f- ■- back or in gigs, there was a touu. o romance even in a ‘bagman’s’ life many an adventure had I met wiili in the course of my peregrinations through the Northern counties, along lonely country roads, down still lonelier coun try lanes, over wild hills, or across de solute * wolds ’ like the one I was now traversing. I had been collecting accounts for my employers, Messrs Marriott, at Packerton, cn the day before, and in the breast-pocket of my coat was a bulky leather pocket-book containing nearly two hundred pounds in gold and notes, which I was to deposit in the bank at Sefton on the morrow. My pack, together with the valise contain ing personal belongings, was strapped behind the saddle, and in the holster was a pair of pistols, indispensible com panions for a solitary traveller in those days. . I had started from Packerton early in the afternoon, and should have reached Sefton before dark but for the accident of Polly’s casting a shoe, which had cost a tiresome delay at a little wayside smithy. Night was closing in before half my journey was accomplished, and 1 had the pleasant prospect of being belated on the heath. Sefton Moor, in its forlorn solitude, is a depressing place even on a summer morning, when the sun is shining and the larks are singing above the heather; but on a . winter night it would be difficult to imagine a scene more bleak and dis mal, and, as I glanced at the dreary road before me, I felt my spirits sink to within a few degrees of zero. It was intensely cold, and the moon and stars were invisible, for the sky was shrouded in a mantle of fleecy clouds ; a chill mist gradually crept over the moor, and presently, to my dismay, it began to snow. Faster and faster, * thicker and thicker, every moment Came the great soft feathery flakes, till . all the air was tremulous, and I seemed to be shut in on every side by a con stantly-descending white curtain, which moved with me as I moved, and never lifted for a moment. I had crossed the -heath more than once before in my , annual visits to the neighborhood, but ' , my daylight experience of the place was of little service to me now, when I could hardly see a yard before me. \Ve had plodded on through the Snow and mist for several miles, the way becoming at every step more diffi cult to trace, when I began to have an _ uneasy suspicion that we had gone astray, and wandered into one of the many cross-roads which intersected the heath. I remembered that the road I had traversed before was a gentle rise all the way ; I now found myself de scending into a hollow, and in the dis tance I could hear the rush of a deep ' and rapid stream. ° . The path was full of ruts and holes, 'and the mare stumbled at every step; ; I drew rein, and was just about to j . alight and lead her, when an unexpected - plunge of hers saved me the trouble by pitching me neatly over her head. I ‘fell soft’—that was one comfort — rather too soft, in fact, inasmuch as I alighted ‘ all in the beautiful middle,’ as the French say, of a sticky bog; and •the worst of it was that this unexpected ; somersault so muddled my topographi cal ideas,, turning them all topsy-turvy in my head, that when I scrambled to my feet again I found that I had com pletely lost my bearings, and had not the remotest notion in which direction . lay the road from which I had strayed. , *As I stood hesitating, with the reins in my hand, trying vainly to pierce the ‘white darkness’ around me, and listening, to the stream, which, swollen by melted snow from the hills, was rushing between its banks with the noise of a mountain-torrent, I heard the ‘ distant bark of a dog. i I hallooed, but, receiving no answer, I resolved to pro ceed in the direction of the sound, hoping it would lead me to a house of " some sort We had floundered along ; the rough cross-road for nearly half-an hour, when, to my great relief, I saw a light glimmering feebly through the snow a short distance ahead, and, on approaching, found that it proceeded ■ from the lower window of a house by the wayside, streaming in a long narrow ray through an aperture in the closed shutters. Finding my way with some difficulty to the front door, I rapped with the handle of my whip. There , was a sound of hasty footsteps within, the scraping of chairs on a brick floor, and then, after a pause, a man’s voice demanded, ‘ Who’s there ?’ * ‘A traveller who has lost his way. Qpen the door.’ After some rattling of bolts and bars the door opened, letting out a stream of ruddy firelight on to the snow, and the h figures of two men appeared on the threshold —dark silhouettes relieved against a bright background. ‘ How far am I from Sefton-on-the- Wold?’ I inquired. The men peered at me curiously, and the shorter of the two, who had a lan tern in his hand, raised it to my face and took a long look at me, keeping his own features in the shadow. ‘ Sefton-on-the-Wold, sir ?’ he re peated at length, lowering the light, as is reassured by his inspection. ‘ You’ve come many a mile out of your way if you were going there. Why, it’s right a’ t'other side the moor. This is the Beckley road you’re on now. Beckley . cross-road it’s called, being a short cut to the town. ; ‘ Then Beckley is not far from here ? ‘Nigh upon nine miles, and a very bad road. Won’t you please to put up " here for the night, sir ?’ he added, after a pause. * ‘ This is an inn ?* I asked in sur prise. ‘The Moorfowl,’ kept by Simon Blacklock,’ muttered the man who had not yet spoken. / ‘ Well, it ain’t exactly an inn,’ ex plained the other, who was evidently the landlord; ‘ It’s a sort of half-waj ‘ house. But we’ve got a good bed, anc a nice dry shed where we could mak< .shift to put up, the horse. Shall mj son take it, sir ?’ I hesitated. Remembering what 1 parrted aboyt me, I was naturally re lyctant to trust myself in a Strang! mn; but I was so cold and tired, am /‘tbe rpad Was so long, and the warmtl '' apd firelight were sp inviting, that ! decided to take advantage of th( shelter. * I will see the horse put up myself, . I said; * show me the way to thi stable 1 * My son will take you, sir,’ the land lord answered quickly. ‘ No, not you Reuben, i. Here, .Sim-r-Sim 1’ this summons a shock-heade<

!,: ' o! iivr'-en emerged from the house, and, taking the lantern from his father’s

hand, led me through a gate to the left cf the enfance, across a yard at the side, to a thatched shed, small, but dry and snug, already tenanted by a cow and a donkey, which were uncere moniously tinned out to make room for Polly. When I had seen her fed and made comfortable for the night, I shouldered my pack, transferred the pistols from the holster to my pocket, and followed my guide back to the house.

The front-door opened straight upon the kitchen, a spacious, low-ceiled room, with an uneven brick floor, and a wide hearth, on which a huge wood fire was blazing cheerily ; over it was suspended an iron pot, which emitted a most appetising odour. There was no other light than that of the fire, which filled the room with dancing shadows, and, leaving the far corners in obscurity, made it seem larger than it really was. As I stood on the hearth, unbuttoning my overcoat as quickly as my numbed fingers would permit, I took the op portunity of observing my host and his eldest son, who were busy fastening the heavy bolts and bars of the front door. Both were tall, powerfully-built men— broad-chested, long - armed, bullet headed. The father, who was the shorter of the two, might have been forty-five or thereabouts, but looked younger than his age, owing to his colorless, insipid complexion—hair, brows, eyelashes, and skin all seemed of the same dull straw-colored tint, and his eyes were of the palest shade of china-blue. He was obsequiously civil, and his thin lips were almost constantly distended in an ingratiating smile. The son, a surly-mannered, gruff-voiced young giant of one or two and twenty, had his father’s sandy hair and light blue eyes, without his smile. By the time I had noticed thus much the barring and bolting were con cluded, and the landlord approached to help me off with my coat. Having divested me of it, he bade his younger son take off my boots, while he lifted the lid of the pot to see how the contents were getting on.

‘ This is an out-of-the way spot for an inn,’ I remarked, as 1 sat down and re signed my foot to the lad, ‘ dropped down in the middle of a moor, nine miles from the nearest town.’ (To he continued.)

THE ASHBURTON , GUARDIAN, SATURDAY MAY 21, 1881.



