COMMERCIAL

Me?e;B Nol»on Bros, of Napier, have Motived tho following cablpfrom T-'Tidou : — • " lit'Ht C/nn'nrbury mutton 3d, best Duncdin, f Southland 2jd ; beßb Napier, North Islaud i 2% 1; bmb, fint quality, 4| J ; second 4i. J

PROPERTY SALES.

Mr Tt W Bntrett, Aroude, reports the \ following Eaiufl of property, viz:—Houae ftDd ', section, (J*meron S reot Must, to Mrs A i Pollock; '] .8. 1135, VV.ile Stnec West, to j Mr BcckiDgaaUf; Bootiuns 69, 79, and 80, j Fairton, to Mr Pocook ; si'ction 6, Fairton, } to Mr M::.eer; Btction 7, Fairton, to Mr Hal per ; soction 8, Fairton, to Mr Tristram ; \ J acres iand and hou?e, Humpstead, fur Mr Koiff —Ui at satisfactory prices to tho j vendors. i

The Aahburton Agency of the New Zealand Farmers' (Jo-operative Association ot Canter bury, Ltd, quote as follows on February 16, 1900:— Wheat- Prime milling Pearl .« 2-i 2d nominally   Tuscan... 2s 3d  ! „ „ Hunter's la lid to 2s „ Oata—Duns ... la B<l to Ifßid Danish .... Is 8d to Isß£d Uautttiians ... la 9d to Is lOd Sparrowbills la BJd to Is 9d Parley—Malting, prime, 2s 6d Inferior 2a j Clhaff—Good oatsheaf 40s to 45b Grass Seed—Old pasture, Is 9d to 2a i New „ Is 5d to la 6d i The above are prices current p»id to ! farmers on tracks at Ashburton.

DEATH.

Bbocs. —At the residence of her parents, Dobaon S'reet, on February 16, MATILDA Christina, the beloved daughter of Willum and Matilda Bruce, Agid23.

Ashburton Guardian Established June 12, 1877. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1900. HALF A MOMENT, MR WARD!

Thkrk was one matter which the T?ail w*y CommUtßeof theOanterburyOhnrn ber of Commerce, who interviewed iho Minister of Railways on Friday, Fob. { 9, might very well have brought under the notice of Mr Ward, but didn't. We refer to the return tickets. At the present time, aa everyone knows, the holder of. the return half of a railway ticket must use it within a specified time, ranging (in this colony) from one day to one month, according to dis | tance travelled. Failure <o use return tickets within this specified period renders them null and void, Neither! i dare the holder of a " return " venture to give or sell it to another person, j Plenty of such transfers take place, \ there cm be very little doubt about I that. Bub woe betide the unhappy person who is caught defying the railway regulations '' in that case made and provided." Fine, and even im ! prisonineni-, in default of payment of fine, will inevitably follow, to say nothing about the case being reported in all the papers under the headiug of " Police Court," along with those of the " drunks," the wifa-beaters, and the perpetrators of nameless offences. For our part we entirely fail to see why railway authorities, not only in New Zealand, but all over the world, should inbist oh return tickets baing used within a day, or week, or even a month. What can it possibly signify to our own Government, for example, if Brown, Jones or Kobinson, residing in A&hburton and taking rut a return ticket to Ohristchurch,makes the return journey next day, or next yeßr, or ten years afterwards ? Brown, Jones, or Robinson, has had to pay cash for his ticket before getting it; he has bad to pay in advance for his return journey. Why, in the names of fairplay and common sense should he be compelled to make the return journey not later than a particular day 1 Any why, if on getting to Ohriatchurch, he tinds that he cannot return by the specified date, should he not be at liberty to give away or sell his own property ? It is nonsense to talk about the loss to the railway revenue that would arise were it permissible to sell the return halves of railway tickets. The loss thus occasioned would be as nothing compared with the convenience of the system to railway travellers. And the more the convenience of the travelling public is studied by the Department, within reason, the more successful will be our railways. And, another thing. Why should railway tickets be retailed to the public as at present? Why should people be made to " line up " in front of a ridiculous little window just about; three minutes before the depar ture of a long journey train? Why should they be compelled to push and scramble for their tickets just as the backers oi a winner have to scramble for their dividends at the totalisator •? In Sydney, the Government places its train tickets on tale at all the fruiter ers', confectioner', tobacconists', and newsagents' shops; and tram tickets (sold either singly or in any quantity), are good for any time, front the day of purchase till the crack of doom, or till the trams cease to run The fact that railway business is conducted in the same manner all over the world, need not, and should not, prevent Mr Ward from imitating a, " new depar ture." If he does introduce the re forma herein referred to, it will not be the first time that New Zealand has ' shown older countries the way.

THE SELECTION SCANDALS.

