TRANSVAAL WAR.

The Fight near Ladysmith

How the Boers were Iterated Tho Fighting at Tatham's Farm Effective Work of the British Cavalry, Heavy Lossess of the Boers. New South Wales Lancers. United Press Aasooiation—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright* London, Nov. 7 At a dinner at Portsmouth to com memorate the Battle of Inkernian, the Queen telegraphed thac she vividly recalled tne Crimean campaign. She was sure the veterans wouid be proud of their younger comrades fighting in South Africa. November 8 The Daily Mail states that the Second and Third Army Corps will be mobilised. Ten thousand more, troops are proceeding to South Africa. | Lady Randolph Churchill will ac-| company the American ladies' hospital j ship, for which ahe recently started a fund. The Daily Mail states that the Boers threw three hundred shells into Mufe king, wounding four members of the Garrison. The Boers then tried to Btorm the town, but were unable to stand the Maxim and rifle fire, and tied in a piaic, In the flight they were driven over exploding mines, and suffered groat loss. The Morning Post's Fstcourt corres. pondent reports that the British shelled a Boer column advancing from Colenao. Then th§ cavalry charged A thousand of the enemy were killed and two thousand captured. No official information of. the engagement, how ever, has been received. The Daily Telegraph's correspondent estimates that the Boers lost 800 to 1000, and the British 100. The Boers were granted a day's armistice on condition that they made no movement, but a balloon showing that a movement was being continued, fighting was re sumed south of Ladysmitb, the cavalry driving the Boers into the open veldt, riding through them and almost an nihilating a column advancing on Oolenao. Pretoria, November 7 During the past two years the Transvaal imported 250,000 rifles and 300 oannon. November 9 Three thcusand burghers, and many German artillerymen, with a number of heavy quick-firing guns, have left Pre toria to defend the Orange Free Si* to frontier, Capetown, November 8 The Boers fired the veldt at Kimberley, exploding thirty-five tons of dynamite belonging to the De Beers Mining Company. The explosion was harmless. Durban, November 8 General French is proceeding to Capetown to meet General Buller to discuss warlike operations. There was a cessation of hostilities at Ladysmith from Friday to Monday. Prior to that a heavy but ineffective bombardment was kept up. One Kaffir only was killed. The town has been greatly strengthened, and is now believed to be safe. Tho residents took refuge in bombproof shelters. General Joubert would not permit non-combatantp, sick and wounded, to proceed south, but allotted them a special camp four miles from Lady smith. It now transpirea that the eqaadron of the 18th Hussars which was missing after the battle at Irapati Hill, took refuge in a cattle kraal and ifought stubbornly against great odds until four Krupp shells dropped in their midst. Native eye-witnessea of Thursday's battle at Tatham's farm report that the Boers were caught in the open. They raised the white fiag and after wards fired on the British at close range, This enraged the British, who charged them with great slaughter. On Friday the British made a strong reconnaissance from Ladysmith towards Oolenso, and found the Boerß with their guns posted on Groblerakloof. The cavalry skirted the hill, and the infantry crept up to the summit, bayoneting 100 of the enemy, and driving the others to the plain, where the cavalry slashed them to pieces as previously described. A Transvaal officer, disguised as an ambulance driver, during the truce on Thursday, brought a number of wounded British to Ladysraith, hoping to observe the effect of the Boer shells. An armoured train has left Est court for Oolenso and Fieters station, with a view to repairing the line. The Boers are withdrawing four miles north j of Oolenso. A detachment of the Dublin Fusi liers waa aboard the armoured train which left Estcourt to repair the line to Coleneo. Affcer the battle afc Elandsgaate all the Johannesburg garrison went to the front, leaving one gan and a few police. Major-General French left Lady emitb to proceed to Capetown by the last train which got away from the town- The heights around Maritzburg have been strongly fortified. November 9 Twenty of the Rand auxiliary troops T»ere shot after the battle of Blands laagte for cowardice. Three hundred and fifty Boers captured the town of Ingwavuma, in Zululand. A large Boer commando burnt Bremersdorp, the capital of Swaziland. The Boera investment of Ladysmith exhibits little enterprise. The British cavalry are constantly out reconnoi tring. It is believed that Joubert is inactive owing to the severity of the Boer losses, and is reconcentrating the colupans sent forward. A Boer despatch declares that the Brttieh artillery at Ladysmith created a veritable inferno. Sydney, November 8 Mr Mpagher raised a discussion on

