My Lady's Satchel.

By TML

* What) not inished your' spring cleaning' yet' No only about half way through, aud I actually thought it would be all over in three daya, but, what can y v do, whan your maid servant givea you warning, and sooa the same day, because you expajb her t® clean the outside* of the windows, (which ■he says * boy should be hired to do) and a charwoman cannot be prooured fot love or money ? Do tha work yourself I suppose : Wall, that is what I an doing, and I have only tho kitchen to do now, and aa that v thoroughly ' done oat)' every week Ifi does not take a great deal of exbia work during the annual upheaval. If you have been iQOttrtomed to ao open dresser Id your kitchen—suoh as they have in the home Country■—have door.i put on to it* Of course it woa't look half Bo nice, bub in our dusty, blowy oountry, I think few servants have the patieaoe to keep a dresser looking as ifc should look, ftias and dust so constantly spoil its appearance ; and anegleoted dres-er makes any kitchen work miserable! Really, io Canterbury it is wise to be content with cupboards, they can be mane very neatly ftnd varnished. You will find a great •nving of time in this, your cups and tauoers, and dishes and jags, w>« always bo ready to use, without first hunting outs the flies from tne jugs or rew-ahing the dishes. tt you can possibly affari it have your kitoheo covered with oilcloth or linoleum. It is so muoh cleaner than bare boards, and saves you or your servant so maoh hard work. If y°s need to screen the lower part of your kitchen windows, do not put up a muaUa certain, have the glass neatly froeted, aa far up Uie panes as you would plaae your eurtaio, another saving. Curtains of all sorts and sizes are suoh duab catchers ; hava none in kitchens or storerooms. If you are very muoh'bothered'with flies in your dining room or kitobeu, prpoure some ' oil of laveo dir;* s »fc some clean cotton wo >! in a little, put this into some pretty listle bag* or paper sachets, hang these under your curtains, or by the window sanhee, or in Beat ' flycatohers'suspended from the ceil ing ! y°u w*'l theH9 tiresome intruders do not like that favouite perfume at all. I believe a box of mignonette placed on the wiodowsill or growing in the border below tha window» Ib another excellent deterrent to these pests* If you keep a servant see that th«e is » comfortable chair in the kitchen that she caa use of an evening, when she takes her sowing or a book or a newspaper, for » liUle while before going to bed ; and bave » bright tablecloth to cover the table after the wa°hup is over; a girl cannot fa#! at) borne even tn a nice place. If the robm she sits in, has always the bare hard working look of an ordinary ki chen. I you want a 'real, good girl' to stay with you, and to like to stay with you, remember, you must consider her in more ways than in speaking kindly and respeclfully to her, and In seeing that she ia wall fed, and not over Worked. lam afiaid there are not many mistresses would Ike to let the Baroness Burdatt Gtmtts lefe ua say—see the room they think quite good enough for 'the girl.' Before the close cf the spring ole»D*; ing campaign is a good time to make some sice little improvements in this qa*rtar— you can do it easily before the new girl «cmas. Will, the rooms being all thoroughly ssie*aed and refurnished, you have only the hall to attend to, if it is a email one don't lumber it op with 'hall furniture' even if you hava it very good that; you have brought from some larger house. I! you must havo ooat pega in it, have as faw aB possible, and tisvec allow your old bats and capes and Jackets— »a well as your husband's great coat nnd office hat—to accumulate on those inaohaadnrißg hooka. I have seen aa many »8 three garments hanging on one hook with their loops caught one over the other so entangled ss sucely to result in a break, when one of the garments was removed. _ If jon repioa in a wide entrance, nothing look* more uniting than farns »ad palms in (she corners aad as umbrella stand and table combined ia most convenient— but have voome for them fitstu Now, is nothing for gotten ! No—we are quite ready to write a dear little note to the 'mss'er,' saying the looner he comes home tbe bolter j and be Mrs to hava a lovely supper ready for him. Bupper ior twof-oold ox toogue and potatoe croquets, followed by this new dish. Cut up aad heat) 3 bananas, press into buttered moaid, hot boiled rice, fhv-Ked with almond or anything for fancy, bake 15 minutes, turn oat ou top of bananas, decorate with pre served cherries, have a s&uce made of a cupful of eug-tr and a teaspoot til of cornfloor boiled ten minutes ia pint of water, into yhich s-jUEez) Juice of one lemon, pour round rioa shape—serve hot. After supper take yonr husband round to admire your Improvements, and uea xi be doea not praiae you, a« much as when you were duly Mibs *-—! If he doesn't^ he is not the nun I supposed, and be doesn't deserve to have a wife at alt ________

