MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBURTON-WEDNESDAY.

(Before Messrs D Williamson, T E Upton, and W H Rule, Justices of the Peace ) DIUJNKBNNBsa. — Murb Devanney was fined 5a for drunkenness.—Peter Kennedy, an old man who had been before the Court twice for drunkenness within the last six months, was fined 5a for having ben guilty of a repetition of the offence. Obsoenb Language.—Gorge IL.iniHon Was charged wilb having used obac-me language m a public street; on Wednesday eight, August 16 Mr Cufhtn-rteon, who appeared for the accused, asked that the charge be reduced to (Uf of abusive language, and quoted m support of his request a charge of a similar character that had been so reduced by Mr C A Wruy, t^.M The Bench decided to hear the facts fi.s^ Rod then consider the application of Mr Oufchbertßon — W H Jewitt said he was a fishmonger m Burnett street. Defendant kept a second-hand goods shop near hii premises. Ou Wednesday evening, Augu»t 16, defendant) was m the street opposite witness's shop, and used towards wimeis obsoene and abusive language, which he quoted.—Other witnesses corroborated the evidence of Jewitt, and the Bench found . that the language used was obscene, and intimated their intention of dealing with the charge of using it, Mr Cuth bertson pleaded that the man waa not m the habit of making use of such language, ihab ha was a hard working, industrious, quiet,and peaceable m&n, who had beenthirty years m the colony with a good record, and had never been ia a similar position before. All this he (Mr Outhbertson) personally knew, and could, therefore, plead with all the more confidence for leniency on the part of the Bench. I! his client were sent to gaol it) would be his ruin, and it would be regrettable that after such a record he •hould be punished by imprisonment for an offence commi'ted m great heat of temper and under gr iU provocation. —The Bench said they li *,; ■••» lies re to be unduly harah on a ma»j m 'io was bt-fore the Court for the first tiny, but the evidence showed that the otse w.!§ a bid one, and conduot such as ac cused had been guilty < f could not be tolerated They would have to show the accused that the public street at night could not be turned into a B dbm to allow two people to wash their dirty linen. Accused would be sent fo gaol for forty-eight hours.

THE ASHBUftTON GUARDIAN s WEDNESDAY, AtKJOST 23, 1899*



Oh, The Multitude Who Say It I gpeaking of another world than this, a certain Book frcm which so many draw comfort in limes of trouble, say 9 :— '* iha inhabitant never eaiih, I am sick." But in this world the air is full of the weary, wailing cry, "I am s;ck, '"I suffer so/ '* Can nothing be done lo rid me of pain 1 Here ia another case of v.- another go of a number beyond ail counting or imagining. Yet i his one got well. Do you want to hear about it 1 or do you knowof any pain-racked mortal wh) might like to hear aboub it ? '1 hen r-ad, either for yourself or for fomeone else. Wo give the facts exactly as'they were given to us. "In the early p ar t of 1889 i began to Buffer from illness. I had at first a bad taste in the mouth and belched up asjur, gaseous fluid. My appetite was poor, and »fter eating I lad a burning jain ab my chest, and palpitation of the heart. I had also a jjnawing, grinding sensation at the pit of the stomach, with a feeling of link ing as though I wore being bodily lowered into a pU. My food never seemed to settle, but repeated, and I had to spit it out ; this going on until my stomach was empty. *' 1 lost a deal of bleep ut night. I got very weak and thin, lo&ing over a stone in weight; I was so f eble that I coald birely drag myself along. As time went on I g ew Irritable and nervous and tock no inter st or plea ure in anything " Sometimes bettor and at other times worse, I continued in ihis w*y until August of last year (1893,) when I had to give up my employment as collier at the Waterloo Main Colliery, where 1 had been at work for seven year?. Ab this time I had got so bad that 1 sat in my chair from morning till night, too we»k and prostrated to go about. When I did venture out I dire not go alone for fear 1 should fall down in the street. " At times a strange feeling came over