the returning Lancers, who, he [ understood, had volunteer d for the . front-, but were under agp, and their parents objected. He said, if Government went to the expense j of sending mea to England for train ing purposes, lot them send men, not boys, Mr bleath opposed the spending of money to make toldiers who simply dingle sworda afc their heels. He declared there was nob another hundred men in Australia—not even the mem bers of the Assembly—who would, under similar circumstances, lose a third of their number in a wild rush home to their mothers He hoped when ! they rf turned to thecolony Government would ask them to cease to be soldiers, Other speakers hinted at a hot; rec^p i tion, and some prused their moral courage in obeying their parents. Mr I Lyne understood that six or eis>ht were ; undet age. Unless a very good ex ; planation was forthcoming, it would { be a stain on the escutcheon of New South Wales by the return of such a large number. The military authori ties explain that seven or eight are under ago, and the others were pro bably compelled to return owing to i not being able to pass the doctor, or for family reasons, but seventy have gone to the front. November 9 The disparaging remarks made in the legislative Assembly about the returning Lancers are strongly depre cated by the public and the military authorities, it is considered that the speakers should have waited for a fuller explanation before passing such sweeping judgment. London, November 8 j The Daily Chronicle states that five of the New South Wales Lancers return to Australia on account of their ' health, and the employers of fifteen others refused them vacation,precluding their going to the front.

The Relief of Mafeking

Fears for General "White's Sup ply of Ammunition

Ladysmith Eail-way to to Be- OB@nod

A South African Light Horse Corps

Reoeived Wakapuaki* Nov 10, 9.15 a.m, This Office 9.45 a.m.) Capetown, Nov 9 Colonel Plumtnev'd force is advanc ing from the north for the relief of Mafeking. A South African Light Horse corpj 1000 strong, is being formed here It includes Uitlanders of all nations. Durban, Nov. 9 It is feared that General White re quires ammunition for his naval big guns. The railway from Estcourt to Lady smith is hourly expected to be re opened.

Kruger's Faith and Pipe

Kaiser William Forbids South, £facs/;i Service

(Received Wakapuaka N«v 10, 9 '5 am This Office 9 45 a.m) Pretoria, November II President Kruger is unmoved in the face of train loads of wounded Boers, and declares the cause is in the Lord's hands, and smokes placidly. Berlin, November 9 The Emperor has notified that no Prussian officers will be allowed to go to -South Africa, and everything is beiDg done to prevent ex officers par ticipating in the conflict.

Asked to Resign.

(Received Wakapuaka Nov. 11, 9 15 a.m, This Office 9 45 p m) London, November 9 The constituents of Mr McLean, member for Cardiff, who recently passed a vote censuring him for con demning the Government's Transvaal policy, have now demanded his resigna tion.

Scared Boers

Dublin Fusiliers on the Move

{Received Wakapuaka Nov. 10, 10.15 a in, This Office 10.20 a.m) Durban, November 9 The Estcourt armoured train has scared the Boers from Oolenso. The Dublin Fusiliers, re entering Fort Wylie, which protects Oolenso, secured four waggon loads of shells and provisions.

THE ELECTIONS.

Xv C J. Harps? at Mayiold

We are indebted to ouc Mayfield corre spondent for the following : —The school room was well filled on Tuesday night to hear Mr Harper speak. Mr Twentyman occupied the chair and introduced the speaker, and craved a respectful hearing foi him. Mr Harper, in opening, said he spoke to his audience as one of themselves, haying been & resident and farmer in the district for nearly twenty years. He regretted the inability of Mr Wright to stand for the Aehburton elecborate again. He then dealt with the more important political question*) on the lines indicated in his Ashburton speech, and wound up by again pointing out that) he was one of themselves?*-^ farmer in the district', and one who Had had some experience of its requirements, having been so long working for the ratepayers on the I Road Board and County Council. He 1 answered questions as under :—To Mr Reid : I He should like to see the Bill amended con- I siderably from its original form, so as to remove as far as possible the stigma of pauperism from receipt of the pension by any one who was justly entitled to ib. To Mr Dan Keilahan : If returned, he would endeavour to get a Bill passed to do away with "stonewalling." He would endeavor to puts down as far as possible useless waste of time in the House. To Mr James Dellow : He thought the half holiday system should be extended to the country to farm hands, and suggested a long holiday in the winter time as a eo'ution. To Mr Keilahan: Regarding the abolition of the totalisator, as far as he could learn there was less gambling with that institution than under the old style of bookmaking. To Mr Elmslie : As to what improvements may be hoped for in the road to Yaletta railway station, and alao accommodation at the station, Mr Harper said that a light) branch line or tram line from the tanks to Mayfield and Ruapuna would meet the requirements of the district better. A vote of thanks, proposed and seconded by Messrs Reid and Deliow, was unanimously accorded to Mr Harper for hia address, and a similar one to the chairman terminated the meeting. Several ladies were present, and the meet -1 ing "was moab enthusiastic.

