Animal Life in South Africa

On the ruarcbj m camp, or even daring a fight, one cannot help notic ing how full £outh Africa is of animal, bird, and ing cfc life, and, with the ..breeding season hs^re now, Nature is at her beat (writes a correspondent of the London Standard from Zebus'-, under date Dec. 2) The birds especially are very pretty, wi'h their gay fea thers—the red cardinals, blue }iye, and blue starling", golden oriels, and little finches like Java sparrows, w-th red beaks. All these frequent th« few ex iating lanps and hedges—which, by the way, are only to be found m the towns and villages. The secretary birds ac quite tame, as they have never been shot at ,* hawks and kites are plentiful, and the vultures'crowd round all our camping places, attracted by the dead and dying horses, The game birds are Dot many—partridges, and a few pheasants, snipe quail, and moorhen, arid perhaps one might call the plover oat here game. There are two kinds —the cappagea and the dram Ages. Along the rivers are four or five varie ties of kingfisher—the big black one and white spotted one, the larger and lesser purple kind, and the one we have m England. Then come the weaver birds, with their hanging nests End numbers of other pretly birds la the rivers which we have tried we got a yellow n%h about one'ponnd weight, something between a chub and a roach, and an ugly looking brute like a devil fi/<b, with long spikes or feelers from his he jd. Land crabs we have (taught and eaten, «nd Iguanas, whose skins make capital tobacco poaches. Of snakr-B we did sot see many We frightened a pretty green one, about two feet long, out of a bnsb by a pool m which we were going to bathe, and he s^ana like an eel across the water; and we have come across two big reptiles, about six to eight fpefc long, which we were told were harmless: Puffadders are supposed to be plentiful. Scorpions are both f p'entiful and obnoxious, and after rain imy be looked for with iome success m beds and vali ses, Centipedes are seen every where ; also a large hairy spider, light brown and red, who has a nasty poisonous way of biting, as have mos quitoes and flies. The latter, now that the hot weather is here, are almost a plague, and wake one tip as soon as it gets light. The ants are most interest- Ing, and all over the flat parts of the country their huge hills, some of them nix feet high, are studded as thick as they can be. Some baild fcbelr hills round trees, and others make them like a factory chimney, down which ; you can look. The white ants will eat your tunic or helmet m a night. Of the big game, or rather the want of if, much has bean written, and, com- ■ pared with what the sport used to be s of course, there is not much to be had. But m some parts of the country it is quite possible to get six to ten head m a day, with luck, and three or four different kinds of buck : and if you like shooting them, you can bag j ckala, | hyenas, and baboons. The latter we have only cocue across near Zeerust ; and, close to an out post we had, there were several, who always left a sentry over ocr sentry, ana he would bark and snarl with all his might if he was approached The monkeys always throw out fl inking guards and advance Boouts, as well as rearguards wheo th^y move forward* The lizirds are prntty little fellowp, &nd catch flies vpry neatly—l wish they caught them of tener ; and there is a brown, flit kind, ve-y active on its feet, A tquanrou riding over him, won d find him unhurt or even nn tou ?hed when they had passed. An Insect called a mantis is very intelli gent. There are two kinds—one lives among th« dead grass ard is so like a bit of hay that, until he moves, even if you know that heia there, it is im to find him. His green brother Is exactly like him, except for his color, which takes hioti to green grass. They bath catch flies, Butterflies are both numerous and pretty, and at night time moths and cockroaches and other ] flying peats are & great pest. There is also a beetle, very common about j JLichfenbarg and Zeerasfc, which col lects horse dung m front of the tents rolls it Into a ball rather bigger than a goose'a egg, and then shoves it along with ita hind feefc. Every now and then he climbs to the top of the ball lo j see if it is going the right road.

