PHASES OF THE MOON.

February

Ashburton Guardian. Megna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1899. THE HINDS RIVER.

It is quite within the bounds of possi bility that the Asbburton County Council at its next ordinary meeting wiil have under discussion a petition praying that body to move in the direc tion of having the Hinds river spanned by a light traffic bridge at the point of the river's intersection by the great south road. The petition is being ex tensively signed by the settlers in the districts who are more directly in terested, but the list of signatures does not represent the whole body of settlers to whom the proposal is of importance, and still less does it indicate the limit of farmers to whom the bridge would be useful j for, as a matter of fact, all who are interested in the transit of sheep across the county must be in terested in having that transit made easy and direct, and obstructed by as few obstacles as possible. The site of the proposed bridge is a little below the ■ railway bridge and, as has been said, it would connect the main road which is here cut by the Hinds river. The bed j of the Hinds river is never under any ] circumstance a desirable road for sheep, and when the least water is in the river, drovers find crossing an almost | impossibility. So often, and for so long, have drovers been delayed when they have reached the river that this agitation for a bridge has been raised. But sheep alone are not the only ; travellers that would be benefitted by such a bridge, for the crossing is a most awkward and dangerous one for both horsemen and vehicular traffic. The Hinds river and the railway line form a cross in the four angles of which lie the Rsngitata, the Coldstreara, the Upper Ashburton; and the Longbeach Koad Districts, so that really all those districts are more or less directly in terested in having this bridge provided. Suppose a drover has to bring a mob of sheep from Ealing to Window. He has nine miles of the main road to travel before he reaches Hinda river. Up to this point all is comparatively plain sailing. At the Hinds, however, he finds crossing impossible, or attended with so much difficulty that he declines in the interests of his employer and his own to make the attempt. To get on at all he must now make a detour of five miles down the bank of the river till he teaches wnat is known as the " black bridge." At this point he is able to cross, and has to strike off u-t a long angle and cover a great many more unnecessary miles before he can again touch the main road that will lead directly to Winslow or the sale yards at Tinwald. In view of the early, opening of the Belfast freezing works, a better means of crossing the river is all the more necessary. The bridge, it is understood, could be erected for about £600, and if financial difficulties can be surmounted without any serious dislocation of the County exchequer, the superior local body would confer a great boon on the district by the erec tion of the bridge, and there are many directions that could be indicated in whiph the sum named could be spent with less benefit to the public.

Local and General.

The Public Trustee. —Ib is understood that the Public Trustee, Mr J. o'. Martin, is about to resign hia office, owing to private reasons.—Press Association telegram. Eepkisals —As a retaliatory step to the low price charged for bread by some of the grocery firms in Dunedin {says the Star) the bakers threaten to sell tea at cost price. Oh the fourth page to-day will be found correspondence, itemß from our Mayfield borrespoadeafe, and an article entitled '.' illicit dtjstiillatioh.'* ' Dsatii of AN old Jqubnawst!.—Mr George Bell, the G.O.M. of the New Zealand press, died peacefully at Dunedin at 9-30 '"-*« morning.—Press Association telegram. t"" ■ fTlie many Mends of Mr Personal. — • ■• «f the Aehton Thomas Mitchell, maßter -. ■- -* Bchool, will hear with regret thab the state v * his health a* the present time is such aa to give cause for alarm, and the two medical men in attendance give but little hope of his recovery, Belfast Manure.—To chow the potency of Belfast manure aa a fertiliser Mr W. H. Rule has on exhibition in his butcher's shop in Burnett Street a box of about a score of onions taken at random from a bed in the garden adjoining his house in Tancred Street. The onions are all about a pound and a quarter in weight, solid as a brick, and symmetrically grown. Judge Kettle on " Shouting."—His Honour Judge Kettle (says the Manawatu Standard) evidently does not believe in the colonial practice of " shouting," which he described at the District Court at Palmerston North as a " foolish, stupid habifc, and one of the curses of the country." He further ventured the opinion that ifc was a pity some legislation could nob be devised to pub a stop to it. A Blind Wedding.—A unique wedding took place at Hamilton, in the Waikato district, on Thursday. The contracting parties were Aaron Solomon and Miss Drummond, both members of the company of blind musicians who are touring the colony. Both are stone blind. Solomon lost his right eye when six years old, and total blindness followed. The Rangitata Tbaffic Bridge.—The Press Association agent, telegraphing from Timaru, says that the Upper Rangitata traffic bridge was seriously damaged by Wednesday's flood. One of & pair of cylinders has been carried away, and the bridge haa sunk a foot and remains supported by ono cylinder, and the lattice girder may collapse at auy time. Scarcity of Tin.— That the goldfieWs of the world are much more extensive than the ; tinfields is a fact which might strike the ; unscientific person with a feeling of surprise, j The tinfields which are known to exist cover an area of leas than 15,000 square miles, while the goldfields are something over 1,500,000 square miles. There are 132 square miles of gold-bearing regions for every mile of ground where tin is known to exist. The importance of the tin industry is scarcely appreciated by those who have never made the subject a study. North America haa no tin mines, South America bub one, Asia has two, and Peru and Bolivia contribute 4000 tona a year- Of late years the output of the Australasian tin mines has fallen off considerably. While all are j practically familiar with what is called tin- i ware, very few appreciate the fact that pure j tin plays a very small part in the manufao- j ture of these articles. The quality of tin ware has, within the past few yeara, deteriorated with great rapidity, all of which ia attributed to the limited supply and

