PHASES OF THE MOON.

MARRIAGE.

Webber—Wilson. —On the 26th inst», at Hampstead, at the residence of Mr Alfred James, by the Rev G. B. Inglis, Robert Stanley Webber, of Springburn, to Isabella Margaret Wilson, third daughter of the late George Wilson, Ashburton.

January.

DEATH.

O'Shea. —On -January 26, at Spread Eagle, Ashburfcon Forks, John Edward, youngest son of John and Roseen O'Shea, aged four andahalfyeara.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1899. WELLINGTON-LYTTELTON STEAM SERVICE.

Ebcbnt events have proved that the agitation raised by Mr E, O. Wright in the House of Bepresentatives last session in regard to the Wellington- Lyttelton steam service was not by any means premature. It was he who in troduced the subject, and he was chair man of the Select Committee set up to inquire into the matter. He is also to be credited with infusing his own known energetic spirit into the work of the Committee, before whom very valuable as well as interesting evidence 1 was taken It was he who, confronted by the statement made by a ship ping company director of the cost of . a steamer likely to be of any use on the running between i Lyttelton and Wellington, got the I Premier to cable Home to the Agent- General for the builders' estimate, and the reply showed how unwise it is to accept any figures supplied to you by a party interested in discouraging you in a course likely to be antagonistic to the interests of such party, The Com mittee sat, got through its work in a prompt and business like way, and its Chairman reported. That report is a useful one, and had the House towards the end of the session been more in the spirit of doing the business of the country than of squabbling over the little differences of party, some defi nite steps might have been taken to carry out its recommendations, with the spirit of which Mr Seddon ex pressed himself entirely in unison. There is really only a ten hours' sail between Lyttelton and Wellington, and there is no reason at all why the colony Bhould not possess two steamers of its own, sailing simultaneously from Wellington and Lyttelton, and con necting with the express trains of both Islands. By this means a passenger from Dunedin by the express would join the steamer at Lyttelton on the arrival of his train there, sleep on board, and be landed at Wellington next morning in time for an express that would carry him all the length of the railway system of the North Island, A.nd similarly a resident in the far north oi the Island could be brought to Wellington, at night ba ferried across to Lyttelton, which he would reach in time for the south ex press. The evidence given before the Select Committee bore out the feasibility of all this, and the over crowding of steamers recently reported, which the Customs officers, in the in terest of the safety of the passengers, stepped in to prevent, is ample proof that the service given by the Union Steam Shipping Company is not by any means equal to the wants of the public. It has been stated that the Kotomahanaj making three trips a week between Wellington and Lyttel ton carried an average of SQO pas sengers per week during the last six weeks, and that then she was not able to carry nearly ail that sought accom modation. Besides, the glut was well known, and doubtless therß were numbers, who not caring to travel in over-crowded steamers,- denied them selves the pleasure of a summer trip. But the traffic between the two islands is now altogether top large to be longer served in the way the Union Company does it, and the time has been proved to be ripe for Government to establish and maintain a steam connecting service of its own. It is the interest of the Shipping Company to carry its i passengers round the colony. It ' should be the interest of the Govern ment to carry theirs oyer the railways of the colony, and those railways woiild bp made ever so much more effective and remunerative were the connection advocated by Mr Wright's Oommittee established.

Local and General.

A new serial entitled " Mrs Gainsborough's Diamonds" is commenced in this issue. Ib will be found on the first and fourth pages, (imiderpial pews wilE also be found on our fourth page. Tub Myers Case,—lnformation haa been received in Wellington that the extradition of Myers from Monte Video has been granted. He is to be seat by the first steamer to Liverpool. Oysters.—Oysters will as usual open for the season on Wednesday next, February 1 They are hardly likely to appear in Ash burton before Saturday, when no doubt they will receive the usual hearty welcome, The Parish MAfiA'suri?, —We have received a copy of the January Burnber of the Parish Magazine, which is "quite up to its well-known high standard in every way. Wibh ib is issued " The Churchman's calendar," a broad-ahee& fihsb ought to, adorn the wall of the most used room in i awry Anglican borne. I The Mails.—The Mariposa, with the British mails of January 14, left San Francisco on January 26, three hours late. The Aorangl, with the colonial mails of January 5, arrived at Vancouver on January 26, due date. The Mariposa's colonial mails, which loft Auckland on December 24, arrived in London on the 26th insc, one day late. Farmers, woridsag men, and all wljo desird to ace "good times" in Ashburton will materially help to bring prosperity to their own doors by encouraging local industries. Having increased our staff of workers, and showing the largest stock of tailoring goods in the district, and with exceptional facility for trade, we are determined to offer such inducements as will " keep the money in the place" if customers will kindly call and compare our reduced prices on and after (Tuesday, December 13, 1898. Men's all wool bweed suits made to measure in a variety of new patterns for 52s 6d or suit and extr* pair of trousers to measure for 65s and upwards, at prices which will in alt cases compare favorably with thoue of Christ church or Dunedin firms for cash, and our aame is a sufficient guarantee for fit, Btyle, and workmanship, as the leading tailor* auti ouUUAera.-CuAi^ifiip & BjDKWVAgf