Russia in Central Asia

United Prese Association-— By Electric Telegraph

London, March 18. Dt Morrison, the Pekim correspondent of " The Times," on Saturday stated that the Mauchurl*n Convention, by practi ealSy instaliing Russia m Chinese Turkestan, tarns tha whole poei ion »hieh Great Britain had tolled to render Impregnable on tha north west frontier of India. Od Sunday Dr Morrison cabled that according to Chinese officials, Rusbia abandons her claim to exclusive rights io Mongolia and Tarkastan and relaxes the stringency of her control of the civil administration of Manchuria This con - stitutes the fi^st check to Russian diplo «ucy since Lord Salisbury withdrew the British ships torn Port Arthur m 1898.

f E -ABJ9pU:B'l(|^ OUaEIIA ; WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, ,901

Prin<pri an*? |>!i!-'ifi!-..T? by Alfred ' Johw TvKaKLL-BAXTJSK, >A bnrr,s\,k surest east fo< i-no Proprietors, Robert Beix an Eknby Auam Mackav, at their Printing Office, Bursetv Street, Athfanrton i. MARCH 20 1901



Manning & Oos^ NEW SEASON'S BOTTLED ALES AND STOOL IN QUARTS AND PINTS, ' THE BEST IN THE MARKET Equal to the Leading Branca of ENGLISH ALES. Agenta for Ashbmton—Misssxs Shbak man Bkos



GOVERNMENT UFE INSURANCE *■* r DEPARTMENT. Established 1870. : • EVERY POLICY GUARANTEED BY THE STATE.- • Fob the following amongst many reasons New-Zealanders should support their rseiional office:— 1. Its Security is absolute. 2. Its Premiums are low. 3. Its Bonuses are high: 4. Its Funds are aii invested m the colony. 5. Its business Is restricted to New Zealand, the 'HEALTHIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. r- New-Zealanders who insure m offices which obtain the bulk of their business from the Old World and the other colonies;{iucludiag Western Australia and Fiji) have-to 'paSii? the LOSS ARISING FBOM THE HEAVHr MORTALITY OF THOSE COUNTBIBS^ The death-rate m New Zealand was unqer 10 per thousand m 1898, while m the other colonies it ranged from 12J per thousand m New South Wales to 16 per thousand la Western Australia. * . . Accumulated Funds at present date amount to over THBEB MILLION POUNDS. ANNUAL INCOME, over £400,000. J. H. BI0HABf)§ON, 11 Commissioner,



J. V. DE BEEES WATCHMAKER k JEWELLER. East Street, Ashbarton Monumental Sculptor, 60 Stafford Si-, Timar tA LWAYS m Stock—A firs XjL claus selection of Marble and Granite Monuments, Designs and Estimates for warded on application. Letter Cutting ia any style NATIONAL MORTGAGE & AGENCY ■■ CO. OF N.Z, LTD, TIMABUj IMPROVED JfARMS FOR SALE. 530 aoreß Rangitata, 250 acres Claremonb, 250 acres Waitotie, 200 acres Waihao, 250 acres Kingsdown, 10G0 acre! Ota'o, 500 acres Totara, And others of various blzm In Sotth Oanter : bury Improved Farms for lease, with right o purchase 1170 acres Fairlie, 505 acres Totara, and 265 acres Totara Also unimproved agricultural and grariog Trms of various sizes on the Ealncliffe and Levels Estates, ard two well improve Station properties of 70C0 acres each.' BEECHAM'S PILLS For Billious and Nervous Disorders, euch as Wind and Pain m tho Stomach, Sick Headache, Giddiness, Fulness and Swelling after Meals, Dizziness and Drovmness, Cold, Chillp, Flashings of Heat, L^ss of Appetite, Shortness of Breath, CostiVfoess, Blotches on the Skin, Disturbed Sleep, Frightful / Dreams, and all Nervous and Tremblii»g" Sensations, etc. The FiUst Dosß'yvn.L give Relief m Twenw MtJstrws. This is no Fiction. JBvery sufferer is earnestly invited- to try one Box of these Fills, and they will bo acknowledged to It Worth A W£«GA a BOX BEECHAM'S PILLS, taken as directed, will quickly restore Females to complete health They promptly, remove any obstruc tion or irregularity m the system Fora WEAK STOTVIAOH, IMPAIRED DIGESTION, DISORDERED LIVER, They act like magic— a few doaes will work wonders upen the Vital Organs ; strengthening the Muscular System, rector ing the longloet complexion, bringing back the best of appetite, and aronsiog with the i robust health the whole physical energy of the human frame For throwing off feven m hots climates they- are specially renowned Thtse are ' facts ' admitted by thousands, ih all classes of Society, and one of the best guarantees to the Nervous and Debilitated is that BEECHAM'S, PILLS have the Largest) Sale of any Patent Medidne m tee World bkecha"m'B pills Have for many years been the popula - amily medicine throughout the Britii Colonies, and they now stand WITHOUT A RIVAL. PBEP/\BED ONLT BT I'BOSiIS B«I(HAH,ST. BEUS'^S Scld f very where m ttlee—9&d, Is 1 $d, Is 9d each .



