Russia and Japan in China

The following interesting rxtract is from a letter published in the Otago Daily Times, from its own correspon dent in Manchuria, dated June 1, just "when war between Russia and Japan *as imminent :~We are in a state of peact, and tha Cossack moves about freely, and being (as a rule) much uddtcted to drink, hp gets into frequent trouble, and in his cup*, though a very good natu^d fellow o^herw-V, ho *e*nei to tho pea; ful Chinese a very dangerous character. I say frankly to my Ru^mn friends, * Your grand drawback here is the Cossack.' For the Comtek hai b«* a employfd to I hoot the nativts on several ocomons, wh»"W we British omp'oyed on the ether railway w^d b%v« gone natur ally to the native magistrate. This, therefore, sbuplls of foreign dominion. To b» sure, such shooting ia all the Intrant** I know of has bees followed by an act of conpensation on the part c£ tha Russians, though I know at first hand of en* important ca?e wher* the Russians only fired because they wern fired upon, and that from behind cover. But this playing with firearms has, to my ntind, weakened our whole foreign position in Manchuria. I

Maintain the Chinese are lees afraid of foreigners individually than they were before tltt> coming of the Ooasack. I declare tho Cossack is the first European to hare been grappled with and overpowered, and, I have heard sly, bound by a street crowd. This is because of driak, of course. But in an nnfriendly country eolditrs should only be seen in fighting trim. Then comes the other point : How do you FngHsh j makt such a good lice without soldiers, «nd, save for a few leaders, altogether bj native labour ? If the one can do so, why not the other ? Thi3, it seems to me, is the secret of our present anti-foreign movement. I tried to explain to our county magistrate lately the twenty-five years' lease of this so called Russian railway, But he laughed me to scorn. He does not believe a word of it. It is another instance of the dishonesty of foreign dealings with China. And thin is why people are turning to Japan to see if there is any hope from her. Hera it is a daily nuisance—the talk of war between Japan and Russia. Merchants come to ua to know if a Japenese fleet has been to Talienwan, where Russia's new harbour for the railway terminus is to be; or if a Japeneie tleet has sailed for Core* • or if there is not actually war now in Oorea between the land forces ' What do the people want with this war V I asked a Chioaman lately. ' We!!, you sec, they have a notion the Japanese would tako possession of this country and the railways,' * And they would rather have the Japanese than the Bussians 1' ' Certainly, the sympathies of the majority here would be with the Japanese.' What, you ask me, of their own magistrates — i.e., the Chinese authorities $ Well, I suppose you would get a frank answer in our streets—our own magistrates are even worse since th« w*r than they were before it (and that was bad), so we don't care what be comes of them. One sees in this light the altered position of Russia. You think her invulnerable because sho has occupif d Manchuria. You think she can advance from thit to dominate Peking. That means, then, that she most absorb J»pan. One cannot hope any longer for a resuscitated China. Bat he is a bold spirit who could con template the efficeinfint of Japan from among the most powerful European factors. Therefore I think that an element of peace hms been introduced into our Western politics by the fact that Russia will have to walk warily in the East and in the West. " Suppose Furope were to dictate in the matter of this Boer war at the present junc ture," said a Russian to me the other 4®j. " Europe could not move a fin ger in the present prepared state of Brifftin," was my reply. "Might not Russia throw troops into India?' he add? d. " Yes; catch you in an Euro pean war and the Japanese will wipe you out of Manchuria, and laugh at you." The Russian assented.

The Recipe for a Long Life.

To secure a long life there ia no better way thaa to work hard. That is the moral that Mr W R Thayer sets forth in ths " Forum " with tne aid of statistics. By diligent research that gentleman has compiled a formidable list of SSO eminent men and women of the nineteenth century who have led itrenuoui lives. Tha average lifetime of these 530 persons was 68 years and 8 months— " that is, Dearly 30 years longer than that of th* population as a whole." Forty six of them who were poete,' lived, on the average, 66 yeare. Thirty nine painters and sculptors reached, on the average, the same age. Thirty musicians show an average of 62 years ; 26 novelties an average of 68 years; 40;"m. n of letters" an average of 67 years ; 22 religious teac hers an average of 68 years ; 18 philo sophers an average of 65 j ears; 88 his torians an average of 73 years : and 72 inventors and men of science an average of 72 years. Forty eiget great soldiers and siilors and 112 statesmen and " public men " yield an average of 71 years. The average life of fourteen so-called Agitators, amongst whom are included Kosanth, Raskin, Garibaldi, and Gar rißOo, was found to be just 69 years.

