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Printed' any- ; i)ut)lishLiinr • WfeEKs. and ; Charles ; Wf&Sg'*' Printing Office, East Street, AshbtiftMM Tuesday, December 3, 1579, "



'■Ooaufeeroial Stationery. JUST ARRIVED. 'A'- CHOICE ASSORTMENT OF Commercial ' AND Household ‘ * .-V STATIONERY. ■ THE /' : - .A ••ast "Largest and Finest Lot ever opened up in Ashburton, AND Equal to any exhibited in the JColony. WEEKS & DIXON, ■fs: 1 -■ t . Printers, Publishers, AND COMMERCIAL* LAW, AND !'«') anrain-N ■ . . Genejcal Stationers, • - tw>'s (i-i . .. ' * V ' . ./• ' . . . ■ ? ' J * f OFFI9I, *n«t. »*•<,•••• U.- ' a- . ! -■ ? ?. stre--e t; ; . M'iHvs.if:'. _ ■: -’foU. . > 18. : i• VsW’Ms.'-n-i.w ■ • ■ ' .■■■'(ni&'Wfc ml& Mi-* v-!>U; ( > ; f . ASHBURTON.



rmssagwmm ■' : :V ‘ ■ JUST ARRIVED— > SECOND SHIPMENT op STATIONERY, DIRECT FROM THE MANUFACTORY. Now Opening Up . To Meet the Requirements of the County ,of , Ashburton. WEEKS AMD D/XON Are now Importing, direct from the makers, Evety description of Commercial, Law, and General Stationery, which they are in a position to supply, wholesale or retail, at prices that will compare favorably with any bouse in the Colony. The Goods now being opened up include a Choice Assortment of Plain and Fancy Note Papers and Envelopes, and some very superior kinds. 10 CASES STATIONERY 10 2 BALES PAPER 2 Full particulars in Printed Lists. Commercial ahd law Stationery • Notepapers in great variety Envelopes of the newest styles Inkstands and Bottles Pens and Penholders Pencils and Pencilcaaes Account and Poeket Books, Etc. WhcAbsalb aso Email,. WEEKS AND BISON BtftLpiNos; : East [Street ASHBtIRTCW.



Useful Information, NEW ZEALAND STAMP DUTIES. ■ ‘ £ Affidavit or Declaration ... ... o z 6 Agreements,. where the value is of or upwards. ... ... O I o Ditto, deed, ios. counterpart Annual License, Joint Stock Com pany, on every- £IOO of nomi nal capital ... ... ... o I o Appointments, of - power over pro perty ... ... ... o 10 o Bill of Exchange, on demand ... o o 6 Ditto, ditto, inland, not on demand, for every -or part thereof ... o I o Bill of Lading, dr receipt, or copy... 010 Certificate of Incorporation -.-5 O O Cheque -or dra t for any sum ... o o 1 Conveyance for every £SO, or part thereof . . ...05° Deed of Settlement, foi every ;£Tco, or part thereof ... ... o 5 o Deeds not otherwise charged ... o 10 o Lease,l|without| premium, for every .£SO. or part thereof annual rent ... ... ... o 2 o Ditto, with premium, with or with out rent, or with premium an annual rent of £2O or more, same rate as Conveyances, on the (fc’emium and rent : Coun ter part'of Lease ... ... o 2 6 Policy of Insurance, Marine, tor every £IOO or part there of... ... ... ... o r o Ditto, not exceeding six months for every j£ioo, is. ;IZ months ... o 2 o Power of Attorney ... ... o 10 o Promissory Notes on demand ...00 I Ditto, other than to bearer, on de mand, not exceeding £25, 6d; not exceeding is ; and for every additional £SO, or part ... ... ... O I O Receipt for £2, oi upwards ... o o I Transfer of Shares, where purchase ' money does not exceed .£2O, is ; £SO, 2s 6d ; £IOO, 5s ; exceed ing £\oo for every £SO or part thereof ... ... ... o 2 6 Transfer of station or Run, (except as a mortgage) for every j£ioo of value ... ... ... o 10 o MOONLIGHT EVENINGS. The Moon at 3 days old shines till about 8 o'clock. The Moon at 6 days old shines till about half-past 10 o’clock. The Moon at 8 days old shines till nearly I o’clock in the morning. The Moon at 12 days old shines from sun down till-about 4 in the morning. The Moon at 15 days old is’full, and shines all night., , The Moon-at 18 days old rises about 9 p.m. and shines till morning. The-Moon at 21 days old rises about 11 p.m. and shines till morning. The Moon at 24 days old rises about 2 a.m. and shines till morning. The Moon at 27 days old rises about 4 a.m. and shines till sunrise. THE HOUSEWIFE’S TABLE. The following is a very valuable housewife’s tables by which persons not having scales and weights'at hand' may readily measure the article wanted to form-any recipe without the trouble of weighing, allowance to be made for an extraordinary dryness or moisture of the ar ticle weighed or measured : Wheat flour, 1 pound is 1 quart. Indian meal, I pound 2 ounces are I quart. Butter, when soft, I pound is I quart. Loaf sugar, broken, 1 pound is I quart. White sugar, powdered, 1 pound I ounce arc 1 quart. Ten eggs are I pound. Flour, 4 pecks are 1 bushel. Sixteen large tablespoonsful are I pint. Eight large teaspoonsful are 1 gill. Four large teaspoonsful are % gill. Two gills are % pint. Two pints aie I quart. Four quarts are I gallon. A common sized tumbler holds % pint. A common sized wine glass is % a gill. A tea-cup is I gilL A large wine-glass is I gill. Forty drops are equal to I teaspoonful. Four teaspoonfuls are equal to I tablespoon ful. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, MAR RIAGES, AND DEATHS. Births. —Parents and all other persons pre sent at a birth, are liable under the Act for Registration under penalty of ; failing, the occupier t)( house: m which such birth took place isTrable. " Births are registered free'up to sixty-two days, day of birth and of registra tion, both inclusive; afterwards up to six months, on payment of ss. penalty, and after declaration as to truth of particulars being duly made ; and beyond six months only after conviction hcfdre a JMhgfetrale, and on pro duction if Certificate 'of conviction signed by Magistrate or Clerk to Bench, and within one monih bf 'such convictioiu There . are other provisions as to registration of children found exposed, and registration of names within one year of birth. Marriages.— Marriages must be solem nized With .open, doors, between eight, in the morning and four in the afternoon, in the presence of two or more witnesses. Persons, objecting to be married by a clergyman, can be married m a Registrar’s office by a Registrar. Persons desirous of being married must give notice to thp-Registrar of the district, and take out a Marriage' Certificate; but before doing so, must have resided in the district three clear days immediately preceedmg the application for certificate. The fees are: —for Notice and Certificate, £t 2s 6di; Marriage, by Registrar, £l •, and 2s fid. for Copyof Marriage Registrar. Persons wishing to. be married out of the dis trict in which they live, can only do so by residing in the district in, which they wish to be married for three clear days, and obtaining certificate from the Registrar of that district. Arid persons living in different districts must either both reside for three clear days in the district, or else obtain two C ertificates, viz:—one from the Registrar of each of the districts in which they reside. Any person I making false affirmation, declaration, or repre sentation before a Registrar, is guilty of mis demeanour. . • . . DEATHS.— The occupier of house m which death occurs, and all persons present at a death, are liable for the .registration within thirty one days; and failing these, the Undertaker or person so acting, under penalty of £10; but any of the persons liable may depute, in writing, some person acquainted with par ticulars required to attend and register ; and the person registering MUST in all cases take to the Registrar the Doctor’s Certificate of Death. In all cases of burial, the Undertaker or person so acting, must return to the Registrar within seven days, the Burial Cer tificate, duly signed by Undertaker and officiating Minister, or two householders pre sent at such burial. Undertakers not return ing such Burial Certificates within seven days liable to a penalty of *5 ; and Clergymen cfftrhfh 'g and not signing Burial Certificates are also i»We to a penalty of £s■ Any person not attending to register, alter notice from Registrar is duly given, is liable to a penalty of, £2O There ate various other provisions defining powers arid' duties of Registrar, and imposing penalties for neglect in complying with various provisions of th* Act.J



P’soXul lufonpa VACCINATIO By an Act of the General A Zealand, it is made compel parent to take his child, withi its birth, to the Medical Offii Government for the district, or Medical Praciitioner, to have ated, and on the eighth day I the child back . again for breach of this law a fine nn may be recovered before any ! trates. If the child be pro] the Medical Officer 01 Practit certificate of the fact. If the ceptible, or unfit to endure th certificate is to be given, whl patents [of the consequence though vaccinated, whose va cates arc not forwarded to tht district are still liable to a fine eolation with the virus of sm punishable by a penalty of, “ parent ” means father, motl son having the care, nurture, child. SLAUGHTER-HOUSE “The Slaughter-House j vides that “no license shall pect of any