NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Catholic. — Your letter deals with an advertisement, and cannot be inserted in its present form.—Ed.

Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1902. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Magisterial.—A first offender, a young man, was brought before the Court this morning on a charge of drunkenness. He was fitied ss, with the usual alternative. Unitrd Prayer Meeting.—At eight o'clock on Sunday night, a united prayer meeting was held in Baring Square Church, in connection with the No-license crusade. The church was well filled with represen tatives from all the Protestant bodies, and the meeting was presided over by Uev. G. B. Inglis, who briefly explained the object for which they were met, and reminded his hearers that their vote on Tuesday was to be regarded as a most sacred privilege and responsibility. Presentations.—On Friday last Mr John McNab, Treasurer of Trinity Presbyterian Church, Timaru, paid a visit to Ashburton i for the 'purpose of making' presentations to ! Mr John Lane and Mr Pringle Walker, who ; had been for ten years active members of the congregation in Timaru. It had been the iriteution to make 1 the presentations at , the church's annual social on Wednesday ' evening last, but the illness of Mr Lave ; prevented this arrangement from being carried out. Mr McNab'was, therefore, deputed by the' congregation to visit Ash burton, and present to Mr Lane a hand some silver tea and^ coffee service on behalf . p,f the pongrpgation, for the"services he had ! rendered as cler-k of ihe session, arid to the church generally, and to Mr Walker a silver gipsy kettle from the choir, for the interest he had always taken in the praise portion of the church service. I Game to the Last.—However diverse j may b9 the views held concerning the No ■ license movement, nothing but admiration ( can be expressed for the plucky determina j tion of the party, and, above all, its unique , and marvellous organization. With com mendable' enterprise the Oddfelio ws 1 Hall i fcas bjee# engaged for -Tuesday night as a , rendezvous fopaUcla§3£g6j: jblrd'community, ' especially for ladies and visitors' fioui t'4'e country who may wish to remain in town ( and ascertain the results both of the'eandi ! dates' and local option poll. A limelight apparatus will be employed to throw the figures on a large sheet, and, by arrange ment v; iih the proprietor of thia journal, jth'e'results front'all*over tixe colony will be imade known soon'after receipt of the tfeie grams. During any short interval:?, j>jjmerous views of general interest will'be fchoVn, $$4 t!«.V £jine made to pass as pleasantly as possible. J_.jt 'yas announced yesterday that fill will be welcome, go mat r tcp wb#t political color visitors may be, nor whatever opinion^ fchgy may hold on the ,' drink question. ! The Cyclists' Vote, — Colonial made • B S A Bicycles score by an overwhelming majority th? largest number of votes evorv year, and especially those ™*° by such firms as Messrs Oates, Lowry & Co. makers of Zealandia Cycles), who are on the spot, and are Vv#r reacfy t'6 meet their clients under a liberal guarantee.

" To-morrovr^PolUng-Baj-) the Gttahdian will be published early in the afternoon. Advertisers and others interested should note this and send in "copy " intended for publication in that issue as' early as possible.

Weather Forecast. — Captain Edwin wires :—Moderate to strong winds from between west and south-west and south ; glass rise. The Final Trial.—We would remind our readers of the final no-license meeting j before the poll, to be held in the Odd fellows' Hall to-night. Mr Yates, of Christchurch, who is to give the address, arrived by the exprf ss, and we hear that ho is to be questioned by Mr Lusk, who has been addressing meetings in Ashburton at the Somerset corner recently.

Polling Day.—We remind the electors that the poll opens to-morrow at 9 a.m., and closes at 6 p.m. We understand that the Sergeant of Police has given instructions to his officers t«"> see that any disorderly con duct on the part of the rowdy element in the community calculated to interfere with those of the public who may be about town during the day and evening will rigorously be put down. We trust thei'e will be no necessity for police interference, forit must be well recognised by this time that since women have the right to vote at elections they must naturally be interested in the polling, and should be able to go about in the evening without fear of annoyance.

The Eesults of the Poll.—We are pleased to be able to inform our readers that arrangements have been made by the proprietor of this paper with the Telegraph Department for keeping the Ashburton telegraph office open till 2 ajn. on Wednes day morning, and that, through the kind ness of Mr Bullock, the results will be exhibited in tiie Arcade by limelight. This will enable everyone interested, including ladies, to get the very earliest information as to the polling both for members of Parliament and Local Option.; Mr J. W. Timmiijs has Kindly pjaced his limelight apparatus at our disposal foi! the occasion.

Pkr^onal.— Mr and Mrs S. J. Gordon left for 'WeiimgtQn by the afternoon train to-day. On the Station platform a large number of their friends assembled to say good-bye to them and wish them success in their new sphere. Mr and Mrs Gordon regret that on account of the short time at their disposal they have been unable to say good-bye to a large number of their friends. —Mr Matthias, who succeeds Mr Gordon as the manager of the Union Bank Jierg isl expected to arrive on Thursday and take up His nevy dfttieg. ' "

The Budge Whitworth has been adopted as the leading bicycle by all classes, manifestly because of its superior quality; because of its reliability; because it has proved to be the best bicycle built.— E. D. Johnston, agent, Burnett Street.