A PATRIOTIC NEWSBOY

A lady residing ia Capar-Pife, Scotland, went to the railway station for a paper, but there was not a newsboy to be seen. Going along the platform she saw them all in a luggage-room, intently reading the news. Immediately one cf them jumped up, and shouted, "Lady smith relieved ! Gh'e ye it for naething, miss !" handingher a paper, and disdain- Ing to think of pennies on such a day.

THE A^HBtmTCr* OTARDCA3 ; WEDNESMT AUGUST 1, 1900

Printed and published by Aj,frkb Joa& Tvrrkll-Baxter, of Wills street wet!;, for the Proprietore, Robbrt Bill and Henbv Adam Mack at, at their JPnnfciag Office, Burnett) Street, Aahburton. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1900.



HEAT OWS Of AN INOBBASE OF HIS PENSION A Mexican w&r veteran and prominont editor writes—' Baaing the advertisement of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Rurnedy, I am reminded that as a soldier in Mexico in '4? and '48,1 contracted Mexican dt»rrho«», and this remedy hue kept me from getting an increase in my pension, for on every renewal a doaa of it restores me.' It J it unequalled as a quick care ior diarrhoea, j and is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by A>hburton Drug Company



©MrC 11!!?!? < FOR SALE FOR Rii;MOVAL «|S^P Cll«ioilli«a»& Q HOP Rtl(s Buildings in Bnrnptb Street, S" *^« a' J ''n'rg Mr Jf vritt Jp, and now J& ff) And sneeze again. Then occupied ty Mr McKay. Apply to nK/m^BL *eeP on sneezing. Per- _„_ ■|^^ haps you think you can FQK SALJfi ■BM»PfHIgM sneeze La Grippe out ox ___ HB|p|«| y°u in this wa^ ! But AT A SEDUCED PRICE. Hf jJaM the trouble is La Grippe MV-difl-ga i Sll 't in your head alone. OPk ACRES at A'ford Forcsf, being B.S HuJHS-HH t_i ■ i, t, ™«i. /C"■ •" 22038, ai!.uat«d on Winterelow Run. »fflgjgilts » y°ur back ' y°uc Ssi» 10«lTh9 owner haa authored ■UHgjfßgflblood, your nerves, your the acceptance o[ this figure for & prompt all through tho Bale. HHlbody, everywhere. T BULLOCK It don't take a doctor s—__— let you know you have it. FOR SALE J^m^ And it don't take a doctor to a FARM of 265 Acres, Springfield ' __r a yon either. -£*• District, Rural Section 32643, mostly cure yo > in English g aRBeB. For terms and particu- jd%SPfa%MSm%SK& are apply to JIW II *«ljik T, BULLOCK, Agenfe. H *^ogr FO r ALE a t A LOW FIGURE, yHllr M « fi&lP T?KIiEHOLD Town Section No 56, havic;? BS^ft^^S. HI 88 ..V about 82 feet frontage on West Stree' Bfo jg^ dftkWr Mk.H&tl&ssk H and running back a deptb of about 2 shams, BiMPfßf* Wi M fllM J^nHf! on wn>o^ *8 * oommndious Grain Store, H^^L SMJ ! erected on massive concrete foundations Tthe cure. It's a TO «.«a.,«kk jure. It quiets your restlessness, con- | exaofcly half the fceot ion, having a space for srols your fever, stops your coughing, \ another building alongside of the same wad drives La Grippe right out of the dimensions syst em. One dose relieves; a few For term ß and full Pff^^Pg^ iOSeS TLge and Sm.II Bottles. ~~I*tONES TO" LEND. A e«re is hastened by placing over the chest oni , '"" - " •'■-!—i 1 J —-- ' MOKTGAGB at loweßt cu'rent rate?. SA^VIXEI* <& Sons *Guca- DAVID Z4ISDER, lypti Extract. Tar ced Street. Under the distinguished patronage of His J ft^yJ Majesty the King of Italy, aa per communica- -jgPW^gfc HOVERNWENT LIFE INSURANCE SStnt 6 £S mTiBT? KSdJd *» DEPARTMENT. diplom* at the Amat erdam Exhibition, 1883. Established 1870. £X2B& "L JJSSL 01iDi0' *"" —"™g£B£r aBD There are Imitations of Eucalypti Extract. BY THE btatk. order that these <prude oils maj'not be.taken, ffice hag been able %Q dec , are have been it 9 OUR PURK VOLATILE EUOALVPT ECONOMICAL MANAGEMENT and its RE EXTRACT, which ia recognised by the MAKKABLY FAVOURABLE MORTALITY medical division of the Prußßi&nGovernmer.t EXPERIENCE. to be of perfectly pure origin, as per "The Australasian Insurance and Banking information forwarded to ua through th Record" says,—"lt [the N.Z. Government Oonaul at Melbourne, March 2, 1878, w bate:— Jest coun try in the world." To this, It is proved by tents by the Medical LUen coupled with rigi a car e in the selection of of the Universities at Bonn and Greifswarf lives, has been due the unprecedentedly low Prussia, and reported by Dr. Schulz.Profesaor ra t e of mortality which the office has en of Parmscology, at Bop, and Profeaeor Dre joyed. Year by year the actual deaths have Mosiier Director ff the Medical CHoics 11 fallen far short of what was anticipated, and Greif ß waid,.th a t only products that are thejunds^^«K^-Jffi fi saturated with oxygen aid freed of acirtP, JB96(for three years)amounted in CASH to resinous and other Bnbßtftnceß, adherent to £225 000 Sterling. primary distillation, will develops tie ' _—__ sanative qualities proper to the plat?, Present Funds amount to over THREE Allcrude oils, or sooallod Eucalypti Extracts MILLION POUNDS, are to be classed according to the name v.