PAUPERISM IN ENGLAND.

fiovernment Statistics Reveal Only a Part of the .Dire and Crowing Poverty. The rcmarkablo fact that throughout tbo whole of England and Wales there wore at the end of last year 24 paupers ex isting on government charity in every thousand of tho population is contained in a great mass of statistics on pauperism re cently issued by the poor relief department of the British government. The exact per centage was 34 5 paupers per 1,000 of pop ulation. There was a great increase of pauperism during the year, many thou- Biinds of people, owing to the general busi ness depression, being driven to ask for re lief for the first time in their lives, and tho officially recorded proportion of pau perism reached the highest point in many years. The proportion was smallest in 1891, when it was 23.2 per 1,000 of pop ulation. This is a remarkable fact in it self, as indicating the normal amount of extreme pauperism in England, for the record is only of paupers applying for gov ernment relief. It is a curious fact that the proportion of paupers to population is smaller in Lon don than throughout the rest of England and Wales. But there has been a greats ;; Increase and continued growth of pauper- j ism-hi the metropolis in recent years which ; is causing a great deal of anxiety. In the i second week of last December there were 106,876 paupers in London, which was * equivalent to 24.3 per 1,000 of tho whole population. This was 8,926 more paupers than were receiving relief in the city in ! th© corresponding week of the previous year and a greater number than in any year since 1879. The proportion of pauperism in London was highest in the years 1867 and 1869, when it reached 47.8 and 48.1 respectively per 1,000 of population. But these were years of exceptional depression, and c astounding figures have never been reao d In any other year since the inaugural n of the present system of statistics. ' c lowest point was reached in 1891, w n the proportion of paupers was £2.4 jr 1,000 of population. Since that year t c has been a steady growth of pauperise n the metropolis, and at such a "rate ; id with such coincident circumstances as to be the cause of much anxiety to the au thorities and a matter of great public con cern. But these figures are of the pauperism only that comes to official notice, and the record takes no account of the vast amount of poverty that is relieved by private char ity and through other than government Bources. To "go on the parish" is the last and much dreaded resort of the honest ooor, only to be availed of in direst ex tremity, and the coroners' records show that many unfortunates have died of ac tual starvation rather than thus apply for publio charity. More than a dozen of such sad cases are noted on the official returns of inquests held in London alone during last year. So that the startling showing of 24 paupers in every 1,000 inhabitants Is only part of the picture of poverty in England.—New York Sun.

A Child's Explanation.

When a child has lively imagination, but has not yet reached the age when it can I reason, truth has a hard time of it occa sionally. Little Edith 8., 4 years old, sometimes shows temper. Her nurse asked i her to do something the other day, and Edith flatly refused. When the nurse in sisted that Edith must do it, she raised , her doll with youthful passion, and throw- ; tag it down violently shattered its head to pieces. "Edith," said her mother, "when your father comes home you should go to him and tell him what you have done." Edith's father came home at the usual hour, but 6he did not offer to tell him any thing about the doll. As he had been told by the mother what had happened, he finally took his daughter on his knee. "Has Edith been a good girl today?" he asked. "Yes, she's been very good," was the Saodest answer. "Are you sure that she has been good all day?" "Let me see," said Edith, gazing afar off in a thoughtful way. "Yes," with em phasis, "I think that she has been a very good girl all day.'' "Has Mamie (the doll) been all right today?" "Oh, Mamie," said Edith coolly, "was not a good girl. She went out when I told her not to go. She was walking along ■when she fell down on the sidewalk and broke her head off."—New York Tribune.

The Carnival of Perfumes.