A Brutal Outrage.

! Melbourne, Nov. 22 i A drunken Swedish' saiioy, riaraVd For seel, brutally assaulted the wife of' a work ing man, named &igg ? in Lafcrqbe street West. He caught the woman by the throat and frurled hpp to tlie pavement;, and fractured her skull, though death ensued from suffocation, Forsee} has been ar rested,

Commercial.

Havelock Street Mart.

Mr H. Stephenson reports as follows on his Saturday's sale: —There, wai a good attendance, and an excellent yarding of pigs-114 in all, prices for which wore on a par with last week. Suckers and weaners from 3s 6d to 5s 6d and up to Us ; small stores, 11s and 15s 6d; porkers 16s, 17s, arid up td 25s,'*large sorts to.* 355. There was a small entjcjjr* :6f fpwjs Which brought from 2s 6d to 3s per pair ; ducks, 3s per pair, and geese 6s 6d per pair. Produce. — Wheat 11s and 12s per sack. Potatoes, 7s per sack. The usual quantity of furniture and sundries sold at satisfactory prices.

Longbeach Road Board.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Longbeanh Road Board was held on Satur day. Present—Messrs W. T. Lill (in the chair), J. W. Stoddart, GK W. Body, and Jas. B shop.

An apology was received from Mr J. C. N, Gritfg for non-attendance.

The chairman stated that the credit balance at the Bank stood at £824 2s 4d.

The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. CORRESPONDENCE. Correspondence was road as follows : — From N. Fitzgerald re shingling upper portion of McLelkn's Road. - Agreed to. From MrH. Frampton asking that the gravel pit on his property at Flemington be defiued and pegged.—On the motion of the chairman seconded by Mr Stoddart, it was decided to write to Mr Frampton asking him to sell the square.

From A. Oracroft Wilson re lowering crossings near Reserves of Canterbury Col lege.—Resolved to reply that the Board do not intend to deepen the drain on Graham's Road.

From Wakanui Road Board re purchasing birds eggs.—The Clerk stated that he had replied to the effect that the Board would commence paying for eggs at the same time as the other Boards. surveyor's report. The Surveyor's report was read, which stated the work which had been carried out during the month. WORKS. The tender of Mr Fussell was accepted for clearing a drain on the Wheatstone Eoad. It was decided to give notice to Mr Wil liams and the Chatmoss Estate to trim wil low trees that were overhanging the road. It was resolved to grade the road from the Winslow cemetery to the Windermere Eoad preparatory to re-forming. ACCOUNTS. I Accounts amounting to <£145 6s lid were passed for payment and the meeting ad journed. OUTSTANDING RATES. On the motion of the chairman, seconded by Mr Body, it was resolved to sue for all outstanding rates.

The No-License Crusade.

In accordance with advertisment, Eev. Thos. Fee preached in the Bariug Square Church, on Sunday night his subject being " Eocks Ahead." The text was Eomans 14: 13-" Let no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way." Mr Fee said that it would be readily understood that the title of hisadnress was suggested by the recent ill-fated wrecks of the Ventnor and Elingamite on our New Zealand coast. The nautical enquiry con cerning the former's loss showed that it was one which ought not to have occurred, and if the freight had been that of living passengers instead of dead Chinese the disaster would have been dreadful in the extreme. Facilities for obtaining liquor by captains of vessels had in the past made it a not nncommon thing for them to put their ships on the rocks. Neither drink nor drunkenness appeared to have boen the cause of the Elingamite's wreck, but so long as shareholders of companies sought big dividends and gave prem iums for quick passages, so would steam ship captains be tempted to take short cuts and unduly hug the coast. The common sense of the community should protest against financial profit being pitted against human life. It was then pointed out that the wrecks on the rocks of New Zealand were trifling when compared with human wreckage through strong drink, and Mr Fee deplored the little value which some people" placed upon the vote that gave them the power to sweep the traffic away. Mr Fee then quoted figures to show that drunkenness was on the increase, and said in its issue of the 9th of June, 1902, the editor of the Ash burton Guardian stated that the " increase of drunkenness amongst the youths of this colony is a matter attracting attention iv all parts of New Zealand." Mr Fee then went on to quote other newspapers, and re ports of thfe Courts, to prove the lamentable fact that "Young New Zealand" was ad dicted to drink, but the police reckoned they only got one-tenth of the real number of offenders, for unless an intoxicated person absolutely made himself a nuisance ho was not interfered with. Mr Fee deprecated the practice of comparing the morals of New Zealand with worse countries; they should have an ambition to excel the best of countries. Tho preacher then went on to deal with the subject of opposing forces assisting to build up character, but pro tested against humanity being handicapped with stumbling-blocks flung in man's path way by the disciples of avarice and ap petite. The ordinary tempta'ions which beset those who are trying to do right were numerous enough without the drink shops being added. Eemembering the perils to which their children would be exposed it would be criminal to vote Continuance, and if in the face of the Saviour's denun ciation " Woe unto him by whom the offence comoth," they declared for the traffic, such people should honestly cry out " The blood be upon us and upon our children." And then it was for them to remember again what the Christ said, " Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, ye have done it unto me."

