CABLE NEWS.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. The Samoan Dispute London, Oct 27 It is officially announced that throe great jurists, including Baron Cederkrantz, the eminent Swedish international law author ity, who was Chief Justice of Samoa in 1900, advised King Oscar in making tho Samoan award of .£llOO. I A Boot Trust. Ottawa, Oct. 28 The boot and shoe factories of Canada have been consolidated into a trust, with a capital of eight million dollars. The Mad Mullah The e-'.pedition against the Mad JMullah ha* baeu increased to 5300. I A Fatal Panic . Madrid, Oct 28 A sudden fire at the Uastleton Forest caused a panic among ten thousand pilgrims ascending the mountain. A terrible stam pede ensued, and many fell over a precipice. Dock Strike at Capetown. ■ Capetown, Oct 28 Kaffir dockers at Capetown have struck, owing to the reduction of their daily wages to 3s 6d, and shipping is paralysed.

Manchuria. Pbkin, Oct. 28 A body of Chunchua, the northern China reactionaries, was capturod in the town of Boduoe in Manchuria. Eussian troops were sent to the scene. The Panama Canal New York, Oct. 29 The Colombian Government, resenting America's action in policing the railways for the protection of foreigners during the insurrectiou, objects to alienate the land for the canal, and offers a 100 years lease, and demands an annvral payment of six hundred thousand dollars. New Caledonia Melbourne, October 28 Sir E. Barton states that the assent of France has been secured to the appoint ment of a Land Court to de il with disputes on lands of the New Hebrides. Only the details remain to be settled. There was no need to apprehend Jb'rench preponder ance in the islands, or to become alarmed at the suggested French annexation.

Eain in New South Wales, Sydn'ky, October 29 Light rain is falliug in nearly the whole of the State, including the we3t. N.SW Revenue The New South Wales quarterly revenue is J>3f5,000 less than for the corresponding last quarter, as a result of the drought. Federal Shipping Telegrams. The Assembly, on the motion for adjourn ment, urging the imperative necessity of the State Government continuing to post shipping telegrams, strongly condemned the Federal decision to discontinue the posting. The Federal Cabinet yesterday disoussed the subject, and arrived at n> decision. Melbourne, October 29 The Federal Cabinet has revoked the order against posting shipping telegrams, but in future the various States will have to pay the cost of transmission. Fire in Albany. Albany, October 29 A fire destroyed the Central Coffee Palace the damage amounting to wgGOOO.

Tuberculosis.

United Press A.s3ociv.i<>n -Hy Electric Telegraph -Copyright.

Berlin, Oct. 27

The International Conference on Tuber culosis has opaned in Barlin. Tho pro ceedings have aroused great interest. M. Nocard, a French veterinary authori ty, insisted that bovine tuberculosis was transmissible to man, especially by rnsans of milk. He held that ib was imperative to inspect" cowsheds, and destroy infected ani mals.

Dr Koch adhered to his last year's state ment that bovine tuberculosis ia not trans missible to man. He had only discovered twenty-eight cases suggesting that it was transmissible, and none was satisfactorily established. He maintained that the only successful way oE combating tuberculosis was to provide batter dwellings, and work shops, avoid over-crowding, a,nd isolate all infected persons.

The Lost Talisman.

