groans were terrible. Three dead Highlanders were found in a trench, one grasping an enemy's rifle in his stiffened hands. The Free Stater* artillery became panic stricken s and bolted,amidst theTransvaalers' denun ciations of cowardice. Prisoners repo> t that Croaje whipped the Boers to prevent them fleeing.

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/* >* SAVED EVERY Jj YEAR, BY PURCHASING TOUR GROCERIES, FTO FROM FLETCHER BROS. Special Notice to those who buy on credit... Hard F«c<s for TUrd Figures. — _ , _ Are you good at Figures C* n you nm« 9 —— montal calculations, or do you use Penei PAV PAGTT AXTT\ CATTi? a^a I aper. Were you proficient in eohotl rAX OAbH AND SAVE at subtraction ? Try the following muthe £matical problem, propounded by our Price 4? O Lißt-in your b ead or with pencil-™? 3W 3^ tract our Prices from tha prices jon are ■ , charged b.7 buying on Credift, and me the A YEAR. Founds you would save in a bf Pnt- chasing your Groceries from n%. ENTER PRISE. Leaders in Our Line—lmitated but not Equalled. Like a Oat Watches a Mouse-We watch to give yon Lowest Prices md Highest Values. YOU nk7 « f "° doubfc ' w / atched our Buslnees grow from a small be E im.hi* Compare our Prices and they are bouid lo anlock your Pocket Book, FINEST SNOWDROP SUGAR (Auckland, 'No U) 2W nnr !h ™ IX* M «... *Bi bag, with any Brand of TEA ;or witbevb Tea 14 BD e r 70 h lSL V. L f nP *r-?i ARAB, NELSON, MOATE a.cl CO, and GOLDLEAP^I^ia .tock. ad' Fin Ht New Currants 0 6 «  New Valencia Raisbs per lb 0 6| * resh Gro«nd Ccffae le 4d, Is 6d sod Finest French Prunes, per lb 010 w - ls 8d lb (iood H^t-wiig Pruned „ 0 7 p.nf sfc Cut Loaf Sugar 3£d per lb Gr oJ El me Raisins, per lb 0 5h p C!? g tfnßar 6d Per lb Fsno Muscatels, per lb, Bd, le, and U4d 5," erlsed s«g«r 5^ per lb Finest Drud Apples, per lb 0 9 Golden sJ"ap 2.b 6j, 41b Is, 71b U 9J, T.mwu Oatmeal, per 251b bag 2 6, 14ib 3"3 ■» 28ib 6* 6d, 56 b 11s 3d Fac ory Cheese, per lb 0 6 1™ Treacle,ilb 6d, 41b Is 7 b kßi, Lewis' Prize Bacon, by roll or side „ 141b 3s 3d < 28 b 6-, 561b 10, 9d per l l> 0 7* r<. i£B! ar'd Black weil's E^ence« 9d boti. Lewis'Prizj Ham?, per lb 0 8* o!onisl Essences from 5d botile Sl Georg c '^ German Sausage, per lb 1 0 |- r £Senca Rennet 8d and lOd bottle Finest Hefisied Lard, per tin 0 6 BHVe a Food lld i Mellin's Food Is U Cooking Mirs „ 0 7 el,? erß Food la lld »«d 3& 6J per tin Prwetved Gmger  0 8 KoblDßOns patent Groats and Uarlty #d i)eeeic*h d Cobnut „ 0 8 « 1 pe» !!?." New Dates „ 0 6 JNelson s Gelatine lcz. packet 6i NewMixe-i Peel, orange, lemon, „ " , Ising3»sß| 1' z packet 8i and oitrc.D, per lb 0 8 grown^ Corn Flour 3d lb 71b Tins I. mon Peel for 3 9 s Maize Flour 3i lb frdmond's Baking Powder, 6d and ??,?' , «b' Q'leei)El»Kd Arrowroot 6d lld per tin Cad bury 8 Cccoa £lb 10d, |lb ls 81 Sicily Almonds, per lb 14 Y an, Houten'a Coca 3s 3d per lb Jordan Almonds „ 2 4 *ry,s ,ooc(J a *]b 4*d* ih W* IJb la W Barcelona Nufcs „ 0 8 Auelebrook s 0000 J.b4i,*ib7*d Walnuts  0 8 thoco ate 4dand 01 per c»ko Pea Nuts  0 5 Ml^ ffiaJd Milk 7s 3d dc z, 7^d tin lib Tins Sfc Georgt'd Jams, 4s 6d G ldFn Vale Misk 5« 6d dcz, 6i tin dcz?n, per tin 0 5,, _ , biscuits. lib Raspberry Jam, 6a 61 doz., tin 0 6 Lunch 3£J lb ty tin or 3Jd lb 2ib Jar» Gooseberry Jam, per j%r 1 0 V oliege •■ »♦ lib , % Oros'eaLd'Blßck wall's Mar- W;ne bid lb by n'n, or 6d lb malade 0 9 .ll. ll* "Ine •• •• „lb Concemratid Jellies—L mon. Ra*p- K'cli Jea lb by tin, or «d lb berry. Vanilla-jint pack**, » erpl ■ h Mixed 4i lb „ or 4^d lb si6i doz per packet 0 6 f »«wy MixeU 6J.i lb „ or 6J lb Do Vert's Jtly Puwd.r?, assorted Ofssert «d 3b „ or lOd lb flwoars, per packet 0 6 rj» I»b» lo» Uii )b „ or 6d BirdSeed — Homp,Kap«, Canary, lbO 3 '^ ulta!I 9? •' „ „lb Linseed, whole, 3d, ennhed, p rib 0 4 onowflaba 4£d lb „ or 5d chkmicam Water  n j% Morton's Cream ofTartar, per lb 1 3 Jxmger ftuts 6*J -b „ or 6d lb „ Carboi.ato Soda „ 0 S J^°'; *nut ?fd lb „ or«Ub „ Tnrtaric Acid „ 110 oratk"elß Uld lb „ or le 2d \h^  Citric Acid, 3d oz..  3 6 " ~*  Alom, powdered „ 0 6 „,,, ._ _ , „ Refined Saltpetre „ 0 6 *a lh iim "eßerved Frm 8, apricots and „ B rax, powderrd „ 0 8 „,„ peaches, 8 1 per tin „ biilphar „ 0 6 2 2!b Mount Hamilton pears lOd tip Wa-hing Soda V, 0 1 f, inef/ hite «a^>7.h s . la l "earj baga or Tapioca 6;bs, ls """ "■"■■■■- Flake Tapioca 7iOB, 1* Japan Rice 6iNs I^. or 2^d lb Day & Martin's paste Blacking.doz.'O i\ Ground Rfce 3sd Nixey's Black Lead per doz. 0 9 Split Peas 6!b* l s , or 21 lb Peerless Gio~,s p«r Ut. 0 6 earl karhy 6'lm U, or 2|d lb Black Lacquer, (Cas'le Brand) bet. 0 9 Egyptian Lentil 3|d lb in tins 0 7 H*ricok Beans 3^l lb Brunswick Black, per tin 0 7 Macar°ni and Vermicelli ls lOd box 0* Keen's Oxford Blue, per lb 010 „, 6dlb Beckitt's Hag Blue, „ 010 Flaß Brand Pickles 9s 6d per doz] or lOd at George's Blue, 0 B^, perbot*]e Colman's D.SI. Mustard, lib tine 18 C and B Currie Powder 10s per des or Hd £!o tina IOJd, jib tins 6d  bo,t tl® Keen's Mustard Condiment per lb 1 3 Mellor ■ °anoe sP»nt 8 Jd, pints ls 3d bot. 71b tins 6a 9d Lea »nd Pernn's Sance f pint Is 4d, pints Finest Dairy or Table Salt, 5? per cwb _ *: 6d« „  Salt, 71b bag 81, 14«b 2 0r Own baOce int 5d ' Pint 9d bag, la 3d Tomato Sauce 9d per pint bottle Girger, whole Is 31, ground ls 41 lb Anchovy Sauce 1% 3d pint bottle White Pepper (guaranteed pure) Is 4d lb Tobacco-Willkms' Jono 5< lb ; Nailrod Belfast Sheep Tongues, lib ls, 2ib Js lOd *3 6d J b 5 Derby 5s 6d lb j GoldeP Washdyke „ lib lOd, 21b la 6d ■ Eagle 69 per lb lib Tin Rabbib in Jelly 7d, gib, lO.i and ls Oandles-Paraffine Wax (plain or fluted pkesebted fish. 6 2d Jb ©r 12a 6d box ; National Sperm Salmon, Californian Bd, Flat 9d, Cutting by,,^ox. Hd **>', Bedroom Candles, lOd, Cocktail lld-per tin self-fitting, 12 In box, lOd j Price Sardines, Albert patent opener ls per tin Chrnage Candles 8 and 10, JOd packed Small, 4d and 4Ad, large 7d and Matches—Plaids 4s per gross, 4jd dc« 7|d 1000 Vestas, Bell's, 4s lOd dcz, 5d Sardines, in tomato sauce, 4£d per tin box 5 ICO° Vestas, German, 3a lOd Morton's Fresh Herrings, flit 7d, kip- dfz, 4d box ; 250 Vestae. Bell's, ls 6J pered lOd, Herrings in tomato sauce dl z» 2d bo* 5 Safety's, B and M, 8d lOdpertln packet, small 3d p-ickeft Red Herring 9at Is, or 100 fish 10a 8d Star6b« Colman'a, «!b pkt, 6£d lb Star Brand Mullet 7d per tin _»♦ Lily, per lib bdx 6d ' Preserved Bloaters lOi per tin £ or" t, fca'ch, G}»™> *8 d( z ; l|d packet *_ Pears' Fuller's Earth and Violer Powder "~~~~~~~ 8d box ■ * Can phor, loz blocks 3d, or 2s 3d §cz Table VinegarJSd, 9d, and lOd bottle Vaseline hi and 9d jir, lib tins lsM — White Wine Vinegar 9d bottle Pure Glycerine 6i and 9d bottle « Washing Soap—Silkstone lOd bar or[l(h Glycerine and Cucumber 101 per bottle «d box " Hudson's Extract of Soap 9 pacV%?e Is McLeod's almond scented 9d bar. 10a St. Jacob's Oil 2s 9d. Pain Sillerla 4d 6d box I Bonnington's Irish Moss la and Is-201 Rawling's almond scented, 91 uar, 9a Seigel's Syrup 1b 9d and 3s bottle lld box Pills—Holloway'a and Cockio'n l&;4d box Domestic, 6d bar, 7s lld box Beecham's and Seigel's ls 5^ box Bond's Olbanser, 5d bar, 6j 3d bcx Senna 2i packet, Fpsrm t?altß 6'd 4ob Barilla Asb 9d bar ' Eno's Fruii Salta 3s 3d bottle ' Sunlight so-tp Is per box, 4|d bar Fluid Magnesia Is bottle Lifebuoy (Carbolic), 1h 4d box, 6d^bar Hood's and Ayer's Saiuaparilla 4§ 8d bot Toilet Soap—Pear's