News in Brief.

The Lauriston and Lyndhurst Sports Committee invite tenders for a refreshment booth at the sports to be held on Dec. 16th.

Mrs F. D. Lowe has opened tea rooms in Tancred street in premises 1 adjoining Mr W. Stonyer's office.

A Wellington telegram states that the Government has received a large order from Beira for dairy produce, meat, and horse feed. !

It is proposed to erect a new operating theatre at the OHristchurch Hospital, at a cost of about £1400. '

A man named W. Sugrue had his leg broken below the knee while ■wrestling at Temuka on Tuesday evening.

Messrs Nojthcote Hefiord are now taking orders fop the Christinas trad«- They fyayp a fine assortment of ladies' goods, which will bo made up in the latest styles. For gentlemen they have a large selection of tweeds for suitings, also mercery and boots.

Messrs Guinness and LeCren,Timaruand Waimate, will submit for sale by public auction at their salerooms, Waimate, on Saturday next, at 2 o'clock p.m., Mr John Ifopkin's farm at Willowbridge, consisting of 224 acres 2 roods of land,'with improve' ments thereon. This farm is one of the best in the famous Willowbridge district, and has grown over 65 bushels of wheat to the acre, on one furrow, and is capable of carrying'over 15 sheep to the acre on gra=;s alone. Terms may be obtained on appli cation to the 'auctioneers,- ■ vIS

POLITICAL.

Mr Ager at the Oddfellows' Hall.

Mr Ager, who is the accepted Labour candidate, approved of by the Christchurch Trades and Labor Council, addressed a meeting of electors on Saturday night in the Oddfellows' Hall. Owing to late arrivals the meeting did not commence till half an hour after the advertised time. The attendance was a very small one at the commencement, but increased aB the speaker went on. His Worship the Mayor attended, but owing to pressure of business engagements, asked the candidate to excuse him from taking the chair that evening, to which the former agreed.

Mr Ager then announced from the stage that if v chairman were appointed for the evening, he would go on with the meeting and deliver an address.

One or two gentlemen were proposed, but did not come forward. Subsequently Mr John McKeague took the chpir and briefly introduced the candidate. He said that he believed in fairness towards one another, and he also believed that those present would give Mr Ager a fair hearing. It did not follow that because the meeting was a small one that Mr Ager should not be listened to with the same attention as if the meeting were a big one. He asked forthe candidate a fair hearing. Mr Ager was received with applause, and in the first part of his address referred to his tour round the electorate, announcing that he had been well treated everywhere. The candidate then proceeded to explain why he was a Liberal, find the meaning o£ the term. He was a Liberal from his own convictions. The Earl of Shaftesbury, Wm Pitt, and other notables were on the side of Liberalism, which taught in its principles the brotherhood of man. In the days when Lord Shaftesbury fought in Parliament to carry his Ten Hours Bill the Tories made the poor man, woman, and child work sixteen hours a day. He fought fourteen years before he succeeded in establishing the Bill. He supported the Liberal Govern ment because they helped the poor man. He considered that the farmers of this country owe a debt of gratitude to the Government that they will never be able to pay. The whole country was Btudded with prosperous homes. The laws passed for the benefit of the workers had done a deal of good. Mr Ager then referred to the benefits accruing from the Old Age Pensions, and pointed out the difference between Conservatives and Liberals, pic turing the days when England was ruled by the Tories. Now the term was softened down to Conservatives and Independent Liberals, but their principles were the same. But the altered conditions of the •worker were brought about by the intro duction of Liberal measures. He was of opinion that the poor man's labour was as good as the rich man's gold, as the rich man got his gold through the poor man's labour. Our labour legislation was the best in the world, which could be proved by the fact that it was copied by other countries. He made brief reference to the fact that for three times the present Administration was chosen by overwhelm ing majorities. The candidate, in passing, criticised a letter that appeared in the Guardian, signed by "A True Woman." He expressed himself in favor of the referendum, and paid several compliments to the Premier for. the good work he had done. In a new country like New Zealand his idea was that we should have protec tion, and more local industries. It was in the interests of a nation aud a country to have plenty of trade. He felt that it was right we shoull have a State Bank, and in this connection the candidate expressed himself in the same way as previously. In regard to Government borrowing, the candidate defended the present Adminis tration, who showed a surplus, notwith standing the borrowing, while those in power previously did not. Our loans were spent on reproductive works. He did not think the honorarium was too much. He claimed to be an Ashburfon man, as his interests were here. He favoured the ex tension of the railway from Springburn to Methven; the opening up of our coal deposits, and the expenditure of more money on public works in this county. In answei to a question, he thought the Hon Mr Rolleston was the first to introduce the system of cutting up land into 10-acre blocks. On the motion of Mr Steel the candidate was accorded a vote of thanks. Mr Ager acknowledged the compliment and the meeting terminated.

