HARDWAKE

This Department ia now compete with » Va^-aseorted Stock, onfi I fee! confident yo\i wi' fiud my Prices right. As I am s. Sp'cUlist m th's Line, I do not keep Cheap Grid*, but supply Firet«ol«B8 articles onh »t, Reasonable Prices. Shoddy Hardwat* »t! Enamel Gooda are not worth the room th yoocupy.

CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE

I hive just received straight from the Maaufao'urers a Shipmonf of Crockery, comprising Bedroom S?ta fr m 10s 6H, Whiba ftntl Gold and other Jugs from 2s 6>! Bet, Teapots from Is each, Mason's Jnn> Jars, £ gallon 7) dt-zoij. Other Lines equally gooi value. I hivo a lar#e assortment of G'assware, marked m plain t^ursa, which must be clear el to make roam for ft Shipment close to hand*

burned kinds, all true u> one g-iuge ; no soft, or unbound orsvs will be v> i mil ted lo be u-itd jjrieks wvll wetted, and used whtlij weh. The chimneys and hearths t'uilt <>n solid foundations of cry c"o'<\ a.« bo'oro specih'td. A damp c tarse of 'ar, ?kte or ziuo is to bo 'aid ..iowu to stop ail sue ion. All the chimneys to bf> built to the heights described, or implied. o'iimnoy carried up tqu .n? flues 14 x 9, iir do inea-'-urement, cfwrud up wpar fttely. Tarn arches over proper 2 x §m» iron chimney birs, split and turned up and down ; gafher m core and pnrget quite smooth the chimney sh'ifia (laii moitartn/1 cowdung) ; finish at tcp ove> railing courses, and cement splay colored brick u> a thin edgo next flat : ruk ; oil arc! point: with cement Iho brickwork where it shows above roofd ; flxsh chim neys with 61b m lhd L.yd, stepped into joints pointed with cer ent; the mortar to be composed of •. tie part, before slacking^ of etone lime and three (3) pans of HftnJ ; provide and set m p'uih tei, .10) 9x6 cast ii'OM ornamental air bricks Provide and fix m sitting room, dininp room, and two bedrooms fouc r< sgistei aratey, value £2 10j each (c^sfc pric^ ). Provide »nd fix m kitchen on the concrete hearth where ahown on plan a ocokin^ stove, value £5

OAKPEKTEtt

All ihe timbers to bo the best of their respective kinds, feoo from cap, bk^kt-^. or any imperfection*, and well seasoned Tho j <is!», sloepors, plates, and all timbers to bo black pino or tDtarft. Any parts of thy timber that come m. contact with tho c nerete or a round, are to bo tarred, 'j'ha roof

timbers whHo pine ; general framing, iimu ; fl or b>>a?ds (ani'uj) kujri ; 'iiunp iioascis, kanri (union ■; the sic« pr pics ■u-i'.; x 8i; to I.ar», no 1, foexc"*d 4'r, 6i> betiveen centres : the fl a r j.>k,is 4x3 .ot to v'Xiv.■> d 18 n beuv^n centre--*. :.. chod >vnd spikeri i;c> slrepHp--, 4;n x 4 n : ': th\ fl os Uid with p.oper fl.jo

■•-•nips, m rriatiivr (,f htra'gln j nni i<> t-< ■ a ft>\v ha ■m" j.-ituU a~; possib;*.- ; no • w<. oarda to head M'sgo her on fc:irtiu j «:s f : ivheru headbjig j •v<i» do occur, iluy ay "bo tp'ay-d ; hoards (6 x 1 union 1, n«ilo k^n K'iih pr> p rent, lio^r bradf, which .'■e (i> by pu.-u-h d m, ytnd fl ii)r cio'-iiuo if at (ho cone usiun of i\>n wo; ks ; b !

■••■■n clo-i:-. up to -hi) ■ U' r huavoi-.-.g <-\ d m m bftwfefi th.: «!«<'«; put mitred

