SEMI-JUBILEE OF THE ASHBURTON MAIL. 1877 to 1902.

"Time speeds_away, away, ' Like torrent in a stormy day." I* ii only after Time has flown that one Siotes the swiftness of his flight, for, to those who were in Ashburton in 1877, and 8»w the first number issued of the Ash .Tburton, Mail, the event seems but yester day, Yet twenty-five years have flown since the first publisher of the Mail placed the first number of the paper in the hands of his readers on June 12, 1877. And the history of Ashburton during those twenty-live years is virtually all its history, for, previous to the advent of the Mail, life in the Ashburton County waa the primitive and uneventful, and withal monotonous, life of the pioneer on the agricultural farm, or the still more monot onous and almost hermit life of the shep- I herd on the far off station. During the early seventies but little of the vast extent of the County was under the plough; but just then there had been inaugurated by the late Sit Julias Vogel that audacious policy of his—the public works and immi gration policy—which, by the aid of bor rowed millions, flooded the colony with State-passage-paid immigrants. The same millions, however, while they brought over from Europe shiploads of toilers, also pro vided for them work at which to make a j livelihood. It was by the work of these i immigrants that the railway was made that now connects Christchurch and Dun edin, ,and its construction opened the way north, and south to the seaboard, and so to a market for produce. The opening up of the agricultural expanse of Ashburton by the railway was responsible for what at the time waa known aa "the land boom." A feverish land-hunger seized the Canter bury people, and extraordinary prices were paid for land. Every block the Govern- j menfc or private individuals put up to < auction waa eagerly bought, and in a very I Bhort time there was but a small acreage i indeed left of really good land that had I »ofc been alienated from the Crown. f The " boom " was at its height when Mr Joseph Ivess "spied out the land" of Ashburton as a suitable field for exploita tion with a journalistic venture, and he it was who, by establishing the Ashburton Mail, became the pioneer newspaper pro prietor of the County, and, so to speak, oommenoed the first chapter of Ashburton's history. Since then the paper has had an un interrupted issue. It began as what is technically known as a double-demy sheet, published twice a week; but as the "boom" kept on, and the waste land rapidly came under the plough, the settlers increased in number with equal rapidity, and the field thua daily expanding, the issues of the Mail were increased to three weekly, and the sheet was enlarged to its present size, known as double-royal. For a lew issues a still larger sheet was used, but as business did nob warrant its con tinuance a reversion waa made to the more convenient size now in use. Later on, under new management, an experiment with a daily issue was made, but this, too, was soon found to be in advance of the times and of the wants of the people. As has been Baid, the history of the Mail and the history of the district are co ordinate. The journal has made it its business to record the doings of all the looal bodies; to set forth the purport of ©vary public meeting, and embalm in cold print the speeches made at these by the local orators; to note the inception and progress of every public movement; and to chronicle the incidents of the social life of the people from day to day. How far in the discharge of these duties it has been fluecessful, as well as in the higher and more responsible duties of jouraalism, it is hardly for this writer to hazard an opinion, so lately and so closely connected with it as he himself was for nearly a decade ; but he may be allowed—without any risk of a ©harge of want of modesty-—to say that, throughout his experience of the paper, he has had no reason whatever to be ashamed ©f its columns, or the part it has played in public affairs. In 1877 the prospect, whatever its prospect for the future, was not inviting for the then present. The township of ] Ashburton was small indeed. Only a few houses of humble pretensions dotted the square mile of land which, formed its area, and beyond that area was a flat, dreary waste of.

