THE LATEST. HOME AND FOREIGN.

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Eeceived July 14, 9.1 a.m. HONOURS FOE, LORD KITCHENER London, July 13 The King has bestowed the Order of Merib on Lord Kitchener. THE DISTURBANCES IN RUSSIA. St Petersburg, July 13 The Czar has commissionud Prince Meshtcherski to visit Kharkoff, Ekaterinos lav, and Poltava, to report personally if the disturbances continue, and of the people's ground for complaint. THE BRUSSELS SUGAR CONVENTION ( Pabis, June 13 France has approved of the Brussels j Sugar Convention. j A NEW OIL FIELD. j New York, July 13 A large petroleum oil field has been discovered in Trinidad. A STRIKE ENDED. The Union ordered the termination of the dyers' strike at Paterson, New Jersey. ICEMEN'S G-KIEVANCES. The icemen of Chicago have refused to make ice to preserve goods held up by the railway freighters' strike. Merchants in this way lost half a million dollars by the destruction of perishable goods. BURSTING OP A RESERVOIR Santiago, July 12 The reservoir at Las Palmas burst. Many houses were destroyed, and thirty-five per sons drowned.

SOUTH AFRICA.

Convalescent New Zealanders.

United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received July 14, 9.1 a.m. London, July 13 Lieutenants D. Hickie, S. Caulton, and J. CoUedge, of the Seventh New Zealand Mounteds, are convalescent, and have resumed duty.

AUSTRALIAN.

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Received July 14,10.5 a.m. ANOTHER SEA SERPENT. ! Sydney, July 12 I The captain of the steamer Chillagoe saw a sea serpent off Ramshead, on the Vic torian coast. The vessel got close to the creature, which was thirty-five feet long, and had four dorsal fins sis feet apart, standing four feet high. Its head resembled that of a seal, but was larger, being about two feet in diameter. When the steamer got close to the serpent, it had a look at the steamer and then went below. RAINS IN AUSTRALIA. Heavy rains have fallen on the coast, but are lighter inland.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Auckland, July 14

A. bold attempt to burglarise Messrs Hayman and Co.'s premises was made on Saturday night. The burglars were in terrupted and decamped, after having effected an entry by the basement window, leaving behind an extensive plant, with which no doubt it was intended to operate on thestrong room, containing jewellery to the value of thousands of pounds. George Murphy, a married man, was assisting to unload the Te Anau on Satur day, when the derrick broke and fell, strik ing Muvphy on the head and fracturing his skull. He died in the hospital on Sunday. Murphy leaves a wife and family. Dunedin, July 14.

Pater Matheson, who has been living for some time in retirement, committed suicide by hanging himself yesterday morning. Deceased was 65 years of age, and was a great sufferer from asthma. He had become so bad lately that he could not take food, and appears' to have become very depressed. Yesterday he disappeared from the house, and was eventually discovered by his wife hanging from the door of an outhouse. There were indications that he had at tempted to cut his throat with a pen knife, as several wounds had been inflicted about the neck. Finding his purpose frustrated, he secured a piece of clothes line, and pass ing the end through the door of the out house, tied the other end round his neck and hanged himself.

THE TIMBER TRADES CON FERENCE

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Wellington, July 12

Tha Timber Trades Conference to-day recommended that the Factories Act be amended to provide for 45 hours as a week's work ; that lawyers be prohibited from ap pearing before the Labour Courts ; that the Government be urged to push forward tree planting at a greater rate, and prevent the waste resulting from the selection of special timbers ; that State sawmills and timber yards be established to supply the demands for public works; that the Workmen's Compensation Act be amended so as to provide for full pay during the first four week's illness as the result of an accident, that the Government request the Imperial Government to en quire as to the suitability of New Zealand orown timbers for public works and naval construction, and that a depot be opened in London where samples may be seen j that the Government restrict all combines ; that all railway sleepers be procured in the colony. The conference expressed approval of the working of the Arbitration Act and the integrity of the Court, and regretted the rash utterances of those who condemned it

Agent-General's Report.

Wellington July 14

The Agent-General cables under date London, July 12th :—Mutton market is dull ; average price for Canterbury 3|d; Dunedin, Southland, and Wellington Meat Export Company, SJd; other North Island, 3 |d. There is a better demand for lamb, but no change in prices. Stocks on hand are heavy, and widely distributed amongst agents, who are pushing sales. The in crease over last year, for the first six months of the year is 043,000 carcases. The stocks of New Zealand beef are light. Hind quarters are firm at .o^d, fores are dull at 3£d. Wool is firm.

Havelock Street Mart.

Mr Henry Stephenson reports as follows on his Saturday's sale:—There was a large attendance throughout, and bidding was brisk. The entry of pigs was large, suckers selling f ron. 3a 9d to ss, weaners Os 9d, 7s, 7s 6d, 7s 9d to 10s ; stores, 4s to 15s ; small porkers 17s 6dto 25a ; sow 255. Cows £5 15s to £7 12s 6d. Fowls—Large entry, fetch ing from Is 6d to 2s 9d ; roosters up to 3s 6d, ducks 3s to 3s 8d; geese 5s (3d to 6s per pair; turkeys 17s per pair. l\ <x: uce—Onions id to -|d per lb, potatoes 5s to 5s (3d per sack, wheat 11s Gd to 12s per sack, carrots Is 6d, apples 3s to 3s 6d per case, small potatoes Is 6d and, 2s per sack. Also a suite of furniture <£10, and a lot of sundries.

A ROUGH JOURNEY.

(By E. B. Eestell.)

