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property to mingle with the concerns of it* store. Why not pay all, and if need Ipe, more than his proportion, then insist on an immediate dissolution of the firm? The property honestly vested m your name, my mother, would easily support you m your present style without any noticeable change. You and father have 'borne the burden and heat of the day' quite long enough. Let us young ones take our tarn now." George had spoken with great earnest sees and rapidity, and hie mother fondly end wisely abstained from any interrup tion at first, but now she checked him, Baying, with a loving smile; '•The "blow has not yet fallen, my son, or at least we can know nothing definite until your father returns. But of one thing we may be certain—none will suf fer loss by the failure of a firm m which his name stands prominent, even if to secure them from it we are reduced to extreme poverty. Whatever property I may legally claim is held only for the good and honor of us all unitedly and subject at all times to your father's dis posal. I fully appreciate your sorrow and great reluctance on your parents' ac count to any change m our present life. "But, my son, 'let not your heart be troubled.' We have strength and ener gy sufficient still to return cheerfully to the labor and close economy of earlier days, if need be, and it will be much easier than when we first began, for now we have 'cheerful lads and merry lassies, too,' who will bring not only willing hearts and hands, but sunshine and glad ness wherever our lot maybe cast. And, my boy, you will hardly credit me when I tell you that as a matter of taste and preference I should much prefer some less prominent position than to live sur rounded, as we are now, by all this pomp and show. "These cares and anxieties are to me far more wearing than our first simple country home, and m this feeling your father fully sympathizes. Yet for our children it has had its peculiar advan tageSj and we have accepted the trust with grateful hearts for their sakes. If the younger members of our family can be happy when called to take what the world calls a lower position, you under stand, your mother for one will be quite content. No friend that is worth the name will be lost to us, and I have an abiding faith that 'a righteous man will never be forsaken nor his seed called to beg bread.' I see your father turning into Broad street, and now we shall soon know all." "But his step is slow and Ms whole air dejected. He is grieving for your sake, dear mother, I see plainly, even if you have no dread of the future." "No, no! He sympathizes entirely m th© preferences of which I have spoken, and I have also understood from the first the probable termination of the present troubles. Something has annoyed your father at the store, I have no doubt. I fear Le Barron will make strenuous ob jections to an honorable investigation and open acknowledgment of inability to proceed with the business." "Ah, yes. But he would make no dif ficulty if he did not fear his lady wife, who is altogether selfish, extravagant and heartless." "I an\ »o;fc so sure about him, my son. His course for two years past during our absence abroad has been altogether rash and unscrupulous, showing radical de fects m his character. She may have tempted him into wrongdoing, but we will not be too severe m our judgment of her. The great injudiciousness of her early training may give her some claims to our pity." _______ CHAPTER H. Mr. Newton was met as he entered the parlor by his wife's gentle "home wel come" and an affectionate greeting from bis son. Then, after a few moments' general conversation, he said: "I know you are waiting anxiously to hear the results of this day's delibera tions, and feeling full confidence m your courage to meet and endure bravely any adverse circumstances I come without hesitation directly to the fact that we are compelled to give up our husiness and close the store. You, my dear Lucy, were prepared to expect this when we parted this morning, but I regret that our children cannot as readily compre hend the necessity of a change so com plete and sudden as we shall be com pelled to make."

