A TACTFUL PRESIDENT.

It wul be remembered that ia the early part of November last, a cable stated that a strike of miners was pending m the north of France. A few clays afterwards anothrr cable announced that all tho trouble was over, but l>y ■what means the miners weie pnc ti: d ■was not stated. An art:cli m rhe London Daily Telegraph, !i"*p cv, throws a little light unm th^ Knhj>\: that exhibit M. Fe";x F.iure, the P t>- - cleut of the French Repuh! c. m «». n^bi character. The writer ssiys : — Whi.t governs men most and hpH, is Kytnp-»thv, arr ! Mip President of the French Re public has recently shown himself aware of this great truth, There was the menace of a strike at Lens, m the North of France, among the coal miners employed m the pits of the vicinity. Anybody who has read that wonderful book of M. Zola, ia which the gifted novelist describes the hard life and unhealthy circumstances of the French miners, will understand how easily strikes may be started among them, and to what dangerous lengths they may go. These foolish movements almost always bring ruin and misery upon those who indulge m them—as the Welsh coal miners and others are too well aware—but they are also very damaging to trade and commerce, and France, above all, is m no position at present to see a great coal strike disturb her most important Industries. At the bottorc of the trouble at Lens was, perhaps, a notion among the pitmen that the Govern ment at Paris was too busy with the Dreyfus case and Fa shoda to pay proper attention to their grievances. To combat such an idea. \>y official manifestoes, or the visit of depart mental subordinates, would probably have been;vain. M. F^ix Faure hit upon a better plan. He took the excellent re&olution of gcing himself to the Lens coal miners, though it involved a train jour ney of three hours m the bitter November weather. On the morning of Thursday, November 24, accompanied by General Bailloud, M. le Gall, and Commandant Legrand, the President arrived at Lens, and, after having received the local Mayor, went down mine number eleven, having previously donned the regulation attire for such descents, comprising blue smock and pantaloons, a hsavy cape, and leathern headgear. M, Faure, we are told, carried a safety lamp, and was piloted through the coal shafts by the engin eers. The President and his accom panying officials went everywhere, questioning the miners who were working m the narrowest and closest galleries, where one must bend double to walk, and where one breathes hot air, thick with coal-dust. On reach ing tbe upper world again, M. Faure received the officials of the mining com pany, and quaffed campagne with some of the delegates of the colliers' federa tion, making to them and to the crowd of pitmen naar at hand a little speech, which concluded with the words :— ({ I wish to bring the workers a proof of the Government's solicitude. I hope that workmen will ever retain the traditions of labour and loyalty which T'tinguished the minors of Lens." The -i. says the report, everywhere c 8 President the heartiest of welcomes, anu' we can ? eII imagine »ow pleased these ru ;«?ged people of the underworld must haW been to behold the Chief of the State descb™ 1"* amon? them m coal-pit garb n^°, *h. e bowels of the earth to sea witr.V "lB own eyes how French pitmen lived, an. to hear from their own lips what were their grievances. This must have depply gratified them. There could no longer remain any doubt m their poor anxious hearts that their complaints— just or unjust—bad reached to head quarters, and would certainly not be any longer overlooked or neglected. In point of effect, indeed, the Presidential turn at coal-mining appears to have proved already a great success. An amicable settlement of the dispute be tween the masters and the men at the Lens collieries is now spoken of as Imminent, and, from the questions and answers put and given m the grimy precincts of the shafts and passages, M. Faure has doubtless gleaned an immense fund of first hand information, ■while he baa left behind him m those murky regions tbe best possible im pressions about the Government and its sympathetic head. As the cham pagne washed the coal-dust out of the mouths of those grimy delegates, so tbe pluck and practical good-fellowship of their illustrious visitor must have cleared away the sense of official in difference from the hearts of the hard worked coal getters. If there bs peace and quiet toil henceforward at Lens, the credit of it will be divisible be tween the good sense and goodwill of M, Felix Faure, and the ever-sensitive nature of the French workman, who, ■with all his faults, knows how to ap preciate what is manly, ponemus, and from the point of view of administra tive government most eminently busi nesslike.