me, as if my heart had stopped bta ing ; and on one of these occasions I felt as if I were dying, and said to my wife, ' Lass, it's all up with me.' *' During my long illness I consulted peveral doctors, and they all said my heart waa so'^nd, and thab the trouble was all from my stomach and liver. Th<y gave me medicines and recommended a change ot air. I therefore went to Black pool, Scarborough, and Whitby, bub was no better either from the change or from the doctor's physic. " One day a book was lefb ab my house tolling aboub Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup, and I thought it might possibly help me. So I g>b a bottle from Mr Webster, chemist, Grten Road, and when I had finished that bottle I found relief, for my food no longer r< peated and the pain at my heart was ea ier. 1 kept on with the medicine and goon my appetite returned, and I couli eat with at feeling any pain or distress. Gradually I im proved, getting stronger and stronger every day. I can now eat anything, and do my work with pleasure. I feel quite a new man, and consider that Mother Seigel's Syrup has saved my life. Yours truly, (Signed) George Hopton, 25, Bays water Terrace, Roundh^y Road, Leeds. February Bth, 1894/' No words of ours can add an ounce to the weight of this plain and manly letter. From it, as fr> m a hilltop, we can see the awl phvura < f ih >se four years of misety, j The discouraged and suffering husband, the patient, bard en-bearing, helpful wife. Heaven be praised thab ifc all ended as ib did—in renewed health —Instead of as it might have ended. The disease was that Insatiate fiend and monster—indigestion and dyspepsia ; cunning as a fox, destruc tive as a man-eating tiger. In th|s case, las 'in so masy others, Mother Seigel's jiyrup demonstrated that power which has made it celebrated all over the world —In palace and in hub, wherever the inhabitant eaith, lam sick. If you are one of these, try Jt now. If you are healthy and hearty, thank God for that, and pass the news of George Hopton's illness and recovery on to any who need to haar ib.



Mr Blight's Mission.—The meeting afe Baring Square Church last night was fairly attended, when Mr Blight gave a clear ex planation of the alteration which human nature undergoes when operated by divine iifluer.o9. Ihe mission will be continued this evening. A Yankee m Suake<pkabe's Country. —A recent American visitor to England went to Stratford-on-Avon, and complains thab during the laat quarter of a century the pace has been completely spoiled. "Every thing is new—l<-nt» rows of shining brick houses, t'ne new Childa fountain, the n^w brick theatro. the utw park at Shakespeare's New Place, and, wi>rst of all, th« vicar is labi.u' i g wi h might and main to make the oJ church new. 1 j.«-ept din Bhudderhigly, Jut would not enter for fear of fcf>"iiing tti first impression I had year* ugo<<f thi church, as it wtiß when ShaKesptare e*w it. It is now a great plaster factory inside, full of scaffoldings and limeduat. Can't an Act of Parliament be had to atop that vicar ? Me is still imploring visitors, by a printed notice, to give more for 'more restorations.' Let me beg them by all that is sacred uot to give rhem a penny " The visitor thanks God, however, that "the same old black birds sang m the churchyard each as the poet hard, and the same dew was on the leaves, and the same river rolled slowly by." Freemasonry m New South Walis.— The installation on July 24 of the Grand Master of New South Wales Free and Accepted Masons, Brother J C Remington, was one of the most brilliant functions of the year, and one of the best attended. In his inaugural address, the newly-installed Grand Master spoke of what has been a' ready done m the cause of benevolence, and enumerated the different charities which are sustained by brethren of the craft. Reference was also made to the Masonic scholarship at the university, which is now open for competition, after being held by the sons of one of the high officers m the craft for three years. Passing from that department of Masonic work, the Grand Master devoted a few moments to a re capitulation of the tenets of the craft. He was invested and installed by Sir Joseph Abboit, the retiring Grand Mas er.



SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVISKTISKMENTS



Fletcher Bros—New business advertise* ment VV inted—A companion Executors latu John Ballantyne—Notice re claims T Bullock—Property for sale J H Jewi t —Fresh fish, oysters, etc



F.eshGrouhd Ciffe 1 8 45, Is 6d Mid I*, 8,1 lb Firu-66 (Jut Loaf Suga. 3^l per lb Tcing Sugar 6d per lb Pulverised Sugar 51 per lb Golden Sy up 2 b 6 i, 4tb la, 71b Is BL 14ib 3 3!, 28! b 6 6J, 56 b lls 34 Saperior Treacle, 2ib6d, 4lb Is. 71bla8jU>J 141 b 3 31, 28. b 6 , 661 b 10a 9d Orosse and Blackwell's Essences 9d bot. Colonial Essences from 5d bottle Essenca Rennet 8d and lOd bottle Neave'd Food lid, MelhVs Food Is 91 Benger's Foed Is lid and 3s 6d per tin Robinson's patent Groats and Barley 9d per tin Nelson's Gelatine 1< z. packet 64  Isinglass, It z packet 8i Brown's Ooru Flour 3d lb Brown's Maize Flour 3i lb Maiz na 8d lb, Queei<Rknd Arrowroot 8d Cadbury's Cocoa Jib 103, |lb Is 81 . Van Hoaten's Cocoa 3d 3d per lb Fry's Cocoa Jib 4§d. \ b BH, lib Is 444 Coco^ |lb 4d, fib 7Ji Choco ate 4d and 5a per cake Milkmaid Milk 7a 3d d z, 7£d tin Gi ldf a Vale Milk 5s 6d doz. 6 i tin BISCUITS. FaDcy Lunch S^i lb by lin or 3jd 16 CollegQ  „ „ " Super. Wine s£d lb by tin, or 6d lb V«ni!l»Wine „ * -,. M Rich Tea lb by tin, or $&Hb Peopl's Mixed 4d lb „ or 4*d lb ~~~ Faiwy Mixed s^l \b „ or 64 lb Dessert 9d lb „ or lOd lb Haribaldl s|d lb „ or 6d lb v Sultanas „ ' „ „ ' Snowflakes 4ii lb „ er 5d lb Water „ „ ». Ginger Nuts 6*d lb „ or 6d lb Cocoanut 7f Ilb „ or 8i lb Cracknels Is Id lb „ or Is 2d lb 2Jlb Tins Preserved Fruits, apricoti and peaches, 8d per tin 2^lb Mount Hamilton pears lOd tin Finest Fhite Sago7ibß, Is Pearl Sago or Tnpioca 61bs, Is Flake Tapioca 7ibs, la Japan Rice s!b« Is. or 2£d lb Ground Rice 34d Split Peas 61bs Is, or 2d 1b Pearl Barley slbs Is, or 2^d lb Egyptian Lentils 3£d lb Haricot Beans 3| t ib Macironi and Vermicelli Is lOd box or 6 Ub . - Flag Brand Pickles 9 s 6d per doz or lOd per botde C and B Ourrie Powder 10a per del or lid bottle Mellor's Sance \ pint B|d, pints Is 3d bofe. Lea and Perrin s Sauce *-pint Is 41, pints 2s 61 ' Our Own Sauce £-pint sd, pint 9d Tomato Sauce 9d per pint bottle Anchovy Sauce la 3i pint bottle Tobacco—Williams' Juno 5j lb ; Nallrod 43 6d lb ; Derby 5 3 61 lb ; Golden Eagle 63 per lb Candles-Elecfrrc Stearine, or Eclipse 4|d lb; Pawffiae Wax (plain or flated) 6£d lb or 32? 6d box ; National Sperm by box ?|1 lb; Bedroom Candles, self-fiM-img, 12 m box, lOd ; Price Carriage Candles 8 and 10, lOd packet Matchftg—Plaids 4t per gross. 