Mr, Newton was met by his wife's gentle ''home welcome." "Give yourself no uneasiness, my dear father, on our account. We should be i unworthy of our parents could we not meet adversity (if labor and a simpler stylo of living be adversity) without coin plaint. You have not taught us to look upon wealth as the only source of true happiness." "We certainly have endeavored to give yon nobler ideas, and you, my son, are sufficiently mature to view life as a school for hi#i and lofty aspiration and pure and nobler principles, but I feel much solicitude for the younger mem bers of our family." "Never fear, Edward; you have a strong band around you that will not, fail m the hour of trial. Let us know, if you please, the history of this day's deliberations, for the more clearly we all understand the more readily will we be able to fix upon some plan for our future >

native but to close tlie concern if we 1 would save our honor. They coxtld not but understand that an attempt to con | tinue this hopeless struggle would only i eink us deeper. But, naturally, they j shrank from a public acknowledgment of failure, and he whose recklessness and insane speculation has wrought this ruin finds it very bitter to have it manifest to the world that we by having placed en tire confidence m his integrity have wrecked ourselves." "You refer to Le Barron, father, do you not?" "Yes. In truth, I think the sin must rest entirely on him. He has been long m charge of the financial department. Indeed, for two years he has had the en tire supervision of home business, Free man acting under his directions, while I, as you well know, have been m charge . of our foreign affairs during that period. I needed the change after 25 years' close application at home, and also greatly de sired to consummate our long cherished plan of giving you all the advantage of foreign travel, when your mother and myself could share part of the pleasure with you. It was an unwise arrange ment, as the results now prove, but I did not dream till since your return by what cruel temptations Le Barron was surrounded. You know, dear Lucy, hia wife's extravagant tendencies, but can not even imagine how fearfully she has involved her husband by their gratifica tion. His natural fondness for wild speculation has always been his beset ting Bin. In our business everything of the kind has been peremptorily forbid den. "After Le Barron's connection with us, knowing of this weakness m his charac ter, I watched him very closely. It was the only point where I had the slightest misgiving, but during the 18 years we have been together I have never until now detected the least deviation from the strictest line of honesty. Misguided, miserable man, but he was fearfully tempted. The net woven by his wife's Belfish love of dress and fashion was gath ering closer and closer around him; cer tain destruction stared him m the face; a grand speculation was insidiously prof fered him; he yielded to the infatuation; the bubble burst, and pecuniarily we i must all go down together." j "But, my dear father, why should you I suffer for his wrongdoing, so contrary to the well understood regulations of the firm?" "Because, my eon, he was the accred ited manager of the business m my ab- | sence. By a long and vexatious legal process and by hard measures I might possibly secure ourselves from any great change. But it would be all uncertain, and I cannot for many reasons feel this to be the better way, certainly not the | kindest and most noble. Poor Le Bar ron, he has all that he can bear now. 1 greatly fear all the disgrace and odium must m the end rest with him. Freeman has been careless and blundered, but is I not otherwise culpable, I think." i "When did you first apprehend any j danger, father?" j "Only a short time before we left Eu rope I received a friendly intimation j that while the present cloud overshadow ed our country generally it might be ad visable for me to return and resume the I I charge of the business at home. I was not at first greatly