HOW TO TEST COFFEE.

Instructions For Detecting the Pure From Cheap limitations.

Among the chief adulterations of oof fee is that with chicory, which can detected by throwing the ground coffee into cold water, when the chicory will gink rapidly and color the water. The ground coffee floats, imparting no color. A bogus coffee imported from Germany shows the structure of genuine coffee, but the fat globules, which are always abundant in pure coffee, and the ether extract, which is 14 per cent in pure coffee, were less than 1 per cent, says the Boston Herald. It was evident that this coffee had been treated for the manufacture of coffee extract, after which the grains were roasted a second time, with the addition of a little sugar to cover the berries with a deceptive glazing. The dark color of the beans was due to the second roasting. Boasted imitation coffee may usually be very easily detected. As a rule genuine roast ed coffee will float on water and the artificial article will sink.

West Indian coffee is for the most part even sized, pale and yellowish, pure and heavy, with a fine aroma, and loses little in weight by roasting. The Brazil coffee is larger, less solid and greenish or white, while the Java coffee is smaller, slightly elongated, pale in color, deficient in aroma and essential oil and light. Ceylon produces coffee of all descriptions, but the ordinary coffee^ is even colored, slightly canoe shaped,' strong in aroma and flavor and of con siderable gravity. Mocha is small and dark in color. It is stated that East India coffees are sometimes shipped to Arabia ' and exported from that country as gen uine Mocha coffee. The Rio coffee forms a very large proportion of the coffee consumed in the United States. Its bean is smaller than the Java and near ly the size of the Mocha.

It is not an uncommon practice to treat inferior or damaged coffee by some process for the purpose of an imitation of superior grades. Java seems to be the brand to have been especially sub ject to this treatment, or rather other coffees are colored in imitation of Java. South American coffees are often ex posed to a high, moist heat, which changes their color from green .to brown, thus forming imitation Java. Santos coffees are converted into Java by being decolorized with limewater, washed, rapidly dried and colored by a slight roasting or by means of azo orange. The weight lost is regained by steaming and then coating the beans with glycerin, palm oil or vaseline to prevent evaporating.

How to Cure Toothache.

M. Dtraogier in the Independence Medicale gives the following as an in stantaneous cure for toothache proceed ing from carious teeth: Phenol, crystal lized, two parts; essential oil of lemon, two parts; alcohol, ten parts. Mix. Im merse a little pledget of lint cotton in the solution and carry it to the bottom if possible of the cavity and press it in. In cases where for any reason it is not possible to get a pledget into the cavity convey a minute drop of the liquid thither, using a hypodermic syringe for the purpose.

How to Cure Corns.

If you are troubled with soft corns do not fail to try the following treat ment : Soak the feet well at night in hot water in which has been dissolved a few crystals of permanganate of pot ash ; then dry carefully, especially be tween the toes, and dust the skin in these parts freely with a mixture of tannic acid and boracic acid. Next morning wash carefully with pure soft soap and cold water, thoroughly dry and powder with boracic acid. A piece of lemon or a split raisin bound on a hard corn will very often cure it. The first application may produce soreness, but if the treatment is persisted in a reasonable length of time a cure will likely be effected. If not, try the fol lowing preparation: Thirty grains of salicylic acid and five grains of Indian hemp, to be dissolved in half an ounce of collodion.

How to Make Sweet Potato Puff.

Put two cups of mashed sweet pota toes over the fire, with a tablespoon of butter, the beaten yolks of two eggs, a half cup of cream and half a teaspoon of salt. Stir well, remove from the fire and add the stiffly beaten whites. Shape into a conical loaf on a buttered pan and brown in a hot oven.

How to Make Hair Tonic.

Take a small quantity of rosemary, strip the leaves from the stalks and place them in a jar with nearly half a pint of cold water. Place the jar near the fire and let the contents simmer gently for an hour or two without set tling or burning. When the water is somewhat reduced, the infusion will be sufficiently strong. Add half a pint of rum and simmer for awhile longer. When cold/ strain the liquid from the leaves and keep it in a bottle ready for use. Apply to the roots of the hair with a small sponge or piece of flannel.

How to Broil Herring.

Lay them in a dish of ice cold water for a few minutes, then put them on a broiler over the coals or under a gas flame. Broil them on both sides quickly and two or three times while cooking lift carefully and dip in the cold water. Serve with creamed hashed potatoes.

