THE ASBBURIOK GDAEBIAIS ; WEDNESDAY, MAY U, 10011

Printed and publiibad by Alvbed John IPyrbeli.Baxtbb, of Burnett atirwb«•• I lor the Proprietors, Bompu &&L «nd Mssay Adah Magka», »l tb»it Prlotlae Offic* Buraebo SttMb, A*hbnrt« - WEDNBSUAY, MAY Is, IDI



To the Farmers Or IBM ASHBURTON OOUNT\. TTEREIIS A LIST of » few ot th THINGS WE SELL :— Mohawk Harrows, Line Harrows, Patent Lever Harrowe, Turnip Grubbtrs, Horneby's & Bansone's Plongh SbaitNl '.'(aUfliss), Castor & Cylindrine Oils, m any quantity, Corn Crashers, Bone Mill for Fowl Fanciers, Excelsior Horse Hoes, Garden Cultivators, , Sterling Bicycles— (Obai or Chainlets, and ail Aeo«Moriei), AND AUt TH* | MoOOBMIOK Reapers and Binders, Mowers, 1 Daisy Reapers, - ! Hay Rakes, and . Knife Grioders. CALL ft INSPECT BEFORE ORDERING ELSEWHERE. Mwrow, Bassett 4i Go, Wills Street, Ashiuitow. M. PRIEST, Manager Wade's Worm Figs .are most effective and not unpleasant j children hrive after taking them priof, Is



A, AUKR ARCHITECT. ARCADE OBAMBEBS ASHBURTON. TF you want) 8 NEW B0U8E» c. Alter v ttone, or Newest Style of Decorations, CONSULT MR AGIiR. Gall and see the NEW FIBEOSE BLIND Imitation of Tenotian, at half the price THE DAINTIEST "LITTIE WBBEL THAT EVJBR WAS" " The Bambler." BA VING sold ont of my old Btook of these superior Bicycles, I hare use opened op a fresh consignment of the LATEST PA'ITERN " RAMBLER» SPECIAL LIGHT RACERS, ROAD BAOItRS, A ROADSTERS n all fizes »nd all fitted with the eve* heting O & J defcichable Tyre. "THIS »"Zfllßl-,Jraßt,' OALIi AJSii INSPECT THE STOOK. Prise Easy. Riding Easy. Maohlnea the Strongest on Earth, ACCESSORIES IN STOCK. OTHER MARES FITTED WITH G & J TYRESt D. THOMAS. Old Harness Machine Beltiiigritc. TT'TTff j| SET with a Hannter. From all Iron monger* and StorakMpen. BIFUKO ATED RIVET -GO. l*D., London, Eaglnnd. Fall particulars from Harrison & W«bb, Anokland. (Cat this out and show your ronmoager.



Manning &-X)ob j NEW SEASON'S BOTTLED ALES A«D STOUT, Ih QUARTS AND PINTB, THB BEST IN THE MARKET Equal tc the Leading Brands of ENGLISH ALES. Agents for Ashbarton—- Mxs&ss Sbexax MAX BSQfI ; THE NEW ZEALAND FARMKRB CO OPERATIVE ASSOOIa™^ OF CANTERBURY, Ltd Offioes, Warehonses, amd Grain Btors« West Street, AsbbnrtOQ. EVERY Desdription of Farmers Requisites at lowest rates. Groceries, ardware Saddlery, tornas^s, Woolptoks, Twine, Oils nw^re Horse Covers, t Etc GRAIN SOLD ON COMMISSION. Having reliable information from «n Agents m other parts of the Colonies, we are m a position to obtain highest possible price, for all grain placed m our hands for disposal, Shareholders should be particularly oarc ful to enquire from ua and inspect oar ft*da before ordering elsewhere. WE have several really flnt-ciftsa Farm for Sale on our books, and farmer wishing to purchase would do wtll to call o us far particulars :~ 1000 Acres Laariston Dlittiot 750 „ Wftkaaul „ 1031 „ Chertaey „ 1968 „ Dromore „ 1180 „ Springbara „ c 2I 6 » «" 674 „ Waterton  1287 „ Seaield ( T. Fs GIBSON, Uanager MKS JOHNSTON" Teaohor o rIANOFORTE AND SINGING Havelook Streak