{ „»„«««* authorities, Among the turpenoinee, whiel | Annual i/WOttlS exceeds £400,000. <ire abandoned long since as an interna 1 cTnTnunc-nM medicament. These crude oils, or so called J. H. Blo3*^o^^,^, Eucalypti Extrmote, are discernible :~ 9i IBy their deficiency in pungent odour— fn^!E!l^!!F!Fm^^^^^^ lE^^ mFll^m^S which our product, the only geauinp jg w HANMER. Eucalypti Extract develops most freely — — through ita surplus oxygeD. _, rr % ja tt\ -n 2 By their alcoholic thin and mobile appear- Jit* W . H & IN AVI sh xx t anoe being reduced in epeoifio density .___ through tne presence of acids. Mr) b« a R IMF KRS 6By their taste, the result of the contracting x v r Aam firiOe tendency of resins and tennates. if thoae crude oila, ao-c iled eucalypti T prepared to make very hberalcaah extracts, are applied by nrnta ;e 1b casca of -J- ad^nces on all produoe-Grain Wool, oroup, brouchitis, diphthecb, Internal Frozen Mutton or Lamb Sheep Skins, etc. iaflamation?, dysentery, etc., the con- etc., which may be placed m my hands for sequences are most appalling. For safety ■»«« here~or for sale by my representatives Bike ask always for SANDER & SON'S in London. EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. — Sandursi I shall not charge any .Commission here Victoria Australia. for the advance—.and my representatives in CWnEf'v} Hr QON^ London bavins the full knowledge of dealing QAiU-'llilfc » DUliOi with ail produce consignments which they . „ may receive, and having plenty of money to TINWALD meet my drafts, will not sacrifice anything _____ entrusted to their care, if there ia the F_r..T _ , _ .... .. alSchtest chance of doing better by holding () U SALR—Good Building site, corner for * B whi]e Tho queßtion of geliin indie . of Anno Street and Lagrohor Koad, criniinale ] y because they do not know per i being lots 238 and 239, containing £ acre. PoDa ii y the consignor, ia a very strong fea -1  . Al>B° . o _, ture in the mode of doing their business, An acre adjoining, being lota 234, 23b, which has alwaya rscommended them. 236 and 237. To be sold as a whole or ' . separately. m , T(n _ E. W. HANMER. T. BULLOCK, TINWaLU OHE*iP FARMS NEAR TINvVALD mO LET— Dweliicg ot 5 Rooms and FOR IMMEDIATE SALE. JL Verandah, with Scull Try at back and —— other convenieoces; well situated in C\ A ACRES, with splendid little Home- MoMurdo Streab. Apply to t/'dfc T BULLOCK, stead. The farm ia in good heart. Agent OWING to a great increase in busirens ' we have arranged for extension of » . POT q ivttti prnTT^i? Wmn ■ premises, end to avoid removing acd storing U4 ACRE&, WITH HOUsE, Etc. , a lot of our Stock, will hold a Genuine ; Clearing Sale For One Month, previous So Both Famg Ha weH Bub . diyid9d Bn ' d weli the builders commencing operations. I his 1 is nn opportunity rarely met with of obtain- watered. Apply at onco— i icg New and Seasonable Drapery and Cloth ing at Greatly Reduced Prices.—Robebt Jg^ HAMMER. Alcorn. •'OB, THAT I HAD NEVE ft BEEN MARRIED; "I'D NEVER HAD NAE CARE. '♦NOW I'VE GOTTEN WIFE AND BAIRNS. " AN' THEY CRY CROWDIE EVERMAIR ! 41 A INGE OBOWDIE, TWICE CROWDIE, "THREE TIMES OROWDIE IN A DAY!" -BURNS. " OK.O'WJDIEJ" Is an excellent Dish to commence the day with; but after that call for aeu that Pare, Unblended Beverage, HONDAI-LANKA, CfcYLON'S BEST BREAKFAST TEA. - 28,000 IN USE IN THIS COLONY /M-< «!!\ ' I t^% aJRk THEY BURN LIGNITE, TRUE GOAL OR WOODUP TO 2ft 6in no setting"lequired. With Stove ripe can bo worked out in the open. SPLENDID BREAD BAKERS. With Caat Iron or Copper Boilere. The Copper Boilers are large and Tin-lined ineid« REPAIRS ARE A MINIMUM. Made in all sizes, single or double ovens. High or low pressure boilers 11 "'"■'•O» | ™'""""— I Sold by all Ironmongers, from whom Catalogues can be obtained, or from I the maker H. E. SHACKLOCK, LTD., 80UTHBND FOUNDBY, Princes Street, DUNEDIN,



