The Ashburton Guardian.

Voh xx. no, 4715

Ashbokton : Thursday, February 2, 1899.

price : One Penny



Store.



!'The work of laying a subterranean tele* graph cable between Birmingham and London was com< AN UNDER- menced eighteen GROUND CABLE, months ago, and will be carried through within the next twelve months. The Birmingham Post gives some particulars of this great underground cable, by far the longest m Great Britain, for the longest underground telegraph lines now m use do not extend more than thirty to thirty-five miles. The length of this line will be about 105 miles. The old and in* adequate plan of protecting a cable waa to cover the copper wires with gutta percha, and enclose the whole m a wooden box of triangular shape. The London-Birmingham cable will consist of seventy-six copper wires, each with a separate wrapping of brown paper ia place of the gutta-percha, Thai packed, the wires fit loosely into tho lead tube of 2£in. m diameter, and tbii m turn is drawn into 3iu. iron piping, laid about 2£ft. below the surface of the ground. A.t intervals of five miles the wires are brought to the surface, and passed through a testing chamber, pre« senting an appearance externally not ! unlike a pillar-box. These give accesg to the wires either collectively or separately, so that faults may be more readily located and repaired. It ia stated that the paper wrapping m which the wires are enclosed ensurei infinitely better insulation than the gutta-percha envelope, and all the details of the scheme have been sub mitted to searching technical and prac tical tests, which warrant the confidence of the authorities m tho final result. It is predicted that the London-Birming ham cable will be the forerunner of many such lines of long-distance tele graphs on the various arterial routes throughout the country. WAM tTeIS FOR SALE or LEASE, during approach, ing Coursing season, the fast and clever Greyhounds Saxon (bred inN.S.W.} and Parthenia. Apply Mail Office. FLOUR ! FLOUR !—Further graat re ductions at Fletcher Bbos'. Cash Supply Stores. —' ')&& SAVE* MONEY by buying your Flout from us and baking your own bread. — Fletcher Bros., East Street, Ashburtoa , and High Street, Christchurch. TIT ANTED Known—Shipment ■of New "i Laces, Embroideries, Fall Nets, White Gloves, ab remarkably low prices.— W H Collier, The Corner T7IOUND—In Tancred Street, the cheapest Sj and most reliable. Boot (Shop,—. Mbllob's Zealandia Boot Store. mENDERS wanted for the sale of 5000 JL pairs of boots.—Apply to Mellob' Zealandia Boot Store. TTTANTED Known—Good value for litbl VV money at Mellor's, Zealaudia Boot Store. WANTED Known-Ladies' Pretty Walking Shoes m great variety at Mhlloe's Zealandia Boot Store. ANTED Known—That, when"the wind is over and when the dust is gone and Ashburton Housewives commence their Spring Cleaning,- Mitchell & Turneb are the people for all descuptiocs of House hold Furnishings, and their new goods are now opened. mENDERS wanted~to^we»T out 1000 X pairs o Meixob's Indestructible Boots. Wear like brass. WANTED Known—Pretty Christmas Cards m packets—l 2 for 3d, 25 for 6dand9d, boxes U.— W H Collier, The Corner WANTED— A dozen smart Ladies to try our new kangaroo calf Shoe,— Mkllob's Zealandia Boot Store. F"~ OR Sale, Cheap—sooo pairß of Ladiea and Men's Boots and Shoes.—Apply to Mellob, Tancred StreeD WANTED— Wise Mothers to try our Indestructible School Boot. — Mbllob's Zealandia Boot Store. FOR Sale, Cheap—A lot of Men's Bluohera only 4s lid*—Mkllob's . Zealand Boot Store. SELLING OFF.-Mrs Alcorst, finding that her shop room IB insufficient for her increasing business, has decided to offer her toys, dolls, prams, vases, and glasswara at reduced rates for Christmas and New Year to clear right out of these lines. :ANTED—Sixty strong men to try the new Kronio (Bluoher).—Mkllob* Zealandia Boot Store. ITs ALCOBN has m ctock Stamped Mount Mellick, Laco, Croes-stitoh and Mayence Work, White Jean, Linen Java and Congress Canvaa, Transfers, Foundation Monograms, Woven lutii*l;i, Lace Pius, Stretchers, Single, Shaded and Double Berlin Wools, Reliable and Butterfly Wools, Per line Arasene, Filosslls, Crewel Embroidery and Silks, Kuittinga m Tartans and Colours,. Macrame Bags and String, Wekion's Needle, work Books, Perforated" Cardboard, Ivory Crochet Cotton an<i Materials for Fancy Work generally, 10 32 WANTED Known—Thab our new Dresa Goods are now on view. Ladies m need of a thoroughly smart and up-to-dasa costume should give us an early call. A charmiDg variety of Blouse Material and Washing Dress Fabrics now showing.— Mitchell & Turner. RY FLOWER'S Refreshment Rooms for a Cup of Freeh Ten, etc Ice Creams and Iced Drinks, Ripe Tomatoes, Apricots, Peaches, Caoice Bananas, eta, always m Siock. WANTKD KNOWN-Mas Hamilton is fctiU paying the highest price for all kinds of Ladies', Gentlemen's, and Children's left off Ciothiug. Furniture bought m acy quantity. Ladies waited on at, shortest "notice. Note the address— Burnett) Street, opposite Mail Office, WANTED Known—That we hay opened a case of Ladies' Fabric Gloves of really exquisite styles, including a large range sf Washing and Cycling Gloves. Special lines m Ladies' Embroidered Hose Sunshades and Umbrellas, per Rsngitir*.— MITOHBL & TURNER M' RS~ROBINSON, Cash Purchaser of Ladieß', Gentlemen's, and Children's leffc-off Cloth-Dg, and all kind* of goods. • Ladies waited on at their houses. Note 1 address : Mrs Robinson, Wak&nui Road, > Baring Square. 11123 FOR SALE, oheap—Useful Light Trap, For partiouUre enquire office of thil