Funeral Notices. -pUNEEAL NOTICE. The friends of Messrs John and Peter Chalmers are respectfully invited to attend the FUNERAL of their late Mother, Cdkistina Chalmers, which will leave Mr Chalmers’ residence, Beach road, on MONDAY next, at 2 o’clock. GEORGE PARKIN, 868 a Undertaker. Meetings. UPPER ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD. The FIRST ELECTION of Members of the Board of the Upper Ashburton Road District shall be held in the Road Board Office, Westerfield, at 10 o’clock a.m. of FRIDAY, the 3rd June next, instead of the 30th inst., as advertised. A Poll, if demanded, will take place the same day, and close at 4 o’clock p.m. ROBT. D. PULLAR, 335 a Returning Officer. Amusements. DRAMATIC CLUB. TOWN HALL, MAY 27th, 1881. The Spectacular Drama Ashore and Afloat Will be performed by the above Club, With a Splendid Cast, assisted by New Scenery, and Mechanical effects, together with Full Orchestral Accompaniment. Admission—3s, 2s, and Is. Doors open at 7.30. Commence at 8 p.m. punctually. 869 a QRAND MASONIC CONCERT. A Concert will be given in the Masonic Hall, Tancred street, Ashburton, on WEDNESDAY, Bth JUNE, Tickets can be obtained from members of the Committee : Bro. R. W. Shearman, P.M.Z. ‘ Bro. W. H. G undry, W.M. ; H. 18° Bro. G. St. Hill, J. Bro. H. Stephenson, P.M. Bro. C. Braddell, P.M., S.E Bro. J. Bradley, W.M. Bro. R. Friedlander, S.W. Bro. H. Zander, 1.W., P.S. Bro. Thos. Quill, P.M. Bro. W. Sparrow, W.M. Bro. S. B. Nelson, S.W. Bro. D. M'Farlane, S.W. Bro. W. H. Zouch, S.W. Bro. E. Saunders, S.W. Bro. H. J. Weeks, Musical Director. All Masons are particularly requested to attend in regalia. Doors open at 7.30 p.m. ; to commence 8 p.m. HENRY ZANDER, 829 a Hon. Sec. Lecture. Mild water cure, HYDROPATHY. TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 24th. ! A Lecture, Explaining the principles of Hydropathy and its practical application to various diseases, will be delivered in Ashburton by MR S. WALLIS, of Christchurch, formerly of Smedley’s Matlock Bank, England. Lecture to Commence at 7-80. ADMISSION FREE. 1 ■ ■ : ' - ; , Ecclesiastical. pATHOLIC CHURCH. ASHBURTON : Ist Mass, 9 o’clock; 2nd Mass, llo’clock, on the Ist, 2nd, and 3rd and sth Sundays (when one occurs) of the month. RAKAIA : i Mass, 11 o’clock, 4th Sunday of the month. [ 610 a % EDMUND P. COFFEY.



Matson, Cos, and Co. Matson, Cox & Co., STOCK AND ESTATE AGENTS, LAND & MONEY BROKERS, AUCTIONEERS AND COMMISSION AGENTS, ASHBURTON. Their business will include the manage ment of Estates, Investment and Pro curation of Money, Valuation of Pro perties, Stock, etc., and General Agency. They will hold throughout the District Public Auction Sales of Land, Live and Dead Stock ; also on Market Days at Ashburton and Tinwald, Fat and Store Stock. They are also prepared to make Liberal Cash Advances on Properties, Stock, Wool, &c., placed in their hands for sale. Fortnightly sales OF Stock Will be held at ASHBURTON AND TINWALD ALTERNATELY. ORDINARY SALE OF STOCK WILL NOT TAKE PLACE, BUT WILL BE POSTPONED To the following TUESDAY, 31st MAY. MATSON, COX, & CO., Agents for Robey & Co.’s CELEBRATED THRESHING MACHINES 440 Tenders. C R N G TENDERS for CARTING 3,000 bushels Oats will be received up to WEDNESDAY, 2olh inst. For particulars apply to Messrs SAUNDERS BROS. T E N D E R S. Tenders are invited for PLOUGHING 300 acres of Stubble Land at Grange Farm (late Mr Bullock’s). For particu lars apply at the Farm, two miles from Ashburton. BG7a To Let. TO LET—Two Unfurnished ROOMS, on the Beach road, near Dr Stewart’s. Apply, Office of this Paper. 865 a O LET—A BLACKSMITH’S SHOP, doing a good business, in a thriving country district. For particulars, apply to Poyntz and Co., Ashburton. 612 a Educational. MISSES HONOUR are prepared to receive, at their residence, Mooie street, PUPILS in Music, Singing, and Drawing. Terms, per quarter, for each subject, two guineas. Drawing, in class, every Tuesday, from half-past three to half-past four, one guinea per quarter. 397 a For Sale. W E have received instructions to SELL BY PRIVATE TREATY, A SNUO Improved Farm, Now in fallow. This Farm conaists of 127 Acres of the best land in the Wakanui District and will bo sold a bargain, on easy terms of payment. For particulars, apply to 804 a DAN HENDERSON & CO. THE UNDERSIGNED have received instructions from the freeholders to offer FOR SALE by Private Treaty— T.S. 104, situated in Tancred street, on which are erected Two substanti ally-built and roomy SHOPS and DWELLING-HOUSES. Also, Lots 14, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25, part of R.S. 8767, containing about 1£ acres. These Sections adjoin the properties of Messrs Orr and Sheppard, and, from their prox imity to the town, form a desirable site for a private residence. Apply, Poyntz and Co., 595 East street. AND FOR SALE. 664 ACRES improved Farm, situated at Dromore, of which 370 acres are laid down in grass, and 130 acres are in stubble, after one crop, balance in tussock. Small house. Sub-division fences, plantation, &c. The new water race is supposed to run through this property. 544 ACRES in tussock at Lauriston on the Forks railway line, with the water race running through the centre of the section. Terms easy'. Apply to CUFF & GRAHAM, 597 a Christchurch. Public Notices. HBURTON MILLS. OWNERS of GRISTS will be CHARGED Id and 2d per bushel respec tively for CLEANING First and Second Class WHEAT, in addition to the charge for Grinding. HENRY BOWERS 620 a (For Saunders Brothers), MILLS. Having taken the above Mills, I beg to inform farmers and the public generally that the MILL is NOW OPEN, and hope, by turning out a first-class article, to merit a share of public support. Gristing on the usual terms. Cash buyer of grain. JAMES CLARK. March 17th, 1881. 376 a THE GUARDIAN is on every Tea Table in Ashburton.