" field and tussock and post, Post and tussock and field. The wide expanse of plain was virtually without; trees, and away in what is now 3m'ilin#, cultivated land, scientifically farmed add yielding its best, dotted also at short internals with the happy and cosy homes of hundreds of comfortably-situated farmers, the vision vras on the one haikd bounded only by the blue horizon spanning the restless Pacific, and on the other by thp Titanic ranges of the Southern Alps that rise tier on tier to the regions of eternal snow. No groves of well-grown spreading trees rose up as now to break the yellow monotony of the "golden haited tussock," or to enter their protest against the boisterous and dust-laden nor* ■wast gales that revelled for many months in the year over the face of Nature, yet clad in. its primeval garmenture. As yet the roads were not many, and not a few of them existed only on the map of the sur veyor. The farmers had begun here and there to construct fences, and by and by long green lines of live gorse could be seen marking, off the landscape in a way which, viewed from an eminence, resembled nought so much as a gigantic eobwob laid out in green on the face of the country. Bat there were few farmers, notwithstand ing, who could not, if they had so desired, have ridden in a bee-line from their holdings to the township or to their neighbours' dwellings. The Domain, of which every Ailiburton resident is so justly proud, was taea an. unsightly waste, and its present beauty, bo marvellous to many a visitor, is more marvellous atill to those eyas, now fast growing dim with age, who saw it fooiore the improvement plough attacked its rugged breadth and transformed it into the Bcene of Sylvan beauty it now The new-arrival in Ashburton finds all streets paved and substantially metalled. He finda them fairly lit at night, &o4 the footpaths asphalted and kerbed so that li« mm walk in comfort. He finds them also cfanaelled, with an abundant stream of river water coursing down each. But twenty-five years ago he would liar# been & proud man if a few loads of not too Mm akwtgle were spread on what was intended for a footpath before his door. No channel of river water was there to greet him, and if business or the amenities of social life called him forth in the darknew of night be had to carry his lantern with him if he valued either dry fleet or unbroken skin. 'ihea, in the lower parts of the country, the land was dry. From soxae parts of ib vet thafc airse has pot altogether been repealed; but In those, days of tweoiy-five years ago this want of water was a serious? matter indeed. For be it remembered that fc?oia the Eakaia titev to the Wakaaui creek-there vtm not a m»gh> stream to be f Mud, and at certain seaeon.B <& the year this curse was on the land from fee Aj?h teton to the Eangitata. An instate occurs to the writer, who was one oi a in the Seafield district The Say was sultry and oppressively dusty and naturally both horae and men suffered from 'thirst. A halt was made ah a farmer's house, and the immediate want of the party was communicated to the master. Eb was very sorry, but tOUha morning brought the water team baeic 7Zm the rive? he could not part with a einele drop of the half gallon or so that «J in fate " billy." He mOd share his supply of English ale with tfe# thirsty ones, bat cold water he would not met with. There w&ss a teetotaller in that party, and ifc must fee .said for him that he |Wd loyally to his ptedse s>nd allowea me

HISTORY OF THE DISTRICT,

[By MacLban Don] (Reprinted from Ashburton Mail of June 12,1902.

more bibulous companions to enjoy the beverage, which one of them exultingly described as "a creamy foam ixpon an amber sea." The teetotaller quoted the text " Bread shall be given, but your water shall be sure"—when you get to Ash burton. Those thirsty days are long past now, thanks to the water race system which the Ashburton County Council inaugurated in 1879, and which has now ramified to all parts of the County. The first headworks erected were those at Pudding Hill, the contractor for which was the late Mr James j Wilkie, for some time surveyor to the Ashburton Road Board, and the races those works fed were at considerable dis tances from each other. Now there are between 1400 and 1500 miles of them ; they touch every farm, and in most cases come to the immediate vicinity of the I homestead, but in ho case is any settler at an inconvenient distance from water, and all the paddocks have a race accessible to stock. The scheme has cost the County.£34,OOObut it supplies 600,000 acres, at a cost of Is If d per acre, and distributes every twenty-four hours a volume of water equal to 86,000,000 gallons. That scheme is the grandest monument that any public body could have erected to itself, for it I made life on the dry plains not only possible with some degree of comfort, but ; it gave a new lease of life to the sheep farmer, and the once sneered at " plains land " has, since the water races networked them, taken a place in the land market and on the valuation roll that would have been empty but for those little ever flowing streamlets that bring down from the hills above to the land below its very heart's blood and existence. Did space permit, one could be even tediously reminiscent on the subject of those water races, which are the master stroke of the genius of Mr William Baxter, the County Engineer, though the story can never be tedious to the farmers who knew the land under the old order of things and have benefitted by the new j but to the 1 youHg generation, who found the races flowing when their own intellect began to dawn, the story may, perhaps, lack attractiveness. But doubtless the old man still recounts that story over ths» fire of a winter's evening, and never fails to bless those bubbling little streams for the salvation they have worked out for a vast area of country. Mention has been made of the cost to the County of the; system of water races. Naturally the question will arise as to how that «634,000 