While you have your talisman, all your wishes are golden. The stretches of your I life are dotted with palaces of grandeur of the regal life. The desire of fame, like a high-soaring bird, sails closest to heaven, and. wisdom hangs its glorious folds about you. The talisman belongs to each one of us, making life worth living, giving us happiness that cannot be obtained without j it. Guard is like your chances of heaven, for this great talisman is your health ; but if you let it go, lose no time in charming it back with Dr Morse's Indian Eoot Pills, as thousands have already done. Mrs E. Ganfc furnishes an interesting case. She resides at 228 Young street, Auuandale. Her experience is best related in her own words, which are as follows :-*■'•' I have been a sufferer from acute indigestion. For five or six years I bad a pain in the chest, and thought I had lung trouble, and at times I raised blood. My husband, a railway em ployee, and a man at the works, recom mended Dr Morse's Indium Root Pills. I had tried many other remedies, and several doctors, but was unable to get relief. I bought a bottle of Dr Morse's Pills, and after taking half a bottle/felt much better. I continued taking them, and am entirely cured. I cau safely recommend them to ,all people suffering as 1 was. I have lived here for fourteen years, and am well known, and am healthy and strong. Trusting that this testimonial will be of benetit "to anyone suffering as I was." Dr Morse's Indian Hoot Pills are a perfect blood purifier, and a positive cure for bilious ness, indigestion constipation, headaches, sallow complexion, liver an<l kidney troubles piles, pimples, boils and blotches and for female ailments. Soli by chemists and storekeepers, Is 1 £cl per bottle, or six bot tles 6s 6d. Sole proprietor?, The W. H". Comstoek Co., Limited. (Australasian Depot), 52 Pitt street, Sydney. Packed in amber bottles and the full name blowtj thereon.

Shipping.

Unitod Press Association —By Electric Telegraph. Wellington, October 29. Failed—Rotoinahana, for Lyttelfcon. Pas sengers—Misses Bell, Fay, Garrard, Gar forth; Mesdames Hamley, De Renzi and two daughters, Nottingham and infant, and May, Captain Bone, Dr Loviugo, Messrs Smith, Hamley, Way, Blackie, Mc&Fadgean, Layard, Hall, Turner, Plimmer, Caselberg, Lane, Orbell, Wynn, Lambie, Xearns, and 11 steerage. j

A DIRTY TONGUE.

liyor get up in the morningl -with your tongue coated and dirfcy? Perhaps you thought it was nothing—a little unpleasant, no doubt, but nothing to worry over. A sick headache played up on you during the day and your appetite went back on you. If you have neglected yourself before, don't do it again; it is risky. These symptoms plainly indicate that your liver is sluggish and lazy. It is not doing its work, and the liver is one of the most important of the internal organs. Keep the machinery of the liver in good working order by taking Tmpey's May Apple, the ideal family medi cine. It is a purely vegetable compound, ex tracted from the storehouse of nature ; it stimulates the liver into healthy action, cleanses the stomach, and invigorates and fcGues up the system. lmpey,s May Apple is sold by all dealers at 2s Gd per bottle. If not obtainable locally send a postal note i to the wholesale agent/S, Sharl^nd and Co., Limited, Wellington,



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A s'cy well vo"i.h hearing wars-tr\l ■o a ;<■■■ Oi-ifi- by --r. G.^o \1: v.u'Um, ct 18 l.'^:.e:;>£:;pn-Gi:rcec, DujKthii. x'iio;"-3 who have nc& already h-. aid n v.i.l find considerable iiucrcdi in rei.d.iig tho iol-

'o'lVirig staLcaiiiuts : — "For the greater part of ray life," said Mr. Kaaniiton, " I have bacn used to plenty or' hard work, and I Ihivik Ikr-re i 3 nothing like it for keeping the bod./ in a hx-a-tiiy condition. 'When I commenced to get up in years a bit I .height it tiiua to take life a little easi-jr, so I started shop-keeping. Ib is /e.iiiv marvellous how the change aifec- Led me. The case and comparative lazi ness of my altered career did not alto gether agree with me, for I got terribly itoub and my liver wont sluggish. My i'ornier habidual acti.ifcy was succeeded by a fee ing as if everything was a bur den. I could not go about my duties as I would like to, being hindered by -la sense of lassitude and fatigue which precluded .ill efforts to work from being satisfactorily carried out.© It took a long time to make up my mind what I would like to eat, and after I sat down with my food in front of me I could very rarely cat it. At other times my appe tite was a little better, but it did not mako any difference how small a quan tity of food I ate there was always a Seeling of painful discomfort in the stomach afterwards. Frightfully severe pains between my shoulders also carno on, and an awful ache settled in my forehead. My headaches were often so intense that I could hardly see out of my eyes, besides experiencing a throb bing in my temples which resulted in fits of giddiness. Everything became blurred and indistinct, besides appear ing to rapidly revolve. Severe pains appeared in my loins and at the end of my ribs, sometimes being so acute* as to make me gasp for breath." " Did the excess of flesh you had at tained still remain?" queried the re porter. %