Drunkenness.—At the Courthouse this morning—before Mr Robert Alcorn, J.P.— Herbert Nolan and W. Palmer (harvest hands) were charged with drunkenness, and convicted. Nolan was fined 10a and costs or forty-eight hours, and Palmer, a first offender, 5s or twenty-four hours. Police Probationers—Of the fifteen recruits on probation at the Mount Cook Barracks, under the new police regulations, five have resigned or been dispensed with for various reasons. Six have passed the neces sary examination, and will soon be placed on street duty. Another batch will be selected for trial within the next) week or two, 'Jhe men are drawn from all parts of the colony. A few men are still being drafted from the Permanent Artillery for police Bervice. Starborough Sale,-—The N.Z.L. and Mercantile Agency Company and Messrs I Pyne and Co,, joint agents, in connection with the great sale of sheep, &c, at Star -1 borough, announce that a steamer will leave Lyttelton for Picton for the convenience of intending buyers at noon on Monday, 13th inst., returning to Lyttelton on Sunday, 19th, ietura fare £3. Those who intend to be present at this .important fixture will do well to note this. Ariel Bicycle Club,—A meeting of the Committee of the Ariel Bicycle Club was held lasb evening, there being a good attend ance. A large amount of correspondence was received and dealt) with. It was decided to hold a club race meeting in the Domain on February 23, consisting of half and one mile bicycle handicaps. It was also decided to hold a club championship towards the end of the season, and after the passing of a few small accounts for payment, the Committee adjourned. Union Wages.—" We are not going to give charitable aid to men who won't work, simply because they can't) get Union wages," said the Chairman of the Wellington Bane' volent Trustees to a carpenter who applied for aid. In the caee under notice, however (says the Post), the applicant was nob a. Union man—he didn't believe in Unions, he said, and was willing to accept less than the standard wage until auch time as be got something better. [Che Trustees gave the man and his family relief for a week. Homing Pigeons.—The effect of registra tion under the Homing Pigeons Protection Act is to place the pigeons so registered at the disposal of the Government of the colony, and of every officer thereof in carrying messages when the exigencies of the public service may require the same. The registra tion fee is la for each bird. Anyone killing or maiming a homing pigeon on railway, coach or otherwise, will be liable to a penalty of £20, and for negligently shooting, disabling, or ensnaring a pigeon a penalty of £10, and also to pay to the owner damages for the injury. Oeituaby.—Rev. W. J. Habens, secre tary to the Education Department, died at Wellington lasb night. He had been ailing for some time, and had a second attack of paralysis.—Press Association telegram. —■ AH who knew Miss Katie Stuart will hear with regret of her death, which occurred in Ghristehurch to day. The deceased young lady had been a great invalid for a long time past, and all that surgical and medical skill oould do for her had been done, but in spite of all, the end came as stated. Great and widespread sympathy is felt for Mr and Mrs John Davison and family in their painful bereavement, The Deyil was not so Black, eto -sA Methodist minister, ab a meeting where he followed other speakers who had been alluding to the tippling habits of the early days, informed his auditors that he should never forget in the early times, when he was pulling chain on the survey on 63 a day, how when the party arrived at the B&kaia in the sweltering sun he, at the hotel, drank a large glass of shandy gaff, which tasted like pure nectar. Of course he did not hold with the pernicious drinking customs, nor the slavish desire possessed by some persons for liquor, but on the other hand he did not think that the time was ripe for the drastic condition for membership of the Primitive Methodist Church, that all candidates must be total abstainers. Christchurcii Meat Company. — The annual meeting of the Christchurch Meat Company was held yesterday. The report stated that during the year the Company had put through the worka at Christchurch and Timaru 1,036,016 head of stock, although the works were closed for several months, owing to the scarcity of stock. The London agency was working well and proving of benefit to the Company. During the year the whole of the authorised capital of the Company had been subscribed, and now stands at £100,000 After making due provision for the future, and writing off £6733 17s 6d for replacement and renewals, the profit and loss account showed a profit of £11,794 8a lOd ; which, with a balance from the previous year of £5,512 123 BJ, made a total net profit of £17,307 2s 6d, less interim dividend paid oa April 3J3» of 4A per oentr-£2934 63—leaving an available balance of £14,372 l§s (id. A further dividend of 4| per cent was declared (making 9 per cent for the year), absorbing £3,185 13s 5d —leaving a balance to carry forward of £11,187 3s Id. It was agreed to further increase the capital of the Company by £150,003, by the issue of 5000 £10 shares at a premium of not less than 10s per share. Mr A. H. Turnbull was re-eleoted a director.—-Press Association telegram.