How to Candy Nuts.

Boil over a hot fire one cup of granu lated sugar, one-eighth of a teaspoonf nl of cream of tartar and three-fourths of s> cup of water. Do not stir after boil ing has set in, but remove when a faint tint of yellow appears in the sirup. Take the shelled nuts on the point of a large needle or fine skewer and dip them in the sirup and drop upon oiled paper.

How to Make Starch.

Use soapy water for making starch. The linen will have a glossier appear ance, and the iron will not be so apt to Btick.

FOOD FOR CHILDREN.

How to Feed the Little Ones to Keep Them Healthy.

As soon as teeth begin to come, saliva begins to be secreted and food more concentrated, then simple milk is not only permissible, but desirable. Go slowly with the new dietary and watch the movements. Allow such and as much as does not change markedly the color and consistency of these out of the normal. It is the identical rule that obtains in feeding young calves. If things go wrong, move back to or to ward milk, or milk and long boiled strained gruels, or a tested baby food. But ordinarily it is safe to give meat juice, soft boiled egg, scraped ripe ap ple or peach, orange and grape juice, other fruits baked or stewed, potato sparingly, cream and butter moderate ly, bread, soups and very small portions of tender beef and chicken, chopped fine. Seedy fruita, hard or fibrous fruits, sweet dishes, jellies and the like, cof fee, baked meats, pies, rich cake, pre serves —these are the class of articles that will cause regret.

It is thoughtlessness in allowing, say, sausage or doughnuts to reach a baby's hands and mouth that leads to trouble, rather than misjudgment, where any mother sets out seriously to give her baby only what she finds (by the move ments), day by day, it can do well on. Where milk (always to be continued, in some form, as a liberal constituent) is not relished it often will be by beat ing up an egg, taking half, filling the cup up with milk and salting and sugar ing a little.—New Voice.

How to Make Sauce For Chops.

A hot sauce for chops is made as fol lows: Oil an ounce of butter, stir in gradually a dessertspoonful of made mustard and a good pinch of cayenne. Chop finely a few chillies and add to the above. Mix all together and ponr over the meat. Another sauce: Fry some sliced onions in dripping till a rich brown, add some brown sauce and stew all together for a few minutes. Pass all through a hair sieve, add a squeeze of lemon and serve.

How to Detect Meningitis.

A severe headache is usually the first symptom, and especially in children, should then be observed. The headache may continue for a day and then ap parently cease. On the second day vio lent sickness appears, and the patient vomits frequently. When this ceases the headache returns, and it is more se vere than ever. A high fever accom panies the first headache. It disappears and with the eecond appearance of the fever returns with new force. The brain becomes congested. It is then the head begins to draw back. If a -physician is not called before the disease reaches this stage his services are likely to prove of no avail. The parent should not neg lect calling a physician promptly when delay might result so disastrously. The spots are only a symptom, and they may appear at any stage. In fact, they have been known to appear only after death. —Sfc Louis Pispatch.

How to Make Dried Apple Pies.

Pick and wash one quart of dried ap ples and put in a porcelain kettle with two quarts of water and two of cider. Let this stand overnight, and in the morning place on the fire and simmer three houra Then lay in (but do not stir) two quarts of sugar and simmer two hours longer. Then turn into a stone pot and put away for use. Make the pies the same as green apple.

How to Make Lemon Drops.

Better lemon drops than any you buy at the store can be made at home by boiling a pound and a half of powdered sugar in a pint of water, with a tea spoonful of cream of tartar, and enough lemon juice to suit the taste. In half an hour pour into buttered dish, pull out into long sticks, and chop into con venient size. A good butterscotch candy is made by boiling two cupfuls of sugar in two tablespoonfuls of water. Add a piece of butter the size of an egg, and when the mixture hardens on the spoon pour out on buttered plates to cooL

How to Make Graham Pies.

Into a pint of graham flour stir one teaspoonful salt. Wei »>ith boiling wa ter enough to make a stiff paste. Roll this very thin and cut into cakes about three inches in diameter. Put into these a spoonful of apple sauce and fold them. Bake on tin sheets.

How to Preserve Plants.

When the plants are first plucked they should be dipped in boiling water and left there Jor a few seconds. This instantly checks growth and kills all life. Then let them dry a few moments, and they are ready for pressing and mounting. Plants treated in this way will retain their shape and colors for yeara All botanical specimens for mu seums are dipped in boiling water be* fore mounting.