What American Servant Girls Demand

The servant girl * problem ' has taken Oil a new phase in New Yorfe. Mr fehel don, it will b© recalled, has been advocat ing the treatment of the servant girl aa a oeraber of the family, and though repoit h&a had it that Mrs Sheldon has not foond the practical working of the theory to run smoothly, is is certain fchat the aer- Tanfi girl in general has been impressed by the clergyman's arguments. Ab any raie, the ' [National Servant Girls Union of America ' has been formed, with head quarters at Chicago, and tho following roloa and regulations promulgated, to •which employeis of servants will be atked to subscribe :—l. Wp:k shall not begin before Sam, aud shall ceasa when the evening dishes are washed and put away. Two hours each afcemoon and the entire evening at least twice a week shall be aHlowed the domestic as her own. 11. There shall be no opposition on the part of the mistress to club life on ihe part of the domestic. Entartainmcctof friends in limited numbers shall not be prohibited provided the domestic furnishaa her own refreshments. lIL Gentleman frienib shall tob be barred from the kitchen or back porch. Members of th© family of the house shall act interrupt hho conver sation arising during said visit. IV. Domestics Bhall be allowed such hoara off on Monday as will ptrmic them to vbit the bargain sounters of the stores, and enjoy that day the same privileges enjoyed by the mistress. Refusal to agree to thoee teems will result in a boycott of the persons so refusing by all members of the J^atiorfal Servant Gir-s' Union,

Fiji and New Zealand.

An island poet makes Fiji address Z-a. bncTa thu«:—» Oh» pray do not. oppn you? doom any wider, Excuse me, 'It's all in my ey«,' Yon w;»b to pose as the good dear little iplder, And treut me as the poo? little fly,

Yoar roof may spread wide and your man sions be many, Aat! yolir stores overflow, thab is trtte, £ast) afc present my roof is quite ample for me. And l'*e no wish to change it. Thank yo«,

Look, yoap debta are enormoa', your tariff is high, While my debts am! my tariff are low, •Wa mast increase Taxation,' is alwftyi* your cry Thus it is that yoar crffers o'erflow*

Yflor loving advances make me f' je j ver uiok, When yoa prattle of acres &n$ «._ a ;j e Bat fchs PaoiOc TMtof yoor - ed? ,' Diok Was on a par with Jamler ? ra j^.

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THE ASHBURTOS GtJAIiBIAM : FBIDAY. OCTOBER 11, 190),

Printed and published by Prank Hanoox, tor the Proprietors, Robbet Bell and Henby Adah Maokat, at their Priat'ng Office Baraett Street, Aohburton FRIDAY, OCTOBER U, 1901,



For the Aged Health for All: Young and Old. We are glad that our blood-purifyiftg and blood-forming remedy is good for all ages. Ifc brings health to pale and feeble children and it relieves the de bility and weakness that naturally come to old age. Mr. Levi Sargeant, of Grenfell, Now South Wales, sends us this letter, wittt bis photograph: ••I have been a terrible sufferer from rheu matism and sciatica. I have spent: a great deal of money in tryingto get rid of the> pain, but without wail, andTt have been confined to ih© bed for months at a tune. I then tried AVER'S Sarsaparilla and began to improre at once. After taking only six bottles I felt quite-well, and now am able to go about my -work again. I raignt aaa I am seventy-five years of age." You cannot enjoy good health unless you havo a daily movement of the bowels. Ayer s Pills euro constipation. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass., U. S. A. 1 tmummtm.um ■■ iiMflj BUSINESS NOTICES " A Word to the Wise." i * -tfHBUBTON Ladies and Gentlemen,— SINCE opening up business in Aahburtoo, seven years ago, I have every reason to be satisfied with the progress our trade haa made, Notwithstanding competition, the Buainaßß baa grown year by year, and today we are doing by far the largest Boot Trade in Ashburtcm. This result) has been obtained by keeping our Goods tight up to date. We uever sit down satisfied. We realise that to progress we must; never be content, as tastesr.nd faßhiouß continually change, and require to be closely watched. Our customers cm rest assured that we keep, a watohful eye on tho market, and never left a ohaaoo to obtain the beeb value Blip. We are therefore in a position to uffar you muoh batier velue for less money than any other trader in Aohburtor. We beg to thank our many oostomera for their very libsrtil support in the past>, and we are sure by keeping on the same linoa iv future that we havo doie in the pas', i.e., to rffer you the beeb possible v&laa fi>_ little money. Oar business must flourish and grow in the future as it has done in the past Yours faithfully, JAMES MELJ_OB, Zaal&ndta Boot Store, Athburtoa