Mrs Gsinsboroug-fs Diamonds lapi; her sleeve, slightly pushed op, re vealed tlie lovely curve of her arm and wrist. 1 am a particular admirer of beautiful wrists and hands, and hero 1 saw my ideal. How exquisitely the glove fitted, and bow artistically the ; color harmonized with the rest of her costume! The other little hand sup ported her chin, I could just see the rounded outline of her small cheek, and the movement of the dark eyelash pro jecting beyond it. Beneath her hat the black hair turned m a careless coil and charming little downy curls nestled m the nape of her neck, She was a thorough brunette, pale, and yet pervaded with warm color Beneath the skirt of her crisp dress peeped the pointed toe of an ineffable little boot, which occasionally lifted it self and tapped the floor softly. Sud denly, m the midst of my admiring in spection, she turned around upon me and our eyes met. There was an in stant's constraint and then we both laughed, and the constraint passed away not to return. "I was going to ask you," said I "whether you wouldn't prefer sitting on this side? You will find the river better worth looking at than that stone wall." "I am under your orders, sir, for the present; you put me here; and now if you tell me I am to go elsewhere, I shall obey." She rose as she spoke; the jolting of the carriage caused her to lose her bal ance; I held out my hand to assist her and so she tottered across and seated herself opposite me. "Now are you satisfied?" she asked demurely, folding her hands m her lap and sending a flash into me from those mystical eyes. "Yes, indeed, if you are. Did you ever travel this way before?" "If you mean alone with a gentleman I never met before—no." "Oh, what 1 mean was" "1 know—l didn't mean to make fun. Yes, I believe 1 was m this part of the country once when I was a very little girl; that was before I went to the con vent, you know." "To the convent?" She gave a charming impromptu laugh, "I wasn't quite a nun—l didn't want to make you believe that! Only 1 was brought up m a convent near Paris; ed ucated there, as many young ladies are. I was there seven years—wasn't that long?—and I only got out a little while ago." "It must have been awfully dull." "Oh, 1 liked it m a sort of way; they were very kind to me there, but then 1 didn't know how pleasant it was "outside! You would never believe how delightful the world is if you were only told about it. My papa used to tell me about it sometimes, and he is a great traveler— he has been everywhere. But I didn't realize it until 1 saw for myself.' 1 "Have you been to America since leaving the convent?" "Oh, yes, 1 went to New York, and saw my cousins there. Papa went with me, but he came back to Paris first and I followed later. 1 met him again m Paris only a few weeks ago. He will be surprised to see you here, Mr. Gainsbor ough. What a funny way you have chosen to go from Paris to Rome through Dresden!" "Yes, I—but, by the way, how did you know I was going to Rome? And why will your papa be surprised?" Again she laughed, and regarded me with so delightfully mischievous a glance that I felt convinced 1 must m some way be making a fool of myself. What did it all mean? I bit my lip and the color came into my face from provo cation at my own evident thick headed ness. "If you had only waited a little longer m Paris," she continued, still smiling enigmatically, "perhaps we might have met m a more regular way, and perhaps then you would have let me have a look at youx—diamonds!" My diamonds! That explained the mystery m a flash. "Is your father Mr. Birchmore?" "I am Miss Birchmore, if you please, sir. You never asked me for my card, and I didn't like to force it on you. Jt was so kind of you to take me on trust, without making sure that I was all right first, I thought Englishmen were more cautious and reserved." I could now join m the laugh against myself with full appreciation of the ex cellence of the jest. Mr. Birchmora, then, had been a married man after all. Of course he was. Why had i not be fore remarked the strong family like ness between him and his daughter? I Take her on trust, forsoothl How I longed to retort that 1 was ready to take her for better, for worse, then and there, if she would have me! If she were a fair specimen of American girls, what a nation of houris they must be indeed! But then they were not all brought up m French convents. It was that that added to Miss Birchmore the last irre eistible charm. That it was that gave her that naivete, that innocent frankness, that uncon scious freedom. And this lovely creature had actually know me by report before we met. Her father had told her of me, 1 and evidently he had not given me a bad character. And this accounted for the favorable change m her manner when she saw my card. Well, it was altogether delightful. I had been guided by a happy destiny; thank fortune, 1 had so conducted myself as at least not to" prejudice Miss Birchmore against me. Verily, good manners are never thrown away, and moreover I prided myself (as I fancy most gentlemen do) on my abil ity to detect a true lady at a glance. We now resumed our conversation on a still more' confidential footing than heretofore. Mies Birchmore related many amusing anecdotes of her late ex perience m New York, as well as of her earlier d^ys m the convent, and even some passages of her child life previous to the latter epoch. I observed, how ever, that ever and anon she would check herself, seeming to pass over cer tain passages m her history m silence; and this reminded me of the similar be havior which 1 had noted m her father. That secret, that mystery—whatever it was that weighed upon him—had cast (To be continued.) TTTANTED KNOWN—That I have re- VV ceived my Summer Stock of Boots and Shoeß, which.l will dispose of at the lowest rates possible, for Cash. Now 18 an opportunity for those who are m search of reliable goods. Aa usual, Repaira done at onoe 5 nb J, MOMOJJ,- The Hall Boot Depot, A«hburtoo.