Hove to Make Whey.

To a pint of warm new milk add a teaepoonful of prepared rennet. Let it Btand and then strain through a piece of muslin. This can often be taken when milk cannot and is a useful drink in feverish complaints.

How to Make Lint.

Save all pieces of old linen that are not too torn or smalL Nail each piece separately upon a board and scratch up the surface gently with a blunt knife until a soft fluff is formed of the de tached filaments. Then remove the linen from the board and roll each portion separately, keeping the soft side inward. These will be found useful when an in jured member requires to be dressed.

How to Make Cheese Custard.

Beat up two large or three small eggs and pour in a basin containing a pint of milk. Grate four ounces of cheese and mis well together. Add one ounce of butter and bake for one hour in a moderately hot oven.

THE AfiflßUilTOK GUARDIAN : THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 190©

Printed and published by Hbnry Wnxia o Pster Street, Ashburton, for the Proprle tors* at their Printing Office, Bnrntb Street, Anhbnrton, THURSDAY, J»nu«ry 11,'lrtQ'



«!.. i\ O'L.ARK, GRAIN AND FR(>DUOi?C BROKER ,GESfBR\L '"OMMISSION AGENT, j Tanored Street, Next to McOVnnell auci C <n>pfeou'a Stable ] i Samples of Whe-*fc, Okie, Bar'ey, Clover, an'i other Soeds submitted to .Buyers, and highest re ice obtained AGISNT for all kind* -f F^rm Machinery 2£ per cent convinssiou ad'led only to coat price I am a purchaser of all kinds of Farm Produce, Burt.er, B],'» fs, Poultry, Beeswax, Honey, H<> fe Hair ; Cash given BUTTER— Now That the shipping season has started, I am prepared to treat with fatmers for salt buttpr for »hipmenb Home. Boxes supplied. Call for circular FaroiorV and Tradesmen's Books kept, Dabts collected, Houses let-, F»rma sold; Trust Money to lead at current rates I AM AGffl^T FOl- Howden and Moncrief's Famous Garden Seeds MTJROHEON'S SCRUB EXTERMINA TOR -A a Trial at Tinwald lasfe week Cali fornian thistles were knie-l 2 feot i»» in ground with odp application. One applies tion will kill ail weeds ou garden paths Price, Is per !b JADOO FEBRB—Pofc Plants do better 1i Jatioo than earth. Ensures biilii>u>ey anr? intensity of colour. Piice, 3!ba for le, 6 per bushel. Fiold and Garden Manures supplied f on five tons diwn to 141b baga Billings Spray Pumps — » bese Pumps ar the best. Price, complete £2. Knowle's Reliable Insecticides for destroy inss Scale, Blight, etc-., on Fruit Trees anr! F.owers ; grow Kruih, not diseased atumpi ; death to the green and black aph s nov attacking Roses; information givea re al insect and fungoid pests Clark's Calf Feeder—One of the greatest sucnossea of modem dairy apptiaDcaa, 3i 6 J eaoh. Preeervatis, for preserving Rotter; greatl i tmd uot in ail factories in Victoria 2i pc lb. Kfl'np's Sheep 'Rrari'ling Liquid will branr was or dry. Ona g*ll >n will brand 860 siieyp. Brand will nor lua—wiU scour oui Price, 5s V®? gallon. Norton's V>ne Preservative —la 91 pe> half all '« tit. Enough to preßarve 27 do egg*- Norton's Celebrated Dotvwe and Ma'l Sugar. Incubators—l have a few Machines to" arrive shortly, recommended by the Govern ment, A and W McCarthy's Fishing Tackle and Guns BICYCLE-?—T a-n Agent for the Raleiab and Holli* Bicycles Prices—Raleigh's Pa'.b R*oera £26, Road Ricer 1 £24, Roadster* £22, Lidieß'£2o. Hol'ia Path Ricers £22 10*, Road Rac6re,£2o, Ladies' £20. Basj terms cau be arranged for either machine Twelve-months' guarantee «(iven. I OFFER YOU AS FOLLOWS FOR ' CASH POTATOES—2a 91 par sack, Oat Shea' Chaff £2 5j par tm, 1« 9 1 and 2* per sa ct Whole O*t* 1* 51, li 63. and la 71 pet bushe'. Crushed O»ta 1< lOd and Is lid pc bushel. Chick Wheat li 61 to Is lOd pc b ishel, F our at lowest rates. Bran 3s 3d, Sharps 5< 61, F&^ory Cheose 6d, California Onions 21, Butter Boxes 2a each. All sack* to be reburned. Frea delivery within the Belt. FOR SALE CHSAP- Town Secjions Nob. 15, 16. and 17. Dob aon Street, nexb to C. Reid, Coachbuilder. » oafd MRS A fi fIL4:RIOG} A • \J* VjhKKim r TEAO fKR CF PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, ahd SINGTN<: UOX BTHSET. ASHUtfKTON. Terms on Application >' "" ' ' " CHJB.VP MONEY! oheap mo Nay OHEAP MONET IN SUMS JF £100 ™ £10,000. ON COUNTRY, CITY, AND •SUBURBAN FREEHOLD, Ab 4i per cent. Terms of repayment of the mo3t liberal character, which can be ascertained od enquiry. T7IOR FORMS OF~APPLICATIOX AtfD V FULL INFORMATION' Apply to the DISTRICT MANAGER. Chrißtchurch. J. H. RICHARDSON,