THE ASHBDKTON GUARDIAN 5 THtTBSDAY, JANUABY 12, 18d9

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Business Notices. ASHBtURTON PERMANENT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT! SOCIETY. A I'VANOES of £25 and upwards mad* on Freehold Properties, repayable by Monthly, Quarterly, or Half Yearly imtal menti. Loans »re also granted for Fixed Period at lowest curreuti rates. Deposits received at highest current^ratM All Information #n application to EDWARD STEPHENS, Manager ■""" LOOK " * CHEAP WINTER FIRING. NEW MQuSt SOMERS COAL. OUTPUT has Trebled daring the Iml twelve months. IT IS USED EVERYWHERE. This Goal la the Best and Cheapest Steam v»d Household Goal m the market. Used In the Woollen Factory and Oantw bury Flour Mills. GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS WRITE FOR PRICES CO 0. T. PARK, MOUNTI SOMERS. TANCRED STREET PAPERHAN6INO .WAREHOUSE. (Established 1876.) G CHAPMAN HOUSE DECORATOR, SIGH WRITER, PAPERHANGEB, GRAINER, GLAZIER, Im TUST ARRIVEDrEX RUAPEHU, o BIST SELECTION OF PAPERHANGINGS Ever shown m Ashburton. Direct from the Manufacturers. LATEST ENGLISH DESIGNS, Please call and inspect. A Cabd. % MISS WILLIAMS BEGS to notify the general Pnblio that she has started business as DRKSS AND MANTLE MAKER In Saunders' Buildings. Ectranw by Cooper's Sfcudi-. CHEAP MONEY! CHEAP MONEY CHEAP MONEY IN SUMS JV £100 *» £10,000, on % f COUNTRY, CITY, AND SUBURBAN FREEHOLD, At exceptionally low rates of interest. TT!OR FORMS OF~APPMCATIOR AND Jj FULL INFORMATION, Apply to the DISTRICT MANAGER, Christchurch. .r-"^ J. H. RIOHARD"SON, Government neurance Commisslontr. " A report comes from the district of Waganyafe, N.S.W., of a tettler and his family exhibiting rtTf serious symptoms of poisoning after partaking of their evening meal. In searching for the catta* sas> pision fell on the tea they had uesd. A satople taken from a one pound tin m use was analysed aai,JnvA to contain strong traces of mnirfatlc a^laYiv^lM presence of which is caused by the use of spiriti/-*f, salts m welding the parts of tin togetheri The aoaftfffif.: warns consumers that tea packed m small tioi, owJnf to its very absorbent naturs, is very liable to become impregnated with this acid, and therefore dt.ngeroaa for human consumption, and iidvises that the r» safest package to purchase is that packed m had Wtta an inside lining of vegetable parchment. Tttifityto of packet is quite impervious to the air, and tea a* packed has been known to retain all its aroma aa4 strength for a period of five years." JTOTB.—KOZIB TEA is packed m lead withias nside lining of Vegetable Parchment. LAWES' Dips & Manures. THE Puhlio Dips at the Ashburbon and Tiawald Sale Yards are now open for the SEASON. For terms and particulars apply to Can taker. Lawee' Superphosphate — Best Turnip " Manure m the world. Also poisonous and non-poisonous Sheep Dip m stock. EDWARD IJAUNDEBS, LOCAL AGENT. 11 116 Eixablisued 1380. Tklemkutc No 69 BAKER BEOS., FURNISHING TrNDKRTAKBRS URNISHING U NDERTAKBRS DIRUCT Importers of Best and Latest Designs m FUNERAL FURNISHINGS. FUNERALS condusted with the greatest care and satisfaction, at most reasonable charges. Corner of Wakanai Road and Cast Streets, and Baker and Brown's Coach Factory.



