DEATH.

Buckley.—At Mrs MeOor'nick'a residence, W;l!s Street, West, on Friday, December 8, at 12 45 o'cl"ck, /;ndke\v, third sou of the late Andrew Backey of Tinwald— ag.3d 35.

Ashburton Guardian Megna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1899.

De W. J. Aks bge, medical (ifioer to she Uganda Protectoratn, who has just arrir ,d in London, THE PIGMIES after * journey from Mic'-Africi, gives some interesting particulars about the race of pigraiea who inhabit th« region between Fort Beni and Ava Kubi, and are called Wainbuti. " Sotno," he say "are considerably taller than others; in fact, many are about the same height as the crowds of ill-nourished poor whom you see in the East End of London. Some, however, aie absurdly short, not much taller, indeed, than an English child of six or seven. Many of them have beards. I did not find them nt all shy, which was not to be wondered at, seeing the number of white Congo •State officials who are constantly travelling up and down the route, When I was there they c*me and performed one of their curious dincßs at O!ini»a and Mohalla. The men wero the principal singers, and thf ilmcers foUnved each other in a circle, performing one, two, three stop?, and advancing, and then, one, two, thret stops without advancing. While all this was gr>in<j on tha women clapped their hands from time to time, produc ing a loud, crack ng, wooden noise At Cling.* thfl found appeared to be a constant repetition of ' wo, wo, wo, we, we, we,' and ' yo, yo, yo.' At Mohall) their songs evidenty contained words, a d the tune wa* far from disagreeable. Two of the dwarfs could speak a little Kiswahili ; they were all very gcantily covered, bub not one was nude. That was a giejt contrast, because lowdr down on the Congo the women are absolutely naked. The typical Waua bu'i has a receding fort-head, bushy eyebrows, and thick pouting lips. Several officials have assured me that i hey are cannibals, but Captain Bur rows, who has had good opportuni ties of studying them, does not think that they are, and if anything of the kind did take place it would I naturally be practised with the utmost [ possible secrecy. According to Mr Errikson, a party of women not long ago were surprised by Wambuti, and ail but one succeeded in making good thetr escape. They heard the shrieks of the captured women, and on returning to the scene discovered pools of blood and other evidences that their companions had been chopped to pieces and carried away. Such of the Wam buti as I saw, however, were perfectly 1 friendly. There ia one peculiarity aboufc their weapons, in that they use a ' leaf in place of a feather in their arrows, which, like their bows, are exceedingly small,"

Local and General.

* # * On the first page to-day will be found Australian politics. The Bangitikei Election—A Wellington telegram abates that the date of the Rangi tikei election has been fixed for the 20th inst. Land Taxes—lt is announced that Mon day next, the ll'h inst., is the last day on which the !e,"d tax payments can be made, without the addition of 10 per cent. The Sports Carnival—Entries for the various races at the Sposts Association Carnival on the 18th doaa to-night at 9 p.m The Secretary will be at Mr Bell's cfficp from aev-n till nine o'clock to receive entries. Cohomkts ijsr the British Army—Regu lations are gazetted nnder which commis sions in the British Army m»7 be obtained by officers of the colonial military forces and studems from colonial Universities, Regu lation* are also gazetted respecting admis sion to the Royal Military Academy, Wool wich, and th« Royal Military! College, Sandhurst). Postage Stamps—The number of postage stamps throughout the world amounts to 13,811, of which 131 different kinds belong , to Great Britain, and 3843 to her colonies and territories under her protection; The greatest diversity of stampa is on the American Continent s- namely, 4656. Of, these the United States have 268, the; Republic of Salvador 272, Uruguay 2"ls. The I town of Shanghai has no less than 214 varieties. Poland and Tierra del Fuego have but a single set each.

