The Trials of the Boilers.

Thfi report on the trills of th^ ffyaointh and the Minerva, puhlish.od bj the Admiralty on August 19th, will add fuel to the well established con troversy between the partisans of the two types of boilera now in uae in the Havy, the watar tube »nd the cylindri cal. The result h»s already been claimed as a victory for the latter, and, Bow thtt the details of the contost are in the hands of the pablie, its purtisens will oprtaialy not be disposed to confess themselves mistaken. On the other band ( those authorities who believe in the water tnbe model will be ablo to quote certain facts in support of their views, Although these two technical names have b?sn freely bandied about during the last two years, their exact meaning is not «ni7ersally nnrjeretood. When stated in plain words, the dif ference betwepn the two kinds of boiler Is sufficiently intelligible. The cylindri cal, which is the old one, and still the mor« fre^Ußntly employed > is a missive Iron vessel through which run * number of pipes. The water is pat into the Cylinder, and the fire driven through the pipe*. With the water tube the relations of th 3 two are exactly r^reed. * It consists of stacks of tubes rising one above another and connected by joints. The water goes through them and the fire is about them. Their respective merits and deff eta follow from their principle of construction. In the main they are that the cylindrical boiler contains fewer fifctingß than the j water tnbe, in which more joints are I needed, and is thus less delicate, and less liable to become deranged. But it is a balky mass, and when anything goes wrong the ship mast be opened tsp, and it meet be taken out. The water tube boiler occupies less room, can be repaired more easily on the spor, and steam can be generated in it more rapidly. For these reasons it has been advocated as peculiarly fit for men-of war, though it is aleo need by many owners of merchant vessels. Its oppo nents argue that, in addition to the great number of its jointe, which ren ders it liable to numerous breakdowns In detail; and therefore dangerous to life, it; is very wasteful of coal. The controversy has been complicated by the fact that there are several types of water tnbe boiler, and that one of them the Belleville, extensively used in the Navy, has been the object of particular attack,

A Dutch Volunteer on Vlak fontein.

lam [not so optimistic that I can dismiss m untrue the facts alleged on the British aide, I am firmly con vinced that the Boers in general are not capable of sacH deeds, and that they must not be held responsible for the acts of the foreign element who fight in their ranks, for these persons become absolutely wild and are only with the greatest difficulty held in check after a fight. The following remarks will give yon aa idea of what 1 mean. "When the last division of the Johannesburg police took the fi Id in fche beginning of the year J9QO, an enormoaa number of the foreigners, who had hitherto be?n picking up a livelihood in the town, enliafced in the eorpa. They were mostly South Euro peans, Hungarian-?, Croats, Montene grins and Greeks, who understood hardSy a word of either English or Dutchi These foreigners were soon distributed among the commandoes • •nd for more than six months I had little opportonities of learning how hard it ia to k^ep these brave Hnfe a vs-»lur8lf undieciolinerl ppople in order. Often they disappeared only ro rp'iKn I'den with loot—a gr^te of things which naturally give rise to BO as a unpleasantness,

This was not all, and I wrII rempm ber a rather srrion« shock being <vivpn to me in Junr>, 1900, whfin these p^opl^ were again sent on comix»ftndo to watch the railway fo the east; of Middleburg. I bad two brothers—from Montenegro —With me, and after each fight they bfcame extremely excited, and nsed to try to explain something to me in their unconfch Isaaioage, Only after eevera! week*, when they b«gan to have a few words of Datcb, did I understand what they wanted. It appeared that they took it as a gmat fnsnlt that they were not allowed to*pot an end to all tbe EnpHsh who fell into oor hawta.. Pozens of timps they wonld oryoa*, 1 Engelacbm^n nic *goed nie,' and 1 m*ko ■ignificant geatnres of dra#ins a knifn across the throat.. They tried' to m^e me understand thaj; thini»s were maw aged mq,ch better in thpir couq!l where oop simply oats off a pnm n^a head\ People like these Monfew eorr ; n g are fco be forand with every cor '" An «nd.ac m every fisjht mdir ldQaio ar ' Q left nowß<fcyf much to tV mgelvea and their r« n pdramt, it ■I 8 nofc ftlw WDdentaiid tbe*a, ot raake fch \ m nndw . itancl y oa| to k*> ep tbem in chec { c xoerefore I th.ok it almost certain that the Vla&r ontein outrages must be ftscribed to tr je presence of this foreign element— P./ieuwe Rotterdamsche Cour* ant