Wovernmanti insurance v^mmmaionßr. MI >o~~OAKiSOK rnEACHER of Pianoforte and OrgaD J_ For terms, etc., apply at> Residence Corner of Wills and William Streets neai Wakanui Road East. 1 6 WANTbu renown—That J. MoiSON has received a large supply 01 Summer Boots aud Shoes, suitable foi the Holidays. They are all of tht beet brands and maker*, and nevei equalled in Ashhurtou. J.M. being the oniy practical and experienced Bootmaker in the town, thus gives him superiority and facility to know best what to get. There fore the public have no need to wonde: where to go for reliable Boots and Shoes. Discount for cash as usual. Repairs done at; once. Best Sole Leather used and work manship, at The Hall, East Street, Ash hurton. SUBURBAN PKOPERTY 5 ACRES, 5 Good Land, all in grass, well situated on Winter's Road. A nice site for a house. Exceptionally easy terms of Payment. T BULLOCK. J. L. HIGGS, PAINTER, PAPERHANGER, SIGNWRITBB, Etc. BUSINESS PKQPLE requiring Sign writing would find it to their interest to consult J. L. HIGGS, as ht does the work himself, therefore there is no second profit no pay. His ability is well known as rormerly signwrlter to Mr J. Wilson, with whom he has severed all connection. ESTIMATES GIVEN FREE For all classes of painting and house decorations. ARTIST'S MATi>RIALS, and latest esignain WALL PAPERS, in Btock. TANCBED~"STBEET. FEVERISH HE™ PREVENT FITS, CONVULSIONS, ETC. Preserve a healthy state of the consti tution during the period of Teething. The words "JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WAIWORTH, SURREY," . Are epgwetl on the Government Stamp a^ised t§



! TO LET, 1 Premises in Moore Streeb, next) to Messrs Hitchings and Milsom's Cordial Manufac tory. Rental, 5s 6d per week Apply to T BULLOCK SHEEP COUNTRY ASHBURTOU GORGE 3018 ACHES 3018 BeiDg R.S. 31832, 31833, 31834, and tbers. This property not having been sold by auction, offers are invited for the pur chase of same. T. BULLCOF. WANTED Known—That the arrival of the lonic completes our season's importations, which are fully double those of previous seasons. Each department ready r big bußiness.~MiTOHßLi4 & Turner. C~~ HERTSEY—This is a new advertue ment, reminding you that if you have not yet tried M'Kenzie's Hondai Lanka Tes>, you're behind the times. Go to Ma John son 's Store md gefc it. , Sinot* flew Yeaui



TO FARMERS. FOB BALIS, OO>y ACRES mostly Eiret-olasa Land, && § suitable for all round farming. Further particulars furnished on applica tion. T. BULLQOK. ~~ TO LX T. AT A LOW RENTAL, , Brick Premises, conveniently situated in Taocred Street), nexb to McDonnell and Coaipton'a Stableß. Apply to T BULLOCK^ t~o~l c t. ~ SMALL Shop, with two rooms attached, in Burfiett Street. Rental 7s 6d per week. T. BULLOOK FOR_SALE f}£\(~\ PRICE required for town seofcitn (55^1/ 818, containing acre fronting Aitk«n Street, Eait. "



