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THE ENGLISH TEAM. United Press Association— T*>y Eleotrio 1 elegrttpb—Copy right; (Rece'ved -^"iikapu ... Ftb 23, 930 a.m, Guatrt>ian Office 9 48 a-m) fYDNKK, February 23 The Rugby Union has received a reply to the cable epquirin<» as to the reported abandonment of the English football team' Australian tour. The reply is mutilated ia regard t< the ds.te of leaving, but it makes it clear that the team is coming.

THE ASHBURTON GtJABDIAH 5 FBIDAY, FEBETJAKY 24, 1899

Printed and published by Hbnry Willis, of " Peter Street, Ashburton, for the Proprte 7BIDAX, FBBEDARX 24, 1819



Henry McElrea' CASH BUYEH OF WOOL, SKINS, HIDES, PAT, Etc. TT7"A"> 7 ED at or.ce—lo,ooo Crossbred or VV Merino.Felts. Top Price for Fresh and well-Raved Pelts ; also 20 ton Clean Dry Caul or Kidney Fat, J^rt per lb BAG WOOL A SPECIALTY. I have on Sale— TEA SOAP CAN L LBS POTATOES FLOUR JSHAKPB BRAN OATS Chickwheat, Straw and Oat-eheef Chaff. Beat Brands and First Quality, at up-to date prices, for phompt cash. Come np to " Mac" and get quotations. All Goods delivered m Town and Suburbs. Mote the Address— HHWirr MoELBBA, Baring square, ASHBUBTON, TANORED STREET PAPERHANGING WAREHOUSE. (Established 1876.) C. CHAPMAN HOUSE DECORATOR, SIGN WRITIR, PAPERHANGER, GRAINER, GLAZIER, Em JUST ARRIVEDrBX RC7APBBU, BEST SELECTION OF PAPEBHANGIH.OS Ever shown m Aahburtoa.s Direct from the Manufacturers. LATEST ENGLISH DESIGNS. Pleaie call and inspect. THEY CAN STILL DO IT I WHAT? WHY WIN I WHO? WHY, 87ERUHQ BICYCLES, TTT "pURCHASE won the Half Mile Amateur Race on the 19th, fro icratoh, 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 ll* pectedfnexb week, call and see them, WE have also— BINDING TWINE, MACHINE Oil* and a fall stock of McCORMICK EXTRIS on hand. Morrow, Bassett <S Go, WILLS STREET, ASHBURTONT M. PHIEST, Manager, ESTASLZ&HBD 1880. B?EI,EPHONB No 69 BAKER BROS., UIURNISHING TrNDERTAKEIiS C URNISHING V NDERTAKEiaS DIRECT Importers of Best and Lstttrt Designs In FUNERAL FURSISEINOS FUNERALS conducted with the greatest care and satisfaction, at moat reasonable charges. Corner of Wakannl Road and Oiim Streets, and Baker and Brown's Coach Factory. LAWES' Dips & Manure*^ THE Public Dips at the Ashburton i Mid Tinwald Sale Yards are now open for the SEASON. For terms and particulars apply to C* ffe taker. Lawes' Superphosphate — Best CTan^fp Manure m the world. Also poisonous i vn! non-poisonous Sheep Dip m stock. EDWARD "SAUNDEKS, LOCAL AGENT. XI 1 1« BOOTH, MAdDONALD AND 00 9 - ANDREWS AND BBATAN* T BEG QCO NOTIFY to the Farmer*;. and all who are interested fn Agricultural or other Machinery, that t have been appointed AGENT m Aikbnrtoa for th» above Manufacturers, whose oelebrated- Implemente and Machinery are giving: satisfaction throughout the Australasian- Colonieß. I have on hand a large quantity o EXTRAS; also Sample Machinery and- Implements. H. GUILDS, WAKANUI ROAD. 195 A fule may gie a wise man counsel, and It'i this—drink unblended diamond jubilee mas !—Agents—Shearman Bros., Auhburton;. W QU Doafc, Mount Somera and Mayfield * James Gudsell, Tinwald,