THE WEATHER.

ALFORD STATION.

(The following is the meteorological report for the week ending February 3,1899 :—

Rainfall during January:—Alford Foreafc, s°o inches ; Alford Station, 1.63 inches.

ATHLETIC.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING,

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph. Dunedin, February 4 The visiting athletes were welcomed by the Mayor at the Town Hall, Mr Grierson replying on behalf of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. The weather is fine but dull, and there is no appearance of rain.

SPORTING.

United Press Association—By Electric" Telegrliph—Copyright CuiIisTCHUEOH, February 3. The following are the nominations for the principal events ab the Canterbury Jockey Club Autumn Meeting :— Great Easter Handicap, 7 furlongs.— Goldleaf, Blazer, Cherrystone, Black and Bed, Chasseur, Brisa, La Reine, Boreaß, Tortulla, Gobo, Daunt, Ideal, Oingo, Douglas, Jewel, Female Franchise, Altair, Motto, Red Lancer, '1 ireau, Ban Farley, [ Djiu Djin, Heritas, Peerage, Malatua, Feline, Sylvia Park, Sedgebrook, Nihiliet, Double Event, Sequin, Bzarre, Bloomer, Dundae, Starshol 1, Mermosa, Valentine, Van dyke, Skirmisher, Rochester, The Orphan. Gkeat Autumn Handicap, 1£ mile.— Goldleaf, Black and Red, Pitch and Toae, Brisa, Boreas, Tortulla, Gobo, Daunt, Ideal, Oingo, Douglas, Altair, Motto, Red Lancer, Tireau, Djin Djin, Huku, Sedgebrook, Fulmen, Double Event, Sequin, Bloomer, Dundas, Starshot, Heritas, Malatua, Peer age, Skirmisher;

FOOTBALL.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Wellington, February 3 The New Zealand Rugby Union to-night discussed a letter from the New South Wales Union, respecting the amount of guarantee likely to be received from the New Zealand Union for a visit of the English team. The New Zealand Union is without funds, and it was deoided to refer the ques tion to the Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland Unions, as to the assistance they may offer.

CABLE NEWS.

United Press Association—By Eleotrio I Telegraph—Copyright St. Petersburg, February 2 The A 7ovoe Vremya proposes that Britain and Russia should be repre sented at Oabul, with the object of sub duing Afghan exclusiveness, and de veloping trade. i London, February 3 A "New Zealand Loan of a million at 8 per cent, is imminent. It has been underwritten a half per cent, and probably the minimum will be fixed at 96. The Daily News says the Czar will shortly announce the intention of Russia to abstain from any increase of armaments. Mr Cecil Rhodes has left England for Egypt. The Colonial Office has intimated that upon the expiration of Colonel Gordon's term of office as Inspector of Warlike Stores for Australasia, War Office secrets and privileges will only be accorded to an officer engaged in active service, who must be a member of the Ordnance Committee. The Acjnairnlty have appointed Captain A. M. Barquhar to succeed Captain Pollard as captain of H.M.S. Wallaroo. Pretoria, February 8 Elliott, employed by the Con solidated Go Id fields Company, at Johannesburg, has been murdered. It is believed to be the work of an under hand gold buying gang, and the motive revenge. St. Petersburg, February 3 The Czar has given a million roubles to aid the famishing peasants. Sydney, February 8 A Japanese mail line initiating direct trade with Manila is expected, and that other Eastern steam lines wiN follow, Adelaide, February 3 Local tenders, totalling £300,000, were received by the Bank of Adelaide for South Australian Loan.