There is a great outcry in Dunedin just now, as there has been lately in Ohristchurcb, about the manner in which the men aro selected, or rather rejected. Wo notice that one correspon dent, who says he was himself thrown out because, although an inch taller than the regular Tommy Atkins need be, he was " half au inch short," wants to know why the son of the examining doctor, aged 20, was passed, when the regulations unaor which the Rejection Committee proposes to work fix 21 years a$ the age limit. Another was rejected because he failed to number correctly " the number o! squares whic li were placed before him a very long distance away as a test of eyesight. We I have frequently commented upon the remarkable mannor in which the offers of volunteers for the front have been dealt with, and we have no hesitation in aaying that the existence of thia condition of affairs—amounting to a scandal —is the one blot upon a movement that reflects the highest credit not only upon the volunteers themselves but upon the country to which they belong. It is surely not too much to hope that should it be

decided to despatch another band of bravo men from New Zealand and ire-inforce our tioopß in South Africa a more satisfactory method will bo adopted for their selection. There is another scandal in our connection wuh this war that appears to be an evil in separable from all military and naval enterprises and to which we shall I presently refer. We may surely avoid ; one which has not,npparently,any thing ! boyond a oontonptibie desire for | patronage to excuse—or even explain jit.

Nothing is more remark able than the general want of knowledge regarding

11AJUBA. AND LAINfi'S NEK.

the number of Bri tish troops who were actually engaged in

the Boer war of 1880. The Transvaal Boer loves to thiuk that he had practically the whole British army ranged against him Per haps he knows better now. But as a matterof fact when fighting commenced while the Boers-were declaring, 'We do not rely upoia regiments, but on right," there were but three battalions (the 21st, 58th. and 94th) of regulars in the Transvaal, with a detachment of the stb, a squadron of the King's Dragoon Guards, and one battery of artillery, while the nearest reinforce ments "were the 60th in Natal and the 91st at the Oape. There were never more than a thousand men opposed to the Boer force, At Bronk hor Spruit 250 men of the 94th, under Colonel Anstruther, were caught in a j trap by 150 Boers, and in twenty minutes 120 of them were hors de combat. At Laing's Nek Sir Georgd Oolley commanded a force of consider ably under a thousand men. Of these 208 were killed and eighty wounded. At Ingoge a still smaller force was opposed to the Boers, and the losses were 132 officers and men. At M.HJuba, Colley only had 545 o»en, and of them 237 <vere either killed or wounded. The war cost us altogether 29 officers kilKd and 20 wounded, and 866 men killed with 428 wounded. As an historian once said : •' With a fair knowledge of what the Boer was, and with an idea of superiority which was to have a rude awakening, we entered into a ecrioua war with a l<ght heart, and with a force that was insufficient to meet; even a Zalu impi." The mistake is nob going to be repeated.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

%* On the first page to-day will be foond Mr D. Thomas' report on the Live Stock Market.

War Fusd-Id the published list of sub scribers to the War Fund, the amount credited &,« received from A. Gates should read E. Gatts.

Cycling—lv the motor-paced tournament at the Sydney League's Cycling Meeting, won by Geo. Sutherland, the New Z^lan der, the average time for each mile was 1.53f.

Obituary.—Miss M G Bruce, daughter of Mr William Bruce, passed away at her parents' residence, Dobson street, yesterday. Some seven years ago the young lady fe!l out of a trap and received injuries to her spine that terminated fatally as above, aft; r much suffering borne with groat fortitude. The funeral takes place to»morro'w.

A Sensible Minister. -The correspondent of a Sydney piper writes as follows: — The superlatively patriotic Perry, who holds the popular education portfolio, h»s allowed his zeal to usurp his reason, and Mr I.yne had better give hie colleague a little counsel. The other day, Mr Perry threatened any State school master with instant dismissal if it wore found he had sympathy with the Boers. Suoh a person, said Mr Perry, was not worthy of the Queen's pay. Now the most loyal British subjact with the moat anxious desire fur decisive victories over the Republican forcts, may sympathise with the Boera, who after all, are white men and Chrstianp, like out selvea, without his patriotism being ques tioned. It is otily natural to sympathise with suff3ring humanity, be it friend or foe. Only the callous and the cruel can read (he accounts of warfare without keen sorrow Of onrse, sympathy, like charity, begius ab home, but it should nos end there. Again, Mr Perry, the Queen does not pay our civil servant?. Nor does Bne pay the Governor who represents her. Tho tax payers attend to this. Patriotism is a good and wholesomo thing, but it must not be confounded with petty departmental despot ism.

An Enraged Pro-Boer.—Mr Perry, the Minister for Eduoatfon at New South Wales, hag roused the ire of the pro-Boer section of the community in Sydney, and one of them viciously sUles at him as follows : — The other day, some meddlesome and malicious-minded person, who had not the courage to sign his name, informed the Minister for Education, Perry, thar. a south ooaßt schoolmaster had given expression to pro-Boer sentiments. Now, the world over, anybody who anonymously lays an informa tion, is regarded as a sneak, and a cur, and his communication is treated with contempt. Bub Mr Perry, impatient! to make an exam ple, instituted a Star Chamber ic«juiry, with the resulb that the informer was proved to be a liar aa well as a oowatd. Ib is nothing shorti of a scandal that a responsible Minister of the Grown, in a British country, should have inquired into the conduct of a servant of the State at the request of a creature who feared to disclose his identity. Mr Perry, in seeking an example, has Bet an example that every high-spirited Ausbrali&n will scorn to follow. Mr Perry's predecessor was Mr J, A Hogue, formerly editor of the Evening Neivs. He should have for his future guid ance, Mr Rogue's opinion, as a journalist, oi the anonymous letter writer. It would be stated in one ugly, but expressive, Anglo- Saxon word*

"Madge" on Household Work.

