PARLIAMENT.

Legislative Council

United Press Association— I!y Electric Telpsrraph Wellington, Sept 5 The Council met at 2.30 p.m. SECONDHAND DEALERS BILL. The Secondhand Dealers Bill was further considered in committee. _ Clause 4 was amended to make the licenso fee 10s instead of ss. The Bill was read a third time and passed. 9 TECHNICAL EDUCATION BILL. The ITou. W. C. Walker moved the second reading of the Manual and Techni- 1 cal Instruction Act Amendment Bill. He explained that the Bill was not an amend ing measure, but was intended to provide means to enable schools to better under take the work of technical education. The system so far had proved successful; 360 classes had been created throughout the colony, exclusive of 700 school classes, and 18 connected with secondary schools. Of priasary school classes 250 were in towns and 350 in the country, and there were indications that native schools would (generally take advantage of the system. Mr Jones thought it would have been better to have repealed certain clauses in stead of amending thorn. As at present framed, the measure was difficult to understand.

Mr Pitt asked the Minister if he were satisfied that good value was given for the large expenditure last year, £10,507.

Captain Baillie approved of the Bill, but thought that the introduction of County Councils and Borough Councils into the control of the classes would clash with the Education Boards. He considered that the more we spent on technical education the better it would be for the youth of the colony.

Mr Jenkinson would like to see some tof the money spent on military instruction deroted to technical education. He hoped that in future the Minister would get a larger vote for the system.

Mr Bigg said that the question was •whether the education given was in the best direction. It seemed to him that it would be much better to apply the education to those already engaged in trade. The Bill was read a second time on the Toices. The Council rose at 3.35.

House of Representatives.

Wellington, September 5 The House met at 2.30. LAND ACT AMENDMENT BILL.

The Land Act Amendment Bill was read a second time pro forma and referred to the Waste Lands Committee. LOCAL BODIES LOANS BILL. The Local Bodies Loans Act Amendment Bill was read a second time pro forma and referred to the Public Accounts Committee. BILLS PASSED, The Birds Nuisance Bill and the Share brokers Bill passed their final stages. MOTOE CARS BILL. Sir Joseph Ward moved the second read ing of the Motor Cars Kegulation Bill. He said that motor cars had come to stay, and regulations were required for both, the users of the cars and the general public. Considerable discussion took place as to the maximum speed at which motor cars should be allowed to run. Several members expressed the opinion that the proposed speed of ten miles an hour was too 6low, and that along country roads twenty or even thirty miles an hour would not be excessive. Another question raised was whether the rate of speed should be left to the local bodies to fix, or whether the Hotise should deal with the matter.

The second reading was agreed to on the voices.

NELSON HARBOUR BOARD BELL,

Sir Joseph Ward moved the second reading of the Nelson Harbour Board Act Amendment Bill, providing for the annual payment by the Government to the Board of £500 in lieu of the rents and profits of lands excluded. from the Board's endow ments.

The second reading was agreed to on the voices.

NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITY BILL,

Sir Joseph Ward moved the second read ing of the New Zealand University Act Amendment Bill, to provide for the recon stitution of the Senate of the New Zealand University. The. Bill has already passed the Legislation Council. Mr James Allen thought that the Bill proposed to effect some improvements in the constitution of the Senate, and he agreed with the exclusion of the Secretary for Education, holding that life appoint ments of that kind were very undesirable. Mr Barclay believed that the Bill would •widen the sphere of the University so that it could advance on more utilitarian lines. Mr G. W. Russell did not think that the polony was doing what it should do in the matter of financial aid to the higher branches of education. There was an un explored field for the Government in this direction. He considered that the annual grants io Victoria University College and Auckland University College should be increased. The second reading was agreed to on the voices.