AMERICA AND CUBA.

United Press Association-By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyrighji Washington, February 2 The American Government is dis posed to offer the Ouban troops fifteen million dollars in settlement of the claim made by Gomez, on the condition that America is reimbursed from the revenues of the island. London, February 3 A Reuters message states that Gen. Gomez, the Cuban leader, has accepted three million dollars, not as pay, but for relief purposes, and the men are disbanding and resuming their occupa tions.

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

( United Pregß Association—By Bleotrlo Telegraph—Copyright. Lottos, February 3 Sir H. H. bowler, Secretary for India in Lord Rosebery's Adminis tration, in a speech at the National (Liberal Club, eulogised Sir W. V. Harcourt, and justified the attitude of the Liberals in regard to Fashoda, saying $bat thefr action on that occasion had convinced ffranoe that Great Britain was in earnest. Asia was large enough for both Russia and Great Britain. He did not blame the Irish for dissolving the alliance with the Liberals in the belief that inde pendence served best, but the dissolution was mutual. There were vital divergences on the education question. They must see how the minority were to be treated UDder local government before Home Rule was reconsidered. He reiterated Lord Rosebery's view with reference to the dominant power.

THE NEW GUINEA LAND COMMISSION.

United Proas Association—By Eleotrio I Telegraph—Copyright

London, February 2 Mr Chamberlain offered to recom mend the colonies contributing to the cost of tbe administration of New Guinea to repay to Mr John Lowles and Sir Somers Vine the expenses incurred since April in connection ! with the Land Commission. Tbe syndicate claimed £15,000 as compen satipn for the refusal of the Imperial authorities to carry out the arrange ment, but now are willing to accept a ' considerably less sum in order to settle, or as an alternative to accept a grant of forty thousand acres of land. Sir William Macgregor does not recommend the lattsr alternative. The Liverpool Syndicate was willing to amalgamate with the Syndicate on whose behalf Mr Lowles acted, provided he withdrew his I objections. f

SOCIAL COLUMN.

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A CORNER FOR THE MAN WHO THINKS.

Lest we Forget

Where do we Stand as a Nation ?

A business man who does not look around and find out how his business is getting on is a fool, And just as much as a business man, a nation needs to lay round and take stock. Where does England stand at the beginning of the year 1898 % Her Navy for the present leads the world; her commerce is in every port of every country which is open to com i merce; her citizens are more educated than they have ever been; and a I nation that is most raally educated will in the long run be most free from crime, Her empire was never larger ; it extends to every continent and every sea. And yet—and yet the same almost could have been said of Borne, the same could have been said of Persia, of Gaul, of Greece; and they are all dead—practically non-existent. Why % They forgot God ; they did not honor Him or remember to whom they owed their greatness, and they did not Keep His moral laws; and so they perished. Is God a living factor in the history of England to day, or did He cease with the chronicles of the kings of Israel ? Religion is ridiculous if it is not a living force to-day in the lives o! individuals and of nations. God is the same yesterday, today and for ever, or He is nothing. And if in the days of old He made and unmade men and nations, He does the same to-day. Let the breath of God blow on our Navy, and it will be scat tered as the Navy of Spain in the days of the Armada. And yet men every where forget what they should remem ber. They forget that we are not more chosen by God than was the Roman Empire for swaying the destinies of the worid, and hardly to all appearances so much as Spain in the sixteenth cen tury, when her citizens discovered and founded a new continent, and she be lieved herself the agent of God on earth. They have fallen, They rotted away with loose living and low morals. Is our Empire also Rotting ? To leave out of sight some of oar foreign affairs, which, in South Africa for instance, will not bear looking into, what is the state of morality at home % Are our men pure in soul and life, our women sanctified mothers of great men ? Has not the spirit of gambling taken hold of mea, women, and chil dren, and made them insane—lost to every better feeling while the craze is on them ? What of a country where 2000 gentlemen—many of them the rulers of the land—gather for their amusement to see a prise fight in which one man is killed, sent straight from a prizefight to meet his God? vis this much better than the bull baiters of Spain or the gladiatorial shows, of Rome 1 Last and almost worst of all, is that nation sound throughout when half its members are sodden with alcohol, when men, women, and little children are poisoned, maddened into savages, and buried in drunkards' graves by the fierce passion for strong drink ? Do all these things not look as if Britain must look round and, remem ber tjcw,, or she may find to her as tonishment that she too ha.s had her day, and will die of internal disease f There are also a few who maintain a pure, high standard of living, and they are those who understand the cross of Christ. Lest We Forget. Mr Rudyard Kipling put these thoughts into his Jubilee Hymn. From it I take the following, which every man and woman in the nation should read and remember, and pray :— " God o! our fathers known of old- Lord of our far-flung battle-line— ISeneath whdss awful hand we ~ ' Dominions over palm and pine; Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget—lent we forget % The tumulb and the shouting dies— The captains and the kings depart- Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with ua yet, Lest we forget—lest we forget! Far-called our navies melb away— On dune and headland sinks the fire— Lo, all oar pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre ! Judge of the nations, spare us yets, ]Lest we forget—lest we forget S" <■ i. - ' *■ ■'| A. G. 9.