PILLS OIRi IiyOIS ATTACKS, FITS OF DEPRESSION, HEADACHE, NAUSEA. GIDDINESS, &C. Chey possess thiee grand qualities, being SPEEDY' SAFE AN.DJCERTAIN. The Schoolmistress, St. Anne's B<-hocl, "Wandsworcn, writes as follows. "My mother and eldest sister have taken your Pills for years for biliom attacks and sick headaches, and "have always found them most beneficial.'* ■ ifcnufactuvad only at 76. Ntv? Oxford Btro.es. London. Bold by all Chemists and Medicine Venaow ~MR F. N. WHITCOMBE, SUBGBON DENTIST, PAUNDBRB* BUILDINGS, (Oppoiite Railwuy Btfttion, Aahburton) BEGS to Intimate that ho hMCommenaed prtKttioe at the ftboreaddreM. Having imported the latest appliances direct from London and New York, he is prepared to do first claw work at) moderate fees. AH work done with care and despatch, and ocly the beab raateriali nud. Stoppings and oare of Ohildres'i Teeth « epeoS*lty MR WHITOOMBE will Visit as followi:— BAKAIA—First and Third THURSDAYS of every month at the Railway Hotel,, Hours—9 till 1, and 2 till 5.



OSBORNE SPBING TOOTH CULTIVATOE, I fNVALUABLE for GRUBBING TURNIPS and CULTIVATION 0t 1 ALL KINDS. We are prepared to give a trial to anyone requiring one of these Implements. ON VIEW AT JOHN ORR & COS. ASHBURIOK,



SB* JUST IN TIME GUNS. OPSTP. GUNS. Single »nd Doable Barrel, from 80s to £7 10s CA ETRIDGEa %>^AKTRTDGES. Ebtfß Bine, Bmokelese, tnd (niverßtl; NEW OLUB, NEW RIVAL HORSE~CLIPPERS CHEAP AND GOOD. T> A I\J/^ I?Q ("Orian7'"'ieaTandia J " and" Scott ■") Regwter JLVxLI 1 \JTJLjO Grates, Mantelpieces, Garden and Carpenters' Tools, Lamps, Builders' and Famishing Ironmongery, etc, Kindly Pay Me a Virit, and Save Money. GL MKDDINS, The People s Ironmonger. Burnett Street, Oppoßite Arcade CHOIC/JCi SHADKS "In Evening!!)-^ Goodi ARI TONES In Evening Silks ALL COLORS In Evening Satins LOVELY DESIGNS i oEre^MM u M N0 V ELTIES In Evening Shawls VARIOUS STYLES l,*^,.^ FANS GLOVES, HOSE, LAOES, OHIFFONSJ RIBBONS SEE OUR WINDOWS MITCHELL AND TURNER, THE DRAPERS.



ANDBEW ORR. JTVTbkbeer WATCHMAKER A JEWELLER T>EGS to annoanct that he la making extensive Alterations to his Business Premises, having imported ENTIRELY NEW WINDOW FITTINGS > the Late t English Design, which wh« oomplete wlli enable him to Show [his Larg and Select Stock to the best: advantage ON SATUBDAY, APBIL[6. The Finest Stock 1 Of NEW JBWEILEBY WATOHES, SILVER WARE, Ever offered to the Ashburton Public w be display«d. Daring Alterations Business wjtl be carr on at uswaL J. V.r>E"BEER WATCHMAKER k JEWELLER, East Htreeb, Ashburton HAT prize takers for pastry~use. Fatty Pan baking powder the great novelty^ tj| _^^ C"~ ARBIDE, Carbide—For Bike Lamps, Carriage Lamps, and for House Lighting, etc, at Ohristcharoh prices— Habdlkt Baoß^Easb Street ~~ SnToke New VeSais