Some few weeks ago I had to take a trip from Hamilton to Baglan, some 3'J miles. When first I received orders for the trip I looked up the coach proprietor and found that, on account of the recent rains and the ' heavy stato of the roads, the regular coach | service was suspended, and that " His I Majesty's mails" were sent over on pack ! horses. However, ou a certain date a I " special" would run as there were soveral i passengers waiting at both ends. I booked my seat on the " special," and in duo courso left Hamilton one fine morning at nine o'clock, with the coach, a spring jointed box on four wheels, carrying iv ail eight pas senger* (including an infant in anas). Five horses were harnessed to the coach and Tom Hayes, who is recognised as the king of the road, took his seat and tlie reins and off we went. The first eight or ten miles were over comparatively Hat country but very sloppy, and before the first halt (Whata Whata) was made, we inside pas sengers had a fair share of the Waikato soil on our clothes. On the box there were, two ladies, the proprietress of the Eaglan Hotel and the constable's wife and infant;, they kept fairly clean but got an occasional dab over the foot board. Inside we had a lady and a little girl, the proprietor of the other hotel from Eag lan, a young fellow from the fiaxmiil, and myself. We were a ]olly party. We men-kind had our hands full (of ladies most of the time) in keeping off the flying mud, and protecting our fair companions from the continuous splash and swash of sticky clay, etc. After leaving Whatawhata we started to climb the mountain, five miles up one side steep, and nine miles down the other. We, that is the men of the party, had to get out and climb the hill, picking our way over tae mud and water holes as we best could. One of my companions stopped to see what was left in his " pocket pistol " and then in his haste to carch up to the coach, missed his footing and fell in the mud, but nothing daunted, came along with half the Raglan hill on his waistcoat, and the rest on his face and hands. I think he was smiling when he reached us—at least I did not hear any swear words and I could not see his face for mud. Well we "cleared" him at the next water hole and then started on the " down grade " and after sliding down the nine miles with the brakes hard on all the time we reached Waitetuna at 1.30 p.m. We halted for an hour for lunch, and as we had been promised a change of horses here.when we left Hamil ton we expected to do the other half of the journey in good style, but no fresh horses were available so our old team had to face the music again. It is well we had a good man on the box and one who did not leave Hamilton without the pick «? the tables, o the ordinary, coach team would have never seen Raglan with our load in a week. But Tom AXayes knows his business. All went on much as before, and we plugged and jigged along through mud and slush, keeping our fair companions as clean as possible, by clothing them in our oilskin coats. We reached Raglan at about eight o'clock at night, having been close on eleven hours doing the 36 miles — less one hour for lunch. The accommoda tion in Eaglan that night was of the choicest, "Coker's" or "Warner's" could not compare with it for excellence. One hotel had been burned down a few months previously, and was only sufficiently rebuilt to enable the bar to be run on the premises. We could not sleep in the bar ! I got part of a bed at the " Eoyal, " the other parts were occupied by the plumber off the other hotel job and our old friend Tom Mayes and sundry other company. Every nook and corner was full. There was to be a Eoot Show next day and the good folk had come for miles around with their pumpkins, cabbages, carrots and daisies. However, next morning was fine, and having got through the night somehow, I went about my business but could not get it completed in time to catch the return coach so had the pleasure of putting in a few days in Eaglan and seeing the sights—l saw the Eoot Show— a huge success and I saw the whole of the inhabitants of the district and made some fast friends and some sworn enemies. After two days of such sight seeing I received a telegram from the coach people in Hamilton " No coach mail by pack horse." Not feeling sufficiently mail to pack back, I had begun to wonder if I would live over Sunday in Eaglan when there was a commotion in the town and a rush for the wharf. Something was going to happen surely—■ and it did. The steamship " Gairloch " in all her glory came over the bar (not the bar referred to before) and up to the wharf. I soon learned that an hour or two would see her on her way to Auckland so I booked a berth and returned to Hamilton via Auck land, rather a round about way, but the shortest in the long run. However, despite the mud and the other luxuries of the trip I thoroughly enjoyed myself and wish some of my Ashburton friends could come and have such a trip with me next time I go.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN k : MONDAY, JULY 14, 1902



PUBLIC NOTICES. Fallen Troopers Memorial. I PUBLIC MEETING. A PUBLIC MEETING will be held at the Municipal Chambers on FRIDAY Next, the 18th inst., at 7.30 p.m., to consider the question of erecting a suitable Memorial to the Ashburton Troopers who have fallen in the South African war. W. H. COLLINS, 7 19 Mayor.



npHERE has been a lot of CURIOSITY evinced about the EARL that has been in Ashburton the last few days, and these are a few of the questions one is heard ask. Who is this Earl? What's this Earl? Have you seen it ? Is it a Bike ? Is it a Cart? Well, to satisfy this thirst for knowledge, THE EAKL at present staying at MORROW, BASSETT and Co. is a new up-to-date BICYCLE, Guaranteed, Fitted with Dunlop's Best Multiflex Tyres, Acetylene Gas Lamp, and ■ Bell. I Price :-£lO Cash. i M. PRIEST, Manager WANTED— Farmers and Employers requiring Married Couples, Plough men, GrooinK, Gardeners, Shepherds, Dairy Hands; also Hotel Servants, to apply to McDonald, Mauchester Street, Christ church. All orders promptly attended to. Miss Conwat supplies female servants. 2 10 "\TEWS FOR ALL—Kerosene 4s 3d per J3I tin or 8s 6d per case, Sugar 14s 6d a bag or 2M per lb, Oatmeal 4s per bag, Oatine Is 2d. Also, Prime Derwent Potatoes for sale at Kerb Bbos, Burnett Street,