Nautical Examinations. —A Press Asso ciation telegram from Wellington states that during Captain Allman's suspension Sir Arthur Douglas ia conducting the nautical examinations An Old Identity,—A man who waß granted an old age pension at Oulverden on Friday, proved that he had been continuously in tho colony Bince 1840, that he came from Sydney with the first Governor—Governor Hobaon~and that he was present at the hoisting of the Union Jack at Korarareka, which flagstaff was afterwards cut down by Heke. A Heavy Crop.—Mr James Gudsell, of Tinwald, has just finished cutting an ex ceedingly heavy crop of oats ot about 150 acres situated on the Hinds, being a portion of the Laghmor Estate. The straw is Bft long, and Mr Gudsell expects ib to thresh oub 100 bushels to the acre. Of course there was no taking a seven foot cut in thie crop. An Incorrigible.—Mary MoKegney, who was discharged on Friday, after Berving a teem of three months for vagrancy, was ( yesterday at the Ohrißtchurch Police Court sentenced to another three months, on a charge of drunkenness and riotous behaviour. She has practically been only a week out of gaol in the pasb year.—Press Association telegram. 240 Pee Cent Interest.—ln the bank ruptcy of William Jarvia, a farmer, Shen field, heard at Shenfield (reports the Tiver ton Gazette) the Official Receiver stated that the debtor had had recourse to Isaac Gordon, the notorious money-lender, and had ob tained advances of £625. He had paid back £935, while the money-lender's proofs showed £529 to be still due. On the last loan the debtor paid 240 per cent* interest. Treasure TBQYE.~Ab Barnsley during the preparation oi the effects for auction sale of the late Dr Jeffrey, a remarkable find was made (says the Tiverton Gazette). The auctioneer's men noticed several old canis ters in a cupboard of the surgery, and thought them worthless. The weight of one, however, aroused suspicion, and upon being opened was found to contain £225 in sovereigns. Many of the coins were in such a condition as to show that the money had been pub aside for yeats. Business Change.—Messrs Duncan Leitch and Thomas Richards announce that they have taken over the tinsmith and plumbing ; business conducted so successfully for many years by Mr W. F. Hannaford. Mr Leitch is well-known in Aehburton, as a competenb | man at his orofh, and Mr Richards, who I hails from Victoria, has already shown that he has had a large experience, and is capable : of undertaking anything in his line of busi -1 ness. We commend these too young men to the notice of the public, and wish them success in their venture. An Awkward Phrase.—At the licensing sessions held in a certain west country city In England recently, the Chairman, dealing with the statutory limib for hona fide. traveller?, and getting his expressions a little mixed, referred to it as being " three miles as the flow cries." Whereupon someone engaged in the case ventured to correct his Worship. With a deferential smile, this exponent tried to amend the phrase, but could get no further than " Your Worship means aa the fly crows—or rather," he added, hastily, #las the cry flows !" No one was sufficiently rash to make a further attempt.

CABLE NEWS.