Public Notices. COUNTY COUNCIL. CLOSING OF FOUR ROADS MOUNT 11UTT LOAD DISTRICT. Notice ia hereby given that a SPECIAL MEETING of the Council, to consider the question of CLOSING FOUR ROADS, commencing from rural sections 30772, ' 24441, 25153, and 24308, Mount Hutt Road District, and any OBJECTIONS made thereto by any per son likely to suffer injury thereby, will be held at the Council Chambers, Ashbur ton, on WEDNESDAY, the Ist day of June next, immediately after the ordinary meeting. By order. F. MAIN WARING, Cleric. Ashburton, May 18th, 1881. 844 a JJANGITATA ROAD DISTRICT. ELECTION OF FIVE MEMBERS OF ROAD BOARD. Notice is hereby given that a MEETING of HOUSEHOLDERS of the Rangitata Road District will be held at noon on FRIDAY, June 3rd, 1881, at Messrs Wilkin and Carter’s woolshed,at Maronan, for the purpose of ELECTING FIVE MEMBERS to serve on the Rangitata Road Board. Nominations must be made at the above-named time and place, and a Poll (if demanded) will be taken between the hours of 10 a.rn. and 4 p.m. on WEDNES DAY, June 16th, at the same place. C, PERCY COX, Returning Officer, Rangitata Road 859 a District. A SHBURTON STEEPLECHASE MEETING. Calcutta Sweeps! Calcutta Sweeps!! The SWEEPS on the various events for the forthcoming meeting, under the auspices of F. Dioby,' Esq., will be drawn, at Henderson and Co.’s Auction Rooms, Saunders’ Buildings, on THURS DAY, the 2Gtli inst., at 7 p.m., sharp. T. QUILL, 84Ga Auctioneer. ALFRED COOK, news runner for the Lyttelton Times, Canterbury Times, and Star, is prepared to undertake the distribution of circulars, hand-bills, Ac., and to do general light porter work, and odd jobs. 794 a V. R rjIHE PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE, GUARANTEED BY THE STATE. Although this office has been in exis tence for a period of more than seven years, it is believed that the objects for which it was established are not sufficiently understood. It is desired to sot forth in a concise form information respecting the business which this office undertakes ; 1. The charge of all kinds of money trusts, such as Marriage Settlements, moneys to be invested for the benefit of Minors, moneys bequeathed for charitable objects, moneys the title to which is in dispute, or whose legal owner is unknown or cannot be found, Ac., &c. 2. The administration of the wills of persons who by appointing the Public Trustee as their executor secure the guarantee of the State for the due fulfil ment of their wishes, and to avoid the risk consequent on the appointment of private persons as executors, who not un frequently, though earnestly desirous of acting for the benefit of parties interested, fail to carry out legally the objects for which they were appointed, and conse quently involve themselves and those whose interests they are striving to pro tect in costly and harassing litigation. 3. The administration of all estates of which no disposition has been made by will, whenever relatives do not wish to in cur the responsibility of administration, or cannot from any cause obtain the neces sary powers to act. In such cases it is the duty of the Public Trustee to discharge all legal debts so far as the assets extend, and divide the residue amongst the next of kin. 4. The administration of the estates of lunatics, lunatic patients, and convicts. 5. The charge of all lands lying waste and unoccupied of which the owner is un known, or who has been absent from the colony for ten years, having left no known agent. The cost of administering estates is very small. Information may be obtained from all agents. R. C. HAMERTON, 729 a Public Trustee. V. R. -N THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND. CANTERBURY DISTRICT. In the matter of The Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act, 1805, and In the matter of— -Ist. The Rural Section numbered 8340, in the Christchurch District, in the Provincial District of Canterbury ; and 2nd. The nine Rural Sections num bered respectively 1911, 3998, 2946, 19694, 19G95, 19696, 19697, 19746, and 19747, in the District of Timarn, in the said Provincial Dis trict of Canterbury ; and 3rd. The eleven Town Sections num bered respectively 342, 421, 433, 452, 456, 495, 497, 509, 510, 514, and 636, in the Town of Ashburton, in the said Provincial District of Canterbury : All settled by the will of William Barnard Rhodes, late of the City of Welling ton and of Highland Park, near the said city, merchant, deceased. Notice is hereby given that Mary Ann Rhodes, in the will of the said William Barnard Rhodes mentioned, did on the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, present a petition to the Supreme