"Not a bit of it. I was, compara tively speaking, reduced to a shadow. As I could not sleep very well it was only to be expected that my nervous system should suffer, and it did, with a vengeance. Hy nerves were thoroughly run down and out of tone. Occasionally I got a little sleep but I never felt re freshed after it. A sure indication cf my excessive weakness lay in the fact that I was always in a state of profuse (•erspiratioa. I coxild sit down in a chair and still the sweat would run out of me, Tho morning was the time I generally felt worse, for my limbs ached intensely, and I had a bitter taste in my mouth. My chest felt as though it were pressed down by a heavy weight, and the trouble.l had in drawing my breath sometimes can scarcely be im agined. "Whether I slept for a few hours at night or not I was in just tho same miserable, drowsy condition all day, a symptom which I can only attri bute to the irregularity of my bowels. A great amount of agony was caused by the generation of wind in my stomach, which arose to tho heart and made it throb. My mind was over-strained with the thoughts concerning my sufferings, which were becoming more unbearable every day." Q

" Did you have any medical adviser in attendance?"

" I ain'pleased to say I did not. I have to thank my own judgment for taking such action which dispenses with the services of doctors. Reading about several people whose health had been restored by Clements Tonic -induced me to give that medicine a trial, a few bottles bringing me round splendidly. I could soon eat without any painful -onsoquencos, and I slept well at night. Tho fearful pains in wy shoulders and loins were gone, and the wind never again farmed in ray stomachy My head aches were removed, elasticity and vi tality returning to my limbs—all through the splendid properties of Cle ments' Tonic. I took a new interest in life, and felt bright and cheerful. Cle ments Tonic quickly put mo in the pink of condition, and in order that every-' one may know these facts you may pub lish them any way you like."

THE ASHBURTON GUABDIAN: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 36, igoi

Printed and published by Thomas Hancox, for the Proprietor, Kobebt Bell, afe his Printing Office, Burnett; Street, Ashbur ton, k THURSDAY, October 30, . 1902. '



Nothing like it in the world. The most certain and effective «. cough medicine. The surest body builder, of God Liver Oil, with Lime, Soda", and Creasote, " ITS FAMOUS," «■» This celebrated Emulsion relieves at onco backing, stubborn, tickling coughs. Constant coughing, coughing, coughing, deprives thß sufForer of needed rest. U weakens and debilitates. It retards a speedy cure. Lane's Emulsion will stop the cough. It will give Bonnd refreshing sleep. It will help food digest perfectly. Perfectly digested food means moi c fat, more blood, jnoro strength. It means health, the health that is needed to resist disease. With robust health, consumption (the while scourge of N.K.) cannot follow a congh. Get Lane's Emulsion, take it according to directions, aud notice how quickly you begin to improve. All dbeinists and stores sell it. Two Ort an A AIR Q fifi