The uso of incense in the early Chris tian church would appear at first to have met with strong opposition, and in the contradictory statements of tho early fa thers we see the traces of a warm contro versy. That enthusiastic archaeologist, IMdron, in his "Annales Archssologiques/' has collected a wealth of information bear ing on the use of perfumes in the different Christian rituals. Writing as a pious medievalist, he contrasts the pagan abuse of perfumes, ministering to their wildest oigies, with their more spiritual and re ftned employment in the service of the church. Certainly at no time has the cult of per fumes been carried to a higher point than j that reached by tho wealthy Romans of j tho empire. Witness the important part that they play in the anecdotes of feasting and "fast" life which we find scattered through the pages of Apuleius, Petronius, Anthenseus and Lucian. In his "Banquet" Atheneeus quotes an authority who recommends "that..the legs should be washed with an Egyptian per fume taken from a box of gold, the mouth and tho breast with a liquor made from dates, the arms with mint, the eyebrows and hah* with marjoram, the knees and the neck with thyme." In these debauches de I'odorat the very vessels from which they drank, brought at great expense from USgypt, were manufactured from perfumed clay and fire in a kiln heated with aroma tica.—Blackwood's Magazine.

A Barnum Story.

"The showman Barnum was always equal to a situation," said a Saratoga woman the other day. "Years ago, when Tom Thumb was his only attraction, he came to Saratoga and attempted to give an entertainment. The village fathers, how ever, scared him away by the price of their license, and he went to Ballston, the. next town, and advertised the performance. A special train was run from here, and a great many of us went down on it. When the curtain went up, Barnum came out and made a little speech. 'Ladies and gentlemen,' he began, 'it was my firstin tention to give this entertainment in Sar atoga, but I soon discovered there were some men in that place so much smaller than my famous Tom Thumb that it would bo useless to attempt competition with them.' The Saratogans laughed as hard as the Ballston folks, and the hit was {retailed for many a day."—New York Times.

I'RJg A<*'Bt)UTON GUAKBIUN : THURSDAY MAY 18, i 899

Printed and published by Hbtost Willis, ojL Peter Street, Ashburton, for the Proprie tors, at their Printing Office, Barntt> Street), Ashburtcm, UHUKSDAY, Mai *& 1&^