asaortid tablets, 4in Condy's Fluid Is 6d, Lung Preserver 1 box, Is box Barry's Tricopherus Is 5d bottlo > Pear's unscented tablets, 61 each, bs 6d Blue Derwenfc Potatoes 2a lld swfc doz Bran 3s 3d sack 0 eaver's Shaving Stick?, 91 each Brown Windsor, lib bar 10J, 10 tablets SUNDRIES. Glycerine Soap, Jib bars 4J, lib bars 8d Fowl^«*« »J4 ccfl. 8. d j l%d Whiting Id per lb 7s 6d cwfc Llnßeed Qi , 5 , D Liebig's Extract Meat Is 9d per j« 25* Washboards, wood, lld. anc Is 2d Na g 9 3d lb, 6lb« U lsTld S * 9d ' Boss Lanterns Is 3d each Full Illustrated PriceXList, co"^^ 29 pageg| f ree O n application Terms : Prompt Kett_Cash with tie Orders. FLETCHER BROS., VAH <*TUWW<P AQtJ«rtT,S^ H SUPPLY STORES •



O s . ri £s , a ■i * Qi S W 3 a Wg g H 5 t5 I ' 5 $ 0 l__^ 03 © ° r W P g * g nr o ■■» « r^n Q g g UJ « M M >-> I Fs3 " « <*C\ £ 11 i W § J. WILSON, (Established 1878), BURNETT STREET, opposite Mail Office Employs upwards of 18 hands. DECORATOR & SIGN-WRITER. I WISH to notify that I have secured the services of Mr Chas. Chapman, as Sign writer, who, in addition to his home training has had a large amount of experi ence in our cities. LARGE STOCK OF ARTISTIC WALL PAPERS. I have j ;8t received—direct from the manufacturers —a few thousand feet of Picture Frame Moulding^. Pereoni desirous of having Pictures framed would do well to call and see them. Telephone 65 CHRISTMAS, 1899. WE HAVE TSOW IN STOCK AND ARRIVING FOR OUR CHRISTMAS TRADE LARGE SUPPLIES or New Currants and Raisins, new S»I ---fcanas and Candid Peels, new Muscatels and Alraorids, new Dossicabed Cocoannt and Silk-dressed leeing Sugar, new kinds Fruits, including A pricote, Pears, Peaches, Pine Apple, and Table Plums, The Finest TEAS and SUGARS in' Town. NOW LAI*DING. A SHIPMENT of higl-class English China direct from ,ho Potteries. All the latest Pa terns. also— A SHIPMENT or CHOICE CUKISrMAS NOYFLTIES, Direct from Japan, Please send yonr Orders early and oblige We are Agents for COLUMBIA, B.S.A. and LOVELL DIAMOND, BICYCLES. CAESON & Co., TEA MERCHANTS AND BLENDERS, GROCERS, AND IRONMONGERS. Importers of Bicycles, Ironmongery, Glafs and China. Tancred Street, Ashburton. , , 1125 IMPORTANT to Cash Buyers of Drapery, Clothing, Boots, &o* Early Summer Clearance Sale of Seasonable and Reliable ] Goods. Cash discount at the rate of one shilling in th9 pound to every Buyer of ninepence worth and over. Inspection in vitedL-H C Barbktt, late Barrett Bros., The Hull, £sit Street, jj 206



YOUNG MEN'S OLUB. A MEETING of Ladies who iubeorib&d to the Piano Fund for the Young Men's Club will be held in the Arcade Chambers on MONDAY, December 11, at 430 pm, to consider how the money collected thill be disposed of. M. A. WILLIAMSON, 12 50 Hon. Secretary ASHBURTON SPORTS ASSOCIATION. EN TRIES for the various races in con nection with the ABhbur>on Sports Association First Annual Carnival will be received up to 9 p.m., on FRIDAY the Bth at Mr Bell's Office, Burnett Street* I. A. BAIGENT, 12 51 Secretary. ~ nTTtTo e. nnHE Supporters of Mr McLachlan who I. vote in Ashburfcon will greatly facilitate the Election if they will kindly call at the Committee Rooms, Havelock Street, before vo»ing and ascertain their numbers on the roll. W. JOLLIFFE, 12 30 Hon, Secretary^ ' THE ;; New Zealand OLOTHIIC FAGTORY TS now Showing a Largo and Varied Af sorUr.ent of NEW & SEASONABLE GOODS. GIIEY FRAME 11 ATS, CUBA FUAMB HATS. BLACK FRAME HATS, IN THE LATEST SHAPES AND STYLUS. STRAW HATS IN**<iRBAT VARIEIYJ See oar Tennis Trousers and Shirts. Sae oar New Suitings for Summer Wear. See our Ready Made Clothing. See our Boys' Norfolk Suits. See our Boys' Washing Blouses. See oar New Ties, etc., etc, SUITS TO MEASURE. FIT QUARANTEED. CLOTHING FACTOKY. F. H. BEOKINGSALE, Manager. The Result of the POLLS. to-nlght, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6. IN ORDER to enable the Ladies of the Aahburton Electorate, and others who may not care to stand about waiting until the Telegraphic results of the Elections and Licensing Polls throughout the Colony have been published, the Proprietor of the Ashburton Mail & Goakdian has made arrangements to have the results bliowu upon a large screen on the stags of the OKANGE HALL on WEDNESDAY Even ing, by means of limelight slides (manipu lated by Mr Cooper, Photographer). During the evening there will be anumber of Views, etc., exhibited, and Musical seleotions will be given from time to time. Reserved seats may be secured at Mr H M Jones; price Is. Admission—Back seats 6d Doors open at 8 o'clock. Holders of re served seat tickets admitted by side door from 7.30. , I Bankruptcy Notice. "~ IN BANKRUPTCY. In the District Court of Ashburton, holden at Ashburton. In the matter of the Bankruptcy Act, 18S2, and in the matter of the Bankruptcy of William James Ada«s, of Ashbur ton, Tinsmith. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received by the undersigned for the purchase of the whole of the Assets in the above Estate, comprising Stock in Trade, Book Debts, Working Plant, and any e quity there may be in the real property of the Bankrupt. Tenders close on FRIDAY, the Bth Decem ber instant, ab twelve noon, and must be addressed to me, marked " Tenders for Assets in estate of W. J. Adams." Each tender must be accompanied by a deposit of £25. Particulars and conditions together with stock sheets and lieb of Book Debts can be inspected at my office, West Street. The highest or any Tender not necessarily accepted. Dated the 4th day of December, 1899. JOHN DAVISON, 13 43 Deputy OffioUl'AnignHi



RANT A GLAUS AND FA'lliEß CHRISTMAS ABE COMING AGAIN 11. M. JONES. (X) — A LARGE and Well Selected Stock of Goods for all Departments, imported direct from leading London, American and Japanese houses, consisting of BOOKS. STATIONERY, TOYS, FANCY GOODS, LEATHER GOODS. I ■bancy China, Glass and Electro plated Ware, Clocks, Vanes, Nfc-naca (suitable for CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR Gifts. BIRTHDA? k WEDDING PRKBENT6. BOOKS—Excellent Variety of prize, reward and presentation Books. Historical, Biographical, Scientific, Poetical, Travels, Novels, and various Bindings. Bibles, Hymns and Prayers, (various styles) Church Praise, Wesley's Hymns. f»r?- i!AII^^ Rll7?ia^ 17 aS cy *"?? Commer°ial Envelopes, Boxed Stationery, White and linted 6 I and Is, Specially put up for me by Marcm Ward >nd Co , of London A.I. values. Repolnic. vellum. Linen and Bank paparß ruled and nlaln LEATHER GOODS-Purses frnm 6d to 20s. Wallets, Card and ' Letter Oabcp, Lidica' acd Gentlemen's Dressing Cases, Hand FANCY GOODS-Phofo Frames, Screen, wS&ZTto^Sf^ogS^ Clocks, Abums, Easleß, Baacketf, Glove & Kerchief Sets, Cabinets, Trays, Flower Sbaada' Spill Bouls Tearots 6d each, Vases. Ornaments too numerous to particularise. ' BASKET WARE—Open and Closed 8-Uin Lined, all sizes and piices from 6d un IOYS—A Great Variety of Wood, Tin *vd Rubber mechanical Toys, form Horse and Carts, Barrows, Go-carts, Tea Set», Boats Watches Balls, Cubes, Blocks, Arks, Puzzles, Skittles, Musical Toy Rattles Steam Boats and Engine?, Magic Lauterns, Microscope, Prams and Tricycles, and 1000 articles from Id ud SEWING MACHINES—The Anchor Mnchine, well finished and np-to-date good machine, hasd and Treadle from £410? to £9 10s. Makes a splendid present. ' PIAWOB and ORGANS From I©s per month lowest Cash Prices. TRADING STAMPS GIVEN TO CASH PURCHASERS. H. M. JONES.



This Branding Liquid, which has an established reputation in Australia, has lately been introduced to New Zealand. Wherever it has been exhibited it has excited great interest, the trials made convincing those who have witnessed them that it should completely revolutionise aheep branding in the colony. It is the only liquid in the market which will brand sheep wet or dry: It ia unaffec ted by heat, and will not run, and is different to all other brands ia being absolutely permanent on the sheep. The brand, however, will entirely disappear when the wool is subjected to the ordinary process of scouring, the wool hitherto destroyed being thus saved. This latter is a new and valuable feature, which should not escape the attention of aheep owners! (Though the Liquid was introduced to the ■beef owners of the South Island only last summer, many testimonials have already been received, which speak In the highest terms as to its value, MA3BE IN THREE COLOURS :— BLACK, RED & BLUE. PRICES:—In cases containing two 4 gallon Tins 4a 3d per gallon. In 1-gallon Tins ss. H. W. BARKETT. "T HATE FOR SALE AT ALLENTON— A Ohoice Section of five acres ; grand site for private residence Number of Sections ab Waterton and Fair ton One Acre, neas Alford Forest Road, on West Belb H. W. BARRETT, AKGADE.



KLECTORAL DISTRICT OF ASHBUIU\)N. X HEREBY Givo Not.ce (hat WILLIAM STEPHEN MASLIN", of Geraldine, Farmer »nd Land Broker. JOIIX McLACHLAN, of Doyleston, Farmer. JOHN McKEAGUE, of Trovorton, Aeh burton, newspaper manager. CH4RLES JOHN HARPttR, Upper Hackihornc, f-heep Farmer. Bavo been Duly Nominated as Candidates at iho Election for the Electoral District of Ashburton. T. W. TAVLER, Returning Officer. Ashburton, November 27, 1899 11 202 NOTICE OF POLLING DAY, In pursuance of "The Electoral Act, 1893,' T* THOMAS WILLIAM TAYLER, Re -1 tun ii'g Officer for the Electoral Di»irfc L- of Ashburton, do hereby give notice that by virtue of a Writ bearing date the 22nd day of NOVEMBER, 1899, under the hand of the Clerk of the Writs, an Election will be held for the return of ONE Qualified Person to serve as Member for the said District, and that the latest day for receiv ing Nominations of Candidates will be the 29th day of NOVEMBER, 1899, at 5 o'clock ', in the afternoon, and that the Poll, if necessary, will be taken at the several Polling-places of ihe said district on the 6th day of DECEMBER, 1899, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 pm. Every Man debirous of becoming a Candidate must be nominated by not less than TWO Electors of the District, by a Nomination Paper as prescribed by Seventy-Five of " The Electoral Act, 1893," delivered to the Returning Officer not later than 5 p.m. on the 29h day ol NOVEM BER, 1899. The following are the Polling Places for h e Electoral Liatrict of Ashburt-jn : - The Courthouse, Ashburton (principal) The Borough Council Chamber.", Ashburton The Schoolhouse, Hampsteal The Schoolhouse, Wakanui The Schoolhouse, Heafield The Schoolhouse, Dromore The Schoolhouse, Tinwald The Schoolhouse, Flemington The Bchoolhouee, Longboach The Schoolhoase, Eiffelton The Schoolhouse, Lowcliffe rl he Schoolhouse, Ealing The Schoolhouse, Hinds The Schooihouse, Winslow The Rangitata Poad Board Office, Liemore The Schoolhou-e, Mayfibld The Schoolhouse, Ruapuna The icchoolbouse, Westerfield The Mount Senders Roa:l Board Office, Mount Somers The Town Hall, Staveley The Schoolhouse, Alford Forest The Schoolhou3f*, Greenstreet Also, that in accordance with the pro visions of the Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act Amendment Act, 1895, the LICENS ING POLL of the electors of the aforesaid district will be talun simultaneously with the electoral poll above mentioned for the purpose of determining :— 1. Whether the Number of Licenses exiatiDg in the District Continue. 2. Whether the Number of Licenses exist iDg in the District be Reduced. 3. Whether that No Licenses be Granted in the District. THOMAS WILLIAM TAYLER, Returning Officer Ashburtcn, 22nd November, 1899. E. T. CLARK, GRAIN AND PRODUCE BROKER AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT, Tancbed Stbelt, Next to McConneSl and Compton's Stables Samples of Wheat, Oats, Barley, Clover, and other Seeds submitted to Buyers, and highest price obtained AGENT for all kinds of Farm Machinery. 2£ per cent commission added only to cost price I am a purchaser of all kinds of Farm Produce, Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Beeswax, Honey, Horse Hair ; Cash given BUTTER—Now that the shipping season has started, I am prepared to treab with farmers for salt butter for shipment Home. Boxes supplied. Call for circular Farmers' and Tradesmen's Books kept, Debts collected, Houses let, Farms sold; Trust Money to lend at current rates I AM AGENT FOR KBMP.V PATENT SHEEP-BBANDING LIQUID



YFTE are making ADVANCES on GRAIN, etc., for Shipment on growers account, and, having a thoroughly efficien Staff ir London, can ensure client interests at that end having the best possible attention, while selling and ship ping charges are kept at the lowest possible scale. We are also in a position to secure freight to London at the very lowest current rate by Direct Steamer. Grain received at our Warehouses, Addlngton, and advanced upon if required ; also Grass Seed anjd Clovers, our machinery for cleaning the latter being of the latest and best American patterns. FROZEN MKAT, we handle in large quantities in both the North and South Islands of New Zealand, employing a special Salesman ia London, who has been in our service for some 15 years, andgives special attention to the disposal of consign ments without the intervention of outside Brokers. WOOL CONSIGNMENTS, either for local eale or shipment, will aiwaya have our usual care, which has earned its own roputatioa from our position in the list of Wool Exporters for New Zealand, while our local salesmen are Messrs Pyne and Co., whose care and attention to the Wool Business ia fully recognised by Canterbury Producers. ADVANCES. — We are prepared to make these on Produce placed in our hands for Sale, or pending ultimate ship ment afc Five per cent^lnterest Free of Adv ance Commission . GL F. MARTIN. MANAGER. in connection with the above we teg to intimate that Mr Idward Saundebs has been appointed to act as our Sub-Agent in the Ashburton County, and will afford all information as to charges, etc., on produce placed in the Company's hands for Sale or Shipment, also for the sale of Woolpacks, Corn Sacks, Seeds, etc., all of which we import, or supply. 9 59



J. T. COOCH, Giocer, Eurdvvaic, Crockery, and Froducc Merchant. OPPOSITE RAILWAY STATION, SACNDERS' BUILDI "* G3 ASBBURTON. GROCERIES AS thia is my first Christmas here, I take the opportunity of informing the Public, that they can buy gooda of the very best quality at my Store as cheap as any where in Ashburton. The following few quotations will show that for Cash I am quite alongside my neighbours : — 701b Bag 1A Sugar, 14? Sib Boar pare Ceylon Tea.{7s 11 i 2001b Sack Roller Flour 13s, 501b Bag „ „ 3s Wd New Currants, 5d per lb New Sultanas, 7d   fileme Raisins, 5d   New Layer Muscatels in 5 b b^xes A Imonds, Is 4! per lb Icing Sugar, 6d , (  Dessicated Cocoannt, 7d per lb Essence of Lemon, 5d pe bottle Square squash quarts, Is 3d per bottle Cordials assorted. Is  „ Cream of Tartar, Is 3d „ lb Carbonate Soda, 3d  „ All other Lines for Cash equally Cheap. I have a Frst-class Stock, and you can depend upon civility and attention. I do not requite to guarai tee full weight, as I have always tretted the Public honestly in this respect. HARDWARE i This Department is now complete with a well-assorted Stock, and I feel confident you | will find my Prices right. As I am a Specialist in this Line, I do not keep Cheap Good*, but supply First class articles only at Reasonable Prices. Shoddy Hardware and Enamel Goods are nob worth the room they occupy. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE I have just received straight from the Manufacturers a Shipment of Crockery, comprising Bedroom Sets frcm 10s 6d, White and Gold and other Jugs from 2s 6d Set, Teapots from Is each, Mason's Jam Jara, $ gallon. 7a d( Z3n. Other Lines equally gooi value. i hive » large assortment of. Glassware, marked in plain figures, which must be cleared to make room for a Shipment close to hand. JOHN T, COOCH, GROCER, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, I AND PRODUCE MERCHANT SAUNDtfRS' BUILDINGS, Opposite Railway Station Ashburton NATIONAL MORTGAGE AND AGENCY COMPANY OF NF.W ZEALAND. (Limited,) Capital £1,000000 £200,000 PAID UP. London Office 8, Great Winchester&Street NOTICE m FARMERS



ifOK BAIiljJ. 1 r| ACRES -| A IU ACRES ±{) TjIIRST-CLARS Land Fronting Middle JL? Road, Aileaton ; either as a whole or in two allotments of five acres each. Easy terms can be arranged. T. BULLOCK ' ~T~G LET. ' SMALL Bhop, with two rooms attached, in Burnett Street. Rental 7a 6d per week. T. BULLOCK. SUBURBAN PROPERTY " Q ACRES, K Good Land, all in grass, well situated on Winter's Road. A nice site for a house. Exceptionally easy terms of Payment. T BULLOCK. jQQA PRIOE required for town section cxj&yj 818, containing acre fronting Aitken Street, East. T. BULLOCK Agent. fW^O LET-SJjop pentrally situated in JL East Street.—Apply T. BT7LLOCK. TO THeI)EAF.—A rich lady7 cured of her Deafness and noises in the head by Dr Nicholson's Artificial Ear Drums, has sent £1000 to his Institute, so that deaf people unable to procure the Ear Drums may have them free. Apply to Department, NS, The Institute, "Longcott," Guonerabury, ! Londop, W, England,



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THE ELECTION. POLLING DAY. ANY Lady or Geutlcman wishing to know thfir cumber on the Roil, or other information, are invited to call at Mr Maswx's Committee Room—The Triunglo. 12 37 rpiNWALD — " Tonal, fat's makin' lou- JL gal sue blyth like." " I-. isa the Ilee land tea o J the Muckei zio he in drinkin', to be surely!' Hondai-Lanka Tea, rec m mended by Gudse 1 L, Storekeeper.



rpiNWALD Presbyterian and Annual Re-1 ! X uaion THURBD \ Y, December 7, Temp lar Hall. Te* on tables at 530 Concert *t B p. m . Admi.-sion la 6d. Children half price. Al! i»vttcd. 12 47 Id the Matter of the KBtnte of Cecil Henry Lasceixes, l.*te < f Liiko Heroa Station,' Sheep farmer, deceased. IT IS REQUESTED that all CLAIMS aj,aiDßL tne above Estate be forwarded to the undersigned at o: ce. Dated this 30th day of iSlovember, 1899 LOUGHREY & LANE, Solicitors for the Executrix, 12 15 230 Hereford Street, Chriatohuroh FRIEDLANDER BKOX,, Ltd WEST STEEET AUCTION MART.. I OUR NEXT HORSE FAIR Will be hold THURSDAY, December 21, 1899. For which wo are now booking entries. SJRIEDLANDKR BROS., Ltd' R. FRIEDLANDER, II ]54 Auctioneer* THUKSDAY^I)ECEMBER 7, 1899. IN BANKRUPTCY, GENERAL STOREKEEPER'S STOOK. MESSRS FRIEDLANDER Bros , Ltd, have received instructions from the Deputy Official Assignee iu Bankruptcy, in the estate of Edward Mahood, of ABhburron, Storekeeper, a bankrupt, to Sell by Public Auction, on the above named date, ON THE PREMISES, Wakanui Road, j THE WHOLE OF THIS fcTOCK Consisting of— GROCERIES, HARDWARE,CROCKERY i li'tc i Alto—Horse, Tr»p, and Harners ; Bicycle, j Iron Safe, Shop Fixtures, Scales, etc, j Sale at 12 o'clock 12 25 R. FRIEDLANDER, Auctioneer | „. , , .^ ! mo THE Lx\DIES OF ASHBURTON— ! IF you want Prosperous Homee, acd Happy Fireßides, vote for MASLIN. i IF you want to be represented by an i Honest, Straight, Outtpoken and Sober Man, VOTE FOR MASLIN, IF you want Liberal Laws, VOTE FOR MASLIN. i IF you want to pub down Vice and Crime, ] Wretchedness and Poverty, VOTE FOR MASLIN, THE PEOPLE'S CANDIDATE. 12 45



TO FARMERS. FOR SALE, OO'V A9 RES mostly First-class Land, {£{£ I suitable for all round farming. Further particulars furnished on applica tion, T. BULLOCK- Wanted. A~BH"BIJRTON—We can aifoTJTfTapend XaL money in advert isiog, so much Hondai- Lanka Tea ia selling, everybody likes it. Bold by Sbhabman Bbos, in packets ; 5 and lOib boxes packed in Ceylon. mYPEWRITER.—For Sale, che>p-One JL of Yosb'a beat and latest Typewriter ; owner going away.—H. Ste?hinson, Have lopk Street. ' _LJf 5 ONYBODY kha Sco chmrne dns teas, M'Kenzie'e HondaiLanka Tea, because ib saves the guid siller, an' gangs faur. Imphm N.3W BOOKS at published prices—The Valley of Sapphires; The Violet Flame ; Jaine's Cape ; Trewinnot of Greys ; The Untold Half; The Romance of the Greystones ; True Heart; Mother's Holiday; The Rose of Judah; Cheap editions of Sheldons Works, A. Swan, Kingsley, Scott, j Dickens ; Giffen'a Bat and Ball, and others; Windsor Magazine for October ; Diarieß.— H. M. Jones. ~~\ SHBUKTON — A'body kens that J\_ Scotchmen drink M'Kenzie's Hondai- Lanka Tea, because ib saves the guid siller, an' gangs faur. Messes Sheaeman Bbos, recommend it. fMPORTANT to Caahliuyers of Drapery, J_ Clothing, Boots, &c.. Early Summer Clearance Sale of Seasonable and Reliable Goods. Cash discount at the rate of one shilling in the pound to every Buyer of ninepence worth and over. Inspection in vited—H. C. Barrett, late Barrett Bros., The Hall, Eaab Street. 11 206 DAHLIAS— Best named varieties, 5a 6 per dessn; Potatoes, Is 9J per sack ; Chick Wheat, Oats, Chaff, etc, at lowest) rate?—J- Thomas, H*velock Street,



The Innocent Dredger—The Otago dredging expert, ib ia related, found the holders of claims on the West Coast; wheu attention was first directed to that part of the aolony, a somewhat guileless lot. "Of coarse," the Ottiga man wou'd Bay, "we are only experimenting on the Coast, You haven't got a dredge going that ia doing any good, and we simply mean to experiment. ' In many cases the West Coaster's price waa beaten down, and the acute Otago man whs able to obtain claims for & mere nothing. If the people on the Coast had eeen dredges working or had known more of the success dredging had been in Otago they would probably hare thought more of their pro perties. Bowls—Bowling is one of the oldeßt of English pastimes. It hag been the sport of kings, statesmen, and common people, and William Fitzstephena, who wrote a ' Survey of London,' seems to prove that it was popular in England bo long as the 12th century. But iba popularity has varied. To-day the old game, which had got rather into disuse, seems to ba reasserting itself. Evidence of that is found in the fact that an International Bowling Association has been formed. A meeting in connection with it was held lately a^, the Great Central Hotel, Marylabone. Aliierman Jhn Young, president of the New vSouth Walea