HI ACS, i/U ""U J/U. - *» I BUSINESS NOTICES. MITCHELL, PHOTOGEAPHEE, Burnett St INVITES the residents of Ashburton and . the surrounding districts to inspect the new Photographs on exhibition at his Studio, Burnett Street, on and after FRIDAY. 31st inst. To meet the increasing demand for a well-finished Enlargement at a moderate price I have decided to supply for a short period 1 dozen Hiphly Finished Cabinet Photos & OneMatoline Enlarge- j mentfor 15s. Note.—Specimens will be exhibited in Vestibule. Best work guaranteed, 10 235 CHAELES BEECH, TANCBED STREET, ASHBURTON. MY TEA ROOM is centrally situated and Hot Pies can be had at any time. Birthday and Wedding Cakes made to order. Small gooda a specialty. Try Hontgomerie'a Malt Digestive Bread—Bermaline. a 8 209 SPRING Wanted to Buy, In any quantity, QECOND-HAND FURNITURE. Homes visited and estimates given. AU basines3 strictly private and confidential Apply by letter or otherwise to GEORGE SMITH, FURNITURE DEALER, 7 90 Arcade Building. Don't Forget FT O Call afc ARGYLE BROS, and order your Coal and Firewood. WESTPORT, ) NEWCASTLE, f Coal alw.ays and C on hand. MOUNT SOMERS ) Westport and Nowcastle Slack. Orders Promptly attended to. Foe CYCLING SHOES, GO TO 11. Tannell, Bootmaker and Importer, 80 and 95, Manchester Street, Christchurch. CYCLING, RUNNING, TENNIS And every description of Athletic Shoes made to order and in stock. Write for instructions for self measurement PIT GUAKANTCED.



JOHN OLSEN, Melrose Dairy, Hampstead, WISHES to notify to the inhabitants of Ashhurton that he has erected a substantial dairy in brick, with all the latest appliances, for the clarification, pastenrizeing, and cooling of milk. Just the kind of milk for the weakest of invalids and most delicate children, and a milk that everybody ought to use. Unpaßteurised milk supplied from Novem ber Ist and until machinery fitted up.. Families waited on. Wanted regular supplies of milk delivered at Melrose Dairy. 10 244 "TTOICE PRODUCTION, SINGING, PIANOFOETE. Mrs Johnston. Havelock Stbeet. VAEICOSE VEINS CURED. Plantekoa Again Victorious fpHE Ointment this time, but the same X result-completely aired. The re- j tnarkable healing properties of these wonderful plants that form the basi3 of this modern remedy are felt just the same whether applied externally in the form of the Ointment and Soap, or taken internally in the form of Plantekoa. To use an everyday expression, " I never saw any thing like it." Read this letter: — Holly-road, St. Albans, Christchurch, Ist October, 1902. Dear Sirs,—l wish to testify to the bene fit t have received by using your Plantekoa Ointment. For months I have suffered with VARICOSE VEINS (BROKEN), and have tried many remedies, but without success, I got two tins of your Plantekoa Ointment, and have not had occasion to use it all, as I am pleased to say I am now COMPLE LELY CURED, thanks to Plantekoa. I cannot speak too highly in praise of this wonderful remedy, and have recommended it to my friends.' Publish this note so that other sufferers may be benefited. Yours vary truly, ANNIE WOODHAM. Ask your Chemist or Grocer for it. Take no substitute. Remember the Name, and remember it CURES. J. JACKSON, East St, Agent, f^— —————————— — •-. §moke New Venus



BUSINESS NOTICES. i OUR FIRST CONSIGNMENTS ', OF JL A%A A. V^ • » i : GOODS Are Now gßeing Opened | —:O:— QOMETHING new in every department, i our Prints being especially attractive.. 2000 Yards at 4^d per yard, and warranted fast colors One Shilling in the Pound Discount allowed on all Cash Purchases ASHBURTON DRAPERY CO.