was provided. It was not raised by rates, as some strangers have presumed. When the old provincial sys tem of Government was abolished, and the Central Q-overnment took charge of the aifairs of the whole colony, 25 per cent, of the land fund of each province was handed over fco the local bodies. The portion that fell to the County of Ashburton was almost princely, and it was from that fund that the public bodies of the County were able to do a large quota of important work. Thanks to the share of the fund that fell to the Rakaia Road Board, that body was able for a number of years to carry on the work of the road district without having recourse to a rate. But the Ashburton Mail, though the first jotirnal in the field in the district, was not the only one that discovered in it a sphere of usefulness. Just nine months after the first issue of the Mail, there was issued, on March 11, 1878, from an un- ' pretending little shop in East Street South, ] a little daily evening paper called " The \ Evening Echo." It was established by : Messrs Furness and Dixon, Mr Furness leaving after three months" connection i with the paper to engage in newspaper i work in Maryborough, and Mr H. J. Weeks (now of Christchurch) became Mr Charles Dyson's partner. After Mr Furness left the paper waa enlarged to double demy, and its name was changed to ■" The : Ashburton Herald." In the beginning of 1870 the same firm added to its responsi- ' biiities the issue of another paper, a tri- , weekly, called " The Guardian." But the : venture proved too much for the firm, the district not being able to support two \ morning papers that sought to provide ! up-to-date journalism, and the tri-weekly j ceased, and the name " Guardian" was I transferred to the evening paper, and the ! "Herald" dropped into the limbo of for gotten things. About sixteen years ago both Mail and Guardian,came into one proprietorship, and contiaae sso to-day, ! Reverting back to early times,, when Ashburton's footpaths were paved with what some wags called " petrified, kidneys," meaning gravel more suited to the road way than to- th& side walk, it may be mentioned that it was ja 1878 that the residents in the township, which was fjjen under the jurisdiction of the Ashburtoa Road Board, finding that their wants as townspeople were not supplied as they wished them to be, began a movement for separate municipal existence, To comply with the Act under which the application, to become a municipality was made, it was n©eessary that, the existence should be shown within the proposed area of a cer tain number of houses. One would not like to say that Mi' Charles Braddellj the first Town Clerk, who compil§& the return to fill in the necessary form oa wlueh fcbe application was made, did not have iv sight .just nil the houses he there set down, but certainly before the powers in Wellington had had tfma.&o think much about the matter, so fast had buildings been, erected, that when the application was mad© feere were far more tenements in evidence than wqs sufficient to comply with the requirements <o£ £ke gtatute. Mr T. Bullock was the first .Mayor, and k-9 £*t> for one complete term, and what rflmaine.4 of the municipal year in which the town ship was gppclaimed a borough. Mr Hugo Friedlander followed with two terms, then Mr Donald Williams*^ with three years; MfR. Friedlander, two years { Mj T. Scaly, one yea?; Mr A. Harrison, one year ; Sfp t>. Thomas, two yeays; Mr Hugo Friedlandar, one and a-half year* ; Bfr R. Bird, one and a half years; Mr John Onr, oij,e year; Mr Joe. Scaly, one year; Mr C, Keid, one year ; Mr Hugo Friedlander, two and a-half years; and lastly Mr Collins. Of the gentlemen who | have held thj® Mayoral chair from the first ' proclamation till now only os.e has been removed by death, vi?., tha late M-V Alfred Harrison. Very many of the long ljsjj off Borough Councillors, who havg held seats j /it the municipal table have passed to thafc i UEdjscovered country, but it is not with- ! out interest to note that of the first Council there qp§ still a large number yet alive. Amongst those are Mr Donald | Williamson, Mr Joseph lvess, Mv Edward Uajwdera (now with the Eighth Coati^gent in South Africa, Mr Andrew Orr, and j others. M> Robert Shearman, Mr George Parkin, &u<J M? George Miller Robinson have joined the Bj.a|,Gi'i£y.' The first meeting of the Borough Gouar oil was held in the then just built Tow 4 Hall {now occupied as business premises)j next to tfc.e Courthouse, and after that the meetings we?e foeld in Montgomery's build ings in the office of the Town Clerk, Mr Charles Braddell. In time $ new habita ti#U was found for the Council in what is now th§ dwelling of the Fire Brigade Engineer, bu£.£hat, too, gave place to something more in»pqfing when the old Library Committee handed o.vejr to the Coun r Oil the Library Buildings, and thesse i$ t«r# have assumed the shape in which the visitor »w gees the Municipal Buildings of the town. The Counties Act car^ei Into force in 187(5, and when the writer came fa Ash b»rfcon in 1878 the Ashburton County (CouncU held its meetings in Quill's Hotel, j after that im tha Ashburton Road Board pfip.ee, now the Ws-kansui Road Board. Aftey a short experience of those quarter^ and a room in Montgomery's buildings, j the Council was able to erect suitable buildings of its own, and in these ijb now discharges its important functions. Its first chairman was the now Hon. W. C. Walker M,L.C., aad Messrs E. G. Wright,