United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright

London, January 26 The success of the South Australian ioan is assured. It has been under written at a commission o£ 1 per cent. The robbers of Parr's Banking Com pany returned j through the post, thirty-six of the one thousand pound notes, and twenty-two of the five hun dred pound notes. Mra Gordon Baillie, who, some years ago, came from Australia and figured prominently in connection with a scheme to assist the Scotch crofters, and who was subsequently sentenced to four yeara' imprisonment for frauds at Glasgow, has been released on a ticket-of-leave. Rome, January 26 Admiral Oanevaro, Minister of Marine, states that Italy will not object to a Papal delegate at the Peace Conference, but he must be withdrawn if inopportune questions are raised. Havana, January 27 General Gomez is concentrating the Cuban forces in the vicinity of Havana, awaiting developments. Constantinople, January 26 The Turkish Government has repaid to the relatives of Mr Whittall, son of a British merchant,, who wag captured by brigands near Smyrna in December last, the sum jof £1500 paid to secure his release, Peelin, January 26 Speaking in the Reichstag s the Imperial Secretary of the Home Office stated that the projected Antarctic expedition in J. 901 would cost one million one hundred thousand marks. The Government would support the undertaking, and he expressed the hope that Great Britain and America would co-operate in the expedition.

NEW SOUTH WALES DINNER.

United Press Association—l?y Eleotrio (Telegraph-^-Gppyrigiit)'

i London* January 27 At a New South Wales dinner, given in the Hotel Metropole, Admiral Bowden Smith said Sydney afforded a magnificent naval base, and was easily cfefended. Lord who was in fihe chafrj in proposing the toast of the colony, lauded itp generous hospitality. $Ie said that amidst every difficulty the oolony had maintained a high reputation. He considered Sydney ought to be the federal capital. The Pacific cable question was of enormous importance to the colony. In con clusion he ventured the opinion that no portion of the British race was able to excel New South Wales in bene fiting the empire. Tha new (governor of the colony received an enthusiastic greeting.

THE SOUDAN.

TJnited Fvm Association—-By Eleptric Tslegraph^rOopyrighj;

Oaibo, January 2T News haa been received that the Khalifa is at Sherkiela, Colonel Kitchener's column captured a portion of the Khalifa's followers at Abdu rukba.

THE LATEST.

Home and Foreign.

United Presß Associatton—By Electric Telegraph.

(Received Wakapuaka, Jan 27, 9-15 a.m, Gctabdian Office 9 47 a.m)

Church and State.

London, January 27 It is reported that an influential High Churchman has resolved to sup port the Liberals against the other members of the Houae of Commons who support the Erastian doctrine of subjection of the Church ta State at the next election. This will endanger forty seats.

A Wreck.

The steamer Hawksdale has been wrecked at Longsand, at the mouth of the Thames. A German pilot and two seamen were drowned. The Clacton lifeboat rescued the remainder,

Australian.

United Press Association—By Eleotrlo Telegraph—Copyright.

(Received Wakapuaka Jan. 27, 9.15 a.m, Guabdian Office 9.57 a.m)

Tyson's Estate,

Brisbane, January 27 It is understood that the liquid assets of the late James Tyson's estate total £990,000.

AMERICA AND THE PHILIP PINES.

Affairs in the Philippines.

A Republic to be Declared.

War Against America.

United Presa Association—By Eleobrio Telegraph—Copynghb

Manila, January 27 The Philippine Republic is to be declared on Sunday. The Congress at Malolos adopted a Constitution, and authorised Aguinaldo to declare war against America. In an outpost collision, which oc curred at Tondo, an American sentry killed a Filipino captain and a private. Havana, January 27. General Gomez is concentrating the Cuban forces, in the vicinity of Havana, awaiting developments. (Received Wakapuaka Jan. 28, 9.15 a-m, Guardian Office 9-47 a-m) Washington, January 27 President McKinley is willing that the Senate should adopt a separate resolution in connection with the peace treaty, expressing America's desire to establish a stable government ia the Philippines till the islands are ripe for independence.

MR WARD IN AUSTRALIA.

The Federation Question.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copy right.

Bkisbane, January 27 The Government entertiined the Hon J. G, Ward on board the Govern ment yacht. Tne Minister of Justice, in proposing the health of the guest, wished success to New Zealand. Mr Ward, in responding, said though New Zealand was distant, it was greatly interested in the development of the Australian colonies, and was watching the federal movement with general interest. He was glad to see Queens land joining heartily in the movement. He hoped that when federation was consummated, a oommercial treaty between the dominion and New Zea land would be effected. Isolation and distance prevented New Zealand from joining in the preasnt movement, but there was no barrier whatever to a mutually beneficial commercial treaty, advantageous to both countries. Mr Ward was also entertained by the Natives' Association in the evening. He advocated that the natives of Australia and New Zealand should join in building up the Empire and developing national feeling.