J. V. DE BEEB, WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER | IVTCW showing a few lines of American Jewellery, new unique designs at execptient low prices, marked m plain figures, A large shipmen of Ladies and Gent't Watches jast to hand, at prices rangio from 10s to £26 10s« Amongst the** are j— 1 Dozen Rotherham's Highest Grade ENGLISH LEVERS. 3 Dozen LEVER NICKLE WATCHES at 27b 6a 3 Dozen Useful NICKLE WATOHEB »i 20s Also, — A large assortment'of new JEWELLERY and STERLING SILVERWARE. A very large; Stock of the latter |nowj on hand. fe»PJE2OXiILCZJI£B «te



SMOKE ONLY NEW VENUS I—(o)— A PERFECT TOBACCO.



FOR TOURING AND ORDINARY EVERY DAY RIDING MASSEY-HARRIS BICYCLES ARE ESSENTIAL, THE Tubing, Sprockets, etc, m a MASSEY ake of such high gkade matebial and the work pub into ifca manufacture so carefully carried out, that the MASSEY-HAREIS bicycle wim WITHSTAND the severest CTSAGE. Couotry ribebs who trade with the MASSEY HARRIS COMPANY CAN KILY UPON ABSOLUTE SATISFACTION BEING GIVEN. Ode Guakantee is a liberai one and the terms easy, j £ bcond hakd Maohines are taken m part payment. j Canada Cycle & Motor Co,, Limited. (MASSEY-HARBIS BRANCH) DUNEDIN DEPOT-12U GEORGE STREET. Branches and Agencies everywhere throughout New Zealand.



«BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT," PURVEYORS OF THE CELEBRATED HONDAI-LANKA CEYLON PACKED AND SEALED TEA! TO the Elite and alse to the • Plain People '—None too high or too low to appreciate its unblended goodness. BLENDED TEA DRTNKERS TRY UNBLENDED HONDAI-LAFKA MAHARAJAH No. 1] HST AWAKD PARIS EXHIBITION.



.MELLOR'S ZKALANDIA BOOT STORE IS THE KINO OF BOOT SHOPS. Pronounced by the Ashburton Public to be the Cheapest and Most, Reliable Boot Shop m A&hburton. rpHE FOLLOWING IS A FFW CF OUR PRICES:- Men's Good Bluchers, great value ... ... ... 6s lid Men's Good Shooter Boots frcra ... ... ... 9s 6d Men's Light Sunday Boot, good value, at ... ... 8s 6d Ladies' Pretty Oxford Shoes from ... ... ... 6a 8d Children's Boots from ... ... " ... Is Od j Boys' Stror.g School Bcots, very cheap: only ... ... 4s 6;d Ladies' Leather Slippers from ... ... ... 3a lid Men's Oanvas Shoes ... ... ... 6s 6d And a Thousand Othet Lines thafc Defy Oompetltlon'ab J. MELLOR'S ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE, TANORED STREET, ASHBURTON.



