THE REFRIGERATOR.

How to Care For This Necessary Kitchen Adjunct.

It ia peradventtire that "a carelessly kept icebox (zinc lined) is the festal ball of the microbe." Bat the refriger ator that is entirely wood lined, dry, sweet and wholesome at any and all tkaea is fast taking the place of the ice box with zinc linings, for through time and experience all have learned or are learning that zinc i& not the proper kind of material for usages of this kind. "With the zinc lined refrigerator it is necessary that every day the whole in terior of the icebox be gone carefnlly over with strong soda water, and that no particle of food be dropped and be left for an honr. Under the rapid changes of decomposition and poisoning properties gathered as it cornea in con tact with the oxide of zinc that is at all times to be found within the zinc lined refrigerator, the entire contents of the box become soon impaired, and ell rendered not only unfit for food, but practically dangerous as food. If the zinc lined ioebox be in use, be sure that it.is daily cared for in a moat perfect manner. Keep the butter in a covered dish, and the milk and cream also. Place no milk in the refrigerator until every particle of animal heat has left it. Place the jar of milk in a cool place, surrounded by a. dish of cold wa ter. When perfectly cool, cover and place in the icebox. Articles so thor oughly covered do not become so cold as when left open to the circulation of cold air given off by the melting of ice. j Bnt it were better that articles of food be less chilled than that they be exposed to the dost of powdery oxida Open the door of the icebox as seldom as possible to get along. It is the in flowing current of outside air striking the wet sides of the sine walls that cor rodes and forms the oxide of zinc. Whether the refrigerator be the wood lined or the zinc lined in pattern and kind, the idea of saving the ice from melting by wrapping it ia a blanket of cotton or wool is not an idea to be entertained. That such wrapping will aid in preserving the ice is true. But the question is whether it were more profitable to preserve the food or the Ice. One cannot do both successfully. The air Is not nearly so cold where the Ice is wrapped to preserve it, and the work of refrigerating and preserving or keeping is not nearly so well done. An other quite common mistake is that made of putting papers on the shelves ©y gratelike racks or the refrigerator. The refrigerator that is the driest, cold sat and clearest is the refrigerator that is most wholesome and desirable. — Christian Work.

How to Care For Beds.

Do not make beds until the damp ness of the morning is past unless they can be fyxledL by a fire. Otherwise the sheets will be damp. If damp and there can be no fire, keep the windows shut until the beds are dry, then make them and air the room. Pillows can be nicely renovated by laying them on the grass In a hard shower, then dried in the gun. Every pillow should have a slip just the same length and sewed across the end as a protector inside the reg ular slip.

How to Renovate Feathers.

Empty the feathers from their case into a bos of wood about the size of your wash boiler. Tack over this a wirs pcreen and Invert over the wash boiler previously filled with water and boiling pn the stove. After steaming them for an hoar or two, or until clean, turn the now wet feathers into a cheesecloth Case and hang on the line in the snn Until thoroughly dry.

How to Mend Glass.

Pound flint glass as fine as possible in a etone mortar or on a painter's Btone. Mix it with the unbeaten white of an egg. Hub the mixture on the edges and bind together, having fitted the pieces carefully. Set aside for some days or weeks, and one can scarcely discern the crack at aIL It will not come apart

How to Clean Cune Seats.

To glean and restore the elasticity of cane, chair bottoms, v tnrn the bottom up ward and with hot water and sponge wash the cane. Wasb well, so that it is well soaked. Should it be dirty, use Boat). Let it dry well in the air, .and it itlu be tight ami firm as new, provided bone of the cones is broken.

How to Remove Bedbugs.

■yccfemove bed buga take 10 cents' W<s4h blue ointment, ono quart of tur »eatic& Seat the bins ointment on the jack a£ the stove till it becomes soft, fcen poux into the turpentine. Apply ' tttb * cheap paiatbnuh. Two applica iocs-will aanthliate the bugs.

HOw to Clean Lace.

CJpeam colored Spanish la.cc can t,o by nabbiug it in dry flour. Bub as if waabing in water, then take it Apt oi 4oor« a»d eh&ke all the flour out. White imitted goods can be cleaned in fide way j ala& the baby'-s socks if only Ri^btly'fioiled.

How to Utilize Bread Crumbs.

One of the faotisekeeper'a best friends ta!b»ead cruxabs. Crushed to a powder Wwy may be used to clean kid, bolting Ci<7th, lamp shades, screens, scarfs and Other decorative articles. They will re tnove grease spots from wall paper.

Bow to Freshen Pillows.

