PHASES OF THE MOON.

January.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1899.

I The Melbourne Argus, in referring to Mr David Finlayson, who was general manager of the THE Union Bank of Aus " MORATORIUM." tralia, Melbourne, in 1893, when the financial panic occurred,but has now re tired says : —The severaneHof Mr Finlay son's connection with the Union Bank of Australia, Limited, ought not to pass without a reference to the great services rendered by him to the colonies during the banking crisis of 1893, when the Union Bank, acting in harmony with the Bank of Australasia, declined to close its doors in response to the ill-advised moratorium declared by the Victorian Government;. Mr Finlayson's attitude was both simple and logical. He would obey the Government to the best of his power; but hia duty was primarily to the directors of the Union Bank, and to close the doors even at the behest of the Government, would be casting a totally unnecessary and unjust asper sion upon the bank. Ihe action taken by the Union Bank of Australia and the Bank of Austsalasia on May 1, 1893, really saved the financial position of the Australasian colonies, for bad they closed, the consequent disasters would have been overwhelming and irreparable. Of coure it could easily be inferred that the powerful London supporters of the two institutions would not have allowed them to suc cumb, but the cool courage manifested by their managers at a critical hour was of enormous advantage to the colonies. Mr Einlayson's retirement from the service of the Union Bank of Australia is, therefore, an eveat of more than ordinary interest. In November last the London County Council refused to grant a license to Mr Robert Newman, THE SUNDAY the well known enter- CONCERT. tamer, to give Sun day concerts in the (Queen's Hall. Writing on the action of the Council the London Daily Tele graph, on the following day, said: — The effect of this decision h simply disastrous to all those earnest and far seeing reformers who have sought to provide rational reoreation for thou sands of our citizens with but few places to which to betake themselves on the Sabbath Day. No greater insult to the intelligence of the com munity could possibly be offered than the suggestion that a concert of high class music on the first day of the week is " openingjthe door to the Continental Sunday," or breaking the well-earned rest of the labouring population. Such an argument can only be based on the singular confusion of ideas that a day spent in aimless loafing, or, in some cases, in public-houses, is actually preferable to an afternoon in an orderly assembly, with an opportunity of listen ing to an admirable orchestra. When a man provides one of the best orchestras in, London for a Sunday concert-, and makes a small charge at the doors to cover expenses, the peculiar intricacies of the licensing law are allowed to operate to the disadvantage, as we hold, of public morality, and the immense discouragement of all those who wish to combat Sabbatarian sloth, aimlesaness, drunkenness, and alt those evils which the Prince of Darkness is supposed to invent for the idle and the unecoapied. An artisan or a shopkeeper may leave his wife and children at home, go into some not always reputable club, and sing or play billiards or gamble; but he must not take his family into a well-conducted hall and listen to the highest kind of elevating and refined melody. We desire to do all justice to the members fif the Lord's Day KesJ; Asspcia'tion, and also to the County Councillors who supported the recommendation of their Committee. Doubtless they were guided partly by the requirements of the existing licensing laws, partly by the desire to prevent what: they honestly believe to be a " deaecration " of the day of rest. But an unwise action is not to be excused on the ground that it is done from the, best motives j nor yet are fchose the strongest legislators who are constitution ally afraid to cut the Gordian knots' which their fingers are too nervous to disentangle. If a hall or concert room is given over to & carefully trained orchestra and devoted to the best forms of musics} entertainment there ought to be a strong presumption in its favour, as a real and valuable instrument of popular enlightenment and culture, even if the doors are to be j open on Sunday. The spirit which re fuses these recreations to the public is that narrow and parochial form of penny-wisdom which results in lavish and expensive folly. We observe that the County Council is not going to grant drink licenses to new music-halls, although they "do nofe intend" to inter fere with the older institutions. Everyone knows what is only too likely to follow these pretty *§nd ex asperating restrictions. Some time ago, in one of our provincial towns, a drink license was refused to a palace of varieties, and the immediate oonse guen«?e wasi that the gqodwUl oi a neighbouring public house —of by no means the best character- —became ten times more valuable than it was before. Who that is aware of the charac teristics of our common humanity can wonder? The old moralist tells us tbg,t you may expel nature with a pitchfork, but it will come back all the same. We cannot make people sober or moral by Act of Parliament j total abstention enforced bylaw is the prolific source of hypocrisy and vice. Unless we give the people rational amusement, they will fall back on the irrational; we may ha.v@ " saved the face " of the Puritan, but we have lowered the general standard of popular morality and civilisation. The only thing which really educates is tfye convincing force of public opinion and the good sense oi | the community. If we have nob ( utter!y jgMen tbi feeling* pf pp

