The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. IV.—No. 954.1

ASHBURTON, MONDAY, MAY 2S, 188:5

(PRICE-ONE PENNY, j



£ J . ttoiioNEEß, t VALUER, COM |'T' jOL, .MISSION AGENT, &v, : ■--• »h Lfthd ealeßj Sales of Stock. • f jSxhxittirt and Effects, 3E*igs, Poultry* - wirasry' , WE£gLY, : SALE every ■ i ( . tJ: .i-' I3.io!clook‘ sharp, fcohnhencing in the/ ;;'.T“ fa *^^ c> RS ] BS. : ; j; J /AND ’ SAi;ES.- IN. THE ROOMS, AS wrtjnJ.f-.-i v - Xo'vn /and Farm . Properties entered on * •'/“* the books. NO charge' unless sold. \dENT for THE NORWICH UNION • FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. rates, 1' ALFRED* HARRISON. : cl'^alter^ T^ i _ _. n _ r sUkidj-lb AsdBUMONV : ?'AUCHTuNEER,’ACOOUNTANT, LAND fi! .invANHUOatafISION AGENT. I Land, Horsebyi Cattle gigs, PjtsduCe,i&c; i at his ( Salerooms and rSjkjrda ayeqy Saturday. c of * Stqrici at, Ashburton/ land na PlfiWrstd^alfejWrda§|ery 3?oeft* dir. a Outside sales special 3 Y%bherage and Commisetionßußinesp in $|P i^lfQOTp. rt • , --f ■' j Debased .Rants collected: .and Houses tafda eared for. . s iiioll ° v- " ct- •' *•• wollnJ f LOANS NEGdTIATEb'" -h4—— if.'j >ll, —'V ; r - ■ WH? PA? RENT i : r.-i ---.,aa -‘JdWri'wi '6f acquinng' a/Freeh old. .of ( youi coripiderabfe outlay. | HjiiJ-aJJ/ .**ii ■- i v- r , WALTER, B:> MOIS lM <: jti£s FOR SALE, 1 i’ 1 ' rf,> WUli.many othsrs, ~ i : fi fi .'pick »|°a»WHSBOi ;ioTION®/trhich v are so situatejd that! they i ;[mnt awry jrfcir- 3 iddtfearia v materially] in , ,;jvalne* ftnd; which are to: be? sbld ; cheap if v i f-MnoTb! \ ind 1 1 ,/ 1 streets, op |wbw:h ° ! ■' l ‘ ' 'fwdcomfqriable cottages, .both Well - -inj'+eHted; - .r(Sections Nos. 425‘and ,425,' ’on Tapered u_ ~r > Havelock and William rv’ PI 0 ?/ desirable: properly. bet t;fnflfa^roomed-- ; ht»U£e c ; - thoroughly well .finishediandin perfect order; £ acre .5S ; /.oifchard in full profit and ‘ vrsb o f capital.garden’ i; every convenience; ~ c , t jyjOrstorey house of 14 rooips, 3 '. JU ' S/acrea,grand land; ; admiral ily ■j,\, >. - ’adtmtea "for private hoarding-hou la, aA'dlwithin two dr three chains of thh l • ‘ J .»j2 •£< 14 ,v:>.u ■'.