•dura m al! in-*r r,s ; i.ov*-r their n> wall is side wi'h 7 x I rusticated boards <>b- prim d»s h y go up, all hea-iing j->u:.t-, cur, r-plny ; all iha othsr v/<-h u<"B de are to Oti covered wi' h 6i ea*hired weatherboards Hi.* *ap ; pa i i per ar gla stops ; rafttr.s 6x2 hsrd.s mouthed to j;eats and w 11 spiked to i'CH and hip rafters 9x2; i y on tht raftera lin boards shot and cramped :ion- )y together, hutting ckm-iy ( r>ite Ihm it hips ; cover <L« main roof with iron ; pu* groovsd sarlrilo Ivy-inls snd rol! u> ridge and htps ; finish with barges at ends uf two ieaniiib. ) rim <v! tie* rafiar- fur chimney, mortice and tenon ihe li ano o havo rafters 0 x 2. not to exceed 24' i .o'ween centres ; 3x 2 purlin, covered with corrugated galvanised ir< n o f Approved brhni, nailud down with ga I vani^ed iron nails and lead wash- rs ; iron to have a side lap of two corrugations *nd ler.gth lap of 6iu. The gen< r;>! framing a% shown on'thu drawings, ay not shown to be aimiUr, to consist of 4x2 studs, mortice and tenen in^< plates ; braces 4 x 2 let aolid into side ->t studs, lipped into plates and spiked to studs and pVrs ; fi.'inmi.^ to htva al« ---horizon's! bracing 4 i 2 ; p'area 4x3; opening studs, angle studs, and bansrm^ 4x3; ceiling joist* 6x2; to proj cfc over pi-ttrH 6in, and not to exceed 20m contrc r.o centre, and as'-isted *y ausp»insi<v pi*)3e~ nailed to refcers and jo.'yN ; n til ■i fascia board on ein'c <;f j i ts and a lio <ofnr. board widi |m round ; biaoket rjund 3 sides of hruse. Windows Th» windows to bo double hung, gash tram d c;^!«<: pulley style* grooved to linings, wilt 3in weathered sUls, deubki •;unk and throated ]|-n ovolo tashts, 16 oz fchcvt glass free fi< m l.ubblns, sirt'sks, :>r any imp-sfec k ns, [)rtp> r'y sprigged uid }-uHeyod ; beHt brass sash fasienors ; brass faced -solid axle pulleys ; -a-h bca 's m reba'ep, t,a K,!ier' 4 double hung wiili jiatfn: coid^ aid w«>ig!:ts all left, lv fjerfiC/ working order; 6i;i mouldei.! architrave ijusids !o tvr.) fr*.-lit vcoraH and, p»?-cap.i3 ; 4-in Hrchitrfivi'H to alh'jy rooait. Piain mc.uifi 2in fi:'i«'--w ht pa eotlbed to weatherbo'iid.i. zinc flishing over wiado* head-. PO'JRS. Front dcor So be '2 n four-pur. I'oe bolection mould, -d r«u? &Id.', luncr to 4n solid rubated moulded, (ratio?, hnn r vvuh 3 sin buit hingoa ; door 6 9 x 2, 9 pkl. and finhghts to hwo figareJ g ounri 4la?B of approved patttrn beaood m f-.wd putteyed, 6x4 r^ba^-d moulded frame ; sill raised lin above fl or W(.-atin red and hosing ; moulded waterboard ; best lOin doubly ;drawback lock ; approved or.'ja m«;nt«l brass coufcrn knob nu'side. Two rwek doors to have 2ia fr^rna and bra id. '$•: H.(^,^ r. joint covar bonrds, hung with hr«>; 4 n i)u;-s -o 2in solid rebate^ i'rame !oin rim lr;c,k, rcis d aill -nd w-iterboard. Z-i'C flaghi.ng cwt door bead, o'her do -rs >f housf t'i be 1| n (full) rVnr.p;n.-'l k^K'i d"Or: j 6,8x2 H, huti£» with three 4in bur's to 2m »-oli'J rt-baC'd frames. Archi ;,raves s; liii' as windows ; 7i» mor ice lock whi'« and »ol:l furni'u •« io 6front rooms. Ki'-chon, s- l v*n 'd bedroom, and parrrj .4 be li.i.-d throughout with union '.')<•»< ed kiln dne i k mri lining, pUin ■odulded Bxl skirtings ; the four front room* and passage to have 12m double ■n<>u;ded fkirtines Put m dining room, Sitiinu roixa a d bedro;.m, ni'intelpie ■ es. j v<)ne £2 O.s each, Libmr or>ly ; 9x2 ---pib.ster.«, shelf, and f ru %\ I2is x 2in, j ;.>uVi'e moulded, cut. bracket;- an>] hasee | Pr.v.de and fix m t-ix fronn Ho thick pic ure. rails, well nailed t> etud^, flu-h with plaster, put f n stuff beads to all >ngles PAPEKH ANGER Cover the wails and ceiiing of passage m proper workmanlike manner, with ! crJm and pnper, taped and tin-t eked, to have liijng paper for varnishing, value of paper 3i per pieco, also borders Three front rooms to be tinted, distemper tin s to b'3 approved. Piime sashes before glwzing ; prime all out^ie'e wood work, best red lead and oil, s^op, knot and paint ; alt exterior woodwork three coats, beat lead and oil ; angles, brackets, verandah posts, etc., etc, picked out m a daiker tint, co.ore seltcfc^d by architects ; closet, etc , painted similarly; gisza all 16uz sheet glass bedded back, putteyed and bprigged, varnish two coats (and siz ) the kitchen and bagk bedroom, all Bkirt c ings, architraves, mantelpieces, etc | froa door oak grained and varnished. PLUMB EB. Flash with 41b milled lead at junction of lean-to, with main roof to be taken under shingles and over iron same width ; lead fUstiing to chimneys stepped into joints m approved manner; pat to all eaves s'.n galvanized O.G guttering, three 2|ia down pipes. PIAfcTBRER. * Lrtth, plaster, float and set all the walla and ceiiings to four front rooms ; laths of totara of the beßt quality, well nailed to studs and joists. Piaster composed of best freeh burnt stone Hme, and sharp, clean, washed sand ; with a sefficiency of hair therein. Lime to be run at leas three weeks before being used ; construct manhole m passage, trap-door, moulding round.