THE LATEST.

Home and Foreign.

I United Pnw As>nocif»'ion—fiy Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received Wakapuaka Nov. 10, 930 a,m, This Office 9 54 «.m) The Gold Coast. T-ONJDON Nov. 9 Under the division of the Gold Coast neutral zone, Great Britain retains Gambaga and Mamprusi, and Germany Yondi and Ohakosi. It is also provided that Germany shall renounce extra territorial jurisdiction over the protpctorate of Zanzibar. The Samoan Settlement.

The American Government, while not opposing the arrangement in Samoa, intimates that she would have preferred Great Britain to Germany as a neighbour. Generally speaking, the tone of the German press indicates that the arrangements are satisfactory to the Germans. The British press approves of the agreement prs-suppos ing that the Governments of Austra lasia were consulted before the arrangements were completed. Some consider that the settlement strengthens the British strategic position in addition to removing the only element of friction with Germany. Lord Rosebery's Speeches The recent decision of the Gourts ; that Lord Rosebsry's spei chef* as specially reported in the Times are copyrighted, has been reversed. The case will now go before the House of LorJs. The American Presidency. Washington, November 9 The American state elections resul ted in thß endorsement of the policy of President McKinley, who is likely to be nominated for another term of office.

Australian.

United Press Association—By Eleobrio Telegraph—Opyright. (Recived Wakapuaka Nov. 10, 9.50 a.m, This office 10 15 a. m) Rifle Association meeting. Sydney, November 10 At the Rifle Association Meeting the brothers G. G. and fcf. Hicks, well known South Ooa&t shots, tied for the Queen's prizi with 271 ; Fargher, Victoria, 269 The Hicks brothers both used Martinis, receiving handi caps of six points. Fargher used the •303 rifle. The tie was shot off to day. Fargher won the championship grand aggregate.

BATHURST BAND CONTESTS.

United Press Association —By Eleobrio Telegraph —Copyright

Sydnky, November 9 Tn the marching competition there were nine entries. Code's Melbourne Band won witli 136 points, the Wellington Girrison Band fifth with 128 points. The New Z^alanders marched we'l. They tied Code's Bard on points for music, but lost nine points on the ground tint nine bands men were unshaven, (Received Wakapuaka Nov. 10, 9 50 a.m, This Office 10,15 a.m Sydney, November 10 The Bathurst band contests champion ship for Australasia was won by fill grove Band, 306 points; Codes, Mcl bourne, 298 j Newtown, 297 ; Welling ton Garrison, sixth, with 281 points,

THE CONTROL OF SAMOA.

Uuited Press Association —By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright. London, November 9 An important arrangement has be an come to between Great Britain and Germany with regard to Samoa, which involves compensation and exchanges. With reference to the British-German agreement, it is officially announced that Great Britain renounces the Islands of Upolu and Savaii, in favour of Germany,, and Tutuila in favour of America, while Germany renounces in Great Britain's favour her rights in Tonga, Vavau, and Savage Islands, and transfers to Great Britain the Solomon Islands situated east and south-east of Bouginviile and Buka Islands. She also divides with Great Britain the neutral zone in the Gold Ooas 1; Hinterland.