Tfflß! ASHBUBTOK GDABDIAK ; WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER $, 1901

Printed and published by Frank Hancox, tor the Proprietors* Robert Bern. and Hknby Adam Maokay, ab their Frint'Bg Offioe Buraetb Street, Aehburbon WKDNEBD&T, NOVEMBER 6, 1901,



jSßs|%aK If you stop eating yott Jfj>J|r|j||& will surely get thinnoff /'w Pell an(* *k"mer; until at last &ntfb SIU 0U s^arvQ *° death. Grass |«BffM» ft won't answer, although, ou must aye a 00^ Hi^Hl suitable to your needs, NBl ft»er's Sliliil' W '^§m won't tate tte ( Place of grass or WS)J for the hair, and 7«tfv I wllH J W^k air o<^" S i \ f«^S^j | hearty sud strong. And *W it always restores the early ricli, dark color to gray hair. We say that "gray liair is starved hair"; and tlio only way to treat it is to supply the bosfc kind of hair food. This is where Ayer's Hair Vigor differs so greatly from otlier hair preparations; it feeds the liair. Just keep tliat in mind all the timo you aro using it. ■ Prepared by Dr. 3. C. Ay:r Co., Lowil", Mass., U. S. A T. Bullock.



JMONK.Y. SPECIAL S-m of £550 to lend on first mortgage, at lowest currenf r>t". Apply bo TBUI.fOOK FOITfcJALjE, ; ALLENTON HAI-F AN ACRE, being Lot 22, fronting Ctiarlea Street near Woollen Factory, on whiah is erected a Cottsga of3R nma and Soullery. Good land; fenced all round with maerooarpa feacs and planted with Fruit tress Inspection invited Easy terms i! n quired T; BOLLOCK, ! FOR BALE. /^1 OOD Building Sibo nearoentre of Towa, VX being Section 823, containing 1 rood fronting Cox Street Ease. First Olaae Laod» Particulars on application to T BULLOCK !1U LET, * DWELLING of five Rooms, Verandah and scullery ; centrally situated, fronting Wakanui Road east _T. BULLOCK TO LET SHOP with Dwelling Rooms attached, centrally situated in Triangle; low rental T BULLOCK _____ DUTOHER'S SHOP, East Street j good .13 stand ;_ Itftely occupied by Mr G Werner T BU CLOCK.



BUSINESS NOTICE? Morrow, Baisett and Go, "TTTILL be only too pleased to show those in need of i FARM MACHINERY Their Exliibita at the fchow, Thfy include— MoOom.Sck Harvesting M&oHnory, H'»y Rake?, Tool Sharprnerg, Daisy Oarts, Harness, Machine Oi', Harrows, Horse Hoes, Twine, & Bicycles. Matrow, Basseii 4 Go 3 Wills Street, AsHßUßrosr, M. PRIEST, Manner J HAVE FOR SALE — The Latest and Most Op to date Farm Machinery in the market Fielding 0.1 and Gas Engines, horizontal and ataiiotiary types, from 1£ hp to 7hp Fmoko Sheep Shearing Machines Iron Standards and Fenoing Wie (price down again) Manures ; Twice, (Donaghy'n BoatJ Staadard ols for Threshing, UarvsHter and Hinder Machines, Oj linder, Plough Separator.—After a trial will use no other Vacuum O:le, preatly reduced in price Sheep Shears (Hinemoa); Branding Paint The "Wooayalt High Wheel Lawn Mower, * {perfect machines) 3he Orowu Cream Separator and Daisy Churns BICYCLES and all Requisites—The latest model Chain Envoy, beautiful machine for strength, style btkS finish. The coming machine—Chainless Envoy, no cogs or chain, but rolls along the easiest runaiog machine in tho market; ocoe ridden, always ridden. Inspection invite i Diatriob Agent Colonial Mutual Life Aesociation Fire and Marine Insurance effected Several sunra of Money to lend from 4| per cent FOB BALE. Some Good FARMS, from 50 to 5000 Acres, Cheap, and on moat reasonable terms. Moat of the muney can be arranged at a cheap rate Wanting — OATS and CHIOK WHEAT in any quantity For particulars apply W. BTONYER, AROADE, Machinery, Grain, Insurance, Land, Estate and Commission Agent 9 243 FOR the Show, for the Holidays— Men'a «ood Boots 7a lid at Myllor's Z alandiri Boot Store In ED KyOWN-That our > W ranges of Oilcloths and Linoleums * are now complete,—Mitchell & Turner