BELFAST FREEZING WORKS MANURES, ARE THE BEST TJIQR (TU IP, RAPE WHEAT, AND ANY OTHER GROP. SPECIAL MANURE can be made for any kind of Soil, or description of crop. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE LAST SEASON. Orders received by FBIEDLANDEB BBOH., limited., DAVID THOMAS, THE N.Z. FAMM3E2O» CO-O£»£3ICA.TIVK ASSOCIATION OF 1 CABiTIfIWBCJII-Y, Limited., OR ALBERT ROBERTS, AGMONX, <A.«frburton. OANTBBBUBY FROZEN MEAT AND DAIRYiPRODUCE EXPORT COMPANY, LIMITED. 8 80 F. WAYMOUTH, Secretary. GIVING UP BUSINESS FOR SALE. SEEDSMAN'S FITTINGS COMPLETE EMPTY TANKS FOR SALE. PREMISES TO LET. J. SEALY AND CO. New Zealand Insurance Company. HSTA BL I S hIH) 0 ""~L «. 1859 CAPITAL^OnFMILLION. THEPBIMIEB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY FIRE AND 'MARINE RISKS. ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRBSBIN^MAOHItfKS, Ac, ACCEPTED AT LOWEST TOBRBNT BaTBS E. W. HANMEB AGENT, %J^^£ASY TO DRINK . EAST 10 W&\S\. EASILY THE RtSA. r= 20,000 zzr •ORION" COOKING RANGES IN USE IN THIS OOLONYr THEY BURN LIGNITE, TRUE GOAL OR WOOD UP TO 24m no settingTreqtjired. With Stove Pipe can be worked oat m the open, SPLENDID BREAD BAKERS. With Oast Iron or Copper Boilers. The Copper Boilers are large and Tinned inside, REPAIRS ARE A MINIMUM. Made m all sizes, single or doable ovens. High or low pressure boilers: ... Ml *Q* • ■ Sold by all Ironmongers, from whom Catalogues can be obtained, or^ from the maker, H. E. SHACKLOOK. SOtJTHEND FOUNDRY, DUNEDIN. 631 MELLOR'S ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE ALWAYS TO THE FRONT. T^OR GOOD CHEAP BOOTS AND SHOES WE STAND ALONE] We do the Leading Trade, and we mean to keep it. NOTE OUR PRICES—Men's Good Shooters, 9a 6d; Children's Anklo Strops, Ii; Ladies' Pretty Shoes, 4a lid and 5s 6d j Men's Good Bluchers, 4s lid. Thousands of other pairs at the same Cutting Prices. _ _ ■Q ■■ IF You want a GOOD EASY BOOT, one that will stand the wear, be «ar« you go to MELL OR'S ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE, 'IGNORED 6TFEET, &SHBUFT3N;



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WE INVITE FABMEES 1 TO CALL AND INSPECT THE McCOKMICK Reaper & Binder -TTTHICH Secured the SSILVJESR MXDAJU for the BEST BINDER on the ground at; the Ohristchnrch A. and P. Show. We have sold outi oar first Consignment of these WOBLD FAME MACHINES, and would advise farmers to CALL KAM.T if they wish to secure the BEST BINDER the WORLD HAS EVFR PRODUCED. We are alto Agents for the Colonial Drill, Which was awarded the &OUD MEJjDikJL. for BEST COMBINED DRILL at the Drill Trial on Mb Boag's farm. Morrow f Bassett & Co, WILLS STREET, ASHBURTON M. PEIEST, Manager. Trust and Agency COMPANY OF AUSTRAL* ASIA, Ltd. incorporated 1860. AUTHORISED CAPITAL £2,000,000 SUBSCRIBED £1,750,000 RESERVE FUNDS (British Consols, etc.) ... ... £200,000 SOLICITORS AND AGENTS; Messrs Wynn- Williams and Brown, Cbristchurch. Messrs Chapman and Tripp, Wellington. Messrs Sainsbury and Logan, Napier. Head Office m New Zealand— 211, HEREFORD STREET, CHRIST CHURCH. £30,000"to Lend at 5 per cent. ON FREEHOLD FARM LANDS. Advances can be repaid at six months' notice, and even sums up to three-fifths o amount borrowed can be paid off at any time by giving three months' written notice. , JAS. NATHL. HAMER, Manager and Inspector for New Zealand; 215 Henry McElrea CASH BUYEK OP WOOL, SKINS, HIDES, FAT, Etc. WANTED at once—lo,ooo Crossbred or Merino Pelts. Top Price for Fresh and well-saved Pelts ; also 20 ton Clean Dry Caul or Kidney Fat, l£d par lb BAG WOOL A SPECIALTY. I have on Sale— TEA SOAP CANDLES POTATOES FLOUR SHARPS BRAN OATS Chickwheat, Straw and Oat-sheaf Chaff. Best "Brands and First Quality, fit up-to date prices, for pbompt cash. Come up to " Mag" and get quotations. All Goods delivered m Town and Suburbs. Note the Address— BARING SQUARE, ASHBORTON. ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE IS ONE OF THE PERFECT INVESTMENTS OFfIEBED BY THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALASIA. T7IXAMPLE of Non-feiture Conditions.— JQj At Age 30 next Birthday, under Table C 20, Assurance of £1000 will ooet £31 10s per annum for 20 years. In event of discontinuance of payments the Policy becomes Paid up for £150 AFTER 3 YEARS. £250 AFTER 5 ¥ EARS. £500 AFTER 10 YEARS. And so on. When the 20 years' Premiums j have been paid, the Assurance is not only Paid up for £1000, but is increased by the Accumulated Bonuses. WALTER SCALES, Superintendent of New Business) HUGO FRIEDLANDER. District Agent, Ashburton, DRINK DELICIOUS PERFECT IN QUALITY, FLAVOR AND BLEND. Packed m Tins, the delicate Aroma Absolutely Preserved. OBTAINABLE FROM ALL GROCERS