MELLOR'S ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE ALWAYS TO THE FRONT. TJOR 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, 9s 6d; Children's Ankle Strapa.Jla { ■Ladies' Pretty Shoes, 4a lid and 5s 6d ; Men's Good Bluchers, 4s lid. Thousands of other pairs at the same Cutting Prices, IF You want a GOOD EASY BOOT, one that will stand the we&r,*be bum "°BOt° MELLOR'S ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE, ,! (EANCRED BTBEET, ASHBUFT3JSH HARVEST REQUISITES. CASTOR OIL, MACHINE OIL ; HAY FORKS, HAY RAKES! i SECTION RIVETS, COTTER PINS, WIRE TACKS, COPPER RIVETS, OIL'FEEDERS, BOLTS & NUTS, SCYTHE BLADES, SCYDHE SNADES, m SEAMING TWINE, WHIPS, I FARMERS, arejasked to Inspect onr STOCK OF HAY FORKS, which are the Best m the Market. Every Diiseription of IRONMONGERY AND TOOLS at Lowest Possible Prices." If you wa «t> a Good Article, we can supply it, as we do not stock inferior goods. • ; INSPECTION INVITED. I W. H. COLLINS & CO.. f IRON MONGERS, PAINTERS, COAL <c TIMBER MERCHANTS " Agents For—Royal Insurance Company Ltd. „ Shag Point Goal Company* t „ "Woßtpoct Goal Company, i i /;