To freshen pillows beat out all dust, tip o»e oorner, pour in one cup of hot tyafcer, sew up and then shake and '^6ano well. Pin on the line in the sun, a»<3 you Will be flurpriaed at the fresh- Desfi.

How to Make Marble Cement.

' Take gum arabic, one pound; make •into a thick mucilage. Add to it pow dered plaster of paria, 1% pounds; sift led quicklime, five ounces; mix well. fieal the marble and apply the mixture.

A HAN OF SORROWS.

I "On a visit to Palmerston North," says I the travelling representative of the Wava tafia Observer, " I happened to get into conversation wbh Mr John H. Freeman, of | Ferguson .Street, with whom I had been i iM'q'minted for a number of year*. In the o- urge of our frkndly chat Mr Freeman, who is now over 66 years of age, and appeared ren arkably hale and hearty, 1 stated that his appearance did not belie him. He felt as well as he did 30 years I ago. " You us?d to suffer very much, if I ( remember rightly, item indigestion and sleepleteness" i remarked. " I don't uippose many have Buffered more from i,ht;e complainte," replied Mr Freeman, "hue my forrowa did not end there, for few pe.ip'p, 1 imagine, have undergone greater trouble from constipation. I used to feel as if I had ro energy at ail." " And you are better m uil respects now ? " Better in all respects ; I can honestly say I do nob remember ever having enjoyed more perfect health, and for my ega si seems almost a mracle. And it is all from the t fleets of cix b xt-a of Dr. Williams' pink pills.' 1 " You believe in them, then ?' " How can I speak otherwise than in the highest terms if a medieioe which has done me so much good? Icou;d not possibly expect better heal'h for a man of n;y age, and one who has suffered so much and for so many years as I hive. I ha/c off.tm waiked about for half the night, knowing 'hatloou!.! not close my tyts if 1 went to bed. I had ho eppetite in iho morning ; now I can enioy a t-übstantial breakfast, unrl my sleep is po sound Mid refreshing that I rif-e in the morn'ng as fresh as a ljuk The constipation has also gone, and you know how much medicine I took, and bow many things I tried in vain for that. What is more, 1 am as eager for work as I was a 35 or 40. Friei.ds who have known me for the last 35 ye»rs are surprised afc my healthful appearance of late. I fee! so we;!, now," added Mr Freeman, in his intense enthusiasm, "and strong, too, that I io not tltiuk I shall require any more However, if I feel b)-| andbye that I shall want them, I hhall nof hetitate to t^kc* unother box or two. 1 dial) always be thankful that Iw^s induced to try Dr Williams' pink pills for pale people, tut they mude a new man of me, and I am feel ing far better thau ever 1 expected to'fei 1 again on this side of the grave. I will always »j.e«k well of tnat medicine, for to it I owe my pret-eut goo i health and spirits. As I have wirk to finish befose five o'clock,'' said Mr Fretimn, "you must excuse me. Good bye; dap in again when you are in Pal rherston." Such hearty cheerfulness on tho part of Mr Freeman thnws how thoroughly he hae been cured. Many other surT'icra from rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica, diph theria, pneumonia, bronchitis, consumption, coughs und colds, kidney troubles, tciofula, eezenpa, ladies'ailments, loss of vital strength, chronic headaches, and other diseases havo been cured ju&t as thoroughly. They all speak in high praise of Dr William**' pink pills. When purchasing, be Bure you get the genuine, with all seven words—Dr vVilliams' pink pill* for pale people—printed in red ink on the pink outside wrapper. Sold by chemistß and storekeepers, and by the Dr Wiiliamb* Medicine (Jo., Wellington, N.Z. Pri-e, three shilling* per box; six boxes for eixceen and sixpcrca. Never accept substitutes, for money thus spent is complttely wasted.

FATALITY AT FLEMINGTON.

Yesterday afternoon, n^wa reached Ash burton that Mr Hurry Mitner, a well-known farmer in the Memiugton district, had been found dead in one of Me George iiody,t wheat paddocks with a gunshot wound in the head. Tre Btory turred out to be true, -ud an it queat will be he'd this afternoon Mr Miner soil his property at Fleming!o:l om" time ago, and was living un Mrs 'tusker's Aehburton, but went to Mr Body's* place od a visit yesterday morning,

