PHASES OF THE MOON.

Fjebeuary.

Ashburton Guardian. Megna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1899. A HINT FOR PENSIONERS.

We shall probably be rendering good service to those who have become en titled to the Old Age Pension, the first instalment of which is payable Gn Wed need y week, the first of March, if we remind them that payment of the pen sion is conditional on good behaviour. The Act empowers the magistrate to order the forfeiture of one or more in stalments of the pension if the pen sioner is convicted of drunkenness, while the conviction for any crime involving imprisonment for a term of twelve months will cancel the pension completely. It is perhaps natural that some of the pensioners may, on receipt of the first instalment, feel inclined to celebrate the event in the old fashioned custom of a toast, but let there be moderation iri their proceedings, lest evil come of it» Our warning against j drunkenness is not to be confined to those who have actually become entitled (o the pension, those who are becoming eligible within a few years will do well to remember the fact that one applicant at Thursday's Court was refused a pen sion on the ground that the character give.n him showed that he was liable to outbreaks of insobriety, so that he could not be held, to quote the words of the Act, to have " led a sober and respeot jable life " during the five years pre ceding bis application.

In a long and interesting letter to Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, Mr Henni ker Heaton, whose UNIVERSAL name will certainly PENNY POSTAGE^ go down to posterity in company with Rowland Hill's, relates the following anecdote in support of the cause for which he has pleaded so successfully :— " About thirteen years ago a member of Parliament happened to be standing in the post office of a Lincolnshire village, when a poor old woman in deep black came in with a letter for her son in Australia, on which letter she, in her ignorance, intended to place a penny stamp. On being told that the postage was sixpence, she took back her letter, and was going away with it 'If,' she said," apologetically, 'it had been a penny I should have had five penct left for tea and bread.' Of course, the politician, having human | feelings, paid the sixpence and the letter was despatched. Some three months afterwards that member passed through the village again, and asked at the post office for news of the old widow. The postmaster was radiant. ' The son sent her £5 in reply, sir/ said he, ' and is going to pay her passage out. They had not corres i ponded for years until she wrote that I letter three months ago on the death of her husband,"' He adds"—"The motion which called for Universal Penny Post- I age was supported by 142 members, to each of whom I have, within the last few days, taken upon me to despatch a silver penny, as a memento of the achievement of Imperial, and an ' ear nest ' of the speedy attainment of Universal Penny Postage. The first great task of my political career is now ! accomplished. It has beea necessary for me, in the work of promoting mere than forty postal reforms, to write a good deal in the newspapers, and to thousands of private correspondents, to address meetings, Chambers of Com merce, and the House of Commons rather frequently ; to remonstrate with the officials, to take up innumerable hard cases,' to spend money freely on printing and postage, and to travel to nearly every civilised land, in order to inspect the foreign and colonial post offices. I haye travelled some j 250,000 miles during the last twelve years on postal business. I have made, I hope, a certain number of friends j I know I have made enemies enough iE the post office to last me for life."

Local and General.