NOTICE. A- I j\/| RS PERRIN {lute of Wftnganni, North Ii i is), Monthly Nnrfp, ii y-eywd to ec ■ o>n nr,od?*t Lad) Pj.Ui ris '! errri" moderate. Ad.lrisr—l i«wa!cJ, iimi lUiivrav St <i'"n. fl 141 iV —I>bi«'.i.'»J.l\ i iiLiii Aiw..»M x^b'lijl^liVti 4SI) IJKVEBTM EET SOOJ KIS. THE SOCIETY is now taking' MONEY ON I: X POSIT" \, Fixed Twelve Mouths c <\ ust sent. Full,particulars ois application. EDWA£d> STEPHENS, Manager. , Office : Tanored Street ESTABMSHED 1880. ' ihi PHONH No 69 BAKER BROS., Fn-RNTF-HIIfG TTBDFRTAKBRB UKNISIi iKG U X DERTAKERS DIRECT Importers of Beet and Latea Designs in FUNERAL FURNISHINGS FU3SEBALS conducted with, the greatest care and satisfaction, at most reasonable charges. Corner of Wak»nni Road and Oara ■Streets, and Baker and Brown's Coach Factory. ' ______ Bicycle Harvest. LA^DELLS & BON, ENGINEERS & BICYCLE MAKERS, BUREETT STREET. Next thk CiVb TO the Farmers and General Pnblio Aahburtor.,—We beg to state that we have reaped & harvest In Bicycles, havirg just landed a big consignment of nrst-olws jiggers at £14 10»i We are the oldest bicycle firm in Ashburton and intend lo uphold our reputation. Agents for White Flyers, Radge-Whit-. worth, Waverleys, Cyclops, The Parrot, tto Repairs by experts. AH work guataa teed. H. CHILDS. HAVING enlarged my workshop, and added to working appliaeces, lam now prepared to undertake REPAIRS TO AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS OFgALL_DESORIPTIONS. Wheelwright's, Shooing, and General Blacksmith's Work. H. CHILDS, WAKANUI ROAD. Agent Bor —Booth, McDonald and Co., and Andrews and Beaven. DRINK DBLIOIOSS PERFECT IN QUAUTY, FLAVOR AND BLEND. Packed m Tins, the delioatf Aroma Absolutely Preserved. OBTAINABLE FROM ALL GROOERS ABSOLUTS ASSURANGL. 19 ONBjOF THE perfect; investmbnib OFFERED BYJTHE MUTUAL LIFE ASSOGI4TION OF AUSTRALASIA, EXAMPLE of Non forf«iture OftOflitlons. At Age 30 next Birthday, under Table G 20, Assurance of £1000 will cost £3110s per annum for 20 yean. In event of discontinuance of payments the Policy becomes Paid up for £150 AFTER 3 TEARS. £250 AFTER 6 FjSARS. £500 AFTER 10 YEARS. Aud so on. When the 20 yta»' Premium* have been paid, the Assurance Is not onlj Paid up for £1000, but is increased by th# Accumulated Bonuses, WALTER SCALES, Superintendent of New Busineni HUGO FRIEDLAIfDER. District Agent, Ashbarton POIBOHEDI H k report comes from tha district of Wujncysh N.S.W., ol a settier and bis family exhibiting Ter/ serious symptoms of poisoning after jwrtaHng o their evening meal. la searching for the came* sa»* pision fell on the tea they had used. A mmpla taken from a one pound tin in use was analysed and found to contain strong traces of mnrl»tle •rldl, th* presence of which is caused by the use Of spirits of ■>alts in welding the parts of tin together, Thsanalyit warns consumers that tea packed in Email tins, owing to its very absorbent Datura, is very liable to beoomt impregnated with this acid, and therefore; dangerous for human consumption, and adriaes that the very safest package to purchase is that packed In lead Wito an inside lining of vegetable parchment. Thisstyl* of pa-.ket is quite imperyioas to the air, and tea to packed has been known 'to retain al its aroma and strength for a period of five years-' WOTB.—KOZIB "JtEA is packed in lead Wlttt aft nside lining of Vegetable. Parchment.