J. SEALY & CO., THK OLDEST ESTABLISHED SEED FIRM IN ASHBURTON Jn O . /~\ ARE still to the front, and are prepared to supply their many *O« 06 V^O« Patrons with reliable SEEDS, of everyPeaoriptlon, THAT WILL GROW, ab lowest market races. SEEDS FOR THI FARM, VEGETABLES SEIDS, FLOWER SEEDS, & GARDEN REQUISITES of every fdeseriptiop, Direct from the Gkowebs and Manofaotubbes. Our Stocks of ISEW SEASON'S REEDS are from the Celebrated Firms, James Cakter & Co, London, acd Peter Lawson & Son, Edinburgh, and they are of the best quality obtainable, FRUIT. FRUIT. FRUIT. LABGE STOCKS of all Seasonable FRUITS always on band,



„ B 3OGOO mF Cooking* Bangres j _(f^2Z ■ i • T-. —. ~~ ,r t^l Id Use In the Colony __^_~_  „, , -_^^^^^^ B^ tl , he^ fcHrn ignite, Trae Coal, or Wood up I3B! *^3ife SETTING REQUIRED. ---3 ' WMko®m<*' <v^S~s»^t T"! With Stove Pipe can be worked oufe m b : iC^l! & U^-i^l opea. Splendid Bread Bakers Ek*3- •L^-v"L- With oaet iron or oopper boilers. The U— ssSml copper boilera are large and tin lined inside. « X ,!^ry s =?==:,^ = Jii|j RepaSrß ai c a Minimum, *•"& Nk"""® 1"' "p (^§K;S?W^S^\ Mada Sb all sizes, BiDgle or double ovens. :;T Js^ziJzrr,zq^,:;;T:''\7r:^^z'^:S,^ Hgh or lowpreesnre boiler '*%' ' ,- '■""'■•"■ Sold ball Ir^Bßngere, from vbtn 0 ata icgueß n tecbt&ed, cr from the m ker H. E. SHACKLOCK, LTD. BOUTBENP FOUNDRY. Primes Street DFFTIDIN



COAL. COAL. COAL. TIMBER. TIMBER, TIMBER. ■mi— i ii If n i r-ii-mt TP YOU WISH to save monejs you should buy SHAG POINT GOAL—I The Oheppest and Cleanest Coal m the market, and effect a saving of 3Q per cent. BEFORE you commence to baiid, we advise you to call and finspect our splendid^ Stocks of REGISTER GRATES, ENAMEL MANTLIPIEOES, and COOKING RANGES. We can give you better value than any other house m the trade. TF YOU REQUIRE your Reeidence 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, Poeka Knives, and Razors, We have jast opened up £200 worth of Cutlery direct from the makers, the quality of which is unapproachable, W. H. COELENS & CO., IRONMONGERS, PAINTERS, TIMBER & COAL MERCHANTS. A^BNTSi ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY



'GUTS, AKp BBOISES QmOKO: HEALED Chamberlain's Pain Balm applied to a out, bruise, burn, acttld, or like injury wiU instantly allay the pain, and will heal the parts m leas time than any other treatment Unless \h& injury is very severe i*i will not leave a scar. Pain Balm also cures rheu matiisßV uprainp, swellings and lameness F r sale by Ashburtoa Drag Company You dan depend on ridding your children of wormo wish Wade's Worm Figs, the wonderful Worm WorrSere



TO LET DWELLING of 4 Rooms with Garde®, &o, fronting Cambridge Street, Hampstead. Apply t0 (B BULLOCK, Agent PIANOFOR'FI^ND~SiNGiNi" ; ..MBSi.JOmrSTbN RESUMED Teaching oa TUW 29v,h "Jan.- '" ' "Tin j Hayelook Sstree