FISHERIES ENCOURAGEMENT BILL. The Fisheries Encouragement Bill passed through committee without amendment. OPIUM PROHIBITION BILL The Opium Prohibition Act Amendment Bill passed through committee without material amendment. The House rose at 5.30 p.m. OLD AGE PENSIONS BILL The House resumed at 7.30 p.m

In committee on the Old Age Pensions Act Amendment Bill, A long discussion took place on clause 6 — « Payments in excess may be recovered." Eventually the clause was altered to pro vide that in lieu of or in additien to any penalty imposed by section 47 of the Act of 1898, a penalty not exceeding double the amount of pension should, at the discretion of the Magistrate, be inflicted upon any ap plicant securing a pension by fraud. Some objection was taken to a portion of this clause as placing too great a power in the hands of Magistrates in determining whether fraudulent representation is being made by an applicant. It was urged that there ought to be some provision for an or dinary legal investigation of any charge of fraud under this Act in the same way as other criminal charges are investigated. It was also contended that the clause cast a slur upon applicants for pensions. Mr Napier moved the addition of a proviso to clause 6 to provide that the penalty stipulated for fraud should only be inflicted after the conviction of an offender upon a prosecution instituted under section 7 of the Act. „_._.. After considerable discussion Mr Napier,s proviso was rejected by 42 votes to 9 votes, and the clause as amended was agreed to. AtclauseßMrHornsby moved to make the application of the clause wider by striking out the provision that the property must have been the property of the appli cant for ten years. This was carried by 30 votes to 23 votes. Sir J. G. Ward" raised the point whether this amendment could be accepted, as it nieimt a large increase in appropriations 'Mr Guinness, the chairman, said that it was a matter for the Speaker to decide. v Mr GL W. Russell held that the amount refunded from a pensioner's property upon his death should be only the amount he had actually received by way of pension, and he therefore moved that the provision for the deduction of 4 per cent interest in addition should be struck out. ; Sjr .7. 6r. Ward raised the point that this also increased the appropriation, at least indirectly,but Mr Gn'nnesa ruled that the amendment was in order. The amendment was lost by 29 votes to 27 votes. Mr Masßey nioved a new clause to pro vide that the period of continuous resi dence in the colony before the granting ot a pension to any person who had comp etea the required period of residence should pc twelve years. He mentioned a case m which a man who had gained the P^on had lost it''again ■Because someone had.4% covered that forty years before he had been absent from the colony for twelve montns

and was unable to prove that he had pro : vided for his family during his absence. This clause was accepted by the Minister and agreed to on the voices. The Bill was reported. THIRD HEADINGS. The Fisheries Encouragement Bill and Opium Prohibition Bill passed their final stnges. The House rose at 12.5 a.m.

The Tenth Contingent Sensation

Per Press Association—By Electric Telegraph

Auckland, Sept 0. Another Ancklander says the Newcastle rioters wove mostly Ancklander. One hundred turned out to avenge tho injury inflicted by a Fusilier policeman's shille lagh. The Dragoons were called out with swords, but the colonials took cover, resum ing the search for the Fusiliers after they passed. Only one man used a stirrup iron, black eyes were plentiful.

Cricket.

Australians y. Thornton's Team

f London, September 6. The match was drawn. With nine wickets down fi-r 202 the Englishmen declared their innings closed. Scores — Jones 1, Tunnicliffe 4, Jackson 11, Taylor 0, Foster 6, Hirst 5, Tyldesley 88, Hunter 11, Thompson 12, Haigh not 'out 30, Rhodes not out 25, sundries 9.

The Australians, requiring 154 runs to win, had lost four wickets for 120.

Football.

The tenth interprovincial football match between Canterbury and Southland was played at Christchurch on Saturday after noon, the visitors being defeated- by 21 points to 6. . Otngo beat Wellington on Saturday by 8 points to 0. (The match was played at Wellington).

INTER-ISLAND MATCH.

The Selection Committee, consisting of Messrs Harris, Galbraith and Evans, has chosen the following team to represent the South Island in the inter-island match, to be played next Saturday, at Wellington :— Full-back, E. Booth (Otago) ; three quar ters, Smith, (Nelson), E. Harper Canter bury), D. McGregor (Canterbury) ; five eighth, M. Wood, captain (Canterbury), half, P. Harvey (Canterbury) ; forwards, A. McNie (Southland) W. JDuggan (Canterbury. Fenwick (Otago', B. Fanning (Canterbury) J. Roddick (Otago), R. Cooke (Canterbury), W. Drake (Canterbury),J. Porteous (Otago) F. Given (Otago). The Committee found itself considerably handicapped owing to several prominent players being unable to get the necessary leave of absence. The Canterbury players will be expected to leavn for Wellington by the Thursday night's boat.