BEAUTY'S REWARD.

A blushing- rose m a garden grew And with its fragrance filled tha air, But the sweat, rod rose, ah, it never knew Of the joy it gave to a maiden fair! The rose knew not, as it drank the dew, Of the charm it spread m growing there. A radiant maiden smiled one day, And b.O|,* crept into a doubter's breast; He turned, transformed, and went his way With new resolves to do his best— A man had sprung- from a lump of clay, And the maiden, ah, she never guessed! —S. E. Kiser m Chicago News.

TWO FLATS AND AN ACCIDENTAL.

How a Lover Brought a Dallying: Girl to the Point.

The suggestion that brought it all about came from me, I believe.

Suggestions of any sort usually came from me rather than Margery, for I have m my veins the adventurous blood of stanch New England ancestry, who had burned witches and fought Indiana and later pursued a relentless traffic m wooden nutmegs with the same high courage and fine disregard of conse quences, while Margery is of Dutch de scent and inclined to be cautious, if not a bit pig headed, as I often told her.

Bnt no one conld help loving her, m spite of her little touch of Dutch ob stinacy, least of all myself, for of all the provoking little women that were ever created for the express purpose of charming and tormenting their fellow men Margery was the most deliciously dear, and I loved her so well I could forgive her anything—that is, anything but the way she treated Jack Beasley.

The dance ehe led that poor fellow was something to move even a bearded Turk to pity. For a whole year she had kept him dangling after her as abjectly ac a dancing doll at the end of a string, and yet, as far as we could see, he had made no progress whatever m her way ward affections.

We had been talking things over, Jack, Ned and I, m Margery's absence (I never dared mention Jack to Mar gery for fear of still further exciting that famous obstinacy of hers), and even Ned, the most hopeful of mortals, had had to admit Jack's chances looked blue. Ned, be it known, was the daring youth who had undertaken to guide my New England enterprise and other vir tues (too numerous to mention) through life's pilgrimage.

He and Jack were partners m a law office and occupied the flat on the top floor, where they indulged m certain mysterious rites they called light house keeping, while Margery and I taught music and Delsarte and practiced the modest virtues of hospitality m the fiat below.

Nothing, therefore, conld have been more fit, suitable and otherwise to be desired than to have Margery and Jack fall m love with each other, even as Ned and I had done. Jack was willing enough, poor boy, but Margery balked. It was too provoking.

As I said before, we three had been talking it over the day before while Margery was absent teaching the luck less children of a rich soap manufac turer to play Wagner on the piano and had all agreed that the situation looked hopeless.

Jack had been m the depths of de spair because the tenor of the choir for which Margery played the organ had called tfcree times that week, and, though I didn't believe she cared a pin for the tenor, I had never known naugh ty Margery to appear more willfully re gardless of Jack's feelings.

We had parted, therefore, gloomily enough, after a fruitless conference, and I had relieved nay mind by being especially crocs to Margery all day, though I rrvast own she didn't seem to mind much.

It was an awful day, raining cats and dogs, and m the afternoon I got tired of being cross all by myself and proposed that we ehould shampoo our hair and dry it on the parlor radiator, the only one m the flat large enough for the purpose. Of course Margery object ed. Visitors might come, she eaid, and then who would let them m ? I scouted the idea of visitors on such a day un less, I observed with sarcasm, she was expecting the tenor again.

She didn't notice this stab, so I pro ceeded to cay that as the radiator was m the corner we could pnll our big Jap anese screen np m front of it and, se cure m our hiding place, let our entire visiting acquaintance, including mes eenger boys and duns, knock at the door till they got tired and then de part, blissfully unaware of our proxim ity.

Accordingly it wasn't long before we were snugly ensconced on a pile of sofa pillows on the parlor floor, wrapped m our bathrobes and with our wet locks streaming out behind us across the ra diator, over which we had stretched a iteamer rug. We were armed with a novel apiece, but soon got to talking girl fashion and were deep m a discus sion of Amos Judd when there came a jipud knock at the door. "Great Scott!" I exclaimed m a stage whisper, the rosy advantages of my plan suddenly fading m the cold light of reality. "There, I told you sol" cried Mar gery ungenerously, sitting up abruptly so that her hair fell all about her m a great shining, coppery shower. "Sh—shut up I" I whispered, reach ing out with an agitated stockinged toe for the bedroom slipper I had carelessly kicked ofi a moment before. Again the knock came, this time more imperative. "What, m heaven's name, shall we do?" gasped Margery. "Keep still," I said eotto vece. Then the door handle turned, and we heard Ned's voice saying- "There's no

