The Ashburton Guardian.

?ol xxi. no. 5278

Ashburton ; Wednesday, December 5, 1900.*

Pbice : One 'Penny

A BRITISH "BOOM CITY."

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There is a boom in Glasgow, a. boom founded not on feverish speculation, ball on solii business. In thesabarbs yoo see the lines of new houses being stretched oat in all directions. Iv the heart of the city old buildings are being palled down on a gigantic scale, and elaborate and cost ly modera premises pat in their places. Abonfc twenty yeirs ago Glasgow had • great land boom. In this city the role tons that, whenever a purchase of roal estate is concluded, p»vment is only made on the half-year day. For some time any* one could buy a block of real estate, and be morally certain, If he used reasonable care, of selling again at a fair profit before pay-day came round. In one ease a firm of lawyers bought a block of bnlldings for £10,000- Within a week a client came offering to buy the blcck for £13,500. Very shortly after he sold It In turn for £18,000.

The boom of to-day is of quite a different kind. Ie is not speculative. Business firms are buying land In the heart of the city for trading purposes. The great ineurar cescompsnies are erecting monster office blocks on every side. In the centre of Glasgow bnd had increased in value about 50 per cent in tan years. One set of corner premises could be had 10 years ago for £22,000, which was than a fair price. To-day the owners are asking and getting £36,000,

TH# WOBKIHG MAN'S FABADIBK. Glasgow to day is the working man's paradise, if good wages, plenty of work, and cheap living can nuke a paradise. The engineering works and shipbuilding yards right down the Clyde are straining every nerve to keep pace with the busin ess that is forced on them. The naval activity of the Government, the demand for cruisers and transportshlpe, the steady growth of the eea transit trade, have set the dockyards hungering for more men extending their accommodation, bringing in new machinery, working overtime.

No matter what is Government elected, say the men of the Clyde, "we are cafe. Neither Radical not Unionist dare cripple the navy, and while naval work continues we are all right.' Doubtless the unskilled labourer, the man tnly worth fr< m 18s to 26s a week, is net earning amejh more to-day in Glas gow than »oywhere else Bat when we come to the intelligent and trained mech* anics a different state of affialrs is found. The bricklayers are getting tht-ir lid an hoar, and aie working their 56 hours a week. Ihe stonemasons get only $d an hoar less The quairymen have forced their wages so high, and h«veeo increased the coet of stone, that men are muttering that they will kill the goose which Ityj the golden Bgg if they do not stop.

WHBBE WAGES ABE ONE FOUND A DAT. In ihe printii g trade he is a poor lino* typist who in a union house is not earning £5 a week. The masters wisely encourage this. They may think the rate rather high, but while tha rate of pieciswork remains what it is, they would rather havQ expeit operators who earned their £1 a day than others who (ny get 10s. You need rnly to rent one machine fot ihe man making £1. You need two machines for the two men who only make £1 between them.

Ie the steel and shipping trades !e skilled men are finding all the work they want at top rates. The Glasgow workman finds that high wages go with cheap living. Bents In this northern metropolis would be counted by the London labourer as exceeding low. Most of the families have an exceedingly poor standard of household requirements. The rule in Glasgow is to livein blocks of dwellings, four families to each floor fo* cmc staircase. The usual home consists of two rooms and a little scullery, and the Glasgow mechanic looks at you in cold Scottish surprise if you dare to suggest that his family require more accommoda tion than that. ' I've known very good men brought up in a 'but and a ben,' ha says stoutly, 'It was good enough for my father : It's good enough for me. Bents are high about here.' By 'high ' he means about £18 a year, not including taxes. I suppose the fair average rent for the respectable Glasgow working man is £15 a year. To a Clerkanwell mechanic, who pays 12s 6d a week for a few roons in a noisy block, this w 11 seem outrageously cheap

WHEN A MAN'S SINGLE. But it is when he is single that the Glasgow working man need spend little on the necessaries of life. The corpora* tion has devised enormous common iodg' ing houses, at varying prices, but much cheaper than corresponding places in London. Private enterprise has followed the municipal example. The man tan for from 3|d to 6d a night obtain accomo* dation. of the most comfortable kinds With kli He cubicle to himself, and with - abundant common rooms, everything he wants 1b at hand. There are jfires and cooking utensils for him, wirti attendants to clean up after he has done. He can buy raw food at cost price and .cook Jt h mself or he can, it he prefers, bof I cooked-stuff 1 at low rates. If the Glasgow workman ie left a widower ho can go Into the Municipal Family Home, where each of his children will bo cared for by trained nurses, fed and tended while the father is earning Ma living, for Is 101 a week. In addition to the fathers house rent of 4s 2d a week. If the man dies, the wife can eaiii her living while finding food and shelter for herself and her children in the home at even lower rates. *■ .