Congratulations —The Premier haa been deiugod wi h telegrams of congratulations on tha Government victory.—Press Asboc ution telegram. A Cheap Blteciion —Mr Geo. Fisher states that his total election coats ia his contohfc /or the Wellington scat came to the sum of nine shillings, which ia a record for a J oontes ed election. He did nob hire any halix, and ii.dulgcd in very little priiitiug -Pieea Association telegram. Protested li'lectioxs R'imours are frtely circulated in Wellington of intentions to attack the validity of at k-ast two elections in the Wellington district, hat d«uil« at present are too viigue for {jub.ioatioa —Press Association telegram. '!hk Lyttelton Times —With Saturday's issue of the Lytte'.ton 'limes there will b« published an illustrated h »pf>k-inent con fct'nog portraits of all the newly* sleeted members of the House of Keprosentuiivee for Gmterbury. The number, judg ng from the advance proof of the pictures sent to this office, should certainly bo worth securing. Thk Wife of the Commander-in-Chief —Lidy Audiey Buller wa,a previously married, and there are two Miasee Howard, of whom Sir Kedvers is exceedingly fond. A. great grief tecently fell up;>n tho Bullers in the death of Lady Audrey's only son, Mr Howard, of the King's Riyal K.fl-n, who was carried off by enteric fever in India last wmmer. Id should be noted that the step son had entered Bailor's old corps, for Hir Kedvers is, and always will be, " one of the 6(Kh." He loves the King's Roya! Rfbs with the affection of an old soldier f-r his alma mater, and nowadays wearß for choice it his dinner-partiet the green j icket and mess dress of the rifi man. Am Orderly Election—At the Christ church Gity Police Court on Thursday, the Magistrates said that there were 40,000 people interested in the late election and not one of them had been brought up for drunkenness This was a c;mp'ete answer to the prohibition party, and thowed clearly thar, Christchurch was not a drunken community. He expected that ao least one dozen might have overstepped the mark. Sub-Inspector O'Brien said ths election was a most orderly one. He did not hear an angry word pass botween two persons ali day. He agreed with the Chairman as to he sobriety of C iriatchurch. [Ani wo in Ashburton cm say ihe same of how ths el ctioa waa conducted here. Th«ro were no more people to be seen ihe worse of liquor than miy be seen en any ordinary wet Saturday ] Thu Female Voters—How the woman vote may go astray nometimss was amusingly exemplified in one of the Christchurch booths on Wednesday. Two ladies con nectod with the trade, having been duly in3tructed outside as to ihe proper mode of procedure, viz., Btrikins» out both the bot tom lines, proceeded into the booth, and came out triumphantly waving both of the billot papers, having carefully struck out the top liae. At one of the booths in the \ Ashburton elector* c a lady voter who could not mark her papers told one of her friends that in regard to the licensing poll she wished to vote for Mr mentioning the n»me of a well-known hotel-keeper. The Political Parties.—Commenting on the ova; whelming m jj >rity for the Govern ment in ihe election the Lyttetton Times of this morning says—C>ming nearer home, we nod, that the Ivberal vote in Selwyn has tjrown from 1494 in 1896 to 2038 in 1899, whils the Conservative vote has gone back from 1676 to 1307, and this in spite of the 'act that, on tho previous occasio", the Liberal candidate had a long- record cf valuable servbos to rely upon, whie the gentlemen who contested the seat in the tame interest this year were untried men Salwv n supplies another illustration of the need for an Absolute Majority Bill, for in a straight-out contest between the two parties the Liberal would have been returned by a majority of fully five hundr d. Had it not bee i for the cipabl6 organisation of the Liberals in ihe Aahburion olictorate the minority there might have secured the election <if its candidate, aB it did in Selwyn, but, happily, the majority concentrated its strength »n oi-e o.i>>di'late, and avoided the danger. The ooischißl n that is forced upon is by the eximinitiou of theae results i^ hut the (.'o.'in rvative Party, as we knew it ten years ego, is dead. Jt has vanished from the laiid, ana '.ho few politicians who ciing to old traditions cannot help to bring it back. Strangr Death of a Russian Cocjntkss —Dr Daneford Thomns h.;ic* an inquest a: Islington litely relative to the doath of Alexandra Folkine, 53, said to be the widow f a Russian count, lately living at 5, Rrompton House, Pieasant Place, Es«ex Fioii'l The f vitienc i showed that deceased who lived with her eon, had for the last five years been suffering from rheumatism and gout. <>: late she hid been in tho habit of using morphia injection to ease her pains. She complained of p*ins in the heart, and i-xdaimad, "Oh, G )d; lam dying, and cannot breathe." Sron afterwards she ex pired Dr. W. C. Shaw, of 377 Ess<x Road said that on hh miking a post-mortem -xmination he found a needle in the left ventricle of the heart, which pierced the wall of the heart, and hadciused hemorr hage to take place. He produced tho need.'c but could uot state how long it had been in the body. He cou'd find no internal marks to show where it could have entered the body. The Coroner said the needle looked as if it had been in the body some time. It was known iv some cases that a needle in the body hid travelled about. The son said that some four months ago deceased com plained that when she laid suddenly down in the bed Bhe thought that a needle had entered her ear. The Coroner's officer said that the deceased was expecting to receive £34,000. The jury returned a ver dict of " Accidental death." The Message op Peace is always appre ciated and respected by all true men, for many of us hope the time is not far distant when it may be universally adopted by all nations. When this cornea to paps, happi ness and prosperity will be the rule and not the exoeptioD. In the meantime, Holloway's Pills and Ointment have largely helped to , make foreign nations understand that Eoglishmen delight in alleviating p*in and suff ring. These wonderful remedies have been bieseel in many lands fur the relief they have afforded and the cures effected. They are specially adapted for all complaints affecting the liver, stomach and kidneys, and at this season no family should be without a supply.