i body home. Let's come m and wait for / \ them." j • "All right," was the reply m Jack's ' basa tones. "Maybe it's not the proper j | thing, bat w* might as well risk it." , And we hoard the door close as our vis- j itors entered and took possession of our ■ apartment. | It was too ridiculous. I'd have had i to laugh if our livea had been at stake, } and m spite of the imminent danger of , discovery m this mortifying plight I etuffed all of a sofa pillow that would go into nay mouth and shook till my iides ached. It was the expression on Margery's face that recalled me to myself at last. Chancing to glance up from behind a corner of the cushion I was trying to Bwallow, I caught her listening with strained attention to something that was being said on the other side of the j screen, with every bit of color gone out of her face and a look m her eyes I'd never seen there before. "Yes," Jack was saying, "if they don't hurry, I'll have to go without Baying goodby. My train leaveß at 7, and I've lots to do." Ned lighted his pipe before he re plied. Dear Ned, I believe he would : smoke m heaven if Peter didn't take the precaution to search him before he let him m. "I guess it'll surprise them some," he remarked at last. "Especially when they hear you're never coming back." I nudged Margery violently at thia, but she didn't look at me—the minx-— and then Jack went en dolefully: "Oh, they won't care very much, I'm afraid I" "Of course they will," protested Ned, puffing away. "And I will anyway. Must you go, old boy?" "Well, it's this way, Ned: As long as I hoped that Margery might care for me I wouldn't give m to my uncle's proposition that I should marry his ward, Miss Wilson, and become his heir, but now that I'm satisfied I have no chance with the girl I love, I might as well marry the other one and please the old man, I suppose. I'll be miser able anyway." And Jack heaved such a sigh that the big paper screen waved about till it threatened to come down upon our heads. I gave a horrified look at Margery, but her hair had fallen over her face, and I could only see one little hand clinched fiercely as if ehe had a pain somewhere. I reached dumbly over and tried to take the little hand, but ehe shook me off, so I fell to listening again. "Well, it's not so bad as it might be," Ned was saying encouragingly. "I hear Miss Wilson is a beauty." "She is," said Jack with enthusiasm. "And then think of the money, my boy I Most any fellow would envy you." "I suppose so," said Jack drearily. "But I must go. Time's up. Will you say goodby to the girls for me, Ned? Tell Margery"— Here Jack choked, and I was so busy catching a large, warm tear that was chasing toward the end of my nose that I forgot to look at Margery, when, to my amazement, a little figure m a gray bathrobe, with a cloud of coppery hair flying after it, bounded right over me, and, as the screen toppled over with a crash, I heard Margery's voice cry. "Oh, no, Jack, you mustn't gol I—l —love you, Jack!" I had a confused vision of Jack seiz ing the little figure m his arms, and then I started to run. I don't look so pretty with my hair wet as Margery does. But somehow when I got to the door I met Ned, and as I looked up wrathfully something I caw m his eye made me stop short. "Ned Tucker," I exclaimed, "you knew we were there all the timel" "Well," he said, not a whit ashamed, "if you will leave the ventilating shaft open"—■ "You wretch!" I cried, and then something else struck me. "And the nncle," I gasped, "and the beautiful Miss Wilson"— "Are about as real," said Master Ned, "as a rainbow."—-Edgar Temple Field m Chicago Herald.

Idiomatic English.

Mrs. Fremont, m a sketch of her fa ther, Senator Benton, tells the follow ing story of the French bishop at St. Louis at the time of the purchase of Louisiana. She says: It was a point of honor among the older French not to learn English, but the bishop decided that it would be better to acquire it, especially for use from the pulpit. ' To force himself into the familiar practice of the language, he secluded himself for awhile witJi the family of an American farmer, where he would hear no French. The experiment proved very successful. Soon he bad gained ft sufficient fluency to deliver a eermon m English. Senator Benton was. present when it was to be given, and his feelings may be imagined as the bishop, a refined and polished gentleman, announced: "My friends, I'm right down glad to see such a smart chance of folks here today."

Only a Certain Kind.

There ia a story told 2mong the peas antry of Sleswick, the former Danish province annexed after the war m 1864, of how Prince Bismarck was confound ed by the tongue of a shepherd lad. Shortly after the close of the war Prince Bismarck went on an inspection tour fhrough the provinces, as he desired to etudy the feelings and sentiments among the people. He talked with the peasants, getting valuable though not always agreeable information. For days he was annoyed by constantly hearing dogs called "Bismarck." Desiring to know what it meant, he called out m a gruff voice to a shepherd boy who had ' uttered the dreaded chancellor's name j m connection with his dog: j "Are all dogs m this country named . Bismarck?" "Ach nein, mem herr," the .urchin ' replied as he doffed his cap; **es Ist bjoss die schweinhunde." (Oh, no, sir; i, It is only the pig doga.)

TO LINE A SKIRT.

