The Commonwealth Celebrations

United Prei>s Association—T?y Electric Telegraph—Copyright

Sydnky, December 5 The hotel and restaurant employees have asked for an increase of 40 per cent in their wages during the federal boom. Adelaide, Dec 5 One hundred troopa take part in the Sydney cslebrptiong (Received December 5, 822 pm) London, December 4 The Right Hon. J Olr.mbarkin, Secretary of State for the Colonies, presides »t the Oolor.iil Gluts' Common wealth dinner in January,

Marvellous If True.

The Sau Francisco Examiner thus refers to a new illuminating substance just discovered in Paris ;—" Day after day it will emit its rays and spread illumination. Year after year it will grow, and though centuries pass, its radiance will remain the same. The tiay disc of greenish stone will be placed in the wall or ceiHng of a room, and the apartment will be lighted for ever." This new substance is radium, for the dipcwery of which Madame Carrie, of the Municipal School of Physics at Paris, haa jost received the 4000 francs prizn, and a place of honour in the A cadetrj of Science, For years scientists have been interested in the curious luminous properties of uran ium and allied substnnces, Professor J J Thomson and many other English physicists have been investigating this subjct for some years ; Professor E Rutherford, late of Canterbury 00l- Jege, and now of McGill University, Montreal, has laid before the Royal Society a paper dealing with a most interesting aspect of the subject—the minute subdivision of the molecules of various bodies under the influence of these strange radiant compounds. Madame Currie, howßver, seema to have anticipated all these dis tinguished scientists In isolating the precise substance which exhibits these peculiarities in the most marked form After experimenting for some time with pitch blende and similar substances, she came to the conclueion that the* power possessed by uranium of absorb ing and emitting light, must be due to some other substance, quiescent in and separable from it. She first produced a form of bismuth, and then of barium, which exhibited all the required quali ties in an exaggerated form. At last she reached the climax of her progress in the new illuminant over which the Examiner rhapsodises. Discounting some of the nonsense talked about it, radiam is a very extraordinary sub stance. It is like a dall green piece of stone, and it sheds light seemingly without beat End without loss of energy. A piece of radium which gave light enough to take a photograph with fifteen minutes' exposure produced no effecfc at all when dropped into a flfcwk of gunpowder. Professor Bach, of Berlin, has gone so far aa to say that the radium he has examined, though tested with the most delicate instruments, showed no sign of uiolf cular disturbince and he even heairds the assertion that a piece a quarter of a inch squirt' could emit light for a million years without failing. Professor Langley, the famous authority on flying ma chinep, opened a box containing » bit of radium, bofore the members of the Smithsonian Institute, and in the darkened room the green glow from the Btone revealed every feature of every one present. It is Bonly an accident that the result cf a|l these ingenious experiments happensjjto be a novel and fconomical illuminant. Scientists are not always ultilitarianp, and they are mostly occupied just now about the marvellous property which has inter ested Professor Rutherford, among others, by virtue of which tha mole cules of different electrified substances under the action of these radio active bodies seem to be all subdivided in the flame way. In any cas*% there is not much danger at present that radium will come into the market as a serious rival to coal gas or acetylene.

The Lady Cabby.

There is something Gilbertian in an experience which the other day befell a Battersea cook, Mary Hitchcock by name; The good lady was returning home on presumably, her evening out when she encountered a cabman in dis tress. He was anxious to reach his domestic hearth, but according to the lady herself was so obviously under the influence of drink tha-t the cook doubted his ability to look after himself, handi capped as he was with a handsome cab. Therefore the culinary artist suggested that he should enter the hansom and she heraelf would drive him home. The unwise Jehu readily fell in with this plan, and the cook, mounting to the box behind, commenced to drive her fare homewards. All went well until Nemesis appeared oa thes:ene in the shape of a police constable, who inquired if the lady had a driver license. No, she had not, but under the ciroufcD stancfs, which ehe explained, perhaps the law would be pleased to overlook the formality. But the law was ada mant, and the cook was fined 10a at the South western Police Court for driving a cab without a license. Such was the reward for a well meant kint|» ness

fHE ABHBOBTG!* QttAfiDlA^ \ tftfEßSttAt DECEMBER 6, 1800

Printed ud published by Atnm J«HK TTUtui^BAxna* of Bornett street Nik foi .tae. Proprietors, Robmt Bkll uj Hknby Adam Maokav, »t thtfe Printing Offioe, Baraett Street, Aibborton, THURSDAY. DBOEMBER 6, IJ#C