SPEING 1898 SUMMER "ITTB Beg to advise oar Customers and the Public generally that each Department m pur Establishment is now Thoroughly Stocked with Novel ties for the Season. In our Household Furnishing 1 Department Will be found a Choice Variety of new Patterns m Oilcloths and Linoleums, together with full ranges of Lace Curtains, Quilts, Art Muslins, and all sizes inJjarpet Squares, Rugs and Mats, THE DRESS AND BLOUSE MATERIALS Are especially worthy of a vieib, as wa consider the goods m these Departments exceptionally well selected. AS USUAL OUR Millinery & Mantle Showroom U replete with Stylish and Fashionable examples of Art, which, Ladies are cordially invited to inspect. AT OUR CLOTHING AND MERCERY COUNTERS The ohief_attraotion 1b the unique Selection of Gentlemen's Ties and Shirts, the Large Stock of Suiting Tweeds. 1 ■'"' \P) We'are m Business. We want to be busy, and to keep busy, therefore it i» to our Interest to serve you as well as possible. If you give us your patronage we will deserve iti (The best service only can do this. We try to make a better service ' €W We find that the demands made on our Dressmaking Department make it compulsory for us to decline to make up Costumes other than those purchased at our Establishment. MITCHELL & TURNER. WOOL. WOOL. WOOL. I AM NOW MAKING Liberal Cash Advances Against Wool PLACED m my hands for SALE m ASHBURTON or ELSEWHERE. mHE CANTERBURY WOOL BALES have been fixed as follows, viz:— Timara Sale — FEBRUARY 8,1899. Chrlstchurch Sale — FEBRUARY 10, 1899. I shall be represented at BOTH PLACES, and shall be glad to receive consignments, which will have my Personal Supervision. Wool intended for me at Christchurch Sales should be consigned to Cantebbuby Shed Company's Siding, Addingbon, account D. Thomas. Wool intended for me at Timarn Sales, please consign to Messbs Guinness and LbCren, Timaru, account D. Thomas. I have made satisfactory arrangements foj disposing of Clips privately, either on the Farm or mmy Store. Clients will do well to give me notice when they are ready. Woolpacks, Branding Oils, Twine, and other Requisites Supplied, Fortnightly Sals of Sheepskins, Fat, Hides, every alternate MONDAY throughout the Season. D. THOMAS 10 187 ASHBURTON.



GREAT SALE ! ' OF i SUMMER Drapery & Clothing. fTIHB Whole Stock of NEW SEASON'S GOODS (MUST BE SOLD. Great Beductions. Wonderful Bargains. BEMEMBER SALE COMMENCES SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 A. P. WILLIAMSON, OASH DEAPEK & CLOTHIEE, TANORED STREET.