How to Cut the Material and Put In Haircloth.

The silk lining for a skirt is cut m the same shape and size as the outer material, unless you wish a drop skirt, when the lining and outer skirt are fin ished separately, making practically two skirts mounted on one waistband. If you want to make it m the former manner, then the gores are cut alike, both silk and material, the same as you tvould any other lining, and sewed up. You can either bind each seam, after pressing it open, or strap it with a bias fold of silk, taking care that the stitches do not go through to the dress goods and that only the lining is caught.

Interline a skirt so that the haircloth is from six to eight inches wide, accord ing to the length of the skirt. If the latter is 40 inches long, the haircloth must be fully eight inches wide or it will break across the ankles as J6n walk. If the skirt is longer, then the interlining must be ten inches wide. In putting haircloth m the skirt after seaming up the lining and pressing open the seams, lay the haircloth over (the wrong eide), cutting it cross wise, lap each width of the haircloth and bind each edge with a bias piece of the lining; stitch the lapped parts to gether and also stitch the upper edge of the haircloth to the lining after facing it-—that is, the edge with a bias strip of the lining. The lower edge is basted to the lining and also outside and cut like the outside material, an inch longer than the wearing length. This is turned up and caught down to the lining when the binding is applied. Never cut the lower part too short to turn up the hair cloth. It will not make a thick seam, as it should be pressed down after the first stitching on of the binding.

If you wish a drop skirt, then, as the above tells you, have the haircloth on the silk lining and cover or face with a thin lining. If you do not wish to have lining and skirt separate, then sew the haircloth m the seams with the lining and dress goods, cutting it crosswise, laying it between the two materials, after binding the tipper edge with a bias piece of lining, and then bind each seam with bias pieces of the lining after pressing each open.—St. Louis Globe- Democrat.

How to Relieve Choking.

Raising the left arm as high as you can will relieve choking much more rapidly than by being thumped m the back. Very frequently at mealtime atid when they are at play children get choked while eating, and the customary manner of relieving them is to slap them sharply m the back. The effect of this is to set the obstruction free, so that it can be swallowed. The same thing can be brought about by raising the left hand of the child as high aa possible, and the relief comes much more rapidly.

How to Prepare Lamb Outlets.

Cut a loin of lamb into chops. Ee move all the fat, trim them, scrape the bones and lay them m a deep dish. Cover with salad oil and let them re main an hour. Mis together finely grated bread crumbs, a little minced parsley, pepper, salt and some grated nutmeg. Having drained the cutlets from the oil, cover them with the mix ture and broil them over a bed of hot, live coals, on a previously heated grid iron, the bars of which have been rub bed with chalk. The cutlets must be thoroughly cooked and turned often. Have ready some boiled potatoes, mash ed smoothly and stiff with cream or butter. Heap the mashed potato high on a heated dish, shape it like a dome and smooth with a spoon, and around its base stand the cutlets and on the point place a bunch of curled parsley.

How to Remove Mud Spots.

In the first place, when returned from a muddy street, hang the skirt before a fire, but not too close, so that the mud may dry quickly. When dry, the mud spots should be loosened by rubbing with the edge of a penny, and the dust should then be gently brushed off with a brush of moderate firmness. If after thia brushing the mud marks are still visible, sponge the spots with alcohol or methylated spirits.

How to Handle China.

Good china that has gilding upon it should not be rubbed, as it is liable to remove the tracery. It only requires to be rinsed m warm water, then m cold. It should be left to drain dry. Very oc casionally rub this cnina gently with a little finely powdered whiting and a eoft wash leather. Good dessert plates, tea plates and saucers should be put away m the china cupboard, protected by circles of paper placed between each. This preserves the glase or painting from scratches. It should be noted that the china cupboard is thoroughly dry, as dampness Boon tarnishes the gilding on fine • china or crockery.

How to Prevent Pneumonia.

Take a hot bath and put on warm clothing. Wrap your head and throat with woolen cloths and place a mustard plaster upon your chest. Then hold your head over a hot stove and inhale the hot air. Beniain indoors 48 hours, always having your room at a high temperature and free from a draft. At the end of that time the cold will have disappeared.

How to Get to West Point.

Apply to the congressman from your district. Each member of the house of representatives has the appointment of one cadet. This appointment is usually made by a competitive examination. A further examination, both physical and mental, is required upon admission.

How to Roast Beef Heart.

Wash the heart thoroughly m salt and water; then wipe it dry. Cutoff the flaps and fill the cavities with force meat. Tie round securely with greased paper and roast m the oven for about ■ two hours. Baste constantly. Serve with gravy and red currant jelly.

