THE ASHBURTON G .iftDIAN t MOND&¥, MAX 6, 1901

Printed aud published by Ahmwt John Tyrbell-Baxthb, of Earoott street) ess* for the '.^wtfetogn . Bobhikb Bell »ud Henbyjldam Maokay, ftttsheir Prinioß Office Bueaebt Bbteet, Ashburian "™^ monmy, m*i ft, im



PRIZE DUCKS, FOR SALE — Purebred White Fekin Ducks, from first p r j Zß gtoc i, g g eMn H G Bebryman, Ashfenrton 2 Manning & Cos' NEW SEASON'S BOTTLES ALES AND STOUT, IN QUARTS AND PINTS, THB BEST IiSPrHE MARKET Equal to the Leading Brands of ENGLISH AIiES. Agents for Ashburton—MESSßS Shiab MAJf 8808 ' THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS 00 OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION Of CANTERBURY, Ltx> Offioes, Warehouses, and Grain Btorei Weiit Street, Asbburtoß, EVERY DeiorMjoß of Farmer* Requisites at lowest rates. Groceries, hardware Saddlery, OorneacH, Woolpacke, Twine, Oi's > tinware, Horse Covers, Etc. Etc. GRAIN SOLD ON COMMISSION. Having reliable Information from ear Agents in other parts of the Colonies, we are iv a position to obtain highest poßtible price, for all grain placed in our hands for disposal, Shareholders should be particularly care ful to enquire from us and inspeot oar geeds before ordering elsewhere. WE have several really firat-olasß Farms for Ba!e on cur books, and farmer* wishing to purchase would do well to call on us fer particulars :— 1000 Acres Laariston District 750 „ Wakaaui " „ 1031 „ Cherteey „ 1958  Dromore „ 1180 „ Springbura  C 276 .. 674 „ Waterton ,J 1287 „ Seafield T. F. GIBSON l m ________ Manager To the Farmers OJT THE ASHBURTON OOUNT\, TTERE IS A LIST of a few ol |th THINGS WE BKLL :— Mohawk Fpring-Tooth Marrows,* Line Harrows, Patent Lever Harrows, Turnip Grabbers, Hornsby's & Bansoiue's Plough Share* (all sizes), Oastor & Cyliisdrine Oils, in any quantity, Oorn Crushers, Bone Mill for Fowl Fanciers, Excelsior Horse Hoes, Garden Cultivators, Sterling Bicycles— (Ohai or Chainlpsß, and all Acceasoriee), AND ALSO THIS MoOORMIOK Reapers and Binders, Mowers, Daisy Reapers, Hay Rakes, and Knife Grinders. CALL & INSPECT BEFORE ORDERING ELSEWHERE. Morrow, Bassett $ Go 9 Wills Steeit, Ashburtok. M. PRIEST, Manager TAILORS, Barneti Street. TN Oonßequmce of having oompfkratirslf SO BAD DEBTS I ti,\ 4ft NO OLDSTQCE X{ llt NO MISS FITS I obtfllU WE can offer yo« a Splendid Snlb st the above figure. 5160 McBRIBE, Monume tai Soalptor, 60 Stafford St, Tiraaru tA LWAYS fa Btook—A xl class eelecbioQ of Marble and Granite Monumentia, Oeaigns and Estimates for; warded on application. Letter Cutting in any siylt ~(i. JESSON, JiSWELLER| ITT AVING; taken a| k&se of ona of the new shops in Davis's corner, t am now showing a large and varied stook of Watches Clocks, and Jewellery Eleotrcplate, E6 suitable ftr Christmas and Wedding Pr . sents ab prices which defy competition. Note the Address—Davfo'a Corner CARBIDE, Garbide-For Bike Lwnp«, Carriage Lamps, and for Houso Lighting, eto, at Christchuroh prioei— .Haedley Bros, Eaeb Street AKOHITEGT. ARCADE CHAMBERS * ASHBUETON, TF you want t NEW HOUSE, c. Alter t ' titons, or Newest Style of Decorations, CONSULT ?MR AGBR. Call and see the NEW FIBEOSE BLIND Imitation of Venetfar, at half the price npfiNDERB WanTelf- For the wearing o JL two thousand pairs o Boots. Apply at J Meixob, Tancred Streeb



/^> 0 TO Hardley Bros, for Jronmongiry VJX tTiuware, and Brashware; JjMtlf P|coeß from 24b, Register Gra tea from 10s, Ranges from : Wad^b's Tbbthino Powdkbs•lor Babies are soothing, reduce fever and prevent blotches; price, Ie