i Pat this in your - ==*$» - uuinlup^ I t 1) ;:;n£ch, even if ~ fk >s«""ffiw*i' "**"*** il**" ' I r •-.:•■ senrch the World ""^^ ' " •—" r t , jrcU£h . : tobacco. : - stblthmork I PRIVATE BELFAST FREEZING WORKS HOSPITAL. MANURES, EXTENSIVE ADDITIONS JUST AJoJcj 1 JzLlli JO-Tib 1 COMPLETED "OOR TURNIP, RAPE WHEAT, AND ANY OTHER CROP. UNEQUALLED INTHE COLONIES EORJ SPECIAL MANTJ-RE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL OASES. — - can be made for any kind of Soil, or description of crop. CAN Accommodate upwards of FORT ——- — SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE LAST SEASON. %0) • MALE *nd FEMALE PATIENT ~~~ , Orders received by TERMS •. Prom 2 Guineaa pei week FRIBDLANDBR JSIEfcO»., Limited., PATIENTS CAN BE ATTENDED BY DAVID THOMAS, THFR OWN MEDICAL AT>VTBER TTHJB JM.2L. FA~MftIE:~6» CO-i»PIfiRATIVE il SISOCIAJIUN OF CAINTEHBURY, Limited., Apply to- oa AJ- ,bjb3JBB.T KOBfiBTH,. AGMNT, A&Myurton. the matron, CANTERBURY FROZEN MEAT AND DAIBY PRODUCE Stbathmoeb Pbivatb Hospital EXPORT COMPANY, LIMITED. Ferry Road (just over East Belt), Christ g 80 F. WAifMQUTH Seoretary. 155 ' church. . , SMOKE THE NEW VENUS J. SEAL.V AND CO. Dark Aromatic Plug ._, Tobacco. y N compliance with the request of many Friends and valued Clients, I «* -i , iPATwn * rfst RFAN 1 have decided to CONTINUE THE SEED BUSINESS in the old ££ofSS_J 52» premises, as heretofore, where Friends and the Public generally will find me ready to supply their wants, from an ENTIRELY NEW STOCK of -01CB8T Virginia leak Faßm^ VEGETABLE, AND FLOWER SEEDS, AND _ _05k~~ i ~~ GARDEN REQUISITES. CHEAP WINTER FIRING. I shall use my best endeavours to still maintain that confidence which NEW MOUNT SOMER^ the Public has reposed in me during the last twenty-four years. _ * I also beg to intimate that I have taken into Partnership G. A, r\UTPDT has Trebled during the las DICKINSON, my nephew, who has been my assistant for the last six \ ) twelve months. years, The business will be carried on as formerly under the style of J. IT IS USED EVERYWHERE. ' m This Coal is the Best i»nd Cheapest Steair, WE AR g PURCHASERS OF PRIME SAMPLES OF vd(l Household Coal in the market. u s ci ß theWool^Factor ya ndc aß t ot PEAS, TARES, BTEGBASB, COCKSFOOT, AND Sury Flour Mills. __ CLOVER SEEDS. GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS WRITE FOR PRICES j OT^ArTr A "TVT"~\ f*if\ G.T-PABK, J- SEALY AND CO. MO NT BOMERS, ,_ JJ ._ i i CHEAP HDHEYI WHEAT. _ WHEAT. cheap momy " W E AEfi PKOMPX 1 CASH BUYBES OF _oteap mone^ p RIM E MILLING WHEAT, IN SUMS JF AT ,€IOO ™ £10,000, HIGHEST MARKET on WE are also Prepared to STORE GBAIN on Farh.6s.t Account in COUNTRY^ CITY, our New GRAIN SHEDS, West Street, Ashburton, on very favorable At TerFULL.SIZED OTRNSAOK^AKD^WIKW SUPPLIED. ATJ LOWBBI FOR FORMS OF APPLICATION AN ---^ T T Tm «»" j^ FULL INFORMATION, ROLLITT „ Co., Apply to the district {manager, CANTEBBUKY FLOUB MILLS. Chriatcbureb. OFFICES AND STORES 1 — WEST STREET, ASHBURTON J. H. RICHARDSON, x 2 30 Government Insurance Commissioner. WANTED KKoWN.