ANDEEW OKR. TAIMENSB ARRIVAL Of New Autumn Goods* NEW JACKETS, NEW MANTLES NEW CORSETS, NEW DRESS GOODS NEW SIL 6, NEW MILLINERY, NEW FEATHERS, NEW RIBBONS, NEWJM ACINTOSHES, NEW FLANNELS HEALTH FLANNELS, NEW BLANKETS |NEW OARPErS NEW LINOLEUMS, NEW GOODS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. NEW TAILORING 11PARTMENT. BEBT SCOTCH, IRISH, & ENGLISH SUITS r*S3 3»i Fit and Styi,k Peri-cot. DRESSMAKING DEPABTMENT, Giving tbe utmost satisfaction. Orders Tuenbd Owt With Despatoji



A CARD. i NPBBB STRINGER & CRESSWFIL BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS, CHBIBTCFTURCH, HAVB OPENED A BRAISOH OFFICB at Mb Davison'o, West Street, Aehburtcn, wh^r* they will attend every THURSDAY and on other days when neofl'gary. They will be represented m Ashburfcon by Mr J- Davison, who is authoriued to receive iDitrnotioDi on their behalf, and bo whom communications may be addressed. We bave various mms of mosey awaiting m vestment at lowest current rates. STRINGER & ORBSSWELL, SOLICITORS. CHRIBTOHDBOF & ABHBPRTON. W H Undbili. E Undbill ! T H UNDEILL & CO FURNISHING UNDERTAKERS (EANGRED STREET, ASHBURTON EVERY REQUISITE ON HAND. Pointed Oofl5n« • SpMialty A Choice Assortment of Artifioial Wreath m Stock. Private Address, Pater Street, direoM behind Oddfellows' Hal! % al»o cure • Mr T. Andrews, East Bolt. 3 BAKER BROB.I OURNISHMG TrNDERTAKBRB URNISHING U NDERTAKERS DIRECT Importers of Best and Latest Designs m FUNERAL FURK ISHINGk e| FUNERALS condoled with the greatest cars and eatiehotion, it most reasonable charges. Come; of Wakftnoi Road and Cass ireets, and Baker And brown's Ooach actory.



McBKIDK, Mon S alptor, 60 Stafford St, Timaru tA LWAYS m Stook—A XjL class selection of Marble and Granite Monuments, Designs and Estimates for warded on application. ___^ Letter Gutting m anysty froniißvivujri nßmciax: BEEGHAM'S PILLS For Billious and Nervous Disorders, such us Wind and Pain m the Stomach, Sick Headache, Giddiness, Fulness and Swelling after Meals, Dizziness and DrowiJnees, Gold, Ohiik, Flushings of Heat, L->BB of Appetite, Shortness of Breath, Coßtivent'gs, Blotches on the Skin, Disturbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams, and ail Nervous and Trembling Sensations, etc The First Dose will give Relief m Twenty Minutes. This is no Fiction. Every sufferer fa earnestly invited to try one Box of these Pills, and they will be acknowledged to be Worth »4 GS-TL'ltfEA a JBO3C BEECHAM'S PILLS, "taken as direoted, will quickly restore Females to complete health They promptly remove any obstruc tion or irregularity m the system For a WEAK STOMACH, IMPAIRED DIGESTION, DISORDERED LIVER, They act like magic—a few closes wil work wonders upon the Vital Organs strengthening the Muscular System, restor ing the locglost complexion, bringing back the best of appetite, and arousing with th robust health the whole physical energy of the human frame for throwing off fever m hot climates they are specially renowned Thaee are ' faots' admitted by thousands, ih all classes of Society, and one of the best guarantees to the Nervous and Debilitated is that BEEOHAM'S PILLS have the Largest Sale of any Patent Medicine m toe Would Hava for m.<*ay years bmn the popula amily medicine throughout the Britis i -, Oolonies, and they now stand ' WtTHOUU A RIVAL. PBjtPABISD ONLY »V *HOMA» JBJBJKCMA (tt, St.' Heluh'S, B Sold everywhere m tties—-9Jd, Is 1 is 9d each SMOKE NO»JE!GS-AY TOBAOOO The Latest and Beet Slacafacbcred by ■t> f Williams & CJo . F.dniotd Vs.