'• Madge," writing in a London 3 mrnal makes some trenohanfe remarks on the above aubjecb. There is too much complaint, the writer avers, about) household work. Oa every side you bear the daughters complain, "Oh, I oan'b bear house-work, it always tires me oub." Writing on fehe same subjecb, a Queensland lady, Mra J. W. Harmnton, of Church Street, Toowoomba (Q), faiis to see why a moderate amount of housework should make an English girl tired, when the braoing climate is considered. In Queens land the heat and sudden changes have to be combated, and udUsi ooe is in the beat of health housework does become a trouble. Then she remarks that every household duty wan a trouble to her some time ago. It was a trouble even to sp°ak. She avoided oom- I pany and always wished to be alone; she waa low-spirited, weak and despondent, and could neither eat nor sleep well. Her trou bles were due to irregular periods which first occurred after weaning herbiby. Tha heab proved wearying to hor. She tried many suggested remedies to remove tho cause of her weakness, bub without effect. Then a ore time sufferer, who had b^en cured by Dr Williams* pink pills advised their use Mrs Harmaton purchased several boxen, and after using the pills for several weeks found relief. She is now quite regular in the functions peculiar to hor sex. She has reoovered her appetite; all thu weakness Has gone, and sho no longer shuns the company of others. -She is happy and light-hearted, and is quite a rlilf jrent woman to what she uaeii to bo. I"'or all ladies' ailmenti Dr. Williams' pink pills are unrivalled. They also ouro anaemia, debility, consumption, bronchitis, after cffooloof influerzi, moaalea, paralysis, skin dißeneeß, etc. Sold by oheniUtß and storekeepers, and by thel Dr; Williama' Medicine Oc, Wellington, N Z , throu shillings par bo?:, six boxes sixteen and aixpenoo, post froe. Dr. Williams pmk pills restore pale and sallovr complexion to the rosy tint of ho»lth,

THE LATEST.

Australian

United Press Association—By Eicotrio Telegrnpli—Copyright Freetraders Active Sydney, February 16 At a Conference of Australian free traders it was decided to form a Free Trade /'■ ss.ciatiou, the prime object being to secure the return of free traders to the Common wealth Parlia- I nient. Trouble in the Coal Trade Threatening. Trouble is looming ahead for the coal trade. The men ars seeking to have the selling price raised with a cor responding increase in the bowing rate. There are mufcterings about a general strike.'

CRICKET.

MCC v. Auckland.

United Press Association--By Electric Telegraph AUCKLA.ND, February 16

The Cricket match Melbourne Cricket Club v Auckland was commenced to-day on the Domain in splendid weather. Mel bourne won the toss, and went in. At the close of the day's play the score was 323 for two wickets-Trumble 135, Mailer 115, Graham "(not out) 65, Jacobs (not out) 5, extras 3. February 16 The Melbourne and Auckland n&ujli was continued to-day. Melbourne put up the big soore of 554 for the innings. The principal scorers were Graham 67, Russell 68, Jacobs 54, Ross 42, Aitken 46. The must successful bowlers were 1 Mills, who took two wickets for 25, Mcßae three for 81. Auckland commenced the innings at 4.43 p.m, and four wicketo were down for 14, but j Hay and Sterncon came to the rescue, and when stumps were drawn the score stood at 57 for five wiokets—Hay 21, Stemson (not out) 28. The bowling of Trumble and Cave proved much too good, Trumble took two wickets for 21, and Cave three for 34. The match will be continued to-morrow.

TRANSVAAL WAR.

The Major of the First Victorian Contingent Killed

00it*d Press Atweifttion —By Electric

Telegraph—Copyright

Receive! Wakapuaka Feb. 16, 9 50 p.m, Ihia Office 10.47 p.m. MelbouexEj February 16 Government has received a cable announcing that the Major command ing the first Victorian Contingent and private X Roberts havb been killed. [The name of the il^jor was not cabled, bat according to the fiual lis^ of thu first Victorian Contingent the Major was G. A. Eddy of the Permanent Staff, Victoria Barrack?, Melbourne ]

More Lancers for the Front

{Received Wakapuaka Feb. 16, 9,40 p.m This Office 10 20 p m,) Sydney, February 16 Another detachment of forty New South Wales Lancers sailed for the Cape to-day.

The Fourth Contingent.

linked Pretß Association —By Eleotrio Telegraph

Invercakgiix, February 16

The concert got up to help to meet the oost of equipping the Rough Riders brought together an aadienae that crammed the theatre and overflowed the street.