ft W. HANMEB I HAVE much pleasure m notifying to the Farmers who were olients of the old firm of Hanmer and Graves, and others with whom I have m the past done business, _ that I shall be repreiaented abtbeSfcock Sales J i held m the Ashburton County m the future, 1 I having made arrangements with Mr J. R- Bland to aot as my Auctioneer. Any business entrusted to me will be carefully looked after as usual, and I hope I may be favored with a share of what is going. For the time being I shall occupy the old offices which I have been m for the past six years m West Street, aod m connection with the new business shall carry on the agencies already established there. EDWARD W. HANMER, ABhbarton, October 14, 1898. WOOL SEASON, 1898-1899. I HAVE taken the Well Lighted and Commodious third Floor m Mr John i Mee's Store m Timaru aB heretofore, and shall offer at the Wool Sales any Wool which may be entrusted to me. The Second Sale will be held on DECEMBER 30th, and all Wool should be forwarded by the 27th December, to ensure being catalogued. I am prepared to make advances FREE OF COMMISSION on all Wool Bent forward. Woolpacka and Twice at Lowest Current Rafcee. B. W. HANMER. JOHN R BLAND, 08 Auctioneer XMAS PRESINTSj PAY A VISIT TO J. Y. de BEER. SPECIAL REDUCTIONS. 4 LL Goods Marked m — PLAIN FIGURES— GOLD BROOCHES from 6s SILVER BROOCHES „ Is GOLD LINKS ;, 6s ALL OTHER GOODS IN PROPORTION I^aclies' Riu&«* a Specialty New Goods Just Opened Suitable for CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. J. V. DE BEER, (LATE S. SALEK) WATCHMAKER k JEWELLER, ASHBURTON. Express Gyole Works. THE OLDEST AND LARGEST BIOYOLE WORKS IN ASHBURTON. LaNDELLS & SON, SOLE PROPRIETORS, NEXT THE CLUB. RUDGE-WHITWORTH, BALEIGHS, WHITE FLYERS, Etc. DO Not be Persuaded to Buy any par , ticu'ar Bicycle, but use your own Discretion, and then come to us, when we have no doubt we will be able to supply you with what you wanb. Second-Hand JBicycles In Great Variety, at all Prices. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR. SPECIAL SHOW OF Latest Novelties Suitable or the HOLIDAY SEASON. Inspection Invited. A. P. Williamson, QASH DRAPER & CLOTHIER Tanered Street. CITY TT OT E L 1 T V JJL O T E L TRIANGLE, Chriatchurch, and RAILWAY STATION REFRESHMENT ROOMS, Ashburton. R\ LEXANDEE begs to inform his • -XJL friends andfthe public generally that he has taken over the above com modious and popular Hotel from Mr McNamara. The House is replete with every convenience. Hob, Cold, and Shower Baths. The accommodation is second to none m Chrisbchurch. An excellent table and all the best brands of Ales, Wines and Spirits procurable m stock Telephone 365. K. Alexander, Proprietor, 1