disturbed, although I had for some time felt that Le Barron was not keeping me as fully posted with regard to home affairs as was desirable. And so I had admonished him several times, and m my last letter had spoken rather severely. He at first promised more punctuality, but m his last he ex cused his seeming negligence on the plea that business had been for some time so unusually brisk and prosperous it left him but little leisure to communicate with me. "This I knew could not be correct, and , fearing he had dared to venture on some wild scheme m my absence I became se riously alarmed, and as you well know recalled you abruptly from your pleasant travels and hastened home, giving no ex planation for this sudden change m our plans to any one except your mother. i For the last three months I have been oc cupied m making a most rigid investiga tion, and now you have the results." "How has Le Barron carried himself during your examinations, which he must know would end m the discovery of his fraudulent course?" "With a hardihood and indifference that have been very painful to me. But within the last week, as bis duplicity be came more fully revealed, he has broken down completely." "Now that you know all," said Mra, Newton, "surely he has not the effrontery ; to urge longer delay m closing the busi ■ ness." ' "Ail He is half frantic. All his hopes and courage are crushed, and he dreads the revelations which must be made to his family more than death or dishonor." "Has bis wife thus far received no m! --! timation of the storm that is gathering about her?" "Some, I imagine. But before this the wretched woman must have been told the whole. When he became satisfied that the revelation could no longer be delayed, I took the responsibility of mak ing our determination public and urged him to hasten to Roseville before the tidings could reach his family through general gossip, and before this the tale is. told. If Mrs. Le Barron has any love car prudence left, she must prove it now, far she cannot look upon her husband with out realizing that his life and reasws.are both m danger." "There is little hope for him if his safety depends at all upon his wife's gen tleness or prudence," said George. "She loves nothing but her own self. You would be shocked eoulji you know how shamefully her family-have always been neglected and toravsated whenever their wishes interfered^ at all with her selfish. gratification." "Why, Qeerge! I thought she loved her children passionately and indulged; them most injudiciously. But for years I have known very little of them." "You know, dear mother, your chil dren are often thrown into their society, and etiquette has made an occasional call necessary, although the atmosphere has

fHE rASHBURTON GUARDIAN : THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1809

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LOOK OH BAP WINTER FIRING. KLW MOTjiT bOMERS COAL. OUTPUT has Ttebled during ttie laat twelve mouths. IT IS I>SED EVERYWHERE. This Coal is the Best and Cheapest Steam >nd Household Coal In the market. Used m the Woollen Faotory and Qantct bury Flour Mills, GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS WRITK FOR PRICES G. T.*°PARK, MOUNtC SOMERB, LAWES' Dips & Manures. riIHE Pablio Dips at the Ashburton and X Tinw&ld Safe Yards are now open for the SEASON. For terms and particulars apply to Can taken Lawes* Superphosphate — Bert Turnip Manure m the world. Also poisonom ana QOQ-poiiououß Sheep Dip m stock. EDWABD SAUNDERS, LOCAL AGENT. 11 116 Gta&x&i&a Tire fie Lift Assurance Gompaay] Limited. (Established iv 1821). Subsobibild Capital .. £2,000,000 Paid-up Capital .. .. £1,000,00 Total Funds_qv»r ,£4,500,000. Head Office : 11, Lombard Street, London npHE Undersigned is authorised to acoej: Iniurance* on all kinds of Property at Lowest) Current) Bates. ALBERT ROBERTS, 2 201 Agent for Ashburton. iTw. hanmbr NOTICE OF REMOVAL TO NEW PREMISES. HAVING exchanged premises with tbt Farmers' Co-operative Association, hare much pleasure m atating that iv future I shall carry on my business at the office! and store lately occupied by the above As soclation at the corner of West Street and Havelock street (the Loan and Mercantile old premises.) STORAGE AT LOWEST RATES. CORNSACKS AT^URRENT PRICES. 