THB ASflfiUilTQS' OTARDIAN : ffBIDA*, DECEMBEE 8, iBSI



I POTATOES. POTATOES MUST BE C JLJE ARfD OUT ONLY A FEW BAGS LEFT. IS 6d PER BAG OR TWO BAGS FOR 2l 114. Pig or Fowl Potatoes Is per Bag. DELIVERED FRET? WITHIN THE BELTS' 1899 PRESERVES G SEASON. PBESERVtNG^PANS^n Braas,|lron Enannl, aid 7 4h£3te«ri£iun lri,|»fc lOTES r; VBl !E3. H ijjj^H **V:sre Jest L-u.di'ngfoO Oases [and Casks of By ij^H B HIH variriis Kinds of Jams Jars, including ■§ f^H ■f IHI MASONS JARS, lints, Quarts and H*lf ■$ £M lll^ GuJlmi. LTGTDMNG JAKSj in^Quarts 'PT : |H wmaajL■■ and Half Gallons. _^^gM OFLLV JUS, {both Glass and Earthen. itf^SEftk ■889 [These Goods were bought before the Great ■V aai^R) Mm 9«|b a VUCe 'n 'he Manufasturers Price, and 3d. ' HHK mm' 1 lllnH W< tn erc*fo ye oar Customers the benefit M^^HS^^ 111 mSk OUCER FARLY if you |wish to escape PS/a^PlfllH ISmmnriliiSl disuppriutn enl, as when onr Stocks are ex- B W H|ll WT liffil i:al!*'tfd ' Vl'e si)all not he able to replace m i|ifH| 1 IWOOD"J\Ma -POOUS 3? <H,>nd t ed tath. ■PBESSVING SUGAB, We have just teceved our fustj>hip:nf-nt of Baiwers Crystals, which is acknow* ledgfrri thioughoat >he Au^!ral;&n> olonioe to be the best sugar for Jam and Jelly nuking Brewer s Crystals aro m;"-ch btronger than ordinary sugar, so you rcqolre ~ 1 s» r.f it to the pouid of fruit ;?J.*ms, nvd more tspecfallyfJeHies, are ttnih c!e»rer And fiira »• if m»ce wifhu^. Auckland/Ko. 1 and§ No Sugar '(guaranteed par* [ oani) n)aj k«ptj n btcck DON STITJKR WARE, WiRRiNTEDIto W^ar White Throughout. Nearest approach to Si'rer. r* NOTE THE PRICED— Tea SpooDs,j4s 6.1 per down ; Desert Spoons, 8s 6d per dozen ; Table Spooni, lls 61 per dcz'so ; Dasert F ;rfs, 8s 6d per dezen ; Table Forks, 11s 6d per dozen t?»lh 'ons, 6d each ; Mnsfeird Spoors, 6d each ; etc. We have been appoint'd the New Zealand Wholesale and Retail Agents for the Don Silver Ware, andjwith this advsntage and the phenoroinally low prices of eilve we a?e enabled to sell^at such low"pricee. Custf mem who[have had it will have no other, DMER WARE. ~~ DINNER WARE. PHEASANT PATTERN. inch PlatßP, 2s 91 per dozen ; 7 inch Plates, 3s €d per d zen ; 8 inch Plsug, 4» 61 per dr z^n \ 10 inch Plates, 5s 6d per d< zen ; Soup PI t.s, 4s 63 and 6i 6d per dcz n. io inch Meab Dishes, Is each ; 11 inch Mess Di^hts, Is 2d rach ; 12 hich Meat Dishes, Is 5d ;14 Inch Meat Dishes, 2s ;16 rch meat dishes, 2s 6d. Yi;g* table Dishes 2s 9d e^ch. Sauce Posts Is each. 29 pi«:ce Dinner Set 143 9J. 5 piece Dinner Set 31s. Blue Band and Line Pattern same prices, other patterns $1 per dcz n extra, Anyone requiring a Dinner Set should call and see-ours before buying elsewhere, as we have ajbig range of patterns to select from at very low prices. FLETCHER BROSJ > CASH SUPPLY STORES, BAST STREET, ASHBURTON &2HIGH STREKf* CHRIbTCBURCH, Telephone 24 Bex 6? We Are /^f Buyers Of Fresh ..^^p^^fei^' ■ ■ E g^» t . JS^ffiPf''^'^'<:' Quantity;



AL'O — A SHIPMENT at CHOICE GfIRISIMAS NOTFLTIES S Direct from Japan, Please send your Orders early and oblige We are Agents for COLUMBIA, B.S.A. and LOVELL DIAMOND, BICYCLES. CARSON & Co., TEA MERCHANTS AND BLENDERS, GROCERS, AND IRONMONGERS Importers of Bicycles, Ironmongery, Glass and China. Takceed Street, Ashburton. 1123 IMPORTANT to Cash Buyers~ofDraper7, Clothing, Boots, &o. Early Summer Clearance Sale oi Seasonable and Reliable Goods. Caeh discount at the rate of one shilling in the pound to every Buyer of nlnepence worth and over. Inspection in vited. —H. C Babrett, late Barrett Bros., The Hall, Eaat Street. 11 206 /"IHERTSEY—This is a new advertise- Kj ment, reminding you that if you have not yet tried M'Kerjsie'a Hondai-LankaTea, you're behind the times. Go to Mr John gON'g Store <vnd get it, i