TRY H.P. MADDIN JFOR Up-to-date Confectionery. Oyster Patties, Meat Patties, Genoa Cake, SuJtana Cake Cream Sandwiches, , Coronation Creams, Etc, Eta £A choice assortment always on hand. YOUR'E A =" DAIST,"z= FTIHAT'S what everyone says about the : EASY ROAD CART : THAT Messrs Morrow, Bassctt & Co Are now Showing at their ASHBURTON BRANCH, WILLS St. Call early to order as they Sell like Hot-cross Buns on a Good Friday Morning. Morrow, 'iiass'-.tt AND CO., Wills Street, Ashburton. jM. PRIEST, Manager. ASHBURTON NURSERY. HAVING taken over the above old established Business, lately carried on by Mr Thomas Scaly, we trust by strict attention to business to merit a contin uance of the liberal support accorded to him in the past. G. and €, CLARK, NURSERYMEN, ASHBURTON, Ashburton, Nursery, 11th October, 1902. HALMA'S STUDIOS, SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS. ONE DOZEN CABINET PHOTO GRAPHS and ONE ERLARGEMENT " FOR 158. See Specimens at Studio, Note—No Canvassers; No Coupons : therefore wo can give you the best possible satisfaction. Proofs shown, and the best work guaranteed. j E. A. FLOWER^ | Hairdresser and Tobacconist, EAST STREET. A CHOICE Assortment of G.8.D., Loewe, and other makes of Pipes in stock. Cigarette Holders, Pouches, Pocket Knives, Hair Brushes and Combs, in endless varieties. Slazenger's Tennis Balls and Racquets. Try my Silver Veil Cigarettes, 15 for 6d. ' Hairdressing, Singing, and Shampooing. !H. A. FLOWER^ (late F Clark's) Tobacconist. Removal Cheap Boot Sale. THOMAS YOUNG WISHES to remind his numerous friends and the public that he has removed to the shop lately occupied by Mr Nokes, in East Street, next to the Bank of New Zealand, where he will continue his Boot Sale until the 10th of November. Two shillings in the Pound off all sales for cash. Why do you go about in pain when you can get your Boots made at T. Young to n't your feet. Repairing done with despatch. T. YOUNG, Ulster Boot Shop. East Street, Ashburton. Smoke New Venus



STATUTORY DECLARATION, I, Gsorgp. Hamilton, of i 3 Maclagi>iii St., Diineclln in the Co!eny of New Zealand, do solemnly and slncertiy declare that I have carefully read the a!irs<eil document, consisting of two folio?, and consecutively numbered fioni one to two, and that ir contains and is a true and faithful account of my illness and cure by Clements Toiiic, and also con 'aitis my full permission tn pul-lish in any way my statements — which I %'we vr.lnntaiilv, without reeeiv inc any payment ; and I ni3ke this solemn declaration conscientiously br-lievim* the same tn be true, and by virtue of tim provisions of an Act o' ihe General Assembly o! New Zealand, intituled "The Justices of Peace Act, 1883," Dftchred at Biinedm, this tliirty-first dsy ol December, one thousand nine hnr.ilrt;:!, liyore me, D. I.AR.nACH. J.P. BUSINESS NOTICES. WANTED KNOWN mHAT I have been appointed AGENT FOR Slasscy-Harris Bicycles in Ashburton and District By strict attention to business and civility, I hope to receive a fair^share of public patronage. Yours truly, J. GORDON, INTIMATION. STRANGE and Co., Ashburton, invite Customers to place their Show orders early to avoid disappointment. Our list for Dressmaking and Tailoring is fast filling. Smartly trimmed hats in stock, also sun shades and pretty Collarettes. For a smart fitting pair of shoes go to Strange's. For value there is no place like Strange's. The N Z. Farmers' Co-opera tive Association of Canter bury, Ltd. Offices, Warehouse and Grain Stores, West Street, Ashburton. EVEEY description of Merchandise and Farmers' Requisites at lowest rates. Stock, Grain, Land, Wool, etc., sold on commission either privately or by Public Auction. We have just received now season's i supply of WOOLPACKS (in all sizes), SEAMING ; TWINES, MANURES, TUBNIP AND RAPE SEEDS. Clients are requested to book ; their re? quirements as early as possible to avoid disappointment, aud we also advLa your making personal enquiry re prices before promising orders elsewhere. T. F. GIBSON Manager IF you want real good Boots then try , Mellor's, the cheapest Shop in Ash burton.