The following will play for Springburn v. Excelsior I. ou Thursday next.— H. Sharp lin, Grieve (2). Thos. Green, R. Brown, E. Woods. Burgess (2), Sutton (2), Goldsmith, Hancock, Tait, Whiting, Mcßae. Emergen cies—H. Hood, J. Brown. The following will represent Springburn Juniors against Excelsior 11. : —Gundry ' 2), Sharplin (2 , Fergus, Johnstone, Aldridge, Bishop, G. Green, W. Burgess, Smith, Martin, C. Joli, Goldsmith (2). Emergencies —S. Fergus, W. Sharplin. -

The Plague.

A SUSPICIOUS CASE AT LYTTELTON

Chuistchuroh, Sept. 6,

A wharf labourer who has developed suspicious symptoms of plague was re moved to Bottle Like hospital to-day. Dv Synies District Health Officer, states that the patient appears to be quite well, but it is necessary to isolate him aa a pre cautionary measure. It is stated that swellings of the glands similar to those shown by the patient are by no means unusual among men working in the freez ing chambers of steamers, and this is the work on which the patient has been en gaged. The swellings, however, are not the only cause for the patient's removal, as his general condition is suspicious. The hcuse in which the patient has been living is in no way insanitary.' The patient is a young man named Wil liam Hughes, 21 years of age, who was re siding with his parents at Hawkhurst road, Lyttelton. He walked to the railway station, looked well, and expressed himself as being so, save for the swelling of the glands of the neck. He had, it appears, been employed in the freezing chambers of ships carrying meat, and it is stated that glandular swellings, the result of the cold, are sometimes produced in men work ing in those chambers. Dr Symes states that besides the glandular swelling on the patient's neck, his general condition has given rise to a feur that he may be suffer ing from plague; it is, therefore, considered advisable to isolate the case.

THE LATEST. HOME AND FOREIGN.

United Press Association —By Electric

Telegraph

Received Sept 8, 9,15 a.m, MEAT FAMINE IN GERMANY.

-■ ■ ' Berlin, Sept. 7 The meat famine in Germany is wide spread, and a demand has been made to allow'the importation of foreign cattle, but Ministers refuse on the ground that the Agrarian ring can supply all needs. Great dissatisfaction is expressed, and the poor of Saxony aie slaughtering dogs for food.

The Eruptions at Soufriere.

DESTRUCTION OF CARIB COUNTRY,

TOWNS EVACUATED. Received Sept. 8,9.31 a.m. New York, Sept. 7

A terrific eruption occurred at Soufriere on the evening of the 3rd, and there were internal rumblings with clouds of steam throughout the night. Georgetown, Chatena, and Belair have been evacuated.

Tho destruction of the Carib country is complete. The mountain was still erupting on the sth.

The Si. Lucia cable haa broken, and the cruiser Tribune has been ordered to St. Vincent.

Ashburton County Racing Club

A committee meeting of tho Ashburton County Racing Club was held on Saturday. Present —Messrs T. E. Upton (chairman), J. C. N. Grigg, L. de C. Malet, W. B. Den shire, D. Wood; T. Stone, F. Russell, and G. M.Watson.: '• CORKSSFONDENC K. Correspondence was read and dealt with asunder:— ;: From Mr Rose, offering to erect another starting machine.—Consideration deferred.

From C. W. Purnell applying for half year's rent. —Granted. From New Zealand facing Conference, i j applying for amount of levy.—Ordered to be j j jaid. ! j -' From Mr J. H. Pollock, offering to act : ' as handicappor.—Received : | ' From Mr Henrys, stating that he would be present at the spring meeting. PROGRAMME. The Programme Committee submitted a programme for the Spring meeting, in which the stakes were raised to £050. The programme was adopted and ordered to be sent to the C. J. C. for approv&t 1 ' ' " SUBSCRIPTIONS. It was resolved that all members, whose , subscriptions are in arrear by nest meeting, fee gtruok off the membership roll.