1 132 E. W. HANMER, Leitoh and Richards, (Successors to W. F. Hannafosd), TINSMITHS.PLUMBERS, GABFITTERB BELL-HANGERS, Em HOT and Cold Water Services laid most approved plans. Estimates given for all kinds of work.. N.B.—Competent workmen sent to a&y art on shortest notice. LEITCH fcIIIOHARDS, BURNETT STREET. 1 22 CHEAP MONEY! CHEAP MONjSY CHEAP MONET IN SUMS Jf £100 ™ £10^000, ON * COUNTRY, CITY, AND SUBURBAN FREEHOLD, At exceptionally low ratesj;of interest. TIIOR FORMS OFAPPLIOATIOK AND Jj FULL INFORMATION, Apply to the DISTRICT MANAGER, Christoharch. J. H. RICHARDSON, Government Insurance Commissioner, G. "JESSON,r PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, fTIHE CHEAPEST SHOP m town lot WATCHES, CLOCKS, GOLD AND* SILVER JEWELLERY and ELECTRO PLATE. Spectacles, Eyeglasses, Goggles and Eft Protectors of every description. A TRIAL SOLICITED. REPAIRS Neatly and Promptly txeoutetf at Moderate Charges. ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING 1 AKD INVESTMENT- SOCIETY. rTIHE SOCIETY is now taking MONET X ow DEPOSIT at the highest current rates* Full particulars on application. EDWARD STEPHENS, Manager. Office: Tanored Street



' ■ - 11.. JOHN WILSON, IMPORTEB OF HIGH-OLASS WALL PAPERS. "I HAVE muoh pleasure m announcing to the Public of Ashburton and Surrounding District that I shall still continue to carry on the business of. MOUSE DECORATOR, SIGN WRITER, Etc., as faeretfore. I also beg to notify that I have REMOVE my Business to the Large and Commodious Premises lately occupied by the Bank of New South Wales, where, with the audition »f Mr 0. Chapman's Stock (which I have taken over, Mb Chapman leaving the town for W»nganui), Customers will find a greatly increased Choice of Qoods afe their disposal. PICTURE MOULDINGS, WALL PAPERS, MIXED PAINTS, WINDOW GLASS, ENAMELS, VARNISH, ARTISTS' MATERfALS, Ftc. 3 132 Tblephonk 65 P 0 Box 16 GREAT SALE - O|F — LINOLEUM over:io° PATSf TO ohoose! LARGEST STOCK IN **" LIN OLEUM. TOWN. -LINOLEUM (Just Arrived Direct from Manufacturers, New Designs and Colours. I KUGS, MATS, OARPBTS,TiMATTINGS OF ALL KINDS Also a Large Consignment of Beautiful Brass and Iron Bedsteads, Just Arrived per S.S. Gothic. OALL EARLY AND SECURE A BARGAIN AT £. H. UNDRILL & CO.'S FURNISHING WAREHOUSE, ASHBURTON. Note Address— TANCRED STREET, opposite Arcade, and next Building Society's Offic TO MY CLIENTS. T AM PREPARED TO DISPOSE OF ANY SHEEP AND LAMB SKINS SENT TO FAIRFIELD FKEEZING WOEKS, TO BEST POSSIBLE ADVANTAGE. It would be well to give me particulars prior to sheep being forwarded. DAVID THOMAS, ASHBURTON — KEEP THIS IN MIND — TT7HEN You are m Search of Good, Reliable and CHEAP DRAPERY thab th» SALVAGE COMPANY Have opened a Branch of their Business m EAST STREET, Ashburton (next to Fletcher Bros., Grocers), where you will find the BEST TALUE to be obtained m town. A FEW OF OUR QUOTATIONS. All Wool Colonial Flannel worth Is, now B|d; Pink Flannelette, 33in wide, worth 6£d, now 4f d; White Nainsook, fine quality and wide width, worth 6d, now 4sd ; White Lace Curtains 2£yds long, from Is 6d up, rattling value ; Unbleached Twilled Sheeting, 2yds wide, worth Is, now Sf d; White Honey-comb Quilts, large size, from 4a lid up; White AH-Wool Twilled Colonial Blankets, 9a 4d, 14s lid, 10s 4d, 18a lid ; Navy and Black All-Wool Coating Serge, worth Is lid, now 1b l|d ; a fine range of Winter Tweed Dresses to be cleared at 4a 3d, 4s lid, 5s 6d, 6s 6d, 7s 6d, 8a 3d, 8a lid and up ; Velveteens m Navy, Green, Cardinal, Bronze, and Electric, at the remarkably low price of lOf d per yard. REMEMBER THE ADDRESS SALVAGE COMPANY, EAST STREET, Next to Flhtoheb Bbos , Ashburton. New Zealand tarance Company. ESTABLISHED '""""L. _ 1859 CAPITAL^OnFMILLION. PAID-UP CAPITAL AND RESERVES— ££00,000. FIRE AND "MARINE RISKS. ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MAOHMIS, Ac, ACCEPTED AT LOWEST CURRENT RaTBS THE PBKMIEE AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTID FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY Ii(. W HA.NMER ■ AGENT, i