4H doz 1000 Vestas, Bell's, 4s lOi di z, 5i box ; It 00 Vestas, German, 3s lOd dcz, 4d box ; 250 Vestas, Bell's, Is 61 d( z, 2d box ; Safety's, B and M, 8d packet, snail 3d packet Starch, Colman'e, 5 b pkfi s^i lb  Lily, per lib box 5d Borax Starch Glaze, Is d< z ; l|d packet Pears' Fuller's Karth and Violet Powder, 8d box Cancphor, loz blocks 3d, or 2^ 3d dcz Vaseline 5d and 9d j *r, Ub tins Is 9d Pare Glycerine 6a and 9d hottle Glycerine and Cucumber lOd per bottle Hudson's Extract of Snap 9 packets Is St. Jacob's Oil 2s 9d, Pain Killer Is 4d Bonnington's Irish Moss Is and Is 101 Seigei's Syrup la 9d and 3s bottle Pills—Holloway's and Cockle's Is 4d box Beecham's and Seigei's Is 5d box Senna 2d packet, Epscm Salts 6d doz Eno's Fruit Salts 3s 3d bottle Fluid Magnesia Is bottle Hood's aiid Ayer's Sataaparilla 43 8d bot. Condy's Fluid Is sd, Lung Preserver Is Barry's Tricopberus Is 5d bottle Blue Derwent Potatoes 2-, lid sack Bran 3s 3d sack SUNDRIES. Fowl Netting 50? d coils 8s d ; itOvda 15s 8d Linseed Oil, 6-gal Dram 14s 6d Castor Oil 4|gal tin 13s 9d Shebp Netting (-CS) ICO/ds 25a Staples 3d lb, slbs Is Nails 3d lb, sibs la Boss Lanterns Is 3d each



s d Fin ur New Currants 0 5  New Valenoia Raisins par lb 0 6£ Finest French Prunes, per lb 0 10 Good Stewing Pruned „ 0 7 Fine Sago, 7lbs for I 0 Finest New Sultanas, per lb 0 fi Gfoi Eleme Raibinc, pf lb 0 5| Fine Muscatels, per lb, Bi, I^, and Is 4d Finest Dried Apples, per lb 0 9 Clnke Tapioca, 7ibs at 1 0 Tmiru Oatmeal, per 251 b bag 2 6 Factory Cheese, per lb 0 6 Lewis' Prise Bacon, by roll or side perlS 0 7$ Lewis' Prize H>-ms per lb 0 8$ St George* German S tHsage, per lb 1 0 Finest Kenned Lard, per tin 0 6 Cooking tigs „ 0 7 Preterved Ginger  0 8 Oesslcated Co^oinut „ 0 8 New Dates „ 0 6 New Mixed Peel, orange, lemon, and citron, p>r lb 0 8 71b Tina Lemon Peel for 3 9 Edmond's Bakirg Powder, 6d and lid per (m Sicily Aimonds, per 5b 1 4 Jordan Am >nds  2 4 Barcelona JSubs  0 8 Wahints  0 8 Pea Nuts  0 5 lib Tins St Goorg«.-'., J%ms, 4> 6d d« z >n, p*r tin 0 5 lib Raspberry Jim, 5a 61 dcz , tin 0 6 2!b Jars Gooseberry Jam, per j*r 1 0 lib „ Cros<>e and Black well's Mar malade 0 9 Concentrated Jellies—L?mon, Rasp* berry, Vanilla—pint packets, 5s 6d doz per packet 0 6 De Vere's Jeliy Powders, assorted flavours, per packet 0 6 Bird Seed—Hemp, Rape, Canary, lb 0 3 Linseed, whole, 3d, crashed, per lb 0 4 CHEMICALS. Morton's Cream of Tartar, per lb 1 3  Carbonate Soda  0 3 „ TartaricAcid „ 110 „ Citric Acid, 3d oz. „ 3 6  A lam, powdered  0 6 „ Refined Saltpetre  0 6 „ Borax, powdered „ 0 8 „ Salphar „ 0 6 Washing Soda „ 0 1 Day & Martin's paste Black!ng,dez. 0 4s. Nixey's Black Lead per doz. 0 9 Peerless Glora per bot. 0 6 Black Lacquer, (Cas'le Brand) bot. 0 9  m tins 0 7 Brunswick Black, per tin 0 7 Keen's Oxford Blue, per lb 0 10 Reckitt's Bag Blue, „ 010 St George's Bine, 0 8 Colman's D.SF- Mustard, lib tin& 1 8 h\u tins .lOkl, \\b tins 6d Keen's Mustard Condiment per lb 1 3 71b tins 63 9d Finest Dairy or Table Salt, 5* per cwfc  Salt, 71b bag 83, 14lb bag, Is 3d Girger, whole Is 3d, ground Is 4d lb White Pepper (»u»ranteed pare) Is 4i lb Belfast Sheep Tongues, lib Is, 