In case of attacks of Colic, Cramp or Spasms, Evans's "WITCH'S OIL will be in valuable. Obtainable everywhere. Worms undermine Children's Constitut ions. Use Wade's Worm Figs, Is boxes. Smoke New Venus



PUBLIC NOTICES. NOTICE. ~ ) A S the Partnership was dissolved as jljL. from the cud of March we must now [ request a Prompt Settlement of all Out -1 standing Accounts. 3 7 93 MITCHELL and TURNER. [I TEE RIGHT WAY! fTHHE right way to know a country is to 1 JL walk through it. 1 The right way to know a took is to read ■ through ifc. The right way to know Tea is to drink it. The right Tea to drink is SURATURA TEA. It is a delicious Tea—as delicious as palate could wish. It is a Perfect Tea —as perfect as Nature and man's best efforts can make it. It is an economical Tea —for it goes fur ther than any other Tea. It is pure, honest, Ceylon Tea, and is guaranteed not blended with Indian, China, or any cheap or inferior Teas. Retail Prices— Suratura A quality—ls 8d per lb Suratura B quality—ls lid per lb Suratura D quality—2s 2d per lb Suratura X quality—2s 6d per lb SOLD BY ALL STOEEKEEPERS. CLEARING SALE. • JL X.\j s jkj • Giving up Business. THOS. SEALY, N U RSERYMAN. TTTAVTNG decided to relinquish th« Nursery Business, the whole of the. large and choice stock is offered at much reduced prices. The whole must be cleared before the end of the present season. 10 000 l FRTIIT TREES. Apple, Pear, Plum, Peach, Cherry, etc. | 10,000 Gooseberry and Currant, choice sorts 50,000 Macrocarpa 150,000 Larch 200,000 Pinus Insignis, one and two years 5,000 Walnuts and Chestnuts 10,000 Oregon Pine 120,000 Forest Trees, all sorts 15,000 Ornamental Trees and Shrubs 6,000 Eoses, choicest kinds And many other varieties too numerous to mention. In lots at your own Prices Large orders will be executed at a fraction of usual cost The Nursery must be closed 30th Sept. next THOS. SEALY, Riverbank 7 59 SEASONABLE GOODS. IN consequence of the cold weather, which is daily making itself felt, we have opened a Largo Purchase of White English Blankets) All sizes White Colonial Blankets > and all Grey Colonial Blankets j qualities N At Special Prices Also another Large Lot of COLONIAL FLANNELS All Colours and Prices. We have also purchased for our Winter Trade Rugs at All Prices Bed Covers at all Prices Eiderdown Quilts at all Prices Kapok Quilts at all Prices Our Homo Buyer has sent us a particularly nice range of LADIES' UNDERCLOTHING In Merino, Lambs' Wool, and Flannelette All Sterling Value, And from the Kaiapoi and Eoslyn Mills we can show Girls', Misses, and Ladies' Knitted Bloomers Warm Gloves for cold mornings. Warm Gloves for Bike Riders. We bare also secured a very nice lot of Travellers' samples in Mufflers, Sweaters, Flannel Unders, and Lambs' and Wool Pants and Under Vests. Just Wanted Now, so be early.— 36 Covert and Chesterfield Overcoats, At Manufacturers' Cost. ±soots and Shoes and Warm Slippers ia endless variety, at Northcote % Hefford's "The Corner." East and Tancred Streets FOR 14 DAYS =SALE.= O[PECIAL Purchase «f Fashionable DRESS GOODS, Together with the balance of our present Season's Stock, will be offered at Special Sale Prices, For 14 days from SATURDAY, July sth. Special Price ior Making. j I ASHBURTON Drapery Company. ! H. C. SHRIMPTON, > Proprietor.