CHhISTMaS, 1899. W"E HAVE WOW IN STOCK AND ARRIVING FOR OUR CHRISTMAS TRADE - LARGE SUPPLIES OF New Currants and Raisins, new Sul- tanas and Candid Fee's, new Muscatels and Almonds, new Doesicated Oocoanut and Si!k-drtssed Iceing Suear, new kind* Fruits, including Apricote, Pears, Peichea, Pine Apple, and Table Plums, i The Finest TEAS and SUGARS in Town. NOW LANDING. A SHIPMFNT of high-class English China direct from .hd Potteries. AH tht latest Patterns.



J. WILSON, (Established 1878), BURNETT STREET, opposite Mail Office Employs upwards of 18 hands. DECORATOR & SFGN-WRITER. I WISH to notify that I have secured the services of Mb (."has. Chapman, aa Sign writer, who, in addition to hi* hon a training; has had a large amount of experi ence, in our cities. LARGE STOCK OF ARTISTIC WALL PAPERS. I have j'ist received—direct from the manufacturers —a few thousand feeb of Picture Frame Mouldings. Persons desirous of having Pictures framed would do well to call and ace them. Telephone 65



THE PRIZE CLYDESDUJR JL DRAUGHT bTALLIUNS PKI>CE ALEXANDER AND CRAIGIELBE Will TVavel the >shburton and surround ing Districts this season. For terms apply to R. CLAPKM, 10 66 rr Man in charge.'



CHURCH SERVICES. QT. STEPHEN' S~O HDRGH, Ashburion. SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT. (December 10) 8 30 ii m—Holy Communioa 11 a m—Morning Prayer and Seimoa 3 pm—DROMORE, the Vioar 6 30 p m—Evening Pr^yeir and Permm R A WOODTiiORPE, M *< Tiefcr THE PUREB It X D DRAUGHT SVAhLION LOLD STANLEY Will stand at the Owner's Farm, Lyndhurab for the eeasou, and travel the surround ing districts For pedigree, ccc Cards ' For further particulars apply to the Groom in charge. GKOKGE THOMPSON, 249 LyndhuMt



CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE I have just received straight from the Maaufacturers a Shipment cf Crockery, comprising Bedroom Sets from 10s 6d, White ard Gold and other Jugs from 2s 6rl Set, Teapots from 1b each, Mason's Jam Jars, £ gallon, 7s dozen. Other Lines equally good value. I have a large assortment of Glassware, marked in plain figures, which must be cleared to make room for a Shipment close to hand. JOHN LCOODH, GROCER, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, AND PRODUCE MERCHANT* SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS, Opposite Railway Station Ashburtoo



HARDWARE This Department a now complete with a we 1!-asforted Stock, and I feet confident you will find my Prices tight. As I am a Specialist in this Line, I d > not keep Cheap Goods, but supply First-class articles only at Rfaeonftb'e Priore. Shoddy Hardwate and Enamel Goods are not worth the room hey occupy.



J. T. COOCH, Grocer, Hardware, Crockery, and Produce Merchant. OPPOSITE BAIL WAY STATION, SAUNDERS 1 BUILDINGS ASaBURTON. GROCERIES AS this is my first Christmas here, I take the opportunity of informing the Public, that they can buy goods of the very beet quality at my Store as cheap as any where in Ashburtoo. The following few quotations will show that for Cash I am quite alongside my neighbours : — 701b Bag 1A Sugar, 14s s!b Box pare Ceylon Tea, 7a lid 2001b Sack Roller Flour 13s, 501b Bag „ „ 3i lOi Few Currants, 5d per lb New Sultanas, 7d   Elem° Resins, 51   New L-iyer Muscatels in 51b boxes [ Almonds, Is 4 I per lb Icing Sugar, 6i  „ Desslcated Cosoanat, 7d per lb Essence of Lemon, 5d per bottle Square squash quarts. Is 3d per bottle Cordials assorted, 1b dm Cream of Tartar, Is 3i  lb Carbonate Soda, 3d  „ AH other Lines for Cash eqna'ly Cheap. I have a Frat-clasa Stock, and you can depend upon civility and attention. I do not require to guarantee full weight, as I have always trailed the Public honestly in this respect.