Pure, Rich Blood Gives Appetite, Tones Up the Nerves. When the blood is bad everything is bad. There is loss of appetite, great depression, tb.B nerves are weak, no energy, the face is pale, and there is loss in flesh. Mrs. Annie Power, of Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland, sends us her photograph and says : "I have suffered greatly from loss of appe tite, great weakness of the nerves, thin blooa, and from the trying climate of this part of the country, especially during the summer. I have used AVER'S Svsapafflo ■with perfect satisfaction for these troubles. Other members of my family have taken it and many of my friends. I Delieve it to bo the best family medicine there is in the world." If you are constipated, bilious, tongue coated, or if your food does not digest well, take Ayer's Pills. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mms., U.S.A. (CHEAP. f\ OODWILL of Lease (Perpetna 640 Acres first class Sheep Country well fenced and watered, with good house of 1 rooms. Stook [can be taken over at valua° l™ E. W. HANMER. JOHN OER & Ce. HAVE ON SALE A FIRST-GLASS STOOK OF GARDEN REQUISITES. LADIES And Gentlemen are invited to inspeob oar Bteck of Rubber HOSE. FOR SALE (CHEAP,) BEVERAL GOOD Second-hand Bicycles, FROM No Xfteaeoxiaible Oilex* JEtefuesedL John Orr & Co. Yoo Miss Maay Goo&tkings If you »o not buy your Habbwabb and Groceries from John Orb k Co., Bast Street, Ashburton, G. JESSON, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER TTAVING takes * lease of one of the new shops in Davis's oorner, I am now f howlng a large and varied stock of Watches, Clocks, and Jewellery* Eleobro.plate, Efco, suitable for Ohriafctoaß and Wedding Pre seota ab prices whiofe defy aoaspetitioa. _^ Note the Addreeg-nDAVis 1 jgraer, __ O» WING to & grest increase in busiiießß we have arranged for an eitenßion premises, and to avoM removing and «toriog a lot of our Stook, twill hold a Ctauiine Olearin - Sale For Ooa Month, previoai to the build rt commensimg operations. This is an opportunity rarefy met) with of obtain ing New and Seasonable Drapery and Cloth tag at Greatly Reduced frices.—Robert Alcoun. Wade's Worm Fi^Ban3 most) effective and not unpleasant; c'pildreiji thrive after i^iog btm Frfai



FRANKLY, AN* ADVERTISEMENT."" "May Apple" ia better than pills, oils, Baits and other disagreeable medicines. It is easily taken, more gentle in its action, and,) without irritating or weakening the liver, kidneys or stonr.aeb, it overcomes con stipation and many ilia dependent thereon. Ie acts gently yefc promptly. Ask for Impev's "MftJT Apple.* Price 2s, IS ew Zealand's athletes ab the front In cricket, football or the hunt He shines in any sport or game. His prowess ha 3 a world wide fame. But training has its usual ills, Aa over heat that causes chills Then don'b delay, bub health secure, By taking Woods' Great] Peppermint Cure



TO LE T, At a low rectal, \ Shop and Premises at the coroer of the Triangle, fronting Oaaa Street and Wakanui Road, leading to the Post Office, at present temporarily occupied by Mr Bryant, baker Possession can be given in about a weefc T BULLOCK ANEW Shipment of English Tea apd Breakfast China just to hand at reaeonable prices.—Cabson & Co,