fill i 1 CHRISTCHUROH, T>EG to «nnoußoe tbftfc they have opened up to date sample rooms in BURNETT STREET, for the convonience of their many Customers in the Ashburton County, MR GEORGE SA>DRY, our Repreaor, tative, who is in a!tf nuance all day on | Mondays, TuoecUyß, and Saturdays, will be pleased to meet ins old Customers and others and show them the very many new attractions cur Sample Room Bfforde, COMPRISING!— : Latest Novels ies in SPRING GOODS. Jasfc arrived from our London buyers— ColoDial, English, and Anr.erioiin BOOTS and Shoes, the best value in town China and Glassware of all descriptions Biddings, Btdsteidp, and Furniture—our owe manufacture Estimites given for Furnishing Houses visited and measures taken for Venetian Blinds, Linoleum, and (Jarpets, FftEE OF OHAKGB 9 191 ROSS' ANDITOTE & OINTMENT THE GREAT HERBAL REMEDY FOR PUBIFYIING THE BLOOD. 'THE f<»lliwing unsolicited Testimonial, I bf a gentleman we }) known in Ashburton spevks for ittel* :— Masfcerion, August 23, 1901. Ross Amidotk Compawy. Dear fc>irs, —I feel ib my duty to give yon this enclosed testimonial In favor of Ross Antidote for purifying tie blood. I have been a great sufferer tort many yeata from ulcerated stomach,, indigeption, etc. My life was a perfect misery, and I was almost a wreck. I' grew tired of trying differen*; medial men and remedies, of which I had triei almost every known one bub youra, and oae dajx some eighteen months ago & gentleman came Into the shop where I was ©mployedi He remarked 'Japk, yon look very ill' (and you may depend I- was), He added, * Will , yoa take ficmo medicine if I procure i* ! I replied I will take anything. He brought me a bottle of your Antidote, ana I book it accordingly as directed, and to aay delight I l.'egan to get well, and after taking three large bottles I was a new man™thanks to your greac discovery. I always keep it by me, and find a few j dosos occasionally keep me in perfect health, ar.d I wish you the success with it that Bach a m eticine merits. Yon can make what use you like of this. —I remain yours, etc, J H PaUiing, M*sterton May be ob'ained from Messes FxET r, HER Bros and Sheaeman Bros. Aeb^ 1 .____ , ____ _ 9 232 W EIT cr f'^ede X ß.s • Wakanni n. L vi -fKesfc shipment of Genfs Fashionable & J Caps W9 haVB Utberto ir aporfced . oomprislng fall ranges otth*\*mow " COOL SPRING " HAT 3, iot which we have secured the sole agency In Aehburton. STRAW HATS ") All •op to FRAME FELT HATS f date,' from FLEXIBLE FELT HATS fl^ up to 14a NOVELTIES IN CAPS )6i each. OKAIGHBAD <fe BEREYMAN The Leading Tailors and Outfitters, ASHBURTON I ~~~ ' Mrs Johnston, T3EGISTERED Teaoher of the Pianoforte H As fciiUging Havelook ..Streefc,



Wabb'j Tebthjnq Powdebs for B&me® aro f oo thing t reduce fever and V*W ,at Hotches; price, U



% BUSINEBB NOTICES I WOOL SEASON 1901-2. { WE Bball be represented at the Ghriskhurch and Timaru Auction Salce, and have made satisfactory arrangements for disposing of OHps privately at Ashburton. Consignment, will be received at our Ashbnrton Stores, and sent on t to either Ohtistoharoh or Timaru, free of all charges except railagp. Clients who wish to send their Wool direct from their nearest railway station will please consign as follows ;— If intended for sale at Ohristchurch-Brown and Son's Siding, x\ddington. If intended far sale at Tirnarn—Mill & Company's Sidings Titnara. If intended for sale at Ashbnrton—FriedUnder Bros', Ltd, Siding, Aebburton Woolpacks, Twine, Branding Oil and other Shearing Requisites, supplied at lowest rates. The Season's Sales have been fixed a& follows ?— OHRTSTOHUROff. TIMARU. November 21sfc, 1901. December 6th, 1901. December 12th, 1901. January Hbb, 1902. January 17th, 1902. Febrnary 26th, 1902. February 20th, 1902. , \ FRIEDLANDER BROS., LTIV