i David Thomas. TINWALD YARDS. { TUESDAY, JULY 15th, 1902. \/l R D. THOMAS has received instruc ** h tions from a Southern Client, to sell by Public Auction at the above Yards, viz., 10 Good Young SPRINGERS, close to calving. These Cattle are both young and good, and can be recommended to those in want of Dairy Cows. D. THOMAS, 7 105 Auctioneer. Clearing Sale HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND EFFECTS, PETER STREET. THURSDAY Next, July 17th. MR DAVID THOMAS has received in" structions from Mr James Mahek' who is leaving the district, to sell by Public Auction at his house, Peter Street, on the above date, viz :— Iron back Piano (by Gors and Kallman), Suite of Tapestry Furniture, Octagonal Table, Overmantel, Wicker Chairs, Ladies' Chairs, Coal Scuttle, Screen, Fender and Irons, brass), Skeepskin Mats, Large Square Carpet, Pictures, Rochester Lamps, lot of Books, lot of Cake and Jam Dishes, Chairs, Etc. Bedrooms—Chests of Drawerp, Occa sional Tables, Washstands and Ware, Duchess Chest, Japanese Tables, Double Iron Bedstead, Wire Mattress, Feather Bed, Bolster and Pillows, Blanket 3, Sheets, Quilts. Child's Cot and MaHress, Large Kid Carpet, new Double Iron B» Is, Velvet; Sofn, Carpets, Hat Racks, Stretoners, Flock Mat tresses, Washstands and Ware, 1 Pair In valids' Easy Chairs, Curtains in Damask, Sewing Machine, 6 Kitchen Chairs, Tables, Cheffionier, Fender and Irons, large lot of Cutlery, Spoons, Forks, etc., beside a lot of Kitchen Utensils, -Crockery, Saucepans, Baking Tins, Kettles, Buckets, etc., Lino leum, Carpets, Baths, Buckets, Lamps, etc, Saws, Hammers, Bow Saw, Clothes Lines, Boilers, Rakes, Hoes, Spades, Axes, Etc. Anyone wishing to fnrnish should attend this fixture, and nearly all this lot of fur niture is new, and must be sold as the owner is leaving the district. Sale at 1,30 p.m. DAVID THOMAS, 7 118 Auctioneer. ARCADE HORSE FAIR FRIDAY, AUGUST Bth, 1902 MY Next Horse Fair will be held on th» above date, for which I am now receiving entries. 6 23G DAVID THOMAS. Public Notices. LOST -On the Road between Fairfield a small Copper FOOTWARMER. The finder will be rewarded on returning to Mail Office. ASHESURTON CLUB and M.S.A. HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING. THE Half-Yearly General Meeting of the Club will be held at the Club, Burnett Street, on TUESDAY, July 22nd, at 8 p.m. Business.—To receive Report and Balance Sheet; to declare result of Election of six Committeemen. 7 94- E. J. RIGHTON, Secretary. PUBLIC NOTICE. THE inhabitants of Mount Somers and district are notified that the Black smith and Wheelwright Business, so long carried on by Robert Patton, has been trans ferred to his son, James Patton, as from October 18th, 1901, and he will carry on the business as formerly. 7 87 ROBERT PATTON. Singing, Piano, & Harmony MX J. GILLIES begs to inform the Residents of Ashburton and District that he is prepared to receive Pupils for instruction in the above subjects. The system employed for Voice-Produc tion and Culture will be Italian (Lamperti Method), and in Piano that of the Schumann Conservatoire, Frankfort* d-Main, Germany. Pupils prepared for the Examinations in the Associated Board of the Royal Academy and Royal College, London; also for Trinity College, London. Each Pupil's Term dates from the first lesson. Address:—Care Mrs Pilbbow, Cameron Street. 728 Have You Heard the Latest ? "^CTOU can obtain in any quantities, from 1 cwt. to a ton, WESTPORT, ( NEWCASTLE, ) Coal always and j on hand. MOUNT SOMERS (. WESTPORT and NEWCASTLE SLACK, also FIREWOOD, In Stock at : : Argyle Bros. Havelock Street. Special Notice. XTTT ANTED all about to Plant this Seasoa to inspect my Stock of oTer 250,000 Fruit and Forest Trees and Shrubs, Before Purchasing elsewhere. All well | - grown and will be sure to give satisfac tion, j NO SEASONABLE OFFER REFUSED JAS. POETKE, Clifton Nursery, Allenton, Ashburton 7 2 /CORONATION Medals 6d, Coronation \J Badges 4d. Medals in white metal, silvered or gilt, all one price, now Gd each. The white metal medal is undoubtedly the best value in the market.-A. T. H. Wil liams, East Street^ TO LET.—Two Shops, with Dwellings attached, East Street; a I BO one in, Meore Street; cheap rent.—Apply w. C.' Page, Compton's Buildings, Moore Street. 6 102 I SAY Friend : Where is the best shop to buy a pair of Boots ? Why, Mel lor's Zealandia Boot Store! I always get good value at Mellor's.