Hugo Friedlander, and C. J. Harper bave In turn held the position. In 1877 there -were only five Eoad Boards in the. County, but subdivisions have been many since then, the most notable, however, being the division of the Ashburton Eoad Board into two— the "Wakanui and the Longbeach Koad Boards. Those Boards have done good work in their day, and thanks to them the roads in the county can compare favourably with those of any County in the colony, while the work done by the County Council in bridging the rivers is commendable in the highest degree. One glances back at the state of the churches in those ewly days, and notes how easy it was to count them then. They were all in Ashburton town. The Anglican Church had made a beginning, but the structure has been very much added to in recent years, and a peal of bells gives a Sabbath tone to the day of rest. The Presbyteriar. Church had its present j concrete building, much the same as it is \ now. The Wesleyan Church was in; Cameron Street East, but a few years ago, by a feat of engineering, it was removed bodily from that site to the one it now occupies, recast in architectural appear ance and enlarged. The Primitive Metho dists had their little Bethel in Wills street on the site of the much enlarged building in which worship is now held, and the Catholic Church was, perhaps, the smallest o£ all the places of worship. Now the Church of the Holy Name is a most imposing structure, and on the same site with it stands the Convent, the work of removing which from its old site in Hampstead was one of much ditEculty and requiring special 'skill, but the work was safely and expeditiously done; and the Convent has also been added to and im proved. The old chapel in which Father Chervier so often officiated is now doing duty as a boys' school on a site opposite | the Convent. But who shall enumerate the churches throughout the County now ? Nearly every hamlet within its borders has j a place of worship of some kind, and not a few can boast of several. The preachers j also are very much more numerous, and in ! place of one clergyman being in a position to say, as he would have said when the Ashburton Mail was first started, "My parish extends from the hills to the sea, and from the Eakaia to the Rangitata"; he would have to confess that the ad mittedly heavily increased work is shared by, in some cases, four or five other minis ters of the Gospel. From the cloth is but a step to the robe, in point of profession, and when one harks back to the busy times the local Resident I Magistrate had in the early days of the municipality, he is apt to wonder where all the business came from. But the advocates of total abstinence know that, though the cause of drunkenness is, always has been, and, will continue on to the end of time to be—-just drinking, there is much more drinking done when men are earning good money than when times are bard and the purse flabby. When there were many roads to make, bridges to build, water races to cut, new country to break up, and houses rising almost in a night like Jonah's gourd, there was a brisk demand for labour, and wages were good. And so men drank and-^-differed, in many ways, filling the hands of the police and lawyers. The work of settlement, too, and the buying and selling of land brought grist to the mill of the men of legal lore, and there were not a few in Ashburton in those days, but many of them have sought other scenes and other climes, and some have gone to that long home where briefs are not. One long well-known figure rises up in memory's mirror as the pen courses over these pages, and the ear seems still to hear his magnificent baritone singing the standard melodies of English song lore ; but the last song of Gerald Dyson Bran son has been sung, and his last joke has been fired off that used to convulse both bench and bar and Court with laughter. One can hardly forget either the forceful ¥. P. O'Reilly, who " wooed t'ae virgin Wakanui constituency like an Irishman," but was not successful, though he was game enough to deserve success, for did he not ride from Ashburton to Chertsey after lie had missed the last train that should have carried him to his rendezvous with the electors ? Was he not thrown on the way, and yet, with a broken collar bone to keep him lively, did he not address those electors with energy and exceeding great power ? Ay, that he did, but in his case also we wish in vain for " the touch of a vanished hand, and the sound of a voice that is still." The hotels of the county are of a much higher class in point of buildings than are usually found in the "back blocks." For this the community was largely indebted to Polica-Sergeant Felton, who made provision for the travelling public a sine qua -non in the granting of a license. But of the first Bonifaces how many remain? Only one. Mr John Francis Butler is still alive, though' old and feeble, and Butler's Family Hotel in which he still lives, is still conducted by his daughter and her husband, Mr and Mrs P. Devane. One could write at length on the history of the volunteer movement m the county, which began with the Ashburton. Rifles in 1879, and struggled on through great diffi culties, but overcame them all, thanks to the spirit that pervaded the Ashburton youth. One could write also of the musical history of Ashburton, of its sporting and athletic history, and of many of its other institutions, suoh as for instance its Fire Brigade,its friendly and other societies, but the patience of the editor as well as the reader must be well nigh exhausted, and a close must perforce be reached. But while fchig must be kept in view, one must not touch it; without % respectful tribute to the memory of those who lad the van fn $he settlement of the district, and though thuy now sleep peacefully in the God's acre to the north of the town, a great and silent congregation that is steadily increasing in number daily, they hayp Jeffc behind them memories that will be kept green by the generation at least who knew them, and yajued them not only for the work they did but fo,i? the good qualities that they possessed, and showed while they moved about amongst those of us who are fstill living and to whom their faces were familiar. One word more! May the Ashburton Sftp/s familiar pages long remain familiar po the readers of the Ashburton county, and may it see very many more jubilees, becom ing more and more prosperous as the barometer of prosperity in this district rises, g,s jt gives every promise at the present moment of doing, to a far higher point than it has ever yet reached.