NEW ZEALAND BRANCH: Head Office, Custom-house Quay Wallington. Local Board ot Dieeotoks : The Hon, Morgan S. Grace, M.D., 0 M.G » M.L.O. (Chairman) The Hon. Charles J, Johnston, M.L.C (Deputy Chairman) Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq. The Hon. Edward Richardson, G.M.Gh, MLG. John Duncan, Esq. "MEDICAL OFFICES'* j Dr. a E AaaoD, M.D., M.R.O.S England HfIHE Oldest, Wealthiest), and most A Prosperous AUSTRAL AN LIFE OFFICE ANI» THE LARGEST MUTUAL OFFICE IN TH I BRITISH EMPIRE. | The only Mtitnal Life Office wfeich de dares A BONUS EVERT YEAR The Method of Valuation adopted by this Society is of the most Btringen Character, and Ensures a larger Reserv to meet Liabilities than that held by at. other Office m the Australasian Oolonie ACCUMULATED FUND EXCEED £16,500,000 (SIXTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONS) STERLING./ ANNUAL INCOME EXOKEUS £2,000,000 (TWO MILLIONS) STERLING. Policies m force ... ... 151,74 Sam Assured ... ... £45,528,09 Csush Bonuses Divided ... £8,815,73 BONUSES. Cash Bonus for one year, 1899, £506,138 yielding rteversionary Bonuses amount ing to £942,500, after making specia reserves. Cash Bonuses declared or laet five years over Two Millions, yielding Reversion »ry Bonuses exceeding Four Millions. AESUIir "SOUR LIFE IN THE A M.P, SOCIETY, And Spcura a BONUS EVERY YEAR, a }«i jßcfi of Manage Daent—9 Per Cent on the Total Income. Edward W. Lowe, Resident Secretary Branch Office— Custom House Quay, Wellington. Jameb Hair, District Secretary. District Office Oa thedra! Square, Ohristchtirch^



WHBATSTONE , FOR "iATi^, ■ \ 7ii A,QKfia fyi %S ACRES / » Together with Dwelling House of eight, Rooms, Stable, Trap Shed, oto, thereon, the property of Mr W E Box. It) is well situated m a good agricultural district; very suitable for a working man Ter^ liberal terms of payment Apply to T BULLOCK 4" Obngh."""Core, Wahoo, Kocmbah and Benjamin Gum go to Asububton . Djbp a* __^ /IOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE DEPAJI[™ !ENT" Established 1870. EVERY POLICY GUARANTBBD BY:THE STATE. Fob the following amongct iua.ny reasons New-Zealandew should support their national office:— 1. Its Security I« absolute. 2. Its Prerrttums are low. 3. its Bonuses are high. 4. its Funds are all invested !n the colony. , 5. its business Is restricted to New Zealand, the HEALTHIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. New-Zealanders who insure m offices which obtain the bulk of their business frotothft Old World and the other colonies (including Western Australia and Fiji) ■^c *«■?*Sf< X tho LOSS ARISING FBOM THE HEAVfIL MOIITALITY OF THOSE COUNTRIES. Tho death-rate m New Zealand was under 10 per thousand m 1898, while m the other colonies it ranged from 12ft per thousanri n New South Wales to 16 per thousand m Western Australia. accumulated PtiNDS at present date amount to over THREE MILLION POUNDS. ANNUAL INCOME, over £300,000. , J. H. IUGHABDSON, OommißKioner. PROVIDENT SOCIETY.