fellow-citizensj the vast majority of men and women in the Metropolis, especially in the lower middle class, hate and abhor " a Continental Sunday," bub love to find, on the day of rest, some opportunity of enter taining themselves in blameless and elevating enjoyment, There is nothing } which more admirably iulfils this' function of mental and moral recreation than good music. What do our Oifry iEHiles want ? Do they wish to help the citizen to spend the first day of the week in a decorous and improving manner, transferred from the slushy and foggy streets into a comfortable and orderly hall; or do they prefer the sight of that apparently endless and objectless wandering, with occasional visits to the public-house, which moves the scorn of the intelligent foreigner, when he sees our English Sunday, and accentuates the despair of the thought fui moralist and reformer ? We are quite sure that the Lord's Day Rest Association is animated with the purest intentions, and has often done good service to the working men. In a case, however, like this, where Sunday music is offered for the recreation of orderly persons, we prefer to remember the often misunderstood text that the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

Local and General.

A new aerial is commenced in this issue, entitled " Paint, yeb pursuing." It will be found on our first and fourth pages. The Mails,—The Ruahine arrived at Monte Video on Tuesday.—The Maripoaa, with colonial mails dated December 24, reached San Francisco on January 11, due date. Anonymous Letters.—According to an Auckland telegram, ib is stated that certain members of the City Council and the Mayor have received anonymous letters, couched in threatening terms, and warning them of divers pains and penalties if they vote for certain resolutions and proposed measures ' of municipal reforms. British Manufactures. — A despatch has been received by the Government from the Board of Customs suggesting that the colonial authorities should satisfy themselves that goods bearing marks indicating that they are of British origin in vegpels from British ports are really British, and not foreign manufactures which have merely passed through the United Kingdom. Old Jumbuci?. —In an advertisement of a clearing sale in the Colonist, it is stated as a recommendation for a " purebred Bomney Marsh flock of sheep," that many of them " have taken twenty years, under the special care of the owner, to bring to their present state of perfection." Bayers, of course, know what is meant, but if the advertisement were baken literally, some of those rams would be extraordinary animals. Education Act.—The necessity for a better knowledge of the Education Act on the parb of all concerned in carrying out its provisions was shown at the recent meeting of the Educational Institute in Christchurch, A motion was discussed and passed that the Maoris should be under the same law as Europeans as regards compulsory attend ance. As a matter of fact the amended Act of 1894, part 2, specially provides for the compulsory attendance of Maori children. It would be well for all concerned, to be provided with Mr Jolliffe's new summary of the law on education in New Zealand. The TaiAD.— The Triad for January is to hand, and is a very interesting and instruc tive number. The supplement is a qharming full page illustration, fl Homeless," repro duced from a famous German oil painting. The results of the song and conundrum prige competitions are announced, and a number of the best oonundrums are pub lished. There is a vast deal of information in the Triad relating to art, literature, science, and music, and written withal in a popular and oftea most amusing manner. The recent bands contest is also fully noticed in this number. Altogether the Triad is really a good threepenny worth. Singular Ai'ffAiß.—»A most remarkable thing ia said to have happened on Christmas night to a lady in Penguin, Tasmania. Shortly after retiring to rest she felt a slighb pain or soreness on the left aide. After investigation she noticed a raised surface on the akin with a black head to ib. On re moving the supposed head she caught the point of something, which, when extracted, proved* to be a complete needle with a foot of thread attached to it. Botfy were b.lack, the former being a little over nn inch long. The lady does n,o^ racolleqb when she l»st uqed the needle, nor how it ever entered her body. She was never at any time incon venienced by it, except* for the slight irrita tion juat before and after removing ib. The Fab East.—Mr Geoffrey Drage, M.P., writing on England <»nd Russia in the Far- East ia the Osfeober Forum, predicts that the struggle botween these Powers " will be one nob only for our daily bread, but algo for existence itself. Freedom of thought and freedom of conscience are involved no lesq than political and commercial freedom." The ascendancy of Russia threatens our brade, " A well-known traveller has abated that every port, every town, every village, which passes into Frenah or Russian hands is an outlet closed to Bradford, Manchester, and Bombay. A prohibitive duty of 25 to 30 per cent, is laid by Russia on all English goods." Russia is resolutely opposed to the introduction of British capital, and even seeks to exclude British shipping and, British subjects. "A Russian lav; has been passed, which Gomes into force in f9OO, under which goocta "forwarded from Russian ports, whether in Europe or the Far East, must be carried in Russian ships." Mr Drage quotes what he describes as an authoritative pronouncement through a well-known Ger man traveller, by Prince Uchtomsky, the president of the Russo-Chinese Bank, and editor of the 8b Petersburg Viedemosfy —that. " the pith of the Prince's ideas ie the over throw of England ; obviously he has a war in view, and that in the naar future," The practical advice founded on this gloomy foreboding is that '' we must now draw a line round oqr possessions, and make the crossing of that line a casns belli. The article was written before the Char's reaoripfa was published, but a postscript is added in which Mj? Drage aaya the only question an international conference could ask is ; What redactions does Russia propose to make in her army and navy ! The Russian navy, he maintains, is far larger in proportion to to the commercial interest^ it has %o pro tect than (hat o£ Great Britain.