2Lb Is lOd Washdyke „ Ub 101, 21b Is 6d lib Tin Rabbit In Jelly 7d, 21 b, 10.' and Is PRTSBKVED FISH. Salmon, Californian Bd, Flat 9d, Catting 101, Cocktail lid—per tin Sardines, Albert patent opener Is pt r tin „ Small, 4d and 4^, large 7d and 7^d Sardines, m tomato sauce, 4^i per tin Morton's Fresh Herrings, fht 7d, kip pered lOd, Herrings m tomato sauce lOi per tin Red Herring 9 at Is, or 100 fish 10s 6d Star Brand Mallet 7d per tin Pret§rv*d Bloaters lOi per tin Table Vinegar 6J, 9d, and lOd bottle White Wine Vinegar 9d bottle Washing Soap— Silkstone lOd bar or 10.3 6d box McLeod's a'mond scented 9d bar, 10a j 6d box Rawling's almond scented, 9i bar, 9a lid box Domestic, 6d bar, 7s lid box Bond's Olbsneer, 5d bar, 6s 3d box Barilla Ash 9d bar Sunlight sotp Is per box, 4|d bar Lifebuoy (Carbolic), Is 4 j box, 6d bar Toilet Soap - Pear's assorted tablets, 4 m box, Is box Pear's unscented tablets, 6.1 each, 5j 6d doz Oteavei's Shaving Stick?, 9J each Brown Windsor, lib bar lOd, 10 tablets for Is Glycerine Soap, |lb bars 43, lib bare 8i Whiting Id per lb, 7s 6d cwb. Hops, loose, Is 41, and Is 6d lb pressed Bovril 1& 9i and 3s bottle Lieblg's Extrf.o. Meat Is 9d per j\r Washboards, wood, lid, zinc Is 2d American brooms Is 31, Is 6d, Is 9d, Is lid



/* 9 n SAVED EVEEY JQ § YEAR, BY PURCHASING YOUR GROCERIES, ETC., FROM FLETCHER BROS. Special Notice to those who buy on cndifc—Ha-d Facts for Hard FLu eg i ___._ Are you pood it Figures ? O*d yon mak« * ■■ ■*- —— —, .^ mental oalcuUtions, or do you use P«?nail Pi V n\. Otr a \jn o arm a' d P>* per* Were yoa profiJi*nb lB •ohool rai L»AbH AND SAVJi at subtract! .v ? Try the following math.. matic&l problem, propounded by our Prie« £jQ r~) L!st~in your head or with penoil—rob' 3D g~/ fcf»ct °«f Pfioes from the prices you »» oharged by buying on Credit, and lee th« A YEAR. Pounds you would cave m a year by For* chasing your Grooeriei from vi, ENTERPRISE. Leaders m Our Line—lmitated but not Equalled Like a Cat Watches a Mouse—We watch to give you Lowest Prices and Highest Values. "Vf^TT HAVE* no doubfc, watched our Business grow from a small beginning A v_7 U made five years ago (m the email shop nx; to the Bank of New Zea> land) to Yy far the Largest Grocery Establishment m the Aehburton County, but have you stopped to consider the reason for our almost phenomenal success. We attribute it to the high standard of excallence of onr goods, aud the fact that our prices bare invariably been kept down to the lowest payable level, and we assure our numerous customers that this will always be our aim. When we commenced business m Ann burton we wer« told that our life aa storekeepers was limited to three months, but M is well known by this time, we Yorkshire men are hard to kill. We are on top, and intend to remain to. Compare our Prices and they are bound lo unlock your Pocket Book. FINEST ROLLER FLOtfR .. .. £56 5i per ton, 2001 b 13s 6d, lODlb 7« 6d, 501 b33 lOd, 25! b2s FINEST SNOWDROP PUGAR (Auckland, No. U). 