The mayor of Okehampton (Alder man Joseph) and the Mayor of Bodmin (Councillor Pethybridge) are both life abstainers. Mr Justice Phillimore, addressing the grand jury at the Leeds Assizes, said, " I have had it borne upon me, and burnt into my soul, more than I ever thought, to what extent crime is due to drink," Wo look around at the Christian churches, and we see here, what we should expact to see, a wonderful change and upward movement aa to this great .cause. If the 'Church of Ohrist were fair and square on the temperance lines, drink would be blotted out. Still the church is waking up. The Guardians by a majority of four, teen to six, decided that nd beer should be given with the Christmas dinner at the Newbury Union. Some indivi duals in the town made a whip round and sent a cask of beer to the work house, but the guardians promptly re quested the donors to take it away again. -, & The Earl and Countess of Carlisle have cleared out all the liquor shops from their extensive estate. The ad vantage to the people, says the Alliance JVeivs, is very great. In one of the villages, before the public-house was closed, a direct vote of the inhabitants was taken, and by four to one, they cfecided that intoxicating drink should not tie sold in' their midst. The public house was forthwith 'transformed into a useful place of business, (( Peace and prosperity now prevail! |r aalHjunk, gate*" v «'~'

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11 He was a bold man" that first ate the oyster. It requires courage to drink blended teas, diamond jcfbilbk is pure, mountain grown, unblended, unadulterated and ua tampered. wi6fe»—SfainrSM? B?QI»» Agents,



The Public Most not be Gulled ! Doubtless readers of the Guardian have beea sometimes amused by the way a certain firm in this town appears to copy some of bur advertisements. Trade jealousies may be pardonable in some cases, especially when fcig factories find that they eannob " slop " the more intelligent portion of the qotmnuti ijiy. We never object to being imitated. We take it) aa a high compliment and evi dence of our success as always " Leading," But is i 6 right) QF \W *° *b° P u^Uq to adver -. „ ■ : * ««-«mißfli OB aggo^ijtof tise "extension oi . . « _t.«« our well-known tailoring department, wuu the advertisers do not employ a single tailor or tailoress within fifty miles of Ash burton ? We do not boast that we have l( the beat cutter in New Zealand," etc. We never find it necessary to mislead the public. Mr Oraighead is always pleased to welcome visitors in our cutting room personally, and to show them through our workrooms. Perhaps those who have not yet favored us with a visit are not aware of the existence of such a hive of local industry, where so much genuine tailoring is done on the premises. Twenty hands (only two of whom are apprentices) fiad constant employment in our business in East street at present, and by consistently adhering to our motto— "Satisfaction"—we hope soon to be able to employ more,— Craighead and Berey- MAN. ' (A.DYT) Fair fa' quid drink ; it gars folk Bpeak as they think, diamond jdbilbe tea, the best of drinks.—Shearman Bros., Agents.