—Nicholas & JUST LANDED— \T^\ GUNS S0LI) FOR OABHOR TERMS Pickfoed have in Stock a Choice XXS^X Selection of Ladiea' and Gentlemen's A FIRST - CLASS V^^\ AT THE Dancing J\. Supply of \V^ \ AMMUNITION, GUNS, Etc, \<_\ LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE' £uJ^^W*2^ for the Coming \Oy Etc repaired o D the Pr-miae, Qaallty. SHOOTING SEASON. V_>\ by *¥noM GUDBmlth> &t bhe "~ *-«>*—i—!■--»—i*——»« \ x\ Shorteab Notice. WANTED KNOWN.-That Nicho- OABTWDQISB \y6\ ~ las & Piokfoed'b is the only shop Of v Maberß> WJA. All Kinds of Plumbing done; in Ashbnrton where the famous Adapted ' \^s** \ Boot can be obtained. RIFLES from lfll 6d. \O\ ESTIMATES GIVEN' HI ANTED KNOWN,-Ladie ß in TAKKS from 3Os. \. N Vt want of a First-class Walking » Shoe should try the famous Bostock Brand ________„_.________..,_______^^ at Nicholas & Pickford's. "'■.■ KEEP YOUR WANTED KNOWN.-Nicholas & Pickfokd have just Landed a TT-T~ A T"\ mTTn —«"r k v v - - sllppecsforWinter- HEARTHS WARM! WANTED KNOWN. & Pickfoed. .Boob Makers, East f(A A T I f( AA T I i°<r\AT ! Street, make a Specialty of Boot Repairs, VJ\_/XXJ_ '. KJ\JH.jLji i \J\JJOL±J I and make Boots and Shoes to order. All , work Guaranteed. ___„ T\° YOU WISH ro SAVE MONE^? WANTED KNOWN.-When in BURN GENUINE SHAG POINT GOAL." doubt as to where to fake your Repairs, remember that Nicholas & -~——■— Pickfokd always Guarantee Satiation. DQ YQU WIgH TQ MA _ B MOHKT ? BURN GENUINE SHAG POINT GOAL. F AWFS' —— XjJ±.V\ J2J& DO YOU DESIRE CLEAN FUEL? Dips & Manures. burn genuine shag point goal. fTIHE Public Dips at the Aahburtion and ' _I_ Tinwald Sale Yards are now open for the SEASON. NEWCASTLE, WESTPQJ&T, BLACKBALL GOALS For terms and particulars apply to Care '  » ■^•"^^■"-^-a-"" kjkjjxuo taker. Always in Stock. Lawes' Superphosphate — Beßfe Turnip Manure in the world. Also poisonous and ix> non-poiaonous Sheep Dip in stock. ALSO—LARGE STOCKS OF FIREWOOD. EDWAKD SAUJSfDJSRS, LOCAL AGENT. 11 161 — — An orator he claimed to be, W • JtJL« OiJjLiLILJNo & \J\J t * A thin and reedy voice had he, When on the platform he appeared, IRONMONGERS, PAINTERS, COAL k TIMBER MERCHANTS And started coughing people jeered ; Then some called out, "He's getting old," Sole Agents For—Royal Insurance Company Ltd, With lusty voice said he, " Your sold," „ Shag Point Coal Company, He'd taken something strong and pure, Wm. E. Woodß' Great Peppermint Curs.