2|d per lb, or 13a 3d per 7Qlb bag, Wl th any Brand of TEA ;or withe ut Tea 14s per 701 b bag j guaranteed fall weight. DUCHESS TEA possesceß great itreogth, la 9d per Jb by 51b or 101 b Tin. ORANGE PEKOE OEYLON (golden tipped), 2* per Ib, or Is 9d by the tin STATION TK.S, m Chests and Half-Cheett from Is l^dperlb ARAB, NELSON, MOATE aud CO. and GOLDLEAP TEAS m »tock. Fern Leaf Factory Butter reduced to lid per lb



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AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT| SOCIETY. NEW ZEAL\ND BRANCH: Head Officp. Custom-house Quaff Wellington. Local Board of Directors : The Hrn. Morgan S. Grace, M.D., C M.G , M.L 0. (Chairman) The Hon. Charles J. Johnston, M.L.C. I (Deputy Chairman) Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Etq. The Hon. Edward Richardson, CM G. ML.C. John Duncan, Esq. rpBK Oldest, Wealthier, and most JL Prosperous AUSTRALIA (NT LIFE OFFICE ANI» THK LARGEST IN THffi BRITISH EMPIRE. The only Mutual Life Office which de» clares A. BONUS EVEKY YEAR The Method of Valuation adopted by this Society is of the mosti stringen Character, and Ensures a larger Reserv to meet Liabilities than that held by any other Office m the Australasian Colonies. ACCUMULATED FUNDS EXCEEDS £14,500,000 (FOURTEEN 4ND A HALF MILt IONS) STERLING. ANNUAL INCOME liXOEEOS £2,000,000 (TWO MILLIONS) STERLING. Policies m force 134,000 Sum Assured £41,726,041 Cash Bonuses Divided ... £7,726,170 BONUSES. Cash Bonos for one year, 1897, £449,268, yielding Reversionary Bonuses amount ing to £835,000, after making special reserves. Cash Bonuses declared for last five years, over Two Millions, yielding Reversion ary Bonuses exceeding Four Millions, ASSURE I OUR LIFE IN THE A.M.P, SOCIETY, And Secure a BONUS EVERY YEiR. Expenses of Management—B£ Per Cant [on the Total Income. Edward W. Lowb, Resident Secretary, Branch Office— Custom House Quay, Wellington. Jambs Hair, District Secretary. District Office Cathedral Square, Chtistchnrch. - THINGS - WORTH KNOWING mHAT You oao SAVE MONEY If you Buy your Booti from NICHOLAS & PICKFORD, MANUFACTURERS ft; IMPORTERS OF BOOTS AND SHOES, East Street, Ashburton* BOOTS & BHOEB Of Every Description Made to Measure. Eaie and Comfort Studied. Skill'and Judgment being exercised as to Formation of the Feet, Workmanship and Materials Guaranteed. CHARGES MODERATE. i Bring Your Repairs to — NICHOLAS & PICKFOfiD, L&t« McDonald & McDubmid, i i . .—. : ~—__^___ A OAED 1VT RS A (H riLARIDQE ifJL JXm \J 9 V^LARIDGE i TEACHER OF PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, and SINGING COX STREET, ASHBURTON. Twins on Application. FOR SALE — Boggy or Gig Hone. Perfectly qniet, will pass trains, traction CDgiaea, etc, Apply Ofice of this papec.