THE " PRODIGAL" TAKES A CRUISE ROUND.

Round Rakaia way active prepartions for the harvest are under way. Generally speak ing oats are being harvested. I noticed a nice crop of 100 acres of oats being cut by Mr John Moore on hia new farm at Sherwood. Mr D. G. Holmes has, I think, the heaviest crops I have coma acrons, and i they bliouUl, if successfully harvested, prove a record yield. The Highbankers are begin ir-g their harvest and many bright painted | reapers may be seen in this part, evidently showing that tho settlers are at least capable of investing in implements, and intend to have a bid for the " golden harvest," and were not, as reported recently —all blown away. On Wednesday harvesting commenced at Springfield Station in a nice paddock of oats, , rather on the green aide ; but probably, with a eor-west arch over the hilta, there is good reason to get it down green sooner than broadcast ib over the country should the harvest enemy, the nor-wester, pay a vißit. Methvea presented a busy and animated scene on Wednesday. I noticed several visitors, travellers and others—including Messrs M. Lagan, J. Mullan, and their respective and respected families, who took a spin round the country to have a look at things and pay: their respects to their •• brothers in-trade" at Mathven. I also noticed Mr H. S. Drummond, who doubtless knew where to come for a breath of fresh air, etc. There were besides these folk, two insurance agents, two machine representatives, a bicycle traveller, a photographer (who I hear took some views of Methven), an auctioneer, and others. Mrs James Nee, with her usual hospitality, invited a few friends to a picnic at the bush, and in response to her kind invitation a goodly number spent a most enjoyable day. Amongst) the visitors I noticed Miss Hubbard (Timaru), who is on < a visit to Methven. Miss Stone, Miss Millar, and Miss Thomas also accompanied the party, not forgetting Misses Fatton (2). Messrs Shanks (2), of Christchnroh, and Mr Curtis, Ashburton, were amongst the sterner sex of visitors, and the. whole party iiUed the coach and two gigs. Doubtless all will remember the enjoyable day for some years to come. At Alford Forest and Mount Somers things are not quite so forward as lower down, bub judging by the appearance k of the crops a good average should be returned from these parts. I noticed several nice paddocks of rape with lambs on them; both rape and lambs look well. I hear that the rival factories have been buying lambs in all directions. About May field several crops of oata are harvested, and many already in stack, I met one or two threshing plants on my travels, probably grass seed threshing, though I understand thab there will be a loi of stook threshing done this year. Down towards Eating and Hinds harvest is on the start, and in some cases farmers have gob their little lots in, while others will not be ready for some time to come. My next trip I hope to take round Wakanui, Seafield, and Doris, and those who are interested in matters of the above class may look out for the " Prodigal's return " occasionally.