NIOOLL BROTHERS. JNicoll Brothers, [H. F. Nicoll.] [L. A. Nicoll AUCTIONEERS, ACCOUNTANTS. SHAREBROKERS, VALUATORS, LAND ESTATE, AND GENERAL AGENTS. 1 OWNTRAL AUCTION RO ?MS EAST STREET, AbHBUKTON. WEEKLY S\LES OF OATTLK, PIGS & POULTRY Every Saturday, ab 12 o'clock noon, In Yards adjoining the Aroade. Entrance by right-of-way, rear of Union Bank. Also of MERCHANDISE, FURNITURE, and PRODUCE, m our Rooms EVERY BATJRDAY, commencing immediately on conclusion of our live stock sale. CLEARING SALES conducted m any part of the District at lowest current rates. ADVANCES made on goods placed m oar hands for absolute sale. GRAIN BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COM MISSION. 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 Seofcions for Sale, Particulars on application. We invite those wishing to dispose of their properties to communicate with us. WOOL wooL._yrooL. WE have pleasure m notifying our Clients that we have made arrange ments with MESSRS DALGETY & CO., LTD. to sell at the Christchuroh Sales any Woo which may be entrusted to ua, and we are prepared to make LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES against Wool placed m our hands for sale. The Wool should be consigned to Dalgety & Co., Ltd,, Christohurch, account NiOOLL Bros., with advice to us. We can also arrange to dispose of clips privately if so desired. FREEZERS. FREEZERS. T7IARMERS wishing to oonaign Sheop on their own account can book space at any ime to Buib their own convenience, by com municating with us. NICOLL BROS., DISTRICT AGENTS, CHRISTCHURCH MEAT COMPANY. Limited. 8 39 THE CHRISTCHURCH MEAT CO. Limited; ISLINGTON MANURES Especially prepared for Wheat, Turnips, Rape, and any other crop, and to suit any description of soil. GREATLY INCREASED PRODDCTION WHEREVER USED. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE Nicoll Bros, store five varieties of thia celebrated fertiliser. Price on application. Allowance made for quantities. Letters will receive prompt attention. NICOLL BROS., DISTRICT AGENTS SMOKE THE NEW VENUS Dark Aromatic Plug 1 Tobacco. THE CELEBRATED & BEST BFAND MANUFAOTOBED FROM CHOICEST VIRGINA LEAP "^TRATHMORE PEIVATE HOSPITAL. EXTENSIVE ADDITIONS JUST COMPLETED UNEQUALLED IN THE COLONIES FO MEDICAL AND SURGICAL OASES. /~^AN Accommodate upwards of FORTIt W]l MALE *nd FEMALE PATIENTS TERMS : From 2 Guineas pet week PATIENTS CAN BE ATTENDED BY THJftI- OWN MEDICAL AWIBER Apply to— THE MATRON, Stbathmoeb Private Hospital, Ferry Road (just over East Bolt), [Christ 135 church. Bazaar Livery Stables. T HAVE PLEASURE m notifying the Public of Ashburton that I have taken over THE BAZAAR STABLES, Burnett .Street, from Mb S. Teevukza, and trust that I may receive a fair^ahare of patronage of the genoral public. CABS MEET ALL TRAINS Saddle Horses, Traps, and Buggies on hire at all hours, and at reasonable charges. GOOD 8 ABLINGi JAMES McOORMICK. 6 1 ( gtnoke N.«w Ye« UH



& SONS. ■ fTferbimlk /"\NE Second-hand Dray In good order. R FERRIMAN. ONE Second-hand Andrews and Beaven Chaffcutter. P. FERRIMAN. Knife Grinders Grass Mowers. THE NEW MODEL' DUTTON MOWii.fi KNIFE GRINDER rpHB New Model Dutton Mower Knife JL Orinder is believed to be as near perfection as such a machine can ba made. A most Valuable Improvement has been m%de m the means used for holding the knife to the grinding wheel, when being ground. The pressure of the knife against the wheel is made less at the lower part of the knife section, where the lo<tsfc f/rind ing is needed, and is gradually increased as the wheel is moved along the edge of the section towards its point. "keep the knives shaep," Is what every manufacturer of mowers directs. With' this grinder it can easily ba dono. With a dull knife, the wear and strain, both r>n machine and te»m, are greatly increased, and the grass will bo badiy cut. A man, or even a boy, with this machine, can grind a mower knife per fectly, and wii"h ease and rapidity. Wheo a Root ion is dulled or nicked by coming m conucfc wish a stone, aa ofton happens, ifc can be sharpened without grinding the other sections. THE "COBUNDUM GRIfIBIJSG WHEEL" I Does ita work well. It wears bub little, a will last, according to the amount of witk done, from three to five years, and probably" I 0 There h a large hole m the centra of the wheel, made water tight by" the flan^ 69 which damp the wheel and. hold it m position. When the machine is u«ecl this hallow space is filled with water through a small hole m the side of one of its flanges ; the hole is then plugged up. When turning the wheel In grinding, the water is driven through its pores by 'centrifugal force, completely wetting its grinding surface, this prevents the temper or the knife from being destroyed, which would be done if the wheel were used dry. THE OPERATOR While grinding a knife, stands facing the side of the whesl and over the knife clamp, this brings the grinding of the section directly under the eye. By means of a now improvement the grinder can be readily clamped to a pole or the rim of any wheel having a width of from 3 to 5£ inches, Ifc requires but little skill to use this grinder ; the directions senfc with each machine will, if followed, enable any one to work it without trouble. These machines are protected fully by patents m the United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, Belgium and Sweden. F. FERRIMAN, AGENT. ART CLASSES, MR A. W. BIeMIjLJuIJN, ARTIST, Fro South Kensington School of Art, London, England. STUDIO IN SAUKDBRS' BUILDINGS, CENTRAL ENTRANCE. INSTRUCTIONS given m all Branches of ART. Painting from nature a Specialty. For Particulars address the Art Studio, Saundera' Buildings. Xnsist upon having' our Pure Teas. Bon't be put upon. Shsy are tlie Best and Cheapest. Absolutely pure. Copied tout never equalled. Guaranteed Wicer and Better Value than any at 4<l per Ita. more money. Compare our 2/- Tea with aay at 2/4, and our 2/4 with any at 3/- per Ib.