The Borough Valuation.—The rateable annual value of the borough of Ashburton, according to the new valuation is £20,012, as against £19,785 last year. Men as Scandal-Mongers.—There is afe least one gentleman who has the temerity to assert that women are not greater gossipers than men. Speaking on the Order of the Daughters of the Court, Dr Bevan Baid that a similar order amongst men would be an admirable thing. Quite as unsavoury things were said at men's clubs about others as amongst women, Few heard the stories about one another told in the ante-rooms of Parliamentary assemblies, and if one broke into the beautiful mysteries of a gathering of clergymen one might discover the member ship in such an order as that under consideration, would possibly lessen the piquancy and otherwise improve the con versation of a good many men. He believed women could set the moral standard of any age, and if they could bs got to accept the principles of the Order of the Daughters of the Court the result would eventually be beneficial to man. The Virginian Quail.— ■•» No finer game faird $ies than the American or Virginian quail," saya Mr A. G. Bradley, in the Badminton Magazine. This ia an interesting statement in connection with the consign ment of "Virginias" recently imported to this colony by the Wellington Acclimatisa tion Society. The writer goes on to say ; — " It is the one domestic game-bird of the Americans in the sense that the cartridge is with ua. This quail has neither a hanker ing for the wilderness nor a dread of man. On the contrary he clings to civilisation, and j ja only too anxious to rpmain there if given anything like' a chance. I have ventured the remark—which no one qualified to jadge will, I am sure, dispute—that no ' fjner sporting bird exists thg.n the Virginian quail. I am almost tempted to go eyen further and wonder if there is another bird that for dash, and pluck, and versatility is quite its equal, aad this is with no lack of respect) for the rocketing pheasant or the j driven partridge. , . None call to a higher the qualities of the setter or the pointer; I? nfc when the quail rises at your feet, ius'tead of poinu^ 6*»K« times out of four a " pot" shot, he will so 000t 1! 1. 1*6 thßfc something like that proportion of the chances he so J?oldly gives to his pursuers shall tax their marksmanship to an extent that would satisfy the most exacting sports man of this proficient age. She English partridge seeks safety from the guns by rising wild or out of shot. The Virginian quail first) challenges the quality of the doge, nod then, more often than nob, the shooting flUftUfcies of tSieir masUrV'

CABLE NEWS.

United Press Association—By Kieotrio Telegraph—Copyright

I London, February 15 The Victorian loan is quoted at a premium of § per cent. The voluntary offerings of the Church of England for 1898 totalled seven and a half millions, exclusive of pew rents, being half a million in excess of the amount received for { 1898. The Queen has returned to Windsor from Osborne, Sir Robert Giften, exOontroHer- General of the Commercial and Statistical Departments, read a paper before the Colonial Institute, relative to the growth of various parts of the British Empire, He showed that Australasia had gone ahead most among the English speaking portions. February 16 Mr Randall, Queensland immigration ageDt, is on a lecturing tour in Shrop shire, where many agriculturalists and others have accepted State-aided passages to Queensland. Mr Cham berlain wrote to Mr Randall commen ding the efforts of the Queensland Government to secure immigrants, thus helping to build colonies and add to the prosperity and solidarity of the j Empire. Madrid, February 15 Don Carlos has forbidden his fol lowers to participate in the Cortes. Berlin, February 16 Herr Gossler, addressing the Budget Committee on the Army Increase Bill, said he anticipated that Franoe would add 120 batteries to her field artillery. Vienna, February 16 | It was recently reported that as a ; result of the pan-Germanic agitation in i Austria and Hungary In favor of the wholesale conversion of Catholics to Protestanism, owing to discontent with the political situation, thousands of poorer Catholics had joined the Bap-/ tists and other denominations. The Italians in the Istrian provinces now threaten to imitate the example of the Germans in converting wholesale to Protestantism. Sydney, February 14 Messrs Reid and Barton, after con sultation, agree to act together in the Federation campaign. The Labor party has decided to support the amended Bill. The trial of Stuart Briggs for the murder of Miss Dutt, at Petersham, in December, is proceeding. The defence is a plea of insanity. Melbourne, February 16 A miner named Ball unearthed a 1240z nugget in Nuggetty Gully, Yandoit.

THE CRISIS IN FRANCE.

4 New Patriotic League.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright Paris, February 16 The new French League La Ligue de la Patrie Francaise, which superseded the Franch Patriotic League, has invited the adhesion and support of the officers of the army in furtherance of i(s object—securing the supremacy of military over Parliamentary Govern ment, and even over the highest forms of judicial administration. The League promises secrecy regarding the officers joining, General Mercier has testified that he communicated the secret paper in the Dreyfus case to the court-martial behind Dreyfus's back, but was un aware that this was illegal. It was often done. M. Faure and M. Dupuy. were cognisant of the proceeding, and agreed to withhold the fact from M. Casimir-Perier, who was then Presi dent. M. Dupuy htft wagered M. Maurice Binder, a Royalist deputy, that the Court of Cassation will deliver judg ment by March 20.