A half holiday will be obsetvsd for the departure of Southland's thirty-five to morrow for Duuedin. There is a good deal of criticism of some of the horseo procured for the mer.

BANK OF NEW ZEALAND

Half-Yearly Meeting

United Press Association—By Electric Tolograph. Wellington, February 16 The half-yearly meeting ol the Bank of New Zeahnd took plaae to-day. About a dozan shareholders were present, and Mr Blair presided. After referring to the resignation of Mr Tegetmier, General Manager, and the appointment of Mr Emb'ing as his successor, he said the business of the Bank during the half year had been prosperous, and it wa» singularly gratifying that) while other parts of the world were feeliDg the financial distress, the colony was free from trouble* He took this to mean that the position of the colony was eound, and that it had never enjoyed a more prosperous time. With the exception of the dredging works now in process, there was nothing in the shape of speculative business in New Zealand, and in this dredging returns oa Win whole will more than meet the interest on the capital, so that the colony was not likely to suffer. One disturbing influence which might) teDd to affects institutions of this kind was the Transvaal war, but so far as we could Bee it was going to stimulate trade in New Zaaland. When the war was over trade with the Transvaal and South Africa gen orally would be largely developed and more than recompense the colony for any money we were expending in oonneotion with ifc» In addition it would be a splendid advertisement for New Zealand. Though there was a successful half-year's business this had no greab significonce for the share holders. He hoped the time was nob far distant when they wou'd participate in the Bank's prosperity- Questioned on statements which had appeared in a letter in a looal paper on the Ist inst., the President said he was not prepared to give an answer as often such letters were written for political purposes, and certainly not with the intention of aiding the Bank. All he would say was that the Bank was doing a large and profitable business, and it was a pity that the institu tion in former d»ya was not iv the hands of those who could have conducted it properly. Mr Kebble, a shareholder, spoke of the Premier being in the position of seller and buyer; seller as a member of the Assets Board, and buyer as head of the Government. Me Blair replied that the Assets Baard waß doing good work, one estate alone realising reoently £510 000 over the estimate, | and he said no parson in New Zaaland waa more anxious than the Premier for the success j of the Assets Board in its oonneotion with j i h? Barak. '

Ambbblky, Deo 7, 1899 [Copy] Messrs Cbakuiead And BebrymaK Aehburton, Dear Sirs, —Oould yon make a emit at once. I am sorry I forgot to order it sooner. The I luat one is still wearing. It fitted beautifully, »ud has givon tha greatest satisfaction. If y.)u have time to make one for my son at Geraldino, I will get him to ride up on Satur day to be fitted. If there is not time to send patterns, I will trust, you to ohoose for me, something like the last.—Yours truly,

NEW SOUTH WALKS NOTES.