A VAPORING FRENCH ADMIRAL

United Press Association-—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright

(Received Wakapuaka Dec. 7, 323 p.tn, 1 his Office 3,58 p m Paris, December 6 Admiral Dupont, of the French naval service, who, some months ago, j in deploring the naval superiority of Great Britain, urged that France ' should institute an implacable system of privaceering, now declares that the French navy is ready to bring many Alabamas against the British. The reference is to the famous American Confederate steamer Alabama,

CABLE NEWS.

United Press Association—By Eleotrlo Telegraph—Copyright. Washington, December 7 President McKinley and Mr Lyman [ Gage, the Secretary to the Treasury, recommend the continuance of the gold standee! SypNBY, December 7 The Premier, Mr Lyne^ promised to see what could be dope in the matter of holding an exhibition in Sydney in 1902 to celebrate the birth of the Australian Commonwealth.

HOW TO COOK CRABS.

Various Ways to Serve This Season able Crustacean.

There are three varieties of crabs soft crabs, hard crabs and oyster crabs. Hard crabs can be found alive or par boiled like lobsters, and it is alscypossi ble to obtain crab meat in bnlk, not what is known as canned crabs. To prepare soft crabs for cooking wash them care fully—these crabs should always be alive when purchased, otherwise they are not good—lift the flaps and remove the sand bag, gills and intestine; dry them well and dredge with salt and pepper. Soft crabs can be broiled and fried, either with or without butter or crumbs. The popular manner is fried. Roll them in flour and fry in a gener ous amount of butter. When clone—they require only a few minutes—place on a hot dish. To the butter in the frying pan add a little lemon juice. Strain this over the crabs. Broiled crabs are deli cious. Place them on a broiler and cook over a very slow fire, broiling on both sides. When a light brown, they are done. Serve with maitre d'hotel sauce on circles of toast, with a garnish of water cress and quartered lemons. If the hard crabs are procured alive, put them in hot water head first. After five minutes add one teaspoonful of salt and boil for 30 minutes. When alive the crabs, like lobster, are greenish, when boiled, red. A savory entree or luncheon dish is called deviled crabs. Boil a dozen hard, crabs and remove the meat very carefully. Pot in a double boiler one enpful of cream, and when it is scalded add one tablespoonfnl of flour and 1% tablespoonfula of butter which have been rubbed together. Stir until smooth and tlfick; then add the mashed yolks of four eggs, one teaspoonful of salt, one-half teaspoonful paprica and add the crab meat. Place the mixture In the shells, which have been thorough ly dried. Smooth the tops and sprinkle with bread crumbs and pieces of butter. Bake in the oven until a light, golden brown. Serve on leaves of lettuce. However oyster crabs are to be cook ed, they must be thoroughly washed and dried in a napkin. When served in individual dishes, either silver or earth enware, place in the receptacle a num ber of crabs; sprinkle with salt and pepper, a tablespoonful of Parmesan cheese and a few bread crnmbs over the cheese. Pour over them a teaspoon ful of melted butter and bake to a light brown in a hot oven. A favorite manner of serving them is to dip them in milk, then roll them in flour and fry for one minute in hot fat. Serve on a hot napkin with lemon.

How to Clean Carpets.

The following preparation is for cleaning carpets or druggets that are the worse from the soil and grease ground into them from service in a dining room or kitchen: Take one pound of white castile soap, one half gallon of rainwater, two ounces of borax, two ounces of saltpeter and three ounces of aqua ammonia. Boil the soap, saltpeter and borax in the water for ten minutes, then add the ammonia. Use aa you would soap, but freely, in scrubbing or rubbing the soiled widths of carpets, rinse thoroughly and rub as dry as possible.

How to Make Turkish Coffee.

The Turkish coffee served at the "Wal dorf is, according to Cansher's direc tions, made as follows: Put in the lit tle boiler one teaspoonful of pulverized coffee and one teaspoonful of sugar for each cup required. Pour enough boiling water over the coffee to fill each cup. Stand the little boiler over the brazier and let the coffee come to a boil. Lift it for a moment. Then put it over the brazier and let it come to a boil the sec ond time. Serve it in little Turkish cups, grounds and all, without strain ing.

How to Make Onion Rabbit.

Boil a large Spanish onion until very soft, drain and chop it and return it to the saucepan with a little milk, a mor eel of butter, a tablespoonful or two of grated cheese, salt and pepper, a pinch of grated nutmeg and enough mustard to give piquancy. Stir until hot; then serve on toast after the manner of the ordinary cheese rabbit. The precise proportions cannot be given. One must be guided by the size of the onion, but the mixture should be soft enough to spread easily over the toast.

How to Make Chicken and Clam Broth.

Mix one quart of ohicken stock with one quart of clam juice, heat to the boiling point, skim and season to taste with gait, pepper and cayenne. Add one-fourth of a cup of milk to three fourths of a cup of thick cream and beat until stiff with an egg beater. Serve the broth in cups with a spoon ful of cream on top of each.

How to Fry Eggplant.