OBITUARY.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright London, February 16 Mr Justice Chitty is dead, aged 71 years, Mr Henry Jones, who, under the norn de plume of "■ Oavendisb," acted as editor of the card department of the Field newspaper and the pastime department of the Queen newspaper, is dead. He was 68 years of age.

ANOTHER GREAT FIRE IN MELBOURNE.

Serious Damage Caused

A Boy Killed.

United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. Me&bodbnb, February 16 A fire this afternoon gutted Henty's large four-storeyed bond and free stores in Flinders I^ane. The building was heavily stocked with wines, beer, spirits, kerosenes, and other inflammable materials, besides between eight and nine hundred thousand pounds of tea. The fire started on the ground floor, and burned with tremendous fierceness, There was a general muster of the fire brigades, but the firemen were powerless to do anything beyond saving the building of Slogg Bros, manufacturing chemists, and other large buildings adjoiniag. Immense crowds congregated in the streets, and tram and other vehicular traffic was blocked, in the rush of the hose carts, a boy named O'Neill was knocked down and killed. The insurances of the property destroyed amount to £53,000.

THE WAS IST THE PHILIP PINES.

Further Fighting' iii the Phillip * Junes.

United Press Association—-By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Manila, February 16 The Americans, using Hotchkiss and Gatling guns, occupied Jaro, near L'^'lo. after a sharp fight, The Filipinos suffered ?-Qnsiderable losses, Another desparate fight occurred it" close garters near Manila, the Filipinos retiring to Lagunda Bay. New Yobk, February 1 6 Another regiment is leaving gan Franciggo for M^uilft,

SPOUTING.

_ <jj>, TARANAKIJ.O.'s SUMMER MEETING SECOND DAY. United Preai Association—By Electric (Telegraph New Plymouth Racecourse, Feb 16 The concluding results were as follows :— Autumn Handicap, of 200 soya; one mile and a quarter. -^ Waiorongomai Bst I3!b, 1; Casfcashore, 2 ,° Rubin Sat. 3. Dividend—' £5 4a. ' J Huatoki Hanbioap, of 60 soys ; six fur« longs.—lndian Shot Bsb I; St Elmo 7st gib, & Pfyidend—^l 4a. Hack Raob—Labra, 1 j Pyroxlin, 2, Divi dend—£44. Farewell Handicap, 50 soy», 1 mile— Doneraile, 1. Dividend—£3 12a.

THE LATEST.

Home and Foreiga

United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright

I (Received Wakapuaka Feb. 17, 920 a.m. ' Guardian Office, 9.55 a.m Nicaraguan Canal. Washington, February 16 The House of Representatives, in view of a probable large deficit on the year, has not allowed Senator Hep burn's proposal for the purchase of lands for construction of Nicaraguan Canal to form part of the Appropria tions Bill. (Received Wakapuaka Feb 17, 10.35 a.m, Guardian Office 11.2 a-m) Canada and the United States Washington, February 16 The recent report that the Anglo- American commission appointed to consider the outstanding differences between Canada and the United States had arrived at a satisfactory under standing, proves to be premature, and fears are now expressed that the com mission will fail to agree over the ques tion of tariff reciprocity. Received Wakapuaka Feb, 17,10.10 a.m, Guabdian Office 10.55 a-m) The Gladstone Memorial London, February 16 At a meeting of the committee of the Gladstone Memorial Fund, H.E.H, the Prince of Wales presiding, it was reported that £26,000 had been sub scribed. It was decided to devote £8000 to St. Deiniol'g library, £8000 to the erection of a statue by sculptor Thornyofoft in London, and £6000 for a statue in Edinburgh.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

. ■'■» United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyright } (Received Wakapaaka Feb. 17, 10.35 a.m, Guardian Office 11.2 a.m) London, February 16 In the House of Commons, Mr McNeil, member for Donegal, moved an amendment te the Bill dealing with directorates of public companies, in the direction of forbidding Ministers of the Grown to become directors such companies. The amendment was nega tived by 247 votes to 143,

Disabled Steamers.