KAYE & DARTER ! ARE CASH BUYERS, hlgheub current rates, all FARM PRODUCE. Agents tor Button's and Lawson' Unrivalled Seeds. New Season's Supplies of RAPE, TURNIP, MANGEL OLOVERS. & &o, JUST LANDED, LARGE STORES afc LYTTELTU EXTENSIVE CLEANING MACHINERY. CORNHAUKS always on hand, KAYE & CARTER, OHRISTCPURCH NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1859 CAPITAL—ONE MILLION • rpHE Premier and Wealthiest Colon! JL Company, Noted for Promptness and Liberality Paid-up Capital and Reserves," £400,000 Fire and Marine Risks,' Also,— 2 Risks on Growing Crops, Threshing Machines, etc, accepted fat lowest current rates mcol£T"br(x% Agent.- JaS i SOOTHIN Q | RELIEVE FEVERISH HEAT, PREVENT FITS, CONVULSIONS, Em Preserve a healthy state of the consti tution, during the period of Teething. The words "JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTH, SURREY," '" Are engraved on the Government Stamp asxcd It each Packet. m pthorne^ Proeser and Co. Agents l 4>iPECIAI/ Purchase of a Manufacturer's O Stock of Ladies' Sailor, Trimmed and Uaferimmed, HATS, at la each, for 14 days* vANDBBW OKK. ~~ Siooke J^ew Venus "



"OATTY Pan baking powder is fcbe great JL est novelty you ever saw. Sold a! grocers, LL Olasees Drapery and Olotfaing at big bargain price«—White Calico 2J yard, Grey Calico 2Jd, Cretonnes 3|d, Wide reversible do at lC|d, Art Mualio*, pretty designs, from B§d yard, White Turkish Towela 51d, Belgian Ticks, double width, Is 4fil, Fancy Oil Baizes la 6d, Damaak Tabling li£c!, 2 yards wide Grey Twill Sheeting 10|d, Black Colonial Knitted Stockings from 9d pair, Drees Stuff*, double width, from B^, splendid lob of Black a»d Navy Sergee, Lustres, etc OEOEGB DUNOAN & 00, Tanored Sfcr^efe QPKOIAL Notice to Hotel and Boarding O Housekeepers—6oo pairs Fxhibition Colonial Twilled Blankets at less iban Mill prices; extraordinary value, 12e lid pair, extra large e'za 18s 6d pair \ Euglifih Witney Blankets 7s ltd pair, colored ab 6j lid upwaids; Contingent Red Bags 5s 6d ; f i Colored Counterpanes from 2s 3di Tapestry i do from 5s 6d, at the Noted Cheap Drapers ! —Gbokos Dpwoan ahp Co, Tanored Street ORTH knowing that! GfcORGB DuBOAK AND Co, Cheap Cash Drapers and Clothierß, have now opened up their Wiater shipments of Ladies'Threequarter Jackets, New Drees Stuffs, Fur Necklets, Capos, etc, also a large stock of Manchester Goods, comprising Flannelettes, Calicoes, Hollands, Table Baizeß, Towels, Laoe Ourtains, Cretonnes, eta. Aa these goods have been ' bought m the .cheapest) Home markets for spot cash, they are confident the value is Al, and all buyers anxious to save money oannot do better than try George Dunoan & Co, The People's Cheap Cash Drapers, Tanored Street, opposite Arcade OW is your chance-—Npeoial patch»se Of Travellers' Samples m Ladies' Fur Neokletei &a we are offering these less than wholesale prices, so prepare for the cold weather ; from Is 6d upwards« GEO. DUNCAN & CO. Cheap Cash Drapers, Tancred Street. PATTY Pan baking powder oontaina a patty pan at each end of tin. rjl BE most op to date novelty of the day X Patty Pan baking powder MONEY. MONEY TO LEND op Freehold Security, m srnna to suit borrowers. Apply to MR p. W. PURNILLL, Solicitor, Montgomery's Buildings