COMMERCIAL

The Ashburton Agency of the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association of Canter bury, Ltd, quote as follows on November 8. 1899 :— Wheat- Prime milling Pearl .. 2i 4d to 2a 5d „ „ Tuscan... 2s 5d to 2s 6d „ Hunter's 2s 2Jd to 2s 3d Oats—Duns ... Is 5d to Is 6d Danish ... Is 5d to Is 6d Canadians Is 7d to Is 8d Sparrowbills Is 6d to la 7d Barley—Malting, prime, 2b 9d Inferior 2a 3d Ohaff—Good oatsheaf 37s 6d Gr&BS Seed—Old pasture, Is 8d to 2s New  Is 3d to Is 6d The above are prices current p»id to farmers on trucks at Ashburton.

SPORTING.

C J.C. SPRING MEETING.

SECOND DAY.

United Press Association—-By Eleotrio Telegraph Chbistchuroh, November 9 The weather was dull and the attendance fair. The sum of £14,211 was passed through the totallsator. Following are results :— Middleton Hurdles, of 159 soys; If mile -Dundee 1, Ilex 2, Cmalopogaaa 3. Won by a length. Time—3 223. Dividend -£4 Criterion Handicap, of 200 soys ; seven furlongs—Rochester 1, Ideal 2, The Spinner j 3. Won by two lengths* Time—l 29?. Dividend—£lß 15a 6d Derby, of 1000 sove; I£ mile— Seahorse 1, St ilario 2, Miss Delaval 3. Won all the way. Time—2 38. Dividend—£;! 12s Juvenile Plate, of 300 soys; five fur-' longs— Renown 1, Courtier 2, Advance 3 W.n by a length. Time 1 3 Dividend— £6 7a 6d Metropolitan Handicap., of 400 soys; one mile and a half.—Explosion 1, Malatua 2, Fulmen 3 Explosion got in fronb fifty yards from home and won by half a length. Time—2 38§. Dividend— £b 2s 6d Selling Two-Yeaß-010, four furlongs— Melita 1, Toatudo 2. The only starters. Time-52|. Dividend— £2 5a Eysosi High-Weight Handicap, of 125 aov8; one mile—First Blood 1, Ben Parley 2, Female Franchise 3. Won by half a length. Time—l4s. Dividend-£6 12s 6d The Auction Handicap, of 50 soys ; five furlongs—Mount Clair 1, Gold 2, Shekel 5. Won by half a, length. Time—l 5i Divi dend— £2 4sj

Christchurch, Nov. 10 The following ncueptanc a h«va been received for Saturday's races : — Pubuhban Eurdes, of !00 boys ; once roiv.rt nod a distance—]!< x 12 0, Dundee 10 9, RoUet 10 8, Pensioner 90, The Weav r 9 0, Sub Rosa 9 0 Nubsery Handicap, of 200 novs ; four 'furlongs.—Beddhigton 8 12, Renown 311, Oannie Chiel 80, Field Rose 7 11, Lady X Her 79, Melita77, I«nene77, Military 77, Stephanie 7 2, Clytie 7 2, Tremor 7 2 Jockey Club Handicap, of 400 soys ; one mile—Sir Launoelot 89, Tauhel 89, Duodas 8 7, B»ttleaxe 8 4, Jupiter 8 3, Malatua 82, Rochester 8 2, Paladin 7 11, Djin Djia 7 9, Fulmen 77, Chasseur 77, Pitch »od Tob« 75, The Spinner 75, Fi at Blood 70, Brisa 610, 6kobeloff 67 Avon Weltes, of 150 soya j seven fur longs—Ben Failey 99, Female Franohise9 5, Wedlock 9 3, The Orphan 8 13, Cameo 8 13, Abercrombie 89, Glenelg 87, Vandyke 86, ' St Mark 84, Peerage 82, Red Banner 81, Lapidary 80, Bizarre 712, Hermoaa 711, Will o'the-Wisp 710, Rex II 78, HeriUs 77 Oanterbuby Cup—Seahorse, 8b Iliario, Explosion. Farewell Handicap (nominations)—- Pitoh and Toss, Cherrystone, Motto, Can not shot, Red Banner, Paladin, Peerage, Will-o'-the-Wisp, Vanilla, First Blood, Seabronk, Berz >in, Okoari, Jupiter, Cameo, Huku, Rubin, Glenelg, Fulmen,

f THIRD DAY

THE ASHBUBTON GUABDIAN: FBIBA?, NOVEMBER 10, 1899.