-TIMBER TIMBEit — TIMBER. YjU"® have now landing ex "GISBORNF," «ZIOR," and "ROSA MOND," large Stocks of SEASONED WHITE AND BED ;HNE, ALSO— Kami Timber and Laths. THE LARGEST STOCKS IN THE OOUNTY, W. H. COLLINS & CO., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. r Bhag Point "oal Company AnwKrvn vntt J Westport Coal Company AGENTS FOR Royal InßUranoe Company I Springfield Pottery Company Tklephonr-14 (fe^i^ P.O. 80x—35.



CHURCH SEHV CH>. ST. 6 T KPH EN'S CulTr~o¥, Aahburton. Thuudiy—F. of S. Bartholomew. 7.30 a.m. — Holy ( otntnuni m. 7.30 pm—»sible Class. Fiiday. 7.15 p m.—Evening Prayer ai d Address 8 p.m.—Choir Practice 13th SUNDAY AFTtfR TRINIIY (Aug. 27.) 830 a. m— Holy Communion | 11 a,m—Matins, Litany, and Sermon. ! 3 p.m~Seafie!d, per R. A. Woodthorpe j Dromore—MrT. A. Gates I 6 30 p.m.—EveniDg Prayer and Sermon. R. A. WOODTHORPE. M.A., Vicar. D. TFIOMAS AROADE. HORSE FAIR. THURSDAY, SiPT. 14, — 1899 — MY Next H- R3ID FATR will bejheld on ihe above date, iJK WEIGH I AM NOW BOOKING ENTRIES. D. THOMAS, 8 18 Auctioneer. f* rledlanaer Bros.. Limited. TO LET, FOR FEEDING OFF, &f\ ACRES of Good £wede Turnipt. For particulars, apply to FRIEDLANDEI* BROS, Limited. 8 235 T, Bullock. BATUKUAY, AUGUbT 26 HOU6E PROPERTY, well situated m Piinces Street, Nethetby. BEING Lot 33, i-acre, with Dwelling Home of Eight Rooms and all con veniences ; permanent water supply. Those interested are reminded that the Sale of the above, on account of Mb W. W. White, will take place at the Anude on the date named, at 11.30 a.m. as previously advertised. T. BULLOCK, 8 244 Auctioneer. SATURDAY, AUGOST "267 TINWALD. IV2 A°R E ' IV2 BEING Lota 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, fronting Lagmhor Road and Annie Street, the property ofMßs Jefa 1. To be gold aa a whole or separately. Intending purchasers are reminded that the sale of this good building site will take place at the Arcade on the above date, at 11.30 a.m., as previously announced. T. BULLOCK, 8 243 Auctioneer. NOTICE. A LL Claims apuinst the Estate of the late xjL Mb John Ballantyne tnuit be t«nt m to vi at once. Executors Latb John Ballantynb, Care Messes J. Ballantyne & Co., 8 §4.1 Ohristchurch. MRS HARRISON LEE IS COMING, AND WILL give one of her Charming and Forceful Lectures on "The Great Re form of the Coming Century," m the Oddfel lows' Hall, Monday, August 28, at 8 p.m. Mrs Lee will give a Gospel Address m the Hall on Sunday Evening, at 8.15, and will Address a Meeting for women only m the Templar Hall, Monday Afternoon, at 3 p.m. 8 232 ASHBURTQN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. r*T^HE Annual General Meeting of the X above Society will be held m the Offic* of Mr G. F. Doddi, on THURSDAY, August 24, ad 8 p.m. Businea*. — Election oi Officers, *nd i General. 8 230 K. LECHNER, Hon. Sec. 1.0.0.P^, M.U. THE 26th ANNIVERSARY of the Loyal Aahburton Lodge, No; 600.3, will be celebrated by holding an I]s THE ODDFELLOWS' HALL ' ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 31. Enjoyment for all from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Music for Dancing by Miss Simmonds'Band. Double tickets 3a 6d ; Gentlemen 2s 6d, Ladies Is ; can be obtained, firom the follow ing members of the (Committee:—Messrs J. Tucxsr, O. Reio, H. Thompson, H. M^EiiRBA, J. Nkwman, A. Patkrson, J. Patbbson, W. Lkggktt, C. Camp»»ll, and J. Nicholas. Refreshment* provided. 8 237 FLORA SOAP will cleanse anything but your Conscience.—Jqbjj O®» and Co 8 24