A MKKItY CHRISTMAS j TOALL. DON'T FOE GET mO Call acd £cc our Stocks of FANCY GOODS, suitable for PBESENIS, and those preparing for Friends should see us for "bedstead^ bedding, AND ALL OTHER HOUSEHOLD PUJRNISHINGS PERAMBULATORS, W^jih^^M^* PIANOS, IW^SHWF/ SEWING MACHINES FANOy CHAIRS, ' ™_^^rWPy J AWING ROOM & WICKER CHAIRS. Ems&mSy 1 ' FTOKITUBB' Eto Carpets. Linoleums, *Rug8 § Mais, Etc. US3) ARRIV£D—A^LARGEIASSORTMENtr OF BAMBO*VERANDA BLINDS T. H. SUNDRILL & CO., | CABINETMAKERS, JUPHOLSTERERS, & UNDERTAKERS, I TANCRED^STREETJIopposite^ABOADB. kSANTA CLAUS ! AND FATHER CHRISTMAS 4BE OMING AGAIN HUBB4H! HUBBAH! H. M. JONES. —w— AIARGEJand Well S Jected Stock of Goods for all Departments, imported direct from leading London, American and Japanese houECB, consisting of BOOKS. STATIONERY, TOYS, FANCY GOODS, LEATHER GOODS. Fancy China, Glass and Electroplated Ware, Clocks, Vares, Nic-nacs (suitable for CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR Gifts. BIRTHDAY k WEDDING PRESENTS. EOOKS—Excellent Variety of priza, reward and presentation Books. Historical, Biographical, Scientific, Poetical, Traveie, Novels, and various Bindings. Bibles, Hymns and Prayers, (various styles) Church i Praise, Wesley's Hymns. STATIONERY—PIan, Fancy and Commercial Paper, Envelopes, Boxed Stationery, White and Tinted 6d ar.d Is, Specially put up for me by Marcus Ward md Co., of London A.I. values. Repolnic, — vellum. Linen and Bank papers ruled and plain. LEATHER GOODS—Purses from 6d to 20s. Walletß, Card and letter Cases, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Dressing Cases, Hand Bags, -———, Pencil Cases. Companions! FANCY GOODS—Photo Frames, Screens, Workboxes, Inkstands, Vases, Ornaments, Clocks, Albums, Easles, Baapketp, Glove & Kerchief Sets, Cabinets, Trays, Flower Stands, Spill Bculs Teapot* 6d each, Vbbcb. Ornaments too numerous to particularise. BASKET WARE—Open and Closed Satin Lined, all sizes and ptices from 6d np, IOYS—A Great Variety of Wood, Tin and Rubber mechanical Toys, form Horse and Carts, Barrows, Go-carts, Tea Set,?, Boats Watches Bulls, Cube*, Blocks, Arko, Puzzles, Skittles, Musical Toy Rattles Steam Boats and Engines, Magic Lanterns, Microscope, Prams and Tricycles, and 1000 articles from Id up. W SEWING MACHINES—The Anchor Machine, well finished and up-to-date, good machine,lhaßd>nd Treadle from £410 ato £9 10a. Makes a splendid present. PIANOS and ORGANS From 10s per month I owest Cash Prices. TRADING, STAMPS GIVEN TO CASH PURCHASERS. H. M. JONES.



A GREAT VICTORY. nnHEf Crowds who patronised the " Corner" during Cbrifitmas Eve must have been X astonished at the numbers who were eagerly endeavouring to secure some o! the tempting lines offered by us during this Festive Season. They mostly assured us that for Quality, Taste and Moderate Prices the goods offered to them were unequalled in Ash burton, and whilst thanking our lOO 1? customers on that d«y, and our friends, one and all, for their patronage, we feel we have secured A GREAT VICTORY a a the Drapery Trade, for a firm position, and good defences thus established, are ot likely to soou be captured by our opposing forces. During the New Year we shall continue to do our utmost to maintain our REPUTATION FOR VALUE AND SELECTION. And backed up by our Friends both in town and country we shall, without doubb, hold our LEADING POSITION AGAINST ALL COMERS. WISHING^ YOU ALL A Happy and Prosperous New Year, We are, Yours obediently, NORTHCOTE & HEFFORD "THE CORNEB," ABRBURTON i EASC STREET, ASHBUBTON. THE FARMERS .OF ASHBURTON AND BURROUNDIN» DISTRICTS SHOULD LOOK UP HARDLEY BROS. AND SELECT A (TANK. BATH AND SINKTand have their homes made complete with a first-class'sppply of HOT AND COLD WATER. Estimates given for all kinds of Plumbing and Tinsmith work. A TRIAL solicited for Ironmongery, Tinware, and Brush ware. Wholesale Manufacturers of SPOUTING, RIDGING, TANKS,! BATHS, PORTABLE BOILERS, Etc., Etc, HARDLEY BROTHERS K33