Peel"the egg plant and cut it Into slices a quarter of an inch thick. Salt them and let them lie in a colander for an hour. Then dip them in Indian meal, drop them into smoking hot fat and let them fry until a russet brown. Serve them on a hot platter on which a napkin is folded.

How to Make Sausage Pie.

Take one pound of Eausages, remove the skin, cut into small pieces, place on pie dish. One egg well beaten in cup of milk. Pour over sausages and cover jvith light crust. Bake In moderate oyen. When cold, it is a tasty dish for either lunch or supper-

How to Polish Tortoise Shell.

The best polish is rouge powder, nsed for brightening silver. If thus treated regularly, no tortoise shell, however old, need look dull, as is so often the case.

How to Dye Straw Hats.

To dye straw hats yellow procure stain varnish sold for the purpose, which is to be obtained anywhere. The expense is small and the process simple.

TRANSVAAL WAR.

News From Mafeking Capture of a Boer Laager. f übsequent e-capture. The British Loss Lord Me this en's Column. Canadians and Australians go to the Front. General Joubert 111. Succeeded by Schalk Burger Tho Bations Beduced Ihe Enemy Ketiring Towards the Mountains. General Clery's Force. Communication with Ladysmith Boer Losses at Nicholson's flek General Buller's Estimate 1 he Boers in Cape Colony. Englishmen Courtinartialled A Millionaire's Opinion

Speech by a British Minister

United Press Asaooifttio :—By Eieotrio Telegraph— Copy right Capetown, December 7 Qp'onel Baden-Powell reported that Mafeking was al! well on the 27th ult. Major Scott Turner, who captured the Boor laager west of Kimberley, after storming it, was unable to retain possession owing to the Boers receiving heavy reinforcements. Major Tamer was wounded and has since died. The Canadians and Australians will form a separate brigade under lord Mtthuen. They entrained amid fran ic enthusiasm. Sir Alfred Milner was present I Durban, December 7 General Joubert is at Volksrust under medical treatment. Comman- Jant Wilhelm Schalk Burger replaces him. Ladysmith is excited and cheered at the prospect of relief. Ihree heavy guns are bombarding the western defences at 4000 yards rauge. The rations have been reduced, and sick ness is prevalent. Large bodies of the enemy are mov ing in the direction of the Drakens burg Mountains. Presumably they are returning to defend their capitals. Gen9ral Olery has assumed command at Frere, and has established com munication by flash signals with Lady smith. Gpneral Buller believes the Boers 'ost 800 at Ladysmith on November 9h. It is evident they will not admit the truth of their losses. Capetown, Drc. 6. Kit yen "Englishmen have been court inarihilled at Ladybrand, in the Free State, for refusing to be commandeered. London Dec. 7 Mr J. B. Robinson, the South African millionaire, considers that the Boers are weakening and that the war will soon be over. The Right Hon Walter Long, Presi dent of the Board of Agriculture, speaking at Mercers' Hall, said that the Government were determined that blood and treasure should not be spent in vain in the Transvaal. A seventh division of the British army will shortly be formed for des patch to the Cape if needed.

Boers Massing and Entrenching at Spytfontein.

|I.ord Nethuen Convalescent, The Modder Bridge Works. llag of Truce Fired on. Boers in Strength at Aliwal. Their Forces in fSatal Boers Annex Griquabour. 400 Disloyal Fanners Guarding the River. Pretoria Mint Coining Crushings of the Nines. (Received VVakapuaka Dec. 8, 9,32 a.m, This Office 9.58 a in) Capetown Dec 7 The Boers are massing on Spytfon tein h ight?, digging and screening rifle pits, and extending redoubts. ||Lord Methuen is convalescent. building of Modder river bridge involves delay and immense labour. Lancers near the Modder, bearing a flag of truce, were fired upon. The Boers are in great strength at Aliwal north. Seven thousand Boers retired through Ween an on Sunday, and 3000 are reinforcing Oronje from Natal. The searchlight apparatus used at Frere for signalling Ladysmith was devised by Captain Scott, of the war ship Terrible. The Boers have annexed Griquabour, and the inhabitants are enthusiastic. 400 disloyal farmers are guarding the river there. The Pretoria mint is coining at the rate of £100,000 monthly from crush ings of the Bonanza, Robinson, and Ferreira deop mines. It has transpired that Joubert last spring surveyed the Natal border, and on to the vicinity of Maril zburg.