TO-DaY'S TELEGRAMS

United Press A^ociation—By Klec'ric i'«le;<Taph

New Plymouth, September 8 Mr T. V. Mackay, ii,u official in the Land OiEce, was thrown from his horse jester day and reCßlvod a fracture of tho base of the skull. He is now- lying in the hospital in a critical state.

Wellington Sept. 8 The Hiuemoa. arrived in port last night, after a difficult passage from Kaipara. While doing surveying work there, she lost her rudder and siernpost on a sandbank, and had to come on to Wellington with temporary steering gear of a "primitive kind. The steamer seems to have been in some peril when she struck the sandbank.

At a sitting of the Licensing Committee to-day it was announced that the motion of tho Chairman t^ compel the re-building of certain Wellington hotels had not been carried, it having bean decided to leave the matter over until after the local option poll. •

Napter, Sept. 8 The Supreme Court criminal session opened to-day before the Chief Justice. The calendar comprises eight charges against nine prisoners, including two for alleged murder. After the formal ["opening, the Court adjourned till the afternoon, out of respect to the memory of the late Mr A. J. Cotterill, Crown Prosecutor.

I .Christchurch, Sept. 7 At the inquest touching the death, of John Clark a verdict was returned that deceased was killed by falling off a train in Lyttelton tunnel while he was under the influence of liquor. Timabu, Sept. 8 Another old identity has just passed away here, Captain E. Eaddon. Deceased was well known as a seafaring man, and was ..many years captain of the Whitehall, trading betwuen the colonies and England. : He had been living in a retired way on a I small farm at Kingsdown for some years. He died of inflammation of the lungs, aged 86.

Dunedin, September An accident occurred on Saturday a noon as the result of some children pla^er with the railway wagons on the gas ying siding, at Anderson's Bay Road, works W. Kitto, 11 years of age, got his u^ caught between the buffers oi two head with, the result that his skull was g trucks, fractured, and he died at 5 o'clock everely day. An inquest will be held thi yester noon. 8 after-

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN : MONDAY,. SEPTEMBER 8, 1902



Property Sales.



Mr F. Ferriman reports the following sales of properties:—The old convent property on the Wakrnui Road, comprising about four acres and buildings; also Town Section 645, Burnett Street, Ashburton, and dwelling, on account of the Executor of the late James Hawkins.



j David Thomas. ARCADE 1 HORSE FAIR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1902 \ -r V Next Horse Fair will be held on the - I- above date, for which I am now receiving entries. 9 12 DAVID THOMAS.



Friedlander Bro-. Ltd. sacks! 5. % T ANTED—Good, Sound, Second-hand VV SACKS. Friedlander Bros., Ltd. T\7"E ARE CASH BUYERS OF WHEAT, OATS, BABLEY, A GRASS SEED.



Highest Prices Given Storage in our Ashburton, Tinwald, and Lyndhurst Stores at lowest rates FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd. YJL - E have for PBIVATE SALE— Several blocks of Suburban Properties ranging from 6 acres to 40 acres. For full particulars apply to FRIEDLANDER, BROS., Ltd.



CHAFF. TT7 ANTED--OATSHEAF and OAT STRAW CHAFF for Immediate Delivery. Friedlander Bros., Ltd. Trust Money To Lend. TT7 E have sums ranging from j>2oo to .£SOOO to lend, on approved security at 4$ and 5 per cent. Friedlander Bros., Ltd. SUNBEAM TEA~ " SUNBEAM TEA. SUNBEAM TEA



The Ashburton Electorate.—Mr Al bert Ager is definitely out for the Ashbur|J ton Electorate, as a supporter of the present Government. The Railway Department notify speoia excursion fares to Christchurch on the 11th' 12th, and 13th September, available for return till 22nd September. This will give Ashburton residents an excellent oppor tunity of hearing Dr Torrey, the famous preacher.