CONSULTING OPTICIAN

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SHAW, SAVUi \fi\) *. 1..81 UN OOMP vNY. I.TMITHSD FOR, LONDON. j*i nO7Aii MAIL STWA jfflHSHpfflfo MER".. with'•npcrior ;JllisHilst^ acoomtttodation for all classes ***"*''' ■'"*'-v' of passengers, calling at Monte Video or Rio, Tenerlffe and Ply. mouth. -Vessel Ton Commander From Date. Kwrfcmea 54M Burton ... Lytb'n Sept 22 Gothic . 7730lKldley Wel'b'nJan 31 °~ CARGO STEAMERS. Rnmara 6000 Scotland W el'g'u Oct 25 Tokomara 6233 Maxwell Nov Uaori 5317Moffitt Nov ' ~~ JS. W. HANMIS! Agent. ffi»H 1 NBW ZEALAND SHIPPING *OO.'S LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS FOR LONDON, be VMeo, Tenerfffe A Plym«ath, " Probablefiaa? Steamers. Tona. Port. Date. Paparoa 6563 Wellington December 6 Fakeia 5628 », J»n 3 Tekoa 4050 — 'an Waikafto 4767 ~ Jaa Papaaoi 6372 — Jan 31 Banffshire 5537 — I'o follow Oiarama 3300 — „ Wakatane 5716 — •. ■Rlmataka 7700 — „ Waimato 5610 — „ Wakanui 5706 — „ Baapehu ' 8000 —> _^! Ftr farfeher partlonkra apply t« fRUDLANDSR BROS., La*. U"~hkJn" Steamship oompany Off NIW ZEAI,AND. Limited STEAMERy SAII FRCML^TTBLTON AS UNDER: F»r We«tport and Greymoath—Weekly Wellington-— Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturday!) NOTE—For extra Ballings see advertise : nsenfc in Ohrintotiaroh papers Danedin — Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tuesdays and Saturdays Nelson and Pioton, via Wellington— Tuesday and Saturday Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate Thursdays The above are subject to alteration; eferonce ehonld therefore be made to Qhrietohnrch dally papers for dates and boar of sailing For farther particulars apply to F FERRIMAN, • Agent, Aahbarton "henry stephensonT {successor to Alfred Harrison.) Established 20 years. AUCTIONEER, LAND EOTATE AND COMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER WEEKLY SALES of Live Shock *Pr«fima«i»-Furniture, eto., ■ EVERY BATURDAY. at 12 o'clock. Cl«sring Sales of Stock, Household Furni ture, etc., as per arrangement in any part of the county. . Advances made on all goods placed in my hands for Sale. Regular Consignments of Colonial Grown and Island Fruit sold privately through the week, and at Auction on SAT UP, PA VS. Agent: '^CfeHrloh Onion Fire Insurance Oompany & Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agency Company. PIANOS and ORGANB on time pay ments from £sOs per month. 1 HIKKY siijPHENSON, AUCTIONEER. A CABD, A Bracoh Office has been opened^by the . undersigned *' MesbbsNiooll Bbos,, Eas Street, where they will carry [on praotice>« B*Mhten and Solicitors. AUDI & HARMAN, Solicitore, Chriatrch ob Money to Leiad at Lowest Current Rates" •n Freehold Security. No Procuration £ee> MAUDE & MARMAftj 12 48 Aahbnrton. ' KAYE & GARTEfT ♦ A RE CASH BUYERS, highest current jljL rates, all FARM PRODUOE. Agents toir Sowon's and Lawson's Unrivalled Seeds, New Season's Supplies of RAPE, TURNIP, MANGEL CLOVERS. &o, &a, JUST LANDED, LARGE STORES at LYTTELTON. EXTENSIVE OLEANIN& MACHINERY. CORNSAUTIS always on hand, KAYE & CARTER, OHBIBTOHy|tCH. 9 57 Manning & Co's NEW SEASON'S : BOTTLED ALES AND STOUT, j IN QUARTS AND PINTS, THE BISTInTthE MARKET Equal to the Leading Brands of ENGLISH ALES, Agents for Ashbnrfcon—MbsskslShbae mat Bros* */l JLL Loasjby's Preparation T-Cinoatnoa J3L Gate, K«olibah» W*hoo s and Ben jaman Gum—at JIE Qqoqs Storekeeper^ -