SMOKE NO»JH3«S-i*.Y OTOJBACJCJO The Lafceßfe and Best Manafabtored by 0 Wiixiams & Go), Rich mood Va,



MR F. N. WHITCOMBE, SURGEON DENTIST, SAUNDERS* BUILDINGS, (Opposite Railway Station, Ashbarton) | BEGS to intimate that he has commenced practice at) the above address. Having imported the latest appliances direct from London and New York, he i 8 prepared to do first olase work at moderate fees. ! All work done with care and despatch, and oply the beet materials used. Stoppings and oare of Children's Teeth a specialty i MR WHITOOMBE will Visit aa follows:— RAKAIA—First and Third (THURSDAYS of every month at the Railway Hotel. ! i Hguhe—9 till 1, and 2 till 5. COAL. COAL. COAL. TIMBER. TIMBER, TIMBER. TF«YOU WISH toeave money, you should buy SHAG POINT GOAL— The Cheapest and Cleanest Coal in the market, and effect a saving of 30 per cent. BEFORE you commence to build, we advise you to call and finepeet our splendid. Stocks of REGISTER GRATES,! ENAMEL MANTLIPIECIS, and COOKING RANGES, We can give yon better value than any other house in the trade. TF YOU REQUIRE your Residence PAINTED and DECORATED, we have the Largest and Choicest Stock of WALL PAPERS in the County to select from, and can give you every satisfaction. IF YOU WANT Table Knives, BUTCHERS' KNIVES, Pocket Knives, and Razors, We have jnst opened op £200 worth of Cutlery direct from the makers, the quality of which is unapproachable. W. H. COLLINS & CO., IRONMONGERS, PAINTERS, TIMBER & COAL MERCHANTS. 4u>ENTS, KOYAL INSURANCE COMPANY li .mi mii ■ ■niiwwuiwiiMiiiiM mi iiinirr-«imrtrTiiMwr^r J'»»'»^»^'—""^«'-— -———°-«~————-——«™»™» MELLOR'S ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE IS THE KING OF BOOT SHOPS. Pronounced by the Ashburton Public to be the Cheapest and MostJ Reliable Boot Shop in A&hburton. HP HE FOLLOWING IS A FFW OF OUR PRICES:- Men's Good Blnchere, great value ... ... . 5a lid Men's Good Shooter Boots from ... ... ... 9a 6d Men's Light Sunday Boot, good value, at ... ... 8a 6d Ladiea' Pretty Oxford Shoes from ... ... ... 6s 6d Children's Boots from ... .., ... la Od Boys' Strong School Scots, very cheap* only ... ... 4a 6d Ladles' Leather Slippers from ... ... ... 3s lid Men's Canvas Shoes ... ... ... 6a 6d Ard|.a Thocss-nd Other Lines that Defy Competition,at J. MELLOR'S ZFALAJNDIA BOOT STORE, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. OSBf >RNE: SPRING TOOTH CULTIVATOR. INVALUABLE for GRUBBING TURNIPS and CULTIVATION OF ALL KINDS. We are'prepared to give a trial to anyone requiring one of these Implements, ON VIEW AT >X" JOHN-ORR & COS. ASHBURTON, BMOFE ONLY NEW VENUS a PERFBOT TOBACCO. &g» JU*T IN TIME GUNS. GUNS. GUNS, I m"""Jl™"l'"'L'""*X»' n(l""" Single and Double B»rrel, from 80s to £7 10s GA ETEIDGSSr~ i:"^ARTRIDGES. i Eley's Blue, Smokeless, «nd Universd ; NEW CLUB, NEW RIVAL HORSE~~CLIPPERS CHEAP AND GOOD. ~P A IST Ct 17 Q ("Orion," "'Zwlandia," and » Soott'a ") Register XVxJIIU \JTXL(O Grates, Mantel Pieces, Garden and Oairpenters' Tools, Lamps, Builders' and Furnishing Ironmongery, etc. Kindly Pay Me a Visit;, and Save Money. a mEKdins, The People s Ironmonger, Burnett Street, Opposite Arcade