THE New Zealand OLOTHING FAGTOBY TS now Showing a Large and Varied Assortment of NEW & SEASONABLE GOODS. GREY FRAME HATS, CUBA FRAME HATS. BLACK FRAME HATS, :n the latest shapes and styles. ALSO — STRAW HATS IN GREAT VARIETYj See oar Tennis Trouaers and Shirts. Sac oar New Suitings for Summer Wear, See our Ready Made Clothing. See oar Boys' Norfolk Suits. See our Boys' Washing Blouses. See our New Ties, etc, etc, SUITS 10 MEASURE. FIT QUARANTEED. N*£W ZEALAND CLOTEING FACTOHY. F. H. BEOKINGSAXtt, Manager.



SANTA CLAIJS | AND j FATHER CHRISTMAS | ABE COMING AGAIN, HURRAH I HURRAH ! fl. M. JONES. i A LARGE and Well Selected Stock of Goods foral! Departments, imported direct from leading London, American hpd Japanese neuter, contistinc of BOOKS, STATIONERY, TOYS, FANCY GOODS, LEATHER GOODS. Fancy China, Glass and Electro-plated Ware, Clocks, Vases, Nicnaca (suitable for CHRISTMAS aud NKW YEAR Gifts. BIRTHDAY k WEDDING PRESENTS. j BOOKS—Excellent Varieiy of prize, reward and presentation Books * i Historical, Biographical, Scientific, Poetical, Travels, Novels, and various Bindings. Bibles, Hyn:ns and Prayers, (various styles) Church Praise, Wesley's Hymns. STATIONERY—PIa:n, Fancy and Commercial Paper, Envelopes, Boxed Stationery White and Tinted 6d and Is, Specially put up for me by Marcus Ward md Co , of London A.I. values. Repolnic, vellum. Linen and Bank papora ruled and plain LEATHER GOODS—Purses from 6d to 20*. Wallets, Card and letter Cases, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Dressing Cases, Hand FANCY GOODS-Photo Frames, Screens, wS!k^Z^Ta£md^Yum°SmS! Clocks, Albums, Easles, Baackete, Glove & Kerchief Sets, Cabinets, Trays, Flower Stands' Spill Boiila Teapots 6d each, Vases. Ornaments too numerous to particularise ' BAVKHIT WARHJ—Opan and Closed Sisin Lined, ail sizes aud pi ices from 6d UP 10YS—A Great Variety of Wood, Tin and Rubber mechanical Toys, form Horse and Carts, Barrows, Go-carts, Tea Self, Boats Watches ' Bulls, Cubes, Bocks, Arks', Puzzles, Skittles, Musical T-y Rattles Steam Boats and Engine*, Magic Liuterns, Microscope, Prams and Tricycles, and 1000 articles from Id uo SEWING MACHINES—The Anchor Machice, well finished aud up-to-date eood machine, h&i-.d and Treadle from £410s to £9 10s. Makeß a splendid present. ' FIAJNOH and OROA.INH From lOs per month lowest Cash Prices. TRADING STAMPS GIVEN TO CASH PURCHASERS. H. M. JONES.



miNWALD—" Tonal, fat's makin' lou- X gal B»e blyth like." "It iss the Hee land tea o' the Mackenzie he is drinkin', to be surely!" Hondai-Lanka Tea, reoom- i mended by Gudsell, Storekeeper, 3W BOOKJTftt published prices—The Valley of Sapphires ; The Violet Flame ; Jaine'a Cape ; Trewinnot of Greys ; The Untold Half; The Romance of the Greystones ; True Heart; Mother's Holiday; The Rose of Juda'h; Cheap editions of Sheldona Works, A. Swan, Kingsley, Scott 1, Dickens ; Giffen'a Bab and Ball, and others; Windsor Magazine for October ; Diaries.— H. M. Jones. NOW on View—s,ooo Christmas and New Year Cards. Oue of the largest and best selections ever seen in Ashburton. Com prising Handpainted Cards, Black and White Cards, Cellulaid Card?, Mechanical Cards, Autograph Cards, Comic Cardß, Boxes, Packets, Fancy Calendars, etc. Imported direct, and marked at the lowest possible price. Inspection Invited.—A. H« Williams, Tancred Street. luiE^T^rpiLLS warranted to cure Gravel, Pains in the back and all kindred complaints. Free from Mercury. Established upwards of 30 years I In boxes 4s 6d each, of all Chemists and Fatenb Medicine Vendors throughout the I world. Proprietors, The Lincoln and Mm I land Couutiai Drug Company, Lincoln England Unequalled snd Invincible Woods' Great ! Peppermint Cure tor (jonqhs and Qoldt t l,i $d