(From ouk Sydney Cobhkspoki-em.) Six mvn c; ntributcd three-fifths of the New youth Wales ikisiimeoß'Fund ; twenty oUiers sub.cribed a fifih tint! the geuerul pub'io put up the rem incler. Mr Barlow docs not think tho Federation B \> wi;i be amended, ani if i is 1 c doe* nob expect (h^ In.perul Parl anient to direct another referendum. For which relief much thankc. Frauca's programme ii-c'udes an exhibition in 1901, an 1 a war in 1907. The latter may prova a bigg--r txliibitiois of Frauoe. Acooidicg to Winston Churchill, the B>ers "exaßpotftted" th« British at Tugela. Th y have a^so •• crossed" the Jordan —Mr Rhodes' private secretary, whom they Oftf tured with •» verbal de3patchflß." j Mr W. P. Reeves, New Zmiand'a Agent- General, is stealing marches—and battles— on the oablegrammer of thesyndioated Aus tralian press. He cables to his Government) the earliest) news of any important war development. Other Australian Govern men Is should instruct their Agents General to do likewise for there is a feverish demand for the very latest. Ex Premier Reid has returned from New Zealand looking as hearty and as healthy as a fruit pie fresh from the oven. Hit khsrki oolored countenance has been cleared and brightened by the cool breezss of the southern seas, and his lazy eyes have been livened up under the charm of lovely scenery. The politician who went dowa before the energetic giant Lyne threatens to be as fit) as a fiddler for the first Federal elections campaign. Mr Barton is very sore over the appoint ment of five delegate* to London when a delegation of himself would have done the businese. It would have been a graceful act on the part of the other Premiers to bavo honored the Federal Leader as sole delegate* Mr Barton will probably be voted £1000 and his expenses which wilt probably run into another £1000. A De Beer's (Kimberlej) shareholder named Board, blew out hie bisim; at a Nyd ney Coffee Palece. H? t>houid have -been with Bhodes at Diamondup<>liJ>, where Boer shot and shell would have save i him the necessity of t-aioide. He might have fallen heroically oo the veldb with a despatch ia his pocket, instead of dying nnromantiaally on a couch in a Coffee Palace, I " Smiler " Hales, a well-known Australian { journalist, who is war corresponding in South Africa writes :—'« God send that no Boers may take a fancy to put a hole in me, for since I have been looking at our wounded, I get a cramp in the stomach when I think of war." Evidently *• Smiler" has relin gaished the idea that the pea is mightier | than the powder. I Mr Reid says henevar encountered a beg* j gar in New Z alaad. It ia said there are ! more beggars in Sydney than in any city of I "lit £$Z3 in the world. Seme of these pro j i essional gentlemen and " ladies " have nice ! banking accounts and own terraces. ; Among Sydney's many mendicant! is a woman with a baby. She has bugged an infant for at least ten yeans. He* fingers are frequently to her breast), bub nobody ever saw her refreshing the infant) from the maternal foontsi It v wonderful how the trick excites sympathy. «" Poor thing: poor baby " remark the compassionate passers by, and a copper or a silver coin is handed over, Meanwhile the genuinely destitute mother is bending over the wash-tub to keep the wolf from the door—and the baby. The late Parkes was a man after Charles Lamb's heart. He welcomed the beggar. In the days of bis prosperity he filled his pocket) with half crowns in the morning and gave one to each mendicant who approaoned him during the day. Even in his " breadless home " days he could not resit b the tempta* ton to shell out his last chilling to the first applicant. There is danger lurking for Australia in the rumoured allianoe, between Russia and Jipan. Dr Morrison, the talented Austra* lun, who represents the London Timt& at Pekin, and who is returning to his post after visiting Melbourne, ridicules the idea of such an alliance, on account of Fussia ordering Japan to retrocedo Liatong Peninsula, after i\ victorious but ocstly war with Chin*. However, Japan is very ambitious and semi civilised, and may prefer an alliance with the barbarous and warlike bear to an under standing with a peaceful andc&utioua power like England, Besides Australia looks a fine territory for the teeming millions of ad jiceut Japan, and England would not invi'o Japan into her continental parlour. The un expected is happening so alarmingly, that Australia rnu^t not be surprised at any thing* We have had a Russian scare, and a Japan scare. We may yet have a Russo- Japanese nightmare. The Protectionists and Freetraders, who united in NS.W., to secure federation, are now separating in a most surprising way. F<>r instance, a Federalist like Mr Wise has rejoined hands with the "Arch Destroying Angel of Federation "Mr Want. While Mr McMillan, who deolared for the Bill is now politically associated with Mr Haynes, who wanted to hang the Bill on a sour apple tree, and all ou acoouat of the revival of the biassed fiscal question. It is now abundantly certain, that the first Federal Elections will be fought out in NS.W, on the ancient iecrae of Freetrade v Protection. From such a fate mty the political gods preserve the other provinces. Federal Delegate Barton, is accompanied ro London by Mrs Barton, It will be their first visit to London, although Mr Birton once before ciossrd the Ocean to Canada. Mrs Baton boarded the boat ab Sydney, and her husband went ovrr land by train. Ab Circular Quay, Mrs Barton looked weary and sad, bnt she was with a close friend, aiid dear companion it) the daughter of the fate Archibald Fraser, who was under Secretary for Justice. The youug lady is on b,er honey moon. When Mr Barton arrives in London, he will have the paternal happiness and privi? lege of meeting his eldest eon ? who is finish ing his educHtion at Oxford. YouDg Barton is a chip off the old b.ock, and a fine career is predicted for him* He will qualify for hw and politics. British soldiers in Boutb Afrioa, appear from all accounts to be badly fed. Tee War Office should be brought severely to look over this neglect. The wealthfest nation in the world should have an abun dance of the beet food for its heroes. We hear of spies being shot. It would be a good thing to have a few spare bullets, for the contractors for army supplies, whose patriot ism consists in making as much profit as possible, out of a troubled Empire. Our gaol birds are better oared for in the way of provisions, than our soldiers. Perhaps, Lord Roberts will ohange all this. The irrepressible Riciotti Garibaldi, son of the " Liberator," who offered to raiee troops for service in Sonlh Africa, knowing well that England oould nob accept them, was a prominent character about town in Melbourne, a few years ago. He was one of the final five candidates, whose applica tions were under consideration, for the town clerkship of South Melbourne. Governor Lamington and his lady, leave London for Brisbane ia March next. There was just a fear, or waa merely an opinion that Hia Excellency would not retunfV Bi*r resignation may oome with the proc'amation of the Commonwealth. Lord Beauohamp's good bye, will be murmured then. William MorgaD, "Will, Honeyoombe," editor of the "Dnhbo Disfatc/i, is at the time of writing hopeless y i<l. Many thousands throughout the west wilt sorrow at the news. He proved himself an ideal western editor, for he knew the people and fche

peculiarities of the territory, and the land question, and every other matter of western concern and interest, thoroughly. He oould, write'solidly, and when the humour seixad him, it seized him at will, he oould write a column of exquisite gossip, seething with native wit and originality. Almost every Australian ab the front in South Africa is an amateur war correspon dent, and an excellent) one at that, jadging from the columns of '" despatches" in all the papers written by them. Some of these letters, written with pencil on rough slips of paper, with a rock for a p»d, are eurprii ingly vivid and interesting. They were hurriedly scribbled for relatives or friends, without any thought of publication, and this fact explains their value as wonderfully human contributions to a subject) of the greatest historical importance. Australians are a race of writers as well as fighters. As a people, critics have accused as of " blow* ing our own trumpets,' but) the letters received from our brave boya, »re singularly free from brag or boast about their jplitol and enterprise in the roUib of ballets H?h«,