THE V CAN STILL DO IT! what? why winij who;? why, STERLING BICYCLES. TTT "pURCHASE won the Half Mile Amateur Race on the 19th, from soratoh, mounted on this favorite machine. JOEY BARKER also holds the Half Mile New Zealand Record from a standing start, mounted on a STERLING thorough bred, A consignment' of these machines ex* yeoted nexb week, call and Bee them, WE have aho— BINDING TWINE, MACHINE OIL, and a full stock of MoCORMIOK EXTRAS on hand. Morrow\ Bas sett & Go, WILLS STREET, ASHBURTON M. PRIEST, Manager.



j ABSOLUTE ASSURANCL IS ONE OF OTE PERFECT INVESTMENTS OFFBBED BY THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALASIA. TTtXAMPLE of Non-feiture Conditions.— SjJ At Age 30 next Birthday, under Table C 20, Assurance of £1000 will cost £3110s per annum for 20 years. In event of discontinuance of payments tbejj Policy becomes Paid up for £150 AFTER 3 YEARS. £250 AFTER 5 YEARS. £500 AFTER 10 YEARS. And so on. When the 20 years' Premiums 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. the" ' ~ " cash boot store (Next to NioollJBros.) rpHE Leading Boot Store m Ashbnrton. THF FINEST STOCK & LARGEST ASSORTMENT. All Goods imported first hand, and retailed at lowest prices. JUST ARRIVED- Ladiea' Glace kid Shoes m Black and Tan. Ladies' Glace Kid Boots and Tan Boots. Ladies' Glace American Shoes. Ladies' Evening Shoes m all colours. Shoes for Bowling, Tennis, Cricket, and Running. Gentlemen's Tennis Shoes from 3a to 20s. Gentlemen's firsts-class English & Coatinea* tal Goods SPLENDID VALUE IN COLONS V GOODS. 'v REMEMBER— McDonald McD^armid. EAST STB,EET. 3. NICHOLAS, Manager! " Mother I give mr } another piecToTwJ* bread and butter j» ««y ou may hRVe another piece of b and butter, but not that bread, it is too new T A HtWe of Mother Wisdom' ,vill be profitable if practioed by horse owners t j an b now. We every year have some v«t»y diflSoult oases through in diSdreeb feed* >nB U p on the new stuff. A , thimbleful rjf prudence is better than a bucketful >of regret* W. T. Kingston may be ooosuU ,ed at all hours, either at his Forg« m Will* Street, or »t his Private Residence, wWf yxwb* » flir High Bsbool,—Aevs. J



r= 20,000 =: ORION" COOKING RANGES IN USE IK THIS OOLONG THEY BURN LIGNITE, TRUE GOAL OR WOOD UP TO 24m no settingTrequired. With Stove Pipe can be worked out m the open. SPLENDID BREAD BAKERS. With Oaat Iron or Copper Boilers. (The Coppe^Boilera are large and Tinned Inside. REPAIRS ARE A MINIMUM. Made m all sizes, single or double ovens. High or low pressure boilers; tAI Sold by all Ironmongers, from whom Catalogues can be obtained, or from the maker, H. E. SHACKLOCK. SOUTHEND FQTODEY, DUNBDIN, 631



Hew Zealand Innce Company. ESTABLISHED* L « 185 9] CAPITAL^ONEMILLION. THEPEEMIEB AND WEAIiTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY, FIRE AND "MARINE RISKS. ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, XHRBSHINGifitAOHItfES, Ao,, ACCEPTED AT LOWEST TORRENT lUTBS E. W. HANMEB agent;