1900 WINTER 1900 A HINT TO THE POBLIC. TRY MIIOHBLL AND TURNER for BLANKET^ TRY MITCHELL AND TURNER for besfc value in FL A NNELETTS TRY MITCHELL AND TURNER for LADIES' JACKETS, each one a Novelty I TRY MITCHELL AND TURNER for all kinds and sizes of knitted ; UNDERWEAR TBY MITCHELL AND TURNER for DRESS GOODS and DRESS MAKING TRY MITCHELL AND TURNER for MEN S and BOY'S CLOTH ING of every description, GRAND NEW PREMISES IN BURNETT STREET.



GOOD NEWS FROM THE FRONT. M v .. t i f\\^ mmm —^^ m hruger learns that the British, mean toifget Justice for all in South Africa. WE HOPE the People of Ashburton have learnedjthat we give Justice to our Customers in all our numerous lines. We have just landed, per the s s " Whakatane," the finest assortment of Brass and Iron BEDSTEADS ever landed in Town. Latest styles and designs. Direr.t from the Manufacturers in Birmingham. Call early and see for yourselves. Aboat 100 Bedsteads to choose from ; all sizes; all prices. BEDDING of all kinds kepb in stock and made on the premises. We hive also just received a choice shipment, per the s s Rangatira, of TAPESTRIES, SERGES, PLUSHES, UTRECHT VELVETS, HRETTONES, Etc , for Furniture, And having secured the services of a First-class Upholsterer (late o£ Mcl- ; bourne), we are prepared to make New and Repair Old FURNITURE io np-to date styles, at lowest prices, on shortest noticQ. Linoleums, Oilcloths, Rugs, Mats, Matting, Carpets, etc, just opened. New patterns, grand designs, per ss" lonic' At the request of numerous Customers, we have imported a choice assort naont of OILCLOTHS for Dados, which have just opened up in splendid order, Oc 11 and inspect them. For Bedroom Ware, Dinner and Tea Ware, Fancy Goods, Pictures (framed acd unframed), Photo Frames, Vases, etc, see our stocks before buying else wl ere. Pictures framed in latest styles. Largest stock of Mouldings in Town to choose from, Colonial, American, and Austrian Chairs, Folding Chairs, Camp Stools and Wicker Chairs, Bamboo Tables, and Flower Stands with fancy stand and hanging pots, also a few Bamboo Overmantles. Bamboo Cornice Poles, al' sizes and prices Ducheeee Tables and Chests, Washatands and Wardrobes, kept in stock and made to order in any design. Perambulators, Go-Carts, Children's Chairs of all kinds, at various priceß. LIBERAL DISCOUNT FOR CASH, AT T. H. DJNDRILL & CO., CABINETMAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, & UNDERTAKERS, TANCRED STREET, opposite Arcade.