BCt4Tt<3 KHOTMATISM CUBED AFTER FOURTEEN YBAB9 OF SUFFERING* ■I have heart nffiiafcsd with solatia rheu matism for fourteen years,' naye Jxh Kdfrar, of Gorm&ntowo, Cal, D 8 A. 'I was able to be around bat eongfcftntly n"ffered. I tried avftrythinff 1 coulr! lieaff of and ab last wa* told fcotry Ohanobnrinin'a P*in Bam, wh'oh I did and w*s immer!i**:ely relieved and In a thnrfc time cared, and lam happy to Boy it has not sine« returned ' Why nofe use this liniment and get well ? Ib is for sale by Asbburton Drac Ho Wade's Worm Figb are raost pffpctivß and not unpleasant; childrm thrive after taking fcheon priep, 1' 50 LOSS OF TIME I hftvn Bold Ohamberiftin'm Colic, Cholera and Dift''ri ce^ Rorrody for yearp, and would r»'h«r bo "Ht of crff« and snaa- fcbnti it. I sod fiv° bottlPß of i* v^efcerdfty to t-brenherH tiha' 1 oould co no farther. »n^ (Hey nre ab work ac '« 'hi a m-rriicr—H R Phelps, Pivmou'b, Oi'o, USA. As will be wen by the *brV9 th« thrpßh^ro wprs able to kfiftp on wUh thoff wnrk w?'Hon*> 'o»ine a sine'" d'ty's time Yoa nboul-i korp« bottle of tiMs R>m^dv 'n your home. For sale by Ash burton Dra« 00, We'H »!' g Q"<* bess the Prince o? Wales P ©beet him from 'he B'Ttn* scd galoa ; Anrf may his heaHh for ever hold FfPB from either cough or cold. But Princes too. despite restraints, Are nahjoot to all chost oomplalnfes. Fir wliicVi the rpm«(?v. tri^d and »nre, 1^ W. V.. WoODS'OnEATPEPPFRMINTCOBE Wadks Tbcthing Powdrrs for Babies are soothing, reduce fever and prevent Uotchea; price, la