= PURE SEEDS. = T HAVE lately erected, regardless of cost, the moat COMPLETE SEED-CLEANING PLANT south of the Line, and I now ask intelligent Farmers to inspect the same at work. I am now prepared TO CLEAN for Farmers any description of SEEDS AND GEAIN. I and will guarantee to give them satisfaction. I can supply best RYEGRASS, weighing from 261tas to 44lbs to "the bushel j and COCKSFOOT, locally grown, Upbs to 16*lbs to the bushel also, best CLOVERS, dressed by my own machines, the purity of which must be seen to be appreciated. ALSO—H¥RST AND SONS BEST ENGLISE CLOVERS TURNIPS RAPE, LUCERNE, TRBJbOiu, Em FENCING WIRE, BARB WIRE, & STAPLES. The best quality on Sale. WANTED SHEEP FEED. WANTED up till March, 1899, good young grass for 300 »heep.~Apply DAVID THOMAS, ASHBTJRTON ALL CUSTOMERS OWING ACCOUNTS TO W. H. COLLIER, DRAPER AND CLOTHIER, "THE COKNJEK" Ashburton and Kakaia, A RE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED TO SEIQDLE SAME BEFORE JANUAEY 31st, 1899, G. D. H. HEFFOBD, JManager, WOOL. WOOL. WOOL. I AM NOW MAKING Liberal Cash Advances Against Wool PLACED m my hands for SALE In ASHBURTON or ELSEWHERE. THE CANTERBURY WOOL SALES have been fixed aa follows, viz:— Timaru Sale — FEBRUARY 8,1899. Ohriatchurch Sale — FEBRUARY 10, 1899. I shall be represented at BOTH PLACES, and shall be glad to reoehre consignments, which will have my Personal Supervision, Wool intended for me ab Chrlstchurch Sales should be consigned to Cantebbuby Bikd Company's Siding, Addington, account D. Thomas. Wool intended for me at Timaru Sales, pleaae consign to Messes GuiKNESa AND LeOben, Timaru, account D. Thomas. I have made satisfactory arrangements foe 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 s every alternate MONDAY throughout! the Season. D. THOMAS 10 187 ASHBURTON, BELFAST FBEEZING WOEKS MANURES, ARE THE BEST TTIOR TU IP, RAPE WHEAT, AND ANY OTHER CROP. SPECIAL MANUBE can be made for any kind of Soil, or description of crop, SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE EAST SEASON, Orders received by OTCIEIDLAIVI>ER BROS., Limited., DAVID THOMAS, THE N. 38. FABMEBS CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION OF CANTERBURY, Limited,, oa ALBERT ROBERTS, AGJKNT, OANTEEBUEY FROZEN MEAT-AND DAIRY PKODUOE EXPORT COMPANY, LIMITED. 880 F. WAYMOUTH cretwy, New Zealand Insurance Company. BSTA BL IS hTd '"""L, 185 9J CAPITAL^OnFMILLION. PAID-UP CAPITAL AND RESERVES—^OO,OOO THEPBEMIBB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIALS COMPANY, NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY, FIRE AND "MARINE RISKS, ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MAOHMIS, Aa., ACCEPTED AT LOWEST TORRENT RaTBS E. W- HANMER AGENT,



Without a peer m all the World. Unexcelled !| II II I 111 II — -rr=r= =======^_______z L L__l"._" f|!| !Ij Hi |=H fea^ |^4 f tobacco 6 "Strives to Excel," and comes In "Easily First." ' I' I, *v