TRIAD JtfclZK CJO-RIPJEiXITIOJ* THE "TRIAD" offera a prize of two guineas and a second prize of one guineas for Photos o! Scenery by Amateurs, nob less than cabinet Bize, mounted or unmounted. No photos aent can be re turned, and may be reproduced m TRIAD. To close 20th May, 1901 CONDITIONS. All that 1b neceueary to enter for this com petition is to post photo or photos (enclosing a receipt for sa, or more, from any Triad advertiser) to «' The Manager of the Teiad, Drnedin.' Ajax Washing Powders Anglo N.Z. Cycle Co. Auckland forwarding and Parcels Delivery Agency Bermaline Bread—all Grocers Brinsley and Co.'a Ranges Bing, Harris & Co, Arrow Brand Boots Commercial Hotel, T N Grange Curtis, F, Jeweller Dunlop Tyres GaWne's Sauces,, Piokles, Vinegar, etc Gear Meat Co Gregg and Co, W, Coffee, Starch, etc Hayward's Pickles and Baucee Jones, H M, Triad Agent Kirkpatriok, S, and Co, X Jams Kharki Cigarettes, Eagle Co's Kozie Teas, all Grocers Lane's Creosoted Emulsion Loasby's Wahoo, Koolibah, Benjamin Gum, and Cinnamon Cure Meddins, G., Ironmonger NiZ. Clothing I'aotory Nelson- i.4oate and Co's Tea •Nicholas & Plokford, bootmakers Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corpor tion, Ltd. Orr, A, Draper Penrosa Bros, bootmaker Priest and Holdgato, Ironmongers Sanderson's Sooted Whisky Shag Point Coal, John Covvles, agent Spring Blossom Tea Suratura Tea Teed and Co>, Corn Cure Tonking's Linseed Emulsion •« Tui" Extract of Soap Waltke's Soap Wills' Three Caßtlea Cigarettes & Tobao Woodrbw's Hats, Gollin and Co, agents Yates & Co, Arthur, seed merchants



COMPARE 4HgJ TEA at Agry PRtcE fe 1/6 VB2/4 2/8



BAKER BROS., CIORNISHII!fG TrNDERTAKBRS C urnishing Undertakers DIRECT Importers of Beat and Latest Designs m FUNERAL FURNISHINGS. FUNERALS oondueced with the greatest care and satfsfiction, it most reasonable charges. Corner of Wakanui Road and Cass treets, and Baker and "brown's Coach actory. ___________________



H UNDRILIi B UNDBUL T H UNDRILL & CO FURNISHING UNDERTAKERS (BANORED STREET, ASBBUK'JLON EVERY REQUISITE ON HAND. s Poushed Coffins a Speoialty A Choice ABaortment of Artificial Wreath m Stock. —— Private Address, Peter Street, directly behind Oddfellows' Hall; also care c Mr T. Aadrewß, East Belt, 2



THE 1 McCORMICK TTTT AS AWARDED AT BJHE OHRISTOHITROH SH:W, On November 9,1800, 'Jfiie CJertifflcate of Merit, Which carries with it a SILVER MEDA the highest award given to Harveetin Maohinery at this Show. It witsß In PARIS mote Awards than any other American Exhibitor there, besides ANNEXING ■ ■ the Grand' # ieKS Trl Trophy of s, | ■ ■ ■ ■ ' ' ! Gold Medal and 200 Francs, AGAINST ALL COMERS. and. Inspect this Superb Machine befor buying elsewhere. Morrow, Bassett 4 Go ASHBURTON M. PRIEST, Manager