Wade's Worm Figs, the wonderful Worm orrisrs, never fail for adults and children oe Is "~ TRIAD ~" £*£CIZFS CJOJiKtF'JEJTJLTIOIN THE "TRIAD" offers a prize of two guineas to the person who names th four'lhoat popular 'preachers,' 'doctors,' and ' lawyers' residing in the colony. The person who votes for the twelve the majority vote for will receive the prize. To olose November 20» For Puzzle Competition speoially for juveniles, see Triad CONDITIONS. All that is necessary to enter for th competition is to write down your Hat aa * preachers, • doctors, and 'lawyers , on post same (enclosing a receipt for 5s or more from any Triad advertiser, »b pqr lis below) to "The Manager of the Triad Dunedin." A]ax Washing Powders Anglo N.Z. Cycle Co. Auckland forwarding and Parcels Delivery Agency Bing, Harris ft Co, Arrow Brand Boots Curtis, F, Jeweller Gawne'e Sauces, Pickles, Vinegar) etc Gear Meat Co Gregg and Co, W, Coffee, Starch, etc Hay ward's Pickles and Sauces Jones, H M, Triad Agent Kirkpatrick, 8, and Co, X Jams Kharki Cigarettes, Eagle Go's Kozie Teas, all Grocers Lane's Creosoted Emulsion Meddins, G., Ironmonger Mrs Miller's Cookery Books $ Z Insurance Co, C Jefferson, Manager. Nelson, Moate and Go's Tea N.Z Express Gulien, agent Nicholas & Piokford, bootmakers Ooean Accident and Guarantee Corpora tion, Ltd. Orr, A, Draper Penrose Bros, Bootmakers Priest and Hoi gate, Ironmongers Sanderson's Scotch Whisky Shag Point Coal Co, J Cowles, Agent Somerset Hotel, H S Drummond Spring Blossom Tea Suratum Tea Teed and Co*, Corn Cure Tonking's Linseed Emulsion 1 Wahoo Loasby's, • Koolibah Loaeb/s Waltke's Soap Wills' Three Castles Cigarettes & Tobacco Westport Coal Co, J L Giilies, Agent Yates & Co, A thur, seed merchants



T> UILDERS will find it to their advantage ki to get estimate* for Ironmongeryfrom' Habdleyßrosl MRS ALGORJJ ia now boo* ing beautiful assortment of new Millinery new Mantles, new Drees Goods, new Silks to., in the enlarged premises. Ladies and Children** Pinafores, Aprons, and Under clothing in stock and made to order W" ANTED KNOWN—That J. Motsoh has received a large atook of fashion able Summer Boots and Shoes of the beat material, also about to arrive? new stock of the latest French Goods, and invites the Public for iuapeetioD. J. M. being the only reliable and praotical Bootmaker is the town, this gives him superiority and facility to know the best va'ue and quality Repairs carried on jußt the same, in the cheapest, neatest), and most fashionable style. Beat leathern used, and workmanship by the best of tradesmen, at The Hall, Bast Street, Ashhurton. m _^ Old Harness Machine Belting, Etc, SET with a Hammer. From all Iron mongers and Storekeepers, ' BIFURCATED RIVET CO., Ltd., London, England. Full particulars from Harrison & Webb Auckland. (Cut this out and show your ronmonger.) 336 SMOKE NOSEGAY TOBACCO, The Latest and Best Mannfactured by 0 WiLU4Ma&Coj Richv *id, V A. __ to~let Small Cottage in Tancred Street, near the English Churtih. Rental, 3s per week T BULLOCI^ Age FriiHcd and published by Alfred John Tybrell-Baxtkb, of Burnett street east MKS JOHNSTON ffIEACHER of the Pianoforte and Singing. Havelock Street, ' ~~ ToTETT ~ Dwelling of five rooms with verandah and scullery, centrally situated on the couth side of Moore Street. Possession cau be given after Thursday next, 29th inst T BULLOLK TINWALD TO LET. OQUARE Dwelling House of four rooms, O with small stable, fronting Archibald Blreet, near the Railway Station. T BULLOCK Agent GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. Established 1870. EVERY POLICY GUARANTEES BY THE STATE. The two prime reasons which have led to the extraordinary bonuses which this office has been able to declare have been its ECONOMICAL MANAGEMENT and its KE MABKABLY FAVOURABLE MORTALITY EXPEUIENCE. " The Australasian Insurance and Banking Record" Bays,—"lt (the N.Z. Government office] possesses the splendid advantage of operating in perhaps the health- Jest country in the world." To this, coupled with rigid care in the selection of lives, has been due the unprecedentedly low rate of mortality which the office has en joyed. Year by year the actual deaths have fallen far short of what was anticipated, and the funds thereby saved isve all gone to swell the profits, which at the valuation in 1895 (for three years) amounted in GASH to £225,000 Sterling. Present Funds 'amount to over THREE MILLION POUNDS. Annual Income exceeds £400,000. 1 J. H. BICHAEDSON, 1 SI Commissioner