ASHBURTOfc No. 2 INDUSTRIAL BUILDING SOCIETY To be incorporated under the Provisions o! the Building Societies Act, 1880. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS; Charles Reid, W. D. V. Pbeston Edwaed Gams, Fkanois Sorint, J. H. Paulino, G. R. Andebson, Hi STEfHENSON, SECRETARY : SOLICITOR: Fbbdk. Makeig. E. G. Cbisp. BANKERS: The Bank of Australasia, ABhburton. OFFICE OF THE SOCIETY: Post Office Buildings, Cameron Street, Aehburtofc, Office now open to takt Entries. OFFICE HOURS: | 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2.30 to 5 p.m., and ! from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays and Saturday J. L HIGGS, ART DECORATOR, PAINTER, GLAZIER SIGNWRITER & PAPERHANGER, WISHES to intimate to his numerous friends and the general public that he is prepared to execute work m all branches of the trade m the most satisfactory manner ab moderate charges. He has also for sale Glass, Paint«, Paper hangings, etc. Bamples of work and Art Decorations on exhibition at bis shop m Tancred Staeet, next Mitchell and Turner's. N.B. — Ticket writing a specialty. Estimates given for all kinds of work. 18 s pectSTannounckmbn t NEW "GOODS FOB N&W M I 0 N T T EJ E A __ R /"CHOICE ASSORTMENT of the Latest KJ and Most Stylish DRESS MATERIALS In all the Newest Shades and Fabrics. Great Variety of Novelties m Fashionable BRAIDS and Fancy TRIMMINGS. FIBST CLASS DRESSMAKING AT MODERATE CHARGES. Large Stock of White and Col red BLANKETS, FLANNELS, FLANNELETTES, RUGS, SHIRTINGS, Etc, Etc., FOR THE COMING WINTER MEN'S & BOYS' CLOTHING, MERCERY, Etc. , Etc, NEW GOODS AT LOWEST O^SH PRICES A. P- WILLIAMSON, CASH DRAPER & CLOTHIER, TANCRED STREET. THE "PEOPLE'S" IRONMONGER BURNETT STREET, Opposite AROADE mHE .CHEAPEST SHOP m Ashburton J_ for General Ironmongery, including^ GUNS ! GUNS! ! GUNS! ! ! CARTRIDGES ! CARTRIDGES !j Club, Eley's Kynoch's, etc. SHOT, CAPS, WADS, Etc. ALL UP TO DATE. NO OLD STOCK. Plough Shares, Plough Chaina, Leading and Tug Chains, Floogh Line, Bag Hooks, Digging <& Manure Forks, Gorse Knives, etc., AT I RIOSS THAT CANNOT BE BEAT Primus Stoveß ! Primus Stoves ! ! Ranges, Register Grates, Marble Mantelpieces, Portable Stoves and Boilers, Fire Irons and Fenders. LAMPS. LAMPS. LAMPS. Ashburton Emporium for GARPEN TERS; TOOLS, Butchers' Knives and Steels,' Table and Pocket Cutlery, Scissors, Brush ware, Etc., Etc. G. MEDDINS (Successor to W. Oongreve.) For Indigestion, the best remedy is undoubtedly Norton's Camomile Pills They can confidently be recommended as being mild m operation and absolutely free from injurious drugs Acting at once as a splendid tonic and a gentle aperient For nearly 100 years they have proved unequalled for Indigestion, Dyspepsiaj sick Headache and all Liver and Stomach complaints Sold m bottles, Is l|d, 2s 9d, and 11s, by all Medicine Vendors throughout the world POIB OJS EX>! " A. report comes from the district of Wagunyah N.S.W., of a settler and his family exhibiting very serious symptoms of poisoning after partaking of their evening meal. In searching for the cause, s«8 ---picion fell on the tea they had used. A sample taken from a one pound tin m use was analysed and found to contain strong traces of muriatic arirt, the presence of which is caused by the use of spirits of sa'ts m welding the parts of tin together. The analyst warns consumers that tea packed m small tins, owixg to its very absorbent nature, is very liable to become impregnated with this acid, and therefore dangerous for human consumption, and advises that the very safest package to purchase is that packed m lead with an inside lining of vegetable parchment. This style of packet is quite impervious to the air, and tea so packed has been known to retain al its aroma and strength for a period oi tire years.'