Public Notices. BARING SQUARE SUNDAY SCHOOL. Anniversary Festival. SUNDAY, 12th OCTOBER, 1902. Preacher—Rev. C. H. Laws. CHILDREN'S CONCERT—Thursday, 16th October, 1902. Q go THE UPPER ASHBURTON ROAD~" BOARD. £5 Reward-



\^7"E are the Sole Agents in the County ».* of Ashburton for this choice brand of Tea. It is particularly delicious in flavor, jjnd no Tea in the Market gives such continued satisfaction. Our best adver tisers are those who have used our Sunbeam Tea. In tins of 51b and lOlbs. Friedlander Bros, Ltd StiKD OAl^. TTTE have for Sale- Prime Canadian Seed Oats, | Prime Danish Seed Oats, Prime Black Tartar Seed Oats. Prime Siberian Seed Oats. FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd.



THE above Reward will be paid to any Person who will furnish evidence that will lead to the conviction of the person or persons who have been destroying the Sign Boards on Koads within this Board's Dis trict. By Order, JOHN DAVISON, 9 97 Clerk. Notice of Thanks.



"SIST'E beg to tender our sincere thanks to all those who so nobly worked for ua at the fire on our Premises on FRIDAY Night, and to all friends for their kindly ex pressions of sympathy in our misfortune. Yours very truly, 9 96 T. H. UNDRILL and Co.



FARM SEEDS. OUR Season's Shipment of Clover Seeds is now to hand, samples and quota tions of which we shall be glad to furnish on application. Red Clover, White Clover, Alsykt, Rape. Also, — Heavy Double Machine Diessed RYE GRASS SEED, At Lowest Current Prices; PRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd



HAMPSTEAD TOWN BOARD,



BIENNIAL ELECTION. SEPTEMBER Bth, 1902. rTIHE following Candidates having been JL duly nominated are hereby declared duly elected Commissioners of the Hamp stead Town Board, namely— / ANDEEWS, GEORGE WILLIAM PAYNE, SAMUEL TAYLOR, JOSEPH THOMAS, EDWIN. The number of persons elected being less than the number of vacancies to be filled an election of three candidates to fill the extraordinary vacancies so caused will be held at Mrs Crosby's House, Hampstead, as below. Nominations (forms obtainable from Mrs Crosby or the Returning Officer), must be addressed to the Returning Officer and delivered at Mrs Crosby's house by 12 o'clock (Noon) on SATURDAY, September 20th, 1902. A POLL, if necessary, will be taken between the hours of 9 v.m and 6 p.m., at the same place, on MONDiY, Sep tember 29th, 1902. > J. C. BELL, Returning Office* Hampstead Town . District. Septemberß, 1902. 9 100



Tenders i TENDERS. fpENDERS are invited for building a _1_ Shop in Havelock Street. Plans, etc., at my Office. Tenders close on TUESDAY, 16th September. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. 9 48 R. BIRD, Architect. WAKANUI ROAD BOARD.



HPENDERS are invited for Grubbing and JL Burning about 690 Chains of Tussocks on Roads j and Grubbing Gorse and Trim ming Fences on Reserve 2240. Tenders to be in by Noon on the 20th instant. Speci fications may be seen at the office. JOHN KILGOUR, 9 92 Clerk for the Board. LONGBEACH ROAD BOARD. TENDERS are invited to be sent in not later than FRIDAY, September 12th inst., for cleaning out the Wheatstone Drain from Graham's Road to the outlet at end of Wheatstone Road- FOOKS and SON, 9 49 Surveyors to the Board.



TINWALD TOWN BOARD. Biennial Election. PURSUANT to the provisions of the Regulations of Local Elections Act, 1876, and the amendments thereto, and Town Districts Act, 1881, and amendments thereto, I hereby give notice that a POLL will be taken in the Oddfellows' Hall, Tin wald, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Wednesday, the 17th September, 1902, for the Election of FIVE persons to act as Commissioners of the Tinwald Town Board. Nominations on the prescribed form, must be delivered to the Returning Officer,'or addressed to him and delivered at the Oddfellows' Hall, before Noon on September 15th, 1902. ALFRED A. FOOKS, Returning Officer. September 3rd, 1902 9 93



SPRING SOWING WANTED to Sell-Good clean Eye grass Seed. Apply j N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OP., Ashburton, ; 9 35 Or G. W. LEABLEY, Wakanui. JAS. PURCHASE HAS severed his connection with his, late Shop (F. Clark's), and can now be found at PERCY'S, The Popular Tobacconist's, 9 95