EAST . »TBG£T H. M. JONES. FREE INSURANCE Against Accident or Death. POLICIES CURRENT from V Days to 13 Mouths, according to Value Purchased. £51 per Week for Total Disablement up to Ten Weeks. for Death from Accident. Special Concessions to Purchasers of Pianos, Organs, and Cycles. Cash purchaaera from 10a will receive a Policy good for Seven D*yßi OQ OASES OF 4iKJ BOOKS, TOYS, STATIONERY, AND FANOY GOODS, GLASSWARE AND LEATHER GOODS, T>/"\/"\~l7''Q Presentation, and Reward Books, from Ward, Lock JL>V^/v/JL\_k?» and Co., Casseli and Co., Routledge. Nesbitfc, Religious Tract Society, and others. Beautifully Bound Editions of Bibles, Poets, and Standard authors. "K 1 A IVT/^ V AAAT^Q ALBUMS, Writing Desks, Work Boxes, 3D £\-±S \J X \J(\J\JUyj Music Foliea, Ladies' Companions, Work Baskets, silk lined, Jewel Caßes, Ladiea' and Gentlemen'a Dressing Cases, Hand Bags, Purses and Cord Cases, silver mounted, Silver Pencil Cases, Watches, etc. "Fjlfinfrn-Plfitftri W«i ra—OHOICK Variefey of Jel'y and JCJItSL'LI.U—XTiattJU. TV a>lK) Butter Dishes, Cruets, Biacuib Barrels, Epergnes, Teapots, Mugs, Serviette Rings, Baiter Knives, Bread Forkß, etc. -XT A QTT^ Q AND FANOY CHINA WARE.—A large Variety of Beautiful V XjLO-JCjO Vases and Glassware, Crystal and Tinted; latest patterns, choice Dasignß. Specimen vases from 3d. TOYS. TOYS. TOYS. DOLLS. DOLLS. DOLLS. DOLLS. The Largest Stock of Toys ever held m Ashburboa. All kinds and descriptions, from Id Squeaker to a good Steam Boat! or Piano. Horsee, Barrows, Whips, Arks, Tea Sets, Games, Bills, Drums, Carts, Prams, Skittles, Cubes, Wood Toys, Tin Toys, Kubber Toys, and Mechanical Toys. CBICKET AND LAWN TENNIS BAOQUETS From Best Makers. FIAJMOS Time Paymentß from ... SOs per month OKOA.NS „ „ „ l©s „ jsioycLias „ „ „ so» „ „ School Committees Supplied. LOWEST CASH PRICES m all Departments. Equal to Chriatohuroh and DuneJ din Housea, Do your Business here and keep the Trade m the District INSPECTION INVITED. h. m.Tones.



DAVID THOMAS- Auctioneer, Land, Insurance & Estate Cerent, Valuator, Wool and Grain Broker, ashbubton; Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock—Tlnwald and Ashburton AUomafeely Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fata, Hides, etc., on Mondays Sales of "VTool Throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Oleari m Sales as per arrangements Arcade Horse and Furniture Sales held on Saturday's, Horse Fairs held Monthly, AGENT FOB— Matson and 00, Ohrlstcharoh Booth, McDonald and 00, Ohrfstcharcb White's Sheep Dip . Walter A. Wood Oo Lightband's Belting London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stevenson and 00, Dunedin Planets Junior Garden and Field Tools 'Belfast Manures KAK AI A DISTRICT SALES. JHAVE made arrangements with MESSRS HARDY & CO., Merchants, Bakaia, to aob as my AGENT for all Auctioneering Work m that District, and m oonjnnofeicn with them it will be my endeavour to make the RAKAIA SALE A SUCCESS, DAVID THOMAS, 4shb»r6on GREATREDUOTION IN PRIOB OF PLANET JE. TOOLS DAVID THOMAS. ASHBURTONJ



The Wife's Welfare. S eathTv^ ed fr? e" ,?* n' U1 teach y™ more than ?ead it &?* IlV ter d- Everl woman "tould roiiii nß -vpggce fag^ a ' k™h <»*. YOUNQ SVfE^7~~ Write to me for valuable free Book concer'toe your- B? l¥ea\^i: ofeßSOr Herraa "°. Specialist, 40 OoUmL place, Melbourne. ' <-"-""» OUrrCUinU IflCn accidentally found a cure after specialists failed. Address Harojud S. Bull G.f.0., Melbourne, ' ■rrW"P~T"PTfTi«i ValuablerJookTormen, iriC IKWIn about themselv»-8, 100 pagea. Posted, 6d., m stamps £.>ny colony). Pr<,fkssob WK3BTEK, SpanUlist, Exhibitwn-streat, Melbourne. George Jesson, WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER, EABT STREET, "ITASjußbreceived a large consignment of Watches, Olocka, eto,, suitable for WEEHDUNG- PBEiSENTS i and is now selling at Ohriatohuroh Prices. REPAIRS, Etc, PROMPTLY EXECUTED SATISFACTION GU&RAJSTEUP.