 30000 . |. ORION jpiiiwiiiii ■ g Cookißg: RBnges ytSP-ACSJS^ C*IP In Üb6 i H t he Oolosy W*^ 1® JiLL™SLH" —^^ =^^^SSSgSSZ ■ The, bnrn Lignite, Trae Coal, or ,Wood up _^J. jfpss;":, ■■■■_. 3Sjk to 2ft 6in ctw Jfr^JpS N0 SETTING REQUIRED. • R «■§■«£ iL/"*^'^"**^ ** With Stove Pipe can be worked out la t " I PilTO i r open. Splendid Bread Bakera owcJisok i "\~S%*^]- With c-flt Iron or onpper boilers. The fl9B *Sr^^** copper boilers are large end tin lined inside. K>' Ssts i W Repairs are a Minimum, Bai \™Z£\*l£i. jßjgHEgggai L * Maie m ail siaes, single cr double o?eiiß. ir^ifiii'ir^Y^ I***"!''^*l^ 3 Hch cr lowpmßure boiler ogatu n be obf.aed, it !'■ » 'It H. E. SHACKLOCK, LTD. wfVtfTHEND PDTTNBEY. Petoces Street Ol'NHlilN FOR TOURING AND ORDINARY EVERY DAY RIDINO MASSEY-HARRTS BICYCLES ARE ESSENTIAL. fp Ivbixq Ffrctkcie, etc, jk a MiSf PY ai ecf sxtcb high obadb ouktby BIDXBB who trade with the MASSET HABRIS COMPABT CAK RKIY VTOIH ABSOLUTE SATISFACTION BEING GIVEN. Otß GUABAKTEB if? A lIBEBAL O>B B«id tie TERMS FASY, f econd hakd Machikbs are taken m pakt paymk>t. Canada Cycle & Motor Co,, Li mite (MABS&Y-H ARRIS BRANCH) DU2<IIDIN DIIPCT- 121 a GEORGE 'feTREiT. Branches find Agenciee everywhere thrcughrnt $ew E



"Wanted, 20,000 Hares. VTJE! Have appointed Messr Annex Bbos. to aob as oar AGENTS For Afihbarten aod District', and they will pay Top Prices. Cosjsign to— TONKIN AND CO., PAIRFIELD MES'B and Boys' Clothing — Special bargain prices; Men's Working Bhirfcß 2s 3d, Leather do 2o 4^l, Colonial Flannel Under Shirts from 2b 9d, Colonial Knitted Pantß 3» lid, do Shirts S3 9d, Merino and Cotton Panta Is lid and 2s 6d, Boys' Serge Knickers Is lid. Boya' Colonial Tweed Suite 8* 6d upwards, Men'e do, special value, 23s 6d upwards, Knitted Socks, two pairs for Is 9d, Turkey Red Handkerchiefs i l|i and 2|d, Men's Tweed Trousers 5s 9(3, Denim Overalls 3a lid, Saddle Tweed S Trousers 12a 6d, Men's Elastic Braces 10£ d, Boys" do s£d, Merino Bockß 6d. Note addreas—Ghobge Duncan AND Co, Cheap Cftßh Clothiers and Meroprs, Tanored Rireet WFBLEY & SONS PIANOFORTE & ORGAN TUNERB, HAVING taken over the late MrOsbor Coombes 'connection, will visit Aeh burton and eurrounding districts three times per snnam, via., March, July and November O.'dere may be left at the Commercial Hotel or with Mr L'ewellyn Owen at his Mnsln Studio, Arcade Chambers, Ashburton. j Wade's Teething Powders for Babies are soothing, redace fever and prevent blotches ; price, Is T WirSTRONGTRBAgONS W J Mullroy, Esiq, Kcmara. N Z eaid recently s— " From actual use mmy own family, and remarfce made by ell who have ever used Chamberlaina Cough Remedy, I know it to be the beet cough mixture m the market. I have had the agency for over four yectrß, have sold meny dozens, aad have never bad a singe complaint. Sold by Ashburton Drug Company price i*6d and 3s , ; Aurora Australia that wonderful sight, That dazzles the eyes with He brilliance and light, Oocure m those regions where ice and the snow Extend everlasting above tad below; Such a climate would kill ua so used to the heat, New Zealand's bright sunshine is so hard'to beat. It is here we escape oougha and colds to be sure, By taking that Woods Great Peppermint