MELLOR'B ZEAJL.ANDIA BOOT STORE THE LEADING BOOT SHOP, TB tha Mosb RELIABLE Houee for GOOD AND CHEAP BOOTS. 0 aim is to give you the bbst value for mttm money. HONESTY is oui PolJo We wil/ not Guarantee you an article unless we know it will give you every Satisfaction. One Trial is ail wo ask—Oar Goods Sell themselves. arim nlM . j_ MELLOR, TANORBD BTRFF ASHBUFTON



SMOKE ONLY NE W _ ¥h _ VENUS PEEFECT, TOBACCO.



FENCING MATERrALS. STAKES, STAKES, STAKES Barbed Wire. Plain Wire. IRON STANDAEDS to order in any quantity. COAL. COAL. COAL. TF YOU Want Good WESTPORT COAL! IF YOU Want Good BLACKBALL COAL! IF YOU Want Good NEWCASTLE COIL! IF YOU Want the Moat Economical Coal in the market, get "SHAG POINT." Send your Orders to, us, and you will save money, and keep your temper good. We have all the above Coals, and can supply your wante immediately W. H. COLLINS & CO., REMOVED TO MITCHELL & 1 ÜBNEK'S OLD PREMISES, TANORKD STREET



flaw Zealand \mm Coropaoy. BSTABLIShTd' 1 m 18 5S CAPITAL^OnF MILLION. TOBPBEMIIB AinTwIALTHIIST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AHD LIBERALITY, PAID-UP CAPITAL AND RESERVES— £400,000. FIRM AND "MARINE RISKS ALBO,- RISKS ON GROWING CROPh, f HRS HltfG MACHINES,*oo s AOOIPTKD AT LOWEST TORRRWT RaX X W HANMER



GREAT WINTER SALE (For 31 Days) COMMENCING FHIDAY MORNING- , JULY Bth GREAT REDUCTION! In GENEBAL & FANCY DBAPERY, CLOTHING, & BOOTS. Splendid Opportunity for Cash Purchasers. ROSLYN Blankets from 16s 9J English Blankets 3s 6d to 12s 9d Men's Saddle Tweed Trousers, Colonial, 10a 6d to 12s*6d / Men's All Wool Kaiapoi Trousers 5a 6d, 6s 9d, and 7e 6d Men a Waterproof Coats, sewn seams, greatly reduced Ladies' Jackets, Capes, and Mantles half price 60 Maids' Macintoshes at 4s 6dj Ladies' 7s 6d , Black Cashmeres from Is 6d per yard Grand Stock of Ladies' Corsets much under usual price Navy and Black Serges, all wool, much reduced Every Article in Stock largely Discounted TAILORING DEPARTMENT.—Having secured the services of a first-class cutter, Suits now made from £3 3s, perfect fit. DRESSMAKING,—This Department is giving every satisfaction; fit and style, at moderate prices, M| , «fl» |J| , ■■  |k „ ANDREW ORR,



GUNS. GUNS, GUNS. Cartridges Ca^tridges! Cartridges. Shot, Caps Wads. BEFORE Baying any of the above Sporting Requisites call on " THE PEOPLE'S IRONMONGER," who haa a splendid selection of Gudb, etc., by all the best known makers. TO Builders' and those about bo build I have in Stook a Ohoioe Assortment of Tile »nd other Register Grates, Ranges Mantelpieces, and all builders Ironmongery »b Lowest Prices, TOOLS! TOOLS! STOOLS* I have an immense Stock of Carpenters and Mechanics' Tools, all of the very best makes, and warranted, at priceß whioh are now recognised as the Standard Bedrock hardware Prices in the Ashburton County. *BrREMEMBER THAT MONEY SAVED IS MONEY EARNED k BUY" FROM G'TV/FTFTYTITXrCI \ THE PEOPLE'S PRACTICAL IRON • IVX JhUULIS O, / MONGER, Burnett Street. Agent for Cleveland and Imperial Bover BieycleSi BELFAST AND FAIRFIELD FREEZING WORKS .MANURES, ARE THE BEST •pIQR TURNIP, RAPE WHEAT, AND ANY OTHER CROP. SPECIAL MANURE can be mad 3 for any kind of Soil, or description of crop. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE LAST SEASON. MANURE CAN BE SUPPLIED IN 1 Owt. or g.CJwt. SACKS Ordera received b/ fc'ltlElOl^yvlNl^Jb;!* BROS,, Limited!., ! DATID THOMAS, OR TCJUL£2 JN.Z,. FABMEBS CO-OPI&BATIVE A »SOCIATION OF CAW TJBKBCJ»Y, Limited., CANTEBBUBY FBQZEN 3MEAT AND DAIBY PBOPUCE EXPOBT COMPANY. LIMITED. 8 80 F. WAYMOUTH S«or*t«ry.