T.TJ.S. 8.8.A. T.U.S. SHEEP BHEAKS I SHEEP BH&ABS GARDEN TOOLS GARDEN TOOLS At prices that oannot be surpassed at HARDLE V Bbos. ENAMEL GOODS ENAMEL GOODS In Great Variety Enamel Milk Buckets, Eft'hß, Sinks, ; Basins, etc, WINDMILLS supplied ani fixed from £11 10a. ! ALL KINDS OF PLUMBING WORK done j at> the shortest notice SPOUTING, RIDGING, *, TANKS, manu factored on the Premises HARDLEY BROS.



BOOTS. BOOTS Gigant o Sale Now On "TUST arrived and opened up ft grand assortment of up-to-date BOOTS AND SHOES FOR THE HOLLDAY AND SUMMER SEASON Speiial Lines Women's Button Shoes 7s 6d Women's Kid lace Shoe 3, only 6s lid TAN GOOD 3 IN ORE AT VAKIRTY. itrong Sch mI Boots frcm 5i 6J.. | Good Bluclurs, nailed, 5s 6d. largest st«.)CK tn t >w.sr to CHUOisE FROM. REPAIRS dorm Promp'ly and at Moderate Chargts. FRED NOKES, CASH BOOi' SHCP, Kext Door Bank of New Zealand, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



BKM OVAL KOJICE. MR O. SMITH ELL, Carpenter, wishes to notify to the Publio that h« has rem-ived from his late premises to the «h< p adjoining MtS I'ASKEU'.s Refreshment Rooms. All kinds of woodwork executed in the vwy best manner. All oommanioiriniiß to bo addressed to C, Smitbelt,, --K*^ Street. 12 58



Henry Stephenson. SPECIAL ENTRY. SATURDAY, DECEMBER S A LARGE Conaienment uf Drapery, Clothing, and Boote. New and Freeh Goods. Must he Sold. Without Reserve 12 59 HENRY STEPHENSOKT. ASHBUR'iON BOROUGH COUNCIL. nnENDERS are invited from Stablekeepers JL or others for Providing TWO Horses for the Steam Fire Engine at Night. Parti culars may be obtained from tho Town Clerk's Office, where Tenders will be received till 1 pm on MONDAY, the lHh inst. CBAS. E. FOOKS, Town Clerk December 4, 1899 12 41 | ASHBO^oiT^PoaTarAßsdci atTon. ENTRIES for the various r.icea in con nection with the Ashbur'on Spoita Association First Annual Carnival will be received up to 9 p.m., on FRIDAY the Bth at Mr Bell's Office, Burnett S'rret- I. A. BAIGENT, 12 51 Kf-creUny.



DAVID THOMAS. ARCADE. BATUilDAT,~December 9. RACE PRIVILEGES. MR DAVID THOMAS has received in structions from the Ashburton County Racing Club to Sell- Lot I—Right to sell Race Cards • « 2 —Luncheon & Confectioner's Booth " 3—Publican's Booth Sale at 2 o'clock D. THOMAS, 12 46 Auctioneer.



WEST STREET AUCTION MART. [OUR NEXT HORSE FAIR Willie held ON THURSDAY, December 21, 1899. For which wo are now booking entries. i JRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd I R. FRIEDLANDER, 11154 Auobioaeeri