THE AUSTRIAN "INFLUX."

United Preen Association—By Electric Telegraph. Auckland, January 12 There are about 100 Austrians on the Mokoia, which is due here on Sunday. The Austrian Consul is nob prepared to enter into a bond for their landing, and the government have issued instructions that the Union Company must execute & bond of £10 per head before the Austrians are allowed to land. The local agent o! the Union Steamship Company, however, declines to give any in formation aa to what action the company will take on the arrival of the Austriaca by the Mokoia on Sunday, and the action of the Government is looked forward to with , interest.

WHAT THE AUSTRIANS SAY.

AN ACT OP INJUSTICE,

Several of the Austrians interested in the action of the New Zealand Government were found by a Daily lehgraph representative in a restaurant in George Street, Sydney, on Friday, on their arrival in thab city by the Konigin Luiae. About a dozen of the men assembled, and apart from their want of knowledge |of English (aays the Ttkgrafk) there was very little to distinguish them from the ordinary style of foreign sea-going men. Several of them were fine-looking, upstanding fellows, with frank, open coun tenances and of intelligent) appearance. The worst of them might have been taken for fairly comfortable labourers. Two or three of the immigrants—they are all Auatrians— wore gaudy shirts, crewelled round the collars, and at least one, who sported a neat cap, was distinctly, as the Americans put it, struck on his shape. They conversed readily with the Press representative in two or three dialeots of the Slavonic, tongue* They talked volubly and though none of them spoke th.c national language, such as it is understood in Vienna, several amongst the number did not appear at all ignorant for their class. One, indeed, who was familar with Italian, gave a most intelligible statement) of their position, and he was sup ported in all his main facts by several of I those who conversed in the Slavonic dialects. The man who knew Italian was a painter by ! trade, and he said the men all felt that a very great injustice was being perpetrated in their not being allowed to land in New Zealand. They knew nothing of the new restriction qntil they got to Melbourne, w,b,ere, they W& two of their countrymen who had faeen refused, admission. 80 far as they knew, when they left Trieste t New Zealand was perfectly open to them, and some of them had embarked the savings of years in the enterprise. What had attracted them to the far off, isolated British colony, was news they had received from friends who had been at the Antipodes for years. They estimated that at least 20QQ people had emi grated from tbe district whence they hailed T-JBaJmatia—to New Zealand. Some of these had done very well financially, and the news they sent back to the homeland had encouraged others to look far afield and gather together their spare florins to pay the fare by steamer to the land where milk and honey flowed. " How much did their passage cosb ?" His eyes opened, and his arms and shoulders moved rapidly. His calculation in Trieste currency made the sum £16 from the Aus trian port through to Auckland, and the crowd stood roqack in reverent silenoe while the sum. was mentioned. And then the base treachery of it; the unfeeling, immovable haired of the Government which, after they had expended this sum in reaching the far country, refused to allow them to land. Such perfidy was surely never met with. •• What were they io Dalmatia V— He waa a painter, and others agricultural lab.ourars, another an artisan, others labourers in the city, and so on. He earned four francs a day, and the agricultural labourers three franca an.d a meal in good seasons. They had pot pome to New Zealand because they were starving at home. They all had their homes ; some had a little land, and they had enough to eat and wine to drink. Some even had wives and families. It waa the prospect of earning more money that had attracted I tkem. ' If the. difficulty with th© Now Zealand Government coujd not he patched up, they would stay in Sydney, and see what they coujd do in New South Wales. None of them had enough money to pay their passages borne again. There were eight of their companions on the steamer who were not allowed to land in Sydney. One was an Austrian who had been in New Zealand four times before. He had his son with him, and the son oould land, but the father could not. They looked upon their lot as very hard. A suggestion that they had come out to work on the gumfielda under contract to some New Zealander was stoutly denjed a and the painter, for his part, said if he could have got work at his tspacle in Auckland, he would have taken it, and would not have gone to the gumfielda. Now they would have to keep themselves from starving in Sydney as best they oould. I i