THE a ;£LlSJit'rO& OTARDIAT^ : BATUBI»aI, FJbßiiUAi>Y U7, 1900



1900 GREAT ANNUAL SALE — OF — DRAPERY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS, WILL COMMENCE SATURDAY, JANUARY 20. ANDREW ORR. F-L M. JONES. STATION ISKY STATIOWf3RY, ACCOUNT BOOKS, ACCOUNT BOOKS, FANCY GOODS, FANCY GOODS New Shipment now opening Uf from London Houses. —(x) —— A LARGE and Well SelectedJStock of Goods for all Department, importedjdireot.from leading London, American and Japanese houses, coneiatlDg of BOOKSVO BYS,™ N-ofGOOOg. LKATHBR GOOD,. BOOKS—Excellent Variety of priz-, reward and presentation Booka. Historical. Biographical, Scientific, P»etioa], Travels, Novels, and various Binriiugs. Bibles, Hymna | and Prayers, (various styles) Church Praise, Wesley's Hymns. , STATIONERY—P!a:n, Fancy and Commercial Paper, Envelopes, Boxed Stationery, i Whtelnd Tinted 61 and Is, Specially put up for me by Marcua Ward ud Co., of London A.I. values. Repolnlc.—-vellum. Linen and Bank papers ruled and plain. ; LEATHER GOODS—Puraes from 6d to 20s. Wallet?, Card and Letter Cises, Ltdies' and Gentlemen's Dressing Cases, Hand Bags, • , Pencil Cisea. Companioaßt FANCY GOODS-Phot.o Frames. Screens, VVorfcbfxea. Inkstand?, Vase., Ornaments, Clocks. Album" Easles, Basket,, Glove & Kerchief Beta, Obinets, Trays, Flower Stands, Spil! Boalß Teapots 6d each, Vases. Ornaments too numerous to particularise. BASKET WARE-Open and Closed Svin Lined, all sizes and puces from 6d up, IOYB-A Great Variety of Wood, Tin and Rubber mechanical Toy,, form Horse and Cart., Barrows, Go-carts, TeaSeJ.,, Bo^tj, Watches Balls Cuhes, Blocks. Ark-, Poaz'-es, Skutlee, Musical Toy Raitles Steam Boats and Engines, Marie Lanterns. MieroM»p*, Prams and Tricycles, and 1000 articles from Id up. RFWING MACHINES—The Anchor Machine, well finiaW and up-to-date, good machine, haad and Treadle from £410s to £9 10.. Makea a splendid present. riAXNOfc* and ORGAINB Pkom lOs iper month lowest Cask Prices. TRADING STAMPS GIVEN TO CASH PURCHASERS. H. M. JONES. """""our compliments TO LADIES RESIDING IN THR COUNTRY, And we beg to remind them that oar GREAT ANNUAL SALE OF ENTIRE EXTSTING STOCKS (including Balance of our Lovely Summer Goods) IS NOW ON! NOW ON TTTE *RK PROUn TO THINK THAT THE FIRM OF "" W. STKANGE &CO. pnrucipate in the benefits offered by this Great Sale 1 Tho*e Ladies who cannot epare the time to come to Town for this Huge ,-aie are inviced to " SHOP WITH US BY POST! Which i« 'he ™*ie P t thing in the world. All you have to do is to get one t ««r (Vtalooues (we will send you one post free on application), see what wh "v- to 8,11, make your selection write down your requirement*, JnoloU ren»tta«e to value of Roods (P. 0.0, Postal note or Postage S amps will do) and Poßt to m a« soon *» possible and we pledge our word thatTthe above simple directions are followed, we will execute your order immediately on receipt of your letter. And, as we naturally desire to retaiTyour confidence and keep your custom, you may be quite sure wo Sill be w careful in selecting the goods you ask for as if you were present in person at one of our Counters. THIS IS A TEMPTING SALE it ,11 «* rldiehtful eurprisesfor Buyers who may reckon on getting Splendid vSnf for their Money in Dresses, Dress Goods, Dress lengths Robes, « a Mantles Jackets, French Millinery, Gloves, Sunshade?, Cottons, WooK Me*'* and Boys' Clothing, and Hundreds of Other Lu.e*. a «wn ihm A OATALOGUB. Well illustrated and attractively pre- B5Sd. 1 sure to please you. May be bad post-free on application. Come up for the Sale by all means if you can, but, if you can't why then SHOP WITH US BY POST! We have B uudreds o! Post Customers. Why shouldn't you be one, too ? W. STRANGE & CO. OHftl TOHUKOH.