WANTED— Bayers to ccc oar T»lae In Drew Goods, We have a well seleoted ebocs, bought *y our Loudou Agenc forua^h hi rhe bcsr markets anri we confi dently invite inspection and comparison.. First-class Dressmaking on tho Premiee*," -MITOHELL k TOBNBB. 11 GLASSES for CmU and Pig '* * Feeding by ih« O^sk or Hundred weight. Get our quota- ion bcforu buying elsewhere. — • Fietchbr I!ros., Cash ( "supp y Stores. THE DAINIIKBT I JIT! v iVofiKL THAT EVER WAS " f " T^e Rambler." HAVING sold out of my old stock of these superior Bicycles, I hare aao o ened op a fresh consignment of the LATEST PATTERN "RAMBLBR" SPECIAL LIGHT RACERS ROAD BA0&R8, ' & ROADSTERS io all sizes and all fitted with the tm lasting Q&J det*ch»bleTyre, h AMI INSPEOI THE STOCK. Price Easy. Riding Easy. Machines the Strongest on Earth. ACCESSORIES IN STOCK. ')THER MARES FITTED WITH G & J TYRES, D. THOMAS. Fruit Trees and Foses.



riIHE undersigned having the largest stoe X of FRUIT TREES and ROSES i New Zealand, beg* io offer them to the publio &t the following prices— APPLES, on blight-proof otocke, 2yrs old, 6s per dozen ; 3yrs old, 9a per dcz • 4yr« old, 12b per doz; 6yra old, in fall bad and ben ing, 15s per doz, LUMS, rrsold6s per doz; 3yre old, 9 per doz; 4yra old, 12* per doz; syra old 15s per doz; 6yrs old, 18s per doz. ROSES, Hybrid Perpetuals, 5s per doz; ,1 Tea Scented, etc., 8s per doz. SEEDLESS GORBB, Plants 10s per 100} £4 per 1000; Cuttings, 20a per 1000. Unknown correspondents must send •> remittance with their orders. Catalogues and prices of Fruit and Forest Tress and Ornamental Shrubi of all deaorip tion forwarded on application. ROBERT CLEATB, Nurseryman and Seedsman, Invercargill, NZ. Established 1868. SHAEEBEOKER AND FINANCIAL AGEKT, 185 HEREFORD STREET, CHRISTOHURCH. O ILIABLE Information oa Dredgln lA> Stocks. Correspondence Invited. Codbs : Bedford McNetH'e, Moretng and Neal's, A.B.C. Code (fourth Edition. MR ALBERT ROBERTS, Ashburtoc Representative Telegraphic) Address: GBAVE&. Chrlttchoroh. 3 21 LOOK ~~ CHEAP WINTER FIRING. NEW MOuSt SOMEES COAL. OUTPUT has Trebled daring the Irs* fcwelva months IT IS USED EVERYWHERE. This Coal is the Best and Cheapest Steam Mid Household Coal in the market, Uaed in the Woollen Factory and Cant* oury Flour Mills. GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS WRITE FOR PRICES CO G. T. PAEK, MOUNOJ SOMERS. ' A oabd. " A Branch Office has been opened by the undersigned at> Missbb Niooll Bros., Em Street, when they will oarry on praotioe aa Barristers Solicitors. MAUDE & HABMAN, Solicitore, Christehnrch Money to^Lend at Lowest (Current Ratte on-Freehold Becnrifcy. No Procuration £cc. MAUDE & HARMAN, 12 43 Ashbarton. THE RAPID LIGHTNING GLO3S thi only bkliablk shiet ?oubh in£thk world. k  , TyfRS MILLEB, of Danedin, the Pto. fessional Lanndrete, says ;—lb is the best I have ever used. It makes Shirt Ironing * pieasnre. Wise Mothers and Sisters try ib and cave your strength, temper, and patience* Onoe tried, always need. Sold in Tim at SHEARMAN BROS' * JOHN ORB k CO. EGGS. MINORCAS are recommended by t Government Expert as being the be ayers. I have Purebred Minoroa Cockerels or sale, cheap, bred from first priae Btook< H. G. BERRYMAN. *""" "FROM THE FRONT." ROUGH CUT, Smooth Cat, Cot off the Flag is Best, Every kind of Baccy smoked going to Table Bay; Each of them doing its donor's work, in cheering o«r hearts en the sea. " Pass the plug ;" No, the other, thanks, I f moke NOSEGAY! 7 164