I ART CLASSES. ' ETHEL X JONES, /"CERTIFICATED art teacher, Canterbury \J College School of Art; Free Student Technical School of Design, Wellington; Pupil of James M. Nairn, Wellington. Instructions given in all branches of Art, Painting from . Life, and Sketching from Nature, in ,Oil or Water Colour, For particulars apply to Mb John Wilson Arcade, 1 224,



"RAMBLER"' ! BICYCLES. I HAVE a Nice Line of LADIES' and GENTLEMEN'S Roadster Bicycles on View, and am expecting a Consignment of the EAMBLER MODEL 26 AT AN EARLY DATE. Cyclists intending to Purchase Racing Machines should not fail to call and inspect f THE "NEW MODEL 26." The RAMBLER is declared to be the Easiest Running Machine on the Market, and is ÜBdoubtedly the Strongest and Neat eat Bicycle Built. The RAMBLER, fitted with " G & J " Everlasting Detachable Tyres and Dunlop Valves, is without a doubt the Best Machint) a Cyclist can ride. 1 Accessories in Stock, Price Low for Cash. Easy Terms arranged to Suit Purchasers of the RAMBLER. D. THOMAS, WEST STREET. THE AUSTRALIAN WIDOWS' FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Ltd. MONEY TO LEND on Agricultural and Pastoral Properties. C J FOWLER, Resident Secretary, Wellington, C J OWEN, Resident Secretary, Chriatehurch, DAVID THOMAS, 12 269 District .Agent, ABhburbon.



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* Frledlanaer Bros., Limited. ' EOIi PRIVATE SALE. \I[TE Have for Private Sale, a complete OHAPF-OUTTING PLA.MT, Consisting of i 6 H.P. Aveling and Porter TRACTION ENGINE, CHAFFCUTTER by Andrews and Beavan, CORNORUSHER, HUT, SAW BENCH, BELTING, and Sundries; all in first-okas order. Full particulars on application to FRIEDLANDER BROS., Lld. Or Jos. Anderson, Methven.



TO LET. O HOP with Commodious Cellar, Strong Room, next to Fletcher Bros., East Street. SHOP, with Dwelling Apartments, gaun i de^e'TSuildißgs, East Street. j Apply to PANK OF NEW ZEAJQAm 1185



NEW ZEJAUAISCD CLOTHING FACTORY EXTENSION OF PREMISES /^N Accounb of our Well-Known Tailoring Department Growing so Rapidly during the last Twelve ' months, we find it necessary to make exten sive additions and alterations to our Pre mises, so as to show to more advantage our Large Stock of the Newest Designs in TWEEDS, SERGES, WORSTEDS, VICUGNAS, Etc. We have the Beat Cutter in Now Zealand, and all Garments are made by Experienced Fibst-Class Tailors. —G U AJEfcANTIDE STYLE, FIT, & WORKMANSHIP. We do not pretend to make you a Suifc for 633, and give you an extra pair of Trousers in, which cannot) be done and give first-class work, but we will make you a first class SAO SUIT to Measure from 65s to OOs, according to Quality of Material. Boys' Clothing of Every Discription MADE TO ORDER. A. G. BARTON, Manage!"



FREEZERS. FREEZERS. T7IARMERS wishing to consign Sheop on their own account can book space at any ime to suit their own convenience, by com municating with us. NICOLL BROS., DISTRICT AGENTS, CHRISTCHURCH MEAT COMPANY. Limited. 8 39 THIS OHRISTCHURCH MEAT CO. Limited. ISLINGTON MANURES Especially prepared for Wheat, Turnips, Rape, and any other crop, and to suit any cescriptioa of soil. GREATLY INCREASED PRODUCTION WHEREVER JJSED. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE Nicoll Bros, store five varieties of this celebrated fertiliser. Price on application. Allowauce made for quantities. Letters will receive prompt attention. NICOLL EgOS., DISTRICT AGENTS