MR STUDHOLME AT WILLOWBY. On Saturday evening last, Mr John Studholme, junr., addressed the electors in the schoolroom, the chair being occupied by Mr S S. Chapman. The attendance was large, including a number of ladiea. Mr Studholme's speech was on the line of previous addresses, and several new issues were introduced. Mr Studholme absolutely disproved that tbe Farmers' Union was being engineered for the purpose of for warding party politics, and said no support was given to any particular candidate, al though the Trades and Labor Council was particularly engaged in political candidates. The speaker was accorde 1 a very attentive and appreciative hearing, and the end of his address was heartily applauded. After a number of questions had been asked and answered, Mr W. T. Lill proposed, and Mr W. Benbow seconded, a very hearty vote of thanks for the able address delivered which was carried by acclamation. A similar compliment to the Chairman closed the proceedings.

ChkistchtjrcS, Nov 22

Cathedral Square was very lively to night. Mr T. H. Davey, a candidate for the city, spoke from tbe " Lyttelton Times v office, 'and received a vote ofl' thanks ■■ and confidence, and an enthusiastic reception". Messrs T. E. Taylor, Ell, and C. Taylor the Labour Council ticket, spoke near the Post Office, and on the other Bide' of th'fei square the Prohibitionists held a meeting' at the same time. : ; ' i!'"

CABLE MEWS.

Unitod Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright Lo t NP,ON, Nov. 22. The Education Bill has passed through the Committee, stages, of |h^ Hou^e gf'09,13? mqnso

A combination of financiers and engineers has been formed in Paris to construct rail ways in Southern Russia.

The withdrawals from the French savings banks now amount to a hundred and three million francs for the year. The cause haa not been discovered.

Baron You Thielmann, Minister of Fi nance, announced in the German Reichstag that fche coming Imperial fyidgist yroijlS show adefloit of a hundred "arid fifty miU lion marks. He proposes to increase the taxes on beer and tobacco.

M. Lepine, Prefect of Police of Paris, de clares that it is impossible to suppress Anar chism while England and Switzerland afford conifortable asylums fco Anarchists. ' 1 "line 44miralty'Commitf;6e!kas'request84 be supplied with a^torpedo boat aesfiiqyer" for the purpose oi breaking her in two, in 05 ---ier to test agr girder strength. The in^nt will be mad,e a|; Eqrtsinqntl{. Qth.er voicanoea are fcieooming threaten ing in Guatemala. The recent eruption of the vqlcano of Sa^nta Ma.ria oaused the death of one thousand Indiana by asphyxia. The district swarms with robbers, who murder and loot.

South Africa.

Capetown, Not. 2l Artisans on the Rand demand to work nine ijs ?tead of ten hours a day. The " Daily Mail" states that the Hoard, of Trade is despatching commissioners to South Africa to inquire into the openings for trade. London, Nov. 23. Eeuter's Brussels correspondent states that Messrs Fischer, Wessels' and Wol moran^ will be allowed to proceed to Cape town upon their taking, the. oath of , air legiance and adstainlngfrdm politics >in the future. Permission to return to the Trada* vaal has been refused.

THE ASHBURTON GUA fDJAN; MONDAY, NOVEMBER at, 1902



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F. FERIUMAN. Hear Their Cry. Tune—Sankey, No. 97. 1. Hear their cry ! the drunk-ird's children, Pinched, and starved, iiml thinly clad ; God has given yn power to help them, Use that power to make them glad. Oh, they're worsn by far than orphaned, Life. tn them meaus cons cant dro >d; Use your vote as Christ would r.so it', That they may be loved and fed. 2 Hear their cry! the poor and wretched Dwellers in the drunkard's home ; How they look to you for pity ! Won't you to their rescue come ? See! their eyevS are red with weeping, Long they've borne their load of shame ; Jesus puts them in your keeping, Won'c you help them in His name ? 3. Hear their cry ! the poor besotted llond slaves of a heartless Tra<Je ; Though they've lost their will and man hood. Do not blarao them, don't upbraid ; They would fain regain their freedom, They would f;iiu redeem the past: Vote for their emancipation, Crush the Trade that binds them fast.