BEEGHAMS PILLS For Billious and Nervous Disorders, euch as Wind and Pain in the Stomach, Sick Headache, Giddiness, Fulness and Swelling after Meals, Dizziness and Drowsiness, Gold, Chille, Flushings of Heat, L"88 of Appetite, Shortness of Breath, Cestiveaess, Blotches on the Skin, Disturbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams, and all Nervous and Trembling Sensations, etc. The First Dose will give Relief in Iwenxy Minutes This is no Fiction. Every sufferer ia earnestly invited to try one Box of these Pills, and they will be acknowledged to be Worth a CtITXfITEA a BOX BEECHAM'S PILLS, taken as direoted, will quickly restore Females to complete health They promptly remove any obstruc tion or irregularity in the system For a WEAK STOMACH, IMPAIRED DIGESTION, DISORDERED LIVER, They act like m»gic—-a few doses will work wonders upon the Tital Organs ; strengthening the Muscular System, restcr iug the lcnglost complexion, bringing biok the best of appetite, and arousing with the robust health the whole physical energy of the human frame For throwing off fevers in hot climates they are specially renowned These are ' facts ' admittecJ by thousands, ih ail classes of Society, and one of the beet guarantees to the Nf rvous and Debilitated is that BEFCHAMM PILLS have the Largest Sale of any Patent Medicine in tne World BKECHAM'* PILL.S Have for many years been the popular family medicine throughout the British Colonies, and they now stand WITHOUT A RIVAL. PREP^WED ONLY BY WHOSEA» BJBJKCMAM, St. Helen's, Eng Sold everywhere in bottles—9£d, Is ]£d, and Is 9d eac_



BELFAST AND FAIRFIELD FREEZING WORKS MANURES, ARE THE BEST T7IOR TURNIP, RAPE WHEAT,* AND ANY OTHER CROP. SPECIAL MANUKE can be mad 3 for any kind of Soil, or description of crop. SATISFACTION GIVEN iviRYWHERE LAST SEASON. MANURE CAN BE SUPPLIED IN 1 Owt. or 2iowt. SACKS Orders received b/ jFJLIIEr>LAJ>fr>JWR BROS., JL.imtte&., DAVID THOMAS, OR TMJB JN.Sfc. FABM£R^ CO-O.tMiiJKA.I.XVK OF CANTERBURY, JLimited., CANTERBURY FROZEN BOJAT AND DAIRY PROPUCI EXPORT COMPANY. LIMITED. 880 ft WAYMOU ....gecr-^My.