——_—,« _ United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. London, February 16 It is reported from the Azores that a steamer, name unknown, rescued a boat-load of people from the Bulgaria, (Received Wakapuaka Feb. 17, 10 10 a-m, Guardian Office 10-55ja.m) London, February 16 The Bulgaria was again sighted subsequent to the Weehaken's rescue of a portion of the passengers of the dis abled liner, which was still about the same place. New York, February 16 The Ounard liner Utruria arrived at New York after a tenible passage, during which she narrowly escaped a collision in a dense fog with the American cruiser Marble Head.

THE PLAGUE.

United Preas Association— By Elaotrlo Telegraph—Oopyrighb Received Wakapuaka Feb. 17, 9.20 a,m, Guardian Office 9.55 a-in Capetown, February 16 The bubonic plague has broken out at ELnapsmusden in the Transvaal.

THE BLIZZARD IN AMERICA.

United Press Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyrighb Few York, February 16 Half of Washington is threatened with starvation. New York has been isolated since Monday by land and sea. The ferries are useless. The price of coal has doubled. Traffic is now being resumed. London, February 16 The Hamburg-American liner Pre toria was caught in a hurricane in the Atlantic and had her rudder shaft broken. She used her screws and steered for Plymouth.

THE FLOWER SHOW.

A Brilliant Success

Tno Record Show for Excellence of Tweaty Years.