<'<_» _A,ig 9 : ; 'Mhd’, With' t#d peat ; cottages thereon,?i)pposile ,l Caa4 'stfeetV pn :o North ECown Belt (a dead grft). i t- 'C.V ’ r _ . , ' • '■ - ISJblSt# DfTO -1 1 CHASERS T 7 HERE PEQUI RED. ; Hpnsea.add'Sectiohs wanted for Sale or r”' -;'to Rent., 702. ->hciw ..Shipping;: .i?. ic ? ■xioliisd- , . - ft|lo'ilfEST L r A&D J MOST DIRECST -r;;; SR EiT 7 IiRITAIN AND -C i EUROPE. ' , Mail Steamship: Compariy der jCpgtfaot/ _with the N ev T- Eealanid i^Soul' ' jf anrf A Nd# J South' Wales t Tfi|l, despatch the undermentidnad steamers as Uuder f >■ u ,/ j —unn • bynoy-jo vu.br tlwo io f J''Stjilhddfs, srii bun .hw-tatuf Lei; .-Lsujbnbhi ~y ,3 -1 ity'df Sydney Anatralia_..^_ City of Nay York t+- z,m 3,600 3,500 Sep,f.v;B June 16 July 14 Aug.-ll .y JunedO July i 5 Ang. 14 Passengers booked-to London, p^tdyoOrrPariaHat: » through rate, thus ? securing speciah Advoatagea. . PfFreigbt and. Passage, and ■'»? jtgiifoll information > kpply to - nv« PffiLSON^SAWTBLL& 00.^ sninnbb oviiciji'.-’.; .f-'fifl . t-* : ■ mrb uTChristchurch. Btudness Notices »u-. r ndi UJfM ,b/no sTfww i-j Sfil 'io b—it-loii!*, i ,j‘. r v.;.>;;-H- uTtl, 1, .•< ■‘ > - H,,D ./..GlßiAoYt’ S ;SS v riij 280 simplest,; the beat,-and the most- durable in the! mu-latr i I-!. -. '■ ' - • : ■ marheC Last season it todk First Prize in com petition with all-Colonial and ‘ American makers, at Ohristqhgrch, Dunedin, In- (Myndbam, Gore, Oamaru, Ellesmere, ußarigiora, and- Wanganui. > v . i; stocbr-6, Bvlo, and 12ft '? a^^ -Gray’s :New Zealand ®wiri,e Binder. ««V» j t<- <.; •- ■ . - . -1* .• >effwfthe t Owiarp;tnai: of Twine Binders Chdd:;; Medal J.as ihe-bdat bfliifi..thofield, beating Sanmelsoofr anr>'. •' ! ' >■ ■■ ■ lu ;l 1 the.Taieri: triaL-it took aa£b9 beat Reaper and Binder, ■' i%. First 1 Prize.aathehbest-al}- [achine, in competitiofifo. iwith fSSitS I 'hfl^yesy,j,,f(ttd/^ will tef sc once, to .hyoid disappointment. Anwa wiil have..dwejljassorted stock of Fittjpgf at all‘d!iW^,ranches,,Farmers can Fittings jat a ■ mpmpnt’s Lj. Ripilghs, -, Ohaffoutters; nyphridge- Roilect,^. £ eed I fnbe .f,'Oftapplioatiofi tftndc. f ffeftd Office, Dune fa u’ * l)l^WflWg9L,^oJ?f t c!}Hrph, v ’"** wB” '»• ••ihfisrt m Wsmm. . I GILDER AND OONTRAOtOR. .JlmWpo’i 'Flaps furnished for all ’• '(Bbihk, Stone? or^Tittiber' Build-. Bdneralsi faritisheet' 4t' idoderkte -i ’ 1/Wbttdffiopo—Cameron at vest, 812