career of the Germans in the Franco- Pru-sian war their forces hud bore cause to r member the shower of fine le»i which swpb upon tl"in from out, o( -^ . uths of the mai y-ba r lit d engine worked by three men. Subsequently fisver«u in.ir.»i.|lcurs' cf irnprovfd form were invented, but they all followed the plan of a multiplicity of rigid b.ineis whose feeding d< mmd. <1 no little crenion on the part of i he soldier mechan cci The first machine gun to be adopted by i.he Knglish service was the Ga'ling quo, hioh, indeed, was a splendid piece of me chanical art. Bat it was at the same time very complex, and bo surtjec* to disarrange meet and difficult of rera r on the field that, an easy opening was presented to in«pn'.o.s to supersede it with Bomethii g soualer. Lie Gatling had ten barrels which roated im a OKistri shaft, and as the breeoh of each b rrel moied into position the cartridge was !rjech*D!c;.lly inserted and fired. The intri cate nature cf the mechanism ia in a measure indicated by the prodigioua firing power of 'he piece, which was at a rate of 600 per minute. But even that was only a nominal rate, and not by any means its maximum Its inventor olaimed from the outset that the firing of his gun was re stricted by the absence of perfect feeding mechanism. This proud boast clearly had much to justify it, because there has since been invented an improved feeder which gives the maximum a tested firing rate of 1040 rounds in 68 seconds. No doubfc it is this fact which endears the Ga'ling to the heart of the American, who really has " the quiokesb thing in the firing business that thin email world knows." The Gardner gun displaced the-Gatling in British official favour because it combined amongst its good po n*s versatility of ail*, good speed, and comparative lightness. In the Gardner the barrels were placed side by side on a hor'zontal plane, and could be either two or five in number. The feeding was on the magazine principle, and the gun. was fired by the turning of a handle at the rate of 120 rounds per Urrel per minute. That handle was a big drawback, and the Gardner had a very short probation. | The Kordenfeldt—* name at that) time to conjure with—came upon the scene, and was promptly tested and adopted not only by the British navy and military authorities, but by many Continental services. Like the Gardner, the Nordenfeldt had fire barrels fixed on a horn ntal plane, but there the resemblance ended, excepting! of course, that the calibre also was that of the service rifle. Ihe mechanism of the Nordenfeldt was extremely Bimple, and the energy required for manipulation was the lowest which had yet been found serviceable. The act of firing wag performed by a lateral movement of a email lever. The gun was sighted up to 2000 yds, and had a firing rate of 600 a minu c. The guns were adopted for all infantry services, and many colonies acquired them. They did such splendid work th.t the inventor feared no rival. But, like electricity, gunnery was never to stand still, and soon wild rumours of a 600 a-minute gun, which was to have only one barrel, and the ability to work automati cally, were heard. Maxim's name was men tioned, and people, ready to accept any statement regarding mechanical revolu tion, no matter how seemingly extravagant, waited expectantly and hopefully Nor was their credulity falsely played upon. The maxim gun emergfd from the workshop us peifrct as the most sanguine had ventured to expect. Lighter than the Nordenfeldt by much,' beautiful in the eye of the engineer and soldier alike, the single-barrel mower of men delighted the world. To fire 600 rcunds in a minute out of one barrel might well have seemed impossible, for even the Nordenfeldt, with its five barrels to share the strain, frequently became so heated as to demand a spell. But Maxim had wrapped round his single barrel a cylinder which should be charged with water—a water-jacket. _ The precise quantity of water which the jtckeb holds it is difficult to state, but three minutes after the firing commences the water boils furiously. That, however, does not diminish its capacity to keep the barrel from becoming overheated, but through the steam valve provided the liquid is eveutually thrown off The cartridges j«re fixed in canvas belts, each of which hold 30. The man who feeds thu machine places the epd of one of the bands in the breech coD'rivanoe, and his duty then is to continue Mie ineertion of successive t ands. The fier Bits behind the breech, and directly the first band is inserted pnllß a small lever. Immediately some interior breech mechanism springs up, and seeing a cartiidge out of the band inserts it in the barrel, and it is fired by another piece of mcchanhm. From that point until ammu nition is exhaus'ed, or the order to cease firing is given, all the firer does is to swing his gun backwards and forwards, or up and down, as the position of his target may demand, and so long ac he keeps hia two thumbs pressed against two studs the gun goes on picking oat its ammunition and 'oading and firing absolutely automatically. It will be seen that the firer is absolutely free to calmly take hiß aim, and if he is an expert shoe very few rounds need be wasted. He sweeps a wide arc of men, gently sway ing his gun from end to end of the group, and raising and lowering the muzzle that he may send in his streak of lead from front to rear rat,k.

COMMERCIAL

United Press Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph London, December 6 At the wool sales, "Matamata" clip realised 9£d, December 7 At the wool sales competition is spirited, and prices are maintained.

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

Uniced Press Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyright Brisbane, December 7 Mr Philip announced bis Ministry in the Assembly. Mr Dawson lends the Labour Op position, and Mr Groom the Indepen dent Opposition. Received Wakapuaka Deo 8, 955 a.tn This Office 10.30 a.m.) Sydney, December 8 The Legislative Council read a third time the Early Closing Bill. There is some doubt if the Assembly will agree to the more important questions. Received Wakapuaka Deo. 8, 955 a.tn This Office 10.30 a.tn) Adelaide, Dec 8 Mr Solomon has resigned and advised that Mr Playford be sent for. The latter has conferred with Mr Holder, and was informed that as Mr Playford had roted with the Solomon Govern ment, he could not be gken a place in a new ministry. Mr Playford in formed the Governor that he was unable to form an administration, and advised that Mr Holder be summoned. When the House met, Mr Holder announced that he had undertaken to form a ministry, the names of whom he would announce to day. (Received Wakapuaka Dec. 8, 9 55 a. m Thia office 10 30 a.m) Hobaht, December 8 In the Legislative Assembly the Premier stated that he expected the revenue for the year would show a surplus of over £97,0f)0.