lames r < S~^ FNUINR Tailor-made Costumes, Habitß \Jf Jacketi", Rsinptoof Mantles &o, made to measure in the litest Styles and newest I Materials. Fit and workmanship guaiasr; u d@d. i GENTLEMEN ! We have just opened out ex a.a 'Ranga— tira! a large Shipment of New Winter Goods We respectfully invite inapeotlor of our new Worsted and Vicuna Suitings, Serges, i Scotch, Irian, and West of England and New Zealand Tweede, Meltone, Beavers, Yene tifiDß, New Rainproof Covert Coatings, real 1 Donnybrook' Irish Friezes, &,o. Suiti to measure from ;83, Trousers from 15b. Our motto is always * Satisfaction !' CRAIGHEAD & BERRY MAN The leading Tailors * Out fitter a Aahburton A CARD. MESSRS STRINGER & CRESSVVELL BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS, CHRIBTOHUROH, HAVE OPENED A BRANCH OFFICE at) Mb Davison'b, West Street, Aehburbon, where they will Attend every THURSDAY and on other days whet: necessary. They will be represented in Ashburton by Mr J. Davisgn, who ia authorised to receive instructions on their behalf, and to whom communications may be addressed. We have various sums of money awaiting Investment at lowest current rates. STRINGER I^ORESSWELI., SOLICITORS, CHRISTOHURCH * ASHBURTON. T> H Ukdbill E Undbiil T H UNDRILL & CO FURNISHING UNDERTAKERS | TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON EVERY REQUISITE ON HAND. PoLshed Coffins a Specialty^ A Choice Assortment of Artificial Wreath I in Stock. —~P Prlvate Address, Peter Street, directly ; behind Oddfellows 9 Hall; also care 0 Mr T. Andrews, East Belt. I BAKER BROS., CIOBKISHING TTNDERTAKMIB *- imNISHING *-> NDERTAXERS DIRECT Importers of Beet and Latest Designs in FUNERAL FURNISHING^ FUNERALS conduced with the greatest care and satisfaction, it most reasonable charges. Corner oi: Wakanni Road and Case treats, and Baker and down's Coacb actory. ANDRE W ORE, I FMMENBE ARRIVALS or New Autumn Boods* NEW JACKETS, NEW MANTLE", NEWSOORSETS, NEW DRESS GOODS NEW BIL B, NEW MILLINERY, NEW FEATHERS^ NEW RIBBONS, j NEW MACINTOSHES, NEW FLANNELS fHEALTH FLANNELS, NEW BLANKETB NEW QARPEIB NEW LINOLEUMS, I I NEW GOODS \ IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. NEW TAILORING DEPAKTMi£Nr, , BEBU SCOTCH, §;IRISH, ;& ENGLISH ! SUITS MADE FROM Fit and Style Pebfeot. DRESSMAKING DEPAETMENT, Giving the utmost satisfaction. j Okdees Tdbnbd Out With Despatch ANDREW ORR. INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE & MARINE. T4/TESSRS NICOLL BROS, having been appointed Solo Agent for this Company for Ashburton and Surrounding Districts; Policy Holder? will ia future kindly Day Premiums to them. Messes Nicole.; Bros, will be please. supply all neoesaary information to intending Insurers, A W PARSONS, ' ' Manager 1 Chrisfcoburch, 11th March, 1901 312 WHAT prize takers for pastry me. Fatty Fan baking powder the greftt



THE DAINTIEST LITTLE WHEEL TEAT EVER WAS" * The Bambler." HAVIBQ sold oat of my old stock of these superior Bicycles, I have use opened up a fresh consignment of the LATEST PATTERN " RAMBLER" SPECIAL LIGHT RACERS, ROAD RAUMtS, \ & ROADSTERS ! a all Fixes and all fitted with the evi>" | lasting G Sr J detachable Tyre. 1 "THIS UA.JttBJLi.KK.' OALb AJNIi INSPECT THE STOCK. Price Easy. Riding Easy. Machines the Strongest on Earth. ACCESSORIES .'IN STOCK.' OTHER MARES FITTED WITH j G & J TTRBSi D.THOMAS. ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING fAND INVESTMENT SOCIETY.