XENDKK:-. fpENDERS aro invited for Carpenter^' JL work to Bake homo, for Mr E. Thomas. Plans ;>nd Spejifioatior.s may bo seen ut my Offic. Tenders close oh IUESDAY IZbumbt. The Lowest or cny Tender not neces sarily acoi peed. R. BIRD, 12 6.7 Architest. THfiT'kTTtLTGN llMhfc OF SATURDAY,. I)ECf< MBEII 9. i WILL Contain an ILLUSTRATED SIPPLKMENT. 3 lie Kew Faiiiament PORTRAITS or THE CANTERBURY MFMBERS AND THE PREMIER, 12 69 IEIAD 'PlftlZtf OOJMLPJBXIXIOW PQ WILL be piid to the one who sends bt/w in the list containing the greatest number of smaller words which can be made oat of the words: "TRIAD COMPETITION." No letter mußt be used more than once which only occurs onco in these word*. Ko foreign, proper or ob.-olete words will be allowed. ClOße 20th November, 1899. Post list and receipt for 5i from a Triad advertiser, to manager Triad, Dunedin. A receipt for 10< entitles a competitor to aend in two lists ; 153, three lists ; 2.Q.4» four lists* Not more than four lists may i»ccoKipany the receipts of any one advertiser, although compel itosg atwy send four lists accom panied wifch receipt in comformity with above rule, from all the Triad advertisers if they please. This competition will e'.oee November 20. Other competitions will ba announced in ne^t issue. Anglo N.Z. Cycle Co. A umebrook's Coco* Bing, Harris & Co, Arrow Brand Boots Curtis, F, Jeweller Dr. Speer, Dunedia Flora Soap Griffin's Biscuits (any grocer) Jones, H M, Triad Agent Josuha Bros., BoomeraDg Brandy Kirkpatrick, S, and Co., X Jama Maypcle Soap and Monkey B.and Soap Mrs Miller's Cookery Booka Mitchell, Photographer \ Nelt-00, Moate and Co'e Teas N.Z. Express Co. RCullen, agent New Zealand Clothing Factory Orr, A, Draper Sanderson's Scotch Whisky Somerset Hotel, H, S. Drummond Surafcura Tea Vanity Fair Cigarettes Tan Houten's Coooa and Chocolate 1 Wahoo * Loasby'e, ' Koolibah ' Loasby's Wilson, Balk & do, Fr eh C'ffee, Ouvah T Yaiikee Cork Tipped Cigarettes Yates Jk Co, Arthur, seed merchants Zealandia Boots



S^TUfcDAY, ]>ECEMBKR9, 1899. SPiiCIAL CLEARING SALE OF A DRAFT OF THE LONGBbJACH HORSES. MESSRS FKIEDLANDER Bros., Ltd, in corjmotion with Mk I). Thomas, have been favored with instructions from John Guioo, Esq , to Sell ab Bullock s Arcade on the above named date, A DRAFT OF THE LONGBEACH BRED HORSES, namely— £\f\ Three and Four-year-old Unbroken r&Kj Half Draughts. A grand line of 1 ram and Carriers' Horses, 6 Three and Four-year-old Light Har ness Horse«, by General Tracey. I Q Draught Mures and Geldings. All JL^w good workers. A Unbroken Ihtee-year-old Draughts Also, LTHE WELL-KNOWN TROTTING HOUSES, GENERAL LUCK and KATIPO, Both by General Tracey. As usual, these Horses will be sold wiih out the slightest reserve. We therefore ttbk those in want of same to attend ths sale. Sale at 1 o'clock. P. FRI'.'DLMS'DER ) Sales -1 125 D. THOMAS \ in. n.



[TOW 18 IT tho Alcorn's can 8. JL cheap? Easy, whoa you know tha! their rent is less tha'-i onf-i! ird it would be in East Street, and I hat they do most of the work themselves If you want a nice Suit for yourself or your bc-y*, or Boots o Shoes for vvifo or daughter, come to ROBERT Alcorn's, Havslock Street, where you wil get them toocl a.s well as chetip.



Wanted. FOUND — On Graham's Road, an Umbrella,—Apply Lougbeach Coach. 12 68 /"> OOSEBERRIKS fnr jam or bottling in \JT any quantity . Apply T. Pitt, Smith field Gardens. 12 63 WANTED—At once by young lady j boardand residence.—Apply, stating terms to •• X" Mail Offic?. 12 66 Y^TANTEP— A girl for housework.- V V Apply office of'his p*pnr. 12 65 FRESH Groper, also Freeh Crayfish, Shrimps, Smoked Fifch, and all kind of Fresh Fish by Express ! O-NiUHT— J, H. Jbwitt, opposite Mail Office. 12 71 SHEARING v. ill begin at Went Hills on THURSDAY, the 14th inst. 12 64 JAS, HARRISON. AJNTEI>~A l^outh for an Office, Mast write woli—Apply to Mr C. W. PurnflTj, solicitor. 12 60 1""O LKT—Witn immediate possession, con venient dwelling, of eight rooms, KVfcer Strepfc, West.—Apply H. W. Bar BETr, Arcade. 12 54 MRS KNIGHT, Boat ding house Keerer, has accommodation for a few Boarders, j East Street. 11 DAHLIAS— Best nemed varieties, 5« 6d per di z n ; Poia'oe?, Is 9*l per Back; Chick Whrtu, Oats, Chaff, etc, at lowest rates—J. Thomas, Have!<ck Street. IMPORTANT to Cash Buyers of Drapery, Clothing, Boots, &c. Early Wu»'m«r Oiearaeoe Sale of Seasonable and Reliab'e Gond.«. Cash discount at the rate of one shilling in the pound to every Buyer of ninepence worth and over. Inspection ia vited.—H 0 Barrett, late Barrett Broß , The Hall, Eset Street. 11 206 ]