wanted. "OOSES of the latest varieties, also J\i Ornamental Trees and Shrubs at J. Millicharnp's, Terrace Nursery, Ashburton. 7 115 T7IOURTEEN Days like Friday and JO Saturday will give us all the Cash and room we want. So come along to Alcorn's while the Sale is on. 7 117 MR W. Le OOUTEUIt will (D.V.) hold an Evangelistic Service in the Arcade Chambers this evening at 7.30. All invited. 7 116 WOULD the Gentleman who changed : a£s note at " Kia Ora " on Satur day evening kindly communicate at hia earliest convenience. 7 114 i WANTED 1,000 pairs of young and old Fowls ; also Turkeys. All kinds of Fresh Fish and Rabbits by express daily.— J. H. Jewitt. Telephone 96 WRIGHT'S New Book of Poultry, just published, containing 20 beauti fully coloured plates, and the authorised standards of perfection settled by the British Poultry Club. A comprehensive Cyclopedia of Poultry, a first-class work The International Students' Atlas, The World in Pictures, Dictionaries, The World's Classics, New Books, cheap edi tions ; Papateries, great variety;. Academy Pictures, The Nation's Pictures, Magazines. —H. M. Jones. SOUND Investments~Men's~ Suits 21s and 255, stylish cut and well made. Strong cord Trousers 4s lid, moles 5s 6d, tweed trousers 6s lid, 7s 6d,Bs lid to 12s 6d Superior Indigo serge do. only 98 6d at Gibbard's, Ready Money Draper, Tancred Street, opposite Arcade. "VTEW Dates, 6d per lb; New Figs, 6d ; J3I New Currants, sd; New Raisins, s£d; Fresh Ground Coffee, Is 6d; Rasp berry Jam, Is per jar.—Carson and Co. WIRE Netting! Wire Netting! Just landing ex' Mamari' Fowl Netting, 3ft, 2d; 2ft, ljd; lift, Id per yard. Sheep Netting, centre strand, 3d per yard. All other goods equally cheap at G. Meddins, The People's Ironmonger. TRY! Try! Try! the ready money Shop Tancred Street, opposite Arcade, for sterling up-to-date value in flannels, tick ings, sheetings, towels, tablings, flannelet tes, calicos, shirtings, cretonnes, silesias, ladies' corsets, gloves, hosiery, dress tweeds, serges, laces, ribbons, etc. Rock bottom prices throughout, Seeing is believing. Come and see for yourselves. jft p* REWARD to anyone who can' <SCi O prove that our Defiance Factory Butter, which we sell at Is per lb., is not the same quality and brand as the Butter that another Ashburton Firm is selling at Is 3d per pound. Remember, our price is Is perlb, which is equal to a 20 per cent, bonus or discount oil their prices.—Flet cher Bros., Cash Supply Stores DID you get one of H. C. Barrett's Circulars announcing a Special Coronation Commemoration Discount of Two Shillings in the Pound off every Cash ( Purchase, from the small sum of Five Pence worth, from June 21sfe to August 9th, j at his Drapery, Clothing, and Boot Ware-1 house. ; 6 182 IF you saw a Two Shilling Piece lying on the road, you would most likely think it worth picking up. Just so ! Then what about the saving in connection with the Special Discount of 2s in the Pound at H. C. Barrett's Drapery, Clothing, and Boot Warehouse. * 6 183 TENPKNCE worth for Ninepence, Two and-Sixpence worth for Two-and- Threepence; Five Shillings worth for Four and-Sixpence; Ten Shillings worth for Nine Shillings;, One Pound worth for Eighteen Shillings, and so on, is the way the Special Discount works out at H. C. Barrett's Drapery, Clothingj' and Boot Warehouse. TATES' new garden seeds just arrived j in hundreds of varieties from 3d j packet. Call early to secure novelties.— ' Carson & Co. HAVE you tried the new American ping pong bat ? It is perfect. ■ A.-T. H.WILLIAMS, East Street. IT will pay you when about to purchase drapery or men's and boys' Clothing to call and see value now offered at E. Gibbabd's, Tancred Sbreet. Big reductions. A number of lines are being cleared at less than actual landed cost. WANTED— Working men to see strong ribbed wool socks, 3 pairs for '2s 6d; extra heavy do. Is 3d a pair. Cardigan Jackets, usually 8s 6d, reduced to 5s lid. Colonial ribbed wool Pants 3s 6d, 3s lid, 4s 6d. Flannels 2s lid, 3s 6d, 4s 6d. Strong shirts, with collars attached, 2s 6d; good Union do. 3s 6d, 3s lid, 4s 6d, 5s 6d; soft Felt Hats reduced to Is, usually 2s lid to 5s 6d, at Gibbard's, Ready Money Draper, Tancred Street. mOILET Soap (per box of 4 cakes) 6d, JL Moss Rose Soap, Is per dozen; Candles s£d; Cocoa, Is per lb. Try our Shilling Confectionery Mixture. Best in town.— Carson and Co. B". TEMPERO for ladies' jackets, • fashionable shape from 6s 6d each; ladies' waterproofs from 10s each; black knitted hose from Is 4£d p&ir, full size; cashmere hose l'.^d pair, full size ; knitted vests 9£dto 2s 6dj long sleeves, laces, and embroideries all at cost price; lace curtains and cretonnes all reduced. LH. TEMPERO for cheap drapery; • blankets all reduced under cost price; quilts from 2s 6d each; towels, white and unbleached, from 6d pair to 2s 6d; white and unbleached sheeting, wide widths, from 9£d yard; pinafore muslins from 3£d yard, 42in wide; Roslyn flannels from 9d yard, 28iin wide, any colour; splendid assortment of remnants in flannelette, flan nel, calico, selicia, muslins, etc, all reduced; men's sox, 3 pair for 2s. i ■ ——————————_—^__—. | -fTUNEST Timaru or Gore Oatmeal 4s per J? 251b bag, slb bag Oatina Is 2d, 2lb packet Oatina 7d, Quaker Oats lOd, Germina Is per bag, Semolina Is per bag, Try some of our fresh ground Java Mocha Coffee, Is 6d per lb. Nothing better.— Fletcher Bros., Cash Supply Stores. LATEST PE ARCE'S Sale of Drapery. Wonderful success. Shop crowded Saturday. Everybody smiling and satisfied. The reductions are genuine. "VTOW is the time to get a cheap pair of J3I Blankets. Just arrived sample pairs Curtains from 2s lld.~Fearce's Drapery Sale. FOUND at last—A genuine Drapery Sale. If you did not get a circular call and get on© at Pearce's Genuine i~O EMEMBER its room we want, not ! JIV» profit. Cost price accepted for nearly everything. We must have more room for stocktaking. Call and satisfy yourselves at Pearoe's Clearing Sale. HARD 2 Beat—White Blankets from 8s 6d a pair, double size do. 12s 6d to 17s 6d, extra large 16s 6d to 21s, coloured blankets 7s lid to 17s, large rugs 3s lid, 4s lid, 5s 6d, Ss lid, coloured Alhambra Quilts Is lid to 5s 6d, white honeycomb do. 2s lid to 10s 6d; tapestry do. 4s lid, 5s lid, 6s 6d, 8s 6d, 9s 6d, at Gibbard's, Tancred Street, opposite Arcade. INEWciover Honey, SjT^erTbTby 561b tin, or lOd and Is per jar; Factory Butter Is per lb.—Fletcher Bros.' Cash Supply Stores. T7ILOUR" at Millers^pricesT 251b~bag" 3s X! 3d, 501b bag 6s; 1001b bag 11s 6ds 2001b bag 22s 6d; Gore oatmeal, 251b bag 4s,- corn flour 3dlb; pure fresh ground coffee Is lOd lb; whole roasted coffee beans Is lOd lb ; Fry's cocoa 4sd per packet.— John, Ore ana Co, *