[ BUSINESS NOTICES. FURNITURE SALE. i -rN CONSEQUENCE OF OUR RECENT LOSS BY PI.RE W E WANT MONE V, bo have determined to sell the whole of our large stocks of Household Furnishings afe great reductions, (Regardless of Cost.) A num* er of .slightly damaged articles at your own price.' ■"■'''■■'■' ' ■ "'"" Dinner Sets, Tea Sets, Bedroom Sets, Jugs, Vases, Orna ' , ments, Etc., (almost given away.) Crockery . and Linoleums, Oilcloths, Carpets, Rugs, Mats, Bedsteads, Bed ding, Chairs, Drawing Room and Dining Room Suites, Glassware. Couches, etc., all reduced. y , , „ , n-n fact no reasonable offer will be refused.) A lot of Bamboo Poles and Blind ' Rollers at Half Price. T. H. UK DRILL & CO., i Cabinetmakers, Etc. Tancred Street. Old premises next Building Society Office, and at new Hall, next Claridge's Stables. I WOOL SEASON, 1902-3 -TTSTE Shall be represented at the Christchurch;|and Timaru Auction Sales, and^have made satisfactory arrangements for Disposing of Clips privately at Ashburton. Consignments will be received at our Ashburton Stores, and sent on to either Christehurch or Timaru, free of all charges except railage. Clients who wish to send their "Wool direct from their nearest railway station will please consign as follows — If intended for sale at Christehurch:—Brown and Son's Siding, Addington. If intended for Sale at Timaru -.—Mill and Company's Siding, Timaru. I If intended for sale at Ashburton :—Friedlander Bros., Ltd., Siding, Ashburton. "VVoolpacka, Twine, Branding Oil, and other Shearing Requisites, supplied at Loweat Rates. The Season's Sales have been fixed as follows :— Christehurch. Timaru. I November 20th, 1902. December 3rd, 1902. December 11th, 1902. January 13th, 1903. January 16th, 1903. February 25th, 1903. February 19th, 1903. ERIEDLAISTDER BROS., LTD. FASHIONABLE MILLINERY. i Beautiful Model Hats ami Bonnets, i ' from London and Paris, Greatly admired by delighted purchasers. Ladies' Eton and Russian Jackets Lovely Silk Mantles, beautifully trimmed. - Charming Silk Blouses Silk Underskirts—all shades Lace Collarettes —very stylish. Silk and Kid Gloves—all sizes and makes Corsets, CB. and P.D., just opened. | Dress Muslin and Wool Fabrics, the latest styles. ' Also Prints and Mercuise Satin. New €ootls of all kinds just opened, ex Paparoa. Requirements for Dressmaking and Millinery Should be placed early, as the orders are pouring m. Appointed Sole Agent for the sale of Model Patterns and ' ' the " New Idea " Journal, i to whom all subscriptions may be paid. _ Support Local Industry. '•' Opening a large assortment of Ashburton Tweeds and Blankets AND R~£W OR R. WOOL,- Woo_L_ WOOL. I AM now making LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES, FREE OF COMMISSION, upon all Wool placed in my hands for sale, either in Ashburton,, Christchurch, Timaru, or for Shipment. This Season's WOOL SALES for Canterbury have been fixed as under, viz :— CHRISTCHURCH— TIMARU— NOVEMBER 20th, 1902, ©ECEMBER 3rd, 1902 DECEMBER 11th, 1902. JANUARY 13th, 1903 JANUARY 16th, 1903. FEBRUARY 19th, 1903. FEBRUARY 25th, 1903 I shall be represented both at Christchurch and Timaru. WOOL FOB CHRISTCHURCH to be consigned—MATSON AND CO., Addington, account D. Thomas. WOOL FOR TIMARU to be consigned—N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Company's Siding, Timaru, account D. Thomas. Wool Packs, and all Station Requisites supplied at Lowest Market Rates, DAVID THOMAS, ASHBURTON. : F U TOTsinE" DS , : I HAVE erected, regardless of cost, the Most Complete Seed Cleaning Plsnfc south of the Line, and I now ask Farmers to inspect the same at work. I am prepared to Clean for Farmers any description of SEEDS 0 £ GKAIN, And will guarantee to give them satisfactWu. I can supply BEST RYEGRASS and COCKSFOOT (locally grown), also BEST CLOVERS, (dressed by own mnchines), the purity of which must be seen to be appreciated. AIso—HURST AND SON'S English Clovers, Turnips, Rape, Lucerne, Trefoil, etc D. TH O M AS, ASHBURTON.