LOOK CHEAP WINTER FIRING. NEW MOUNT SOMIBB COAL. OUTPUT has Trebled during the last twelve months. IT IS USED EVERYWHERE. This Coal is the Best and Cheapest Steam nod Household Coal m the market. i Used m the Woollen Factory and Cantor bury Flour Mills. GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS WRITE FOR PRICES to 0. T, PARK, MOUNID SOMERS. ASHBURTON|PERMANENT BUILDING AND '■" i INVESTMENT- SOCIETY. A DVANOES of £25 and upwards'made on Freehold Properties, repayable by Monthly, Quarterly, or Half Yearly lnsfcaJ meats. Loans are also granted for Fixed Period at lowest current rates. Deposits received at highest current rates AH Information en application to EDWARD STEPHENS, Manager Bicycle Surgery. ACUTE and chronic cases treated with assurance of success. Languid tyres restored to health and vigor. Tyres blown up without pain, wind free. We understand the anatomy, physiology and hygiene of wheels, and give hom«spathic or allopathic treatment as individual cases require ; sure cure guaranteed. TESTIMONIALS.—My wheel had three ribs broken and you cured it m one treat ment. My tyres were suffering with a case of acute aneurism which had been pronounced fatal by other bicycle doctors, but you cured the disorder and I did not lobb a day of my tour. I was troubled with varicose tyres involving frequent ruptures ; you cured me. Hundreds of applications like the above sent on application. Come and see our stock of machines ; a lot of second hand as good as new, cheap. LANDBLLS & SON, ARIEL EXPRESS CYCLE WORKS, Next the Club. FEANK CUETIS. PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER JEWELLE& & OPTICIAN, (Late Watchmaker for A. Gundersen, SUCCESSOR TO R. MURRAY, BEGS to apologise to his numerous cus tomers for the unavoidable incon veniences and delays they have been sub jected to during the EXTENSIVE ALTER ATIONB which have been made, and to fur ther state that the Establishment is now THOROUGHLY UP-TO-DATE m every particular. A Special Spectacle-Fitting Room has been constructed and lit on the most approved system, so that GLASSES can be accurately fitted for READING at night. Only the Latest Optical Sight-Test ing Instruments Used. The Stock of Jewellery, Watches, and Electro-plated Goods have been most exten sively added to, and is now the Choicest & Best Selected m Ashburton. Watches and Clocks promptly repaired. Jewellery made up to order and repaired on shortest notice. E. W. HANMER. NOTICE OF REMOVAL TO NEW PREMISES. HAVING exchanged premises with the Farmers' Co-operaoive Association, I have much pleasure m stating that m future I shall carry on my business at the offioes and store lately oooupied by the above As sociation at the corner of West Street and Havelock street (the Loan and Mercantile ' old premises.) STORAGE AT- LOWEST RATES. CORNSACKS AT CURRENT PRICES. 1 132 E, W. HANMER. dJ. H. Undrili«j [b, undrill T.H. UNDBILL AND CO., T7IURNISHING UNDERTAKERS,' V URNISHING UNDERTAKERS. tUANORED STREET, ASHBURTON EVERY REQUISITE ON HAND. Polished Coffins a Specialty. Private Address, Peter Street, directly behind Oddfellows' Hall; also care of Mr T. Andrews, East Belt, 2 ■■ —.. ] Leitch and Richards, (Successors to W. F. Hannab'OSd), TINSMITHS.PLUMBERB, GABFITTERB, BELL-HANGERS, Em HOT and Cold Water Services laid on most approved plans. Estimates given for all kinds of work. N.B.—-Competent workmen sent to any part on shortest) notice. LEITCH &"kIOHAKDS, BURNETJ STREET. I 220 '