A OA3D MRS A ri /"ILARIDGE A.. \J. I^LARIDGE TEACHER OF FIANOFORTfi, ORGAN, and SINGING OOX STREET, ASHBURTON. Terms on Application. "~MIBS fiTHEL GATBST" M.N.P.S. ffIEAOHER of Shorthand and Mub:o, _L Piano, Organ, & Violin. RAKAIA. & CHERTSEY, MONDAY & WEDNESDAY. MR OSBORN COOMBE, PIANO TUNER & EXPERtD, (Late of London), VISITS Aflhburton and satronnding Dietriots every fo«p months—viz., March, July, and November. ORDERS ma? be left) with MR LLEWELLYN OWEN at his Musio Studio, Arcade Chambers. Aahburton •



MUSICAL. "MISS "CARSON. mEACHER of Pianoforte and Organ. X For terms, etc., apply at Residence, Corner of Wills and William Streets, near Wakanui Road East. _ 1 136 PI&NOFORTE, SINGING, ORGAN, AND THEORY OF MUSIC. TUTRS "OOWMAN TIOX Member of the Canterbury Society of Professional Musicians, Havblook Street, Ashburton. RAKAIA—TUESDAYS. Pupils prepared for Trinity College exam nations. Llewellyn Owen, PIANOFOKTE, SINGING, HABMONY,AND MiNDOUNE.



Shipping. ■ t fg*H E NEW ZEALAND 'jjjKfe||^RBHIPPING OO.'S LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, FOR LONDON, Via Mente Video, Heneriffe & Plymouth. Beat) Accommodation for all classes of Passengers at Lowest; Rates. - _______ — Sfce&mera. Tens, Departure. Date. Rfmutaka 4515 Lyttelton Jan. 19 Bakaia 6688 — Feb. 16 Papanui 7000 Wellington March 23 Wakanui — AP"* 26 Ruahine [ 6127 — May 11 ~ CARGO STEAMERS^ ""*" Waikato j 4767 — I J»n Qn. Louise | 3385 — I Jan Otarama | 3808 — I Feb For farther partloclara apply to FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd. Agents, AshbtirtiGQ, '"SEAM, SAYILL AND ALBION COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR LONDON. jfaL "OOYAL MAIL STKA «mJTiMIi Xi) MIRS, with superior j&B^K^k' acoommodationforallolaases ™*H^^ißl of _passengera, calling at Monte Video os Rio, Tenerlffe and Ply month. Vesßel Tons Oommaoder From Date. Aote»~" w 6364 Kidley ... Wel't'n Feb 2 Gothio _ 7730!Evans ... Wel'b'a Mar 2 CARGO STEAMERS. __^ , — Mafcatua,- 5322 Holmea Lytl't'ri iJan 7 Oelphio ... 8355 Sowden — Jan 11 Raagatira 1045 Burton — J March E. W. HANMEK. Agent. . NION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, Limited STEAMERS SAII FRCMLITTELTON ASUNDER: For Wesbporfi and Greymouth—Weekly, Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Thura day and Saturdays NOTE—For extra sailings see advertise ment m Christohurch papers Duaedila — Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tuesdays and Saturdays Nekon and Picton s via Wellington— Tuesday and Saturday Sydney, via Auckland —- Alternate Thursdays The above are sabject to alteration | reference should therefore be made to Ohrlatchnrch dally papers fox datea and hour of sailing For farther particulars apply to F$ FERRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton