The Ashburton Guardian.

Vol xx. no. 4700

Abhborton: Saturday, January 14, 1899,

pbicb.: One Penny

FAINT, YET PURSUING

bheso chrouic ailments wMoh-wtJur out tha strength day after day and week after week and year after year how little resorc* Ing to God for solace! Then people de pended upon their tonics, and their plas ters, and their cordials rather than upon heavenly stimulants.

. Ob, how few people there are completely well I Some of you, by dint of persever ance and care, have kept living to this time, but how you have had to war against physical ailments! Antediluvians, with out medical college and infirmary and apothecary shop, multiplied their years by hundreds, but he who has gone through the gantlet of disease in our time and has come to 70 years of age is a hero worthy of » palm. Efficiency of Faith, The world seems to be a great hospital, and you run against rheumatisms and con sumptions and scrofulas and neuralgias and scores of old diseases baptized by new nomenclature. Oh, how heavy a burden Bioknesa isl It takes the color out of the Bky, and the sparkle out of the wave, and the sweetness out of the fruit, and the lus ter out of the night. When the limbs ache, when the respiration is painful,- when the , mouth is hot, when the ear roars with un- ' healthy obstructions, how hard it is to be i patient and cheerful and assiduous! "Cast thy burden upon the Lord." Does your head ache? His wore the thorn. Do your feet hurt? His were crushed of the spikes. Is your side painful? His was struck by the spear. Do you feel like giv ing way under the burden? His weakness gave way under a cross. While you are in every possible way to try to restore your physical vigor, you are to remember that more soothing than any anodyne, more vitalizing than any stimulant and more strengthening than any tonic is the pre scription of the text, "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain thee." We hear a great deal of talk now about faith cure, and some people say it cannot be done and. it is a failure. Ido not know but that the chief advance of the church is to be in that direction. Marvelous things come to me day by day which make me think that if the age of miracles is past it is because the faith of miracles is past. A prominent merchant of New York said to & member of my family, "My mother wants her case mentioned to Mr. Tal mage," This was the case. He said: "My mother feau a dreadful abscess, from which she had suffered untold agonies, and all surgery had been exhausted upon her, and worse and worse she grew until wo called in a few Christian friends and proceeded to pray about it, We commended her case to God, and the abscess began immediately to be cured. She is entirely well now and without knife and without any surgery." 8o that case has come to me, and there are a score of other cases coming to our ears from all parts of tho earth. Oh., ya who are sick, go to Christ! Qh, ye who are worn out with agonies of body, "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sus tain thee." I'he Burden of Bereavement. Another burden some Jiave to carry ia the burden of bereavement. Ab-, these are the troubles that wear ua oxit! If we loss our property, by additional industry per baps we may bring back the estranged fort une; if wo lose our good name, perhaps by reformation of morals we may achieve Ggain reputation for integrity, but who will bring back tho dear departed? Alas, me, for these empty cradles and these, trunks of childish to^au.tlnat^Afill-. never bo used again V"i 4 las, me, for the empty tfjiuir- and'the silence in tho halls that will never echo again to those famil iar footsteps! Alas for the cry of widow hood and orphanage! What bitter Marahs in the wilderness, what cities of tlie dead, what long block shadow frctm, the wing of death, what eyea sunken, with, grief, what hands trembling wjtli bereavement, what instruments of'music shut now because there are no fingers to play on them! Is there no relief for such souls? Aye, let that soul ride into the harbor of my test; The soul that on Jesne has Jeairned to repose I will not, I will »Qt desert to its foes. ' $]*»t soul, though ftU bell ehall endeavor to shake, I'll never, no never, no never forsake. Now the grave is brighter than the an cient tomb where the lights were perpet ually kept burning. The scarred feet of him who was "the resurrection and the life" are,on the broken grave hillock, while the voices of angels ring down the sky at the coronation of another soul come home to glory. Burden of gin. Then there are many who ea.rrythe bur den of sin. Ah, we. all carry it until in the appointed way that burden is lifted. We need no Bible to prove that the whole race is ruined. What a spectacle it would be if we could tear off the mask of human de filement or beat a drup* that would bring up the whole army of the world's trans gressions—the deception, the fraud, and the rapine, and the murder, and the crime of all centuries! Aye, if I could sound the trumpet of resurrection in the soul of the best men in thia audience, and all the dead sina of the past should come up, we could not endure the sight. Sin, grim and dire, has put its clutch upon the immortal soul, and that clutch will never relax unless it be under the heel of him who came to de stroy the works of the devil. Oh, to have a mountain of sin on the soul! Is there no way to have the burden moved? Oh, yes, "Cast thy burden upon the Lord." The sinless one came to take the consequences of our sin. And I know he is in earnest. How do I know it? By tho streaming temples and tho steaming hands as he Buys, "Comf* un^O i"^ all ye who are weary awd heavy laden, and I will givs you rest." 1 'Why will prodigals live on swines'huaks when the robe, and the ring, and the fa ther's welcome are ready? Why go wan dering over the great Sahara desert of your sin when you are invited to the gardens of God, the trees of life. (j,pd the fountains of Jiving water? Why be houseless and home less forever when, you may become the sons and daughters of the Lord God Almighty f

The Question of Ivory.

The ivory question is important, be cause ivory is the wealth of the slave trader far jnore than are his slaves. ]£vc#y is now found almost exclusively in the Congo State. The elepliitnt la extermi nated in Uganda and ia Nyasaland. Some 800 tons of ivory reach London yearly, but the supply is decreasing. It is estimated that 75,000 elephants are being killed every year, and if this ia true even the Congo herds cannot long survive such slaughter. It is generally agreed that as tjbs, §he elephant has only one cal^ 9Y^W *wo or three years the destruction is going on much faster tlwt the breeding. Mean while It iiS to be remembered that ivory is essentially a slave trade product and cornea from the land of Tippu Tib. The sale of arms and ammunition must be prevented from all sides. The sale of spirits offers lees temptaticju to the Europeaa trader, because these Arabs or',- Moslems and do not drink.—Edinburgh, Review.

SPORTING.

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United Puß* «wociation—!i> Electric Telegraph

Chuis-jcititrch, January 13. The following are the i> niiim'iona for the principal events:—

Midsummer Handicap, of 400 soys j one mile and a ha f.—Goldle»f, Pitch aiid Toss, Black and Bod, Fulmen, Martini, Boreas, Jewel, Rangefinder, Djin Djin, Skirmisher, Dundas, Malatua, Peerage, Multiform, Aifcair, Motto, Sequin, and Cannonehot. Pa. Albans Handicap, 250 bovb, 1 mile.— I Gold leaf, Pitch and Toes, Blnck and lied, Fulmen, Blazer, Boreas, Jewel, RaDgefiader, ' Djin Djin, Skirmisher, Bizarre, tkDuodas, Peerage, Malatn», Motto, Altair, Rochester, Sequin, Vandyke, OanDoushot. Craven Plate, 150 soya, 7 furlongs.— Pitch and Tobs^ Cherrystone, Nihilbfc, Blazer, Boreas, Jewel, Tiger Lily, The Spinner, Djin Djin, Skirmisher, Hermoeft, Bimrre, Peerage, Rochester* Belligennt, Aloe*ti», Vandyke, (i!*dyi 11., Double Eveet

Insomnia.

How many of ns c«n remember occasions when a particularly heavy erening meal has been oaten, a wretched night's rest following? The sleepletflnens that appears to be troubling so many people at the present is greatly due to defective liver action. The liver doeft not do Ita work properly, and as a ennsquewse bile and othet foreign subbtarsces that usually are extracted from the blood by the liver* remain in the yeiriß, with the consequence the heart's action becomes laboured, the reins becomes congested, and one feels generally restless and miserable. Kow, there can be no doubt about it that a good liver medicine is wha-la needed to put! matters right Bile Beans fil this want j they are nature's remedy, and their action being that of healthy, natural human bile the effect is magical in the extreme. Bilk Beaks relieve and cure ailments of thia kind ; not by temporarily helping che digestive organ a ; they are successful from the fact that vhfcy make the organs do the work themselves. The result of this is that when Bile Beaks are stopped nature takes up the York and artificial means can ba left* c ff. Not so with the oidinary purgative medicine and guaranteed cure-all; aa scon aB they »re left off nature usually refuses to act un aided, and artificial means have again and again to be resorted to. it is a good thing to remember that Bilo Beans are an undoubted spec fie for Biliousness, Headache, Indigestion, Debility, Female Ailments, Liver Trouble, Coetivenees, Piles, Pimples, Blotchee, Bores, Bad Blood, etc. They may be obtained at all chemists, price lnl^cl per box ; Australian Depot. 39 Pitt. Street, Sydney. Be sure you get the genuine. Take nothing that che chemist says is " just Mgood." The genuine bears the signature round the bax.



E. W. HANMEB I HAVE much pleasure in notifying to the Farmers who were clients of the old firm of Hanmer and Graves, and others with whom I have in the past done business, that I shall be represented attheßtock Sales held in the Ashburton County in the future, having made arrangements with Ms J. R. Bland to act as my Auctioneer. Any business entrusted to me will be carefully looked after as usual, and I hope I may be favored with a share of what is going. For the time being I shall occupy the old j offices which I have been in for the past six , years in West Street, and in connection with the new business shall carry on.the agencies already established there. [ EDWARD W. HANMER, i Ashburton, October 14,1898. WOOL SEASON, 1898-1899. ; I HAVE taken the Well Lighted and Commodious third Floor in Mr John Mbe's Store in Titnaru as heretofore, and shall offer at the Wool Sales any Wool which may be entrusted to me. The Second Sale will be held on DECEMBER 3Dth, and all Wool should be forwarded by rthe 27th December, to ensure -being catalogued. I am prepared to make advances FREE OF COMMISSION on all Wool sent forward. Woolpacks and Twine at Lowest Current} Rates. E. W. HANMER. JOHN R BLAND, 08 Auctioneer F. CURTIS, WATOHMAKEB, JOTELLEK & OPTICIAN. (Late Watchmaker for A. Gunderson, SUCCESSOR TO R. MURRAY, BEGS to intimate that he has now opened up his new Stock of WATCHES, JEWELLERY, and CHRIST. MAS NOVELTIES. Watches and Ciooks Promptly Repaired. Jewellery made up to order and repaired ad shortest notice, LARGE STOCK OF ILECTRO-PLATED GOODS.



Farmkes, working mer, and all who deeire to see "good times" in Athburtoa will materially help to bring prosperity to their own doors by encouraging local industries. Having ioc eased our staff of workers, and showing the. largest sftbkftTailbriDg grods in tho district, acd wil h exceptional facility for trade, we are dptermhed toeffer such inducements as will " ketp the money in the ph'ce" if customers will kindly call and compare cur reduced prices on and after Tuesday, December 13, 1898. Men's all wool tweed puits made to measure in a variety of new patterns for 52s 6d or suit and extr» pair of trousers to measure for 65a and upwards, at prices which will in all cases compare favorably with thoire of Christ* church or Dunedin firms for cash, and our name is a sufficient guarantee for fit, style, and workmanship, as the leading tai!ors and outfitters —Obaighbad & Bmbyman. (adtt



I Public Notices THE AUSTRALIAN WIDOWS' FU&D LIFE AS' URANOE SOOIEI V, Ltd. MONEY TO LEND on Agricultural and Pastoral Properties 0 JFOWLEK, Pendent Secretary, Wellington. 0 J OWEN, Kesirtent Secretary, Christchurch, DAVID THOMAS, 12 269 Di&tiict Ageut, Aahburton. > M a & -* £. s.iif ► S §ii i * Q . 2 1 in 3-5 :' =s= fcrj THE "JA SH BOOT STOKE (Next to NicollJßios.) rfiHE L ding Boot Store in Ashburtoc. THF FINEST STOCK k LARGEST ASSORTMENT. " All foods imported first bend, and retailed »t< lowest price;. - ■ - *JUST ARRIVETC—' L-r'ira' Glace kid Shots in Black and Tan. *< ies' G!ac<(Kid I^oots and Tan Boole. ),;> its' Giace American ShoeF, 1/ • ie»' Evc^ilJf! Shoes in all colours.' Shoes for Bowling, Tenaia, Cricket, and Running. Geutlemen'sTennis Shoeß from 3a to 20s, Gentlemeiv's first-class English & Continen tal Goods SPLENDID VALUE IN COLONIAL GOODS. REMEMBER— McDonald & McDiarmid. EAST STREET. J. NICHOLAS, Manftgeri George Jesson, WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER, EAST STREET, IT A 8 just received a large consignment ■if Watches, Clocks, etc, suitable for WKor>ii>r<s presents «• *ad is now selling at Chriatchurch Prices. REPAIRS, Etc, PROMPTLY EXECUTED SATISFACTION GUA.PANTEED. GREAT SALE OF SUMMER Drapery & Clothing. rpHE Whole Stook of NEW SEASON'S GOODS MUST BE SOLD. Great Reductions. Wonderful Bargains, BEMEMBBR SALE COMMENCES SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 A. P. WILLIAMSON, CASH DBAPER & CLOTHIEB, IANOREJD STREET,



Kbating's Fowder destroys Bugs, Fieas Moths, Beetles, and all other insects, whilst quite harmless to domestic animals. In exterminating Beetles the success of this powder is extraordinary. It is perfectly clean in application. See the article you purchase is keating's, as imitations are noxious and ineffectual. Sold in tint, $d t Is, »a$ 2f 6d, «*c , by *U eiiensUti i



I WANTED. \ T7ILOUR! FLOUR '.—Further great re- X? duotions at Fletcher Brcs'. Cash Supply Stores. SAVE MONEY by buying your Flour from us and baking your own bread — Fletcher Bftos , feteßt Street, Ashburton, and High Street, Chdbtchurcb. WANTED Known—Shipment of New Laces, Kmbroiderieß, Fall Nets, Whitei Gloves, ab remarkably low prices.— j W H Com-ibb, The Corner T7IOTJND—In Tancred Street, ihe cheapest JD »nd most reliable Boot Shop.— Mbixob's Zealandis, Boot Store. fTIENDERS wanted for the sale of 5000 jL pairs of boots.™ Apply to Mbllob' Zealaodia Boot utore. TRY FLOWER'S Refreshment Rooms for a Cup of Fresh Tea, etc. Ice Creams and Iced Drinks, Ripe Tomatoes, j Apricots, Peachec, Choice Bananas, etc, always in Sock. , TTTANTED Koown—Good value for Htfci W money at Msuxm's, Zealandia Boo' Store. _______^_ FOR Sale, Cheap—Six Dozeu of Children's ankle straps.— Mbllob'p Zealandia Boot Store. \\/ ANTED Known—Ladies' Pretty VY Walking Shoes in great variety at Mhllob's Zealand in Boot Store. WANTED Known~Mßß G Hamilton begs to inform the Public of Ash burton that r»he is prepared to pay th? highest cash price for all kinds of New and Second Hand Clothing, Furniture, etc. Letters attended to immediately* Addreßs —Burnett Street, opposite Mail Office. 9 246 WANTED Known—That, when the wind is over and when the duab ie gone and A&hburton Housewives commence their Spring Cleaning, Mitchell & Titrnbb are the people for all doßdiptions of House hold Furnishings, and their new goods are now opened. NOTICE— We defy competition j you get wonderful value ab Mklloh's, lancred Street. WANTED Known—That we have opened a case of Ladies' Fabric G oves of really exquisite styles, includiDg a large range of Washing and Cycling Gloves Special lines in Ladies' Embroidered Hose Sunshades and Umbrellaa, per Ringitira.— MITOHEL & TURNKB mENI)ERS wanted to wear out 10C0 JL paira o Meuob's Indestructible Boots, Wear like brass, WANTED Known—Pretty Christmas Cards in packets—l 2 for sd, 25 fo. 6d and 9d, boxes Is.—W H Collier, The Corner WANTED— A dozen smart Ladies to try our new kimgaroo calf Shoe.— Mbllor's Zeal and ia Boot Store. FOE 'S»'e, "Cheap—sQQo pairs of La ti'-s and Men's Boots and Shoes.—Apply ro MBbiiOß, Tancred Street WANTED— Wise Mothers to try our Indestructible School Boob. — MxiiLOli's Zealandia Boot Btnre, FOR Sale, Cheap—A lot of Men's Bluchers only 4a IUI-—Mellob'B Zealandin Boot Store. WANTED KNOWN—That I have re ceived my Summer Stock of Boots and Shoec, which I will dispose of at the lowest rates possible, for Cai-h. Now is ai> opportunity for those who are in eearch oi reliable goods. As uruaj, Repairs done at once; at ,J. Mpi§p£, The Hall Boot Depot. Ashburton. SELLING OFF.-Mrs Alcorn, Bodinp that her shop room is ioeuffiiient for her increasing business, has decided to offe; her toys, dolls, prams, vases, and glassware at reduced rates for Christmas and New Year to clear right out of these lines. ANTED^-Sixty strong men to try the new Kronio (Bluoher).—Mellob' Zealandia Boot Store. REVIEW of Reviews for December Christmas Number London Newe Pears' Annual, Sketch, New Year Cards, Views of Ashburton, Christchurch, and the Colony, each album making a suitable memento to send to friends as a New Year card,—H M Jones MRS ALCQRN has in stock Stamped Mount Mellick, Lace, Cross-stitch and Mayenoo Work, White Jean, Linen Java and Congress Canvas, Transfers, Foundation Monograms, Woven Initials, Lace Pins. Stretchers, Single, Shaded and Double Berlin Wools, Reliable and Butterfly Wools, Perline Araseno, FiloselU^ Crewel Embroidery and Silks, Knittings in Tartans and Colours, Macrame Bags and String, Weldon's Needle work Books, Perforated Cardboard, Ivory Crochet Cotton »u*i Materials for Fancy Work generally, 10 32 Express Cycle Works, THE OLDEST AND LARGEST BICYCLE WORKS IN ASHBURTON. LANDELLS & SON, SOLE PROPRIETORS, HEW THB CLUB. RUDGE- WHIT WOE UH, BALEIQaS, WHITE FLYERS, Etc. DO Not be Pursuaded to Buy any par tkm'ar Bicycle, but use your own Discretion, and then come to us, when we have no doubt we will be able to tuppiy you with what you wanh, Hecond-Hand -Bicycles In Great Variety, at all Prices. BICHLORIDE GF GOLD CURE. DRINK HAD NEARLY DESTROYED IT I SUFFERED from an Insatiable Appe tite for Liquor. The B^-Chloride oy Gold Treatment cured me permanently. It Eradicates AI^L Desire for Intoxicants. The detire will never return unless you re cultivate it. No cure—no pay. Address : BICHLORIDE OF GOLD INBTITUTE, 1 Aehly House, Rattray Street, Dunedit^



J, Ballantyne & Co. HAfE just received and Will offer to-day A LATE SHIPMENT OF LADIES' GAPES. CAPES FOR THE PROMENADE, CAPES FOR CYCLING. A!J,Choiee Goods, »nd just Unpacked. J. BALLANTYNE & CO, SHOW TO-DAY YOUNG LADIES' SCHOOL OAPIS, In Splendid Selection and Very Cheap; InVj Shades of Fawn, Gray, Navy, Brown, and Pretty Shades of Green, »t prices from 12/6 to 26/6 each. We respectfully invite inspection of the Goods comprising this Special Purchase, and would remind intending purchasers, that value and Style mark the whole. One Shilling off every pound discount for caeh J. BALL^NTINB & CO. 12 24 Henry Mcßtrea CASH BUYER Of WOOL, SKINS, HIDES, FAT, Etc WANTED at onoe—lo.ooo Crossbred or Marino Pelts. Top Price for Fresh and well-saved Pelts ; also 20 ton Clean Dry Cms! or Kidney Kat, lid per lb BAG WOOL A SPECIALTY. I have on Sale— TEA ,«OAP CANILES POTATOES FLOUR bHARPd BRAN OATS Chickwheat, Straw and Oat-sheaf Chaff. Best Brands and First Quality, at up-to date prices, for puojipt cash. » Come ap to " Mac" and get quotations. All Goods delivered in Town had Suburbs, Note the Address— H.ICIVK,Y Moffil-iIfKA, BARING SQUARE, AIHBURTON, T. H. UNDRIM.J [B. OHDBHTi T H UNDlilliL AND CO:, TTWRNISHING UNDERTAKERS J? URNISHING UNDERTAKERS. TANORED STREET, ASHBURTON EVERY REQUISITE ON HAND. Polished CofjSns a Specialty. Private Addresa, Peter Street, directly behind Oddfellows' Hall; also care of Mr T. Andrews, East Belt. 2 j ASHBURTO& No. 2 INDUSTRIAL BUILDING SOCIETY To be incorporated under the Provisions of the Building Societies Act, 1880. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS;: ! Charles Reid, W. D. V. Preston, I Edwabd Gates, Francis Sorint, J. H. Pauling, G. R. Andsrson, H. Stbphknson. SECRETARY : SOLICITOR: Feedk. Makeig. £• G. Crisp | BANKERS: The Bank of Australasin, Ashburton, OFFICE OF THE SOCIETY; Post Office Buildings, Cameron Street, Ashburton. Qfpce now open to take Entries. | OFFICE HOURS: 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2.2J0 to § p.m., and [ from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays and Saturdays Bazaar Livery Stables. T HAVE PLEASURE in notifying the Public of Ashburton^ that I have taken over THE BAZAAR STABLES, Burnett {Street, from Mr S. Trevukza, and trust that 1 may receive a fair ibare of patronage of the I general public. CABS MEET ALL TRAILS Saddle Horses, Traps, and Buggies on hire at all hours, and at reasonable charges. GOOD S ABLING* jambs mocokmice:. 6J [A OABD, henky~"fokd, /"IASH BUYER OK FAT LAMBS AND SHEEP FOR EXPORT. Address : Tinwald. 12 20 " Mother ! Give me another piece of that bread and butter !" " You may have another piece of bread and butter, but not that bread, it is too new?" A little of Mother Wisdom will be profitable if practiced ;by horse owners just now. We every year have some very difficult cases through in discreet feeding upon the new stuff. A thimbleful of prudence is better than a I buoketf ul of regret* W. T. Kingston may be consulted at all hours, either at his Forge ia Wills Street, or »t his Private Residence, Grey Street, pear High tjqjjool,—Advt.



i A MERRY CHRISTMAS. ; ■ !j ELFCTRO-PLATED WARE. rpWO Caees of Specially Selected ELEGTRO-PLATED WARE of elegant design and special quality from the best English and American Makers, marked at prices which will give the Purchasers exceptional value for their money. Af SO,— A Selection of CHOICE ORNAMENTS of nnique Designs and colours* which for genuine value and artißtio merit cannot easily be surpassed. Purchasers will do well to insprofc our Stocks and make early purchases. W. 11. COLLINS & CO., IRONMONGERS, PAINTERS, COAL k TIMBER MERCFANTS Agents For—Royal Insurance Company vLtd.  Shag Point Coal Company) „ Weatport Coal Company, TEN SHILLINGS TEN SHILLINGS, H3 EVERYONE WHO SPENDS a 10/- CASH X DURING THIS MONTH WITH g g "THE CORNER." | § DRAPERY & CLOTHING ESTABLISHMENT W P 3 WILL BE PRESENTED WITH W H. COLLIER'S MUSICAL So PICTORIAL ALBUM ggj FKEB. H S fTIHIS Magnificent Album contains lOg worth of Mubio and 16 ' ** L pages of beautiful illustrations, VIEWS OF ASHBURTON, Reproductions from Famous Oil Paintings, ABSOLUTELY FREE. OQ 02 Don't make any mistake. If you buy from " THE CORNER " you O td got better value than you get from any othor firm and yon also geb JZ HH lOs WORTH OF MUSIC \ "IJIT> 1T« I? »H f 16 PAGES OF LOVELY PICTURES / Jj XilliX?Jf J t~! Come and get one of these spieudid Albums at oooe, as only ft M i-"* limited number can be obtained. Nothing like thia Album hai ever j~J ■^ been seen in Ashburton before. W Q COME AND SEE AND BE CONQUERED! 50 T W, H. COLLIER, g "THE OORNE R." H G. D. E. HEFFOBD, Manager, TEN SHILLINGS. TEN SHILLINGS ASHBURTON GALVANISED IRON WORKS. IN VIEW OF A SUCCESSFUL HARVEST HARDLEY BROS. TTAVE Just Landed a Large Consignment of HARVEST MATERIAL. HAY RAKES, FORKS, Etc., Etc., at SPECIAL PRICES. OAlt AID OIVB US A. XRIAL WE have also Just Manufeotured a Special Line in Tinware, Oilfeodi, Oil Bottles, Tea Bottles, Pannikins, Billies, etc., etc, HARDL E~Y BROS., WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF SPOUTING, RIDGING, TANKS, Efts, PLUMBERS, TINSMITHS, & GASFITTERS. EHBT HTJM3JET H. M. JONES. ——(xI——- FREE INSURANCE Against Accident or Death. ! POLICIES CURRENT from >y Days to IS Months, according to Value Purchased. per Week for Total Disablement up to Ten Weeks. for Death from Accident. Special Concessions to Purchasers of Pianos, Organs, and Cycles. Cash purchasers from 10s will receive a Policy good for Seven Days. yH BOOKS. TOYS, STATIONERY, AND FANCY GOODS, Gr/ASSWARE AND LEATHER GOODS, T>/^i/^T7"O . PRIZE, Presentation, and Reward Books, from Ward, Lock J3flVj_|\_j3." 11™'aQd Co., Cassell and Co., Routledge. Nesbltt, Religious Tiraob Society, and others. Beautifully Bound Editions of Biblee, Poets, and Standard authors. T7l A ~\TSS~XT f^ r\fXY\Q ALBUMS, Writing Desks, Wort Boxes, Jf AJN \J X (jT VJ V/IJO Music Folies, Ladies' Companions, Work Baskets, Bilk lined, Jewel Cases, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Dressing Cases, Hand Bags, Purses and C*rd Cases, silver mounted, Silver Pencil Cases, Watches, etc. -,4, T T»l«±^ W ow/S CHOICE Variety of Jelly aod EleCtrO-JT lateCl W aie—Butter Dishes, Cruets, Biscuit Barrels. Epercneß, Teapot?, Mugs. Serviette Rings. Battef Knives, Bread Porks, etc. TtTcitSo AND FANCY CHINAWARE.-A large Variety of Beautiful V A.DXti& Vases and Glassware, Crystal and Tinted; latest patterns, choice j Designs. Specimen vaseß from 3d. TOYS. TOYB. TOYS. DOLLS DOLLS. DOLLS. DOLLS. The Largest'stock of Toys ever held in Ashburton. All kinds and descriptions, from Id Bqueakfr to a good Steam Boat or Piano. Horses, Barrows, \V h.ps, Arko, Tea Sets? Games, Bills, Drums, Carts, Prams, Skittles, Cubes, Wood Toys, Tin Toys, Rubber Toys, and Mechanical Toys. VTO tunATTPrna CRICKET AND LAWN TENNIS RACQUETS From Best Makers. I?IAIMO» Time Payments from ... ... •■• SOs per month ORGANS „ „ „ - t2JL m " BICYCLES „ „ „ ... •- . - ~°* » •' School Committees Supplied. LOWEST CASH PRICES in all Departments. Equal to Cnrmtcburon and Uua»J din Houses, Do your Business here and keep the Trade in the District INSPECTION INVITED. h. m."Tones,



Shipping. »-p H E *&M£fjt NEW ZEALAND lit|^^^fc«WTPPTwa OO.'S LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, FOR LONDON, Via, Montra Video, TenerlfTo & Plymouth. Besb Aooommodation for all classes of Passengers at Lowest Rates. i i Port of j ■ Steamers. Tobb> Departure. Dlte. Rimutaka 4515 Lytlelton lan. 19 Rakaia 6688 — Feb. 16 Papanui 7000 Wellington March 23 Wa,kanui "00q — ril 26 Buahine I 6127 — May 11 j CARGO STEAMERS. Waikato 4767 — j J*n Qo. Louise 3385 — \ 3&n Otarama | 38)8 — I Feb For farther particulars apply to FBIBDLANDER BROS., LfD. Ag«nta, Achbnrheß. SHAW, SAYILL AND ALBION OUMPANT, LIMITED. FOR LONDON. .J&sJL OOYAL MAIL STEA- MKRB, with inperioc ySßi|^^^ aooommodation for all olasses «*tilßlHi^» o f nasaengerß, calling afc Monte Video or Kto, Teuotlffe and Piy moatb. Vessel Tons Commander From Date. Aotea .„ 6364 Kidley ... VVel't'n Feb 2 &ochio — 7730 Evans ... WelVn Mar 2 CARGO STEAMERS, Matatua.-. 3322 Holmes LytTt'n Jan 7 Delphic .» 8355 Sowden — Jan 11 Raogatira 1045 Barton — March E, W. HANMEB. Agent. UHION STEAMSHIP COMPANY Of NEW ZEALAND, Limited isTEAMERy SAII lECMLITTELTON AS DJSOER: For Weefcporti and Greymouth—-Weekly. Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturdays NOTE—For extra sailings see advertise ment in Chrißtchurch papers Dunedin — Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tuesdays and Saturdays Nelson and Pictoa, via Wellington- Tuesday and Saturday Sydney, via Auokland •— Alternate Thursdays The above are subject to alteration; reference should therefore be made to Chrlstchurch daily papera for dates and boar of sailing For further particulars apply to F. FERRYMAN, Agent, Ashlmrton Wh INVITE FARMERS TO CALL AND INSPECT THE MoCORMICK Reaper & Binder XXTHICH Secured the a»IJL< VJtltt MX2I>ALi for the BEST BINDER on the ground at the Christchurch A. and P. Show. We have sold out oar first Consignment of these WORLD FAME MACHINES, and would advise farmers to call earlt if they wish to secure the BEST BINDER the WORLD HAS EVFR PRODUCED. We are alao Agents for the Colonial Drill, Whiph was awarded the Gr©l«<l> JttElOildL. for BEST- COMBINED DRILL at the Drill Trial on Mb Boag's farm. Morrow t Bassett & Go, WILLS STREET, ASHBURTON M. PRIEST, Manager. Trust and Agency COMPAHY OF AUSTRAL* ASIA, Ltd. incorporated 1860. AUTHORISED CAPITAL £2,000,000 SUBSCRIBED £1,750,000 RESERVE FUJSDS (British Consols, etc.) ... . £200,000 SOLICITORS AND AGENTS; Messrs Wynn-Williams and Brown, C/hFistchuroh. Mesars Chapman and Trspp, Wellington. Messrs Sainsbury and Logan, Napier. Head Office ia New Zealand— 211, HEREFORD STREET, CHRIST CHURCH. £30,00010 Lend at 5 per cent. ON FREEHOLD FARM LANDS. Advances can be repaid at six months' notice, and eren sums up to three-fifths o amount borrowed can be paid off at any time by giving tbree months' written notice. JAS. NATHL. HAMER, Manager and Inspector for New Zealand.- MR OSBORN COOMBE, PIANO TUNER & EXPERT, (Late of London), "TTISIT S Aehburton and surrounding V Distriors ©very four months —vi?.', March, July, and November. ORDERS ma? bo Mb with MR! LLEWELUXN OWEN at his Masio Studio, Ar3»de Obiwberi, Arijtartra-