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DAVID THOMAS. AROADE. HORSE FAIR. THURSDAY, NuV, 16, — 1899 — I WILL hold my Next HORSE FAIR en the above date, IJ& WHICH I AM NOW RECEIVING H'NTRUfIS. D. THOMAS, 10 143 Auctioneer. FRIEDLANDER BKOS., Ltd CLEARING SALE OF SUPERIOR HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND EFFECTS. THUKBDAYj November 16, 1899. MESSRS FRIEDLANDER Bros., Ltd, have been favored with instructions from Mr David Zander, (who is going into private lodgings), to Hell on the above date at his residence, Tancred Street, THK WHOLE OF HIS SUPERIOR HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE k EFFECTS 1. Dbawing RooM—Pjano by Bucht, Suite in Damask, Occasional and other Chairs, Tables, Mirrors, Overmantel, Marble Clock, Handsome Pictures, Vases, Curtains, Carpet, Fender, etc. 2. Dining Room—Extension Table, Side Board, Sofa, Large Mirror, Easy and other Chairs, Steel Engravings, Car pet, Spirit Stand, Cutlery, E.P. Ware, Large Quantity of Books, and Sewing Machine. 3. The contents of three Bedrooms, includ ing^ Handsome Wardrobe, Puchesse Table and Washstands, Iron Bed steads (double and single), Chests of Drawers, also Blankets, Mattresses, and Linen. 4. Ha*l—Hall Stand with Mirror, Curtains Floor cloth, etc , etc. Large Quantity of Kitchen Utensils, including Dinner and Breakfast Ser vices, Plated Dish Covers and Plated Ware ; also Garden Tools, Lawn Mower, *nd Sundries. FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd. R, FRIEDLANDER, 10195 Auctioneer SUGARING. QHEARING COMMENCES at ANAMA | on November 24th. 11 60 C. J. PETER. SHEARING. SHEARING will start at the Alford Shed on MONDAY, the 20th hut. Stands open to 12 good Shearers. E. HERRING. W. Tuokbk—Cook U 67 BHEABING, SHEARING starts at Acton on TUES. O DAY, the 14th inst. THOMAS BLACKLEY, 11 65 Manager MR JOHN McLACHLAN WILL ADDRESS THE ELECTORS as follows ;— WATKRTON, at the Schoolhouse, on MONDAY, 13th inst, at 7.30 p.m FfFFELTON, afc the Sohoolhouse, on TUESDAY, 14th inst, afc 7.30 p.m FLEMINTGTON, ab the Schoolhouse, on WEDNESDAY, 15th inst, at 7.30 p.m EALING, at the Schoolhouse, on THURS DAY, 16th inst, at 7 30 p in HINDS, at the Schoolhouae, on FRIDAY, 17th inst, at 7.30 p.m TINWALD, afc the Templar Hall, on SATURDAY, 18th iost, at 7.30 p.m Ji 74



G. MEDDINS, (LATE VV.OOMG RKVE'3. TEE PGOPLR'B IRON MON 0 E R". CONSEQUENTLY THE CHEAPEST- \ TTASthe following New Seasonable Goods ust opened ab prices that defy legitimate SHEEP SHEARS -.a-JSeESSe^EARS. TURKEY OIL STONES .-Keal Beauties. LAWN MOWERS! LAWN MOWERS! "New Easy " "Orescent," • •Philadelphia," and "Carbine."j " JAPANNED TRUNKS." For the Million. Colonial Made; Good and stiong. BURNETT STREET, Opposite Arcade.