slaughter-hou« half a mile from the outer borough, unless such slaughh erected, or was in course of purpose immediately before tl 1877. Ifsuchslaughter-housei described limit, application fo be made to the Council of the II a slaughter-house is within cept as aforesaid, the appl made to the Council of su license, [not being the renewa existing license, shall be issue unless public notice shall havi the applicant for Ihe same, 01 for one month, immediate!; time when such application is MAGISTRATE’S COl Table of Fees to be tab ok Proceedings unde dent Magistrates’ A. Baiufks. Service of summons or su or copy of notice of set-olf, i of the Court House, 3s ; for one way, is; bailiff’s fee u any warrant, or going toj vie' each view, 4s ; executing going to view-tenement bey the Court House, for every way, is ; poundage on sum h under distress, Is ; for keepir diem, any sum not exceedinj commission on sale of goods tion, 5 per cent.; advertisin cost; poundage on sum for ' taken in execution, is. Table of Fees to be th of Proceedings undei dent Magistrates’ Act Resident Magistrates the Peace, or their C Filing plaint, including pliant note, if any Filing notice of set-off, accord ing to amount claimed Hearing... Payment of money into Court before judgment, according to amount paid in



For every bail-bond under section seventeen of M The Resident Magistrates’ Act, 1868”; for any sum not exceeding />c—ss. Ditto not exceeding^so—7s 6d. Dlt'o not exceed ing j£ioo— 10s. For every hearing and order under sections 18 and 19 of “ The Resident Magistrates’ Act, 1868,”; for any sum not exceeding .£s 4s; not exceeding £lO - ss; not exceeding £20—83 5 not exceeding £50 — 12s; not exceeding £lO0 —20s. For any process or proceeding issued or taken under the twentieth section of “ The Resident Magistrates’ Act, 1868," the same fees as payable in respect of the like proceed ings under •* The District Courts Act. ’’



Business Natio#n. B L I G H’S CANTERBURY RESTAURANT, Papanui Road, near Post Office, Christchurch. MEALS AT ALL HOURS OP THE DAY. Board and Lodging, 175., 18s., £1 a week. BEDS & MEALS— Ia. Each. 152 CHERTSE Y. A. R. MARKHAM (Next Montgomery’s, Chertsey),' GENERAL STOREOEP ER, HAYING taken over the store of Messrs. Orr and Co., and increased the stock, is .prepared to supply lirst-class articles inQrocery,Drapery, Ironmongery. Agentfor THE ASHBURTON HERALD. 423 Medicinal. STEEDMAN’S soothing powders FOR CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASERS. The value of this well-known Family Medi cine has been largely tested in all paits of the world, and by all grades of society, for upwards of FIFTY YEARS. Its well-earned exten sive sale has induced SPURIOUS IMITA TIONS, some of which in OUTWARD APPEARANCE so closely resemble the ori ginal as to have deceived many purchasers. The proprietor therefore feels it due to the public to give a special caution against the use of SUCH IMITATIONS. Purchasers are therefore requested carefully to observe the four following distinctive characteristics, without which none are genuine : Ist—ln every case the words JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTH, SURREY, are engraved on the Government Stamp affixed to each packet. 2nd—Each Single Powder has directions for the dose, and the words, JOHN Steedman, Chemist, Walwo;tb, Surrey, printed thereon. 3rd —The. ijame, Steedman, is always spelt with two EE’s. 4th —The manufacture is carried on solely at Walworth, Surrey, Sold in Packets by all Chemists and Medi cine Vendors. Sold by Ke.mpthorne, Prosser and Co., Auckland. 490 GRATEFUL—COMFORTI3V G. BREAKFAST COCOA. “By a thorough knowledge 1 of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application oi .he fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tableu with a delicately-flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by tne judi cious use of such articles of diet,, that a constitu tion may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating arcuml us, ready to attack wherever there is a v, eak point. We may escape many a fata shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pore bicod and a properly nourished frame.” —The Cizit Set vice Gazette. SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELLED JAMES EPPS AND CO Homoepathic Chemists, London, BUGS, PLEAS, MOTHS, BEETLES, And all other Insects are DESTROYED by KEATING’S INSECT POWDER, which is quite harmless to domestic animals. In