Government Notices MSW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. Excursion Fares in connection with the Torrey-Alexander Mission.. TjIXCURSION Tickets a$ 2.d per mile flrst lTi class, Id per mile Becond class, minimum 4s and 2s respectively, mileage counted one way only, will be issued to Christchurch from Tiinaru, Culverden, and intermediate stations, including stations on branches between those points, on the llth,, 12th and 13th September, available for return till the 32nd"September, 9 99 BY ORDER,



[ Wanted. "T7XTANTKD an Office l?<.y, <>ne who h>is ? » passed Six'h standard prelern-id. Apply in own handwriting.—Ouatghkad AND BEBKT3IAN. 9 101 WANTED A Good General Servant.— Apply to Mrs Daly, Wiuslow Hotel. 9 98 PURCHASE at Percy's. 9 94 ■



STRAYED, from- Newlands-One Small Red and White HEIFER; springing Anyone giviug particulars will be rewarded. —James Lloyd, Newlands. 9 91 \%J ANTED Known—Derwent Potatoes still selling for 5s 6d per sack, at J. T. Cooch's. "TTIOUSD, at J. T. Cooch's—New Currants JD 6d per lb; sultanas 7d per lb ; datos 6d per 1b; sago 2d, tapioca 2d, pearl barley 2d lb. FRESH Flounders and Soles, and all kinds of Fresh Fish by Express To night. Fresh rabbits to-morrow. Still buying fowls.—J. H. Jewitt, Telephone 96. WANTED KNOWN.—Eggs. Eggs.— Wanted 5000 Fresh Eggs. Highest Cash Price Given.—Fletcher Bros., Cash Supply Stores, Ashburton.



SCENES That are Brightest! Mitchell and Turner's spring show -windows. WANTED for Client, to rent Shop, East Street preferred. W. STONYER. A COLLECTION of Gems! The choice Paris models in millinery now show ing in Mitchell and Turner's windows and showroom. CITY CYCLE WORKS for all kinds of Cycle Repairs and Sundries. riIHINGS of Beauty! The British and IJL French dress muslins now showing at Mitchell and Turner's. WANTED. — People to inspect the latest Rudge-Whitworth Bicycles, which are a masterpiece of skilled work manship. WANTED~t6~SELL.— Several Second- Hand Bicycles. No reasonable offer refused. —R. D. Johnston, City Cycle Works.



'YKT ANTED KNOWN.—I have the latest H Vulcanised Bicycle Tyres from 12s 6d to 25s each,—R. D. Johnston, City Cycle Works. ENRY GARNER, late Woollen Mill's gives cash for sheep skins, hides, etc Tuesdays and Saturdays. Behind Hitching and Milsom's, West Street. Give him a trial. 9_B CASH for Skins, Hides, etc., at Henry Garner's. Best price given. Attends on Tuesdays and Saturdays; premises behind Hitching and Milsom's, West St. •_ _j^7 DO not be put off with, so-called Cheap Boots, but go to Mellor's, for you get nothing but the very best at the Zealand ia Boot Store. PIANOS and Organs sold on Monthly \ Payments from 10s per month ; best j value obtainable. A nice selection of Ele tnentary Music for beginners, just received from London. Voluntaries for the Organ, Text Books in Harmony. Any Music re quired, and that is obtainable, procured as quickly as possible. Target practice, latest i edition. A special lot of McMillan's Colo nial Library at 9d each.—H. M. Jones.



WANTED KNOWN.—That Mrs A. Fox has opened a Servants' Eegis try Office in East Street, Ashburton, a few shops below H. C. Segers, Draper. 8 190 FLOUR at Millers' prices, 251b bag 3s 3d, 501b bag 6s; 1001b bag lls 6ds :001b bag O2s 6d ; Gore oatmeal, 251b bag ts; corn Hour 3dlb; pure fresh ground ooii'ee Is lOd lb ; whole roasted coffee beans IslOdlb; Fry's cocoa 4£d per packet.— •Tcliti; Orr and Co. HIGHEST Test Kerosene per tin 4s 3d per case 8s Gd; finest Snowdrop sugar 2£lb, 70lb bag !4stid; .washedcur rants 5d per lb; sultanas 7d; Valencia raisins s^d ; prunes 8d lb; preserved ginger 8d lb , dried apples 9d ; peaches 9d; apri cots 10d; cooking figs 7d ; layer figs Bd. - John On and Co