LINOLEUM. LINOLEUM. JUST ARRIVED PER «S.S RANGATIRA,'AT T. H. UNDIULL & CO.'S. LINOLEUM. LINOLEUM. NEW <fc CHOICE DESIGNS AND COLOURS. LINOLEUMS AND OILCLOTHS. The Largest Stocks to Choose from, at Prices to suit'all, at T. H. UNDfiIKL & CO.'S. Also, 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 nod Iron Bedsteads in the latest) designs, direct from the Best Manufacturers In Birmingham, which enables us to give you the beab possible value. BEDDING & FURNITURE of all kinds made on the premises from the beab material. We invite all to inspect our Stocks. No one pressed to bay. T. H. UNdSiLL -&■ CO., CABINETMAKER. UPHOLSTERERS, PICTURE FRAMERS ! r & UNDERTAKERS, ! TANGRii) STREET, Next Building Sooietys Office



NIC OLL BROS. P NIGOL&. E F Nicoll, L A Nicoll, Merchants & General Agents, BUYERS OF FAT SHEEP & LAMBS. k GENTS FOR— Christohuroh Meat Co*, Ltd Islington Fertilisers Little's Sheep Dip Ocean, Aooident and Guarantee Corpora tion, Ltd United Insurance Co., Ltd. (Fire and Marine.) GRAIN BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COM MISSION We shall be pleased to receive samples from farmers who hare parcels for disposal. Station Books Kept and Audited, We have received sums of Trust Monies, ranging from £100 to £1000, to lend on Freehold Securities at 4£ and b per cent. FRUIT. We receive regular Consignments from Auckland, Sydney, and the Islands ,and have in stock Apples, Pears, and Fruit in season all the year round* SEED S. We stock Clovers, Ryegrasn, Bape, and Turnip Seed of reliable quality. THE OHRISTUHUROH MEAT [GO, Limited. ISLINGTON _ MANURES Especially prepared for WHEAT, TOKNIP-S BAPE and any other crop, and to suit any description of soil. Greatly increased production wherever used. Satisfaction given everywhere. Nicoix Bros, store five varieties of th celebrated fertiliser. Price on application Allowance made for quantities. Letters will receive prompt attention. NICOLL BROS, District Agents. ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. X OANS GRANTED FROM ,£25 and upwards, at current rates. Full Particulars on application. Office —Tanored Street; Office Hours—9.3o a m til! 4p m Firsb Tuesday in Month—9 30 am till p m ; and 7 till 9pm m ALBERT ROBER Ma age NICHOLAS & PICKFORD TTAVE Just Landed, ex s.s.' Waimate, their Grab shipment of SUMMER GOODS, INCLUDING Ladies 1 Oroquet and Tennis Shoes. Gentlemen's Tennis, Bowling, [and Cricketing SHOES & BOOTS, In Oanvas, Parramatta, Glace Kid Back Skin, and Kussianj'CMf. The Best Assortment^ever Shown in Ashburton. Inspection Invited. NICHOLAS & PICKFORD, EAST STREET. Dalgety and Company, LIMITED. Head Office— 52 Lombard Street, London, £1.0. MERCHANTS. WOOL AND GRAIN BROKERS. AUCTIONEERS AND VALUATORS. STOCK/STATION, FINANCIAL, & SHIPPING AGENTS. BRANCHES : Chrlatchurch, Dunedin, «nd Napier, AGENCIES: Timarn, Oamaru, and Gore. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. D ALGETY AND COMPANY, LIMITED, desire to intimate to the Farming Community of Sonth Canter bury that they have opened a BRANCH OFFICE in TIMARU. D ALGETY AND COMPANY, LTD., are prepared to receive consignments WOOL, TALLOW. & ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE For Local Sale or Shipment to the EUROPEAN AND AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. LIBERAL CABH ADVANCES MADE on Favonrabie Terms on Growing Clips of Wool 3 also Tallow, Grain, Skins, and other Produce, consigned for sale in the London, Australian, and local markets.' NO COMMISSION CHARGED ON ADVANCES. Farmers' Accounts kept free of charge, and financed at lowest current rates 0 interest. Stock Sales held at the different sale yarda throughout Canterbury; Woolpaoka and other Station Requisites always on hand e T I M A R U~~O F F I O B, STAFFORD STREET, Opposite Bank of New Zealand. 173 NOTICE.— The rapid Shirt Gloss is so easily used that a child can gloss collars and Bhiztß, and Rive them the appear •noe 0! New—JoHN Okb & Co and Shhabmak IBbob