* T OAKS GRANTED FROM ,£25 and upwards, at current rates Full Particulars on application. WORKING EXPENSES on all Shar are now due and payable* Office —Tanored Street. Office Houre—-9.30 a m till 4p « Firsti Tuesday in Month—9 30 an. till pm; and 7 till 9pm ALBERT ROBERTS, i Manager AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL " PBOVIDENT SOCIETY, NEW ZEALAND BRANCH : Head Office, Custom-house Quay Wellington. Local Board of Dikeotoes : The Hon, Morgan S. Grace, M.D., 0 M.G., M L.C. (Chairman) The Hon. Charles J, Johnston, M.L.O (Deputy Chairman) Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Eaq. The Hon. Edward Richardson, 0.M.6. M.L.O. John Duncan, Esq. ~mkdical officer* Pr. a E Anson, |M.D., M.R.O.S England npHE Oldesb, Wealthiest), and most JL Prosperoas AUSTRAL AN LIFE OFFICE AND THK LARGEST MUTUAL OFFICE IN TH BRITISH EMPIRE. The only Mutual Life Office which de clares A BONUS EVEHY YEAR The Method of Valuation adopted by this Society is of (he most atringen Character, and Ensures a larger Reserv to meet Liabilities than that held by at. other Office in the Australasian Oolonie ACCUMULATED FUND EXCEED £16,500,000 (SIXTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONS) STERLING, ANNUAL INCOME EXCEEDS £2,000,000 (TWO MILLIONS) STEELING. Policies in force ... ... 1?>1,!74 Sum Assured £45,528,090 Cash Bonuses Divided ... £8,815,731 BONUSES. Cash Bonas for one year, 1899. £506,138 yielding Reversionary Bonuses amount Ing to £942,500, after making specla reserves. Cash Bonuses declared or laet five years, over Two Millions, yielding Reversion ary Bonuses exceeding Four Mllliona, ASSURE YOUR LIFE IN THE A*M.P, SOCIETY, And Secure a BONUS EVERY YEAR. Expenses of Management—9 Per Cent [on the Total Income. Edward W, Lowe, Resident Secretary Branch Office— Custom House Quay, Wellington. James Hair, District Secretary. District Office Ojathedral Square, Ohristclllirch Old Harness Machine Belting, Etc, SET with a Hammer. From all Iron mongerb and Storekeepers. BIFURCATED RIVET CO, Ltd., London, England. Full particulars from Harrison & Webb, Auckland. (Cut this out and show your ronmonger. j7 vThebeee WATCHMAKER * JBWELLEB BEGS to annouoct chat he is making extensive Alterations to his Business Premises, having imported ENTIRELY NEW WINDOW '• FITTINGS of the Latest Englißh Design, which whan I complete will enable him to Show his Largo and Select Stock to the beat advantage ON SATDBDAY, APBIL 6. The Finest Stock op MEW JEWEILERY WATCHES, SILVER WAR!, Ever offered to the Aahburton Public w be diaplaytd. Daring Alterations Busing will be carr on an usual. J. V.DE BEEB WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER, i . Emi Street, Ashburten ■



COOKING KANGEB. TVARNINGHAM AND 00, fi IMPROVED ZEALANDIA, NEW PATENT. Needs no Setting. Can be used as Open Fire* ASK FOR THH IMPROVED ZEALANPIA. 4 8p woiuierfvi nKniomß! BEEGHAM'S PiLLS For Billioua and Nervouß Disorders, eaoh aa Wind and Pain in the Stomach c Siok Headache, Giddiness, Fulness and Swelling after Meals, Dizziness and Drowsiness, Cold, Chills, Flushings of Heat, Loss of Appetite,: Shortness of Breath, Coebivensas, Blotches on the Skin, Disturbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams, and all Nervous and Trembling Sensations, eto. The First Dosb will give? Relief in Twenty Minutes. This ia no Fiction. Every sufferer is earnestly invited to cry one Box of these Pills, aad they will be acknowledged to be Worth <A erUJIiSBA a JB©X BEF.GHAM'B PILLS, taken bb directed, will quickly restore Females to complete he&lth They promptly remove any obstruc tion or irregularity in the system For a \ WEAK STOMACH, IMPAIRED DIGESTION, DISORDERED LIVER, They act like magic—a few doses wil work wonders upon the Vital Organs strengthening the Muscular System, restor ing the longlost complexion, bringing