THE ARHBURTON OttA^Pf^ r S^TUKD^Y. BFOEMDRR 23 1899

Printed and published by Henry Willis o Pater Street, Ashburton, for the Proprie tors, at their Printing Office, Burnet Street, Ashburton, SATURDAY, Deoemb^r 23, 1899



WAKANUI ROLLER FLOUR \ MILLS, ASHBUftTON On and after October Ist, I shall be pleased to supply you with first-class ROLLER FLOUR, WHEAT MEAL, BRAN i & SHARPS, at lowest current rates. FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF FARMERS DOING GRISTING, I have arranged to keep a supply of Flour, Bran, and Sharps at the Stores of the N.Z. Farmers' Association, West Street, where Farmers, Shareholders or son-Shareholders, can itave their Wheat and get Flour, Bran, and Sharps m exchange. Please Note—The Canterbury Mills h*T« lately refused to do Gristing, but Farmers can always rely on getting their Wheat exohaoged at the Farmers' Co-operative, thomasTrollitt, WAKANOI ROLLER FLOUR MILLS, 9 265 ASHBURTON. ■ISsr Ig|is3 ' Sound the PURE CEYLON OR BLENDED



WATCBES,! fALBERTB, MUFFCHAINS, ~ BROOCHES, BANGLES, STUDS, LINKS, PENDANTS, BELT CLASPS, And numerous novelties m the latest designs and at prices to suib the timea. JNbPECTIoFINVITED. Ail (*aoda Marked m Plain Figures A Farther Shipment of the Celebrated ROTHERHAM LtVER WATCHES JUST TO Hi ND. Aten— THREE D( ZISN HARVEST WATCKS AT 9/6 Best Value m Canterbury. REPAIRS AS USUAL—Prompt Neat, Reasonable. iSIGHT TESTING A SPECIALTY* J. V.DEfBEER, J(Late S. Salek) KAST STREET, ASHBURTON TO ALL MY OLD CLIENTS FARMERS, AND RESIDENTS OF ASHBURTON COUNTY.] I BEG to inform you that I have severed my connection with the Canterbury Mill, which was under my management for over seven years, and have PURCHASES! from bAt Edwin Thomas the WAEANUI ROLLER FLOUR MILLS. The Canterbury Mill, which is tht property of the Bank of Ntw Zealand Assttt Board, is still trading under the name of Rollitt & Co., so to avoid confusion with correspondence, I would like to ask you to addrejß all orders to THOMAS ROLLITT,



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E*!ab'ish d J876 FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AND NEW YEAR GIFTS, Also WEDDIJN'G PRESENTS, GO TO GEORGE JESWN, PRACT OAL WATCHMAKER AKD JEWIiLL-ai, East Street, Aehburtop, THE OHSAPiUS IN TOWN FOR WATCHEB, CLOCKS, AND JEWELLERY' Of Every Description. INSPECTION IJSVITED.



TO MY CLIENTS. T AM PREPARED TO DISPOSE OF ANY SHEEP AND LAMB SKINS SENT TO FAIRFIELD FEEEZING WORKS, TC BEST POSSIBLE ADVANTAGE. It would be well to give me particulars prior to sheep being forwarded. DAVID THOMAS/ ASHBITOTON



miNWALD—"TonaI, fat's makin' Tou- OTUDY QUR Advertisement on JL gal sac blyth like." "Ib iss the Hee- O "Christmas Parcels." —Northootb land tea o' the Mackerde he is drickin 5, to and Heiword, The Corner. be surely!" Hondai-Lanka Tea, recrm- . .— .—• mended by Gopsbm., Storekeeper- TTOW IS IT the Alcorn's can Bell bo T 1" y°u wanfc fco purchase a unique and JLi cheap? Easy, when you know that ] /-. acceptable present see Mrs AtooßNs their rent ia less than one-third it would ti"«hed and commenced needlework. Newest be m East Street, and that they do most of !eye 8 » also Christmas and New Year cards. the work themselves. If you want a nice Brooches, Dolls, Balls, Money-boxes, Par es, Suit for yourself or your boys, or Boots o an<* T°yfl generally. Brooches from 3d to Shoes for wife or daughter, come to Robert 8i Alcorn'B, Havalock Street, where you wil , ^_ . getjhem good as well as oheap. XMPORTANT to Cash Buyers of Drapery, You can easily buy worse ; X Clothing, Boots, &c. Early Summer You can hardly buy as good ; Clearance Sale ot Seasonable and Reliable You cannot buy better. Goods. Cash discount afc the rate of oae HpHEREFORE score out the two top • shilling m the pound to every Buyer of I X Lines and plump for McKenzie's nlnepence worth and over. Inspection In. Unblended Hondai-Hanka Teas—packed m vited.—H. C. Babi sit, late Barrett Bros., Ceylon. The Hall, But Street, U 200