MELLOR'S ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE ALWAYS TO THE FKONT. UOR GOOD CHEAP BOOTS AND SHOES WE STAND ALONE] We do the Leading Trade, and we mean to keep it. NOIR OUR PRICES—Mon's Good Hhooters, 9b 6d; Children's Ankle Straps, la'j Ladies' Pretty Shoes, 4s lid and 5a 6d j Men's Good Bluchers, 4s lid. Thousands o! other pairs ab the same Catting Prices. t | .q« m| t IF You want a GOOD EASY BOOT, one that will stand the wear s be sure you go to ME LL OE'S ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE, OBANCRED STREET, ASHBUFT3I* HARVEST REQUISITES. /CASTOR OIL, MACHINE OIL HAY FORKS, HAY RAKES SECTION RIVETS, COtDEER PINS, WIRE TACKS, COPPER RIVETS, QII£FEEDfiRS, BOLTS & NUTS, BGYTHE BLADES, SGYTHE SNADES, SEAMING TWINE, WHIPS, FARMERS erojaekod to.laopeot onr STOCK OF HAY FORKS/ which aye the Beat m the Market. Every Description^ IRONMONGERY AND TOOLS at Lowest Possible Price*. Kjyou want a Goecl Article, we can supply it, as we do'aofe stCck Inferior goods. INSPECTION INVITED. W. H. COLLINS & CO., IRONMONGERS, PAINTERS, COAL fc TIMBER MERCHANTS AgentsJFor—Royal Insurance Company < Ltd • „ Shag Point Coal Company,  Westport Coal Company. EASILY fHE ft^Sl WHEAT. WHEAT. TOE ABE PBOMPT CASH BUYERS OP j PRIME MILLING WHEAT, AT HIGHEST MARKET RATES WE are also Prepared to STORE GRAIN on Farmers' Account m our New GRAIN SHEDS, West Street, Aehburton, on very favorable Terms. FULL-SIZED CORNS ACKS AND TWINE SUPPLIED AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES. ROLLlff"~& Co., CANTERBURY FLOUR MILLS. OFFICES AND STORES — WEST STREET, ASHBT7RTON. 1 230 EAST HXICEIJB3X H. M. JONES. FREE INSURANCE Against Accident or Death. **m>*mmmm* f\* 111 minimum POLICIES CURRENT from V Dny« to IS Months, according to Value Purchased. <#3X per Week for Total Disablement up to Ten Weeks. d*sO for Death from Accident. Special Concessions to Purchasers of Pianos, Organs, and Cycles. Cash purchasers from 10s will receive a Policy good for Seven Days. AGENTS FOR MILNER AND THOMPSON'S — JPIAJNOsS— By Brinsmead and Sons, Hopkinson, Gobb and T)T \ "XTl^^l— Kallman» Wagner, Collard and Oollard, Broad- X JL-OlXi VJkJ wood, Haake,, Spaethe, Channell and Sob. LinD -PIANOS- and Sohn. ' PP -ORGANS- By Bell and Co, Smith, and the Needham Oompanyr C\ T? CX- AIV Q- Willcox and White, Mason and Hamlin, the Chicago Com v/XwvXxJLl-l k5 pany. Palace Organ Company, and other makers. -OBGAISS- From 358 lOs to °R^J^S S From - "* - lOss P« month I»IAISO» „ ... 2Om „ „ ALL INSTRUMENTS GUARANTEED. — Best Cash Value Obtainable, THF HDAMAPUnNP The Most Powerful and Pleasing Instrument lll£ UiiMmHrnUnL of the kind made. Splendid records of the best performers In Songs, Speeches, Quar tets, and Brass Band Selections. Cash or Terms, Call _and see It. Latest Books by every Mail, at Published Prices for Cash. Magazines and Periodicals. LOWEST CASH PRICES m all Departments. Equal to Qhrfaitohutoh and Dune', din Houses. Do your Business here and keep the Trade m the District INSPECTION INVITED. h. m."Tones. HARDLEY BROS. TTAVE much pleasure In introducing to the Public of Ashburton The "Sunlight" Gas Burner, THE IDEAL LIGHT FOR DOMESTIC USE. MARVELLOUS rdsults are obtained by using the "SUNLIGHT" MANTLES especially with regard to the EFFECT THEY HAVE UPON COLOURS. Shopkeepers who sell Fancy Goods, Drapers, Butchers and others would be surprised at the efteot upon the goods they selh " SUNLIGHT " MANTLES produce a diffused light of soft rays, THE NEAREST APPROACH TO. THE LIGHT OF THE SUN. Saves a large quantity of gu with an illuminating power THREE TIMES that of ordinary burners. S HAB DL E V BEOS,, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, HAVE juat received ex "s.s. Tolosa" a splendid aisortraent of Pumps of all descriptions, Inspection invited.



NEW CYCLE WORKS. W. McKnight] [B. McKnight •Mcknight bros., (late of. timaru and cheistohubch) -ARIEL" CYCLE WORKS, SADNDERS' BUILDINGS, BEG to announce that they have Com menced Business as Cycle Experts, etc, end all work entrusted to their charge will receive their tnoeti Careful and Prompt Attention. Repairs Guabaktbeo. A ! kinda of Cycle Accessories m Stock. Agent* for ail the leading Machines. ' *T Machines ENAMELLED and LINED any Color. Mcknight bros., 4BIBL (TCLKWOBKB 179 Saunbers' Buildings, Ashburton aJa TjgrjMylDMJfa 81-GHLORIDE CF GOLD CURE. DRINK HAD NEARLY DESTROYED IT I SUFFERED from an Insatiable Appe tite for Liquor. The Bi-Ohlobidb oi GoiD Treatment cured me permanently. It Eradicates ALL Desire for Intoxicants. The desire will never return unless you re cultivate it. No aure—no pay. Abdbess i \ BICHLORIDE OF GOLD INSTITUTE Ashly House, Rattray Street, Dunedin, 9 12 '. _^ c W o w a S O QOD S9 : £ CONTINUATION OJP SALE. FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN FRINTS & WASHING FABRICS. ALL MUST GO. FAST COLOR PRINTS, Good Pattern^ 3|d and 4|d per yard. All Linen Tabling 9|d per yard Special Pricks m Flaicellettes, Galateas, Shirtings, Towels, Cretonnes, etc. Double Width all Wool Serges, Choice Colorings, Is 3d per yard, were 2s. GENUINE EEDUOTIONS IN MEN'S & BOYS' CLOTHING, etc. Youths' Tweed Trouaer Suits, 12s 6d each Boys' Brill Washing Suits from 3s 6d Boys 3 Caps, 53, Boys' Braces, s^d. GENUINE ""bAKGAINS EOR EVERYBODY. A. P. WILLIAMSON, TANORED STREET. I 6ALLANTYNE & Co., OF OASHEL STREET, GHRISTCHUROH, TTATE FITTED A MOST- COMPLETE FACTORY, and Manufactar. FROM SSART- m FINISH Hlgh-Olass Furniture 'at ?ery MODERATE RATES. A Visit to Ballantyne's Showroom and Factory, by any of our Country Clients when m Ohrlatcharch, will be MUCH APPRECIATED BY (CHE JSIRM, m