baok the best of appetite, and arousing with the robust health the whole physical energy of the human frame For throwing off fevers in hot olimates they are specially renowned Thuse are ' facts' admitted by thousands, in %ll classes of Society, and one of the best guarantees to the Nervous and Debilitated is that BEECHAM'd PILLS have the Largest) Sale of any Patent Medicine in tee ( World BEECHAM'B PILLS Have for many years been the popula amily medicine throughout the Brifcia Colonies, and they now stand WITHOUT A RIVAL. PKeP^BED ONLY BY SHOHII JBJEBCISAM.ST. HELEN'S, E Sold everywhere in tries —9£d, Is 1 la 9d eachj GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. Low Premiums. Cheap Management. Careful Selection of Lives. Government Guarantee. T OW PEEMIUMS.-Notwithstanding the _LJ low premiums, the funds of the Depart ment, accumulated during thirty years, now amount to ovar three millions ster ling. /^HEAP MANAGEMENT.—The most rigid \J economy is observed. The ratio of expenses to iacome is far lower than that of any other office of similar age in the Colonies doing the same bind of business. iHABEFUL SELECTION OF DIVES.—The \_j utmost care is exercised in guarding against the acceptance of doubtful risks. As a consequence, the death-rate year by year falls far short of the expectancy upon which the tables have been computed. fi OVEENMENT GUARANTEE. —Tho VX payment of every policy is guaranteed by the State. I Funds, over THREE MILLION POUNDS. Annual Income, over £400,000, Cash Surplus in 1896 (for three ysars), £225,000. 9. H. RICHARDSON, i] Commissioner. TRIAD I?liotogfir >»plii<3 Competi tion. THE " TRIAD " offers a Ist prize of two guioeas and a second prize of one guinea, for Photos of Suenery by Amateurs, not lees than cabinet size, mounted or unmounted. No photos sent oan be re turned, and may be reproduced in TRIAD. To close 20fth May, 1901 Puzzle Competition far children under 14, see TRIAD CONDITIONS. All that is necessary to enter for this com petition is to post photo or pho'o f"r>cloßing a receipt for sa, or more, from t^y Tkiad advertiser) to " The Manager of fche, c TßUD, Bsjned ia. % Ajax Washing Powders Aagb N.Z. Cycle Co. Auckland forwarding and Pivrcels Delivery Agency Bermaline Bread—all Grocer? Brinsley and Co,'a Ranges; Bing, Harris & Co, Arrow Brand Boots Commercial Hotel, T N Orange Curtis, F, Jeweller Danlop Tyres G-awne'a Sauces, Pickles, Vinegar. etc Gear Meat Co Gregg and Co, W, Coffee, Starch, eto Hayward'e Picklest and Sauces Jones, H M, Triad Agent Kirkpatrick, 8, and Co, X Jams Kharki Cigarettes, Eagle Go's [ Kozio Teas, all Grocers' Lane's Creosoted Emulsion Loaaby'a Wahoo, Koolibah, Kenjamin ! Gwm, and Cinnamon Cure. I Meddina, G., Ironmongf r N.Z. Clothing Factory Neko&i and Cog Tea Micholaa & Piokford, bootmakers Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corpoe tioD, Ltd. Orr, A, Draper Penroae Bros, bootmaker Priest and Hoidgate, Ironmongers Sanderson's Scotch Whisky Shag Point Coal, John Cowles, agent Spring Blossom Tea Buratura Tea Teed and Oo«, Corn Cure Tonking's Linseed Emulsion 04 Tui" Extract of Soap Waltke'a Soap Wills' Three Castles Cigarettes & Tobaooo Woodrow's Hats, Gollin and Co, agents Ysktea & Co, Arthur, meed merchants LS^JPOWDERS I lelieve feverish heat, PREVENT FITS, CONVULSIONS, ETO. Preserve a healthy state of the con»ti« tution during the period of Teething. The words "JOHN STEED MAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTH, SURREY," • Are engraved on the Government Stamp affktd t6 eaoh Packet. Kern pthorne, Prosser and Go. Agents e!5^"~~ tcTlet, j TINWALD. SQUARE Dwelling House of Five Rooms, Scullery, Pantry, &o, fronting Mc- Mnrdo Street, together v..th | of on Acre of Land. Apply to T BULLOCK, Agennt to iTet DWELLING of 4 Rooms with Garden, &o, fronting Cambridge Street, Hampstead 1 ' Apply to T BULLOCK, Agent t&mok® New Venn.