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Nicoll Brothers, | H. F. Micoll.] [L. A.;Nicoll, 'AUCTIONEERS, ACCOUNTANTS. 3HAREBROKERS, VALUATORS, LAND ESTATE, AND GENERAL AGENTS. CENTRAL AUCTION ROOMS EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. WEEKLY SALES OF cattle, figs & poultry Every Saturday, at) 12 o'clock noon, In Yards adjoining the Aroade. Entrance by right-of-way, rear of Union Bank. Also of MERCHANDISE, FURNITURE, and PRODUCE, m our Rooms EVERY SATURDAY, commencing immediately on conclusion of our live stock sale. CLEARING SALES conducted m any part of the District at lowest current rates. ADVANCES made on gooda placed m our hands for absolute sale. GRAIN BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COM MISSION. We shall be pleased to receive samples from farmers who have parcels for disposal. STATION BOOKS KEPT AND AUDITED We have various sums 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 us. wool: WOOL._WOOL WE have pleasure m notifying our Clients that we have made arrange ments with MESSRS DALGETY & CO., LTD. to sell at the Christchurch Sales any Woo which may be entrusted to us, and ft?, ars prepared to make LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES against Wool placed m out hands for sale. The Wool should be consigned to Dalgely & Co., Ltd., Christchurch, account Niooli Bros., with advice to us. We can alao arrange to dispose of clips privately if bo desired. FEEEZERS. FREEZERS. T7IARMERS wishing to consign Sheep or their own account can book space at anj time to suit fcheir own convenience} by com municating with us. NICOLL BROS., DISTRICT AGENTS, CHRISTCHURCH MEAT COMPANY. Limited. 8 Zi THE CHRISTCHURCH MEAT CO Limited. ISLINGTON MANURES Especially prepared for Wheat, Turnip?. Rape, and any other crop, and to suit anj description of soil. GREATLY INCREASED PRODUCTION WHEREVER USKI). SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERY WHKRE Nicoll Bros, store five varieties of t hie celebrated fertiliser. Price on application Allowance made for quantities. Letters wiil receive prompt attention. NICOLL BROS., DISTRICT- AGENTS "IiEREY" STBPHBNBON7" ((successor to Alfred Harrison.) Established 20 yeara. AUCTIONEER, LAND ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER WEEKLY SALES of Live Stock Produce, Furniture, etc., EVERY SATURDAY, at 12 o'clock. Clearing Salea of Stock, Household P'urni ture, etc., as per arrangement, m any part of the county. Advances made on Goods plaoed m my Bands for Sale. Regular Consignments of Colonial Grown and Island Fruit sold privately through the week, and at Auction on SATURDAYS. Agent: Norwich Osiion Firo Insurance Company & Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agency Company. PIANOS and ORGANS oh time pay ments from £sOs per month. HENRY STEFHENSON, AUCTIONEER T. H. UNDR3L&,, [E. DNDRILL T. : H. UHDRILL AhD CO., T7IURNISHING UNDERTAKERS. JO URNISHING UNDERTAKERS. TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON EVERY REQUISITE ON HAND. Polished Coffins a Specialty. Private Address, Peter Street, directlj behind Oddfellows' Hall; also care ol Mr T. Andrews, East Belt. i - NOTICE - A BOON TO THRESHING MILL OWNERS AND OTHERS. THE AHandale Goal Coy., LIMITED, SHAG POINT, THIS COMPANY'S COAL is the BESG Produced on the Eastern Seaboard, it unrivalled both for Steaming and House hold Purposes, and Highly Recommende( by the Threshing Mill Owners of this district ORDER FROM OUR AGENT— JAMES ELLIOTT, ABHB U BTON, OR A'JJ THE COMPANY'S MINE.