j BUSINESS NOTICES ( PEE S.S. GOTHIC, j AND JUST IN TIME FOR THE CARNIVAL. 3 CASES PARIS MILLINERY LACE TIBS, FIOHUS, AND BLOUSES. Also, by thk Fame Boat,— 15 Cases Oilcloth and Linoleum. COMPLETING A MAGNIFICENT RANGE OP INLAID & FLORAL DESIGNS, Consigned direct from the Mills to oar Warehouse. COMPLETE RANGES OF CFRTAINS NOW SHOWING. 1 ' W* ■""""* MITCHELL AND TURNER , WOOL SEASON 1901-2, OT B shall be .represented at the 'Ohristchnrchf and Timaru Auction >■' Sales.'and have made satisfactory arrangements for disposing of Clips privately at Ashburfcon, Consignments will be received at our Ashburton Stores, and gent on to either Ohiistcburch or Timaru, free of all-charges except railagp. Clients who wish to send their Wool direct from their neareet railway station will please consign as follows :— If intended for sale at Ohristchnrch— Brown and Son's Siding, Addington. If intended for sale at Timaru—Mill & Company's Siding, Timaru, If intended for sale at Ashburton—Friedlauder Bros', Ltd, Siiing, Aehburton Woolpacks, Twine, Branding Oil and other Shearing Requisites, ! supplied at lowest rates. The Season's Sales have been fixed as follows ?— OORTSTOHUROH. TIMARU. November 21sfc, 1901. December 6th, 1901; December 12tb, 1901. i January 14th, 1902. January 17tb, 1902, February 26th. 1902. February 20th, 1902. I FRIEDLANDER BROS., LTD. 1 076 First Shipment y l « JUST ARRIVED. W I 2 >T —HI m © To be followed by Regular Shipments K_^ —• "\ direct from Ceylon by every P*" * p Mail Boar, . a «g °° OF*THE RENOWNED p- *g * g pH CEYLON TEA. «@ f |§ ? B *s_j H HPHE NIRVANA TEA COMPANY, rf\ \ h gjc JVH *o g -T^ X Colombo, Ceylon, have made __j | g •_ B.^*s^' PQ arrangements to send to New Zealand r™"l * o - 05 *"l§- l _,<_'s2£? '_■_' REGULAR SHIPMENTS OF THIIR M V O* 3"S g° » Q CHOICE, OEYLO2T TEAS, feeling sore HH m Ho3^- IS the Tea drfsktaft public will much L«j 53 §«_ (O'S^i approoiate a PURE, CHOICE OKTLON cr^ gS M i^gsgS TEA, Direct from the Grower, UN- / *_> ■< m°« s'o.S j'^ f-^r TAMPERED WITH, pH I-jgwlSsflg << Thes<3 Teas are Packed in Ceylon, and r*"f rf _E>h]m w fH are absolutely PURE. People rarely - 35_P7rf^O _ consider the DAHGKR of drinking low GO D n R° a^ b ___ claaa Teas. NIRVANA is the highest j O ggjggg^H! f__< grade known to the trade, and is sold by rH S^W^^^o^ all leading gtocers at bhe Eame price as o 1-3!^o^^; r—^ ordinary Tea. "_ SHg^O^iH^ ___S JCON'T FORGET THE NAME. M g S<lSS^ -«lP rH r^ w r_o Sole Agent Appointed— GL| J. T. COOOH, Ashburton. Free Sample and Pamphlflt on application ~ -— —-—— 7— "HALLOA!" villlnl iJ Ml ' » "WHAT'S UP IN BURNETT ijlflllllUJli fll Ulft STREET." CHRISTCHUROH, WHY, the Great Boot and Shoe Sale of the Year is now on at "^UP TO DATE SAMPLE ROOMS the ever P°Polar B!ue Boofc Store in BURNETT STREET, Ladies and Gentlemen,—We have or the convenience of their many Customers )ÜBt what you want in _?eat and in the Ashburtoa County. Stylish FOOTWEAR. MR GEORGE SANDRY, our Represen- EVERYTHING REDUCED. tative, who is in attendance all day on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Saturdays, will be TAKW, A PTCFP «xf nn ~ W,-«,i»«,« pleased to meet his old Cuatomers and others lAKJSi A. t&&l? at Oar WIQdOWS and show them the very many new *or -Bargains, attraotions our Sample Room affords, ooMPBisiNG— Come Early and Pick thb Plums Lateßt Novelties in SPRING GOODS. Just arrived from our London buyers— at Colonial, English, and American BOOTS and Shoes, the basb value in town "F\ QnPOl^'K' ' Q China and Glassware of all descriptions XJ % O -*- \J V^JIV, O Beddings, Bedsteadß, and Furniture ~o«r BLUE BOOT STORK Estimates given for Furnishing Burnett Street, Ashburfcon Houses visited and measures taken for • — Venetian Blinds, Linoleum, and Carpets FEEKOFCHABGH 9191 M.TH JohllStOll, DO you want to save lots of money. "O EGISTERED Teaoher of tha Pianoforte If you do then try Mellor 's Zealandia -*- * Boot Store for special bargains & Singing ——. Havelook Street, ''r'HE Enquirer's Oracle, the best . . f tejiven away with lOlbs BOOK GIFI yf patty pan each end of tin.