Fredlander Bros. Ltd. TINWALD YARDS. TUESDAY, JULY loth. "VITE shall oiler as above- On account Mr John Small, — I 1 Purebred Shorthorn Bull, 3yrs old, bred by Mr G-ilby, Southbridge. Also, — Fat and Store Sheep, Cattle, and Pigs. FRIEDLANDER BEOS., Ltd., 7 102 E. FRIEDLANDER, Auctioneer TINWALD YAIDS. 15th JULY, 1902. ,1%/ifESSRS FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd, J3JL in conjunction -with Mr D. Thomas, will offer on above date, on account of the Lowcliffe Estate, — t"7f\f\ Three-quarterbred HOGGETS. R. FRIEDLANDER") Joint 7 112 D. THOMAS j Agents. IMPORTANT Clearing Sale AT LTNDHURST WEDNESDAY, 23rd JULY, 1902 MB MAX FRIEDLANDER having disposed of his Ardagh Property, I Lyndhuist, we are instructed to hold a j Complete Clearing Sale of his Live Stock and Implements, otc, etc., comprising— <>"_ A (\f\ i-bred Breeding Ewes, 6 and & 4fc U U 8-tooth, in lamb *il \C\ 4 an<i 6-tooth Fat Ewes and (\J\J Wethers r¥(\ C\ a^K!l^ store Lambs His purebred Flocks of Hampshires, Lincolns, Border Leicesters and Shropshires as follows :— 0/ "\ _"_ 2 > 4» 6 > an<* 8-tooth Hampshire O\J\J Ewes (\O 2,4, 6, 8-tooth Border* Leicester \JO Ewes Qfy 2-tooth Shropshire Ewes I A 2, 4, 6, 8-Tooth Hampshire Rams 1 Q/^k RftmLamb3(Hamp_hires,Lincolns JLOxJ and Border Leicesters.) 1 K/> Ewe Lambs (Hampshires, Lincolns X 0 \J and Border Leicesters.) These Sheep will be offered in lines to suit purchasers. (\(\ Draught Horses. Good workers Kf\ Light Horses, from foals up- O\J wards, sired by Wild wood, Specification. Blackwood Ab dallah, Double Event. Perkin Warbeck, and Artillery, includ ing The Racing Ponies * Heliades,' ' Princess Perkin,' ' Princess Royal/ and the trotter ' Lancewood 11.,' and others. f*f\ Pigs. Weaners Baconera and O V_J breeding Sows. Q Cows in profit. 2 Calves IMPLEMENTS.—B drays, 2 spring drays, 1 gig, 7 D.F. ploughs, 2 S.F. ploughs, 4 four-furrow Massey Harris ploughs, ■ 1 single bagger, chaftcuttei 1, corn crusher, H.P. and Chafl'cutter, 8 six and seven feet reaper and binders, Massey Harris ; 5 strippers, 3 grain and manure drills, 5 rollers, 2 mowers, hay rake, 4 sets harrows, 2 winnowing machines, disc harrows, 2 grubbers, water race plough, tanks, windmill, blacksmith and carpentering tools, wool press, 40 cord firewood, portable hut, harness, quantity sundries. Note.-—We are instructed that every lot offered will be sold positively without reserve. Luncheon at 11 sharp. Sale at 11-33 a.m Sharp. FRIEDLANDER BROS., LTD., 7 77 R. Friedlanker, Auctioneer. a—— l ......—.—ii,.i.-...1. ■»■ 11 mil a~g f. Bullock. TO LET. A COMFORTABLE DWELLING of 6 Rooms and other Buildings, nicely situated at the corner of Wakanui Road and Eton Street. T. BULLOCK, Agent To Let at a Low Rental OFFICE or Room in Victoria Buildings, adjoining Mr D. Thomas' Auction Room, Burnett Street. T. BULLOCK. For Sale, at a Reduced Price. Graham's Road, Tinwald n'AACEES, 1 rood, 39 perches, part t/* " R.S. 7822 and others, situated about a mile and a half below the Tinwald Rail way Station, the property of Mr T. A. Hick man. £13 10s per acre is the reduced price now wanted, on easy terms of payment. D. THOMAS, 1 ' Joint T. BULLOCK, j Agents BICYCLES! BICYCLES! onitoMr A RARE CHANCE to Buy a Real Good Second-Hand BICYCLE, at a Ridiculously Low Price:— Gent's STERLING, in good order, 24in. frame, Westwood steel rims, Dunlop tyres, complete £7. Gent's CRESCENT, 22in. frame, enamelled green, Dunlop tyres, steel rim?, only £8. Lady's HUMBER, beautiful machine, just re-enamelled, everything in first-class order; cost ;630 ; Sale Price, £10. Gent's English PERRY, 24in. frame, as good as new, just re-enamelled, and overhauled; everything complete, in cluding mudguards, only £7 10s. Lady's CLEVELAND, in perfect order, Westwood steel rims, Dunlop tyres, price JES 10s. Other Makes from £4 upwards. Easy terms arranged. Also large stock of Lamps, Bells, Mud guards, Toe-Clip3, Tyres, Health Exer cisers, &c, at Prices 10 per cent below any other Shop in Ashburton. K. D. JOHNSTON, City Cycle Works, and Rudge- Whitworth Agency, Burnett Street, Ashburton. 724 j —. — THE Genuine Silent Primus Cooking Stove 14s 6d, uses ordinary kerosene; also Primus Hot Plate 17s 6d, and Primus Iron Heater, 3s 6d. —Carson &CO; _____ I Smoke JMew Venue i