PRIMITIVE Methodist School Picnic oa New Year's Day. Excursion to the Beach by Traction Engine, F«« !«• 12 72



l atsst Items- j The Wellington J-xection—Ths to:a! number of persons who vnU'd in Weilui£to:< was 15,532, besides ovur JOO scumeu, «:i'cac paperfi are still arriviiit.'- There were no lush llvm 844 informal voles in the l.ceming (joil. — l-'rrßa Association telegram. I The Lyttelton Skat—lt in stated that Mr Laumuon hos wuhdiawn his nomina tion for ihe Ly Helton seat in favour of Mr M. E. Taylor who waa defeated for Christcinuch. Efforts are being mad' to induce Mr Charles Taylor, the defeated labor candidate for Christchurch, to contest. the B?at —Press Association telegram Eotelkeeper Fined—At New Plymouth to-chy, for exposing liquor for sule after hours, H-trrisoH, licensee of the Imperial Hotel, was fined l>y Mr Stanford, S.M , £5 and costs, *bi tho license ordered to be endorsed. Iso'ice of appeal was given. — Press Ast-ccmtion telegram. Weak Rfckuits—Chiefly in consequence of the instructions given to the French medical officers to reject all conscripts who show any signs of physical weakness, the number of recruits this year will be 23,000 less than in 1898-99. The additional battalions which were to have been formed early nexb year cannot be created, and all the arrangements being made for extra barrack accommodation havo been cancelled. Tub New Hebrides.—Rev. J. T. Bowie, who ia a'so a medical man, will deliver a lecture in the Presbyterian Church on Sun day evening next on medical missions in the New Hebrides. The rev. gentleman has had considerable experience of mission work, and his lecture fhould be an interesting one. The Ricciabton Ejection—Up to tie time of going to press, nothing further has reached us in regard to Mr Rolieston's election. His majority had been reduced to two, but three shearers' votes were still to come in. Captain Russell—Rumours havo been publithed that Obtain Russell intended to resign, but the leader of the Oppositioa informs the Press Association that he has no thought of doing so. The reverse, he says, has acted as a stimulant, but he is feeling better than he has for two months.— Press Association telegram. An Awkward Two Boutts.—A Jady tract distributor ia the North Island hud rather an unpleasant surprise the other day. Open ing a garden gate she approached the back door and knocked, but fiuding nobody in de posited her Uaflet carefully under the door and turned to U'ave, when, to her horror she found a big dog quietly regarding her. When she attempted to move the dog showed his teeth and growled. There was nothing to do, as the dog rfjacted all approaches made, but; to wait till the owners can.c home or she could attract the attention of the neighbours. To make the position worse it began to rain, and the visitor was without an umbrella or cloak. After waiting for nearly two hours the dog's owner appeared, and the tract distributor was released from her unpleasant position. The Cost of War News—With regard to the coat of transmitting war news from the field of action to Kngland (says the S SLtch), a vast amount of ignorance obtains among the public. The fact is, the " late-Bt from the front S" so glibly bawled from every street corner by leather-tongued news boys ia a far more costly luxury than most I people would imagine. For instance several of the telegrams which Mr Forbes sent to the Daily N&vs, when he acted for that paper during the Russo-Tuikieh war, con sisted of 8000 words. Ag the charge for transmission was in 6d per werd, such mes sages cost £.600. Under these circum stances one rmy well say that the telegrams were worth their weight in gold. If, in addition to this, the amount consumed in paying salary and travelling expenses ia taken into consideration, it will be seen that the maintenance of a •'special" is re sponsible for the disbursement of no insigni ficant Bum. An Express.—Everybody knows the advantage of an expressman who kuows the town and suburbß thoroughly, and executes orders promptly. Therefore send for Dohn Cooper, General Carrier and Expressman Peter Streeb easb, near O» iwcial Hotel— Advt)



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ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF ASHBURTON. I THOMAS WILLIAM TAYLER, Returning Officer for the Electoral DUtriob of Aahburton, do hereby give public aotice that the following is the number of totes rooeived by each Candidate at the Poll taken on the sixth day of December, 1899 :— MoLACHLAN, John .. .. 2027 HARPER, Chables John .. 1225 MASLIN, William Stephen .. 727 MoKEAGUE, John .. .. 221 And I therefore declare John McLACHLiN to be DULY ELECTED to serve as Member of the Hottse of Repreaentativea of the j colony of New Zealand for the Electoral district) of Ashburton. ' T. W. TAYLER, | Returning Officer. Aifaburton, 7th December, 1899. Xv |V