STUD NOTICES J TO STUD HORSE OWNERS | I ORSE CARDS and Horse Re ceipt Books printed at the Mail and Guardian Office with neatness and despatch, and.at Moderate Prices; TO Travel tha SBhburton, Metbven and surrounding districts, and stand at Newman's Stables ob Saturdays, the standard bred Trotting Bire J IMPBEIOUS. By Direotor—Mandaoe. For full pedigree see cards Terms—£s ss, payable on or before 'January 1, 1902; grootnage fee, 6c, payable at) tuna of service MANGAN & WILSON, 62 Proprietors, Biocarton npHB t lmported Thoroughbred Stallion, BENZOIN, Wil Btand'at Buccleucb during this Season. A perusal of hie pedigree will show he is one of the best bred horses ia tho Southern Hemisphere 1 ** Touchstone 14 Camel 24 * Banter i S «S Peeawins Dr Syntax 37 1 * Beeswing Tomboys dam; (H %% Tadm->rl2 jj >a i "3 * —— xhe Baron 24 S g "So Stockwellßj Pocahoptas P "Z 2S Melbourne 1 jo ffi^ Blink Bonpy Qu c Mary S b, Si« ZT, „ r i'ovchstone m g v g Orlando 13 tfv ii 3r e s -If ""*» Bgr^r S " '■ "". llie B«,ron Hi m o> Js Rata Plan 8 Pocahuitas CQ o nl _ ... , V MelbournelF -3 « V Ahce Sw et Hawthorn g -2 ' G-laduiteur h g jjiO Lord Gough 12 BattagUa J r«.it»«^ Kil S Trumps 2 fl Irritation Patience A __ lthur iei 8 S g &S Longbow 21 0?! 111 fig g=§ r Pantalooa 17 I H^ Legerdemain drof FdaPutal S __ . xue Baton 24 w ■*? StookwellßJ Pocabon-aa „■. JI & »™° say" For full particuiarß, apply to E. GATES, 9 285 Mount Somera KING B.OTAIT" {Bay Colt, rising 5 years) SIRE, King's Pride, by King of the Van, quishers, dam, Flower, by Grown Prinoe by Young Watty, dam Maiohioness a D*tn, by Lord Salisbury. For full particulars, apply to 275 PETRIB AND WILLIAMS. TO STAND THIS SEASON, at WiuJ slow, aud 1 ravel the Hinds, Rnapuna, M&yfield, and (Vesterfield Districts. Thk Thoeoughbbbo Stallion, MABQUIS OF ZETLAND, (Pbrkin Wabreok ll—Revebib)J Bred by Mr E Gates, at Grove Farm. Marquis of Zetland is a dark bay oolt with black points. He stands 15.3, baa great strength and substance, and during his racing career be ptovei himself to be one of the fastest horses of the [many good ones bred on Grove Farm. Fees—Season, £3 3a ; groomage fee sb. For further particulars apply to 1™ R. BURNETT, 9 46 Wioslow, BUSINESS NOTICES ALL kinds of Light Machinery repaired on the Premises. LAWN MOWERS A SPECIALTY. EGUPSE CYCLE Co., 1 TANORED STEEET. | COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE COMPANY, LTD., LONDON,. ' ACCIDHNT, MORTGAGEES 1 INDEM NITY, FIDELITY GUARANTBE $ FIRE, LIFE, AND MARINE. TOTAL ASSEIS IXOEED £3,000,000. ; THIS Company is now accepting proposals for Insurance bg&inst Personal Acci dent and for Indemnifying Employers against liability under— The Woiksra' Compensation for Accidents lot, 1900 The Employers' Liability Act, 1882, and Amendments, Employers' Liability at Common Law. LOWEST RATES CHARGED. £ FRIEDLANDER BROS, LTD, 10 199 Agents for Ashburton BOOKS :—Works by Scotfc, Dickens. Thackeray, Lytton, Dumas, E P Roe, A J E Wilson, Rhoda Broughton, Mrs Henry Wood, Bret Harte, Ethel Tamer. Guy Boothby, Rider Haggard, Geo. Elliott, and every other modern writer are given away with the BOOK GIFT TEA. FOR WATCHES CLOCKS, JEWELLERY, SILVER AND ELECTRO-PLATE SEASONABLE NOVELTIES, Eto, GO TO GL JESSON, Practical Watchmaker and weller Burnett Street, {opposite Somerset Hotel) Ashburton, —Eepairs % Specialty.— Presentation Committees liberally , dealt with. You can depend oa ridding your Children of Worms with Wade's Worm Figs, the wonderful worm worriers pr>ce la