The following editorial appeared in this morning's Mail : — To day is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Ashburton Mail. A quarter of a century has passed since its first number ) was issued to the people of this county. But' nought treads so silent as the foot of time/ and those amongst us who can re member the first issue will scarcely realise thafc there have been three thousand six hundred and thirty-six of them since that one. Yet, what changes havfa happened in that quarter century, not only in the world at large, but in that small portion of it in which we live. It is not within the scope of this article to enumerate even the most important events that have transpired on this globe of ours since the Mail began its epitome of contemporaneous history; but a few references to the state of affairs in our own little town may not be unin structive to our readers. In this oonnec tion we may say that an interesting article by an old resident of Ashburton, Mr McLean Dun, will be found in this issue, and it deals veiy fully with the past history of this town, and makes it unnecessary for us to enter at any length into local matters on this t occasion. It may, however, be worth mentioning thafc in the fii'st number of the Mail which was published on Tues day, June 12th, 1877, appear the names of a great many of those who are still resi dents of the district, but with some of them circumstances have changed considerably. Other names appear which are strange to us now, while some belonged to people who have passed over to the great majority. Naturally, men's aims and aspirations have undergone some changes in all those years, but it is pleasant to note that the Mail voiced public opinion in those early days as it does now, with regard to the requirements of the district. For instance, in the issue alluded to, attention is drawn to the delay in loading vessels at Lyttelton, and the Railway arrangements for carrying grain from the country districts are smartly criticised; a frequent ground .of com plaint of late years also. There was a Resident Magistrate's Court in Ashburton in 1877, but no Eesident Magistrate, and it was pointed out that this was often a source of great inconvenience to litigants. This matter too has engaged the attention of the public of Ashburton pretty often since that time, yet the position remains unchanged. But some things have changed considerably. For instance there is a para graph in the first number of this paper commenting on the delay in the delivery of letters, which, arriving in Ashburton at 7.30 p.m. were not available for delivery until 9 a.m. next morning. The prompt manner in which mails are now ready for delivery at the Ashbtirton Post Office ( is a matter of general remark. At the time we are referring to, the Mail complained that there was no postal delivery in this town; now we have two deliveries. A noteworthy fact is that the suggestion that Ashbtirton should be proclaimed a Borough was made in the second issue of the Mail, and this was carried into effect about a year later. However, we need not stop to comment on these matters, interesting though they un doubtedly are both to old settlers and to later residents in the district. Nor have we space to refer to the vast and startling changes which have come to pass elewhere since this journal came into existence. Every year of those twenty-five has seen the extension of the intellectual horizon of mankind, and has revealed more of the wonders of science. The Britith j Empire has made nnexampled strides,' and its colonies have been develop ing in a way that has ao parallel in history. In this country the material progress has been phenomenal, and throughout the whole of the British dominions the industry j of the people has produced wonderful and substantial results. Ifc would be well if we could assure ourselves that our social and moral advancement had been, equally manifest. But although the education system was introduced nearly a quarter of a century ago, providing free secular teach ing for the rising generation of New Zealand, there are many who are dis appointed with the results that have been obtained from this measure. However this may be, it may be assumed that a healthy public opinion, assisted by the press, will bring about whatever reforms may be needed, not only in the moral, but in the social condition of the people of this country. And this brings us to the political changes that the quarter century has seen. The