SHEARMAN' hh ■.h., FAMILY GROOERS, IRONMONGERS, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS •_- »(x) GROCERIES. GROCERIES NONE but the beafe brand of Groceries kept in Stock—Tinned Fish and Meats o? every description, Currants, Raisins, Sultanss (all of First Quality); Agents for Gore Oatmeal; Butter and Cheese, the finest procurable from the best makers. Millaquin No. 1 Sngar always in stock. TEAS. TEAS. TEAS. We make a specialty of Teas, and have a large stock, ranging Ifrona Station Teas to the Finest Orange Pekoe Ceylon. Packed in Jib and lib Packets, 51b and 101b Tina, and Half Obests. Samples may be had on application I GENERAL MERCHANDISE. B B A and TUS Sheep Shears, Oil Stones, Ropes, Nails and staples, Raw and Boiled Linseed, Castor, Neats Foot, and Valvolin« Oi's; Table Outcry; by the best makers, Electw) Plated Goods a specialty, suitable for Wedding Presents; Splendid Assortment of Brushware o£ every kind, Lamps and T.amp-j ware, Ironmongery, and General Household Requisites, Customers may always rely on leing supplied from a large and well assorted Stock of the above Goods a~ the moat reosooable prices. Letters and Telegrams promptly attended to. SHEARMAN BROS., MARKET HOUSF, BURNETT STREET, A.SHBFRTON k$K YOUR SHOE DEALEB ■ i FOR E^ViEfBY f/fl • • ENCOURAGE PAIJK / COLONIAL GUABANTEED. BAArpQ V QfTATPQ NjDUSTBjY, I MANUFACTURED BY t S. ANDERSON, TIMARU. G. MEDDINS, " THE PEOPLE'S IRONMONGER," Opposite Arcade, Burnett Street. BOWLS BOWLS. BOWLS. TAYLOR'S First Quality and Presentation. Inspection Invited. SHEEP SHRAKS. SHEEP SHEARS. BB A, T.U S, I I A, and Shepherd Brands. Oii Stones, Raddle, Lamp Black, Branding Oil, and all Requisites for the Shearing Season. LAWN MOWrHsT~LAWN WIOWEBS. The Latest Improved— " The Pastime," easiest running Machine made. j Also, New Faay, Orescent, F & N, etc. 1 J. SEALY & CO., \ THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED SEED FIRM IN ASHBI7RTON, JOJ O f}^ ARE Btill to the front, and are prepared to supply their many «l^« (Xj \*J\J» Patrons with reliable SEEDS, of every description, THAT WILL GROW, ab lowest market rabea. SEEDS K)R THE FAUM, VEGETABLE SEEDS, FLOWER SEEDS, & ' GARDEN REQUISITES of every description, Direct from the Growbbs and Manufaotubbes. OarlStocka of NEW SEASON'S BEEDS are from the Celebrated Firms, James Oabteb & Co, London, and Peter Lawson & Son, Edinburgh, and they are of the best quality obtainable. . FEUIT. FRUIT. FRUIT. LA~R6E STOCKS of aU Seaaonablß FRUITS alway a on hanrt. m p y L O R? S ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE HTHE ONLY up to date Boob Shop in Aehburton. For real good Value, Style, and Fitting try the f'ZEA.LAJSDI BOOTHS Every pair gaaranteed- Remember our Price is the CHEAPEST, and oar Stock the LAJiGKEST in Canterbury. If you want good Value for very little [Money, than be sore yon ! GO (DO Ti/rFfT T OTi^ ZEALANDIA BOOT BTORE, SNORED TBEET, ASHBU9TON