WANTEDS, Fro _^ WANTED— indies visiting Dunedln will ! find Hendy'a Hairdressing Saloons, Princess street, replete with every oomfofb for Hairdressing, Shampooing, Singeing, eto Toilet good* of every description GEO. Elliott's fine story, 'Adam Bede/ lg given away with 61bs Book Gift Tea. Ask your grocev for Catalogue of 500 good books thab are given free with famous BOOK GIFT Tea- ST GEORGE Potted and Preserved Meats —Tongues, Table Delicacies, etc—have no equal, A\| storekeepers ST3 GEORGE Manufactured Goods of various kinds are the beat). Try them Procurable from all storekeepers 5 311 KOOLIBAH Cares all Pains, Straiuß, Bruises, Sbiff Joints, etc. Try ife for Qhllbfains WHAT prize takers for pastry nee, Fatty Pan baking powder the great novelty. PATTY Pan baking powder the great novelty, two patty tins for nothing grocers^ HOW to get 8 beautiful Library for nothing. Use the famous BOOK GIFT Tea und select your Books from Catalogue of 500 books that are given away free. WANTED— Every Lady to look nice on Show Day oy wearing a pair of oar American. Shoes—Mellor's Zaalandia Boon Store MELLOR'S Zaalandia Boot Store Is now showing Rome pretty lines in Ladies Boots and Shoes, in the. latest styles and shapes —/ : , : — ; _ WANTED— Eveiybody to look nice by wearing a pair of Melior's Zealandia B.)otg. Great value at Mellor's just now TR& SHI W, The Show-Be up to date and save money by going to Mellor's Special Bargain Sale, in Tancred Street WANTKD. Known — The RapSrb Lightning Bhirfc Gloss Is sold at all Grocers : a wnndprfnl Shire glaze WANTED Known-A Special B >ot Sale at Mellor's for a few days only. Now is the time for bargains riIHE Crowning Glory of a Woman is her J_ Hair. For promoting an abundant and luxurious growth of hair there is nothing to equal Hendy's Egg Jalep. Bottles Is, at H E Bonninton's, Chemist. OUR Country Friends will do well to try Mellor's Zealandia Boob Store for speclol bargains in Foot Wear. 2000 pairs to pick from at Mellor's mHE "LILY STARCH" h superior""^ JL any. Housewives will find ifc most economical. Sold by all storekeepers 5 312 I XfiT ANTED—For promoting a» abundant i VV and luxurious growth of hiir there is nothing to equal Henby's Egg Julep ;it : arrests all dandruff, and leaves the hair | beautifully glossy. Bottles Is ; on eala at E E Bonninoton's, Chemist. WANTED— Ladies desirous o! dressing the hair in present becoming fashions should send for the new Geisha Frames ; all colour?. Sent post free for 1b 9d from the mannfßoturer» A M Hbndy, Hairdresser 1 nnedin." rpHE moßii up to date ovelty oi the day JL Patty Pan baking powder PATTY Jfan baking powder is the great est novelty you ever saw. Sold all grooere. WANTED— Everybody to remember that Mellor's Special Boot IS He Is now en Thpy say you get great bargains at Mellor'e PATTY Pan baking powder wants one trial without prejudice, two patty pans f r nothing T) UY direct FROM THE IMPORTER, ---f > always a large stock of up-to-date novelties in Millinery, Costumes, Under Skirts, Corsets, Umbrellas, Sunshades, Gloves, Stockings, &c. ANDREW ORR ■pVRESSMAKING Department-Large AJr variety of dress materials ; high class goods ; be^ quality, best value, best make ; fie perfect. ANDREW ORR HPIES, Collars,- Hats ard Gloves 140 JL doz gents' ties to select from ; col lars and hats all the latest and most up to date shapes, ANDREW ORR WANTED KNOWN Bgantlfal Sailor Hats, very attractive, at Is, Is 4d, Is 9d.|2s 61. ANDREW ORR NEW SEASON-Japanese Silks, Lace Fichus, Ruffles, Boas, Silk Scarfs, Flonncings, Aprons, Caps, Jackets, Mantles, Capes, <ftc. ANDREW ORR GOOD Investment — Splendid Tailor made Suit, fls you like a glove; price from £3 7s 6d. ANDREW ORR BICYCLE—If you want a genuine Bicycle, ladies' or gents", buy the Crescent, £16 10-1; guaranteed nothing like it. ANDREW ORR I' ATEST Novelties in dress fabrics, jLj> plain and figured lustres ; silks all etudes; mercerised sateens ; white piques, &c, ANDREW ORR T INOLEUMS, Floor Cloths, Hearth JIJ Rugs, splendid designs, all prices ; up to date patterns ; prices strictly mode rate. ANDREW ORR TY7" ANTED KNOWN*—An excellent IT assortment of New Veilings, plain and fancy, all silk ; also laces of every description, Torchon, Guipure, Valen ciennes, &c> ANDREW ORR X A A BIRTHDAY Cards toohooae from tIUU new Designs from Id to 5s each —A T H Williams 250 »__ : BARGAINS In Boots, Btrgains In Boots, at Mellor's Special Boot Pale j A LARGE assortment of firab class Eng lish, China Earthenware, Cutlery and E.P Ware, Japanese Vases, etc, suitable for wedding and birthday ptesents—CAßSON & Co,! i /CHILBLAINS relieved instantly of all \J irritation by Loasby' Koolibah. Few a plications cure Smoke New Venus