COMMERCIAL.

DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET,

Wheat. -There is still &v enquiry for prime velvet and tuscan, but medium and second clasa ia practically unsaleable except at fowl feed prices. Prime velvet is quoted at 3a 6d to 33 7d, tuscan and red aorta 3a 3d to 3a 4d, fowl feed 2a 3d to 23 6d ; sacks in, terms. Oats -—Since the holidays there has been i a better demand, but without quotable change in prices. Milling is quoted at la lOd to Is lid, best feed Is 9d to la 9£d, medium Is 7d to Is 8d ; sacks extra.

CRICKET.

The New Zealaud Team.

United Press Association—-By Electric Telegraph, Dunedin, January 13 The neoesaary leave of absence has been granted to Fisher and Downea, who will thua accompany the New Zealand team to Australia.

CABLE NEWS.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.

London, January 11 Sir Spencer Walpole, Secretary of the British Post Office, retires oo a pension. A number of free laborers, employed at Wapping, have struck against the imposition of terms below those received by the Unionist employees. Capetown, January lite The ringleader of the Uganda rebel lion was killed in a recent battle, Tokio, November 12 : The Japanese Diet has voted the Em peror2o,ooo,opo yen, about £3,300,000, out of the Chinese war indemnity loan as a memento of the success achieved by the Japanese in the late war. Melbourne, January 12. A cyclone struck a drover's camp near Hawk wood ; three horses were swept over a bank and killed ; then a cloud burst, and five inches of rain, ac companied by huge hailstones, fell in twenty minutes. Every tree for twenty miles round was stripped, Birds, rats, and other small [animals were killed. The drover was knocked about and had a narrow escape. Sydney, January 12 Sir Julian Salomons has been appointed Agent-General in London for twelve months. Brisbane, January 12 An ex'remely rich find of opals has been made at Opalton. An opal band, eleven feet in length, and the thickness of a man's thigh, has been struck, and is valued at from £7000 to £10,000. Adelaide, January 12 The Superintendent of Telegraphs reports that the value of cablegrams received at and despatched from Aus tralia last year was £464,000, compared with £495/>OO in the previous year. The number of messages have decreased by nearly 26,000.

THE DREYFUS CASE.

United Press Association-By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright. Paris, January 12 M. de Beaurepaire accuses "thft Judges of the Court of Cassation of entering upon the Dreyfus enquiry with their minds biassed in favour of the prisoner. The French newspapers condemn the revelations as trivial, and regard it as ridiculous to place reliance on the tittle-tattle ©f Court ushers. The Cabinet has directed M. Miyeau, President of ths Court, to enquire into the allegations. The Paris Bourse dis plays a stronger tone.

CUBA AND TIIH PHILIPPINES.