PRESENTS.. PRESENTS. PRESENTS. BOHEMIAN GLASS VASES, Unique,*) Artistic, Fashionable, Good and Cheap. THE first of the kind imported in Ashburton, having been selected bf Mr Collins |wfaile£in!Lonc!on. WATCHES, WATCHES. WATCHES. Fifty per CBnt,less than usual shop prices. Ladies' and Gentlemen's Keyless Lincoln Watches Ladies' Pendant Watches with Brooches; the London Fashion Ladies' and Gentlemen's Lever Watches Ladies' Silver Fairy Watches Gold, Silver, and Leather Alberta (double and single) English Electro-plated Ware in profusion. Knives, Forks, Spoons, Pickles, Jams, Saltß, etc. W. H. COLLINS & CO.'S HARDWARE EMPORIUM, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Tilephose—l4 and 15. P.O. 80x—35.



NEW-SEASON'S FRFIT. NEW SEASON'S FRUIT. NT) ALL OUR FRUITS ARE WASHED AND GLEANED • !->• BY PATENT MACHINERY. Finest New Currants ,„ ... Cs 5d Finest Dried Apple Ob 9d Finest New Sultana Os 7d Finest Dried Peaches .. ... Os 101 Finest Selected Raisins .. .. Os 6*d Finest Dried Apricots .. .. Os lOd Finest Mixed Peel .. .. .. Oa 8d Finest Preserved Ginger .. .. Os 8d Finest New Figs ... «. .. 0« 8d Ship's Lime Juice Is 3d Finest New Prunes .. .. .. Os JOd Lemon Squash (quart bottle) .. Is Od Finest New Prunes (7ib tins) . 5s 4d Pineapple, Lemon, Raspberry, and Finest Icing Sugar Oa 6d Black Currant Syrup  .. la Od Finest Cut Loaf Sugar . .. Os 3£d Mason's Herb Beer Extract .. Os 9d Finest Deesicated Coooanut ... Oj 7d Mason's Wine Essence  .. Oa 9d Tan Houten's Cocoa, per lb .. 3s 3d Ct earn of Tartar Is 3d Jelly Powders, assorted Os 6d Carbonate of Soda Os 3d SUGAE. SUGAB. SUGAE. Now that the Jam Season has started, and you wish your Jam to keep well USE MILLAQUIN Al FINEST OANE SUGAR, 701b bag for 14a. Every bag stamped " Finest Oane Sugar." JAM JAES. , JAM JAES MASON'S IMPROVED SCREW TOP JAM JARS—The Cheapest and Best Jam Jars in the Market. ALSO—THE FAMOUS AMERICAN FRUIT JAR. Those desirous of Preserving Fruit in Syrup, vill find these Jars superior to any other in the market. The mouth of the Jar being made wide bo as to enable the whole fruit to be placed in the Jar with ease, also being fitted with a strong spring lid } making it completely air tight. WINES AND SPIEITS. [ We have a large and well assorted stock of all lines, ASSORTED OASES PACKED FOR CHRISTMAS. English and Colonial Ales and Stout always in Stock, SHEARMAN BROS., GROCERS, IRONMONGERS, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. MABEET ROUSE, BUENETT STREET, ASitBUKTON Telephone No 53 _,



TO MY CLIENTS. T A^M PREP A'B, ED TO DISPOSE OF ANY SHEEP AND LAMB SKINS SENT TO FAIEFIELD FREEZING WOEKS, TO BEST POSSIBLE ADVANTAGE. i 1c would^be well to give me particulars prior to sheep being forwarded. DAVID THOMAS, ABHBF*TON«



miNWALD—•« Tonal, fat's makin' Tou- X gal sac blyth like." "Ib its the Hee land tea o' the Mackenzie he is drinkin', to I be surely!" Hondai-Lanka, Tea, recom mended by Gudskll, Storekeeper. H- ~ow IS IT the Alcorn's oan sell so cheap? Easy, when ycu know that their rent ia less tbas one-bbird it would bo in East Street, and that they do moat of the work themselves. If you want a nice Suit for yourself or your boys, or Boots o Shoes for wife or daughter, come to Robhkt Alcobn's, Havelock Street, where you wil get them good as well as cheap. You oan easily buy worse ; You oan hardly buy m good; You oannot buy better. fiIHEREFORE score oub the two top X Lines and plump for MoKenzie's Unblended Hondal-Hnnka Teat—packed in Oeyloo,