ggyrr.l - :••::• -■. ■;"■■ z."..' ... .j-;:..'.a THB $BBr>S of gf» ><S h°»1 fh, p**une ani strengthen sickly and weak br&nobew of the tree of life, wir.n the aid of Hoiloway's World Renowned Plile and Ointmeat. The P.Us in*p:ove the appetite, strengthen the digestion, and regulate the liver. Uuder fc-eatmeufc with the Ointment), b»d leg* | become sound, i-oorbutio skins cast off their , Ecalfs, and scrofulous sores cease to annoy. Wheu rubbed upon the abdomen, ib checks nil tendency to irritation m the bowels, and averts diart! oei, and other disorders of the intestines fn qutmtly prevailing through the summer and fruit peasone. Heat bumps, blotches, pimple:l, tafl&mmation of rhe skin, ltd enlarged glands, can be effectively overcome by using Holloway'i remedies, according to instructions given to each pur chaser. ABI CLASSES. ETHEL IT JONES, /""jERTIFICATEDart teacher, Canterbury \j College School of Art; Free Student Technical School of Design, Wellington; Pupil of James M. Nairn, Wellington. Instructions given m all branches of Art), Painting from Life, end Sketching from Nature, m Oil or Water Colour. For particulars apply to Mr John Wilson Arcade. 1 224 DBINK DELICIOUS PERFECT IN QUAUTY, FLAVOR AND BLEND. Paoked iD Tins, the delicate Aroma Absolutely Preserved. OBTAINABLE FROM ALL GROCERS ~~ STEATHMOBE ' PEIVATE HOSPITAL. EXTENSIVE ADDITIONS JUST COMPLETED UNEQUALLED INTHE COLONIES FOR MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CASES. /"lAN Accommodate upwards of FORT"* %Q) MALE «nd FEMALE PATIENTS TERMS i Prom 2 Guineas pel week PATIENTS CAN BE ATTENDED BY TH«J^ OWN MEDICAL AWISER Apply to— THE MATRON, Strathmobs Private Hospital, Ferry Road (just over Saßt Bait), Christ ISS ' church. ABSOLUTE ASSURANCL IS ONE OF THE PERFECT INVESTMENTS OFFERED BY THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION OB 1 AUSTRALASIA. EXAMPLE of Non-feiture Conditions.— Ab Age 30 next Brthday, under Table C 20, Assurance of £1000 will cost £3110s per amium for 20 years. In event of discontinuance of payments the Policy becomes Paid up for £150 AFTER 3 YEARS. £250 AFTi'.R 5 YEARS. £500 AFTER 10 YEARS. And so on. When the 20years' 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, ABhburton. GGHE AUSTRALIAN WIDOWS' FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Ltd. MONEY TO LEND on Agricultural and Pastoral Properties. O 3 FOWLER, Resident Secretary, Wellington, OJQWEN, Beildent Secretary, Ohristchurch, DAVID QDHOMAS, 269 District Agent, Aehburton. THE GENUINE DR GUILLIEF ELIXIR lonic, Glairons, and Antl-Billons pared by Dr Paul Gage Fils, Chemist of the Ist Class. The only proprietor of that remedy. Rue de Grenelle, S. Germain, Paris, D; Onillie's Elixir is one of the most economical medicines, both as a Pnrga fcive and as a Deparative, ib is the best remedy against all bilious and glairloat disorders. For more than seventy-five years Dr Gnillle's Elixir has been employed with snccess against diseases of the liver, the spleen, the heart, rheumatism, goat, fever, inflaeßza, el m diseases, etc. Beware of imitations, and see that yoa get the Genuine Dr GniHie's Elixir, which bears the signature of Paal Gage, and mark that each bottle is accompanied Treatise on Glairs. Sold by Druggists, Patent Medicine Dealers, and by AUSTRALIAN DRUG CO.. Sydney, 3S.S.W, Smoke New Yearn