' "" fl" "" iii-< 1"" "■■' ■■"— n i 11.1 iii im '. BUSINESS NOTICE. __^ "™"*""""• FLETCHER BROS. TEA COMPETITION Hundreds of Prizes to be given away to the Largest Consumers ol Our Celebrated Teas. FIEST PEIZE ... Handsome Clock and Bronze, or Hand-Painted Dioaer Bet- Each valued at £5 ss. SECOND PEIZE ... Ladies' Handsome Eolled Gold Watch, value 43 16g And Numerous Other Prizes. The following is an unsolicited opinion of an experienced Tea Taster of the English Import Market.:—"l have been drinking your Duchess Tea, and find itTery enjoyable; being fully flavoured, yet mild and luscious. I have also examined tb« leaf and there is nothing but Tea, a fact which cannot be said of many advertised Blenda." ' COUNTESS TEA ... Is 6d per lb, or Is 5d by 51b Tin or 101b Tin 22555! ™ - J 3 10dl er lb 'or ls 8d hy 51b Tin 'or ls 7dV ioll» «■ | M T^E s4^ii - fZf lh > ?' ls lod by 51b Ti °. or Is 9d by 101b Tin S^S^St?^ „.- 2s 2d per lb ' or 2s by slb TiQ. or ls Hd bT 101b Tin PORE CETLON TEA Is lOd per lb, or Is 8d by slb Tin, or 1b 7d Tby 101b 11a A Coupon enclosed in every Packet or Tin of above Teas. A White Coupon enclosed in every £lb Packet, a Pink Coupon (equal two Whit* Coupons) enclosed in every lib Packet; a Green Coupon (equal ten White Cowpoai) enclosed m every 51b Tin, and a Yellow Coupon (equal twenty White Coupons) enclosed iS^CaLiSL POM marbeheldover' ands^.^ to c°-P«t« for*lj f.tur. We Hold Large Stocks of Bulk Teas from Is per lb. FINEST SNOWDEOP SUGAE 2|d per lb, 70lb Bag 14s 6d, or £2S 15s per toa. HIGHEST TEST KEEOSENS, 4s 3d per tin, or 8s 6d per case.