United Press Association—By Elecbrie Telegraph—Copyright

Washington^ January 12 Senator Foraker's declaration ia the Senate that President McKinley de sired the retention of the Philippines until the group is capable of autonomy created a sensation, The Foreign Relations Oonuaitte© has reported favourably on the Peace Treaty, and made no amendments ia the treaty, Hong Kong, January 12 A Filipino Committee in Hong Kong is-suiug the American conßul for the recovery of 47,000 dollars alleged to, have been received by him as treasurer of the Independence Fund. (Received Wakapuaka Jan. 13, l&a.uty Guardian Office 10-s£a.m} Washington, January 12 Senator Foracker hinted that America's retention of the Philippines was dae to the possible intervention of other Powers.

ANTI-RITUALISM.

Proposed Memorial to the Queen

United Press By Electric Sciagraph—Copyright.

(London, January 12 kb a large meeting at Westminster, under the anspices of the Protestant Union, a resolution was adopted to draw up a memorial to the Queen tn prevent the clergy from undoing the work of the Reformation. Lords Kinnaird and Middleton, presi dent of the National Protestant Church Union, and the Right Hon. John Kenna way, president of the Church Missionary Society, spoke at the meeting.

The Federation Question.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. i Sydniy, January 12 1 Sir G. Turner, Mr Kingston, and Sir B. 0. Braddon agree to discuss at the Premiers' Conference, the question of Federation, and the admission of; Queensland. Sir J. Forrest has informed Me Reid of his acquiescence in the Premiers* Federal Conference.

THB ASHBUBfON (JtJARDJUft: FBIDaY, JANUARf IS, 1899



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tfOAittfe. |aslMt upon having our Pure Teas. g)on's l>e put upon. They are the Beat and Chf ap***. Absolutely pure. Copied hnt never eqqaUed. WONDERFUL Guaranteed Vicer and Better Valme than any at 4d per lb. more money. Compare our a/- Tea with any at 3/4, and our 3/4 with any at 8/- per lb, I b.Ao pF SUMMER Drapery & Clothing. mHE Whole Stock of NEW SEASON'S GOODS MUST BE SOLD. Great Reductions. Wonderful Bargains. REMEMBER SALE COMMEtfOBS SATURDAY JANUARY 14 k. P. WILLIAMSON, CASH DBAPEK k CLOTHIEK, TANORED STEEET. " I have gsed Chamberlain'a Cough Rep edy in my family for years and always with good results," says Mr W 3 Cooper, oi El Bio, Cal. "For Bmall children we find ifc especially effective." For sale bf ik : A&EBI73X9N PJ&ft QQUItAXV *



Frledlander Bros., Limited, 1 CORNSACKS CORNSACKS. TTTI are now Landing ex I" Elbe," 1000 BALES FULL SIZE AND FULL WEIGHT CORNSACKS, Whioh|we offer to Supply at LOWEST MARKET RATES. Clients who desire delivery direot ex Ship will please give us their instructions early to ■aye railage or extra handling. FRIEDLANDER BROS., Limited. THE Ashburton Drug Co. (LIMITED) HAVE JiM unpacked, direct'from the English Manufacturer, a new stock of all the Drugs used in compounding physicians' prescriptions, specially made in conformity with the new British Pharmacopcea, 1898. Ttie Im> of dispensing medical pre j>oi*ta« t soripbiona is the special and (Work constanteare of the manager (J. M. Cambridge), who has been engaged in this •luty for 36 years, as well as having had the benefit of an Knsjlisfl training and experience, and holding an English certiSoale. To those who unfortunately have to take medicine, especially in cases of Her ion M It is of the utmost import- Illness, ance that the drugs should be new and freshly im ported ; that the medicine should be accurately and skilfully prepared ; and that exactly what the Physician orders should be used, and j nothing else substituted in its place. Ill© Price should never be the first and only consideration- Drugs can be bought at all prices. We prefer to import all our Drugs from a firm we can rely on, though we could buy many of them cheaper in the colony. But we charge no mo. a tuan is usual in most of the larger towns, and generally a little less. J%JF A.LjJLj An urgent call for medicine TXM^KS is responded to at once, whether during business hours or at night, Sundays or holidays. Night Dis* pensary — opposite Dr Maude's, and next to Dr : Hunter's residence. J. M, Cambridge;' I MANAGER. 11 135