THE FAR EAST.

United Presß Assooiation—By Electric Telegraph —Copyright

(Received Wakapuaka Jan. 27, 9.55 a.m, Guabdian Ofßoe 10-25 a-m) St. PETERSBURa, January 27 Russia has voted six million roubles for the establishment of a coal harbor at'Ale^an'drQysb.i'bn. thj* Ghinese main land, opposite the island #£ Saghalien, P^kjn, January 27 Hiu Cbing Going, the former Chinese Minister to Russia, and re cently appointed a member of the Tsung li-Yamen, has been replaced on the Tsung-li-Yamen, by the Direct Northern Railway Company. Hiu Ohing 1b accused of maladministration; Sir Claude MacDdnald ideists on an impartial investigation pf the case, ancj reinstatement \i" the charges are not proved. Th.c (jferman Minister sup ports Sir Claude Mac Donald,

Hot Weather Pimples.

This is the weather that young ladies and budding maidens realise that their blood needs cleansing. Face sores, rash and other skin affections—including the Goinmoii red phnple and bl&ok-head— makes'them feel very miserable and uncomfortable, for what girl with a face broken out all over in pimples does not feel that she is observed by everyone ? Bile Beans for Pimples, Faps Sorea and Skin Diseases, will be found a most excellent remedy, Ihey correct the digestion, the foundation, of most skin affeetlpns, and tope tbe blood, thereby giving a healthy tone to the whole system and a good color to the complexion. This grea,t remedy will also be fovwd. of great service in liver troubles, kidney ailments, constipation, headache, indiges tion, fulness after eating, dizziness and buzzing'in'the head, lack of physical tone, female ailments, debility, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, and a host of other ailments that owe their origin to defective digestion, assimilation and bad blood. Sold at I* 1M per bos, Bile Beans are within the reach of everyone. If you are not feeling well, don't tiks the first thing offered. Ask for Bile Beans, demand Bile Beans, and don't have anything bub Bile Beans ; and when you gefc them, and use them, tell you* friends what Bile Beana have done for you. ;

SOCIAL COLUMN.

[The matter contained in this column is paid for. Any person in sympathy with the work, and wishing to contribute towards the. cost, may do so by forwarding conttibutions to the manager of this paper, when the sum will be acknowledged under a number or noni-de plume thus: —" No. 4—sos,."]

Wines for the Sedentary.

The London Spectator, in a recenjs editorial on winea for the sedentary, closed with the following admission :— "The powers of men in regard to drinking have changed as well as their habits, and we see no proof (hat the change is due in any large degree to to the bibulous ways of our immediate ancestors. We should rather believe that a constitutional change was going on like that which has affected teetb, an<? which may last, at all events, for many generations. If that is the case —and the change has been observed in France and America as well as Eng land—the desire to prohibit the use of alcohol altogether may one day become as strong in Europe as it must have become in Hindustan and Arabia, and may lead to experiments in law-making of which we at present never dream. Nothing abort of total prohibition of the manufacture as well as the sale will ever be of the slightest effect, and no such prohibition will ever be enforced without a radical change in moral opinion, Such a change seema at present dreamily Impossible ; but if men, as we believe to be the case, are growing with every generation more conscious that they must for safety's sake leave liquor alone, the change may be nearer than we imagine. A hundred years is a Bhort period in the life of a nation, and a hundred years hence the majority may positively dread even wine, not as at present, 1 for others, but for themselveß.

Disqualified for a Pension.