Amongst the crowd in the Oddfellows' Hall last evening, admiriog the flor I beauties there displayed there were many whose infant eyes first saw the light in Ashburton; there were very many also who, when they first saw Ashburton saw only a dreary waste of wind swept plain, tussock-cove re a l, tree'ess, almost roadless, the bald groundwork in fact and bare canvas of the beautiful picture that Ash burton and its adjacencies now presents. To both da ses of visitors the show must have called up memories of the past— pleasant or unpleasant according as their experience may have been-—if their minds were given to thinking at all, for those who saw Ashburton in its prehistoric condition, without gardens, and flowerleas, could hardly help being amp zed at what the beautiful display represented in the shape of loyal industrious work done by the settlers. Not the work alone of the pas season, for however suitable that may have been to the work of the florist, or however favorable to luxuriant growth of vegetation of every kind, the exhibition could not by any possibility, and under the most favorable circumstances, hare been produced during one year, or even five years, of the pioneer life of the settlers. The show of flowers, fruit, and vegetables was without exception the best thab any committee of our local Horticultural Society has ever been able to provide, and what the foregoing sentences have been leading up to is, that such a consummation could not have been reached without the long years of patient) labor that have preceded this phenomenally productive season. Vegetation has revelled in luxuriance this season—right) through from the first leafage of the wiilowst in the early spring, when Nature began to clothe the scene in grateful verdure in succession to the sere and sombre tones of a dry and unseasonable winter, and on through an exuberant summer to a gorgeous autumn. And farmer and florist, gardener and frnit grower have each and all a reward for labor as has never in its abundance been equalled in the district before. The season seem* to have gone into happy partnership with Nature, and agreed that their best holiday attire for the majority year of our municipality, for during this year of 1899, the borough will complete its twenty-first year of municipal existence. This, however, by the way. As has been said, the show was the best that has ever been held in Ashburton, and the superiority was not confined to any particular department, but right along from the superb show of pot plants that graced the centre tables, through the long ranges of beautiful cut flowers of the head and aide benches, the luscious and tempting fruit in the wire-oovered cases by the western wall, the gorgeous display of vegetables in the corridor, on to the Brobdinagian potatoes, etc., in the supper room, " excellent" was the verdict of every visitor. There was a large attendance, but the crowd would have been very much larger indeed, had there been in theininds of the farming population less suspicion of the treacherous character of the weather. The present week has given us the best weather for harvest we could possibly enjoy, but what went before was somewhat broken, and the farmer at harvest time fears broken weather. As a consequence he was not in evidence at the show, which was to be regretted, and only townspeople enjoyed the display and the excellent music which Gates' band discoursed. The general excellence of the exhibits makes the reporter's work difficult. To him, and to the casual visitor, it was diffi cult to see where Mr G. J, Scaly, of Timaru, who was the judge of all the exhibits, discovered where the special difference in merit came in in point of excel lence in many of the exhibits, because all in the floral department were ao beautiful, and all in the fruit department ao luscious and tempting, and all in tbe vegetable department were ao well grown and hearty ; but doubtless the excellence, and the degrees of ib, were co well marked to the competent judge that Mr George Scaly is, that cavil is debarred. At any rate he gave the fullest satisfaction, and whether an exhibitor won or was passed over, it has to be said of what he or she exhited that nothing was shown on those tables that would have disgraced the beat flower, fruit or vegetable show in the world, and the writer (with all modesty) has seen a good many Bhowa in various parts of God's earth So specially excellent wag the display in every department that it is with relaofance, and a fear that our report may be charged with being invidious in making comparisons, that anybody at all is mentioned specially, but in pot plants it would be unfair if the painstaking in growing of Mrs Breeze, who won in the show some forty prizes, were nob acknowledged. Can any man with eyes in hia head and a taste for the beautiful behind those eyes be condemned for noticing the superb display in the pot plants classes made by Mrs G. F. Dodda ? The standard fuschia, '• Beauty of Exmouth," that lady showed at the door end of the eastern middle table, waa a revelation in fuschia growing, and Mr Tom Pitt, of the Smith field Nursery, ran to the very end of hia vocabularly of compliment! in praising it. It waa the first successfully ' grown standard fuschia that had ever been shown at a local show, and it waa the pet of eyery onlooker, Space forbids referenda 1 i$ the hundred and one brilliant pet plant* that were shown in both amateur and open classes, but room must be found for the names of Tom Pitt, a most brilliant display, Peter Anderson, and Millichamp Bros., all three nances to conjure with among the professionals, and mention must also be made of the contributions from the Longbeach estate, beautiful in the extreme. Then there were Mrs Hugo Fried lander, whose whole heart seems to be in flowers, and Mr H. C. Craighead, whose waking hours aparb from business, seem to be devoted to the worship of Flora. Mention must be made, too, of the cat flowers displays of all those exhibitors referred to with the names added of Mrs Dodds, sen., Mrs Tasfeer, and Mrß E- Gookson. The bouquet competition caused a most delight ful display, but the pen would overrun space if full justice were to be done to it. Let it be said, however, thab Mrs Dodds, Mrs Bushel!, and Misses Hanmer and Fooks were to the fore in; thio, as :well as others ra.tf them' close in point of excellence! The fruit exhibits were perfect, and though the number of exhibitors waa rather limited, ib would have been a hard matter for any district claiming to one with a reputation for fruit to have beaten the exhibits shown. Mr Grigg, Mr Simmonda, Mr R. S. Bean, Mr H. W. Barrett, and Mrs Rudolf Friedlander (last, but by no means least) showing fruit that set many a set of youthful teeth on edge. Three dishes, for exhibition only, oame from Wiadermere, bub the currants (red and white) and the mulberries, and the little gems of American' oodlin apples would have made a dish for a king. Perhaps another year the Misses Wright will be good enough to gladden the eyes of the Ashburton people with samples of the beauty and sweetness of the Winder mere gardens. And where was Lagrnhor ? We live in hope of seeing that beautiful estate ftliy represented at futwre e*bJbi< tionq. ;«'i \ • V : •! : The vegetables were a display that made one hungry to look at tham, Mr Grigg's collection was perfect. It got first prize, as it ought to have done, but the second to it was one that, when the facts regarding it are told, was no mean competitor, and came % well up to the saddle girths of the winner. It was the ample tray shown ISjy Mr H. W° Birretfc. No pfitsicje labor i«r^llec] in ip assist him and his boys \a the! garden wa^fc: ot the family on the quarter-acre he cujti^ yates, and wtien that statement \a m.ad.c those know garden work means know exactly what Mr Barrett had to do before he waa able bo place before the public such a case of vegetables as gained second prize to Mr Grigg's noble first. The pid. Men's Home had »lsq a grand exhibit, a cqW lection anybody might be proud of, and in the potato classes there was a display that the world oould not have surpassed, and the reporter does not write withoub know. Icdgaaad. h^f J3O of conscience meay ing wuat he does, wwter eLiitltorß were Me-srs Lechner, Barrett, Baker, and Thiele r-the latter shoeing a most beautiful sample of the »£ ft jnt!e4 Udjr 1' variety'of round potato, bati'tll through.^ potato*! W«a*wpKb, . * ' r

