, 12 269 Dietriot Ageot, Ashburtoo. fe .a ■3 ? d |S I bd fe! 8 ife l 2 H I| B I §^ hj yo g| §■ fc" 1 Hq ogg g. CO g i^ g ?•• | H«1 §g



J. WILSON, IMPORTER OF HIGH-CLASS WALL PAPERS. TTTB Have Just Landed a Large Variety of the Very Latest Designs in FANCY €3-JUA»&, including Murenese, Figured, Rolled, eta. Ordinary WINDOW GLASS always in Stock ; also HIBHOU GLABS, which we cut to any size. The following is a list of a few Lines kept in Stock »6 our Warehouse, Corner of Arcade <8c .Burnett Street, MIXED PAINTS WHITE LEAD Ji2SHS,™ OIL BLUE RADDLE OPALS OAgVARNISHES STAINED v-ABNISHES ENAMEL H^J^nnfnu PICTURE MOULDIRGS BRUSHES! ARTISTS COLOK OILCLOTH FOR DADOES GOLD PAINT MAN



New Zealand Insoraace Goipanj. ESTABLISHED* M w 185 9 CAPITAL-^OnFMILLION. THEFBEMIKB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTID »OB PROMPTNESS AND MBBRALIT? FIRE AND "MARINE RISKS. ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, XHBBSBINO MAOHINKS, *c, ACOSPTKD AT LOWEST TORRENTjSRaTEB E. W. HANMBR AGENT



MAURITIUS AND MILLIQUIN CANE SUGARS ALWAYS IN STOCK. The Most Reliable Sugars that can be used for Jam and Jellies. JAM TABS.~~~ (X)~™JAM JABS- We have a Large and Assorted Stock of Jam Jars, including 21b Stone Jars, lib and 2lb Gist as Jars, 1-quarfc and Mason's Patent (screw Top Bottles, which we are offering at Low Prices. TEAS TEAS. TEAS. TRY OUR PURE CEYLON TRA, Packed in £1b and lib packet*, 51b and 101b tins. A Pungent and Good Liquoring Tea. Special Quotations for Tins and £p" We make a Specialty of Tea. The Best Value given in Ashburton. WINES AND SPIRITS. WE are now Packing Special Assorted Cases for the Christmas Trade. English and Colonial Bottled Ales and Stout, Manning's Celebrated Ale in 10 gallon kegs always in Stock. Golden Apple Champagne Cider. Orders by Post despatched with Punctuality. Goods delivered DailyJ SHEARMAN BROS., GROCERS, IRONMONGERS, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, MARKET HOUSE, BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. Telephone No 53



NEW FRUITS. — NEW FRUITS. 50 OASES FINEST NEW CURRANTS £)0 100 BOXES NEW VALENCIA RAISINS \QQ ][00 BOXES FINEST NEW SULTANAS JOO N.B.—All our Fruits are WASHED and DRIED by Patent Machin ery, being ready for immediate use, therefore saving much time and trouble in cleaning. ViTE Have Just Landed the following Seasonable Goods — 10 cwt Finest Lemon Peel 2 cwt Finest Mixed Spice 10 cwt Finest Orange Peel 20 doz Bottles Lemon Squash ft cwt Finest Citron Peel 12 doz Bottles Raspberry Syrnp 6 cwfc Choice New Figs 12 dez Bottles Lime Juice (Ships 2 cwt New Malaga Muscatels 2 Gross Packets Jelly Tablets 1 cwt New Jordan Almonds 1 cwfc D ied Peaches 2 cwt New Season's Dates 1 cwt Dried Apricots 5 cwto Assorted Nuts (Barcelona, 2 cwt Choice New Prunes Almond, and Walnuts) 2 cwt Real German Sausage 10 cases, 21b tins, Fruit (Peaches, Pears, 6 doz tins Chicken in Jelly and Apricots) 6 doz tins Turkey in Jelly SUGAR. - SUGAR. - SUGAR.