DID IT RYEE OCCUR TO YOU hat hen so called " Just ag Good " snbaHtutes are recommended by yonr Dealer the motive is for self gain, because of increased profit, SO BEWARE!! HONDAI-LANKA CEYLON TEA on a SEALED LEAD PACKET is your gaide and safeguard, Gold Medal Paris Exhibition awarded to Maharajah Brand No 1, in Commercial lea Class. Local Agenta—Messrs Shearman Bros , Carson and Bon's, Oooch and Co., Athburton ; iowald, Mr Gsdsell; Mebhven, Hibba Bros. ; Bakaia & Chertsey, Meiers Shannon Bros, ASK YOUR SHOE DEALER FOR EVERY f/? m t BNCOUBAaE PAIB JT COLONIAL •"""^ BOOTS & SHOES, SD 3TB* I MANUFACTURED BY ! S. ANDERSON, TIMARU.



J. SEALY & CO., THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED SEED FIRM IN ASHBURTON. JH O f~\ -. ARE still to the front, and are prepared to supply their many •O« Ou \jQ* Patrons with reliable SKEDB, of every description, THAT WILL GROW, at lowest market races, SEEDS FOR THE FARM, VEGETABLE SEEDS, FLOWER SEEDS, & GARDEN REQUISITES of every description, Direct from the Growers and Manufactories. Our|Btook» of MEW SEASON'S SEEDS are from the Celebrated Firmi, James Carter <fe Co, London, and Peter Lawbon & Son, Edinburgh, and they are of the best quality obtainable. FRUIT. FRUIT. FRUIT. LABGE STOCKS of all Seaeonable FRUITS alwayß on hand. MELLOR'S ZEA LAND!A BOOT STORE PT*HB ONLY up to date Buofc Shop m Ashburton. For real good Value, Style, and Fitting try the 'ZEALANDI BOOTS Bvery pair guaranteed- Remember our Price is the CHEAPEST, and oar Stock the LARGEST iv Canterbury. If you want good Value for very little |Money, than be sure you GOTO TVT IT'T T OT£'^ ZEAL ANDIA BOOT STORE, fPANORED TREFT, ASHBUBTl)N____^^^_ NOTICE TO FARMERS. abb CASH BUYERS of PRIME Mil LING WHEAT IN AN? QUANTITY Please take yonr Samples to the Mill We can supply Oornsacka at coat price, GRISTING DONE ON FARMERS ACCOUNT. CANTERBURY ROLLER FLOUR MILLS. (ROLLITT AND C 0,,) D. WOOD, Manager 17th Maroh. 1900, WALL PAPERS! WALL PAPERS! TT7E HAVE just opened op TWENTY BALES of the Choicest patterns and the beat valne eyer introduced into this market, and invite inspection. PAINTING! PAINTING! PAINTING If you require your house painted, we import genuine leads and oils only, and employ finfolasa men to execute our work, thereby ensuring satiefaction and durability, W. H. COLLINS &CO,. PAINTERS, AND HOUSE DECORATORS, IRON . i MONGERS, Etc. 46EM91 ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.