THfi ABHBOKTOH OOAitDIAH: miDAX, fEBBOAKY 17, 1899



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The Public Must not be Gulled Doubtless readers of the Guardian have been sometimes amused by the way a certain firm in this town appears to copy some of our advertisements. Trade jealousies m&y \ be pardonable in some oases, especially when big factories find that they cannot " slop " the more intelligent portion of the commun ity. We never object to being imitated, We take it as a high compliment and evi clepcp of our success as always " Leading." Bub fa it right of i'ajr fco the public to jjdyer mee "extension of premisesi!ou account of our well-known tailoring department;,'' when the advertisers do not employ a single tailor or tailoress within fifty miles of Ash burton? We do not boast that we have *• the best cutter in New Zealand," etc, We never find it necessary to mislead the public. Mr Qraighead is always pleased to welcome visitors la our pitting room personally, and to show". tHerii'. 5 through ojar workrooms. Perhaps tljo'se who have nob yet favored us with a visit are not aware of the existence of such a hive of local industry, where so much genuine tailoring is <|one 6ti the premises. Twenty hands (only two of whom are apprentices) find constant employmentins oar business in East street at present, and by consistently adhering to, our motto— " Satisfaction "™we hope soon tq b,e able to employ rjiore.—Craighead and Berry.- MAN. ' (ADVT) *' As electricity is to a tallow oandle " so is ihamqiSP irpBiLBB tea to its oompetj^orf,—- Agents—Sheaf man Bros., Ashburton Wl' I^Qak, Uomi) Spmers and Mayfield; James f ' @edad ? the! colleen knows what's best, and that is diamond jubilbb unblended tea, —Shearman 6roit ( Agsnti,