exterminating Beetles thie success of this Powder is extraordinary, and no one need be troubled by those pests. It is per fectly clean in application. Ask for and be sure you: obtain “ KEAT ING’S POWDER,” as Imitations are Noxious, and fail in giving satisfaction. Sold by all Chemists in Tins, is. & 2s, fid. each. ~ ' 637 KEATING’S WORM TABLETS, A PURELY VEGETABLE SWEETMEAT, noth in appearance and tasta, furnishing a most agreeable method of administering the -only certain remedy for INTESTINAL or THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly safe and mild preparation, and is especially adapted for children. _ TESTIMONIAL. Medical Hall Gildersome, Nov. 28th, 1876. Mr, Keating, , Dear Sir, —I think it nothing but my dirty to inform you of the immense sale I have for j your Worm tablets, which I may justly say is, enormous, and in every case gives the greatest j satisfaction. I have now' in stock two bottles | containing the Round Worms brought me during the last few days by customers, one Worm 40 yards long. I dare not be without the remedy.—yours respectfully, M. A. Walker. Sold in tins by all Chemists and Druggists Proprietor, THOS. K.KATING, London, REWARD AND CAUTlON.—Whereas fraudulent imitations of this umsurpassed remedy have been sold, 1 hereby request any one knowing the vendor of the same to com municate with me, on conviction of the offender a liberal reward will be paid. 637 IN BANKRUPTCY. WEEKS & DIXON have on Sale at their Office, East Street North,- - PROOFS OF DEBT FORMS, FORMS OF AFFIDAVIT. Also, — FORMS of TO LET and FOR SALE. CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN DIRECTORY FOR 1879. ON SALE at the “ HERALD ” Office, Saunders Buildings, East-street. Price : Two Shillings and Sixpence. Neatly Bound in Cloth. The above Volume contains a lot of valuable information, and should be iu the hands of every Tradesman. A MAN is not wise if he don’t advertise, And Twenty Words cost a Shilling.



M«aieUidl. Testimonials. Tuam Street, Christchurch, April 28, 1879. To Professor Guscott. , Sir, —I have been troubled with Liver Complain these last six years, many times not being able to attend to work. I have tried everything in the shape of patent medicines. I have been an outdoor patient in the Hospi tal ; I got at times temporary relief. I could not sleep on my left side; I kept rolling about backwards and forwards in bed. When I got up in the morning, I would rather be in bed but work I had to attend to. Wh’e 1 I had eaten a light meal I found it always lodged in my stomach. Always costive, a great palpi tation, pains across the chest, more particu larly under the left breast, always a violent pain between the shoulders, felt just the same as if any one was pouring water down my back, feet always cold. Happened to get one of your bills when you came to St. Asaph street, which explained to me the symptoms I was laboring .under. When I applied to you, you told me all my symptoms, and guaranteed' me a perfect cure, which, I am happy to say, you have done through your herbal treatment. I should recommend those troubled with Liver Complaint ta place themselves under your treatment. I am, Sir, Truly thankful, William Manson. Colombo Street, April 21, 1879. To Professor Guscott. Sir, I have been troubled with Dysentery for the last three months, so much so that I was perfectly exhausted, the linings of my intestines peeled away in tlakes. I tried every remedy tnat I'could hear of, but to no purpose. Hearing that you were in Christchurch, and seeing the many wonderful cures, was-induced, to place myself under your treatment, and 1 am happy to say in one week -I am free from the diarrhoea, and gaining strength front your herbal treatment. I am, yours respectfully, Ellen .Brqvvn... I give you this testimonial for the benefit o others, as I know there are a great many others suffering from the same complaint in Christchurch. Borough Hotel, Manchester Street, Christchurch, April 21, 1879. To Professor Guscott. Sir, —I have been troubled with Sciataca and Rh.umatisin since the commencement cf the West Coast diggings in 1864, where I had to leave through medical advice, and went to Melbourne, and thence to Sydney, and then I thought I would try the tropical climate of Queensland, and only found temporary relief. I came to Christchnrch, and tried doctors of the best medical repute, and got no better. Thinking that it was useless to go any further I gave