land laws of New Zealand have been greatly improved within the last two decades, and honestly administered cannot fail to prove, of benefit to the people. On the whole the legislation in this direction has met with general approval, although some of its provisions are regarded as rather drastic. Laws o? another class how ever, which have come into operation during the period under review have not been satisfactory to the people as a whole. We refer to certain measures that have been passed at the instance of the Trade Unions, The gradually increasing influence of the labour organisations with the Government of this Colony is a marked feature of the last ten years/and one result of this we have seen in the birth of a new combination, embracing the agricultural and pastoral industries, which have combined to protect themselves against the growing power of the trade organisations. These associations mark an important era in the political history of New Zealand »nd threaten to create a split between the dwellers in town and oountry. It will be the duty of our statesmen to remedy the state of things which has brought about such art undesirable position. We have not space to mention half of the events which have made the last twenty-five years memorable, but we may say we have had to chronicle the death of Victoria the good ; the accession of Edward the Seventh ; the visit of the Heir Apparent and his Princess; the outbreak of the Boer war- j the startling incidents of that great struggle,- the magnificent patriotism of the British Colonies, and the heroic deeds of our sons. It has been our mournful duty to tell how many of them have laid down their lives for tho Empire and the flag. Their names are tlras recorded in the nation's annals represented by the columns of the Press. We have had a more cheerful duty to per form in ?eoording the end of that unhappy war, aad we sincerely hope that it will be the last the British people will ever be engaged in. As to the attitude of tho Mail on matters of social and general interest we believe our readers will give it credit for having advocated whatever it conceive^ to be to the public advantage. It has supported all liberal and progressive measures that have come before the country—measures, not men, being the principle it has adopted. It has persistently advocated many important social reforms j and it has kej>t a careful watch over the interests of this county, ' It may be admitted that its efforts have often fallen short of its aims, but we may honestly claim that the Mail has been able to do a good deal for this district since it took its place in the ranks of the New Zealand Press. We shall endeavour to carry out a similar policy in the future, and although some of our readers may differ from us on certain points they may rest assured that we shall agree on the majority of questions affecting the interests of our own, district. Should any disagree with us, 'however, 041 any matter, they know that our columns are always open to them, and if they can show that we are wrong—why we shall be open tp correction,

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN: THURSDAY JUNE 12 1902

Printed and published by Thomas Hakoox, for bhe Proprietor, Robbht Bell, %t hit Printing Office, Burnefib Street, Ashbarboa THDR3DAY, UNB 12. 90«»



THE GREAT THROAT AND LUJSG op RE. TTJSSICOBA. The enccess of thia wondeifal prepar ation is fully attested by the popularity which it haa attained, and the proprietor confidently anticipate!) ihat dariag the coming winter It will ha in greaterreqaesb than ever. Fjp pulmonary complaints It is 5 AH ABSOLUTE CERTAIN REfIIEPY, and even in the moat severo caaea ie will be found elti. iacioua, Mo hoae should be without a hoctle of thisipijccuro, especially at; a time when bad colds and cougha are prevalent. ■RESIEMBEE, DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS Fur the preveutlon of serious trouble, whk;h rtsay easily arias from a negiected cold or cough, there ia nothing to equal Price 2b 6d per bottle dole Proprietor aad Manufacturer, S J Evan% Biuiedin. Wholesale Agents, T£empthorne, Prosaer and Co. Obtg.inaW'3 at all chemists and Store keepers in the Colony, BILL MARTIN Bj?EAip v To Ideal Tyre Company, Chsietchurch, — Dsai- Sirs,—l have muoh ploasura ia writing you fco say how he.irtiiy I appreciate the jdniil tyr/39 \vhioh were gbtad to my nmohine and upon whiah I put up my sevotuean New Zaalami records, and won fcho aevemi cham pionship prizes. I am very pleaaod with the*—WILLIAM MARTIN 4 17