INCATSDESCENT GAS-LIGHT (WELSBAOU PATENT. 1-) ~(x)— GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. —— yx.) ~ HAVING made Special and more Advantageous Terms with the Aus tralasian Incandescent Gas Li;;bt Oompany, Limited , and being ap pointfd Hole Agent for Ashburton, I am now able to offer you these burners at the following reduced prices : — 0 Burners, Plain, Complete, 12 ? Each. 0 Burners, "Avon," with Bye-paps, 15<j Fach. Mantles for above are now Reduced to 2d Each, No Householder can afford to be any longer without the Incandescent Light. The 0 Burner gives FIVE TIMES the light o! an ordinary gas burner with consumption of less than TWO THIRDS of the gas. For Full Particulars apply to W o J. ADAMS, ! PLUMBER AND GAS FITTER, j BURNETT STREET, ABHBURTON. SOLE AGENT FOX ASHBURTON. 5 137 GREAT SA L E — —- = —- i — OF — F TNT/^T TJ'TTTVr •» over ioo patterns to ohoose IjJLjN \JLjl2j U IYI ** from. LARGEBT STOCK IN ** LINOLEUM TOWN. -LINOLEUM (Jusb^Arrived Direct from Manufacturers, New Designs and Colours. BUGS, MATS, CARPETS, & MATTINGS OF ALL KINDS Also a Large Consignment of Beautiful Brass and Iron Bedsteads, Just Arrived per S.S. Gothic. g| f - | *(}* I f I OALL EARLY AND SECURE A BARGAIN AT f. H. UNDRILL & CO.'S FURNISHftC WAREHOUSE. ASH BURTON. Note Address— TANCRED STREET, opposite Arcade, and next Building Society'B t Offic H. M. JONES. FREE INSURANCE Against Accident or Death. POLICIES CURRENT from 17 Dayw to 13 Months, according to Value Purchased. =$51 per Week for Total Disablement up to Ten Weeks. ?£550 for Death from Accident. Special Concessions to Purchasers of Pianoe, Organs, and Cycles. Cash purchasers from 10s will receive a Policy good for Seven Days. < CHEAP STATIONERY AND ACCOUNT BOOKS. Boxed Stationery, 6d and Is lines, top value ; specially put up injfLondon for my own trade. Fancy and Tinted Note Paper and Envelopes. AGENTS FOR MILNfiR AND THOMPSON S — PIANOS — By Brinsmead and Sona, Hopkinson, Goes and ~DT A "\T/~\G Kalhnan, Wagner, Collard and Collard, Broad- JrjLnL.lVv/kV wood, Haake, Spaethe, Channell and Son, Lipp — PIAINOS — and Sohn. -ORGANS- By Bell and Co, Smith, and the Needham Company, C^\T^ {~^ A "W*di Willcox and White, Mason and Hamlin, the Chicago Com- V/ Jl\ VXxJl 1\ O pany, Palace Organ Company, and other makers. -OKGAISS- From ;338 lOs to *50. OBGAW S From lOs per month PIANOS , - SOs „ LALL INSTRUMENTS GUARANIPIED. — Best Cash Valuh Obtainable. Latest Books by every Mai!, at Published Prices for Cash. Magazines and Periodicals, at LOWEST CASH PRICES in all Departments. Equal to Ohrintchuroh and .Dune din Houees. Do your Business here and keep the Trade in the District INSPECTION INVITED. h. m.Tone.B. ~m: 22,000 =■ I.'ORTON" COOKING RANGES IN USE IN THIS COLONY ■ [jfosimi \ THEY BURN LIGNITE, TRUE GOAL OR WOOD UP TO 24m i no settingTrequired. With Stove Pipe can be worked out in the open. SPLENDID BREAD BAKERS. With Cast Iron or Copper Boilers. The Copper Boilers are large and Tinned inside. REPAIRS ARE A MINIMUM. ! Made in all sizes, single or double ovens. High or low pressure boilers. I -Sold by all Ironmongers, from whom Catalogues can be obtained, or from I the maker, j H. E. SHACKLOCK. ! SOUTHEND FOUNDRY, DUNEDIN. 631