NICHOLAS & PICKFORO TLTAVE Just Landed, ex e.s. Waimate their first shipment o SUMMER GOODS, IKOIiUDIKG Ladies' Oroquet and Teams Shoes. Gentlemen's Tennis, Bowling, and Cricketing SHOES & BOOTS, In Canvas, Parramatta, Glace Kia Buck Skin, and Russian C»lf. The Best Assortment ever Shown m Aehburton. i inspeobioD Invited. NICHOLAS & PIGKFORD, EAST STREET. BACHELORS' ESTABLISHMENT 2 Boods Si Perches. riIOGETHER with Cottage, Small Shed X etc., situated at Treverton, For particulars apply to T. BDLLOOK. TflE DAJNTIKST LI ITI. X WHKRL TBAT KYRR WAS" fc The Rambler." HAVING sold ont of my o'd stock of fh*<Ee puperfor Bicycle?, I have ase opened ap a fre«h coosi^nmenf. of thf tATKBT PATTERN " RAMBLKR" SPECIAL LIGHT R •■ CEKS, ROAD RAObRS, & ROADBTRRS n all utzes Rirci «1( fittprf with '}■«■ ,vr hating Q & J det^ohahle Tyre, "T*JH[ftC KAMBJLKK, 1 OALI. AM) INSPEOI THE STOCK. Prioe Easy. Riding Fatsy. Machines the Sfcrona&3t on Earth, ACCESSOHTE^ IN SrOCK '3THER MARES FITTED WITH Q & J TYRES. D. THOMAS. ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDINO AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. TT OANB GRANTED FROM .£25 and upwards, at ourrenfc rates. Foil Partioulare on application. WORKING EXPENSES on all Shares are now duotand payable* Office —Taucred Street* Office flours—9.3o am till 4p iy First) Tuesday m Month~9 30 am till p m ; and 7 till 9pm ALBERT ROBBRTB, Manager '10 LETT" "~ Rooms m the Arcade Apply to T.BUtiJjpCK KAYE d GARTER ARE CASH BUYERS, htghesb ccrrent rates, all FARM PROBUOB. Agents tor Sutton'b and Lawson'B Unrivalled Seedp. New Season's Supplies of RAPE, TURNIP, MANGEL CLOVERS, &o &o, JUST LANDED, LARGE STORKS at LYITELTON EXTENSIVE OL«ANINB MAOHINERY. CORNS AUKS always on hand. KAYE & CARTER, CBRISTCHURCH 500 lilli 500 DIVIDED into gve Paddocks, good for all round farming. Portion ?of it m oew grass, and part suitable lor putting nfco wheat this year. Full particulars furnished on application QD BULLOCt_ 1 SMOKE V9Q.&S3QA7E' TOBACCO The Latest and Best Manafacfcnred by 0 Williams &OoV Richmond Va. ' SALE- Farc.y Work, Silks, A»Beße> Perliueß, Caavae, Berlin ,Wool», Linens and Stamped work generally, all reduced dnrtog | MB8 |< AtlibßH >s'jale ' '' . ' ' ■ Smoke New Vemii ••



RANGES. RANGES. Scott's Ctlebrated * ATLAS' Esßges Barningham's • CHAMPION ' Ranges Shaddock's 'ORION ALL ON VIEW AS i m mim. LOWEST! POSSIBLE PKICIS.