STUDY OUR Advertisement on " Christmas Parcels."—Nomhootb and Bevfobd, The Copper. IF you want to purchase a unique anc acceptable present see Mas Awobn's finished and commenced needlework. Newest styles ; also Christmas and New Year cards. Brooches, Dolls, Balls, Money-boxee, Par m, and Toys generally. Brooches from 3d to 20f. FOB SALE, A CAPITAL Section in Havelock Street, adjoining the property of Mr E. Jeffa. The section is well fenced, has a sonny aspect, and is a very desir able Bite for a dwelling. F. FBREIMAN,



Established 18?0. IFOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AN JSEW YEAR GIFTS, Also WEDDING PRESENTS, <S0 TO , GEORGE JESSON, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, Easb Street, Ashburton. THE CHEAPEST PLACE IN TOWN fob WAICfIES, CLOCKS, AND JEWELLERY Of Every Description, INSPECTION INVITED. T. H. Undbii*.,, [ B , CNDMM( T EL UNDBILL A)NO CO., TjIURNISHING UNDERTAKERS X? DRNIBHIMG UNDERTAKERS. TANORED STREET, ASHBURTON EVERY REQUISITE ON HAND. Polished Coffins * Specialty. A Choice Assortment of Artificial Wreathi n Stock. —. Private Address, Peter Street* direotij behind Oddfellows' Hall; alto oare el Mr T. Andrew*, Eakt Belt 3 J. V. DE BEER, WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER TTAS juat received the fint oonsignmeat of hit XMAS GOODS IN GOLD AND SILTEB, Consisting of WATCHESJALBERTS, MUFFCHAINB, BROOCHES, BANGLES, STUDS, LINKS, PENDANTS, BELT OLABPS, And numeroiis novelties in the latest deiigoi and at prices to suit the times. INSPBCTIoFINVITED. 1 All Goods Marked in Plain Figures A Farther Shipment of the Celebrated ROTHERHAM LEVER WATCHES JUST TO HAND. Also— ' THREE DOZEN HARVEST WATCHES AT 9/6. Best Value ia Canterbury. REPAIRS AS USUAL—Prompt] Neat, Reasonable. " JSIGHT TESTING A SPECIALTY. J. V.DE~BEEE, , :(Ute S. Salek) 7 V EAST STREET, ASHBURTON TO ALL MY OLD CLIENTS FARMERS, AND RESIDENTS OF ASHBURTON COUNTY.; I BEG to inform you that I, have severaff my connection with the Canterbarj Mill, which was under my management for over seven yean, and have PURCHASED from Mr Edwin Thomas the WAKANUI ROLLER FLOUR MILLS. The Canterbury Mill, which it the property of the Bank of New Zealand A*wte | Board, is still trading under the name of Rollitb ft Co,, to to avoid oonfusion with correspondence, I would like to ask you to addros all orders to THOMAS ROLLERS WAKANUI ROLLER 'FLOUR MILLS, ABHBUBTON On and after October Ist, I shall bepleaatd to supply yon with first-oUss ROLLER FLOUR, WHEAT MEAL.BRAK ft SHARPS, at lowest current rates. FOR TEE CONVENIENCE OF FARMER! DOING GRISTING,' I have arranged to keep a snpply of Flour, Bran, and Sharps at the Btores of the N.H Farmers' Association, West Street, when Farmers, Shareholders or ncn>Shareholden, can leave their Wheat and get Floor, Braa« and Sharps in exchange* " thomas'rolutt. - WAKANUI ROLLER FLOUR MILLS, 9 285 ASHBURTON. W fl||3' Sound the PURE CEYLON OR BLENDED TEAS. METHVEN-Why is the British soldier like Hondai-Ltmka Tea? Because the quality ie quickly shown when in hob water 1 Htbbs Bros, sell it in packets and Ceylon packed boxes.