THE VERY EEV. FATHER HAYS, of Holyrood Hnll, Market Easen, Lincolnshire, England. Electors of New Zealand : 6 6 TT Am asked to send you a message in I the name o£ God and humanity. I cn.ll upon you to do your duty. Rise up nnd do it. Tho labours of philanthropists and of politicians for the social and moral welfare of their fellows must be in v.iin until they have a so!ier and virtuous race abontthetn. "Why. read these tarrihlo statistics of courts and prisons Rnd do nothing 1 ? " Why bewail t lie poverty and misery of thousands, and say nothing can be done, because so muoh has to be clone ? "Why stand by with folded arms anil Berths Curse of Humanity tearing from us B&ch year so many millions of money, and giving us in return Poverty, Disease, and Death; sending loved ones down to an early grave; destroying domestic happiness and breaking up homes; filling our Prisons, Workhouses, and Asylums, and poisoning nil tb.it is good, and wise, and best in our Christianity and Nationality ? " Is the Drink Traffic a blessing or is it a curse ? If a blessing, (<od speed it. If a curse, then, in God's name, a3 CHRIS TIANS, as PATRIOTS, as LOVERS OF YOURFELLO T,V-MKN, PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR COUNTRY AGAINST THE ENEMY. "It is in your hands. You hasre the power of the vute. You elect the men who makß your laws. Send to your Parliament as your representatives men who for God and country, will proteat you from a system of temptation whose wealth is wrung from , theLTFE-BLOOD AND TEARS OF THE PEOPLE."—Wellington "Evening Post," I 28tX November, 1902. 11 204 IMITATED by some, surpassed by none— J. T. Cooch, opposite Railway Station, is atill giving—3lbs" Raisins for Ls, 3 Bottles Sauce Is, 3 Tins Sardines ]s, 3 Boxes Macks' Starch Ip, 3 Boxes IXL Soap ls, 3 Tins Jam la, 4 Packets Cornflour Is, 61bsSago Is, Gibs Tapioca ls, filbs Pearl Barley ls, 61bs Split Peas Is, Seeded Raisins 6d per lb, Table Muscatels lOd per lb, Peaches, Apricots, and .'J??%tP, 2ilb Tine, 8d per tin. New Currants 5d per lb. BriDg the cash aad compare my prices with any advertised in Christchurch at Ashburtoo. I Stownian's Livery Stables, .{Behind Somerset Hotel), Ashburton. J NEWMAN .desires to thank his • Customers for tibejr patronage in tha past and to solicit a contuwanco of tie same in the future. In order to kceji pace with his growing business he has just had .built several new vehicles. .Horses and Traps always on hire. T3est accommodation for visitors from j $©wn or country. Wedding and Picnic Parties catered for. Charge Moderate. I J. NEWMAN, Proprietor. 11 209 k NIBBLE.— bought at a sacrifice aW j i3k_ now clearing at 5s in the £ off the regular price 3. Men's Tweed Trousers 6s lid. 8s 6d, 9a Ud, 10a 9d, Us fid, 12s 6d, £hs> 52 pairs of fancy worsted Trousers 9a 21da»4 lfs 6d, usually 13s M and 15s; Caen's Colonial suits from 21s. Our Oamaru •tweed suite at 37s 6d and superior Serge '(guaranteed indigo dye) at 39s 6d^ are real eye openers. See then*, at E. Gibbard's, Tancred Street, opposite Arcade. WANTED KNOWN : Fine lot of Ladies Umbrellas (English,samples, no two alike) Is lid to 9s lid, just one third l^s than angular prices. Ladies' Under Vests (M, CashaaeiKJ Hose ls, Is ?.d, ls 6d. Special pjuehabe of pnehess Sets, Toilets Mate, Brush .and Comb Bags, Night Dress Cases, choice gmis, and exceptional value. Washing Delaines f>d^ .usually 7i«L For j-ock bottom value all x-o^nd, try the Rr;a_dy 3&9iiey Shop, Tnncred Street, opposite -JZ^EKSI 3SSOS wishing to thank their JO^ customers a"^ friends for their 3ib«ral «apport during ,fche last two years foOTC'Seouled to move into-lugger premises. SA'.e may -state that we have secured that Bsr.oe mew shop three doors above outsold <yn& aadin ordetr tOihrive less goods to re- Biove, we ihaye decided .to make big re a«ctiosmallliue^ DEEßßKGSj Burnett Street.