THE LATEST.

Australian*

United Press Association—By Eleotrio i Telegraph—Qopyrifthb {Received Wakapuaka Dee. §, 9 55 » m, This Qffioe 1030a.m) Wages Movement Sydney, December 8 A movement is on foot, backed by the Seamen's TJoioo, to obtain an increase of wages for the firemen and seamen on coastal and intercolonial traders,

IHE ARHBtJBTON eUAKDIAN : FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1899.



MACHINE GUNS. Wherever the Maxim gun has been afforded an opportunity of demonstrating Its merits as *n invaluable co-partner with infantry fire it has won the highest) enoomiuma.Sand there is very little doubt that it is the beat ma chine gun of the present day, the Americans adherence to the improved Gatling notwith. standing. To bhe French belongs the honour of first showing the world what could be i accomplished in the way of a meohanical contrivance capable of beating a whole regi. ment in rapidity of discharge of ordinary rifle bulletsi That nation led the way with tits mitrailleuse, and de»pHe the Tiptoriow'



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BIG DISPLAY | OF I GOODS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS FOE TUB CHRISTMAS SE\fcOtf. SPKOIAL Line Drees Goods at Is 9 i p;r yard A Grand Choice of Prints and ] Muslins Latest in Ladies' Hats Newest Gooda ia Ties and Collars for Ladies Very Special—Tan Kid Glovea at 2-3 lid per pair, worth 43 lid Cycling White Lisle Gloves Big Varioty Hosiery—Special value Gentlemen's Tie?, Shirts, Collars, and Underwear i Special Line Gentlemen's Suits at ! 29i 6d—Grand value j In Boots and Shoes our prices are very low Dressmaking 10s 6J ; fit and style guaranteed Trading Stamps to all Cash Customers AbHBUKTON DRAPERY COMPANY.



Just Arrived NEW GOODS NEW KOTELTIFS TN fact everything a Cyoliab requires DATES, LOWRY AM 0 CO ZSALANDIA CYCLE WORKS BURNETT STREET. We Repair any make, and guarantee a!! work. ~~ ST. STEPHEN'S OHUROH. TT haa been decided to hold a large GAKDEN PAETY, Sale of Work, Goods, Farm Produce, Etc. AT The Vicarage, Ashburton, on THUHSDAY, December 14 With a view of reducing the church debt, and in order to make the gathering a tho rough success, contributions are invited in the shape of stock, meats, grain, butter, poultry, farm produce of any description to any of the undermentioned stores before that date, and if necessary the goods will be sent for. The fo'lowing have been good enough to store pending the sale on Thursday, 14th December, any goods which may be left by you, viz :—Messrs David Thomas, E. W. Hanmer, Friedlander Bros. (Ltd), and N.Z. Barmerß' Co-operative Association (Ltd). Smoke New Veaus



FOB SALE, A CAPITAL Section In Havelock Street, adjoining the property of Mr E. Jeffa The aection is Wdll fenced, has a snnny aspect, and is a very desir able aite for a dwelling. F. FERRI MAR FOR SALE AT IjYHDHURSr. a f\Q ACRES of Good Land, with 4:V/O Dwelling House, Stables, etc., and Growing Crops. An early inspection invited- Particulars on application' F. FERRIMAN. LOT 76, E'IST BELT, ASHBURTON ; I HAVE for sale the above lot containing \ about £ acre of good land, well stocked with ft uit trees and has also a small dwell ing, a pump with & plentiful supply of water and the concrete foundations for a tour roomed house. The owner on account of hie early depar ture for Melbourne in anxious to effect a sale and will accept £55 for the lot. J\ FERRIMAN.



FOR SALE. PETER STREET, ASHBURTON. I HAVE for sale a comfortabln dwelling of four rooms situated in Peter Street with a detached waah-hoaso and copper builfe in, erected on a Email section of first class land. F. FERRIM \N.



bVH bA)M, OAMEUON STREET 1 have for Sale—A ve.-y nomforfable Dwelling of seven rooms, with convenient Offius, together with qaarter pcre of good land, well laid out in lawn and garden The buildings am c Kibtractcd of the vcy host material, and the workmanship is uit,quilie t Full pjriculars on application to F FERRIMAN. __ _____ _ ALFOHD FOREST R')AI), IHAVR for sale a very convenient house of five rooms, and ha'fan acre of first class land cituate opposite Mb John Okr s, wh'ch, for position and convenience ahould command attention. Full particulars on application. F. FKRRIMAN.