OUR CHRISTMAS PARCELS. U|N|P ARf A LjL ELED Y|A!;L U E|S. The Ladies 1 Parcel for £2. 6| Yards Nice Stylish Dress Stuff with Linings and Trimming?, one Durable Umbrella or Sunshade, 1 pair Kid Glows, 1 pair Kice Cashmere Hose, 1 Lnce or Silk Tie, 1 White Underskirt, 1 Pet of Collars and Cuffs Muslin or Holland Apion, 1 Belt m Leather or Linen or Petersham. The Gentleman's Parcel for £2 10s, 1 Good and Strong Colonial Tweed Suit, 1 White or Fancy Shirt, 2 Collars, 1 Silk Tie, 2 Pairs of Cushmpre or All Wool Srckr, 3 White Hand" kerchiefs 1 Pair of Light or Strong Boots. On receipt of Cheque or P.O. Order, we will send the above Parcels to any address m Canterbury—Carriage Pai». » T£LL YOUR FRIENDS OF THESE CHRISTMAS GIFTS.' NORTHCOTE& HEFFORD UTHE COBNEB/' AKHBURTON



NEW SEASON'S FRUIT. 1 NEW SEASON'S FRUIT. NY> ALL OUR FRUITS ARE WA;HKD AND CLEANED *_£>• BY PATENT MACHINERY. F''neßt New Currants 0* 51 Finest Dried Apples .. .. Ch 9' Fimst New Sultanas ..  0t 7d Finest Pried Peaches 0s 10 i Finest Selected Kaiucs .. .. 0s 6£ 1 Fmesl Dried Apricots .. .. 0a 101 Finest, Mixed Peel 0i 31 Finest Preserved Ginger .. .. Oe 8-1 Finest New Figs 0a B<l Fhip's Umc Juice .. .. .. Is 31 Finest New Prunes .. ..  0s JOd Lemon Squaeh (quart bot'le) .. la Oil Finest Nt:w Prunes (7 b tint) .... 5s 4il Pineapple, Ltmon, Raspberry, and Finest Icing Sugar 0s 6d Black Cun ant Syr up .. .. Is CM Finest Cut Louf Sugar .. .. Of 3£d Maeoa's Herb Beer Extract .. 0s 9d Finest Dessicated Cocoanut „. 0a Id Mason'B Wine Essence ..  0* 91 Van Hcuten's Cccoa, per lb .. 3a 3d Ci earn of Tartar Is s<) Jelly Powders, assorted 0a 6d Carbonate of Soda 0a 3d SUGAR. SUGAR. SUGAR. Now that the Jam Season has started, and you wish your Jam to keep well USB MILLAQUIN Al FINEST OANB SUGAR, 701 b bag for 14a. Every bag stamped " Finest Cane Sugar." JAM JARS. JAM JARS. MASOJS'S IMPROVED SOREW TOP JAM JARS—The Cheapest and Best Jam Jars m the Market. ALSO—THE FAMOUS AMERICAN FRUIT JAR, Those desirous of Preserving Fruit m Syrup, will find these Jars superior to any other m the market. The mouth of the Jar being made wide so as to enable the whole fruit to be placed m the Jar with ease, also being fitted with a strong spring lid, making it completely air tight. WINES Anß" SPIRITS. We have a large and well assorted stock of all lines ASSORTED OASES PACKED FOR CHRISTMAS. j English and Colonial Ales and Stout al ways m Stock. SHEARMAN BROS., GROCERS, IRONMONGERS, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. MOKET HOUSE, BURKETT STREET, ASHBUETOK Telephone No 53



EASE BTBEET, ASJIBUBTON. THE FARMERS OF ASHBURTON AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS SHOULD LOOK UP HARDLEY BROS. AND SELECT A TANK, BiTH AND SINK and have their homes made complete with a first-class sppply of HOT AND COLD WATER. Estimates given for all kinds of Plumbing and Tinsmith work. A TRIAL solicited for" Ironmongery, Tinware, and Brushware. Wholesale Manufacturers of SPOUTING, RIDGING, TANKS, BATHS, PORTABLE BOILERS, Etc., Ktc HARDLEY BROTHERS



Bicycle Harvest. LANDELLS & SON, ENGINEERS & BIOYOLE MAKERS BGREETT STREET Next the Club, j rilO the Farmers and General Public of I Ashburton, —We beg to state that we have reaped a harvest m Bicycles, havir just landed a big consignment of firßt-claas jiggers afc £14 10s. We are the oldest bicycle firm m Ashburton and intend to uphold our reputation. Agents for White Flyers, Radge-Whit-, worth, Waverleys, Cyclops, The Parrot, eta Repairs by experts. AH work guaran eed Dlarrhtiea at Santiago Charles II Marks, while acting m the capacity of nurse ut the Second Division Hospital of the Fifth Army Corps at Santiago de Cuba, used a few bottles of Chamber lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for diarrhoea, and found it to wqrk like a charm. For sale by Ashburton Drug Co



Full particulars on application to F. FRRRIMAN, LA.ND AND ESTATE AGENT, Ashburton.