Blighted Homes. Ti;ne - "The lnrp that ouco." 1. The homes that once were glad ami bright, Where love and beauty smiled, Am now unswathed in gloom of night, And filloil with anguish wild ; The fatal cup has wrecked their peace, And bligl.t d hopes so fair Till crushed ones sigh for death's release From woe and blank despair. 2. Wo plead w'ih you for breaking hearts— Oh, come to their raiiefj Extract the adder's poisoned darts, Assuage their wretched grief. Oh, give to thr.B9 who sadly mourn, The oil of blis.-ful joys ; Ar.d tr.unple wi;h a holy scorn The Trade tint home destroys ! Guinness anJ LeCren, Limited. Splsndid Agricultural and DAIKYJFARM. Famed Willowbridge Land. t aUINtfHSS and LkCUKN", Ltd., have been favoured with instructions from Mr John Hopkins (who is leaving to.-Engl and), to Sell by Pnl.lic Auction at their Salerooms, "Waimate, on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20th, 1902, AT 2 o'clock j —



VALUABLE AND HIGHLY IMPROVED FREEHOLD FARM of 224 Acres 2 i Roods, being one of the choicest selec tions of the celebrated Willowbridge land. The improvements are extensive, and comprise well built Dwelling House of 8 rooms, with Bathroom, Pantry, Dairy, front aud Back Verandahs, water laid on from over ground Concrete Tank, necessary Out-buildings, Sheep yards, Good Stable, and Trap Shed, Men's Kouso, Fruit and Flower Gar dens and Tennis Lawn. The land is bounded by tho Wiliowbridge Creek ( arid VVaihoa River, and is sub-divided j inlo 13Wll-f.on'.-ed Paddocks. Growing Crops are-27 acr£S Oats, 10 acres thousand-headed Kale, 10 acres Rape, 50 acres cultivated ready for Turnips ; balance, magnificent sole of new Grass. The Auctioneers coiiftdoutly assert that this is the Highest Quality Fa.'si g\-&v sub mitted to auction in that district, and it is eminently adapted for Dairying, Agricul ture or Grazing. It is situated within 2\ miles of Studbolnie Dairy Factory, and the soil is the richest alluvial deposit, well drained. It has grown over G5 bushels of wheat pep acre, on one furrow, and is capable of carryinij over 15 sheep to the acre on grass alone. It grows tremendous crope of Turnips as is evinced by the fact that 800 wethers were fattened on #ix a.ere| of Swedes. Title: Land Transfer. Terms on appli cation. Memo. —A clearing fale of the Live and : Dead Stock • f the Farm will be held .within Four weeks of the Land Sale. GUINNESS and LeCREN, Ltd. Auctioneers, Waisiiite and Timaru. 11 223 1c per lb, Finest Fresh Separator Butter, Wiliowby Factory; acknow ledged superior flavor to any other brand on the^markefc.—Carson and Co, Sole Agents. -^nfTANTED— 100 Cyclists to buy our Chime Bells afc — each. Eomp.se Cycle Co. SEASONABLE Lines 2ilb t^Caaadiaa Tomatoes lOd, 2^lb^ tins Califomia'ii Fruits Sd, 2 1 lb tins Asparagus 3s, 21b tins Green Peas" ls, 21b tins Strawberries is, Cartoon French Prunes Bd, Raspberry Jam Is 'per s,v, Grranola 6d packet at Caeson ANB Co!'s'.' TYRE Coverr," six" "monfejib guarantee, only 15s, at tbe Eejjpso Cycle .Company,



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ASHBUETON NO LICENSE COUNCIL. THE HOUR HAS COME FOE OUR FINAL APPEAL.. i WE have done our best, and in it many workers have made considerable sacrifice of time and labour. It will be a heart-sickener if thoso who believe that we have only been working for the public good, fail to win, for lack of a little effort on their own part to get to the polling booth and record their votes. Your own single vote may settle it one way or the other, possibly the wrong way if you fail to vote. Whatever It costs you, vote! Before slavery was abolished, many predicted worse evils to follow; and those who were interested in maintaining it, spent much money influencing the Press and even the Church, and all possible agencies to prevent success. It is so in this struggle, as everybody is witness. But there is not an evil predicted which is not already with us as the direct creation of the Liquor Traffic, and when that traffic is abolished by your vote, it will be the same people, the traders and those whom they have already demoralised, and none beside, and no newly-created evils, which may still give trouble for a little while. To vote for license is to perpetuate and strengthen the evils, but to Vote for No- License is simply to call forth their death struggle. Considering their strength, they may be expected to die hard, but they will die nevertheless, and you will make it safer and better, and happier for the rising generation. A beginning must be made, and there is no better time than now. Beside, there are great economic, social and industrial benefits which will immedia tely accrue. Thousands of Pounds, hitherto wasted, will go into proper industrial channels; there will be a greatly increased demand for produce; the travelling and boarding public will not be dropped into the sea, but will exist still, and there will be more of them because more will have the necessary means ; every legitimate business will increase; labour will be in greater demand; the value of properties generally will rise ; taxation will be less, and fall more lightly on everybody ; as elsewhere, the l»ad debts in business will almost entirely disappear; and when the district has had experience of the change, it will be like the Clutha, and say : " Whatever falsehoods the Trade may tell outside about us, we have got too good a thing to let go — no more going back to license, I Even if we fail to get it this time, an increased vote will encourage us to keep at it till we win ; but don't forget that it is possible that even your vote may just give it to us now. God bless you in any sacrifice you make to secure safer paths for little feet, to raise the heavy cloud off many a sad home, to give us cleaner social ways, and make life generally still purer, brighter, happier, than it is! The Great Teacher said : " Every plant that my Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up," and " the tree is known by its fruits."