f\ BULLOCK, ! FOE ULTfT"") h i 5Hb b . Q ' ACRES, IT'IRST-CLASS Land, together with L* Dwelling House, situated not tar from the Railway Station, being p^rt of R.S. 4391, which was a very early selection. Very easy terms of payment will be accepted. Fult particulars on application to the undersigned. T. BULLOCK. /"CENTRALLY situated m Peter street, \J near the Railway Station and Post Office. Being T.S. 528, containing I acre, with Dwelling House of aix rooms and verandah, also Washhouse, Workshop, Stable, etc., belonging to Mrs Simpson Offers invited for the purchase of this. The property ,is centrally situated near the Railway Station' and should prove a remunerative investment;. Easy terms of payment oan be arranged. T. BULLOOK. FOE SALE. GOOD SHEEP COUNTRY, HINDS. 185 aores, 185 LEASEHOLD, at a Low Rental. BEING R.S. 36455 and Lots 7. 9, and 47, parts of Reserves 1371 and 1381, not far from Hinds Railway Station. Rental to the Crown, la 3d per acre. Terms can be arranged. For further particulars apply to ¥. BULLOCK. FOE SALB. SMALL Cottage and i of an acre, having & frontage of 33 feet on Peter street, being part of T.S. 540, not far from the Railway Station* PRICE REQUIRED £85 Small cash deposit, balance by insfcal' ments extending over a number of years. T. BULLOOK, Agent. ALLENTON. SUBURBAN PROPERTY FOR SALE. 31, AoT E 8 3«J, TTTOONTING Allen's Road, William X? Street, and Wakanui Creek, being Lota 20, 21, 24.26, and others, with Dwelling thereon, the property of Mr J. Moban; Offers are invited for the purchase of thiß, on very easy terms of payment. Apply to T. BULLOCK, tinwalS FOR SALE, at a low price—four sections betwesn Harland and Gcove StreetH, with four-roomed Cottage thereon. Ob XXv/ Easy teima of payment. T BULLOCK. FOB SALE. VALUABLE SUBURBAN PROPERTY, Allenton District. g ACRES ODD. 3 /"Corner of Winter's and Cavendish roads, \J with Commodious Dwelling House, Verandah, and all conveniences, and Out houses, consisting of Washhouse, with Copper built m, workshop, Fowl Yard, etc, etc., surrounded by Garden and Orchard, well stocked with fruit trees ; very healthy locality; the property of Mr R. Murray. Having sold his business he is deairous of disposing of his property. Offers are invited for same either as a whole or separately. Easy terms of payment can bo arranged. T BULLOCK. ■liflWlim II 111 !■ I I •11 V IT)- [ TT Bicycle Harvest. ÜBDELLS & BON, ENGINEERS & BICYCLE MAKERS, BtfKKKTT STREET Next the Club. TO the Farmers?'and General Public Ashburton, —We bep to state that w h&va- reaped a harvest m Bicycles, havir juais landed a big consignment of firat-e'ass lingers at £14 10s; Wa are the oldest bicycle firm m Ashburton and intend to uphold our reputation. Agenta for White Flyers, Rudge-Whit-. worth, Waverleys, Cyclops, The Parrot, etc- Repairs iby experts. All work|j guarao teed. "The Wife*B^Veifere. Treatise posted free. It will teach you more than ill the years you've lived. Every woman should read it. Write Professor Hermann, French Specialist, 40 Collina-piace, Melbourne. y6u~nq~nien] Write to me for valuable free Book conceining' your selves. Professor Hermann, Specialist, 40 Collins place, Melliourno. IVIfTM-Particulars free, how I OUrrChlnU intU accidentally found a cure fcfter apeciaiists rniled. Alidresa HaroXiO S. Bkll, Q.P.0., Melbourne. _ ""f"EJ K"^D'S"l^l^~V"aTuabie book Tor nieiT, Triß I IVU I Ira about themselves, 100 pages. Posted, W, m sta-ops (any colony). I'Ri.'i'KSSon Wkbrtkr, SpenU'Sst, Jixailiit'-in-stireot, Jli-liwuiue. " 'J?HE LEADING JEWELLER, WATOHMAKBII J. V. DE BEEE TXAif Ju-t Received a New Stock of BKSWHKRHAM'S CELEBRATED JESJSii SX^I S H LEVmR o* &3«t J^iumerous other ClaEses of Watches, Including his HARVEST WATCH at 9s 6d. IMTPROVED WATERBURYS, 11s sd, l@s 6d, 22s Cd &vvs one m want of a Reliable and Durable time piece should call and inspect. ■ 'lUJBW JJHi"WIDJL.I-.JBI*Y. : ladies Gold Gem Ring» from 103 0 1 ' Gold Brooches .. .. 7a 6d ' iSilver Brooches .. .. 2s Oi !M& w Novelties m CHARMS, PINS MUFF CHAINS, Etc. Inspection Invited.; B.P. WARE, CLOCKS, Etc. JNE 1 W SP£CTACLES JUST RECEIVE Sl| flit Testiugf a Specialty RE3 r7AIRS. REPAIRS, REPAIRS. Old Jewellery Remade. LATEST DESIGNS. J. (V. DE BEER, EASi 13 STREET, ASHBURTON.



I To be continued NOTICE. A NY Person or persona found Trespassing on the Riversdale Estate m pursuit of game or otherwise will be prosecuted. 4 78 W. S. STRANGE.



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