Like the flight of the swiftest bird is the prog •s^sim ress of a hacking cough *^ into consumption. First a cold, then a settled cough, then slow fever, night sweats, and hemorrhages. Don't neglect your cough. Stop it at once and drive away all thought of consumption. Begin as early as possi ble—the sooner the better—to take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral the most effective remedy for coughs of every kind and in every stage. One of the most annoying coughs is , a throat cough, where you have that constant tickling in 3 rour throat. It comes on worse at night, keeps you awake, and makes you have that smotherod feeling in the chest. It hardly seems possible what one dose of Cherry Pectoral will do for this i kind of a cough, it brings such marked relief. Put up in large and small bottles. When the cough gets down deep la the chest and the lungs are painful, put one of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Plasters directly over the tender lung. It will draw out all the soreness. Prepared by Dr. i. C. Ayer Co., Lowsli, Mass., U. S. A. LOABBY'S? Standi unrivalled for indices WAHQO fcioa and uiver Complaints It is purely herbal, and cannot injure the moat delicate constitution. Its effeeb is almost instantaneous ; ? single dose usually relieves, whilst one bottle is gener ally enough to cure. LOASBY'S WAHOO does not require a, dozen bottles to be taken before yea oan , judge its value. No other Medicine stiver thed nika you, at we do, to buy only one bottle; take it regularly according to directions, and then give the verdict. ■ Hundreds of testimonials in our possession ' prove that many confirmed dyspeptics, after every known remedy had failed, have been completely cured by She aid of only one bottle of Loaßby's Wahoo, Loasby'a Wahoo-—Price 2a 6d, everywhere Sole manufacturers and proprietors— LOASßY'S WAHOO MAMUFACTUR ING CO., Ltd, Danedlm Wholesale Agents— Kempthorne, Proiser & Co, N Z Drag Co Ltd TO LET AT A LOW RENTAL SHOP and premisses ab tha corner of the Triangle, fronting Oaes Street and Wakamii Road, lending to the Poat Office and Railway Station T BULLOCK — r lo XBT /COTTAGE of four room and Scullery, \J centrally eitmted in Wills Street West, near Railway Statlo£,and fronting Domain. lULLOCJC Agent jk ......-t  -. - ■ ■■ ■ » FOB SALE BUILDING SITE. 1 AURK 1 2 ACER On The Western Side BEING T.S. 1129 acd 1130, fr Cameron Street Easy terma if rrq ircd. Apply to T BULLOCK i «■ , *1 NEW" "ZEALAND 'INSURANCE COMPANY ESTABLISHED ► 1859 CAPITAL—ONE MILLION THE Premier and Wealthiest Coloal Company, Noted for Promptness and Liberality Paid-op Capital and Eeserves, £400,000 Fire and Marine Risks, Alao,~ Risks on Growing Crops, Threshing Machines, etc, accepted fat lowest current rates MCOLL~~BROF., Agents AT E, Alookn's Sale—A^ Splendid lob of Men's and Boya" Clothing At greatly redaoed prices j Boye* Norfolk Salts ab lla 6d, worth Iss 6d ; Men's Strong Kaiapol Tweed Trousers 8b 6d, usual price 11b 6d ; Ladies' Hose from 6d a pair, a Special line at Is ; a great variety of Men's and Boys' Straw Hats, mast