An interesting case for the social reformer, from several points of view f . came before the Wellington Magistrate a few weeks ago. A woman who had been married eight years, and during that time bad six children, of whom four bad died,, sued her husband for maintenance and separation. The husband was an excellent workman when sober, and could earn 9s a day all the year round, but for five years had been a habitual drunkard, spend* ing all bis wages on drink, pawning his tools time after time, and coming home drunk with the pawn tickets in hia pocket. His wife redeemed the tools several times, but at last grew tired of it. He then took to stone breaking for a while, but unable to wait for the fortnightly pay day, he sold out his pile of stones and the goodwill at a ridiculously low figure, and was found drunk in a Molesworth Street hotel at 10 o'clock in the morn ing after doing so. The Magistrate was curious to know how the family had lived at al!; and it turned out that the kindness of the unhappy woman's aunt had kept them going. This bene factor was a teetotaller, unmarried, and sixty-four years of age. The drunkard whose family she was sup* porting was only thirty-one. Next year the old lady will be qualified by age for an old age pension—by age, but only by age. If she continues to earn as much as £1 a week, so as to spare something for the drunkard's family, she will cease to be a "deserv ing colonist" under the Pension Act, and will lose her pension ; the State has no tenderness for such persistent industry and benevolence. But the drunkard whom she has maintained may continue to loaf and to booze for thirty-four years more, a curse to his wife and family, a burden to his friends and theirs, to the rates and to the State ; and at the end of that time the State will gratefully recognise his merits, and award him the pension which it will deny to the woman who, in her declining years, labored so hard to support him and hia during the very hey-day of his strength, that she there-, by rendered herself undeserving, jg $here not something wroi^g with the Old Age Pensions Act f or is it merely that I am a purblind fanatic and "no true Liberal ?" Think it over. '

Teetotal Triumphs.

Very true, we want all this at ail times in any good cause, but we need not be pessimistic, and give ourselves away. Necessarily the movement of the tempeVange sause, like that of any qther great moral reformation, is slow, but it is sure, The vast force arrayed against the work is simply appalling, something akin to the giant Goliath, as he stalked before the army of Israel. But David, with faith in God, and the sling and stone, killed the giant ; and, as history repeats itself, we have faith' to believe that this will -be true as to the reformation that we have at hea^.

We look bapk over temperance history, and we see in the year 1688 a sight enough to appal any right thinking man. After the revolution of that year any person was permitted to set up a distillery on giving tea days' notice and paying a trifling duty, There was free trade in spirits, and the results, as might be expected, were frightful — drunkenness enormously increased, and health, good order, and fnqrajg ;\yef£» ftsattgred' to,' the fbqfi winds, jjr Samuel Johnson, speaking of a cathedral town, 'said, "%t was the custom for all the respectable people in. the cathedral city of Lichiield. to go, to, bed drunk,' 1 and in those days on many public houses hung the following sign: " Drunk for a penny, dead drunk for twopence, and clean straw for nothing" —the pig's bed was good enough for the drunkard,

1 Not influenza, bat ginfluenza was tbe common plague. The Strand, is bad enough at pertain times now, but then tbe people were so drunk that no respectable woman could go down at midday during holiday times without being protected. The Government of the times was determined to check this spirit drinking, and so the Beer Act in 1830 was passed to entice them away from spirits to something less intoxicat ing, but " the hair of the dog " was there, and under this Act places for the sale of liquor increased from 88,000 to 123,Q00 in UttJa ever tW?t

THIS ABHBUBTON GUARDIAN ; SATtRDAY, JANUARY 28, 1899



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DONAGHY'S BINDER TWINE, MACHINE OIL, BINDER WHIPS, HAY JTOBKB AND RAKES, ENGINEERS' TOOLS, HENDERSON'S DUNDEE LEATHER BELTING, , CHAINS AND SECTIONS JfOK MASSEY-HARRIS ANDJMeCORMICK REAPERS AND BINDERS, At Leis fchftn Agents' Prices, *nd>U Requisites for the Harvest Field Prices. JOHN ORR & Co. OUR STOCK OF ELECTRO-PLATED WARE AND CUTLERY IS by far the Finest ever Imported into Ashburton, and;jwe>re now^ making'a BEAUTIIUL..DISPLAY in our Windows. JOHN ORR & CO. WE ARE OPENING AN IMMENSE ASSORTMENT OF Fancy Glassware and China. AMONGST other Lines we are Showing Three Thousand GLASS VASKS>nd SPECIMEN GLASSES, ranging in Price fiom Sixpence each, and as we believe a larger variety has never teen imported by any firm in ftew Zealand, we feel confadenb In rcaaaßtinK th« inspection of the General Public. In order to dispose of our Immense Stock in tbes9|lines we have marked them*, at prioeß from 30 to 50 percent; oelow ordinary pricea. Inspect oub Windows. JOHN ORR & CO. CUPS * SAUCERS PLATES DISHES WATER JUGS TU6IBLERS TOILET SETS BUTTER JARS, ftnd every article in Crockery and Glassware at Reduced.Pricee at JOHN ORR & CO. -<v ASON'S JARS, JAM JARS IN NESTS, SCREW TOP JARS, ENAMELLED AHD BRISS PRESERVING PANS; For many years now we have altogether undersold all our Competitors in these ipeeial lines, and we are determined to add another season to our record. We Guarantee to Sell these Goods cheaper than any house in Ohnstchnrch or Ashburton. JOHN ORR & CO.