CHURCH SERVICES. J ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH, Ashburtou. | SFXAGEBIMA SUNDAY (February 5.) 11 Ban.—Matins, Sermon, and Holy Communion. 3 p m.—Service at Greenstreet 6 30 p. m —Evensong and Sermon. RiiV. R A. WOODTHORPE, M.A. Nicoll Bros -Nicoll Brothers, [H. F. Nicoll.] (L. A. Nicoll AUCTIONEERS, ACCOUNTANTS. SHAREBROKERS, VALUATORS, LAND ESTATE, AND GENERAL AGENTS. CENTRAL AUCTION ROOMS EAST STREET, ASHBURTGM. WEEKLY SALES OF CATTLE, PIGS & 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, PURNITUEE. and PRODUCE, in our Rooms EVERY SATURDAY, commencing immediately on oonoiueion of our live stock sale. CLEARING SALES conducted in any part of the District at lowest current rates. ADVANCES made on goods placed in our hands for absolute sale. GRAIN BOUGHT AND BOLD ON COM MISSION, j We shall be pleased to receive samples from farmers who have parcels for disposal. : 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 Sale. Particulars on application. We invite those wishing to dispose of their properties to communicate with us. WOOL. WOOL._VFOOL 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, and 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., Christchuroh, account Nicoll Beos., with advice to us. We can also arrange to dispose of clips privately if so desired.



Marayilla Garden Teas. Purveyors by Appointment to He, Majesty's Hospitals, Army and Navy. aHKSE CELEBRATED TEAS are Imported tow by the Growers from their Gardens in Ceylon, thus saving all Middlemen^ Profits. Ten prize medals Cor POIUTY. STRENGTH kWD FLAVOR. Everyone should try them JOHN ORR & Co., BOLE AGEJSTS. Sugar for Jam, WE <>«»«««, tho P^e Cane BUOAIt of tbe Hl«h«.t Qurfity, and especially •Suitable for Jam makitg. -JOHN OUR & CO., ASBBURTON,



inußiii {INSURANCE} *^X We beg to announce to the people of Ashburton and Distrlcb that we have com pleted arrangements whereby we are now prepared to offer all Gash Customers to the extent of 10s or over, A FJREE ACCIDENT INSURANCE POLICY, which holds good for Seven Daya from date of Issue, and on expiry can be renewed at our Stores ■ thus enabling anyone dealing with us to keep covered against accident for £100 in the event of death, or £1 per week in the case of ■Total Disablement. And the Beauty of the WHOLE SYSTEM is that it COSTS THE CUSTOMER ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. We do vat make auy advance in our Prices to'piy for thia, but still continuo'to give to ail alike THE BEST VALUE- AT BOTTOM PBICES IN EVERY LINE OF OUIt IMMENSE STOCK. - Buy your Goods where yon can get your Insurance for Nothing. .6 It may be handy when you least expect it. If it costs you nothing you might as well have that thrown in. Guarantee from Iwawnoe Company, and all further particulars on application to JOHN ORR & Co. Hams and Bacon. SIDES, ROLLS, AND HAMS- Thh is VEKY PRIME QUALITY, having secured firsb prizo at the recenb Shows in Ohristchurch and Timaru. JOHN ORR & Co.



DONAGHY'S BINDER TWINE, MACHINE OIL, BINDER WBIPS, HAY JTOBKS AND RAKES, ENGINEERS' TOOLS, HENDERSON'S DUNDEE LEATHER BELTING, CHAINS AND SECTIONS IfOK MASSBY-HARRIS AND McCORMICK REAPERS AND BINDERS, At Legs than Agents' Prioes, and all Requisites for the Harvoat Field at Lowest Prices. JOHN ORR & Go. OTJR STOCK OF ELECTRO-PLITED WARE AND CUTLERY IS by far the Finest ever Imported into Ashburfcon, and we are now making a BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY in our Windows. JOHN ORR & CO. WE ARE OPENING AN IMMENSE ASSORTMENT OF . Fancy Glassware and China. AMONGBI? other Lines we are Showing Three Thousand GLASS VASES and SPECIMEN GLASSES, ranging in Price ftom Sixpence each, and aa we believe a larger variety has never been imported by any firm in Hew Zealand, we feel conbdent -in requesting the inspection of the General Public. In order to dispose of our Immense Stock in theae.lioes we have marked them at prices from 30 to 50 per cenfc uelow ordinary prices, i iNSPBOr otra Windows. m JOHN ORR & CO. CUPS & SAUCERS PLATES DISHES WATER JUGS TUMBLERS TOILET SETS BOTTE& JARS, and every article in Crockery and Glassware at Reduced Prices at JOHN ORR& CO. ASON'S JARS t JAM JARS IN NESTS, SCREW TOP JARS, ENAMELLED AND BRiSS PRESERVING PANS. Formally yearanow we have altogether undersold all our Competitors in apeoial lines, and wo are determined to add another season to our record. We dvABAHTBB to Sell these Goods cheaper than any house in Chnatchurch or Ashburton. JOHN OBR & CO.