MITCHELL & TURNER. A 8 Notified in a Previous Advertisement, our lease of present Premises will expire shortly, and having Secured the one Site in Ashburton, we have determined to BUILD A MAGNIFICENT WAREHOUSE, Worthy of the Town and district, which leaves us bo option bat to clear the Whole Stock at such Prices as to command the Kindly Cash, and prove WE MEA.N BUSINESS, We wish it to be understood that the undermentioned lines are only a few Special ones, and that "our whole Stock is HEAVILY REDUCED. '■ — :o: ' ■■■ ■— ■■ DEESS DEPARTMENT. WE are HEAVILY STOCKED at this Counter, and fully believe that the Few Quotations given below will make it clear to every Header that WE MEAN TO SELL. ODD SHADES NUN'S VEILING AND CASHMERE 6£d ODD SHADES NUN'S VEILING AND CASHMERE la 3d ALL COLORS WIDE CASHMERE Is 8d ALL WOOL FANO\T COSTUME CLOTH, 2a 4d, 2* 6d, & 3d, now Is HEAVY DRESS TWEEDS, 2*, now la ALL WOOL SERGES (3reen only) 9d STRONG SUMMER TWEEDS 9£d DRESS TWEED, Wintei Weights, Is 6d, now IOJd IWKED DRESS LENGTHS, 24s 6d, 28d 6d, 34s 6i, now ... 10s 6i. 12s 6d, 15s 6d 50 SINGLE DRESSES, 12* 6d, 15s 6d, 20a, all at 69 6d CREPONS, Pink and Green only, 2s, now ... Is 3i ALL WOOL BLACK SERGES ... Is 3d HEAVY NAVY AND BLACK SERGES Is 8d BLACK FANCY COSTUME CLOTHS, 2s 3d, 2a 6d, 2s 9d,?now|lo|d, Is2d, Is 6d MANCHESTER DEPARTMENT 36in Check add Bordered Apron Cloths, ... Sale Price 4-^d Unbleached Tabliogs ■ ... „ „ Is, Is 4cf, Is 8d 68ln Heavy White Sheeting „ „ 8d 80ln Heavy White Sheeting ... „ „ 9£d 20 pieces Canvas Skirt Stiffenlngs   4d Heavy Art Serges, 2s 9d. 3s 6d  „ Is lid, 2s 6d Large Size Bush Rugs, Bs9d ... ... ... „ „ 6<j 9d Heavy Union Shirtings, Dark Grey, 15... ... „ „ B|d A Grand Line Dark Prints „ „ 3*d 5 0 pieaes Blouse Muslins and Crepons  „ 4|d 20 pieoes wide width good pabterns Flannellette   3|d 6 pieces Flannellette Skirtings, heavy and good patterns   IJd 16 pieces Flannelette for Blouses, Dressing Gowns, etc „ ,j 51 Millinery and Mantle Department We have a lot of Odd Lines in this Department, which we must get rid of. A few only are given, being much too numerous to particularise, 30 dozen Ladles' Calico Underclothing at about half price 2 dozen Infants' Embroidered Cashmere Hats, 3s 6i, now Is 6d 11 dosan Children's Pinafores, Is 9d, 2s lid, 33 6d, now 10|d, Is 6d 3J dez^n Infants' Sun Hats and Bonne s, 3« 6d, now Is lid 85 Ladies' Blouses, 3s 9d to 7s 6d, now Is, la lid, 2a lid J2 dozen Colored Collars and' Cuffs, Is 6d per set, now3|d 20 Ladies' Rain-proof Cloaks, 50a, all at 8s 6d Oddments in Wings, Flowers, and Ribbons at quarter prica. CLOTHING & MERCERY Job Line 20 dozen Men's Ootton Shirts, 2s lid, now la b'd 6 dozen Men's Dark Union Shirrs, 4s 6d, now 2s 9d 4| dozen Men's Tennis Shirts, 4s 6d, now 2i 9d Men's Brown Cotton Underahifts, 2a 6d, now la 6d Men's Heavy Cotton Underpants, 3s 6d, now Is lid Men's White Merino Underpants, 4s 6d, now 2a 6d Men's Turkey Handkerchiefs, 3 for Is 20 dozen Men's Knit) shocks, our Is line for 9d 50 Men's Sac Suits %t 20s off marked price 32 Mens' Covert Coats, 38s 6d, now 25s 6d 27 Boys' Tweed Overcoats (2) from 7a 6'd 32 Men's Covet Coats (1) 38s 6d now 25s 6d " I 15 Men's Black Worsted Sac and Pa^et Coats, all ab 15a 6d ! 9 Men's Black Worsted Coats and Vests, all at 17s 6d 14 pairs, 6 and 7 only, Men's Brown Cord Trousers, 10s 6d for 7a^6d 30 pairs, all sizes, Men's Twilled Cord Trousers, 4s 9d 28 Special Sac Suits, new goods, 28s 6d 400 yards Heavy Tweed, 2s 9J, 3j, now 2a 200 yards Heavy Tweed, la 31 120 yards Heavy Tweed, double width, 4s 6d, now 3s 3d. MITCHELL AND TURNER