Bawling i Association, waa there, and the Earl of Jereey, formerly Governor of New South Wmlea, was elected president of the new association. It was resolved to form % committee to frame the constitution of the association, with Mr Ernest G, Price as hon. secretary. Objects of the association are to formulate a code of laws of the game under which inter, national matches shall be played, and to bring bowlers in Great Britain and the colonies into touch with one another. Ihe code of laws of the game which it is proposed to draw up will have to be agreed upon not only in England and Scotland, bub by associations in Australia and Canada, aad consequently will probably not be ready until the beginning of next summer. Phakespkrk ahd a Future State.— Shakespere's reticence about a future state and what may await man in the form of reward and punishment hereafter is one of hia most striking characteristics. Neither Cordelia nor Deademons, neither Constance nor Imogen in their darkest hours expresses any confidence in the final mercy an i justice of heaven. | Othello, falling by a fate as terrible as it was undeserved, dies without a •yllableof hope. "The rest is silence" are the ominous words with which Hamlet takes leave of life. When Glouceater believes him ■elf to be standing on the brink of death, in the farewell which he takes of the world he has no anticipation of any other; all he contemplates is "to shake patiently his great affection cff." So die Lear, Hotspur, Romeo, Antony, Eros, Enobar btts, Macbeth, Mercutio, Laertes. So die BrutUß, Coriolanua King John. In the Duke's speech in " Measure for Measure," where he is preparing Claudia to meet death, death is merely contemplated as an GBcape from the pains and discomforts of life. Even Isabella dedicated as abc was to religion, in fortifying Claudio against hia fate draws no weapon from the armoury of faith. It is just the same in the dirge in " Cymbeline," in the soliloquy of Posthumup, in the consolations addressed by the gaoler to Posthumus. Shakespere never attempts, indeed, to lift that veil which for living man can be only lifted by revelation. The Message or Peace is always appro ciated and respected by all true men, for I many of us hope the time is cot far distant when it may be universally adopted by all | nations. When thia comes to pavs, happi- ' ness and prosperity will be the rule and not the exception. In the meantime, Hollo way's Pills and Ointment have l»rgaly helped to make foreign nations understand that Englishmen delight in alleviating pain and stiff-ring. These wonderful remedies have been b!eaee:l in many lands fur the relief I they have afforded aud the cures effected. They are specially adapted for all compiaintß affecting the liver, stomach and kidneys, and at this season no family should be without a supply. To the Deaf and those troubled with Noises in the Head or other Aural Troubles. Dr Nicholson, of juondon, the world famed aural specialist and Inventor of artificial ear drums, has just issued the 100th edition of his illustrated and descriptive book on Deaf ness and Aural Troubles. This book may be had from Mr F. Shaw, 160, Adelaide r»oad, Wellington, N.Z., on receipt of stamps. Mr Campbell, of the same address, was greatly relieved of his deafness by Dr Nicholson's system, and takes pleasure in spreading the news of the great specialist in New Zealand. A little book on the cure of Rheumatism, Oorpulenae, Lumbago, and Indigestion by the same author The rise la the price of wool and the firm state of the London market will mean in creasing returns of many thousands of pounds for the farmers of Canterbury alone this year. As a natural consequence, following the advanced cost of the raw material, alt the principal manufacturers of woollen good 1 have recently issued revised price lists show ing a cocsiderabi rise in the prices of all Tweeds, Coatings, Vicugnas, &c. Messrs Cbaighssad & Bebkyman of this town, how ever, with their usual foresight, took time by the forelock, and cabled Home direct early in May' for a large shipment of the most fashionable Suitings for the approaching Spring season. They also secured large parcels from the principal New Zealand mills nsb before the rise, and will give their customers the full benefit of their timely contracts, Messrs Craighead and Berry man invite an early inspection of their New Goods. Their loading line of Men's Suits to measure for £3 10s, made up in tfaoir well known style aad fit, should convince the most sceptical of their sterling values