BUSINESS NOTICES J. V. DE BEER WATCHMAKER * JEWELLER TUST Arrived, TWO OASES OF Electroplate and Sterling Silver Ware from the celebrated Manufacturers WALKER & HALL, SHEFFIELD. Articles editable for Presentations and Wedding Presents a Specialty. INSPECTION INVITED. WATCHES. Another Parcel of three dozen NICKEL KEYLES3 LEVERS at 27s This is the watch thafi has given such unfailicg satisfaction, that it is needless to mention its numerous excellent quail ties. Everyone Bold is an advertisement in Itself. NEW JEWELLERY $1 ENGAGEMENT RINGS, £30 Brooches, Bracelets, Bangles, Maff chalnß. The Newest Novelties In (Jold Charms The Latest Appliances and Appointment FOR SIGHT TESTING jost to hand J. V.DE BEER East Street, Ashburtoo "A THING OP BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER." fTIrIEREFORE Procure the Services of «T. I*. HIGGti TO DECORATE YOUR HOMES With his Beautiful Designs in Paper ant! Paint Work, i j As Spring is coming, apply early to avoid the rush of work, WINDOW GLASS, PAINTS, OILS, & PAPERINGS INgSTOCK. J. L« HIGrGrS. Tanobho Stbbhti Fishing Season, 1901-1902, HAEDLBY BEOS AGAIN to the fore with their new IMPORTED STOCK OF FISHING TACKiiE in preab variety—Minoows.tFlies, Reel?, Lines, Waders, Rods, etc, eto Anglers call acd inspect WE are also prepared to give estimates for Hot and Cold Water Services, Tanks, Baths, Portable Boilere, aad Tinware of every description HARDLEY.BROS EAST STREET, fiPBOIAL NOTICE. WE have jostlanded exs.s * Wakanni the largest shipment of Gent'e Fashionable Hits and Caps we have hitherto imported ; comprising fall ranges of the famous " COOL SPRING " HATS, for which we have secured the sole agency in Aehburton. STRAW HATS } AH •up to FRAME FELT HATS f date,' from FLEXIBLE FELT HATS flsnptoUs NOVELTIES IN CAPS )63 each. ORAIGHEAD & BERRYMAN The Leading Tailors and Outfitter!), ASHBTJRTON MRS J. LLOYD, MUSIC SELLER and rpEACHER of PIANOFORTE and X ORGAN. Musical Instruments of every description. Latest music by every math Pupils thoroughly taught. Terms, £1 Is per quarter AGENT FOR EMPKESS NEEDLE. Designs, Plushes, Wool, Silka and Frames, as usual* Tanorhd Street (next Hall, Herbalist) THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS CO OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION OF CANTERBURY, Ltd Offices, Warehouses, and Grain Stores West Street, Ashburton. EVERY Desor.ption of Farmers Requisites at lowest rates. Groceries, « Hardware Saddlery, CornsaeSrs, Woolpacks, • Twine, Oils' Tinware Horse Coven Soft Goods & Boots GRAIN SOLD ON COMMISSION. Having reliable information from cur Agents in other parts of the Colonies, we are in & position to obtain highest possible price, for all grain placed in our hands for disposal, Shareholders should be particularly oare ful to enquire from us and inspect oar goods before ordering elsewhere. WE have several really first-class Farm ; for Sale on cur books, and farmer ! wishing to purchase would do well to call on us for particulars :— 370  Spriogbum 103 „ Mount Somers 1000 Acres Lauriston District • 750 „ Wakaaul „ iO3I „ Ohartsey , „ 1958 „ Dromore „ 1180 „ SpriDgbura „ 476  i, ii 5000 lf Hinds „ (In lobs to suit purchasers 2000 i« Mifccham  400 ,> Fairfield „ 1000 ,i near Aiford 700 „ Newlanda 700 m Overdale 300 fi ii »F GIBSON Managnp 171ARMER3 and others, prepare for the J Winter, and have your Home made cheery and bright with the powerful acetylene Gas. Estimates given by Hardle? Bros



