Special Advertisements. STATIONERY, BOOKS—MEMORAN DTJMr, and ACCOUNT BOOKS, TOYS, FA&OY GOODS, MUSIC, &o. JUST RECEIVED— A large assortment of CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR CaMs. LETTS* AUSTRADIAN diaries for IQQO H. M. JONES, Stationer and Bookseller, East street and Baring Square. THE undersigned will be prepared, during the coming season, to supply the following articles at the lowest rates: — REAPERS and BINDERS EXTRAS for DO, BINDING WIRE CORN BACKS TURNtP and RAPE SEEDS PLOUGH SHARES And all kinds of Agricultural Implements. ■ PREDK. PAVITT, Corn Merchant, &0., Ashburton. Agent for John Anderson, Canterbury Foundry, Chiistchurch; Geo. Booth and Sons, Importers of Agricultural Implements, Christchurch; and Agent'for the United Insurance Company, IBOd fjl H E NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory, noted throughout the Colony for the beatfitting and Genuine Well-made CLOTHING Of Every Description, are the ; LARGEST PRIZE-TAKERS At the Dunedin Industrial Exhibition, having been awarded FIRST ORDER OF MERIT, AND ALSO HIGHLY COMMENDED BY THE INTELLIGENT JURORS. : One trial will prove the Superior, Quality of all Products. A SINGLE GARMENT AT THE WHOLESALE PRICE. Branches at all the principal Towns. HATS, HOSIERY, SHIRTS, BLANKETS, RUGS, / TWEEDS, At Wholesale Prices. 1 NEW SEASON’S GOODS NOW SHOWING. Ashburton|Retail Branch : East Street. W. SPARROW, 692 c Branch Manager. THE following ACTS, passed last Session, can be obtained at Published Prices at Office of this Paper : Corrupt Practices Prevention Fencing Regulation of Elections Representation Canterbury Rivers Amendment Public Reserves Property Tax Gaming and Lotteries Volunteer Property Assessment Act Amendment Licensing. gPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. Christmas Story. As a special attraction for Christmas, the Proprietor of the Ashburton Guardian offers a Prize of Three Guineas for the best original Christmas Story, to be written by an author resident in the Asnburton County, and published in the columns of the Guardian. The story will be published in the columns of this journal, and the Proprietor reserves to himself all right and privileges connected with its publication. A Committee of gentlemen will adjudge the M.S.S. and make the award, and due notice of their decision will appear in these columns. CONDITIONS. All competitors for the Prize will be required to comply with the following conditions : (1) The story must be written by a bona fide' resident of the Ashburton County. (2) The number of words employed must not exceed 400 lines. (3) Competitors will be required to write on white paper only ; on one side of the paper only, and in a plain legible hand. No rnembec of the staff of this journal will be allowed to compete. (4) All the MSS. must be addressed to the Editor, and may be signed with a non de plume, but the writer’s real name and address must be enclosed, not necessarily for publication. (6) No award will be made unless more than three stories are submitted. • (6) Rejected MSS. cannot be returned. N.B.—All MSS. must be sent in on or before December 20. Any manuscript coming to hand after date will be ineligible. A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR NOW ON SALE AT THE GUARDIAN OFFICE, Some hundreds of BEAUTIFUL OLEOGRAPHS, About 18 by 12 inches, comprising some exceedingly pretty things well worth framing, and suitable for parlor or bedroom decoration, or for show or presentation cards for business men. Exquisitely 1 done, artistically colored. Price, neatly mounted on wooden rollers, and with purchasers’ name printed (if desired) at the foot in colors, only 30s per dozen. Everyone is pleased with them who tides them. They are already selling welji, and only [require to be seen to comraand a ready sale. Come and inspect them at this office, and give your orders 1 as■ early as possible to prevent disappointment. Liberal terms to the trade and wholesale people fjl H E ACID CURE. F. COUTTS and SONS’ Guaranteed ACETIC ACID is a safe and sure remedy for Rheuma ism, Neuralgia, Sore Throats, etc. May be obtained from Mackay Bros, Manchester street, South, Christchurch, Wholesale and Retail; or from Mr Thomas Collins, Main : South Road, Timaru. AN AGENT WANTED FOR ASHBURTON. 7340 1- i),,1,1 
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