F « EE {INSURANCE} *™»X #c beg to announce to the people of Ashburton and District that we have com dieted arrangements whereby we are now prepared to offer all Cash Customers to the extent of 10s or over, A FBEE ACCIDENT INSURANCE POLICY, which holda good for Seven Days from date of Issue, and on expiry can be renewed at our Stores r thus enabling anyone dealing with ua to keep covered a<™tnst accident for £100 in the event; of death, or £1 per week m the eaae of And the Beauty of the WHOLE SYSTEM is that it COSTS THE CUSTOMER ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. We do iwfc make any advance In our Prices to p»y for this, bat still continue to give to all alike THE BEST VALUE AT BOTTOM PBICES IN EVERY LINE OF OUJR IMMENSE STOCK. Buy your Goods where you can get your Insurance for Nothing, It may be handy when you least aspect it. If it costs you nothing you might as well have that thrown in. Guarantee from Inrarance Company, [and all fuuher particulars on application to JOHN ORR & Go. Hams and Bacon. SIDES, ROLLS. AND HAMS- This is VEEY PRIME QUALITY, having secured first prize at the recant Shows in Christchnreh and Timaru. JOHN ORR & Co. Maravilla Garden Teas. Purveyors by Appointment to Her Majesty's Hospitals, Army and Navy. THESE CELEBRATED TEAS are Exported to as by the Growers from thelc Gardens In Ceylon, thus saving all Middlemen's Profits. Ten prize medals for PURITY, STRENGTH AND FLAVOR. Everyone should try them JOHN ORR & Go., SOLE AGENTS. Sugar for Jam. WE Guarantee the Pore Cane BUGAB of the Highest. Quality, and especially Suitable for Jam making. JOHN ORR & CO., ASHBUBTON.



J PONAGHY'S BINDER TWINE), MACHINE OIL, BINDER WBIPS, HAY FOBKS AND RAKES, ENGINEERS' TOOLS, HENDERSON'S DUNDEE LEATHER BELTING, CHAINS AND SECTIONS JfOR MASSEY-HARRIS AND MoCORMICK REAPERS AND BINDERS, At Lew th»n Agents' Pricei, and »U Requisite* for the Hwveib Field »t|Loweet Prioei; JOHN ORR & Co. OUR STOCK OF ELECTRO-PLATED WARE AND CUTLERY IS by far the Finest ever Imported into Ashburfeon, Ktsd we we now muktng A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY in one Windows. JOHN ORR & CO. WE ARE OPENING AN IMMENSE ASSORTMENT OF Fancy Glassware and China. AMONGST other Lines we are Showing Three Thousand GLASS VASES and SPKGIMEN GLASSES, ranging in Price horn Sixpence each, and as we believe a larger variety has never been imported by any firm in ]Sew Zealand, we feel confident in requesting the inspection of the General Public. In order to' dispose of our Immense Btook in these lines we have marked them at prices from 30||to 50 ,perJoenb oelow ordinary pricei. Inspect oub Windows. JOHN ORR & CO. CUPS ft SAUCERS PLATES DISHES WATER JUGS TUMBLERS TOILET SETS BUTTER JARS, and every article in Crockery and Glassware at Reduced Prices at JOHN ORR & CO. ASON'S JARS, JAM JARS IN NESTS, SCREW TOP JARS, ENAMELLED AND BR4J3S PRESERVING PANS. For many years now we have allogether undersold all our Competitors in these Buecia! lines, and we are determined to add another season to our record. We dvAJumeu to Sell theae Goods chbapbr than any house in Ohnstchuroh or Ashburtoß. JOHN ORR & CO.