DATES, LOWBY AMD CO- Atalanta Bicycles. ONLY A PEW of these famous Local Wheels on hand Dun'op Multiflex Tyres, extra fiai»b, with 12 months guarantee— FOR £20 EACH. GATES, LOWRY & CO., BURNETT STREET. NEW SEASON'S SEEDS, RAPE, Clovers, Ryegrass, Cocksfoot, Cowgraae, ec, at lowest) market prices. NICOLL BROS., East Street K. T. CLARET GRAIN AND PRODUCE BROKER AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT, Strbet, Next to McConnsll and Comptoa'a Stables Simples of Wheat, Oats, Barley, Clover, and other Seeds submitted to Buyers, and highest price obtained AGENT for all kinds of Farm M 2£ per cent commission added only to cost price I am a purchaser of all kinds of Farm Produce, Butter, Eggs, Poultry, B eawax, Honey, Horse Hair ; Cash given BUL'TER—Now that the shipping season has started, I am prepared to treats with farmers for salt butter for shipment) Home. Boxes supplied. Call for circular Farmora' and Tradesmen's Books kept, Debts collected, Houses let, Farms sold 5 Trust Money to lend at current rates I AM AGENT FOR- Howden and Montcriefa Famous Garden Seeds Murchison's Scrub Exterminator—Sudden death to the Californiaa Thistle Jardoo Fertiliser— A new discovery for growing Pob Pl-mts, and for garden use Field and GardUn Manures supplied from five tons down to J-cwt bags Knowle's ReliaMe lusecticides for destroy ing Scale, Bight, etc, on Fruit Trees antf Flowers ; grow Fruit, nob diseased stumps ; death to the green and black aphis now attacking Roses ; information given re all insect and fungivd pests Clark's Ctlf Feeder-One oE the greatest successes of modern dairy appliances Preservutia, for preserving Butter ; greitly used now iv all factories in Victoria Vickery Egg PreFervative—Will keep Eggs fresh for J2 mot tha Roberts' Simplex Incubators —Poultry farmers should see tHs machine A and W McCarthy's Fi&hing Tackle and G«nS Kemp'a Patent Sh<ep Branding Lquid- The Australasian says this branding fluid ir the best we have ever used BICYCLES—I have been appointed Agent for the Raleigh and Holms Bicycles. The Baleigh U one of the highest grad6 machines made ; it is not a cheap machine ; do not buy cheap machines ; th« best is always the cheapest in the end. The price is—Specials £28, Racers £26, Road Racers £25, Light Roadsters £22 10«j Ladies' Bicycles frrm £20 to £25 The Holms (now ail the rage in the North Island) is made by J. Hollis and Sons. Birmingham, England, Gun and Rifle Manu facturers—{HoUis! Guns hare a world-wide reputation, and need no advertising). This machine I can recommend, as it is impossible for this firm with their reputation to make an inferior article. The price ia exactly the same as the English factory figure, viz—£2o for Lady's or Gentleman's Easy terms can be arranged for either machine ; a 12 months guarantee given. I offsr you as follows: Potatoes (table) Is 9d per saok ; Oat Sheaf Chaff £2 10a per ton, whole Oats fa per sack. Crushed Oats 6s per sack, Chick Wheat %* per saok, Factory Cheese 6d per Ib, Baoon (whole) 7d, Californlan Onions 13s per case of lOOibs net; Butter Cases, for export, 2s each; all delivered free, Sacks to* be re turned. 10 264 PUBLIC NOTICE. HAVING given up business in Ashbur ten, I have placed alt outstanding accounts due to me in the hands of Mb W. H. Barbbtt, Arcade, for immediate collec tion, and hereby request my customer! to pay him the amounts due without delay, and his receipt will be a sufficient discharge. J. H. JAMIESON. Aahburton, November 6,1889. 11 62 DISTRICT ORDERS. THE Ashburton Rifles and Ashburton Guards will parade for Inspection by Colonel Pole-Penton on MONDAY, 13th in»t., at 7 30 p.m. By order, COL, BAILY, 11 72 Commanding S C. Battalion. """ Te¥lde~es7 ~ npiFNDERS are invited for the Erection of X a Building at Lagmhor for G, A. M. Buckley, Esq. Plans and specifications at my Office. Tenders close on TUESDAY, November 21, at noon. The lowest or any Tender not necessarily accepted. R. BIRD, 11 7I Architect!. HOLIDAY NOTICE. rpHE Undesigned Blacksmiths and JL Coachbuilders have agreed to CLOSE their respective places of business on FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, ifJTH AND lltfH INST., For the Carnival Holidays, G. Kidd, C. Reid, Bakeb and Brown, J. Burgess, J. H. Stkphkns, W. T Kingst n, H, Childs, F. and H Stebl 11 (54 ■— __..,__ _ FOR Fix Months, for Grazing purposes, Paddock of 84 Acres, near Winslow, on Longbeach Road. Apply to ! T BULLOCK EGGS, Egga—We are Cash Buyers of Fresh Eggs in any quantity.—Flet esVß Bros , C«h Supply Stores,