SA.INI>EI-ff & Soiiss* Euca lypti Jftbttrfact. Jnder the distinguished patronage of His j Majesty the Kin«?.->{ H-iiy. aa p«-r uoittmumca tion m»ds by the Mi-iiafier ;'or For'stgu Atfairs throuyi Lho 0->n«o -<'■>■. m-n-l far Itaiy, at Melb v «..'■, M»-. -h L 4. 13HI AwArdo.-l diplcn^ ■•' i' <■ Aim . vhwn Kxl-jbi^i'.-n, 1833. ■ Ackui '-••).;p'i X-\ V!t-lic!il Oisiuca and j Uiaver .H>-a aiJ ovtr tha (i c>!-.e. There w« imitiit-ions of Eucalypti Extract tiie market, products of ait«pl« ' W -'iHtit o;> f irtnititj crucUj rcs'Tions oils. In .r:}"j; t h-'-t lht'i?« i'fij'k*. o'l«i may not. be takers, ] ■lrR P'-IRK VOLATILE EUCAI-APTI A!/'? 1, which IB recognised by the •i.fir'ica 1- -livisinn of the Prussian Government bo o f ;.i)jrfe';My pare origin, as per nform&t <m forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, Mur«h 2, 1378, wo tate :— It is proved by testa by the Medical Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and Greifswaid, Prussia, and reported by Dr. Sohulz,Professor i of Parmacology, at Bon, and Professor Dr., Mossier, Director of the Medical Clinics at Grreifswald, that only products that are saturated with oxygen and freed of /•cßinouß and other Rubstaocos, adherent to primary distillation, will develope the anative qualities proper to the plant i \ll crude oils, or bo called Eucalypti Extracts | are to be classed according to the named / authorities, among the turpenanee, which are abandoned long since as an nternal adicament. These crude oils, or so called Eucalypti Extracts, are discernible : 1 By their deficiency m pungent odour— which our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extract develops most freely through its surplus oxygen. By their alcoholic thin and mobile appear ance being reduced m speoifio density through the presence of acids, By their taste, the result of the contracting tendency of resins and tennates. If these crude oils, so-called eucalypt extracts, are applied by mistake ia cases of croup, bronchitis, diphtheria, internal nflamations, dysentery, etc., the con sequences are most appalling. For safety akeaskalwaysforSANDEß&SON'SEUCA. LYPTI EXTRACT.™Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia.



CLARKE'S 841 PILLS warranted to euro Gravel, I'ainain Iho buck aud ail knisimJ complaints. Free from Mercury. Established upwards of 30 years In hoxcu 4s 6d each, of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors throughout the world. Propriotora, The Lincoln and Mid ! la or! Counties Drag Company, Lincoln Kn»l '«d 3 "ml^s~ethkl gates, M.N.'P.S. mEAOHER of Shorthand and Music, JL Viauo, OrgaD, & Violin. JJAKAIA & OHERTSEY, AW^DAY & W&D3SKSPAY.



Faemeks, working men, and all who desire to Bee " good time 3" m Ashburton will materially help to bring prosperity to.their own doora by encouraging local industries. Having increased our staff of workers, and showing the largest stock of tailoring goods m the district, aud with exceptional facility for trade, we are determined to offer such inducements as will '' keep the money m the place" if customers will kindly call and compare our reduced prices on and after fffuesday, December 13, 1898. Men'a all wool tweed suits made to measure m a variety of new patterns for 52? 6(1 or suit and extra- pair of trousers to measure for 65a and upwards, at prices which will m all eases compare favorably with thoiie of Christ church or Dunedin firms for cash, and our name is a suiHcient guarantee for fit, style, and workmanship, as the loading tailors and outfitters —CiiAiGiiEAu & Bkrbysiax. (advt