DONAGHY'S BINDER TWINE, MACHINE OIL, BINDER WBIPS, HAY jfOttKS AND RAKES, ENGINEERS* TOOLS, HENDERSON'S DUNDEE LEATHER BELTING, CHAINS AND SECTIONS ifOB MASSEY-HARRIS AND McCORMICK REAPERS AND BINDERS, At Less than Agents' Prices, and all Requisites for the Harvest Field at Lowest Prices. JOHN ORR & Co. OUR STOCK OF ELECTRO-PLATED WARE AND CUTLERY IS by far the Kinest ever Imported Into Ashburton, aud we are now making a BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY in our Windows. JOHN ORR & CO. WE ARE OPENING AN IMMENSE ASSORTMENT OF i- Fancy Glassware and China. AMONGST other Lines we are Showing Three Thousand GLASS VASEB>nd SPECIMEN GLASSES, ranging in Price {torn Sixpence each, and aa we believe a larger variety baa never been imported by any firm in Hew Zealand, we feel confident in requesting the inspection of the General Public In order to dispose of our Immense Stock in theae linen we have marked them at priceß from 30 to 50 per {cent DftSow ordinary prices. Inspect one Windows. JOHN ORR & CO. CUPS & SAUCERS PLATES DISHKS WATER JUGS TUMBLERS TOILET SETS BUTTER JARS, and every article in Crockery and Glassware at Reduced Prices at JOHN ORR & CO. ason'S jaks, Jam jabs in nests, screw top jars, ENAMELLED AND BRISS PRESERVING PANS. For many years now we have altogether undersold all our Competitors in these special lines, and we are determined to add another season to our record. We Guarantee to Sell these Goods ohbapbk than any house in Christchuroh or Ashburtou. JOHN ORB & CO. ™ E {INSURANCE} *•»»«• fv*e beg to anuonnce to the people of Aahburton and District that we have com pleted arrangements whereby we are now prepared to offer all Cash Customers to the extent of 10a or over, A FREE ACCIDENT INSURANCE POLICY, which holds good for Seven Days from date of Issue, and on expiry can be renewed at oar Stores ; thus enabling anyone dealing with us to keep covered against accident for £100 in the event of death, or £1 per week in the case of Total Disablement. And the Beauty of the WHOLE SYSTEM ia that it COSTS THE CUSTOMER ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. We do not maker any advance In our Prices to pay for this, but still continue to give to all alike THE BEST VALTJB AT BOTTOM PRICES IN EVERY LINE OF OUR IMMENSE STOCK. Buy your Goods where you can get your Insurance for Nothing. It may be handy when yon least expect It, If it costs you nothing you might as well have that thrown in. Guarantee from Insurance Company, and all farther particulars on application to JOHN ORR & Co. Hams aud Bacon. SIDES, ROLLS, AND HAMS- This is ?EKY PRIME QUALITY, having secured first prize at the recent Shows la Chrisichurch and Timarn, JOHN ORR & Co. «. v% %VL *w wto A Marayilla Garden Teas. Purveyors by Appointment to Her Majesty's Hospitals, Army and Navy. THESE CELEBRATED TEAS are Exported to aa by the Growers from fchelr Gardens in Ceylon, thus saving all Middlemen'e Profits. Ton prizo medals for PURITY, STRENGTH AND FLAVOR. Everyone abouldtry them JOHN OHR & Co., SOLE AGENTS. Sugar for Jain, WE Guarantee the Pare Cane feUGAK of the Highest Quality, and especially Suitable for Jam making. JOHN ORR & CO.; (ASEBUBTON,