WOOL. WOOL. WOOL. I AM NOW MAKING Liberal Cash Advances Against "Wool PLACED in my hands for SALE in ASHBURTON or ELSEWHERE. M mHE CANTERBURY WOOL SALES have been fixed as follows, via:— Timaru Sale — FEBRUARY 8,1899. Ohmtchurch Sale — FEBRUARY 10, 1899. I shall be represented at BOTH PLAOES, and shall be glad to receive consignments, which will have my Personal Supervision. Wool intended for me at Ohristohurch Sales should be oonsigned to Canterbury Shbd Company's Siding, Addington, account D. Thomas. Wool intended for me at Timaru Sales, please consign to Messrs Guinness and LkCebn, Timaru, 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, Woolpacks, Branding Oils, Twine, and other Requisites Supplied, Fortnightly Sals of Sheepskins, Fat, Hides, every alternate MONDAY throaghoub the Season. D. THOMAS 10 187 ASHBURTON.



T. H. UNDRIJbL.j [X, CNDBILL T.H. UNDBILL AND CO., T7IURNISHING UNDERTAKERS, JJ URNISHING UNDERTAKERS. TANORED STREET, ASHBURTON EVERY REQUISITE ON HAND. Polished Coffins a Specialty. Private Address, Peter Street, directly behind Oddfellows' Hall; also care of Mr T. Andrews, East Belt. 2 FOR SALE, cheap—Useful Light Trap. Foe particulars enquire oJSoe of t\tin |P»ptr.



MR OSBORN COOMBE, PIANO TUNER & EXPERT, (Late of London), VISITS Aehburton and surrounding Districts every four months—viz., March, July, and November. ORDERS may be left with MR LLE WELL'S N OWEN at his Music Studio, Arcade Chambers, Aebburton



A CASD MRS A f( pLARIDQE iL. \j» Ularidge TEAOHER OF PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, and SINGING OOX STREET, ASHBURTON. Terms on Application. "MISS RICHAKDSON, TEACHER OF THE PIANO, IS Prepared to receive POPILS from any date. Particulars may be obtained from Mr HM. Joneß, Ashburton; or Miss Richardson, Ohailes Street, Allenion. 10 76 MISS ETHEL GATE&T" mEAOHER of Shorthand and Musio, JL Piano, Organ, & Violin. KAKAIA & OHEBTSEY, MONDAY & WEDNESDAY.



MUSICAL. PIANOFORTE, SINGING, ORGAN, AND THEORY OF MUSIO. TVT RS"R OWMAN Tpox Member of the Canterbury Society of Professional Musicians, Havei/jck Stbebt, Ashbueton. RAKAIA-TUESDAYS. Pupils prepared for Trinity College exam nations. Llewellyn Owen, 'PIANoiOBTB, BINGINO, HARMONY, AND MANDOLJNE.



UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY Of NEW ZEALAND. Limited STEAMERS SAH FRGMLITTELTON ASUNDER: For Wesiiporti and Greymouth—Weekly, Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day aad Saturdays NOTE—For eztra sailings Bee advertise ment in Christchurch papers Dunedin ■— Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tuesdays and Saturdays Nelson and Picton, via Wellington- Tuesday and Saturday Sydney, via Auokland ■— Alternate Thursdays The above are subject to alteration; reference should therefore be made to Obrletchurch daily papers tot dates and hoar of sailing For further particulars apply to F« FEBBIMAN, Agent, Ashburton



Far farther particulars apply i» PRIEQLANDER BROS., Ltd. Agents, Ashburtan, SHAW, BAYILL AND ALBION COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR LONDON. ,ai -ROYAL MAIL STEA |M&. X* MERS, with superior j|^H|K^ accommodation for all olaases of passengers, calling at Monte Video or Bio, Teneriffe tmd Ply mouth . Vessel Tons Commander From Date. Aotea .» 6364 Kidley ... Wel't'n Feb 2 Gothio «» 7730 Evans ... Wel't'n Mar 2 OABGO STEAMBBS. Matfttoa... 3322 Holmes LyfcTt'n [Jan 7 Ddlphio _ 8355 Sowden — Jan 11 Rangatlra 1045 Burton — -March B. W. HANMEE. Agent.



Shipping. jSfiJKx NEW ZEALAND LINE ROYAL MAtL STEAMERS, FOR LONDON, Via Monte Video, Teaerlffe & Plymouth. Best Accommodation for all classes of Passengers at Lowest Rfttea. . . p 0 rt of j Steamers. Teas, Departure. Date, Rimut»ka 4515 Lyttelton lan. 19 Rakaia, 6688 — Feb. 16 Papanui 7000 Wellington March 23 Wakanui — AFil 26 ! Ruiihin* 8127 — May 11 OARGO BTEAMERB." Waikalo" 14767 — j J'«» Qn. Louise | 3385 — I Jan Utarama | 3808 — i Feb