H. Mat son & C SfOOK Brokeks <fe Auctioneer OfiRISTOHUROH. To Farmers Stock Owners and Public generally o( the Abhburton County. Gentlemen,— WJK beg to intimate that, If at an time yon have business to transac m OhrSstchurch, we shall be glad to act on yont behalf. In the event of your pending ht'.eart or cattle to our Aldington or other markets for sale, by public auction or privately we know that you will not regret ohoo&ing our firm as you salesmen. We have frequent or rs frora London and elsewhere for Froaen Meat, and are In a position to bay parcels i the Works. If you prefer to 'Sell jrwe frozen meat m the colony, rather than shipping it to London, please communicate with us, stating prices numbers and grades. We Invite your correspondence on snj clasß of business you may be disposed to place In our hands. It being a pleasure fo* us to communicate with yon, as occasio may require.—Thaaking yon m anticipa tim we are, Yours faithfully H. MATSON «& Co. Caahel Street, Christchutch Dalgeiy^and Company LIMITED. Head Office— 52 Lombard Street, London, E.G. MERCHANTS, WOOL AND GRAIN BROKERS, AUCTIONEERS AND VALUATORS STOCK, STATION, FINANCIAL, & SHIPPING AGENTS.! BRANCHES : Ohristchurch, Donedin, and Napier, AGENCIES : Timaru, Oamaru, and Gore. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT D ALGETY AND COMPANY, LIMITED, desire to intimate to the Farmiag Oommority of South Canter bury that they have opened a BRANCH OFFICE m TIMARU. D ALGETY AND COMPANY, LTD a7e prepared to receive conaignmen WOOL, TALLOW. & ALL KINDS Ob PRODUCE For Local Sale or Shipment to the EUROPEAN AND AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES MADE on Favourable Terms on Growing Clips of Wool; also Tallow, Grain, Skinß, and other Produce, consigned for sale m the London, Australian, and local markets; _____ NO COMMISSION CHARGED ON ADVANCES. | ■! .■■l. 11. Farmcta' Accounts kept free of charge, and financed at lowest current rates o inteieefc. Stock Saks held at the different 6s»ie yards throughout Canterbury. Woolpacks and other Station Requibites always on hand. TIMARU OPFTOB, STAFFORD STREET, Opposite Bfti'k of New Zealand ■ "TUhTKAI.IAN MUTUAL" PROVIDENT SOCIETY, NEW ZEALAND BRANCH: ! Head Office, Oustem-hot^e Quay I Wellington. Local Board of Directors : The Hon. Morgan S. Grace, M.D., C M.G , M L.C. f Chairman) The Hon. Charles J. Johnston, M.L.C (Deputy Chairman) Alfred tiv Bathe Brandon, Erg. Ihe Hen. Edward Kichardson, C.M.G. M L.G. John Duncan. TCpq. MEDICAL OFFICER* Dr. G h * nBOt i t M.D., M.R.O.S. (England THE Oldest, Wealthiest, a.ki moat Prosperous AUSTRALAN LIFE OFFICE ANl> THB LARGEST MUTUAL OFFICE IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The only Mutual Life Office which de clares A BONUS EVERY YEAR The Method of Valuation adopted by this Society is of the mosb stringent Character, and Ensures a larger Reserve to meet Liabilities than that heid by at.y other Office m the Australasian Colonies^ ACCUMULATED FUND EXCEED £16,500,000 (SIXTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONS) STERLING, ANNUAL INCOME EXCEEDS £2,000,000 (TWO MILLIONS) STERLING. Policies m force ... ... 151,741 SumAseured ... ... £45,628,090 Cash Bonuses Divided ... £8,815,731 BONUSES. Cash Bonus for one year, 1899, £506,138, yielding Reversionary Bonuses amount ing to £942,500, after making specia reserves. Cash Bonuses declared or lasfc five years. over Two Millions, yielding Reversion ary Bonuses exceeding Four Milllous. ASSURE YOUR LIFE IN THE A.M.P, SOCIETY, And Secure a BONUS EVERY YEAR. Expenses of Management—9 JPer Cent on the Total Income. Edwakd W. Lowe, i Resident Secretary Branch Office- Custom House Quay, Wellington. Jambs Hair, District Secretary. District Office Cathedral Square, Obcistchnrch fg%M W+s%MJi 111 IV&tek I IS!4£SMBSJSSJ PREVENT FITS, CONVULSIONS,- ETG. Preserve a healthy state of the consti tution during ttie period of Teething. The words "JOHN STEEDMAN,^ CH£M!3T, V!AV.'imTH, SURREY," Are engraved on t'.io Ciwnment Stump affixed t* ' Kempthorne, Prosser and 00. Agents "TTALUABLE Bailding AllotmßUta, «ita« V Rted at the corner of Cass and Moore Streets, and being part of Town Sections 100 m BBULLOOK,