LADIES, | IF yon bay from us you a*e surejOf thefbest, no matter bow little you pay—best at th<3 price. Ifjifrom any reason yoa cannot buy, we "strongly advise you to take the other side of the BtreeS cr if jou must look at oar windows, keep a good ibold on yoar purs© for a look at the Season's goods now showing, and the Exquisite Novelties displayed in oar premise?, "is a very strong temptation to buy, consequently every lady who wißbea to " just have a look at the new thingsj"|iß cordially welcomed, MITCHELL AND TURNER



The Cheapest Shop in Ashburtou. LAWN MOWERS. LA WN MOWERS, FROM 229 6& EACH. Inclading ' Monarch,' • Pastime/ • New Easy,' &c. gaedeS~tools. The Greatest! Variety in Aahburton. at prices to suit everybody, Including the New Atneriea* Scuffle Patob, Garden and Plantation Hoea. Garden Rakes, Spadee, Forka, Tr° AGEN yTt?\KkEBRk?E yD .%&cs&l' Om.bi.lk. Seed Drill, and Cultivators. Horse Hoea and Cultivators eoperioi to Planet Jr at £ less price SHEEP SHEARsT*~SHEEP SHEARS- I have last recurred my first .shipment, inoladiog TUS, BBA, 11A, etc; also Turkey and Waehita Oil Stonca all AT bedbock prices CARPENTERS' TOOLS—As usual, lamup to date in variety and prior, line S largest selection in tho Ashburton County tojeleot from O. MEDDINS, The People a Ironmonger, Burnett Street, Opposite Arcade I - j^ tßKlmMmm ,»mmmtmmmmimmmKammm»^mmmsmmmmiimmiwm»mm ■nil— mmammmm i i .in mil ■ in I SPRING CLEANING. SPRING CLEANING. WE have )q at landed per b,b Karamea, and are now showing tho Choicest A&p.orfc: merit of LINOLEUMS, &c, Ever Sh<w i in Town, in New and Chaste Designs and Colourings. Dome early and get your pick. Also, a Nice Xot of Carpets, Bugs, Mate, Jap and China Mattings Also, eorae De« utiful Tapestries for Furniture Coverings Aa'tbia is Abe season for Kenovating, we are prepared to Kepair and Recover Furniture, making it) equal to new. Estimates given and work done on shortest notice. Take our iadvice—Come early and avoid the rush later on, AGENTS FOR 'TSISSs' THE FAMOUS ANCHOR SEWING MACHINE. fl^ffi' The 'Cheapest and Best Machtoe made, at half the usual Price'§J|§||^ A^o, the Gold Medal Wesner Piano, Glegg's Perambulator and Go-Carts, Bnnon'aWicker and Rattan Furniture, F. Andrews and Go's 'Birmingham' Celebrated Brass and Iron Bedstea.de. Venetian Blinds mude and repaired, T. H. UN DRILL & CO., fIAIinnrTMATOPttS .UPHOLSTERERS, PICTURE FRAMERS, ANl> ; OABINETMAERRS, >vr" UNDERT AKERS< ; TANCBBD STREET,