T. Bullock. 4s\J ACRES &\J WELL situated on Rioeoonrse Road, together with Dwelling House of 5 rooms, verandah, etc. This not having been disposed of on Saturday, < fifties are invited for the furchase of same, It is conveniently situated near town. Liberal terms of payment. Full particulars furnished on application. T. BULLOCK TO LET I in Ea-fc Street at present oecupiedby Mr X, Knight, Possession can be given nexo week. Apply, T. BULLOCK " SHEKP~COUNTRY ASHBUR.TOU GORGE 3018 ACHES 301? Being RB. 31832, 31833, 31834, at* thera. 1 his property nob having been sold by auction, offers are invited for Ihe pur chase of same. i T. BULLCOF. | TO LET. DWELLING of 6 Rooms, also Stable; together with 2 acres of Land, front | ing Charles Street, AHenton, and near tba Wsollen Fjoiory, Apply to T. BULLOCK, Agent | TO FARMERS. I FOR BALK, I OOrV ACRES mostly Eirrt-olass Land, *-J £ f suitable for all round farming. ! further particulars furnished on applioa tion. T. BULLOCK. FJK BALE A SHEEP FARM 1 Rangitata Distriot, not far fro.-n Faliog Railway Sta.ion. Good, healthy Sheep Country-, | 1*«1 ACRES 1181 WITH exteneive improvements, viz : — Gocd Homestead, Stable. Loose Boxes, fcheariog Shed, and Sheep Yard?, also Dip, surrounded by a number of paddocks— 451 acres freehold, and 730 acres leasehold, at a low rental. Full particulars furnished on Application. T. BULLOIK. ~ GOOD BUILDING SITE. Realisation Sa'e—Town Section 1169 PBICB dS3B This section, which contains 1 Rood 4 Perches, and haviDg about three chains fron tage on Havelock Streeb and West Town Belt, was purchased from the Crown in November 1883 for £60, and resold imme diately after at a considerable advance profit, 1 ut theproseutowner,who is an absentee, has now decided to realise, and has authorised the acceptance of the above figure, Apply to— T BULLOCK. A sent TO LEI 1 ROOMS centrally situated in Bank Build ings, Arcade Chambers T. BULLOCK TO LET. TXIANGLR Shop fti d Bakery, situated a short distance fn ra the Post Office ! T. BULLOCK. Tv L iii T OFFICE or Small Shop in Arcade. c Pos session can be given next woek. Apply, T. BULLOCK. "SUBURBAN PROPER! 1 V g ACRES, 5 Good Land, all in grasß, well situated on Winter's Koad. A nice site for a house. Exceptional'y easy terms of Payment. T BULLCOrL_ npoiT~slLS7~~" SHKKP COUNTRY—HINDS DISTRICT Not fur from the Riilway Station. 509 *«»_" 509 MOSTLY in i? 8 nativa state, being R.S. 33453, 33456, 33457, and others ; all fenced, watered with County w*ter races. Liberal terms of payment can bo arranged. For further particulars app'y to _____ I. BULLOCK. ALFORD FOREST. FOX ~SALB, 4O ACRES 4O BEING Raral Sections 22038 and 2?039 fronting Taylor's Stream, on Wintei slow Ran. Liberal Terms. T. BULLOCK. , W jj &4 r~YJi Lmmi i h« i o a ,5, aO,H «3 >ri ■*- X 3 s Ph g PQ rJI » crj ftj Mai g GO "CLARKE'S 6 4.1 PILLS warranted to cura Grave), Paius in the baok» and all kindred complaints. Free from Mercury. Established upwards of 30 years. ! [n boxes 4s 6d each, of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors throughout the world. Proprietors, The Lincoln and Mid land Oounfclra Drug Company, Lincoln Ifngland "OBRFBOi'ION Tn TEA—McKenzie's t pure Ceylon packed, unblended Hondai Ls*nka Tea surpaseee all competitors, ask any I oomutner; your Grooor will supply it.