ress of a hacking cougb *^ 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 ail thought oi consumption. Begin as early as possi- j ble—the sooner the "better—to take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral the most effective remedy for coujghs of every kind and m every stage. One of the most; annoying coughs,is % throat cough, where you have that constant tickling m your throat. It comes on worse at night, keeps you awake, and makes you have that smothorod feeling m the chest. It hardly seems possible what one dose of Cherry Pectoral will do for this kind of a cough, it brings such marked relief. Put up m large and small bottles. When the cough gets down deep m the chest and. the lungs are painful, put on© of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Plasters directly over the tender lung. It will draw out all the soreness. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Aver Cu., Lowell, Mean., V. S. A. LOAKBY'S Stands unrivalled Tor Indfges W AHOO tion and uiver Complaint* It is purely herbal, and cannot it jure the most delicate constitution. Its effect is almost instantaneous ; p single dose usually relieves, whilst one bottle m gener ally enough to sure. LOASBY'S WAHOO does nob require a doz»n boitlea to be taken before you can judge its value. No other Medicine adver fched asks you, as we do, to buy only one bottlej take it regularly according to directions, aad then give the verdict. Hundreds of testimonials m our poßsesßlos prove that many confirmed dyspeptics, after every known remedy had failed, have been completely oared by the aid of only one bottle of Lnasby's Wahoo, JLoaaby'a Wahoo—Price 2a 6d, everywhere Sole manufacturers and proprietors-™ LOASBY'S WAHOO MaNUFACTUR ING CO., Lto. Danedin. Wholesale Agents— Kempfchoma, Prosaer & Go, N Z Drag Co Ltd ____„ 20,000 Persons "%fc _#. Succumbed to Congiimptlon • </rap during FOUR MONTHS. . . "The numbers of those slain m the Transvaal war are small when compared with the numbers of those who, since the war began, have died m Great Britain from consumption. No less than 20,000 persons have succumbed to this deadly disease during the past four months I" (Extract) CONSUMPTION. What is it? It wmmmmmmm^mmm me ans being con sumed, wasting away —a decay of the vital- forces. When coughs or colds attack the system and the vital forces begin to fail, there 1 comes 'a wasting, or consumption, and this, if not checked, ends iti death. But coughs and colds can be checked. The ravages of consumption can be arrested, and the patient restored to full health Lane's °"dyiBM CREASOTED EMULSION of Pure Cod Liver Oil, Lime, and Sola, cures coughs and colds—the parents of consumption—and itstonio properties give resistive power and strength to the whole system. Ih is a standard remedy endorsed by the medical profession, and prescribed by medical men. All chemists and stores sell Lane's Creasoted Eniuisio»>- PRICE g'- KEBKABD & "WBITB, City Pork Shop, Havelock Street, HAVE just opened New Business m the Pork Line. Sma'l goods of all descriptions always on hand. The public are specially invited to cft'l nd inspect Pork Sausages, (fresh. Daily caih buyers of dary fed Pork. "¥TTTB have just opened op the most select varieties of Orate and Hearth TILES ever seen m Ashburton, BEGISTER GRATES REGISTER GRATES John Orr & Co,, ASHBUBTON BRAfrS AND ENAMEL PRESERVING PANS MASON'S FRUIT JARS AS the Preserving SeasonJ is now well advanced we have reduced the price of these lines about TWENI"Y PER CENT to clear. GET OUR .QUOTATIONS, AS THEY WILL ASTONISH YOU John Off & Co, 4 Cough Cure, Wahoo, Koombah and Benjamin Gum go to AEHEUHTON Dun O> CONSULTING OPIIOIAN Mr Ernest M Sandstsin, DBOAJ, FB MO, who has lately returned after six yeara' speoial Btndy m England and Con tinent;, may be consulted on all cases of defective Dyeaight. Daylight not necessary artificial light being uaed. Doctors' pre soriptions prepared. Fees moderate. Oon suiting rooms, Oanhel Sfcreeb W\, over M Bandsteln, Jeweller, Ohrfotioh'art*. oto I % US daily



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An OtD CoiiONißT—JMrs Parah Bell, of North B ach, Cohden, Greymomh, is seventy years of age, and came oub from EnglaDcl to Nelson m 1842 ; since then s>he has resided m the WYslOoaetdisTi t. Umil three years ago she enjoyed fairly good health, bufc then fiymptoms of rheu matism developed. Hr j >!nts became very swollen, aod every movement pained her. For twelve months she fuffe 1 ed so much from the aching p-tins of rheuma ti' m that for the greater part cf the time she was bed ridden- She tried many Internal and external remedies, bat they only gave temporary relief. Aboat two years ago after reading of people who had been cured of rheumatism by Dr Williams' pink pills for pale people, she procnred some. The p%ios lessened when she had takdn three boxes, and her nitraclets became so flexible that) she was able to walk a»-ou ft Aa she continued them eha obtained still greater relief. But; for Dr Williams' pink pills." said Mrs Bt.ll, to a reporter. ((I would still be an invalid unable to leave my bed j bat now the uae of my legs has been restored te me, and the aching pains have been banfeher. I heartily recommend Pr Williams' pirk pills to all those who are affl cteci a- I was."