llilJlllllllliPllllJl© Soft, silky, MmSMS^j^lm Slossy, abun- WiflHll^^ltt dant ' beauti- K^^c^lft (|il!!"llllil scribe a islaz* Wf'n xffi nificont head *W WIW hair you have? Is your hair long enough to suit you ? Does the color exactly please you ? In a ■word, are you perfectly satisfied with your hair ? If not, give it a good hair food. Give it j Ayer's Hair Vigor 'Twill make you have long, rich, abun dant hair, and it will stop falling of the i hair, too. Ayer's Hair Vigor always restores color. You can depend upon it every time. It brings back all th« rich, dark color you had when you were young. If you are 30, thera is no need of looking as if you were 50 just because your hair is gray. And you will like our Hair Vigor, also, as a hair dressing; while it forms a valuable addition to any toilet table because of the elegant way m which it is put up. Prepared by Dr. J. C Ayor Co., Lowell, Mass., U. S At CONSULTING OPTICIAN Mr Ernest M Sandßtein, DBOAI.FR MO, who has lately returned after six years' special study m England and Con tinent, may be ccuealted on all careerf defeotivo eyesight. Daylight not necessary art.i6cial light being used. Doctors' pre eoriptions prepare.!. Fees moderate. Con ultinp rooms, Cashel Street W,, over M eandstein, jeweller, Christchurc>. 9to 11 bo 44 ilv "!^C)oNALD & COY, TAILORS Burnett Street. TN Consequence of having comparatively ISO BAD DEBTS kU\ iti NO OLD STOCK \\ 111 NO MISS FITS cMlllf WE can offer you a Splendid Salt at the above figarp. '6 1



WANTED Koowd—Thß wo stock an Kndieea variety o! Mea'a Overcoats, CovertCoata, and Mtcintoubea m Sbylea, Coloirs, and Shape to unit the raoab fastidious Hipsqtlon t |ovtt«a— MmWM, * IVBHRR,



little Ethel A TRUE STORY*iv)R MOTHERS A true story which we print here concerning little Ethel Jones, of En field, the pretty daughter of Mrs M J Jones, was told to our reporter by tuat lady, as follows • — " Ethel iit now three-and-a-half, and ks bright and bonny a lassie as cod Id bp wished for, bat when she was only biz months Jl|aps||j!k wan taken fmk'fc Wk' through - i ~y Jl? teething. Later on, \ >^\' Jongs set i «* )Dj 0r D 0 Littlb Ethel Jones. afterwards (•ketch from pboto) consump tion of the bowels. Two clever doctors were consulted, but baby w&e only given four months to live; aa operation was advised hut my husband and I iihrank from the ides. Ethol was now so ill that she could not even move.' bhe suffered terribly with stomach pains j although frequently poulticed she coold not sleep, and night after night we sat up with her, One day nfter reading m a pamphlet of cares effected by Dr Williams' pink pilla for pale people, we parchaeed some and gave them to b*by as directed. When she had taken the contents of two boxen we noticed an improvement — the pains ksaened, and abe was able to sleep—we continued giving her the pills, and they completely cured her. Now she is m perfect health, playe abon^, and is as happy as the day i& long. We always recommend Dr Wil llama' pink pilla for they saved baby's life." Mothers, if your child is ailing, or you are nob well and strong, write describing the case and you will be told truthfully whether such cases have beea cured by Dr Williams' pink pills or not: address Dr William*' Medicine Co, Old Oa&tom House btreet, Wel lington. The genuine pilla which bear the fall name, Dp Williams' piak pilla for pale people, m red on the pink outside wrapper, are sold by moat chemists and storekeepers], and by tho Dr Williams Medicine Co, three shillings per box, six boxes sixteen ana six, post free. They cure rheumatism, Sumt'ftgo, sciuticft, neuralgia, bronchitis coasumption t anafimia, early decay, ladies ailmtnts, etc. Imitations are ÜB@leefi and often poisonous.