ALMONDS- Capers, 9d and Z ~T7 T , B ' d- Curry Powder, C. and B. " Oil £? rdan 2 4 Corks, per doz. 2d, per gross "'.16 *n Shell 010 Best Eoller, 251b a a Arrowroot 0 6 50lb '" '" % Z Tartaric, powdered 110 '' * ggj ~ £ l\ }. Citric, Nelson's packets . 0 3* DEIED FEIJITS-New Season's Acetic Acid— New Currants »•«■««* ° AIjUM. ° 6 „ stewing 6d and 0 8 Ammonia- Kew Figs B,st layerfper 1b d i!! 2 8 jmu a ... .„ ... ... o o Cooking Figs n 7 BALLET * 4 ?ew Preserved Ginger"" Z 0 8 BAELEY- Jars Ginger, lOd and ... -2 0 £ cf ] ••; 0 2 Peaches, dried *" n fl Eobmson's 0 9 Apricots " "* ntn BAKING POWDER— Apples "' 2 *2 Edmonds' ... ... ejdandll New Dates ' "' *" n « BATHBE[CKS 0 4 GOLDEN "sYKTTP rth «« m Ink BLUESTONE 34s per cwt ... 0 4 tin Is ?fb is g d J54 BBOSEMEAL 0 6 281b 6g gd> sfflb ■ SSStw :: ::: ::: i\o Hoffif 38 '28*6"6*661"? J *Xi* ::: ::: ::: SI Hm:^ P rr ai;<u''66n;& 8, ... .... 0 6 MATCHES— ' Blacklead— Plaids J««ys ° S 250 Vestas ... ... "' J J Z^ra 0 9 1000 Vestas ... - 4ij SJYpJKT S'S Safeties, large Bd,small .".OS above irolisn. ... ... 0 5 MTnr turn-u^ -j i. «. BETTNSWICK BLACK ... 0 8 Mustard- "' "' °7* Black Lacquer, Castle ... 0 9 DSP ilhias^ 111, rt «* BORAX, Whole or Ground ... 0 8 Loose* '" "' ?*J Birdseed- Mustard Seed" 3d per oz) per 1b '.'.". 2 0 S? v So Methylated Spirits 9d and ... 1 3 Spr .*:: ::. ::. S J Me^yMedSpirVpergaUon ...5 6 mlclljstic soda, no" :::S I •■•••S I CAMPHOR, per lb 3s 9d, ] M ... 0 3 shell Ilmonds '" •" ° 0 & Egg Preservative- OATMEAL-251b Bags I" 4 0 N°EC:S SPOWDEE •::.• 6dandl 0 " -)» ," Essences — "" . "* .••• l ° Flavouring, C. and B.—Lemon, Al- . Bai-Oil 6d and nft monds Eatafia, Vanilla, uo- Salad, Morton's, 6d and" '" Oil chmeal, Cloyes Peppermint, Lucca, 2s and ... "" 2 6 and Ginger, loz bottles ... 0 9 Adelaide f o Colonial-Lemon, Almonds, Coohi- Castorj Morton's 5d and '" 010 neal Eatifia, VamUa, etc., loz PEAS-Split '" o I bottles ... ... 0 5 Peameal ••• ... v « 80v ri U59d,3,,5 3 5 0 -°8 !5851^05-Boi^ .■- SSi^!. ••■ J!■ Hudson. Mb tees 5 10. D,-. William's Pink Pills "" i|i EPSOM sfLls Mi. Killer 2s4d and . Il Pe?Doz 0 5 Sieges Syri.pl. BdWl ... 210 t rP° z- - - "an Steedman's Powders ... ... 1 3 bSeeVSmTH, sSeetl!d,do; 1 3 fS^S?*" *" "°d -12 %sSgi~ ::: ::: S I rc inGttm - ::: 1 • Tanglefoot, per box, 50 ... 3 0 Bile R eans '" - ? J Preserved Fish- g££St Cure "i: "' J I Salmon, steak ... ... 1 0 vSt. nn t. rivr ol i. "* 2 Salmon flat tins 010 SSISJSh "* '" o,? Salmon Californian 0 9 EuLivntn, Id 1, »^ ?4 ■ ".»-|S?|,..- :i! gSKi ::: i . • ,SS, ::: is?— ■■ =-I Herrings, fresh ... ... 0 7 Pem>er- "* Herrings, kippered ... ... 010 Puro w hitfi , " SSfH££^7S?T -H-S5& ::: ::: ! Sl4"" ::: ::: U gS^Wi** :::.*. Haddocks ... ... ... 010 SOAP—ToiiAf O™ t !m 0 8 Brown Windsor Tablets per doz ... 1 8 • iwwTi'q '" "* Brown. Windsor lib bars each. ... 010 ri i«V n «. Glycerine, lib bars, each ... 0 8 Fluted Wax ::: 0 S glycerme ( ilbb a rs,each ... 0 4! SsSonal Sperms ... 5 7 P«^'Scented Tablets each ... 0 6 Z ° 0 £ l^SSiS^abox-oi? ' Nio-V,f t/o-M 8-hour ncr box 0 7 •lvcenne and Cucumber, per tablet 0 « SS^JtS SIS*::: .J g£s£%?s £r ::; „,t go™ 0™^ SODA -° • i^SmS* ... ::: SI COEN FLOUE— JAMS— UrOWaS ... ... ... U 6? Ilh Tin<! ncjenrtorl fl X Brown and Poison's patent ... 0 7 ' *S do7 9 5 Pollard's ... , ... ... 0 8 nb Tins Ea^pCy •» Z oJ ToTHES^PEGSi^rdoz '" 0 1* kelson Jams" 3 tins for .... 1 0 f?nTH?I TTNES%fc '" 1 o 21b Jars Easpberry 1 6 CLOTHES LINES, 40ft ... 1 0 2 lb Jars Peach and Apricots ... 1 4 r A'"av««l " r°pe 'sdand !° 6 21b Jars Black Currant ... 1 6 Candied Peel- 21b Jars Strawberry ... ... 1 8 " £?. mon -V I 21b Jars Plum and'»amson ... 1 2 SSlemonrorange and citron!:. 0 8 SJSgSS? ": Z\ I Cocoanut, desaicated ... 0 6 JeUv Powders bwiw+Jml n « COFFEE-Blended and Ground J^TiSS 01!! 4 Z I I «,• ??™ mJ, 8ei < , k , o KEROSENE, per tin 4a 3d, case 8 6 Finest Plantation Coffee, per lb ... 1 8 Kerosene Pumps, Is and T.. 16 % in*J? «eQ "" •'• •" } a Knife Boards ... ... 1 0 Good Coffee... ... ... 1 4 Knife Polish .. 0 7 g«» Coffee, Ground ... ... 110 Kits, 6d, Bd, 9d and .. ." 010 Whole Coffee, Eoasted... ... 110 ' ' ' " " Coffee Bsaence, 3s lOd and 1 2 LENTILS ■ ... ■ ... 03* Cocoa—Gregg's ... ... 1 0 Liquorice, per stick 6d and Bd, per lb 2 0 Auslebrook's £lb ... ... 0 9 ■ _ » Powder ... ... 2 0 ill, .16 Lard ••• ••■ ••• ° ?" " Ub ". 210 Linseed, Whole 3d, ground ... 0 4 CadburVs £lb !'.'. !'.'. 010 Linoleum Eenewer ... ... 1 0 |lb ... ... 1 8 MACAEONI ... ... 0 Van Houten's, £lb .. ...Oil Marmalade, Keilor's lib Bd, glass „ Jib ... ... 1 9 jars2lb Is 9d, lib ... 010 lib ... ... 3 3 Tobacco— ' Fry's Homoepathic, ilb ... 0 4£ Williams' Juno per stick 9d, per lb „ „ Jib ... 0 8} „ „ in 221b boxes, lb 11 Hb ... 1 4i „ Euby, per stick Is 3d, lb Vi-Cocoa 9d and ... ... 1 1 „ Golden Eagle, per stick lid CIOCOLATE— and]s4d,perlb ... 6 9 Fry's ilb .., ... ... 0 5 Nailrod, per stick 4d, per lb ... 4 6 Eountree's, ilb ... ... 0 6 Derby, per stick lOd, per lb ... 5 6 COB LIVEE OIL— Harlequin, per stick 9d, per lb 5s ... 5 0 Quarts ... ... ... 2 6 Tongues— Small ... ... ... 1 2 Sheep, Is 2d and ... ... 2 3 Hansen's ... ... ... 1 9 Ox. 2s 6d, 3s 6d and ... 4 3 CONDY'S FLUID ... ... 1 4 Turpentine, per gal. 4s 6d, bottle 1 0 Carraways ... ... 0 8 Tumeric, per oz ... .., OS FLETCii ER BROS Cash Supply Stores, East street, Ashburtoo, and High street, Christchurch, I