STANUISH AND PRBECB. Photo^raphors un^or the Royal patronsga of l ho I'rinoa and Prjaopss of Wales. Studio, High Street, Obriatohurch. 4 19 To ' Tfttteraall,' thero'a man^ a mara 'tyhj nwß hie bajj^f ncoovjiit, Ari-.-J they who lowly lifa b«g*trA Climbed quickly up tho mount. Wo trust that) those whom charm of gold rJ!o ;p"ilj may a!lur<>, Suoh as ueglecsc of cough or cold, Tftko Wood's Qbhat Phppermint Cube Tho P«erleßß Innubator has no rivals as $ barber of strong baalthy cbioks, and we aye p^epaeerl to supply any sig3 from egg up Fo 850 ogg capacity. Quaranteed to laab & lifo lime. Thera la big money in our duok machiues. Unlimited markets for duoklioga and fresh eggs. Incubators sold on cash or time payments, «end sbamp for our 2let dialogue. Paerleea looabatior Oompany, C'tinatchuroh, I



I BUBINRPS NOTICES , | PHOTOGRAPHY. HALMA'S STUDIOS, SAUNDKRS 1 BUILDINGS, WE ar» d»'n« TWELVK ENAMELLED CABINET PHOTOS ami KN. LARGEMENT, size 12 % 10, mounted «n v beautiful tinted plate sunk mount for l£stg BEE SPECIMENS, as thii it only for a Limited Time, GOME EARLY, fSgg^B^H^k x o © .q '" vHhH £fi "fl *O 30 Y^B^H *^ T3 bo ■© iff WM, SPARROW, Corner of East and Moore Btrest' HEM'KBbR They are Felling Kiiapoi Bankets at 14s 6J a pair Men'a Colotial Wool Pants at 3a 9d Mrn'e Uodor Flannels at) 2s lid Men's Nailed Shooterß 8a 6d Mod's Waterproofs ab all prices Ladiea Neat Button Boots 10s 6d « pair Ladies French Oalf Shoes at 8s 9d ladies Evening Shoes from 2k B<i a pair Children's School Boots from 3i lid a pair (! i Aii lllßi 1 \ Re!i:^l ill. rfjuvlrjlil KJ| fifoo66 B. P. MADDEN, BAKER, CONFECTIONER, AND CATERER, - I East Street. WOUID respectfully take this opportunity of thanking his cus tomers for past orders, and trastato merit a continuance of the same In the future Additional aocomodation haa now been added to the refreshment rooms, which are Btill under the peraonal supervision of Mre Madden, where patrons can rely npon receiving tho best attention. Tea, Cofft-B Cocoa, etc, will be dispensed, ip conjunction with HoiScotoh Pies, Scones, Cakes, Pastry Creams, which are manu factured tn the prenuises, from the beet ingredients, and from the latest London and Parisian recipes, fot which the Establishment is noted. Bi'ido, Birthdiiy, and Christening Cakes a speciality. Catering as usual. ' Satisfaction " ia our motto, BAKER BROS. Complete ITuraiishijigf. UN » ER.TAKERB. LLEWELLYN OWEN, MOSM. CERTIFICATED & REGISTERED TEACHER. STUDENTB prepared for any Musical Examination held in New Zealand, Al! branches of Muaio taught. Candidates presented at Fxaminationß, 137 ; average marks gained, 94 per oeufc, 2 rjlO Thoae about) to marry, and to those X already married. Study economy by purchasing your furniture ah W. & M. B/JKKR'S Warehouse, Hsvelock Stteefc, Just received, a oonsignmenb of Wicker Chairs in laneeb shapes and designs ; also Bamboo Tables. In stock alt kinds of bed tteads and bedding ; Suits of drawing and dining room furnimre ivado to order ab moderate prices. Best! workmanship and materials. rf) 8 »•-•«,-. f ""* O j ; i [a oabd. I BEG bo announoa that) I have Com menced the practice of my profession of Barrister and Solicitor In the Arcade Chambers, in rooms Immediately over the shop of Mr J. Wilson* painteri BARRISTER & SOLICITOR. 208 RAILWAY REFRESHMENT ROOMS. TO MY LADY T IGHT Refreshments of all kinds may JLJ be had on shortest notice. Invalid wines a speciality, { Speight's Danedin ales on tap; J. DINEEN, Smoke Now Yeuua '



■RORINF.SR NOTTORR Pure TEAS of FINEST Quality!! These Teas are blends ot absolutely the FINEST TEAS PBOCUBABLE. QHAH... tin hms Brand I IV Each Brand is of a?different character and flavour but'of FINEST Quality. Colombo .. is Brand. Pure Ceylon I W Ask your Grocer for these well-known Brands 01 Teas and ... ACCEPT NO OTHEB/ HARDLEY. iiROS^ ' PLUMJBEKS, IBONMOSGBBS. AND TINSMITH Our SB«Bon'a Stock of GUNS, CARTRIDGES, AND GUN FITTINGS Is to Hand ; and Our GUNSMITHING, ENGINEERING, and BHAIZING DEPARTMENT, Is in the Hands of a Certificated Engicssr, therefore *H work will be carried,oub on latest) Boientifio lines, and guaranteed We hold a large stock of WINDMILLS, TANKS, BaTBS, FOKCB and LIFT 1-UMPd, SINKS, LAVATORY BASINS. EIGK PRKsSURE BOILEBS, &c, and make HOT and COLD WATER and SANITARY WORK ft HpeoWfcy SPOUTING, RIDGING, and all claeseH of Tin and Iron Good* Mftnuf^ofciirfrt. Pipe Welle Driven, Pumps. Uydr*hiio Ram?, Windmills aud Water Wheels fixed and supplied. A Staff of Competent Workmen always available for alt o'assea of Plumbing work in any'part of the county. «*■«. 