be sold Ladies heron Oxford Shoes from 6s 9& lUWEILYH OWES. CERTIFICATED TEACHER, Local Repreeentative of the London College of Mask) and of the Musical International College, TT7ILL Resume Music Leßsom (praubical Vf and theoretical) on FEBRUARY a. Students prepared for any examination held in the Colony. Candidates presented, 107 average mark btained S3 per cent. £pARMKRS and others, prepare for the Winter, and have your Home made cheery and bright with tbe powerful Acetylene Gas. Estimates given by Habsley Bbos. SALE — l-accy Wofk, Silks, ATaßene Perlinee, Canvas, Berlin Woolb, Linen and Stamped work generally, all reduce siring Mrs Alcobn's Sal SPECIAL Purohaoe of & Manufacturer's Stock uf Ladies' Sailor, Trimmed and Untrimmed, HATS, at Is each, for 14 d&yei ANDREW ORE. r— ■ , You can depend on ridding you children of Worms with Wade's Woem Figs, the wonderful worm worriers, price, la FOR Sale, cheap, for Gash—Several hun drod pairs of Boots and Shoes, Apply Mellor's Zbalandia Boot Btot*



The success ot theTQ I 0 8»l« of pianoa anfl organs etill proceeds as merrily as ever, Bad there seema no abatement; of bnelnesß. The SftSi shipment) waa opened Saturday rttoming, and included a beautiful specimen of the maker's art) in the shape of % imtgni6 cent iosn'iimmst) by the well known firm of i Kiohftrd LSpp and Bon, W&NJKD Known—Tha«- we expect a ' early Winter, and fortunately ar quite prepared for it Everything aeaßonabl for Ladies' and Gentleman's wear now showing to our epaoio* premises — Mmmwh aw Tvuhkb, I'b® Drapers



No One Knows. THE WEIGHT lOP ANOTHER man's buudbn. many a one in ashburton BROUGHT TO LI'JHT. You knew if you have a burden to hear, You knowjwhere you'aro taxed to bear it. You know how much trouble |it gives you, | Bat do you know how to shake itrff?j The back bears more burdens thai; all j the human orgssism. j Aid it objects iolt, sometimes empbati-' oally It ftchef, it pains, Is weak and lame. It's your fault if you don't come to the rescoe. Perhaps you don't know how. W® ciooid tell yon but yon might doubt us We will let an Ashburtoa man do it then, tls easier proved. Mr T Alexander, Moore Street, Aeh bwton, states:—"For about seven ysars I've bad disordered kidneys, At times the tortures I have had to put up with have been unbearable and I'd have to knock off work. In f*ct, work at J inch times was impossible. The agony wag right in the small of my back and In inch apart that it would strike over my body, The secretions were also bad red with a brickdust like* sediment, and g raided considerably. When these at tacks were severe I was compelled to go to the doctor about the matter, but somehow their medicines did not act up to the mark, I was pretty bad when I saw Ooan's Back ache Kidney Pills advertised and as this seemed a likely sort of medicine for my trouble I obtained & box at the Ashbarton Drug Go's atore, The re lief came soon after I started using them and after a couaae the pain waa quite cured, end my secretions cleared of all foreign substances, They are tip top pills and ahoald be made known to all eiafferera from kidney trouble. Take no substitute. Remember it was JDoan's Backache Kidney Pills which cured Mr Alexander, and you want the same remedy. Doan's Backache Kindey Pilla are sold by all chemiata and storekeepers at 8a per box, (six boxes I6s 6d), or will be posted on receipt of price by the proprietors, Foster McOlennan 00, 76 Pitt Street, Sydney, N. S. W. But be sure they are Bonn's.