BUSINESS NOTICES. The Poultry Industry. INDIAN Game and Dorking Cross, pro nounced by the Government Expert the best for the London Market. Indian Game Cockerelß and Dorking Hens (pure bred) For Sale. H. G. BERRYMAN, 8 97 Af^ffffL BAKI-E BROS. Complete FharsjisliiMff. TJl«l}fr BT^KERS. FOR WATCHES, CLOCKS', JEWELLERY, SILVER AND ELECTRO-PLATE, SEASONABLE NOVELTIES, Etc, c GO TO ! G. JESSON, Practical Watchmaker and Jewelle*, Burnett Street, (opposite Somerset Hotel) Ashburton. —Repairs a Specialty. — Presentation Committees liberally dealt with. COALS! COALS COALS MOUNT SOMERS NEW SEAM COAL IS NOW IN THE MARKET. npHIS is Canterbury's Best Coal. Every JL Householder should save money, and keep the money in the province by using MOUNT SOMERS COAL. This Coal has 35 per cent of Gas, burns with a good flame, and gives a steady heat. TRY IT ! TRY IT ! TRY IT To be had of all Coal Merchants. Price—l7s per Ton at Mount Somers Station. JAMES GIBSON, Cameron Street Ashburton. ~~MUSIC. Singing, Piano, & Harmony MR J. GILLIES-Voice Production and Culture, Italian (Lamperti Method). Piano, Schumann Conservatoire, Frankfort a-Main, Germany. Pupils prepared for Examinations in the various Musical Colleges. Term dates from the first lesson. 10152 H. McSHERRY, "QARRISTER & SOLICITOR, Burnett Street. Money to lend on freehold security. Gentlemen, For the best value in up-to-date Goods, TRYJ XXOTHIHGdBOOTHOUSE Havelock Stkeet. TO Those about to marry, and to those already married. Study economy by purchasing your furniture at W. & M. Baker's Warehouse, Havelock Street. Just received, a consignment of Wicker Chairs in latest shapes and designs; also Bamboo Tables. In stock all kinds of bed steads and bedding; Suits of drawing and dining-room furniture made to order at moderate prices. Best workmanship and materials MRS J. LLOYD, MUSIC SELLER, &o. T>EGISTERED TEACHER OF MUSIC Musical Instruments of every description. Latest Music by every mail. Agent for Wheeler and Wilson's Sewing Machines. The Latest and Best. The only Sewing Machine that does not fail in any point. Agent for Empress Needle Materials kept, New Transfers, Plushes, Arasenes, etc. TANCRED STREET, Next Hall, Her balist. WILLIAM R. HYDE, BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. {Next Ashburton Club), WHOLESALE and retail Tinware Manufacturer, Etc Tinsmith, Gas fitter, Bellb anger, Locksmith, Gunsmith, and Wellsinker. Sole agent for Nicholas Celebrated Ball Bearing Windmill. Only this season's Tweeds sold. Mil tii llt HP ATT 4~\T?Q Burnett AAAJuIJJIM^* Stbest. MANNING & CD'S | NEW SEASON'S BOTTLED ALES AND STOUT, IN QUARTS AND PINTS. ■ npHE BEST IN THE MARKET, Equal to the Leading Brands of ENGLISH ALES. Agents for Ashburton—Messes Shear man Bros. LI i \T ls TfJK .1 lj X BEST ".£&' STARCH' USE KO OTHEK i Procurable from all Grocers and Store keepeis throughout the colony. braoke New Venus *