Court of New Zealand, at Christchurch, praying that an Order might be made by the said Court vesting in Sarah Anne Rhodes, William Waring Taylor, Thomas Mason, and John Studholme, as the Trustees of the said will, and in the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of the said will, a general power of leasing the lands hereinbefore mentioned, or any part of the same, for terms of years in possession not exceeding twenty-one years for an agricultural or occupation lease, and not exceeding forty two years for a building or repairing lease, with a general power of entering into preliminary contracts to grant such leases, subject to such conditions as the said Court should think fit: And that the costs of the petitioner and of all other persons served with or propely appearing as respondents to the said petition of the said application, and incidental thereto, might be taxed, and that such costs when taxed might be a charge upon the said estates, or some of them : Or that the said Court might make such other Order in the premises as should seem meet. As witness my hand this fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. HENRY H. TRAVERS, WS* Solicitor for the Petitioner.



J. T. Ford and Co. CLEARING SALE. CLEARING SALE. CLEARING SALE. AT WAKANUI, ON FRIDAY, JUNE 10th. Messrs j. t. ford & co., (in conjunction with Messrs Fried- I lander Bros.) have received instructions from Mr A. G. Earle (consequent upon his leaving for the South), To sell, on the premises, the whole of his Valuable Farm, Situate AT WAKANUI, J oining Mr Moffatt’s Mill, and containing 270 ACRES, Of which 65 acres are under wheat; 82 acres fit for oats and barley ; 120 acres under English grass ; and 3 acres plan tation, with SE V E N-R OOM E D HOUSE, LARGE STABLE, And other OUT -BUILDINGS Erected thereon. Also— THE WHOLE OF THE LIVE AND DEAD STOCK, IMPLEMENTS, Ac., Comprising— ENGINE, COMBINE A ELEVATORS, By Hornsby tj First-class DRAUGHT HORSES g COWS A HEIFERS 1 DEERING TWINE BINDER, Almost new "I DRILL, by Keal and Meats, Anglo- American, TRAP, PLOUGHS, HARROWS. HARNESS, Ac., Ac. The Auctioneers would draw particular attention to the above sale, as the farm is one of the best in the well-known WAKANUI DISTRICT, Is WELL WATERED, And would make one of the best DAIRY FARMS In the Colony. Sale to commence at 12 o’clock. Terms liberal. Luncheon provided. For full particulars, apply to J. T. FORD A CO., Auctioneers ; or PRIEDLANDER BROS., 862 a Ashburton. W. H. Gundry. W. H. GUNDRY, Jgl STATE AND STATION AGENT, LICENSED LAND BROKER (Under the Land Transfer Act), AND GENERAL MERCHANT, EAST STEET, ASHBURTON, HAS ON SALE Fencing Wire, Nos. 6,7, 8,9, 10 Turnip, Clover, Grass, and Gorse Seeds Binding Wire '(McCormick’s, Wood’s, Osborne’s) Machine and Castor Oil Coal for Threshing Machines Station Stores of every description, including Teas, Sugars, Oilman’s Stores, Ac., Ac., Ac. WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANT. Agent AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY. £2,000 £3,500 TO LEND, in sums of £IOO and upwards, on Freehold Security, at lowest current rate of interest. W. H. GUNDRY, Ashburton. STANDARD PROPERTY INVEST MENT SOCIETY. The Undersigned is prepared to receive applications for Loans upon approved security, repayable by instalments, in ac cordance with the rules of the Society. For particulars, apply to W. H. GUNDRY, Agent for Standard Fire Insurance Co., EAST STREET. STANDARD FIRE A MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. The Company is prepared to take risks on all kinds of Property, including Growing Crops of GRAIN and in stack, at current rates. W. H. GUNDRY. 478 a Agent, East street, Ashburton. Gazette in Bankruptcy. V. R. N is a OTICE—The Asuburton Guardian Gazette for all notices under the Debtors and Creditors Arte IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ASHBURTON, HOLDEN AT ASHBURTON. In the matter of the bankruptcy of SAMUEL QUINTON and FREDERICK QUINTON, trading together in Ashburton as bottlers, under the form of Quinton Brothers. A meeting of creditors of the above named debtors will be hoklen on WED NESDAY, the 25th inst., at 12 o’clock, at the office of Mr O’Reilly, solicitor, to consider the application of the above named debtors for their discharge. Dated this 20th day of May, 1881. W. H. GUNDRY, Trustee of the property of the above named debtors. F. P. O’Reilly, Solicitor for the debtors. 860 a N OTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS Subscribers to this Journal are requested > communicate with the Proprietor when ly delays or omissions in the Delivery of iis Paper occur. W. H. ZOUOH, Proprietor.