Tit© Premier ©a British. Trade- N0...N88D FOR PAKIU ! Lord Salisbury replied to the toasts of H M Ministers at the annual dinner on March IS h of the Association of Ohambera of Ooronißre«, held in the Hotel Metropole, London. As had been said, it was a great honour to the nation that all parties had held to gether bo well that oar strength was ■till impaired. On the floor of the House of Commons, in the most literal 862180—-(laughter) —there was to he foond difference of opinion, *ro o'her country could show muoii unanimity as this country .after what it had gone fhrounh. Proceeding, he remarked that he did not find that the spectre of Germany affected commercial prince dom. Ha thoughht the despondent feeling was rather owing to the neces nitj of fertile writers of producing copy for the issue that was impending than to any real foundation in fact; Still there was a note of discouragement in a certain portion of public opinion and the public pi ess at this time. He thought that perhaps it waa national penuiwisra which attends on too great success, but he trcsted they would take •nob warnings ag if they were real, and give their whoio attention to meeting »ny dangers that might be pressed Upon them, and repair any defects in their armour that might exist, and fit themselves to meet adversaries of whom it was undoubtedly true that, as ©very decad® passed by, they became more powerful and dangerous ■"- MS jjjjisjj pi- FOREIGN LANGUAGES If there was a defect in our social and commercial trading it was that we had left foreign languages too far be hind, (Hear, hear.) They must not, be said, be afraid of the word ' atilita- j rian,'ba6 mast consider education with a view to the retmrn which might fol low it. He believed oar fault was that, in commercial education at least, w& did not sufficiently cultivate the knowledge of foreign contemporary language*. (Hear, hear) He con sidered that all those who had to male® their living by commerce ill any of ite stages, from the highest to thfi lowest, ought to know French and German,, and posaibly Spanish, before they thought of Latin and Greek; (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He had saggested that as a pasting remedy for a disease which might possibly not exist. | PARLIAMENTARY INTEBFERENCE He might suggest one other with re spect to the supposed decadence of English enterprise and English com-! merce. He admitted be did not be lieve In it very largely, baf, if there was stseh a thing, wae it not permissible to suggest that the fault might possibly be not in the Parliament which med dled too much ? Was it not possible that their condition was a good dual affected by the attitude borne by them by capital as well bs the attitude borne to them by labour! Capital might have its strikes as well as Übonr, and so it appeared quite a possible result of the too constant interference with pri vate liberty—though he fully admitted In many cases they were absolutely required—that they might have the reßttlt of a discouraging capital which formerly might have been employed ia this country with greater keennesß ; and enthusiasm. Then a fecrious and formidable danger came of the philar— thropic Parliamentary interference which attracted so much that one did not stop to think if thrre was a danger on tb© other Bide, and, therefore, abuses were brought about.