Wanted. DAISY PEA, 15 inches high, S, 9 and 10 Peas m each Pod ; Beauty of Bath Potatoes, 24 ba for Is ; other early kinds aud Gardan Seeds, best quality. Largest quan tity tor money at J. Thomas, Havelock Streeb WANTED— A*Oompanion to help with light housework ; widow or middle aged person preferred.—Address Alford Forest Hotel. 4 242 FRESH Oysters, Flounders, Crayfish, Babbits, and all kinds of fresh fish by express to-nighb. J. H. Jewitt, opposite Mail Office. 4 242 BROODT HENS.—Wanted a few at once sor hen Turkeys. Apply office of this paper. FRESH Eggs 91 per dozen; Fern Leaf Separator Butter lid per 1b at Fletcher Bkos, Cash Supply Stores. T7IVANGELISTIC MISSION will be held \!i m the B»rinß Square Church To night. The Rev. J. Blight, of Wnimate, Missioner. Subject —•• The Divine Will and Human Responsibility." Prayer meeting at 7pm., Service at 7 30. You are invited £j___ MRS R. J; HUGHKS, Certificated Ladies' Nurse, takes m accouche ment cases at her residence, Triangle, Ashburton. Every gar? and attention given. 8 29 BARRETT BROS' Special Clearance!^ of Odd Ljnes and Remnants now on. A lob of Special Job Lines and Travellers' Samples on Sale. The whole of our well aborted Stock of Drapery, Clothing, Boots, etc, at lowest cash prices—Babeett Bkos, Direob Importers, East Street, Asbburbon. NEW Lines m Photo Frames, Indoor Games, Scrap Books, Books of Reci, tations, Prayer and Hymn Books, Bibles, Purses, Hand-painted Birthday Cards, Cheap editions of A Window m Thrums- Ships that pass m the Night, My Friend Jim, The Master of Ballantrae, Tennyson^a Poems, Sheldon's Books, and ©.there.—A. H. Williams, Taac?ed Street. M'% TUNER (Mr Harrow) is now m Ashburton. Orders promptly at tended to. New books—A son of the sea, Gallantry Bower, Captain Fraeasse, Jeannie Baxter, Australian Sketches, With Kit chener's Army, Windsor M.agas;ines for July, The Willow 1^ ing, Magazines.—H. M. Jones. R 3WARD.— A Reward of Tsn Shillings will be paid to anyone giving such information aa will enable the person to be discovered who has several tiroes removed hurdles from a paddock on Walker street, near Hospital.—Apply Office of this paper. BARRETT BROS' Special Clearance Sale of Odd Lines and Remuanfs now on. A lob of Special Job Linos aad Travellers' Samples on salg. T/he whole of our well assorted Stock of Drapery, Clothing, Boots, otd, at lowest cash prices.—Barrett Bros, Direct Importers, East Streeb, Ashburton, MRS HUFFAM having enlarged and re-furnished her Dining and Refresh menfc Rooms, is now m a position bo cater for Public Parties on the shoyfcwjj notice, »t moderate terms. Maals. ab all hours. Hob Suppers and"i Vied Fish a specialty. Hob PieVj, Cakes, and Paijtry mada oa the premises daily, Tea, Coffee, and Cocoa ab aj! hours. A trial solicited, 8 60



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