Business Notices. PRELIMINARY ADVERTISEMENT LOOK AT THIS ASTOUNDING NOTICE BEFORE SUPPLYING youjrselyeS; with , all YOUR REQUIREMENTS, &0., ’ ; " &c., &c.; TO FARMERS, STOREKEEPERS, AND OTHERS. THE FIRST OF THE MANY AUCTION SALES which will be necessary to clear OUR'LARGE AND EXTENSIVE STOCK OP CLOTHING ’ ’DRAPERY; ■/'; HARDWARE akd GROCERY, Also, of the'many andryariously divided Town and suburban ' .SECTIONS, “ : Will be held shortly } Meanwhile the Public will pleasenote . . i a '■ ■ • V; that our '' CLEARING SALE ■ 18 STILL GOING ON, ; Having met so far with unqualified Friedlander Bros. . - I6d



Business Notices. D R E S S M, A K I N G. UNDERCLOTHING, MISS KINGSBURY Havelock street (next Court-house), Ashburton. Orders promptly attended to. 396 e DOMESTIC PATTERNS Mrs Hodge, DRESSMAKER, TANCRED STREET, Thanks the Ladies of Ashburton for their liberal patronage, and begs to inti mate that she has received a few choice DRESS MATERIALS from 7id. KILTING (by machine) Id per yard. American Domestic Pattern Depot. REGISTRY OFFICE FOR FEMALE SERVANTS. . 85 APRIL, 1883, ~ £. Taylor’s PRIC E LI ST OF TEAS AND GROCERIES. . Just received, a few tons of new Dun edin Oatmeal, price 3s 9d per bag. From London, new Marmalade in glass packages, comprising— Goblets containing lib, Is Tumblers ~, ~ Is Tankards ~ ~ Is 2d Glass Jars ~ ~ la Glass Jars ~ 21b, Is 6d Sugar basins, Is fid , Amber sugar basins, Is 8d Covered butter dishes, Is 8d Jelly moulds, Is fid Glass Jugs, 21bs, 2s fid Some really choice new figs. Is per, box K iikoura Sheep’s Tongues, 3s per tin A few cases of Clams left, 2lb tin, la 2d New Balmoral Biscuits, 3d per lb. 83, COLOMBO STREET. T. TAYLOR solicits a trial of his new brands of Tea, which will be found as strong and good-flavored as any in Christ church ; at fid per lb more money, and absolutely pure, no doubtful samples being accept.-d. They are Houqua blend, 2s per lb Caravan tea (Russian favorite), ,2s 4d per lb • Pouchbng tea (favorite in India), 2s lOd ' per lb Though hot a s If-styled professed tea taster (for there are no others), T. T. ha'S' 20 years’’London experience of the tea trade, and being his own agent, the pur chaser has one profit the less to pay in short; fid may be''saved'in the'purchase of every pound of tea at Taylor’s. 139, MANCHESTER STREET. A strong, good-flavored family Tea, 1$ fid per lb. 1 A reduction of 2d per lb on 121 b boxes of any of the above An 111 b box of new season’s tea, 13s. fid,. strong; good flavour, good leaf ' ; An 111 b box of hew season’s tea, 20a., Compare this with the 25a box o£ ; other houses An lllb-box of the finest imported Assam and Lapsang Souchong Teas, 28a Half-chests of 40Iba, £2 10s to £5 - f Indian packets, in lead, of pure Assam Tea, 2a 4d per lb Currants, Raisins, and Sultanas, washed and dried ready for use, by patent machinery, the cleanest fruit in New; 1 Zealand : New Currants, fid per lb New Raisins, fid and 8d; New Sultanas, 94 New Mixed Peel, Is fid per lb \ TRIANGLE (LATE DAVENPORT). Lentils, Egyptian, 3d per lb, ■ Lentils, German, fid per, lb Haricots, 3d per Jb Maize Meal; 3d per lb ‘White Crystal Sugar, 4d per lb “ Finest Crystal Sugar, 4£d per lb v>» .- , >i V Snowdrops, 5d Phre Lemon J nice, quarts, Js 9d ~ , . Jelly, quarts 3s fid, pints: 2s 4d Loose Baking Pbwder, Is per lb ’ . Fowl’s Wheat, 3s'fid per bushel Best Flour, 25lbs 3s 4d ; 501bs % fid N ew Muscatels/ Is fid per lb French Plunis, 21b bottle, 3s 64 , . Preserved Ginger, ,4s fid per jar High 1 test Kerosene, 8s fid, 9s ‘ fid,, and 10s fid per. tin A special, discount allowed on all orders of £5 and upwards 123. LOWER HIGH STREET. General store, Mount .Somers. W. H. PUDDICOMBE, while having take the management of Mrs Major’s business at Alford Forest, will, still carry on business at Mount Somers as hereto lore, and takes this opportunity of thank ing his numerous friends and customers for the liberal accorded to , him since commencing business as a general storekeeper in Mount Somers, and also to assure : them that he has just BOUGHT- a SPLENDID STOCK in all the LEADING LINES, which will be sold at LOWEST SALE PRICES. Having a Large and Varied. Stock, your continued support is respectfully solicited. W. H. PUDDICOMBE, MOUNT SOME R S. LL WHO INTEND BUILDING, Are invited to CALL at the YARDS -OF J. T. BROWN, J TIMBER AND COAL MERCHANT, Where.they can be fully supplied with everything they require in TIMBER of: all kinds, and every other trade line at Lowest Current Rates. SPECIAL LINES LANDING. FENCING WIRE, IRON, CEMENT. American Dressed Shelving, and other Timber, large assortment. Special at tion to Country Orders, and shipped direct from siding. J. T. B R O W N, Office,: TuAm street, Wholesale Dbßot: Railway Siding and Sawmill, South Belt, Christchurch. ll 19 THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN. Published Daily, Can be obtained from the follow in AGENTS, who will receive orders