[ STUD NOTICES I TO STUD HORSE OWNERS ||| ORBE CARDS and Horae Re-( ceipfc Books printed at tho Mail and Guardian Office with neatness and despatch, and at Moderate Pricie: (Biy Colt, rising 3 years) SIRE, King's Pride, by King of the Van, qaishera, dam, Flower, by Grown Prince by ¥ouog Watty, dam Maiohioness. Dam, by Lord Salisbury, For full panioulars, apply to 275 PETRIE AND WILLIAMS. TO Travel tha A&hburton, Methven and surrounding districts, the standard I bfed Trotting Sire IMPERIOUS. Py Direotor—Mundane^ For fall pedigree see cards Terms—£s ss, payable on or before January 1, 1902; groomage fee, 5?, payable ab time of service MAKGAN & WILSON, $2 Prcprietora, Ricoarton npHB Imported Thoroughbred Stallion, ' BENZOIN, VVil stand at Buooleuoh daring this Season. A perusal of bis pedigree will show he is one of the beet bred horses iv the Southern Hemisphere i w Touchstone 14 Oamel 24* 1^ Banter : "5 ?>- „ , Dr Syntax 37 •| £ m Beeswing Tomboya dam g . a ~ lon 4 g S J Tadmor 12 Palmyra S M — M!'SS Sdlon BteDamej S g jo The Baron 24 8 | •§„ StockwcllS Mabollti! » £ £ g Melbourne 1 J o fq^o Blink Bonny Qu^e Mary i .5 fe I SJ | OrlsndolS Vy.ltare P «_^—_«—— xho Baron © §S B'taplan 3 Pocahuntas ffl o W * , . yAlel&ourue2s .ftp PI V Alice Svvet Hawthorn "b "C " " trladiateur 5 ,Sj W 5 Lord Gough 12 ' Battaglia •° ithuricl 2 I g i™ Longbow 21 Mi:S_Bowe ft g gs Pantaloon 17 | H,a Legerdemain J£_?iHda,Putal2 S ' Ttie Uaion 24 « *> StookwellS Pocahon'aa •&!§„„ Moss Tro3p-r 18 ■ J g Braxc Queen Ma. y For full particulars, apply to E. GATES, 9 285 Mount Somers TO TRAVEL THIS SEASON IN THH Aehburton Gorj?e, Alford Foresi-, Methveu, and Majfinlrl Distriotp, THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE CAJOLIEY By Aprcmonfc, dam Flattery, by Trsduoer, dam Miss Fiat, by Poter Flab OAJOLERI is a well proportioned, hand some, fiae quality obestnut horse, standing 15 3 oa ateel bar like legs, and he lef b the turf sound in every respecb. Hia performanoeft stamp him ono of the moeb brilliant flat horses we have had, aed he was a o'ever fenoer and a master of weight* Cajolery * took first priz} and champion at the Ashburton Show in 1900. Hie pedigree omnotbo narpassed Terms—£4 43 with guarantee ; groomage fee 58 ; £2 12s 6d season For further particulars apply i L TILLKT, Groom in charge ; Or, W T DOAK, Mouat Somers 9 152



T, Bullook. "iro let LAR3E room oentrally situated In Bun nett St, next Mail Officb. Apply to T BULLOCK, i\gßnti FOB SALE, ' a^HB following Good Building Si h-J», A^hVurton Town Section 427, \ aore, Tanored Street } central situatinn Town Rco'ion 823, \ acre, good land, Cox street ; only few minutes walk from Pest Office Town Section 11£2, \ aore, Wil's street west, good residential site, Northern aspect Town Sections 1129 and 1130, each I acre ; Oimsron street wesf ; will be told together os separately I E»sy Terms ; particulars on application T BULLOCK | TU LET, DWELLING of five Rooma, Votandah and pcullery ; centrally situated, fronting Wakanui Road east | T. BULLOCK ' TO LET : SHOP with Dwelling Rooms attached, centrally situated in Triangle; low rental T BULLOCK TO LET. BUTCHER'S SHOP, East Street; good Btandf; lately occupied by Mr G Worner T BULLOCK BUSINESS NOTICES A LL kinds of Light Machinery repaired oq the Promises. LAWN MOWERS A SPECIALTY. ECLIPSE ~GYGLE Co., TANCRED BTBRRT.