ST. BTE PH E N'S CHUKCHI Aaliburun. I la aid of the Chii'oh Building Fund. A LEOIUHE ON "I.OYFT. " WIIX UK DICMVRItKD iv the (Schoolroom on TUESDAY, FI'BUUAUY 20. AT 7 30 I.M. ' BY TlllC YEN. ARCHDEACON HARPEK, M.A. TJIHE Lecture will be illustrated by nmg- JL nificent LIME LIGHT VIEWS, the originals of which were taken by the Aroh deooon during his recent travels" in Afrio. Tickets : Is each ; Children half prico. |Ba«i ■—11111 Hill HI I'lH lIIIIHIJIIIMIH iMWIIIWIIMMMWM^ FRIKDLANDKR BROS. Ltd, IMPORTANT SALE OF TOWN AND SUBURBAN PROPERTIES, HOUSE HOLD FURNITURE, Etc. THUBSDAY^MARCH 1. MHSSRS FRIEDL&NDER BROS., Limited, have been favoured with instructions from Mr J. H. Maynabd, who ia leaving for England, to Sail by Public Auction, on the above date, his Household Furniture and Effects, also the following j Proper ties, viz : — t £ Acre, with 8-roomed houae, fronting ; N.E. Belt, with Bathroom, Scullery, Waah-house, Stable, Cowshed, Fowl- 1 house and other outbuildings* ■ £ Acre ad j )ing above, with Carpenter's | Shop and Stable for removal. i 4 Acre, with 4 roomed Cottage, N.E.Beit, j rental ss, with vegetable garden. £ Acre adjoining above, empty. | Acre in Princess Street, with 5-roomed hous". | Acre adjoining above, empty. ' 6 Qaarter-Acre Sections, fronting Grey Street and N.E. Beifc, being T.B. NoV. 947, 943, 949 and 957, 958, and 959, 25 Acre Section on Mitoham Road. The Furniture includes Piano by Roeener, new instrument; Organ by Cornish, 14 atop ; Violin, Diniug Table, Book caßß. S'jf<», Easy Chaire, Double and Single Bedsteads and General House hold Furniture, large quantity of Tim ber, Builder's Toole, etc , four fiist olaßH Dairy Cows, Gi«r, Horao and Hivmeßß, Sprtng Trap. 2 Baooners and large quantity of Fowls. SALF, AT 12 30 p.m. R. FRIEDLANDEK, 2 89 Auctioneer.



PRELIMIB 4HY ADVERTISEMENT GREAT .CLEARING SALE AT WESTERFIELD. MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1900 MESSRS FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd. (in conjunction with the New Zealand Farmers' Cooperative Association) have been favoured with instructions from Messes C F. and P. E. Todhunteb, who have disposed of the Westerfield Estate, to hold a complete Clearing Sale on MONDAY, March 19th, 1900,0f the whole of their Live Stock, com prising;— SHEEP, CATTLE, HORSES, PIGS, Also,— The Farm Implements, Household Furniture Etc., WITHOUT THE BLIGHTHST RESERVE. Full particulars in future advertisement. FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd. N.Z. FARM ERE' CO-OPERA TIVE ASSOCIATION. S. FRIEDLANDBRI . b , 2 90 H. A. LLOYD/ AMCi)lopeers ' FOR SALE. HALF ACRE of Land, on Alford Forest Road, near Woollen Factory. For particulars apply FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd. ~~FOR PRIVATE SALE. ASEVEN-KOOMUD BLOUSE, with Scullery and Wash-house, £ acre, in Tailored Street East, close to Masouic Hall. Full particulars from FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd.



PERK J£N|S' Patent Bag Lifter. mHIS SIMPLE APPLIANCE can be _I_ fixed to a Dray or Waggon, and, by the aid of a horse, will hoist Bags of Grain, etc., over the sideß of a dray, or on to a platform, ai the Rate of 50 Bags in Ten Minutes. The Appliance is made of Iron Piping, and weighs only 401bs. It can Le fixed ou to any kina of Dray or Vehicle, or Loading Stage, and is so simple that anyone can use it. If a horse is not available, two men can supply the necessary power to work it by pulling the rope instead of yoking the horse to it. The Patent Lifter is an appliance that will do all the Bag Lifting of a large farm in a few minutes, and no Farmer or Storeman should be without it Prices made so low to bring it within the reach of all. It can be used either in the Paidock, at Bdru, or ab the Store. FRIEDLANDEE BROS., Ltd, Agents. CORNSACKS. 1500 BALES NOW LANDING. TjV'VRMERS will please give? us their JL Orders promptly if delivery is required ex ship. Stocks will be kept at our Aah burton, TinwaM, and Lyndhurst Stores, FKIKDLANDER BROS., Ltd



•REMOVAL NOTICE E. J. GUY, SADDLER, WISHES to notify to to his Cusfcomera that he has REMOVED baok to hia new Promlees on the old site, Burnett) Street, Large Stook of BADDLERY, HARNESS, WHIPS, &c, on hand. Inspection invited, AH orders left wibh me will be promptly > executed. '<i 98 PHOTOGRAPHY. HALMA & CO. PHOTOGRAPHERS. Saunobbs'h Buildings WE are still doing 3 Enamelled Oabi neta foe 4a, 6 for 6s, and 12 for 10s. PHOTOS Of our BOYS in the ROUGH RIDERS CONTINGENT from 2* a Copy. AH branches of Photography at popular Prices STUDIO ab B*under'a Buildings. Note the Address, and do not be misled*



or The original letter aa above from a well known gentleman and many others of equally high compliment m&y be seen ab our office—CRAIBUEAD AND BERSYMAN, th Leading Tailors and Outfitters The soothing and heiling properties of Chamberlain's Oongh .Remedy, its pleasant taste and prompt and permanent cures, have made ib a great favorite with the people everywhere. For sale by Aihburton Drag Company