F| AHE L*nd potstvfiea vcy ample froni -1 wge en Winter's Jiond ;it is s:tu<»r ---r > very healhy loc-»iity, wiihin e»sj 'i ■■anc* i of the i'orriain. Post ' iffi :e. an ' ft:;*i'y S r»t- • •■■■nd ila> a()j ins th< '■■■;. :,!■ Put-] -■ vSi-h.-nl mii i* -!vi 6 m i) wo parrs, ■-m Dp m wh eh 'ke hi.-üBK I* erect-' S hsf Uirt out m Lawi.4, (JHrdens, mi ri * ■ niard which is stick.-d with a varie'y t choice fruit/trees. The balance 4 aces t.s cio^'vod vi\' han aiiunianco cf feud, aid irt t'sppein'ly adapted f^r kseptnw a horso and cow The frontage of thi eection, coijtaining ono acru, c>utd bes -*i = - at a substantial proli: for buiidiug pa. po es The Kental by way of interest on the purcha c money would *raount to 12-j per week. Tho Timbers oa«d m the consiructio- , of this Besidencp aro of tho very best. | The following were the Spceificutioce : — Builders—Messrs Mair and RtiJ, Tho wi^rk to be done m the beafc and moat workmanlike manner, with the best materials m acuordaLce with plans and specification, prepared by C K. JKo(•]£<■. and Son, of Ashburton, architects, the work to be done under their direction and to their satisfaction, or to chat of any person appointed by them to superintend ihe works. EXCAVATOR. Difif for the foundations and chimney footings, the latter to be 9in below surface of ground, and 1 foot wider than will take the chimneys, including the hearths. Dig for, insert, and ram the pileflo Clear away all rubbish, shavings, &c,» and leave the premises m a clean and tidy condition CONCRETE. The foundations, plinth, and piles, Tinder inner wails, and chimney footings, &c, to be of approved Portland cement concrete, mixwi m proportions of beven (?) of gravel and fair proportion of tand, to one (1) of approved Portland cement. Set m the f< undali'ns twelve (12/ fin iron bolts, with plates, nuls, washers, &0., bolted through platts, bolts 14 n long. The chimnt-y footings to be as follows :—The ot-metit concrete to be 6in deep, an i Jtt laiger than will take Ihe chimneys, to lie on foundation of lime, concrete taken to a depth of, nine (9io) below tho present Burlace. The hearths of concrete, carried up from the footings m four of gravel and sand to one of cement ; finish with smooth flu^h face with floor, BBIGKI/AYEE, AH the bricks to be cf the beet hard



JOHN T, GOOCH, GROCER, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, AND PHODUOE MERCHANT' SAUND£RB' BUILDINGS, Oppo?lte Railway .Station Ashburton —FOX BALE.— LARKSBEARE. SITUATED IN TH^T FAVOT7RITE .-vTB«• Hi. AT LENTON. WHICH VYILIi PKOVIUK A COMFORT ABLE HOME A!<D A 80U>'D 1 NVES TM •'■■ >T OOMBTOD. A ve r7 desirable YV-1* Re&idenoo, contain ing 7 rooms and offi-i-s to^otiier with 5 acres of firsi-jlass land.



MKrHVEN-Why is the British -oldier like Hondui-Lanka Tea? Because the quibty ia cjiiokly thowo when iv hot water! Hibbs Bko-, sell it m packets and Ceylon pncketl boxes. LLLWELLYN (JVVJiJN, '\ M.O.S.M, L R.L.O M 1)1 *N(!tFORT 10, SINGING, HAR . M 'NY AND MAJNDOLINE. A CARD. 11/r IS S H. FRIBDLANDEK MANIGUBIbT, Akcade Chambers, Ashburton. Hou"8 from 10 am to 5 p.m. 10 9 ~J. T. COOCH, Grocer, Hardware, Crockeiy, and Produce Merchant. OPPOSITE B4ILVVAY STATION, SAUNOERS' BTJ[LDINGS ASB BURTON. GROCERIES AS this is my first Christmas hero, I take the opportunity of info?"n'njf i\\- T»uhiio, that they c*n buy goods \;[ iha very heat quality fit my Store as che/tp as ft-^y where m Ashburton. Iht> fo!:owinj( few quotations will show tb^t for Caah I nni quite alongside my npighbours : — s!?> 'Box p-iK Ooyli.n T> n. 7-s 1M 200 ib Sick Ruller Flon> 13?, 501 b Bag „  3s 101 Wow Currants, 51 | er ib "'■icw Suir>M«HS, 71  .» Risn.s 51   N:-« L .V'T vi,. s .- t, h i 5 ■ nxi^ ) s Is 4 -•■ Ib I- ■ ■ 6 ..< ..,- 7- p-M, y. 5.* - . - ■i. Sq ijii ■ q '-, 3 pur \><y« V) an ■i-.-of t-i, is  Or.-Hni ot'lartar, 1- 3< „ ib Garboiinte Soda, 3 i  „ AH other Lines for Gash eqia ly Okeap I have » Fißtcl:thß Stoik, ;ind yon car depend upon c vilify and utterition, I d< not. r(q<ii:e to guarantee full weight, as] have ivlwaya treated the Pubic honesily ii this respect.