32 HARDLEY BRi )S. R0 Bo*M PLUMBIRS and SANITARY EKGINKERS, EAST STRKET WE ARE CASH BUYERS OF. PRIME MILLING WHEAT OFFICE IN AROADE. Open TUESDAYS & OORNSAOKS SUPFLIKD. f^ i) ronPTTV!^ jdo'ne'O* farm ebb* ■ - VjrltlfellllVT ACCOUNT. ■ CANTERBURY ROLLER FLOUR MILLS COMPANY, D, WOOD, Manager. ANDREW ORR. 1 , A LiRGE Shiptn'eafc ot Gooda ex Papiron, having arrived One Month Later than expected, will Now 'be Cleared at IMMENSE REDUCTIONS. FOR TWENTY-ONE DAYS ONLY Ladies' Jackets and Mantles, j I Diess Fabrics of all kinds Ladies' Corsets, ' Flannelletes, I j Sheeting Ladies' Underclothing, Ribbons, Gloves, Millinery, Umbrellas, 100 Fairs Coloured Blankets at 16s 9d 75 Pairs large £ize Blankets 22s 6d CLOTHING AND BOOTS t Reduced Prices ANDREW ORR t. >*J*ttfStß^W4ar *»— i,immifmrr>fnn^ry^fmwfff^ *;««i-«'iiini^*<i^;^iffl||.|4jLMft^ f -a HT'THi IMI 111 11 jH'WI IH I I'll ill Ml iIMUMI l ll—fcj IWMMtiniWMIiWIIIiMim IWMMWJWWfW FARMS FOR PRIVATE SALE. TO rE HAVE THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES FOR PRIVATE SALE :-■ 376 acre farm at Waterfcon, with 4 roomed hoaae, 4 stall stable, loose box, and granary ; good cropping and grass land 730 acres. Hinds district, good buildings, all in gra«s, well fenced and subdivided into 9 paddocks, well watered 500 acres ab Mothven, 8 roomed house, and other improvements 156 acre farm at Elemington t A roomed bouse and stable, well watered and fenced 476 acre farm at Springburn, all newly laid down; 7 roomed house, 6 stall stable, woolshed, divided into 10 paddocks 450 acre leaeehoid farm, at Mitoham Road 950 acre farm at Seafield, 4 roomed house, stable 262 acre farm at Fieminc^on, highiy improved, divided into 8 paddooks, well fenced and watered, 6 roomed hoaae, granary, outhouse, 4 rooms, 6 stall stable, and other necessary outbuildings 3800 acres, all in g.rassi well fenced and subdivided ; all well watered and good plantations ; clos« to railway ; with good buildings, house, wooiahed. cottage, and other improvements ; easy terms. (This property can be sold subdivided in two blocks ) We shall be glad to give the fullest information to intending purchasers, and show them over any of the above properties. FRIEDLANDERBROS., LTD,



BURTNRSS NOTIORS TTAVING to Rains a Considerable Sum of Moacy Durii g M»y, WB WILL OFFER Some Vury Tsmpting Lines la all Uksset of DRAPERY CLOTHING BOOTS AND SHOES A-id as a Further laduoPtnont for the Public to MAKS THKIK POROHABES FB'OM US, We wiJl Give a ; SPECIAL DiSGOUNT QtlO Per Cent, or 2* ia tbe Poand Oi ail Cash Purohaaaa from ONE SHILLING UPWARDS ABHBOETON DRAPERY COMPANY H. a SHRIMPTOJJ, Piupriebor .JSOTIOiSr BE CORONATION DAY. AL L Householders and Tradespeople wishing to make aa effeotivo diiplay ebould oall on v J. L HIGGB; TANCRED STREET, and procure an estimate for TRANSPARENT ILLUMINATIONS, EMBLEMATIC DESIGNS, Anil MOTTO?, very brilliant in fffspi-, sod artistically designed, (nob extingtitthed by the wind us gae Sights are.) Apply early, as only a limited number can be procured, Painter, Etc., Tanored Street. MX S J t LL 0 V 12, MUSIC SELLER, &a. T> EGISTERED TEACHER or XV MUSIO Musical Instruments of every description, Latest Magic by every mall. AGENT FOR WHEELER AND WILSONS Sewing IVJL n. chi m © <s. The Li lest ami BaBt; the only Sewing Machine ibati doos not fail in any p^int, AGENT FOR BMPESBH NEEDLE. Materials kept New Transfer*, Pioshei, Araeenes, etc. Tanobeb Skbbbt (next) HaiXi, Herballet COALS! COALS ! COALS S MOUNT^TOMEBS NEW SEAM COAL "IS NOW IN TBE MARKET. ITIHIB ia Canterbury's Besb Coal. Every J_ Householder should save money, and keep the money in the province by uilna MOUNT SO&IERS COAL This Coal hi? 35 per oenb of Gas, barn* with a good Same, and glv6s a steady heab TRY IT ! TRY IT £ TRY IT To be harl of all Coal Merohanti>: Price—l7s per Ton at Mount So mere Station JAMES GIBSON, Cameron Street, Ashbnrton FOR WATCHES OHXJKSI .JEWELLERY, SILVER AND ELEOTRO-PIiAfB SEASONABLE NOVELTIES, KW), 60 TO G. JESSON, Practical Wetohmaker aad Jeweller f Burnett Street, (opposite Somerset) Hole!) Aebburtoa, —^Repairs Specialty.— Presentation Committees liberally dealt with. THOMAS LINTEKN BEGS to announce tbub he has takeo overthe ALFORD FOREST HOTEL. And will be glad^to see old Friends mh3 Vißitors. Only beab Brands of Wises, Alw, and! Spirits stocked. Good Table. Good attendance. 5 167 Smoke N.*»w Ve&vs