T. of date OF Property Sale. My NEXT PROPERTY SALE will take place on SATURDAY, 28th inst., instead of the 21st, as previously adver tised. T. BULLOCK, Auctioneer. JjjAZAAR, BURNETT STREET. WEEKLY SALE OF HORSES EVERY SATURDAY, Commencing at 1 p. m. ■pOR SALE, CHEAP. 127 Acres first-class LAND, fronting on the Wakanui Creek, being Rural Sections 20G32 and 20633, divided into three paddocks ; all in English grass ; there is a hut and stable on the farm. This would make a capital dairy farm. Will be sold cheap and on liberal terms. Apply to T. BULLOCK. rjTO FARMERS AND OTHERS. TO LET for CROPPING about 300 acres, 100 of which have been cropped once, the remainder is ploughed and ready for cross-ploughing. Apply to T. BULLOCK, Or MR W. L. RICHARDS, Near The Grange. TO LET.—BOARDING HOUSE in East street, presently in occupation of Mr C. Truckle. Apply to T. BULLOCK. |YO PERSONS DESIROUS OP STARTING A BACON CURING FACTORY. FOR SALE CHEAP— -4 Sections on the South East Town Belt, containing 1 Acre. Capital site for Bacon Curing Establish ment. Arrangements can be made for suitable buildings to be erected on the site. Purchasers will only be required to pay current rate of interest on the outlay. For further particulars, apply to T. BULLOCK. JK)R SALE. A BARGAIN! A 4ft Gin RANGE. Quite new. T. BULLOCK. MONEY TO LEND, at a low rate of interest, in sums of £SO and up wards. Apply to T. BULLOCK. T. Bullock, AUCTIONEER, ESTATE, /\_ AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT, EAST STREET, AND AT THE BAZAAR, BURNETT STREET, Ashbueton. PROPERTIES FOR SALE and TO LET with a purchassing clause : FARMS. 66 Acres—a compact farm ; all fenced, well watered, and partly in English grass. Improvements consist of a comfortable 5-roomed cottage, stable, stockyard, etc., etc. Situated at Longbeach. 270 Acres, well cultivated, situated at Wakanui, about six miles from the town of Ashburton, all fenced and sub divided into seven paddocks, with live fences. Improvements —seven-roomed house, seven-stalled stable, chaff-store, and other buildings. 220 Acres, all fenced, partly improved and well watered, Longbeach. Would make a capital dairy farm. 65 Acres, about 3 miles from the town of Ashburton ; fenced and cultivated. To be sold cheap. 150 Acres, near the above, and adjoining Mr. George Aston’s. Fenced and otherwise improved. 84 Acres, subdivided into four paddocks, ■ well watered with a never failing stream. Capital dwelling-house of five rooms, coach-house, store, etc. Situated on Mr Hart’s Run, about eight miles from the township of Ashburton. This is a very desirable residence. 162 Acres Freehold ) A well cultivated farm, 24 Acres Leasehold \ all fenced and sub divided with live, well kept fences. There are also two wells with a plenti ful supply of water. The land is also broken up, part in crop, and part in English grass. Improvements consist of a well built comfortable six-roomed dwelling-house, also a four-stalled stable and granary capable of storing 2,000 bushels of grain. 236 Acres, situated near Messrs Gould and Cameron’s, close to the Ashburton Forks railway. 50 Acres near Winslow, partly improved. 267 Acres about I mile from Hinds railway station, onMaronan run. SUBURBAN PROPERTIES. Lot 2, half an acre on the East Town Belt, near the Parsonage, on which is erected a Dwelling-house of seven rooms ; this is a desirable property, and will be sold cheap. Lot 11, 12, 13, Alford Forest Road, with 5- I roomed Cottage erected thereon. Terms, small deposit, cash; balance on mort gage for a number of years. Lot 34, 35, each X acle > Mayo’s Block ; good land, and capital site for a house. 1 Lot 12. Trevorton, on which is erected a well built 4-roomed Cottage, it is securely fenced. The garden is well stocked with fruit trees. This is a desirable property, and will be sold cheap, and on liberal terms of payment. 