THIS SPACE RESERVED k ■ JOHN T. OOQCH, SairodeiV ■ Buildings, i 1211 NOTICE TO FARMERS. ■^E ace CASH BUYERS OF PRIME MILLING WHEAT IN ANY --QUANTITY Please take yoar Samples to the Mill We can supply Oornaacks at coßt price. GRISTING DONE ON FARMERS ACCOUNT. CANTERBURY ROLLER FLOUR MILLS. (ROLLITT AND C 0.,) D. WOOD, Manager 17th MaMh, 1900. | THE COMING J^RVEST BINDEK. I AM THE AGENT FOR THE Piano Jones Lever Binder PRICES AFb TERMS ON APPLICATION. I Guarantee to keep all Extras. E, W, HANMER. LINOLEUM. LINOLEUM. JUST ARRIVED PER «S.S RANGATIRA,' AT T. H. UNDRiLL & CO.'S. LINOLEUM. LINOLEUM. NEW & CHOICE DESIGNS AND COLOURS. LINOLEUMS AND OILCLOTHS. The Largest Stocks to Choose from, at Prices to euit all, at T. H. UNDKILL & CO/S. A 1 so, Some Remnants at greatly reduced prices; also, a Large Assortment of Oilcloth for Dados. BEDSTEADS. BEDSTEADS. We have just opened Another Large Shipment of Brass and Iron Bedsteads in the latest designs, direct from the Best Manufacturers in Birmingham, which enables us to give you the best possible value. BEDDING & FURNITURE ©fall kinds,made on the premises from the best material. We invite all to suspect our Stocks. No one pressed to buy. T. H. UNDRILL & CO., CABINETMAKER. UPHOLSTERERS, PICTURE FRAMERS & UNDERTAKERS, TANORU BTRF,ET,[Next Building' Society's Office' A. AgKK, LLEWELLYN OWEN, AJ3uil.LiJb.Ol . MtCS.M. ARCADE CHAMBERS CERTIFICATED TEACHER. ASHBURTON. LOOAI/ Representative of the London College of Music, and ef the Mueica ——- International College. IF you want a NEW HOUSE, or Alter* PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, VIOLIN, MAfc ta ■, ■ .« , DOLINE, SINGING, HARMONY tlons, or Newest) Sjltyle of Decoratious, COUNTERPOINT. CONSULT MR AGER. . _ JUST OPENED—Fiehing(Tackle, Per t. Call and see the O Karatnea from London. The lates Rods, Minnows, Lices, Gaff Hooka etc. etc NEW FIBBOSE BLIND «Mfrfo»PW>fci«» iPvlted.~HAßDi,Er B»os, Imitation of Venetian, »t half the price. LET, 11 si WAJjU Shop and Premises at the corner of the —— Triangle, fronting Cass Street and Wakanui TO LET. Roati i leading to the Poit Office, at present SQUARE Dweilinff Home of four rooms, temporarily occupied by Mr Bryant, baker with Rmali >tabl«, frontlnj? Archibald Possession can be given in about a week Street, near the Railway Station. W BULLOCK (D BULLOCK -TV — r = -—— Agenti bmoke New Venui



AWORI) to the wise—Try the rapidly lightning Shirt Gloss, it never fails— Shearman Bros and John Obi & Co are the I Agents .. ■ ,\ '■' ' . BAKER BROB., CIORNTSHIWG TrNDEBTAKBRS E URTHSHTNG U NDERTAKERS, DIRECT Importers of Beßt and Latest Designs in FUNERAL FURNISHING. FUNERALS condus^ad with the greatest care and (satisfaction, -it most I reasonable charges. Corner of. W?k»nnl Road and Case Streets, and Baker and down's Ooaoh Factory. T H UnBBILI.  B UNDBILL T H UNDBILI & CO FURNISHING UNDERTAKERS (EANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON I EVERY REQUISITE ON HAND. ' Polished Coffins a Specialty, A Choice Assortment of Artificial Wreaths in Stock. Private Address, Poter Street, directly behind Oddfellows' Hall; alsooaree Mr T. Andrews, East Belt. I THE DAINTIEST LITTLE WHEEL THAT EVER WAS" * The Bamhlerr HAVING sold out o! my old stock of these superior Bicycles, I have asc o eced np a fresh consignment of the LATEST PATTERN « RAMBLER" SPECIAL LIGHT RACERS, ROAD RACERS, ? <fe ROADSTERS n all sizes md ali fitted with \he eve* acting 6 & J detachable Tyre. "TJ3LJ& JLC.A.afß.LiJffiß.' ii AiSD INSPECT THE STOCK. Price Easy. Riding Easy. Machines the Strongest on Earth. ACCESSORIES IN STOCK. OTHER MARES FITTED WITH G & J TYRES* D. THOMAS. _______ __ REID &_ GRAY. WE have pleasure in announcing that we have removed to Temporary ; Premises in ! BURNETT STREET (Adjoining the Ashburton Club) Where we shall carry on our buslnees pending fcho erection of Our Nhw Warehouse & Showboom, We are carrying a larger and more varied stock of Implements and Fittings, "Deering" Machinery, Twine, Oils, And All Farmers' Requisites, And shall be glad to see our namerocs friends at our Burnett Street Premises. We have disposed of our Jobbing Depart' ment bo Messrs Kennedy and Muir, whom we can confidently recommend as up to date tradesmen' REID & GRAY, . B. RESTELL, Manager. J. V. DE BEER WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER TTAS jost received a Large Shlpmen [op WATCHES, WATCHES 6 Dozen Nickel Levers at 2?S 6& Specially made to order, Strongly built to suit hard wear. 2 Years Guarantee. 3 Dozen NICKEL WATCHES at 20a 1 The best value in the Colony. 1 years Guarantee. A New and Full Stock of Gent's and Ladies Gold and Silver Watches to hand. SPECTACLES New Frames and Lenses on the Interchangeable System. To meet the requirements of those using the famous "LAZARUS' Spectacles a special importation of his Frames and Lenses to hand. SIGHT TESTING A PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED, J. V.DE~BEER WATCHMAKER JEWELLER, Ashburton