■nun* {INSUEANCE} *•««»» f?e beg to annonnce to the people of Aehburton and District that we have com pleted arrangements whereby we are now prepared to offer all Cash Customers to the extent of IGa or over, A FftEE ACCIDENT INSURANCE POLICY, which holds good for Seven Days from date of Issue, and on expiry can be renewed at our Stores : thus enabling anyone dealing with us to keep covered againafc accident for £100 in the event of denth. or £1 per week in the case of Total Disablement. And the Beauty of the WHOLE SYSTEM is that ib COSTS TUB CUSTOMER ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. We do not make any advance in oar Prices to p»y for this, but still continue to give to all alike 'Z-j THE BEST VALUE AT BOTTOM PBICES IN EVERY LINK OF OUll IMMENSE &TOCK. Buy your Goods where yon can get' your Insurance for Nothing. It may be bandy when you least expect \K If it costs you nothing yuu might R8 well have that thrown in. Guarantee from Insurance Company, and all farther particulara on application to JOHN ORB & Go.



Hams and Bacon. SIDES, ROLLS, AND HAMS- Tbis Is VEEY PRIME QUALITY, having secured lirsfc prize jat the recent Shows in Christchureh 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 aa by the Growers from their Gardeae in Ceylon, thus saviog all Middlemen's Prcfita. Ten priza medals for PURITY, STRENGTH AND FLAVOR. Everyone should try them JOHN ORR & Co., SOLE AGENTS. Sugar for Jam, WE Guarantee the Pore Cane SUGAE uf the Highest Quality, and especially Soluble for Jam making. JOHN ORR & CO., ASHBUBTON.



Frledlander Bros M Limited, j FOB PRIVATE SALE. YTTE Have for Private Sale, a complete THRESHING PLANT, in first-clasa order. Full particulars on application to FRIEDLANDER BROS., Lld.



CHURCH SERVICES. ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH, Aahburton. January 29, Septuagesima Sunday. 8.30 a.m—Holy Communion. 11 a.m--Matins, Litany, and Sermon. 3 p.m.-DROMORE, Mr Gates. 6.30 p.m.—Evensong and Sermon. The offertories throughout ths day will be devoted to the Church Mission Fund. REV. R. A. WOODTHORPE, M.A. „ Public Notices.



WH CYCLE WORKS. W. McKnight] [B. McKnight Mcknight bros., (late of timaru and christohurch) "ARIEL" CYCLE WORKS, SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS, BEG to announce that they have Com* menced Business as Cycle Experts, etc., and all work entrusted to their charge will receive their moßt Careful and Prompt Attention. Repairs Guaranteed. All kinds of Cycle Accessories in Stock. Agents for all the Leading Machines. 1 iet Machines ENAMELLED and LINED any Color. ' itfeKNIGHT BROS., AKIKL CYCLEWORKS 1 179 Saunders 5 Buildings, Ashburtof.



CORNSACKS COENSACKS. XTTE are now Landing ex 1000 BALES FULL SIZE AND FULL WEIGHT CORNSACKS, VVhioh>e offer to Supply at LOWEST MARKET RATES. Clients who desire delivery direct ex Ship will please give us their instructions early to save railage or extra handling. FRIEDLANDER BROS., Limited.