Irrigation m Egypt. AM ARTIFICIAL LAKB Particulars aro to hand concerning one of the darnsi across th-> Nile, part of the great engineering works being executed by Messrs John Aird and Sob. The vast underukinsl—Binsur- pa»BPd m magnitude and difficulty by any similar enginepring fn&t (if m dern times.—is bow man advance* stage. And th© oljpcfc of ii? Brufly, the toeetar irrigatien of Middls and tJppf"- Egypt-. At present, the cultivated soil consists of a bek, of land on either nhic of the river extending as fir «ih, and no farther, than, the line reached by the watero at'High'Nile, The r- st is arid, unpreciactive sand The Nile water> 'Krißp^dtiHa.rly rich m * sediment invalu ftble (or agricijUura! purposps, and yet ©very ye»r pnoairh Nfile water hoi to create severnl Egyp's Hre »liowt-d to run into the Mediterranean. It is to litnpoand thits watet that ft great wall of grauite ia being bnilfc on the south ern side of ihp Bret catarsofc at Assuat;. The wall <>tretchea from the right bank J tf the Nile to the left, and, when com pletfldj will nnc 90ft, above the level f thp river at- low water. The top of i* will be as wide an Fleet Street, and will accommodate aa nmch traffic. The wall is pierced by sluices. They ntsm her 180. The great steel doors with which they arp provided will be worked by machinery at once enormously powerful and yet so delicate that a child could loose millions of gallons of ibis water which is to be Egypt's salva tion. At some periods of the year 900,000 tons of water will rush through the sluices every tninnte; The dam will bottle tip 1,000,000,000 tons ti water ; but the effect, of the wall will be apparent over 144 miles of tbe river In other word', a lake 144 miles long will be formed, The cost of the scheme hti bean fixed at £5,000,000 j bat the Egyptian Government will not be asked to pay a six peace until the work has been completed. The settling of this little bill will extend over & period of five yeirs, bo that Egypt is getting her coloesal dtm on the stmeßjstem as tho thrifty house wires get their eewing machines —the deferred payment system. It will prove a good bargain for Egypt, for it ia calculated that England is virtually making the land of the Pharaohs * present of something like £80,000,000. In addition to the great wall at Assuau, a sabeidiary dam is being frailt at As snit. On the former 12 } 000 men are employed, chiefly natives. They receive between three and four piastres a day, or about 5s a week, which is usually twice ffs much as they earn, On pay i«y the money is hr< tight m bullion on camels across the desert from the As— sh&d bsnk, and it is an interesting sight to see ihe patient bearers knee! down While their precious burden is dietributed among the eager thousands of jabbering t:»ilen. The stone fot the great will is being obtained from the qaarries of which the Temples of Philae are be- Moved to have been built, —the unheppy Philae which wkea the dam is completed will be submerged and partly disappear from sight for the first time m its three thousand years of existence. The granite blocks that are being quarried for this, the first gre»t engineering achievement of the 20th century, bear the marks of wedges used SO centuries ago. It may be—nay, it seems almost inevitable, m ireeh » changeful country—that some day we may go the way that the Ph» roahs and the Persians, the Ptokmies and Roniana w^rst m long ago ; bat we ■hall lea?e behind us an enduring monu ment to ihe enterprise, the wisdom, und the beneficence of England's occupation m Egypt.