; A PHOT LIAR OASE UNDER TREATMENT In the Blenheim Hosplta., BVt IT PLANTEKOA TO EFFECT A CURB. Read the following It will interest you :— Beaver Road, Blenheim. June 21st, 1900 To Pre priefor of Plantekoa. Dear Sir,—Kindly permit me to add my grateful testimony to the value of yonr Grest Remedy Plantekoa. My wife was coffering frcm a decayed jaw and poverty of blood,, and was treated for a month in the Blenheim Hospital, Tour Representative recommended me to get Plantekoa for her. Almost from the first dose she commenced to mend, ad is now quite herself again. I'conaidei? it qhe best Medicine I have ever know , and shall recommend it to all who Buffer." Believe me, yours sincerely, W, Day, Junb. If you are eick or suffering, TRY PLANTEKOA. It will care you. Does your Chemist or Grocer keep it If not, call on CARSON AND CO., Or Anstral Botanic Company, Plantekoa Proprietary, Wellington. THE McCORMICK TXT A S AWARDED AT THE CHRISTOHUROH SHOW, On November 9,1500, The Certificate of Merit, Which carries with it a SILVER MEDAL, the highest award given to Harvesting Machinery at this Show. It wins in PARIS mote Awards than any other American Exhibitor there, beside* ANNEXING the Grand I^leld Tria.l Trophy of a Gold Medal and 200 Francs, AGAINST ALL COMERS. Gall and Inspect this Bnperb Machine before buying elsewhere. Morrow, Bassett & Go, ASHBURTON. M; PRIEST, Manager MRS ALCORN is having a display of Fancy Art Needlework—the newest and latest for two weeks* during which she will give 10 per cent discount on it, and all materials for working; As it is laid out for inspection she will feel obliged if ladies interested in needle work could call and see it. OSBOBN COOMBB PIANO TUNER; 4 EXPERT (Late of London), VISITS Aahbnrton and surrounding dis tricts every four months, viz—March, July, and November* ORDERS may be left at the COMMERCIAL HOTEL, or with MR LLE WELL'S N OWEN at his Mueio Studio, Arcade Chambers, Anhburtoa. Old Harness Machine Belting, Etc. SET, with a Hammer. From all Iron mongers and Storekeepers. BIFURO&TBD RIVET CO., Ltd, London, England. Full particulars from Harrison & Webb Auokland. {Cut thw' out and »how your ronmonger.) "36 MONIY "~~" rtiAAA TO lend on first Mortgage db^iUyU onapprovea freehold «ecari tiee either in one sum or in aums of £WQO and upwards Apply to m BULLOCK - ""toTet, j Dwelling of five rooms withi verandah and! scullery, centrally situated on the south eide of Moore Street. Possession «an be given' «*z Thursday ne^t, 29tb y^^g^^ Wade's Worm Figs, the wcwderful Worm orrisrs, never fail for adult* »ndt children fioe Is BUILDERS will find it.to their ad vantage to get estimate* for Ir pnutongeryfrom * BAEDtEfßaofi



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