SALES may come and Sales may go, then the question is —Where to get good, sound, honest vnlue the year round. Try H. 0. Barrett's Drapery, Clothing, and Boot Warehouse. Discount at the rate of one shilling in the pouud to Cash Buyers of any amount over nine pence worth. YATES' and Nimrao and Blair's Garden Seeds in packets or bulk. Large stock; wide selection; lowest prices.— Carson and Co. KERR BROS., Burnett street, wish to remind their Customers and Friends that their Garden Seeds have arrived, and include all the well-known Varieties. Flower Seeds, Id per packet or 13 for a shilling. Vegetable Seeds, 3d per packet or 2s 6d a dozen. Also Seed Potatoes for sale.—Kerb Bros. ■_ ' f^i, ARDENING TOOLS in great variety, \Jf including Spades, Forks, Rakes, Hoes, Hedge Sheare, Syringes, Trowels, Lin 68, etc., all at vary low prices. Wire Netting—Fowl Id, lid, and 2d per yard. Sheep, with centre strand, 3d, at G. Meddins', the Peoples' Cheap Ironmonger. SALES may come and sales may go, then the question is—Where to get good, sound, honest value the year round' mvy H. C. Barrett's Drapery, Clothing, | and Boot Warehouse. Discount; at the I rate of one shilling in the pound to Cash Buyers of any amount over nine pence worth.



PERFECTION Oil Stoves.—New Stock just landed. Customers who have been waiting can now be supplied.—Carbon & Co., Agents. WANTED TO SELL—I Edison's Stan dard Phonograph (nearly new), complete, with polished oak carrying case, '■ ] 4in. spun brass horn, Two-Way Hearing Tube, Latest Pattern Speaker, Brush :md Oil Can, and ten Selected Records. The whole to be sold for £6 10s. Apply at once to Fletcher Bros., Cash Supply Stores. Cannot be shown on Saturdays.



PUBLIC NOTICES. I Duly this season's Tweeds sold* TAILORS. 1"SE: £78 ;SS £597 "T*UST arrived - Case Sample Clothing, t-l contains Men's and Boys' Suits, Trousers and Knickers, Vests, Shirts, etc. Bought at 15s in the £, for immediate sale. Single article at wholesale price. All plain figures. W. H. PEARCE, Cash Draper and Clothier.



REMNANTS and odd lines to be cleared Cheap to make room for new goods. W. H. PEARCE, Draper. Corner Burnett and East Streets. LOVELY Laces 4fd and 6fd. Lot trimmed Aprons (soiled) from Is 4d Hem stiched Handkerchiefs 6 for Is. W. H. PEARCE Cash Draper & Clothier.



FINEST New Figs, 7d per lb ; New Layer Figs, 8d per lb; Good Old Figs, 5d per lb, 3lbs for Is ; Extra fine new Arabian Dates, 6d per lb, If lb packet, lid, very choice ; Splendid Dessert Prunes, 8d per lb; Choice Evaporated Apples ai\4 Pears, 9d perlb; Apricots, lOd pe,r Jb,; 2|lb. tins Preserved Apricots, Bd, per ftn,; Extra quality Peache| an,d_ Pears, B.d per tin.— Fletchek' Bros., Cash Supply Stores.



WHY go to Christchurch for your Groceries, when you can buy th.em as low, and in some cases lower* than Christchurch Prices. Please Not©.—Finest Seeded Raisins, lib packet (!d, Choice New Currants 54 per lb, New Valencia Raisins 4d per lb, New Eleme Raisins, s£d per lb., 71b Tins Lemon Peel 3s 9d, Sicily Almonds Is 2d per lb, and all other goods equally cheap.— Fletchek Bros., Cash Supply Stores.