up all hopes of being restored ; I could scarcely walk, and staying at an old friend’s, he advised me to consult you, ahd I am happy to say I am in as perfect health as I was in 1864, when I crossed the ranges of the West' Coast, and was only ten days under your treatment. John O’Brien. To Professor Guscott Sir, —Having been troubled with asthma for the last seven years, on several occasions I have been propped up in bed, and many times I had to get up and walk to get a breath of air, and had become so bad that 1 was not able to attend to my business ; in fact. I had become a burden to myself and the people with whom I was stopping. When I came to you you told me all my symptoms, which gave me confidence to place myself under your treatment, and, being ?. believer in herbs, and seeing the large assortment in your establishment, and also the references from other sufferers the same as myseif, in looking back to the time of my suflering so long, and spending so much money without receiving any benefit from the treat ment until I applied to you.—l remain, yours ever thankful, Donald Smith. Great King-street, Dunedin, May 30, To Professor Guscott. Sir,- —I have to inform you that I am able to return home after your treatment of 4 weeks’ duration, having been troubled with dropsy this last 4 years. 1 have been tapped twice ; I have been under the doctors in Oamaru, and also in Dunedin, and never received any bene fit from their treatment. When my sister called on you last April you told her if I would come to St., Kilda and stop with her you would treat me for a 'fortnight free of charge, and after that time, if I were no better, you would require no payment; but lam happy to inform you that I feel as well as ever I felt, and free or dropsy, and can eat and sleep well. I trust that your days nay .be long in Dunedin. . .You hiay be assured that I will speak of the cure you have effected in me on my return home, as I leave my sistei to-morrow.—l remain yours ever grateful, Mrs. Isabella Fraser. St. Kilda, June 10, 1878. ' Manchester Street, , Christchurch, April 29th, 1879. To Professor Guscott, Sir, —I have'been troubled with Neuralgia for a length of time, and have suffered the most excruciating pains; tried e%erything that I could hear of, I then saw your testimonials in the papers, and the “ Star. ” I was advised to give you a trial, but I have this to say that I am perfectly free from pain. I can eat and sleep well, and am not disturbed at nights or meal times as I have been for a length of time, I have told seveial the pain I suffered, and the wonderful relief I have had, and I would ad- i vise anyone troubled with Neuralgia to apply to you, as they can depend on a perfect cure. • | Yours ever grateful, H. B. Williams, Tuam street, Christchurch. To Professor Guscott, Sir, —Having for the last four years suffered from bad eyes, being totally blind in .one, and from using a solution of nitrate of silver as a lotion, which had penetrated my whole system, causing me the most acute pains, which, added to rheumatism, prevented my sleeping at night, and rendered my life absolutely burdensome to . me, I; have consulted and been treated by doc- ; tors in different parts of Canterbury, as also m the Christchurch -Hospital, but without obtain ing tlie slightest rpMef. , Determined to leave no stone unturned while the smallest chance remained of an abatement of my sufferings. I applied to you immediately T heard of your arrival, and the cure which you have effected would seem to many incredible, but as I am still here a living proof of the success of your treatment, as can only be testified by hundreds in Christchurch, who knowing what I was like for so long up to a week ago, look with astonishment at the change which you hava wrought. Wishing you many years of happi ness and prosperity in pursuing your useful career, I am, dear Sir, yours respectfully, Patrick Burns. Sexton’s Allenton House, St. Asaph-street, Christchurch.



IF YOU WANT " V *-A : , NEAT 'BUSINESS t&RD, GO TO THE “HERALD" OFFICE. IF YOU WANT WELL-PRINTED CIRCULAR, _ -TRV--THEV , ;y . T ' *; herald;’ office. «' • :■ "■ fig; IF YOU WANT A.V . . ATTRACTIVE JTRY THE 1 : . “HERALD * OT^tcS " ■■ ■■■■ * ;■: | -i; .IF YOU WANT \ ,5 A ... MAGNIFICENT POSTER, CALL'AT THE; k- ■ HERALD OFFICa IF YOU WANT Any •DEscßiPTfoN'^r PLAIN OR ORNAMENTAL 1 • PRINTING, • • CALL AT THE “ HERALD . East NofTH. , . WEEKS & DIXON, PROPRIETORS.