BUSINRBB NOTICES WHETHER YOU ARE ASSURED ORJfOT " YOU OANNOT DO BSTIER THAN APPLY FOB Combined life & Accident Policy, WHICH covers an Assurance payable in event of Death from any cause in any part of the world, and also Gompens*' tion for Disablement by Accident. This is the Twentieth Century Speciality offered by the Mutual Life Association of Australasia. HUGO FRIBDLANDER, Uit tried A seal) JOHN TOTIY, Representative for New Business, » SI Ashburtoa nPHIS sannob be beat for Valoe.— 1 Grenfc'anp to date Light B^ots 7e lid aE Mellor's Zealandia Boot; Store TTUHY Chilblains are relieved instantly JL and quickly oured by Loasby's KooUb&b. sure cure TRIAD Prlase Competition. GNYRMALOATITNMZIEADH. HPHE above letters form three worded Ob .L the 2lst December the envelopes marked • Sentence ' will be opened, and tbo tender of the first; correct sentence opened will receive two Guineas. To olote 20th December. * CONDITIONS. All that ia necessary to enter for this competition ia to write out the words and post same (enclosing a receipt for ss, or more, from any Triad advertiser} at per Htt below, to " The Manager of the Triad, Dunedin.' Ocmpeti tore may send aa many solutions as they ple&se, provided.caoh complies with above conditions Aiax Washing Powders Anglo N.Z. Cycle Co. • Auokland Forwarding and Parcels Delivery Agency Bermalipe Bread ~s 11 Bakers Book Gift Tea, all grocers Brinsiey and Go.'g Ranges Bing, Harris & Go, Arrow Brand Boobs Oomnieroial Hotel, T N Grange Cope's Cigarettes and Tobacco Oarbie, F, Jeweller Dunlop Tyres Gawne'e Sauces, Pickles, Vinegar, eto Gates, H A, Music seller Gregg and Co, W, Coff#, Starch, eto Hayward'e Pickles and Saaoei Jones, H M, Triad Agent Kirkpatrick, 8, and Co, X Jams Lane's Creoeoted Emulsion Loasfoy's Wahoo, Koolibab, Benjamin Gum, and Cinnamon Cure] Meddins, G., Ironmonger N.Z. Clothing Factory Nelson, floats and Go's Tea Orr, A, Draper Sanderson's Scotch Whisky Spring Blossom Tea Suratura Tea Teed and Co Corn Cure Toakinji's Linseed Emulsion Sykes' Cura Cough Trinity College Examination! Waltke's Soap Wills Three Castles Cigarettes and Tobaooo Woodrowa' Hats, Golliu & Co., Agents GOVERNM&NT LIFE'INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. Established 1970, BVBKY POLICY COARIHTEED BY THE STATE. FUNDS, 1878 .. £292,523. 18D8 '.* £2,881,53*. _____ 0 hi the present time the Funds amount to over THREE MILLION POUNDS, Present Annual Income, over £'+QO,OOO. The leading London Insurance Journal, Tlie Post Magazine and Insurance Monitor, says,—"The only institution of the kind at present in existence managing its affairs on commercial principles is the Life Assurance Department of the Colony of New Zealand. . „..,. Although tho operations of the Be* pai"tm*snt are confined to a small colony, the figures readied are very large, exceeding those of the great majority of British com panies. . . . Many of our companies at home might learn from it a useful lesson." ' J. H. BICHAEDSON, t] Cofi"irrnscfr>nPP WOJfJDERFUJL HBDIOI3IB BEECHAM'S PILLS Foe Billions and Nervous Disorders, such as Wind and Pain in the Stomach, Sick Headache, Giddiness, Fulness and Swatting after Meals, Dizziness and Drowsiness, Gold, Chills, Flushings of Heat, Loss of Appetite* Shortness of Breath, Ccstivenesi, Blotches on the Skin, Disturbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams, and all Nervous and Trembling Sensations, eto. The Fibst Dosb will arm Relief in Twenty Minutes. This it no Fiction. Every Bufferer ie earnestly invited to try one Box of these Pills, and they wil be acknowledged to be * • Worth <* eHJIifKA a BOJE BEECHAM'S PILLS, taken as directed, will quickly restore Females to complete health They promptly remove acy obifcruo tion or irregularity in the system For & WEAK STOMAOH, , IMPAIRED DIGESTION, DISORDERED LIVER, They act like magic—a few dosee wil work wonders upon the Vital Organsr strengthening the Muscular System, restor ing the longlost complexion, bringing b»o the best of appetite, and arousing with the robuet health the whole physical energy of the human frame For throwing off fever in kot climates they are specially renowned! . TLt>i?B are ' facts' admitted by thousands, 1 Wl classes of Society, and one of the besb guarantees to the Nervous and Debilitated is that BEECHAM'S PILLS have the Largest Sale of any Patent Medicine in one World BEECHAM'B FILJL.S Have for many years been the popular family medicine throughout the British Colonies, and they now stand WITHOUT A RIVAL. PREPARED ONLY BT I'HOMAS BUECHAn ST. ELEN.S, X Sold everywhere in ttles—9£d, Is 1 Is 9d each FEVERISH HEAT, PHEVENT FITS, CONVULSIONS, ETC. Preserve a healthy stata of tho consti tution daring the period of Teething. The words "JOHN STEEDMAN,** CHEMIST, WALWQSJTH, SURREY," <* Arc engraved on Hie .Government Stamp affixed f# each Packet. Kempthorne, Proaser & 00, Agents'