THE Ashhurton Drug Co. (LIMITED) HAVE just unpacked, directT;from the English Manufacturer, a new stock of all the Drugs used incompounding physicians' prescriptions, specially made in conformity with the new British Pharmacopoea, 1898. I'll© Im> of dispensing medical pre portant scriptions is the special and Work conatantcare of themanager \ (J. M. Cambridge), who has been engaged in this •Juty for 36 years, as well as having had the benefit of an ISnSlish. training and experience, and holding an English certificate. To those who unfortunately hare to take medicine, especially incases of Sevioiiti It is of the utmost importr Illness, ance that the druga 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 nothing else substituted in its place, iliO J?l*ic© should never be the first and only consideration- Drugs can be bought at all prices. We prefer to import all our Druga ficom a firm we can rely on, chough we could buy many of them cheaper in the colony. But we charge Lomo^e tu&n is usual in most of the larger towns, and generally a little less. A.HC A.JLJLj An urgent call for medicine XIBJLtfIS is responded to at onne, 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, MANAGER. 11 135



Insist upon havingr our Pure Teas. Don't be put upon. T&ey are the Best Kad Cheapest. Absolutely pure. Copied but never equalled. Guaranteed Mficer and Better Value than any at 4d per Ib. more money. Compare our 2/- Tea with any At 3/4, and our 2/4 with any at 3/- per lb. THE AUSTEALIAN WIDOWS' FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Ltd. MONEY TO LEND on Agricultural and , Pastoral Proper ties. 0 J FOWLER, Resident Secretary, Wellington, C J OWEN, flesident Secretary, Chriatchuroh. PAVID THOMAS, 12 269 Piatriofe Agent), ABhburton. TO CYCLISTS. ■ LANDELLS & SON, ARIEL Express Cycle Works, BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON Agents for the Leading Machines, vim. WHITE FLYER, (black or white frameß) BUDGE- WHIT WORTH, BALEXGHS, ABIEL EXPRESS, Etc. Stampings and Forginga made on the premises. Trade supplied. All Repairs by Experts. No slop work. Guns, Lawn Mowers, Pumps, Windmills, Sewing Machines, etc., a speciality. Sfceasn jGas|jjoß repaired} teated, and regulated. I



A. GOOD WATCH FOR THE HARVEST. XUST Received a Direct Consignment of STKON d- NICKEL WATCHES FIRST-OLASS MOVEMENTS. THIS IS NOT A TOY, BUT A GOOD TIMEPIECE 9/6 baci* 9/6 The Beat Value Ever Offered in New Zealand. I Have also opened a Special Selection of SPECTACLES & EYE CLASSES. Sigflit Testing? a Specialty I As Usual I carry the Largest and Best Stock of WATCHES, CLOCKS, j&.P. Ware, Jewellery, Sec IN ASHBURTON. SPECIAL ATTENTION AND PROMPT NESS GIVEN TO REPAIRS. J. V. DE BEEB, WATOHMA.KER & JEWELLER, EASI STREET, ASHBURTON.



» NEW SSICAIL.A]NI> CLOTHING FACTORY EXTENSION GF PREMISES /^\N Account of our WeU-ICnown Tailoring Department Growing so Rapidly during the last Twelve months, we find it necessary to make exten sile additions and alterations to our Pre mises, so as to show to more advantage our Largo Stock of tbe Newest Designs in TWEEDS, SERGES, WORSTEDS, VICUGNAS, Etc. We Jiave the Best Cutter in New Zealand, and all Garments ape made by Experienced First-Ci. ass Tailor^. . STYLE, FIT, & WORKMANSHIP, We do nob pretend to make you a Suifc for 63j, 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 RAU SUIT to Measure from 65s to 90s, according to Quality of Material. |>oyu' Clothing of Every Dkcription lIAPE 'X'O OUDEJt. A Gr. BABTON, Manager.



BALLANTVNE'S SALE 18 NOW IN l FULL OPERATION. IX® FJH3AXXJIWE»,— UP-TO-DATE GOODS- Exceptional Prices. BALLANTYNE'S VALUES. Careful Attention to Letter Orders. DISCOUNT AS USUAJj. J. Ballantyne & Co, CA.SHEL SrKBET, CHRISTOHUROH fr<t>$ r «ii6 <m<* refrttMitg—Afat? Vmvs 9 *



: Reaping and Sowing are the two most important periods in the life of the farmer, and granting that all circumstances are favorable, he naturally, during the latter period, hopes to get an adequate return for his labor. Aa he sows, he expects to reap, and unless constant industry has been exercised, the harvest is generally a poor one. So ib is with regard to health, if we are not constantly on the watch and destroy the germs of disease as soon as they are discerned, the body becpines weakened, and at last is unable longer to resist the attacks of the enemy. Holloway?s Pills 4estr<*y even the most minute traces of disease, by purifying the blopti und atr.engtib,fla,ing tUf.



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