FRESH Supplies of Sandow's Strength, Kingswood Cookery, Pitman's Com plete Instructor, High Speed in Shorthand, Books of Recitations, Tennyson's Poems Is Edition, Robbery Under Arms cheap edi tion, The War, causes and conduct; Heads and How to Read Them, Black Rock, Sky Pilot, Men of Glengarry, Penelope's Ex periences in England and Ireland, Hound of the Baskervilles, The New Egg Farm, and many others.— A. T. H. Williams. WANTED. ■"



TT7 ANTED—3OOO Dozen Eggs. Highest price given at J. T. Cooch's, opposite Rail way Station. 9 27 The Poultry Industry. INDIAN Game and Dorking Cross, pro nounced by the Government Expert the best for the London Market. Indian Game Cockerels and Dorking Hens (pure bred) For Sale. H. G. BERRYMAN, 8 97 Ashburton



=362.000.=: 'Yes, it's a Lot. T> UT that is the number of McCORMICK Machines Built and Sold in 1901. It means that the works turned out last year over Two Machines a Minute, For 300 Days, working io hours a day. JUST THINK IT OVER. One Machine in 1831 ---362,000 in 1901. They are turning out 3 complete Machines a minute this year. Are you going to have one of them ? Guess you ought! They are the Best. Write or call for new 1902 CAT-A-LOG.



Morrow, Bassett AND CO., Wills Street, Ashburton. M. PRIEST, Manager. IT IS WONDERFUL HOW THE PUBLIC RECOGNISE A.l VALUE. AT OUR CLEARING SALE OF BOOTS & SHOES We have sold as under :— First Day, 193 pairs; Second Day, 161 pairs; Third Day, 123 pairs; Fourth, Day 78 pairs j Fifth Day 97 pairs; Sixth Bay 107 pairs, and have plenty more all at WHCL^SiLS CCS i, - for we are not going to keep Boots or Shoes after we clear them out.



SALES may come and sa,les may go t then the question is—Where to get | i good, sound, honest value the year round. i Try H. C, Barrett's Drapery, Clothing, j *vua Boot Warehouse. Discount at the rate of one shilling in the pound to Cash I Buyers of any amount over nine pence worth. ! If you have Pneumatic Tyres you must have a reliable article, otherwise they are a constant source of annoyance. Consider ing that the IDEAL TYRE costs no more than the average price, it is hardly to be [ wondered that this brand has become so deservedly popular.—Advt.



Do not leave till too Late. Northcote % Hefford THE CORNER, Permanent Building and Invest ment Society.



f OANS GRANTED FROM .£25 and upwards at current rates. Full particulars on application. Offi.ce — Tancred Street. Office Hours — 9.80 a.m. till 4 p.m. First Tuesday in Month 9.30 a.m. till 4 p.m ; and 7 till 9 p.m. ALBERT ROBERTS, Manager. WANTED -Poultry for Export in any quantities.—W. Stonteb, Tanored Street, | Wanted Known. ECOND TO NONE Water Race Cleaner > can be had for £8 upwards, being ! made to suit any size Race, according to order. F. W. PAGE, • 1 124 Chertsey.



r JOHN ORR AND CO. TAIIIVF APP AWv.pA-' ft\JII 11 ■ '... I.v I- - .^J ; , * _:;... V\7t Ironmongers and General Merchants, • ASHBURTON CARPENTERS' I^^^^ POETABLB



BEDSTEADS &. BEDDING. {Full Sized Bedsteads at great reductions from 30s each, SINGLE BEDSTEADS 20s, 255, 3Cb each. SPEING MATTRESSES, all afcts. also,— •■■;: ; Flax, Flock, Kapoc and Hair Mattresses OILS, PAINS!?, VAEM-iajr, ■ BRUSHES Of the best makes only at reduced prices



OsbornelSteel HorselHoe and Cultivator, with Lever Handles,! | We are selling?]thesejvery desirable] Hoes atf^the low-price o £2 10s Each, FISHING TACKLE. We are just opsning, ex Whakataae, our new season's stock of Fish ing Tackle from the celebrated makers H, Millward and Son and Bartlett and Son y Redditch, and invite inspection by all Anglers. We hold large Stocks of Rods, Waders, Flies, Artificial Baits, Gaffs, Lines, Hooks, and our prices will compare favourably with any house in the Colony . JOHI GEE AND Co. USHBUiiTOH .