278—First-class land, good site for priva e house, TOWN PROPERTIES. That Valuable Town Section 159 Tancred street, will be sold veiy cheap and on easy terms. £39 —Eighth of an acre, terms same as above. 77 —Kermode street. 32 —Corner section, with a well built cottage erected thereon. 337 —Moore street, on which is erected cottage and blacksmith’s shop. 905,906, East street North, also T.S. 771, cornet of Wakanui road and Cox street. This valuable section contains about half an acre, and has five chains front age. TO LET. Two Shops in Moore street. Butchers’ t-hop and Dwelling House attached, and situated in Havelock street, lately in the occupation of Mr Geo. Worner. Theie is a three-stalled stable, and other necessary buildings on the premises. Shop situated in the Triangle, Wakanui Road, near the Post Office.



Impounding Notice. IMPOUNDED at South Rakain, May 12, from Rokeby, 16 Sli EEP and one long-wt'olcd RAM Ear mail;— punch hole in oil' car, a piece out of end of near ear. Also, from Somerton, 38 SHEEP, a mixed lot. Ear marks—Front notch, 1 swallow fork, 2 back notches, 1 tip, 1 back Hotel). 1 ear slit. 2 back notches ; brands indistinct. If not released by 30th May they will be sold at noon. GEO. SHELLOCK, 832 a Poundkeeper. Business Notices. R. Galloway, TINWALD, Wheelwright and General agri cultural IMPLEMENT MAKER. All Repairs neatly executed with promptitude and despatch, and at reason able prices. 197 a DAVIS’S Cheap F U R N ITU RE AND BEDDING MANUFACTORY. MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. EVERY article Sold at Christchurch Prices and guaranteed best of material and workmanship. FUNERALS CHEAPLY & COMPLETELY FURNISHED W DAVIS.. MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. 294 a Agricultural machine shop, Ashburton. C. Ray, engineer, millwright, reaper AND BINDER EXPERT. The M'Cormick, Deering, Osborne, Harvester King, and Wood’s Machines Repaired and Adjusted, in Town or Country. Engines, Combines, Pumps, &c., Re paired at very reasonable terms. All work guaranteed. Practical Sewing Machinist. Estimates given. C. RAY, Opposite Central Hotel, Wakanui Rd. Authorised AGENT _ for SCOTT BROS.’ celebrated Leamington Cooking Ranges, Excelsior Windmills, Tomb Rail ings, and other Castings. Price Lists on Application. 831 a Donald Williamson GENERAL STOREKEEPER, East street, Ashburton, HAS always on hand a good assort ment of General Merchandise, which he is prepared to sell for cash as cheap as any house in the trade. Clothing —ln addition to former large stock, has just received a consignment of Kaiapoi Tweed Suits and extra heavy Trousers, which will be sold at less than imported goods. Boots, of old celebrated make, in men’s, women’s, and children’s, at lowest rates. A well-assorted stock of Groceries, etc. Families in and about Town waited on weekly, or oftener if required, and as D. W. gives personal attention to the execu tion of all orders, customers may rely on getting j ust what they want in the best way possible. Wines and Spirits of the best brands. Celebrated Pultney Whisky. Implements.—Agent for P. &. D. Duncan, Christchurch, well-known makers. Everything at Christchurch prices, with carriage only added. jyj- EDICAL HALL, ASHBURTON. Established 1874. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, CHEMIST. PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO THE PURITY OF DRUGS. TEETH CAREFULLY EXTRACTED. PRESCRIPTIONS ACCURATELY PREPARED. Open on Sundays, 10 to 11 a.m., 2 to 3 and 7 to 8 p.m. DAVIS VERTICAL FEED Sewing Machine. MELBOURNE EXHIBITION. The above Sewing Machine has taken First Prize at the Melbourne Exhibition, after a contest lasting over several months; the judges having awarded First Prize to the New Davis Vertical Feed on every point. Come and get samples of the work. Sews any fabric, from lace to leather. Always in order. P.S. —It was also awarded First Prize at the, Sydney Exhibition, on every point, and at the Ashburton Industrial Exhi bition. ORR AND CO., SOLE AGENTS FOR THE ASHBUR TON COUNTY.