BUSINESS NOTICES LLEWELLYN OWEN, M.C.S.M. Certificated and Registered Teacher STUDENTS prepared for any Musical Examination held in New Zealand. All branches of Music taught. Candidates presented at Examinations 137; average marks gained, 94 per cent. =3NOTICE*=: A LL PEESONS ABOUT TO : Paint or Decorate : THEIR HOUSES Should consult a Legitimate Tradesman To ensure the best results enquire of— J. L. HIGOS, Tancred Street. Signwriting a Specialty. If you wish to obtain the BEST CROPS AND GAIN PRIZES, USE ISLINGTON FERTILIZERS, To ensure full Crops Everywhere XT|7E have the pleasure to notify our Clients that re are now in the position to supply them with these celebrated Fertilisers at— £4 12s 6d per ton on Trucks at Islington and Smithfield. Results Prove that they are the Best & Cheapest to use. QUALITY AND ANALYSIS REMAIN — AS BEFORE.— Islington Clients have won the Highest Honours at the Winter Shows of the Agricultural and Pastoral Associations for Eoots and Grain exhibited at their Shows, and in the Paddock Competitions. NICOLL BROS. DISTRICT AGENTS, ASHBURTON. ■ATEW SPRING- GOODS now showing. J3i New Prints, New Blousings, New Dress Materials, and a general assortment of New Lines in each department. Cash Discount at the rate of one shilling in the pound off all purchases from ninepence worth upwards, at H. C. Barrett's Drapery, Clothing, and Boot "Warehouse, East street ANTED KNOWN — Farmers' Good Shooter Boots only 10s 6d. Mellob's Zealandia Boot Store. PATTY Pan baking powder is the great est novelty you ever saw. Sold all grocers. "VTtTISE Fathers and Mothers if you want y T to save money buy your Boys' and Girls' School Boots at Mellob's Zealandia Boot Store. WE'VE got itj if not in stock, we'll get it; if not made, we'll make it. Anything in Cycle, Lawn Mower, and light machine parts, and Repairs, you can get at the Eclipse Cycle Co.'s, Tancred" Street, Ashburton. IT PAYS, it pays to buy your Boots afc Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. Good Bluchers 5s lid. - ' ■ WHY not try Me blob's Zealandia Boot Store for Boots and Shoes. Great value atjyiellor's. ■ ■ ■' ~ W ANTED KNOWN.—That J,MpisoN will give a good discount for one month, being over-stocked, and to make room for summer Boots and Shoes, which arft arriving shortly of all the best English, American, and Colonial makes. As usual, J. M. does the best repairs, and at once; uses nothing but the very best sold leather. Next Courthouse, Ashburton. SEED Sowers on hire o? purchase,; also new stock of all varieties of Mangel, Carrot, Turnip, and general Garden and Farm Seeds—Cabson and Co. JUST fancy Melloe is Selling his Boots and Shoes 2a in the pound cheaper than any other firm in Ashburton. WANTED Known—Better, value than ever in Boots at Mellob's Zealandia Boot Store. . — WANTED" Known — Special Value "in Boots and Shoes at MitLOß's, Zealandia Boot Store. '..'-■':. ■■&■•■ TRY 'the Rapid Shirt Globs, ifcwill save you time, money, and worry. It will make an old shirt look like new. Sold by all the leading grocers. JUST landed ex "Delphic"and- "Mam ari," shipments of first-class English China and earthenware, which we are offering at less than Christchurch prices.— Caeson and Co ■-■■..■ HENRY GARNER, late Woollen Mills, gives cash for sheep skins, hides, etc. Tuesdays and Saturdays. Behind Hitching andMilsom's, West Street. Give him a trial. *L 8 THE Rapid Lightning Shirb Gloss—the only reliable shirt polish in the world. It is used by all the leading laundresses in New Zealand. Try a tin, it will pay you. Sold by all the leading grocers. _^ PATTY Pan baking powder, the great novelty, two patty tins for nothing. i From all Grocers. _ PATTY Pan baking powder contains a patty pan at each end of tin