POTATOES. POTATOES Only a few Bagg left of the Finest Orari grown Derwent Potatoes, to be fuu S Uw a -i ildT r bag or 2 ba^B for 3a 9d' free within the Belts and Railway. A grand change of seed for this District. Beauty of Hebron 2s 6d per lack, Early Rubiea 2s 6d per sack, Lapatone Kidneys Is lid 80 Varieties Vegetable Seeds 3d per packet. 100 Varities Fiower Seeds Id per packet. 1899 PRESERVING Si ASON- kJi|i jEg " PRB \l RVING_PANS in Braae, Iron Enamel. a»i Light Steel Bn|ml«d, at ■■-! LOWESD PRICED \ | i^^^H Bli ili^^H flgjj I^H w e are Just Lar ding 50 'Cases and OailksV fi i^B X j^H Various Kinds of Jams Jars, including ■§ j|H ■ MASONS JABS, Pints Qnarts and Half ife, % mm J^^ Gallon?. LIGHTNING JARS in Qaarta If »!■( and Half Gallons. -jELLY JARS, both and Earthen- A^^Hfß^ ware, to hold from | to Slbs. jPHH^K These Goods were bough*: before the Great CB^jg^Rr ipf \9h aivstce in the Manufacturers Price, and jfvT~aHL jp■■><•'■ I |I|B wo lntend to give our Oastomers the benefit M^^f|^A': |P'r^i|E| ORDER EARLY if yon wish to essape ■filffllffil ; ■IMrarartiliaSll as when onr Stocks are ex- mF»m ula|iUS Wr iMßill baOfited, we shall not bo able to replace H :|H^|' V^lEllfipili^H h lem at the money we are Dow 6eliil!B B $MW^M WOOD JAM>POONS-3J i 43, and 6d Each. PRESERVING SUGAR, We have jasb received our first shipment of Brnwers Crystals, which ia aekDOw leiged throughout the Australian Coloniae to te the best tugar for Jam and Jelly m%kh g, Brewer » Crystals are much stronger than ordinary sugar, so yott «q«iwi* | les4 of It to the pouad of fruit; Jama, and more especially Jellies, are mHch clearet _; an I frmer if made with it. Au.kland No. land No la Sugar (guaranteed part' oa ie) also kept in stock. DON SILVJKR WARE, ; WARRANTED to Wear White Throughout. Nearest approach to SL'vW. NOTE THE PRICES— ' ' ■ .'| Tea Spoons, 4s 6d per donen ; Desert Spoonß, 8a 6d per dozen; Tal Ie Spoonc I lls 6d per dozen ; Desert Forts, 8s 6d per'dezen ; Table Forks, lits 6d per do«en I I Salt Spoons, 6i each ; Mustard Spoons, 6d each ; c c. We have been appoinlfld the New Zealand Wholesale and Retail Agents tor the i Don Silver Ware, and|with this advantage and the phenomfnally low prices of Bi'ver we are enabled to eell^a (such low pi Ices. Ouatonieie who have had it will have no other. ' ' -| DINNER WARS. "" TINNER WARE. I , ■■>< . ' :? I HEASANT PATTERN. j 6 inch Plates, 2s 9d per dozen ; 7 inch Plates, 3s 6d per drzen ; 8 Inch Psn s 4s I! 6d per dczen :10 inch Plates, 5s 6d per dozen ; Soup Flutes, 4s 6d and bi 61' per dozen. 10 inch Meat Dishes, Is ea h ; 11 Inch Meas Dishes, It 2J each- 32 inch Meat Cinhe^, Is 5d ;14 inch Meat Dishes, 2s ;16 inch meat dishes, 2* 6JL Vc.se- i§ table Dishesi 2a 9d e«ch. Sauce Boats Is each. 29 piece Dinner Set 14} 9J pf 111 piece Dinner Set 31s. Blue Band and Line Pattern same prices, other patterns 6J per dcijin extra. " . ,: ' ' ;■. :|| Anyone requiring a Dinner Set should call and see ours before buying elsewhere as we have a big range of patterns to select from at very low prices. ' ■ FLETCHER BROS. ' :*;if| CASH SUPPLY STOREB, EAST STREET. ASHBURTON & HKfa Stßftic* I OHRISTCHURCH, " -*rl Telephone 2t .. g ox gy ; '■ ]R^