TO STAND THIS SEASON, at Wing alow, and Iravol the Hinde, Rnapuna, Mayfield, and Westerfield Distriota. The Thoroughbred Stallion, MABQOIS OF ZETLAND. ; (Pekkin^Warkeck^ll—Reverie)! Bred by Mr E Gates, at Grove Farm. Marquis of Zetland is a dark bay oolt with black points, Hs stands 15.3, has great strength and eubst&oce, and during his racing career be provei himself to be one of the fastest horees of the many good ones bred on Grove FanrN Feks—Season, £3 3a ; groomage fee ss, For further particulars apply to R. BURNETT, 9 46 Winslow. TO STAND THIS SEASON, at Ardagh, Lyndhurab, and Travel the District, The Thoroughbred Stallion, FOBMOSAN, By Si Loger—Forme, by Nordenfeldb— Formo (dam of Multiform), by SterMngworth | —Fulchra (imp) FORMOBAN cornea from a winning family, his sirs having produced last season 31 winners, with a total of £9999 2s 6d, and was himself a good performer, having won the Champagne Stakes, Ghallenga Stakes (beating Advance), and other good raoea. Terms—s Guineas ; grazing 2s per week. Every care taken bat no responsibility. For furfcher particulars apply MAX FRIEDLANDER, 9 24 Ashburton To Travel in the Springburn, Alford Forest, Methven, and Mount Hutt Districts. THE DRAUGHT STALIJON^ LABOUBBB, (Five yearß old.) 1" ABOURER la by Workman, dam Lively I l 11, by Lord Beaoooßfield (106); 2nd dam, Lively, by Lincolnshire Traveller (imp); 3rd dam, by Prince of Denmark, and bred by Mr Sea!y of Timaru. Workman, by L-rd Dunmore (180), dam Annie (573), by KUbowie (73) (imp), from Scotland ; 2od clam, Jeanaie Daans (263); 3rd dam, Maggie Craig (262) (imp), from Scotland, by the late Mr Walls. For further particulars appiy C. GREEN, Groom in Charge or, ANDKEW McFARLANE, 10 29 Owner. GENERAL WHITJ). A BAY COLT, 3 year?, by King of Quality, dam Jean, ty Lord Salisbury, grand dam aa Emperor mare, g g dam by Tannhill. Jean has been a successful prize taker ab Milton and Clutha Showa, also champion on many oco»eiona» Tbbms—Guarantee £3 3s, Season Marea £2 10s; groomage fee, 5s All marea changing hands, first owner held responsible Will Travel Mayfield and Metbven Dis tricts, and stand at Ihß Owner's Farm, Mount Somere. 10 21 WM, HUTCHISON. EG&S. MINOROAS, Brown Leghorns, Lang ehans, Indian Game and Pekin Ducks. SITTINGS FROM Sm TO £51SJ. iSarlv Orders Booked and Executed in Rotation, 2i H. G, BERRYMAN.



Fishing Season, 19014902.



HAEDLEY BEOS AGAIN to the fore with their new IMPORTED STOOK OF FISHING TAOKuB in great variety—Minnows, Flies, Reels, Lines, Waders, Rodß, etc, eto Anglers call acd in?peoti WE are aleo prepared to give estimates for Ho* and Cold Water Services, Tacks, Baths, Portable Boilers, and Tinware of every description HARDLEY BK9S EAST STREET, FOR WATCHES. CLOCKS, JEWELLERY, SILVER AND ELECTRO-PLATE SEASONABLE NOVELTIES, Eto, GO TO G. JESSON, Practical Watchmaker and weller Rurnetb Street, {opposite Somereet Hotel) Aahburton, —Bepairs a Specialty.— Presentation Committees liberally dealt with, UEWELLYH OWEN M.C.B'M., CERTIFICATED TEACHER, Local Representative of the London College of Muaio and of the Musical International College, /'"\UAR rDER starting from any dafcei Students prepared for any examination held in the Colony, Candidates presented, 107 ; average marks obtained 93 per cent J. Y. DE BEEB WATCHMAKER & JEWELLEK TUST Arrived, TWO CASES OF. Electroplate and Sterling Silver Ware from the celebrated Manufacturers WALKER & HALL, SHEFFIELD, Articles euitablo for Presentations and Wedding PreßP. > a Specialty. INSPECTION INVITED. WATCHES. Another Parcel of three dozen NICKEL KEYLESS LEVEES at 27s This Is the watch that has given each unfailing satisfaction, thafc it id needless to mention its numerous excellent qaali ties, Everyone sold ia an advertisement In itself. $EW JEWELLERY £1 ENGAGEMENT RINGS. £30 Brooches, Bracelets, Bangles, Muff chains. The Newesb Novelties In Gold Charms The Latest, Appliances and Appointment FOR SIGHT TESTING just to hand J. V. DE BEEE East Street, Aahburtou HOW to get a beautiful Library for nothing. Use the iamoua BOOK GIFT Tea and solecb your Books from Catalogue of 500 books that are given away free, A WINK is aa good as a Nod to a Blind Horse—Bat id requires neither wink nor nod to discover that Mellora Zealandla Boob Store cannot be beaten J