THE MATCHLESS BICYCLE HARDUEY BKOS have been *ppoinfcta m A pent for this first quality EN&LIBH BIOYOLE The Manufacturers, Mbskss |AIXDATB 1* Onions, of Birmingham, hold contracts for supplying Bioyoles to the Britiih Army, end , to the Postal and) Telegraph Department Of Great Britain. THE MATCHLESS has been in use righ* through the Transvaal War. Over 8,000 Machines have been supplied to the War Department for use daring the Wan THE MACHINE WILL LABT A LIFE-TIME iKsraonox Invited HABP ffiEY BBOS WANTED KNOWN. J. L. HIGGS HAS Paints, Oils, Turps, Glass, flcrlm &0,, also ohoioe Faperhangings.. PRICES LOW. High Clau Decorative Work a SpeoiaUt Don't forget. —— Colemak'b Bcildihg, Tanored Street BJu7~TjLm ~~ SHEEP Shear*. Turkey Stones, Oil, fte, at lowest current Rates. Stencil Platei of any brand made to order at HARDLEY BROS, East Street Massey-Harris Hai Testers- WE have pleasure in announcing to those of oar numerous Clients who possess Massey-Hjtrris Reapers and Binders that aa Expert is now at ABhbuiton for the purpose o£ Overhauling Machines. Farmers who wish to made use of his services, will kindly bring in their Binders aa soon as possible. FRIBDLANDER BROS., Ltd, Ashburton Agents. 23rd October 1900. 10 208 ». MeBRIX»I£, Monumental Sculptor, 60 Stafford St, Timir tA LWAYS in Sfcook—A first • JljL class selection of Marble and Granite Monument!, Designs and Estimates fer warded on application. Letter Putting in any style £L Mat son & Co.. Stock Bkokebs & Auctioneers, OHRISTOHURCH. To Farmers, Stock Owners and Pnbllo generally ol the Ashburton County. Gentlemen,— WE beg to intimate that, if at an time you have business to trantact in Ghristchurch, we shall be glad to act on your lehalf. In the event of your sending cheep or cattle to our Addlngron or other markets for sale, by public auction or privately we know that you will not regret choosing our firm as your salesmen. We have frequent orders froo London and elsewhere for Fros-en Meat, and are in a position to boy parcels in the Works. If you prefer to sell your frozen meal in. the colony, rather than shipping It to London, please communicate with m, stating prices, numbers and grades. If you desire to sell ycur property, we shall be glad to receive particulars aa to the acreage, locality and pride, and we will then insert in the next issneof our Quarterly Land & Property. Registl* these particulars, free of cost to you ; %t the same time, we allow you a free band to dispose of yonr property privately, or through other Agents' hands, we only claiming commission when a sale has been effected through our instrumentality. We have numerous enquiries from all parti of the colony, cur connections being large and extensive. We invite your correspondence on any class of business you may be disposed to place in our hands, it being* pleasure for us to communicate with you, m oocaslon may require.—Thanking you In anticipa tion, we are, Tours falthfnll-, H. MATSON & Co. 164, Cashel Street, Chrlstchnteh S. H. GBAYES, SHABEBKOKER AND FINANCIAL AGENT, 186 HEREFORD STREET, CHRIST CHURCH & AT GRBYMOUTH. RELIABLE Information on Dredgln Stocks. Correspondence Invited, Codes]: Bedford McNelll's, Morelng and Real's, A.B.C. Code (fourth Edition. ■* : MR F MAKEIG, AihbnrtoD Representative Telegraphic Address : GRAVES Chrlstchurch.l Greymouth—Hrownlie, Greymonth NOTICE. Kennedy & Muir BEG to Notify the Farmers and Bone Owners in the Ashborton County that they have TAKEN OVER RllD & GIUT'S Ashburton Branch of JOBBING k EMGI NEERING, and are. prepared to carry on all daises of work as usual; and also intend to extend the Business by adding ! HORSE-SHOEING, COACH BUILDING; & GENERAL WHEELWRIGHTING* Both having been employed by Reid & Gray for many years, and having large experience* as Horse Sboers, Implement) Makers, and! Coaoh Builders, all work entrusted to their care will be executed with despatch and a moderate prices. 10 fc i , NATIONAL MORTGAGE ft AGENCY CO. OF N.Z ( LTD, TIHAKU IMPROVED FARMS FOR SALE. 530 acres Rangitata, 250 acres Claraaoat, 250 aores Waitotis, 200 acres Waihao, 250 aores Kingsdown, 1000 aorcr Otttfe, 500 aores Totara, And others of various ilzer in South Center* bury Improved Farms for lease, with right © purchase 1170 acres Falrlie, 505 acres Totara, and 265 acres Totara Also unimproved agricultural and frrtslng Inns of various sizes on the Rainoliffe and Levels Estates, and two well improved wtatioo n opertiea of 7000 aores each