F. FERRIMAN. ' FOR SALfiT" House and Half-acre land on Be^ch Road IHAVB FOX dALE-A House of four rooms, togeth-r wich half an acre of good land, tkuate two doois bolow Mrs Mcliee'-i store. Pric3 £120. F.FEtUUM-JN. _______ _ Corner of East, Oux, and Aiiken Sirects. Within two minutes walk of Post '. fiioe. I HAVE FOH- SALK-Towa Svc.ions 552, 553, and 571, with ample froiit agi s on ihe ab^ve <. treets ; tt?need and planted with ornamental irooa; » sub stautial Stable is er<.c:ed on the section. These sections hre ndmirably adapted either for residential purpose,-! or fur a building *iie in ihe mar future. Full particuhns on application. f. feruiman. "]for salb at trevuuiujn, CORKER Section, containing | oi: an acre, wall fenced and stockod with frait tree. 1-, 'i hero is alao a pomp with a good supply of water. Price—£4o. i F. FcRUIMAN. " For salb, £HAVB) for sale on the Beach Road, Corner ticc.ion, containing acre of t»o id Und, upon which id euctua a live roomed hoasj. Full particulars oa ap pliMtion. F. FERRrMAJST, FOii bALE, * OXFORD STRBBl 1, HAMP3TEAD.' M HALF-ACRW of Fr^t;Class Land, lota 69 and 70. ;P. FffRRTMAK. FOR KALE, LOTS 12, 13, 15, 17, 18. 19, WILLOW STREET, TKIiVORTON. WHY pay rent when with a Deposit of £25 or £30 you can ccquire the freehold of nearly an .*i.cre of land, upon which is erected » comfortable house of 4 rooms, for £85. Ihe iuteresr, ci the unpaid i portion of Purchase Mo»ey a 1: die ra'o of 6 j per cent, only Amounting to about I* 3d per week. The property is eituated in clo6e proximity to t c River, and is convenient alike for fishing, bathing, and firewood. Full parricuiars on applica'ion. F. FKRHIMAN. FUK BALE! ALFORD FOREST KOAD. I hive for Sale—Half an acre of land upon which ia erected a Cmfortable House of five roon.s and Sculloiy, which for style, comfort, and position oiJy needs an inspection to efl> ct a sale Full particulars on application to F FERUIMAN.



-PROVISIONS - .FACTORY BUTTER—Fern Leaf and Sutton'a always in'stock. CHEESE—Finest Factory, 6d per lb BACON AND HAMS — " Lewis'," " Morepork," <l D. Mc^alluno."; Mild Cured Bamp, Sides and Rolls, 7£d. GORE OATMFAL—26Ib Bag, 2s 6d Van Homen's Cocoa, Jib. lid ; |lb, la Oarraway Seeds 8i per lb 9d; lib, 3s 3d Pimento, whole ... ... la „ „ Fry's Ooooa, ilb, BJd ; lib, Is 4jd Pimento, rroand Is 2d „ „ UealGood Oandles, 4|d per lb ;8s M Mix^d Spice ... ...l|d per packet p er box PlCKLEK—Hayward's Mixed, lOi per Para6ne Candles, plain and fluted, 6£d bottle, 9s 6d per dozen per lb ; 12a 6d per box Cross and Black well's, Is 3d p3r Fairy Night Lights Is 21 per box bottle Fiake Tapioca, Vlba for U Captain White's, 2s 3d per bottle Pearl, 61bs for Is Carry Powder lid per bottle Kago, 71bs for Is Borax 8d per lb Mixed Peel. Lsmon, Orat>ge and Cit- Alum 8d „ „ ron, Sdperlb Saltpetre 6d „ „ Lemon P<el, 71b tins, 3s 6d Tartanc Acid lslOd „ „ lib Tins Assorted Jams, 5d per lb ;4s Carbonate Soda, 3d per lb, 2s per doz lbs 9d per dcz Whole Unseed ... ... 3<i per lb 21b Jars Assorted Jams, 14s 61 per doz Linseed Meal 4d  „ Lea ard Perrin'e Sauce, large, 2* 6d MATOHKS—PIaids, 4^d per doz, 4s per bottle _ rt per gross Mellor's Sauoe, Is 3d per bottle 200 a Is 6d per dozen Worcester Sance, email, fid ; large, 91 1000's 5d per box, 4s lOd per Brown's Corn Fioar, 3d per lb dozen M&zina <M per dozen 5s 6d Bryant and May a Safeties, 8 i per Whiting., / b for Is dozen Morton's Cream of Tartar, Is 3i per lb lor month Bloaters, 9 for la Preserved Fruit, 2£lb tine, 8d per tin, Waooncchie's Freeh Herrings, 6£d per 7s 6d per doz tin ftnglihh Cut Loaf Sugar, 3Jd per lb „ Herrings in Tomato, 10tl Tomato Saaca, 9d per bottle par tin Golden Syrup, 21b 6d, 4!b Is, 561b lls „ Herrings in Shrimp, 101 3(j per tin Treacle, 21b 6d. 41b Is, 71b Is 9d  Kippered Herrings, 101 Flftsat Raisins Bid per lb per tin Finest Sultanas 7|d „ „ ** Preserved Bloaters, lOd Finest Oarranw 5d »„' P™ tin per case 4id   Auckland Mullett 7d per tin Stewing FJ B 8 7£d „ „ Oysters 8d „ „ French PK aos (choice) ... 1« „ ,> Sardines, large Alberts ... Is „ „ Btewinf? Plams ... ... 3d  „ Sardines, large ... ... 8d „ „ Finest Mueoatels Is Jd „ „ Sardines, small 4d „ „ Californian Muscatels ... Is „ „ Salmon, Holly leaf ... lOd „ „ Pates, extra fine, 31b boxes, Is 9d per Salmon, other Brands ... 81 „ „ |j OX OlL—Lucca, 2s 4d per bottle Almonds, Jordan 2a 4d per lb Salad, A pint 6d. 1 pint lOd Almonda, Valencia ... Is 6d „ „ Castor, * pint 5d,l pint 10d Almonds, Sicily ... ... U4d „ „ Sheepa longues, lib Is, 21b Is lOd Barce' >na Knta 8d „ „ Corned Beef, Mutton, Spiced Beef, 21b Shell Almonds 10d „  tin ' J 1 n, , i Lj t. l Day and Martin's Paste Blacking, 4}d Crosse and Blackwell s assorted Pastes, ocr doz 8 Per bottle, 14s 6d per dozen Day and Martin's Jar Blacking, 6d per Potted Meats, assorted, 6d per tin bottle Bovril, 2oz, Is lOd. French Blacking, 2d per tin, la 9d per Leiberg's extract, Is 9d per bottle iOt Patent Groats, Robinson's, lOdjj Har^ 3Sixey'B Bkoklead, Id jize, 9d per doz pert, 9d per tin j,bh' Dome Blacklead, 6d per.doa I MellinB 1 Food, ls fc ßd per tin