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__^ WANTErS, Eto. I \%! HAT Ladies aav of Mitchell & Tub Vf nek's Show Room. Oh, how lovely Just like a nioe garden ! Nicer thaa ever Quite as good as Christchurch Wouldn't I that suit———We musb tell her. HAJND SEWN Repairs at D Stock s Blue Boot Store STDDT 3<lconomy, and buy your Boots and Shot sab D Stock s Blue Boot Store ''pHK Enquirer's Oracle, the best jL reference book on everyday subjects, is given away with lOlba BOOK (iIFl 1 Tea JUST opened up, 10 Cases of Ladies Boots and irihoes, ia Glace Kid. s-ox Calf, and Kangaroo Oalf—Melioes Z.-alaudia 800 l tStore P4TTi fan baking powder is tho great eat novelty you ever saw. Hold all grooorg. WE have & beautiful rangj of Ladies Tan Shoes for the coming season at D Stock s Blue Boot Store 9 79 HHaKB your iiepaira to ISyccK's Blue JL Boot Store WANTED Known — Men's Good Shooter Boats only 8s lid, at Melloe's Zealandia Boot Store STILL to the Front—Better Valaethan ever at: Mellobs Zealandia Boot Siore _____ mHE "LILY STARCH" ia superior to JL any. Housewives will find it most economical. Sold by all storekeepers 5 312 BOOKS :—Works by Scott, Dickens, Thackeray, Lytton, Daraas, ifl P Roe, A J E Wilaon, Rhoda Bronghton, Mra Henry Wood, Bret) Harte, Ethel r Tarneri Guy Booth by, Rider Haggard, Gteo. Elliotc, and every other modern writer are given away with the famous BOOK GIFT Tea nT GEORGE Potted and Preserved Meats C5 1 —Tongues, Table Delicacies, eto—have no eqaal, AH storekeepers ST GEORGE Mmafacfcured Goods of various kinds are the bast. Try them Procurable from all storekeepers 5 $11 DON'T bay Chieap and Nasty Footwear, but go to Stock s and get solid value for your money iHHILDRENS Boots and Shoea at -all \J Prices^ ato D. Stock's Bine Boob Store WANTED Known — The Bapid Lightning Shirb Gloss is sold ab all Grocers ; arwondfltful Shire glaze TIT ANTED—.Ladies desirous of dressing VY the hair in present becoming fashions should send for the new Geisha Frames 5 nil colours. Sent poet fre6 for Is 9d from the manufacturer, A M Hendy, Hairdresser Unn^din. GEO. Elliott's fine story, *Adam BBde,' Is given away with 61ba Book Gift Tea. Ask your groce? for Catalogue of 500 good books thai; are given free with famous BOOK GIFT Tea. WELL, well, many Customers wonder how Mellor can give such wonderful value for so little money. Try for yourself and y^u will find that it Is a fact _ WHAT prize takers for pastry uses Patty Pan baking powder the great novelty. P&TrX Paq baking powder t&e jjreat novelty, two patty tins for nothiog grocers. ST GEORGE JiiVlS exo 3 l all others they are delicious. Sairl by «.U stor kfispera 5 13 CHILBLAINS relieved instantly of <UI V>< irritation by Loasby 1 Koolibah. Few a I'licsaions cure _______ JTUHY Chilblain's are relieved instantly and quickly cured by Loasby's Koolibah Burs cure "OEAUTIFULLY Done^bT Stock's JD Boot and Shoe Repairs TTT ANTED TO SELL-Seven firet-class Dairy Farms, from 60 to 200 Acres, close fco Schools and Factories; easy terms- Apply F. Beookiko, Land Agent, Stratford JUST Fancy, this musb be a mistake, Mbllok cannot sorely be selling  Mens Bluchers at 5a lid FOR real Good Value in Boots and Shoes, Mbixok's Zaalandla Boot Store leads _ PATTY Pan baking powder wants one trial without prejudice, two patty pane cr nothing _________=-—, WANTED KNOWN—Memoes Zea' landia Boot Store is now showing a very nice assortment of Ladies up to date walking Shoea. The largest stock and cheapest Houbo for foot wear WANTED KNOWN-Thatwe are daily opening up Novelties for the Spring in every Department Exquisite gooda in Ladies' Capes, Millinery, and underclothing. 1 — Mitorhll & Turner, the Drapers REPAIRS— A specialty at D Stock's, Blue Boot Store WANTED—Ladies visiting Dunedin will i Sad Hendy'a Hairdreasing Saloons, Princess street, replete with every comfort for Hairdressing, Shampooing, Singeing, eto Toilet goods of every description IN tho Rice for Value, Mellora Zea landia Boot Store leads fjIHE moßi up to date novelty 0. the day X Patty Pan baking powder WANTED 50 or 40 working men to inapeeb Our Strong Working Boots. If you see them you cannot help buying, at D Stock's Blue Boot Store