Business Notices. James Tait, Cl ADDLE R & HARNESS MAKER, Wills street. Opposite Railway Station, Has always on Hand a capital Assortment of all kinds of Saddlery, Harness Whips, Spurs, and every requisite in the trade. Repairs neatly executed. Beeswax purchased in large or small quantities. 247 a Chaff, .Chaff, Chaff ASHBURTON CORN 8c CHAFF STORE, H H Q AS Prices. Note the Address — NEXT EVERETT BROS., 548 a Havelock street, Ashburton. “ TT'TERY man shift for all the rest' fU and let no man take care for himself, for all is but fortune,” so said Shakespeare; but Aitken, The Baker, thinks that it is desirable to look after one’s self, and while thanking his friends and customers for their liberal support accorded to him during the past few months, would ask for a continuance of their favors, and at the same time respectfully request those who have not yet accorded him a share of their custom, to GIVE HIM A TURN. Best bread s|d cash. Cakes, Pastry, &c., of all kinds. A. O. Aitken, BAKER AND CONFECTIONER, Saunders’ Buildings, ASHBURTON 465 a Wm. Patching, East Street Ashburton, Tent, tarpaulin, and horse CLOTH MAKER. Horse Covers, all sizes. Men’s and Youths’ Waterproof Clothing, at reasonable prices. Canvas, Calico, and American Duck. Reaper and Binder Canvases Made and Repaired. Canvas and India-rubber Hosing. Sail, Twine, and Garden Lines, Plough Lines, Blocks, Hooks, and Thimbles. Flax and Manilla Rope, of all sizes, always in stock. Stack and Dray Covers at reduced prices. 687 a WM. PATCHING. FORMS PRINTED — “To Let” and “For Sale”—can be obtained at ths Guardian Office. Hotels. CENTRAL HOTEL, CORNER op WAKANUI ROAD & WILLS STREET ASHBURTON. SAMUEL BROWN ... PROPRIETOR FIRST-CLASS accommodation. Liquors of Best Quality kept in Stock. Good and Comfortable Stabling. 498 a New Restaurant, MORTON’S HOTEL. High street, Christchurch. George w. collinson (From Carle’s) Proprietor. Luncheon from Twelve o’clock. 264 a Boarding Houses, &c. The A 1 Restaurant. PHILLIP HARPER wishes to in timate to his old Patrons, and the Public generally, that he has taken those Commodious Premises in Tanored street known as the A 1 Restaurant, where SUPERIOR ACCOMMODATION can be obtained by all who favor him with a visit. Board and Lodging, £1 per week. Board only, 13s per weok. Single Beds and Meals, Is each. Meals at all hours. J&t- Don’t forget the Address— PHILLIP HARPER A 1 RESTAURANT, Tancred street, Ashburton. 886 PANAMA HOUSE (late anstee’s), Tancred street, Ashburton. The undersigned begs to inform tho pubic that he has REMOVED from the Prince Albert Dining-rooms to the more commodious Boarding-house lately in the occupation of Mr Anstee, where he hopes to merit the same patronage bestowed upon him as heretofore. Good Bath room. S. LUCAS, 210 a Proprietor, PRINCE ALBERT BOARDING HOUSE. Conducted by Mrs C. Truckle. In consequence of insufficient accom modation at the Echo Dining Rooms, the proprietor has taken the PRINCE ALBERT BOARDING HOUSE, whete a good table will always be kept. Meals Is each. Good Accommodation fpr Boarders and Travellers, at 16s, 18a, and £1 per week, to meet the times. PrivsW Rooms for families. Remember the ad dress— Mrs Truckle, Prince Alber Boarding House, next to Cookson’a Stables, and close to the Railway Stations 209*. Publications. 3 TRADE PROTECTION SO CIETY’S PRIVATE CIRCULAR ited 1873) gives a weekly list of ■ Sale, Mortgages of Stock, Liens, iptcies, etc., throughout New Zea- On Monday an “ extra” is printed iterbury, containing information np 'clock on the preceding Saturday, rticulars apply at the Office, HobW igs, High street, Draig, Agent for Canterbury. '’ m*