MAR At VILLA GARDEN TEA— Is 101, 2s, 28 4d per lb 51b Box 83 9J, 9a 7d, lla '"FT? A—. lOib *ox 'm "* '" i6s Bd> lOa 4d| 218 8d J XjJTV- KOZIE TEA — 101b Box, |18s 4d ; 51b, 9a 7d GOLD LEAF TBA 101b Box, 18a 4d ; 51b, 9i 7d



JOHN ORR AND GO'S REVISED LIST.Ti MMHa^MWMHMV 'X * 'IT WE Otaim fo bo the Leading Firm of Grooora, Ironmongers, and Crrokery Merchants in Aahburton. We imp »rt all our Stock from the Home Marheta for Sp>t O^sh, and aro therefore in tho bent position 00 supply the public'with only genuine jjoorls at tbo lowest po.s-ibh {>rica for cish. We guarautaa :*U our go>.lß fu'l •Vdijjh.fe and finest q r-tHtr, We never charge for pvckt 14 nd dsli^jry, all goilti at thi ltail**y btvion free. Any person leaving ao order -*u-h ai o»n gJt a pirol ticket, :vu\ h'wvfore alwiys birjiurefjof^having thair g)jli ah th 3 HtV.ion in time. No charge for ticket. Tjit- fifTD «O 5a p»r Ton -j' Li\J U H PBR SACK 13;. — HUG-A.l* — $3£« l per Ito witti Tea



WAYERLEY CYCLES. T^ EW SHIPMENT JUST TO HA N D ALL LATEST IMPROVEMENTS (X) Two^or turee 98 Ladies Models yet on hand, will sell at £20 A few good second-hand machines for sale at prices'from £3 up. BEC6OT SUCCESSES OF THE WaVFRLEY, Oot. s—Ashburton Cycling Sports—WAVfißLEY First and Second in every JKaoo. Oot 11—Otago labour Day Wheel Bace—WaVEKLEY First. Oct. 12—Amberley Druids Wheel Bace—WAVERLEY First Oot. 12—Amberley Druids Three MiIe—WAVERLEY Second Ocfc 28—Auckland Cycling Club, Federal Scratch Mile— WAVERLttY First Wheel Race -WAVERLEY Second ]$ ov 11—Christchurch Cycling Club, One Mile Centre Cham pionship—WaVE RLE V First Five Mile Handicap : "WAVSRLEY First from Scratch Three Mile Handicap : WAYERLEY First Wheel Paco : WAYERLEY Third & Fourth JOHN ORR & CO.. AbHBQRTON, SOLE NEW ZEALAND AGENTS aud at Waverley Cycle Depot 217 Colombo Street, Christchurch.