D mofar la. n e • (Late Guard N. Z. Railways), Begs to* inform his numerous friends thathe.has taken over the GROCERY BUSINESS lately carried on by Mr, James'Baker, and hopes to merit a fair share of the patronage hitherto accorded to his.predecessor. i!J ; 1 .'jAll goods will be. of the‘Best 1 Quality, and will be sold CHEAP for CASH.' , Cash Purchaser of Fresh Butter and ■ Eggs.; • .d ■ v ---•■■ " • * ' 'Note the Address— D. i (Late James Bake ), HAVELOCK STREET. ■- ■’ |286 Gudsell BEGS to intimate to the residents of Tinfrald and the surrounding dis tricts , that he has OPENED the old POST - OFFICE STORE, under the management of Mr J. M. Reid, where his friends may rely on receiving every attention. ! Sole Agent at Tinwald for ISelson, Moate, and Co.’s celebrated Gold Medal Pure Blended Teas. Carts run daily through the district. ' '47 ”” JAMES' GUDSELL. Monuments, headstones, & CHURCHYARD CROSSES, Made from t! e handsome and enduring Stone of ‘ District, either Red or White” Designs submitted. Prices mode rate. Inscription accurate and neat. All Goods' carefully packed and put on the Railway at Anama Station. A. Pollock, ARCHITECTURAL STONE CARVER, Mount Somers. 382 Geo. Booth & Sons, Manufacturers and import ers of AGRICULTURAL IM ELEMENTS, CARLYLE IMPLEMENT WORKS, Sydenham (near: Christchurch). Makers of , . - : • Carlyle Iron Windmills Carlyle Seed Strippers . Carlyle Improved Disc Harrows Carlyle Drbys, Tip Carts, Spring Traps, &c. Ploughs, Harrows, Cultivators, Broadcast Sowers, &6;‘ >• Sole Agents for : ! RANSOME’S STEAM THRESHING MACHINERY. ; Offices and Stores— ‘ ' • 213 TUAM STREET, CHRISTCHURCH. Postal 'Address' —P.'O. Box 89, Chriaf- L.;uv) church. ' ’ 473 e • i', • L rnHRESHING BOOKS printed' on the J shortest notice, at the Office o this Paper.



Business Notices. A USTBALIAN MERCANTILE UNION INSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED). . ' 1 ; CAPITAL ... ... ... £250,000. • Twenty Per Cent, of Profits Divided Annually among the Policy Holders. LOWEST RATES OF PREMIUM. STACKS, BARNS, AND AGRICULTURAL RISKS GENERALLY, on most Favorable Terms. Special Notice.—As this Company has been the means of Reducing Fire Premiums, insurers will best consult their own interests by heartily supporting it, and so prevent a return to the Old Rates; T ■ ■ . Agents for. Ashburton’and District, GRR & CO, 13n a William Patelimg, ENT, TARPAULIN, ' & HORSECLOTH MANUFACTURER. W. P. has always on hand a large stock'of Tents, Tarpaulins and Hdrsecovers, Waggon and Trap Tilts, etc;,' Men’s and. Boys’ Oilskin Suits, Canvas, Calico, American Duck, Drill, etc.; Clothes, Garden, and Plough Lines : Flax, Manilla, and Hemp Rope, of all sizes. ■ , Wood and Iron Blocks-always in Stock. REAPER & BINDER CANVASES CHEAPER THAN THE IMPORTED ONES. N.E Reaper and Binder Canvases Repaired at Low Rat,es. Flags of all Nations Made: to order or Lent on Hire. the Address— W I LLIAM PA TO H IN G, , East Street, Ashburton. 530 e CANtfRB URY BRANCH 1 m r rr *rK Established 1859. Capital t 1,000,000 UK UMtTEO U/IBiLUY OF. SHAREHOLDERS •; • rp HfEJ Pißpp rE R COLONIAL COMPANY. FIRE :i A-NP HAR.INE RISKS AT THE LOWEST CURRENT RATES. ASHBURTON AGENT— . George Jamesdn. 24



TO EMPL O Y EES, STATION HOLDERS, FARMERS, HOTEL KEEPERS, CONTRACTORS; AND OTHERS. , Parker’s OLD ESTABLISHED LABOR i ' EXCHANGE, Armagh street wrst, ChristchUrch. . ■ The best Office 1 in Canterbury for Em ployers to meet with good Male ‘ and Female Servants. • First Private Enquiry Office'for dis covery of Missing Friends and Next of Kin. ■ Communications from all parts of the colony punctually'attended to. ‘ ! Address communications to ' J, JULIUS PARKER, Agent, 118 Market Place, Christchurch. M 7 “VkM "VRMURRAY'<^ . rmKE TIME BY THE FOR, X Lock.” The circumstances of social life are widely different in these colonies from! those at Home, ahd therefore the colonial market requires different treatment. This fact Robert Murray, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, East street, Ashworton, was not long in learning after his arrival on these shores, and he at once set his attention upon supplying WATCHES, which, while constructed with every regard to accuracy and reliableness in time-keeping, are also supplied with extra heavy cases, to resis t the wear and tear of colonial life. He has just received an other supply of watches, and invites attention to' prices. Celebrated English levers, made expressly for .R. ‘Murray, Specially - suited ror colonial wear, with extra heavy cases, all the latest improvements 1 , at L 6, L 6 6s, L 6 10s ; higher classes; 1 L7,'LB 10s, LlO 10aj and Ll2 12s; Lff 10s, Printed guarantee with each watch sold. Attention is called : to the Clocks, 1 Jewellery, and English Plate in stock, and to the fkct that all kinds of REPAIRING are'done dn the premises ahd GUARANTEED. . ; R. MURRAY’S SHOP is CON SPICUOUS by the “ REGULATOR ” of his own manufacture which occupies a place in his window, and serves as an! authority on! inean time to the town. • Watches free and safe h’ y post on re ceipßof P. 0.0 ‘ ; 73dc-960 Licensing act, issi, on Sale at Office of this Paper.