Now for a word or two of important information and counsel — !.—Make this widely known to your friends and neigh -1 hours, — It is unlawful for either party (aud on this we have taken Counsel's opinion) to pay hire for Vehicles to bring people to the Licensing Pol; therefore, unless you use your own vehicle, you can only be brought free to the Poll by those who are kind enough to put their vehicles at our disposal free. Many will do this. Will you kindly do it ? If you are in the country, and you cannot help us all day this way, start early in your own vehicle to vote, and to-night tell all your friends and neighbours whom you can bring with you, to be ready to start when you will call for them 2.—While neither party may hire vehicles, there soems to be nothing to prevent public conveyaucers from driving people at so much per head, returu ticket, to the Polling Booths just as they drive them to the Show Grounds, but they must not run.for__ eithersido specially their vehicles must be hona fide public; run ou their own account they must have their return fare plainly printed outside; and they must not refuse to pick up any customer who will pay tho fare. They might do good business if they were to arrange among themselves that for a very low fare they would ruu to aud frcm certain points, a mile or two out, to tbe centre of the town all day, keeping to their own beats, and not calling at any houses, or going into any side-streets, but picking up and setting down anywhere on their route. g I^e p o n iv this Electorate commences at fl clo'ock and closes at six. We strongly advise all women-voters to arrange to go to the Poll in the quiet early part of the day. The afternoon will be si public holiday, when tho crowd will be greater. The law does not allow more than six voters to be iv tho polling booth at one timo, except when just "•oing to close, at the Returning Officer's discretion. Do not a3k information of a scruti neer, because he may not speak to you. 4._lt is not lawful to give an imitation of the voting paper on the polling day. When you get near the polling booth, don't allow anyone to bother you with papers, or interference of any sort, bufc refuse everything and go straight in, provided there are not six voters in already. 5. —When you get into the Polling Booth see that you get two papers - one called the " ballot paper " about the Parliamentary candidate, aud the other the " voting paper " about Licenses. It' there is either of them that you do not want, you must take it all the same, but you are not obliged to use it. You can take it with the other into the secret voting place, and simply fold it up like the other, and after showing the stamp on the back of both to the Poll Clsrk, who gave them to you, drop them into the boxes. It is uulawful to take a paper out of the booth. But if you have not marked it, it will not be counted for anything, and w [ iateyer anybody may say no one will be able to tell at the counting that it was your paper, or how you voted. The ballot is quite safe and secret, as it is intended to be, for everybody. There is a six months' penalty for anyone violating it. 6.—There ■is a severe penalty, including imprisonment, j if anyone attempts to vote in anyone else's name, or in his own name more than once, \ either at the same or different polling places, although "by mistake' his name may be . n.ore than ones on .the roll. It is called personation, and if it is not detected at the time it may be afterwards wheu all £h,e marked rolls are sent in after the voting to the Returning Officer, who has to to go over them nil. I,t is dangerous for anyone to vote , i who is under age, and ought not to be on the roll. The law says :—" It shall be the duty of tho Returning Officer to institute a prosecution against any person whom he • 1 believes to have committed the offtmce of personation, or of aiding, abutting, counselling, or procuring the commission of that offence byany person, at the election for which he is appointed. Every person who commits the oifenoo of personation, or of aiding, or abetting, counselling, or procuring the commission of that offence is Hable fco imprison ment with°or wiihout hard labour, for a term not exceeding two years." , 7 —Whatever anyone may say, there will be no alteration in the " Voting Paper." It is not lawful to'alter it. It consists of the three familiar lines, and the instructions underneath. Last time there were tho words " First Schedule " at the top, and they may, perhaps, be there again ; but the rest of it, tho voting paper proper, is fixed by law, andcannot h§ 3-fered in any way, thus.: — j