TTTANTED — Purchasers for five email Sheep Run?, improved and partly improved, close to new line of railway to Auckland,— i F Brooking, Laud Agent, Stratford. WANTED KNOWN—That our new Prints are now on view, and comprißa choice Ginghams, ravishing designs in mercerized Blouse cloths, and full ranges of Buitiog drills—Mitohkli. & Turner, the Drapsra . HERE we are again with 5000 pairs of the best assorted Stock of Boots and Shoes In Ashburton—Melloss j Zsalandia Boob Store j KOOLIBAH Oures all Paias, Strains, Bruises, Sbiff Joints, otc. Try it for Chilblains STILL at our old game, alwaya trying to give you better value for youir money—Memoes Zaalandia Boot Store WANTED— For promoting an abundant and luxurious growth of h*ir there is nothing to equal Hendy's Egg Julep ;it arrests all dandruff, and leaves the hair beautifully glossy. Bottles Is ; on sale at H E Bonsuhcwon's, Ohemiet,



BUSINESS NOTICEB lad 3 >2 a •« GO I i § * Hi 3 S5 OtH W » PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. WJ B beg to inform the public of Aeh VV barton and surrounding dietrici) that we have taken over the business hitherto car ried on by Mr George Wobner, &■ » Family Butcher. East. Street, Aehburtoo, and that the business will be carried on, together with that of a General Store, ia the premises at corner of East Belt and Wakaavi Road. We trust that with strict atten tion to tbe interests of the public to merit a fair share of the public patronage* Customers waited on daily. HUSTON & SON. ZEnLANDIA BIGYGLES MADE IN NEW ZEALAND "&/TOST IMPROVED MACHINE OH THE MARKET. Specially built for New Zealand Roads One Geade—THE BEST. INew Models now on View Oates, Lowry and Go* % BOKNETT StKBST N.Z. LARGEST MAKERS OP OYOLES MliS BKOWN^ LADIES NURSE, Burnett Street West, opposite Dr. Maude's TJREPAJKED to take in Patients and JT give every attention and Srat-olasa accommodation. Patients attended at their own homeei WEBLEY & SONS. HAVING taken ovetthe late MbOsbobk Coombe's connection, will visit Ash burton and surrounding districts three times per annum, viz, March, July and November. Orders may be left at the Commercial Hotel or with Mr Llewellyn Often at hit Muaio Studio, Arcade Chambers, Ashburton ALL New Styles, opening op at D Stock's Blue Boot Store. Don' 6 miss them mHE Crowning Glory of & Woman is her X Hair. For promoting so abundant and luxurious growth of hair there ia nothing £0 equal Hendy's Egg Julep. »Bottles(l3, lit H B Bokninton's, Chemist. ' VITANTED fifty smart Ladles to try IT our Kangaroo Galr Shoes, easy, fitting, at d will wear like brass. Apply to Mellobs Zealandia Boob Store /^OVERNMEKT LIFE INSURANCE , DEPARTMENT, f J^. Policyholders and those about to insuit should note %bo three essentials of Li:f Insurance,— SECURITY. MBERAIiITY. ECONOSIY. IN THE GOVERNMENT- OFFICE,— SECURITY is nnimpeachable; tho pay 1 men! of every policy is guaranteed bj; the State; and, in addition, the accumu lated Insurance Fund, invested in the soundest securities, now amounts to ovtu 1 three millions sterling. T IBEBALITY is ■unequalled. Policies in JLJ arrear aro kept alive so long avtfto charges on the policy are not in excess at tho surrender value. Folicyholders aro unrestricted as to travel, residence, ami occupation. Claims aro promptly paid. Premiums are charged tor age nearest birthday. Policies are unchallengeable oa any ground except fraud, or suicide within six months. T7ICONOMY is insured by direct Farlia _EJ mentary supervision. All espcndiSure outside payment- of claims, &c, has fliht to xeoeive the sanction of the Legislature. Funds, over THREE MILLION POUNDS. Annual Income, over £400,000. Cash Surplus In I*BB (for three years). £225,000. 3. H. RICHARDSON, 51 Commission at 11A THING OP BSAFTY IS A JOY FOR EVER." miJBREFOBE Prooure the Services of «T. L. HIGGH 10 DECORATE YOUR HOMES With his Beautiful Designs in Paper and i Paiub Work. 1 As Spring is coming, apply early to "avoid the rush of work, WINDOW GLASS, PAINTS, OILS, t PAPERINGS INiSTOOK. J. L. HIGGS. TaNCRBO STBBBTi