SAJNIXEie &; Sons JBuca lyi>ii Extract. Under the distinguished patronage of His . Majosty the King of Italy as ppr communica tion made by the Minister lor Foreign Affairs through tho Conßul-General for I^aiy, at. Melbourne, March 14, 1878. Awarded iiploma a* tho Amsterdam Exhibition, 1883. Acknowledged by Medical OSinics and OtdvereiUes all over the Globe. 1 here are imitations of Eucalypti Extract ;n the market, products of simple dial illation forming crude resinous oik. In r>td«r that these crude oils may not be taken, OUR PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI iSX TRACT, which ie recognised by th< nedical division of the PrussianGovernmertt f.o be of perfectly pure origis, tw per i-iiorm&tion forwarded to us through the ■)a; su] at Melbourne, March 2, 18?"S l w aoate:— , It in proved by tents by the &fedio«l Cities of the Universities at Eonn am* (*' ' 'ifsvpalfl, PriiMeiii, and reported by Dr. Sohul>, Frufe&sor <>f P^rirmcology, atßcm, and Profit or V-r- Mossier, Director nf the Medical Clinics a' Greifswald, that onJy products t-ht«t art saturated with oxygen »jd freed of acids, resinoH* and other Bubstaoces, adherent to primary distillation, will develops the a?.native qualities proper to the plant All crude oils, or so called Eucalypti Extracts are to be classed according to ihe >samed authorities, among the turpentine?, which *re abandoned long since as &n internal medicament. These crude oils, or bo called Eucalypti Extracts, are discernible :— 1 By their deficiency in: pungent odour— which our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extract develops most freely through its surplus oxygen. 2 By th')ir alcoholic thin and mobile appear ance being reduced in. specific density through t.ie presence of acids. 3 By tho;rtaete, the result of the contracting tendency of resin* and termates. If tho jf) crude ojlh, so-called eucalypti extracts, arc applied by mistake us cases of oroup, bronchitis, diphtheria, internal nflam&tions, dysentery, etc., the oun sequencea are most appalling. For ea'ety ake ask always for SANDER & SON'S EUCALYPTI" EXTRACT. — Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia. SANDER & SONS. ; HJ.i.-i. ..i.-TT~'- TT-l^SS^JSi^MSSiiiSSiiiZiiA JNicoll Brothers, H. F. NIOOLL.] [h. A. NIOOLL AUCTIONEERS, ACCOUNTANTS. SHAEEBROKERS, VALUATORS, LAN ESTATE, AND GENERAL AGENTS. ■OJSNTKAL AUCTION ROOMS EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. WEEKLY SALES OF CATTLE, PIGB A POULTRY Every Saturdpy, at 12 o'clock noon, In Yards adjoining the Arcade. Sin trance by ric;ht-of-way, rear of Union Bank. Also of MERCHANDISE, FURNITURE, and PRODUCE, in our Rooms EVERY BAT iJRDAY, commertcing immediately on conclusion of our live stock sale. CLEARING PALES conducted in any part of the District, at lowest current rates. ADVANCES made on goods placed in our hands for absolute sale. GRAIN BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COM MISSION. We shall be pleased to receive samples trom farmers who have parcels for disposal. STATION BOOKS KEPT AND AUDITED We have various Bums of Trust Monies, ranging from £300 to £5000, to lend on Freehold Securities, at 4£ and 5 per cent. Farms, House Properties, and Building Sections for Sale, Particulars on application, We invite those wishing to dispose of their properties to communicate with ua. VTCTIFARtJ OaBH~BuFerS~OF : FAT SHEEP I AMI) LAMBS AT HWH&bT MARKEL 1 RATES. NICOLL BROS, East Str^f, Ashburton. FREEZERS. FREEZERS. TTIARMERS wishing to consign Sheep on their own account can book space at any time to suit their own convenience, by com municating with ua. NICOLL BROS., DISTRICT AGF&TS, CHRISTCHURCH MEAT COMPANY. Limited. 8 39 ITIHE CHRISTCHURCH MEAT CO JL Limited.- ISLINGTON MANURES Especially prepared for Wheat, Turnips, Rape, and any other crop, and to suit any description of soil. GREATLY INCREASED PRODUCTION WHEREVER USED. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE Nicoll Bros, store five varieties of this celebrated fertiliser. Price on application. Allowance made for quantities. Letters will receive prompt attention. NICOLL BROS., DISTRICT AGENTS EI-BHLBRIDE OF COLD CURE. DRINK HAD NEARLY DESTROYED IT I SUFFERED from on Insatiable Appe tite for Liquor. The Bi-Ohlomdb of Gold Treatment cured me permanently. It Eradicates ALL Desire for Intoxicants. The desire will never return unless you re cultivate it. No cure—-uo pay. Address : BICHLORIDE OF GOLD INSTITUTE Ashly House, Rattray Street, Dunedi»» From Ot'otv ZraUind Reefton, New Zealand, Nov. 25,, 1896. lam very pleased to state that since I took the agency of Chamberlain's medicines the sale has been very large, more especially of the Cough Remedy. In two years I have cold more of this particular remedy than of all other makes for the previous five years. | Aa to its efficacy, I have been informed by < scores of persons of the good results they 1 have received from it, and know its value from the use of it in my own household, It is bo pleasant to take that we have to place the bottle beyond tjjhe reach of the children. [_ E. J. SCAHTLEBUBY. For sale by the Ashbubxon Drug Cum PANY.



COOPER BROS. Wholesale and Eetail Confec tioners and Fruiterers. ARE now in a position to supply the Public with all kinds oi Fresh Fruits Toffies, Lollies, Murray's Iced Caramels. Jf you want a good Hot Pie and a Cop of Coffee, call at the Ariel Confectionera, who cannot be beat for promptness aad civility. All Boiled Goods Made on the Premises Daily. COOPER BROS., BAST STREET, ASHBURTON. \ 5 51 Fjr Children's Hacking Cough t&ke Woods' Great Peppermint Cure 1 6 and 2/6 4