FIRST »GUWJJIiS: I VOTE that the number of licenses existing in the district continue. I VOTE $iat $.c number of licenses existing in the district be reduced I VOTE that no licenses be granted in {he district. GENERAL DIRECTIONS, The voter may strike out all the proposals except one, or-*ii except two, but nonrnre. The voter must strike out all the proposals which he does not wish to be camsd If the voter strikes out all or fails to strike out at least one of the proposals, the ' votinsr uaper will be void. , ,  , . The voting paper so marked is to be dropped by the voter into the separate ballot-box p^epUa for it, and not into the same box as that in which he drops his electoral ballot. ; The voter is not allowed .tc.u-Ae .his voting-paper out of the polling booth. ! , ______ ' Julian a.. ml.l ,ii... _.. i. „"?.'.'*!'""* *" L .'"!-.""T y^'t' ! So that when in order to vote against the drink .we say ." Strike out the top line ' only "we mean the first of the three lines beginning with the worsts ■'.' I yoi.e,'/ etc. Do not touch any other line with your pencil. You may depend on us that that is the right wa V t"votoLt against the drink. IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT DO NOT WOEEVABOUT IT, IT WILL BE QUITE RIGHT TO STRIKEOUT THAT TOP LINE ONLY Ynumay understand it if.before you go to the Poll you look carefully SSip middle" pag&s clthe paper we sent you entitled « WHY VOTE NO LICENSE?" The way the votes are counted will be found there too. S —It is a help to know your number on .the roll .before you go into the booth. It ' saves'time inside. In Ashburtou any temperance friend ih^tJxo^treet who has a roll will <nve you your number on a slip of paper, or you can get it at the W esleyaiv - School room" or the "No License " Office, near the Post Office, When you get into the' b/ooifch civ- it to the Returning Officer. In the Wesleyan Schoolroom oi? the <?Nq License-'.' Office you cau also have explained how to vote if you have any difficulty about it, before you go to v the foiling Booth. 9 Ail Deputy Returning Officers can vote, and although persons hired as scru tineer clerkß messengers, etc., by a candidate may not vote respecting the candidates for Parliament there appears nothing to bar (their voting On tjie licensing question if not paid for any service in connection with that poli. '



.. y I We can only now urge once again the great responsibility which attaches to a vote, and to the neglect to use it, and us it rightl}'. So widespread are the fruits of the Drink Traffic that it is safe to say that everybody in the community has had some relative or friend injured by it. Think how many you know of. Reckon them up. On an average there are convictions for drunkenness equal to one for every third day in Ashburton, and prohibition orders issued equal to one for every tenth day throughout the year. And these, a? you know, don't represent a tenth of the persons addicted to excessive drinking. What must be the unseen sorrow of their homes ! Steady your hand before you vote, for the Drink Traffic is responsible for many miserable deaths. And if you are going to vote for " Continuance '' your act of voting may be the signing of the death warrant of some wretched inebriate whom that vote of yours might save. BISHOP JULIUS spoke words which did him honour when he said he "WOULD DIE FIRST" BEFORE HE WOULD VOTE "CON TINUANCE. 5' If " No-License " is carried, when the better times have come it will not be pleasant if you have to reflect that it was not by any help of yours, but that you gave your vote against it. (( We that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves!" That is the highest ground to take. God guide you ! j We might appeal to the publicans to vote " No-License," for we are their best friends, and in the long run it will be vastly safer and better for themselves and their families when they are out of this death-dealing trade. By family experiences many of them already know it well. The Government Life Insurance form to be filled in by applicants for insurance con tains this significant section — (a) Do you work or live at an hotel or brewery, or wine and spirit store, or stables or other premises attached 6. Liquor Trade. thereto, or in any way connected therewith ? [Most Important.] (b) Are you now or have you ever been connected with the sale or manufacture of liquor in any shape or form ? The largest office in the British Empire, namely, the A.M.P. Society, loads the lives of those engaged in the liquor traffic as follows -. —At the age of 20 a loading of 15 years is added; at 30 of 9 years; at 40 of 7 years; with cash increases of 14s 9d, 18s 6d, and 19s 6d respectively. Thus a brewer, publican, barman, etc., whose age is 20 years pays the same rate as any ordinary person of 35 years, and this independently of any health condition. Indeed if No-License is carried the wise publican will not be angry, but reflect that after all there is no doubt it is the best thing that could happen to him for the sake of himself and his household. We most certainly wish him no evil. The New Zealand Official Year Book says : — " The mortality of persons engogcd in the liquor trade has been calculated for England, and the conclusions drawn are quoted The comparative mortality figure of brewers is 1,427; that of publicans is 1,83S in London; 1,948 in the industrial districts, and 1,348 in the agricultural districts ; as against 953 —the standard figure for occupied males Taking publicans without distinction of; locality, a table shows that they die seven times as fast as do occupied males from alcoholism, G| times as fast from diseases of the liver, six times as fast from gout, and more than double as fast from diseases of the urinary system, from rheumatic fever, from diabetes, and from suicide. tOS^* We, the people, are responsible for having legalised i this iniquitous traffic, and we, the people, must undo the wrong we have done. The sooner, the better —for all concerned ! ir 225



The Tailoring Trade Dispute — The secretary of the Tailors' Union objected in Court that Craighead and Berryman put far more work in suits than ordinary (Christchurch) tailoring. Manufacturer's agents explain thai Craighead and Berry. faiatfs linings have to be made and imported specialty, fyeing'bejbter-quality than usually sold. They have just engaged se^ra}"extra experienced man to cope with the rush pf orders. Craighead and Berryman pay extra for both labour and material because their motto is " Satisfaction." Up-to-date suits from £3 10s. New summer hats, shirts, ties, boots, etc., just opened. Compare tinces J Qbserve the quality ! - (Advt.)



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