Business Notipp. A. J. Gardner, NURSERYMAN, j_| AS FOR SALE, 20,00.0 Piqus Insignia, 12s per 100; or, 'if planted and guaranteed, 15s per 100 . Macrocarpa 200,000 Box Thorn, 12s per 1000 Fruit Trees, true to name Cabbage Plants, Is per 100. Any quan tity ready for planting out for early spring cabbage, , , . 1 Southbridge, May 7, 1883. 1069 "T ; .•• H — 1 Quality, Cheapness,, and J . Men’s, Youthi’, arid.; Bpys7 .Clothing' and Bobl’s pf all spy.ts, go tp ,R.r ALC OILNfB Corner v Snop (attached,., jio, the Ironmongery, Hlassj and China \Vare-. houses, where you will get everything,of. the best quality and at the lowest possible jSripesi ■ TEA is idf. speciality ; —my ids Tea, is unequalled ,in , 'Christchurch or Dunedin af the ’price)'h'ncl unsurpassed at any price.'—ROßEßT ALCORN, Saun ders’ Buildings. 589 d rp INWAL D STO RE. // Notice. The TI&fWALD STORE has been RE-OPENED_under the management of Mr W. BIGGS, and Customers will be attended to as formerly. 23d rp O'; F A R M E R S. HUDSON, RIDLEY & CO., GRAIN & PRODUCE MERCHANTS, And FARMERS’ AGENTS, 136, 133, Cashel street, Christchurch. Special attention given to all tescrip tions of Seed, ‘Grain, Cheese and Produce placed in our hands for sale, anc| best market rate, combined with quick returns obtained. Large accommodation for Storage, at Low r ‘ lt Rates, j WANTED NOW— Grass Seed, Grain, Etc., Etc. i 122 COACH FACTORY, ' Havelock ’ street. " ' , The undersigned Firm wish to inform their' numerous Customers that. t|ieir Commodious Brick Premises being npw they are prepared to Execute all Orders entrusted to, tneir ; pare, ir; first-class manner, and with despatch, f Bak&r & Brown. , 169 W. H- Stocks ■ Madras street south, vi. .Christchurch; A very LARGE STOCK ‘ to select from. Prices Revised. Stratz TOT : A T C H E S ■' ; WATCHES, ] ! Greatly reduced in prices J.F. Stratz' 261,, High street, I; Christchurch. f - ■■ : l am largely over stocked with watuhPsj and Jewel-; lery,; especial Iyl watches, '''’'having; over 400’ good, strong watches ati all prices to select; from (which 'is ‘ ’thei largest l stock’ ' of, watches in orip shop; in New Zealand),; and I pm expecting about the same num- ■ her more. by the coming steamers, so, if you want a really good, serviceable time- : keeper you will not lose this opportunity . of either sending or coming down your selves to get one. All watches are war ranted' from two to. five, years, and if proved not genuine the money will be re turned ;with interest’atHh A fate of sixper cent, added., To reduce the stqck all goods will be" Sold at wholesale price daring the next three months. Genuine Rotherham a English hunting levers, capped and jewel led, from L 4 16s ; . genuine - Waltham, watches (rom L2 10s ;. Ladies’ , watches, “Hall marked,” English silver cases, from LI ,15s ; Peep o' day alarm clocks, 10s 6d. The above are a . few.of the.lpafiing lines;;; dll other goods are proportionally low in: prices. Having such a • large .arid varied, stock of patches, cl. cks, and jewellery.it would take too much space, tp enumerate 1 every article. Come and inspect my stock: ,and judge ,fqr yourselves, Eyeryi article .marked in plain figures- Note the address; J. F. STRATA,. Practical Watchmaker, ,261. High street, Trian le. Christchurch,' i ~602 Ball programme cards in* very neat styles, with Pencils and Ribbons, printed at the Guardian Office, Wist street,



Business Notices, : 1 GUNS. GUNS. REVOLVERS, r I POWDER, CAPS, SHOT, &o.; HAVE JUST OPENED OP A CHOICE ASSORTMENT of the abov& comprising soma of the beat articles of the;' Y V).}ioh; ; ! kind hiahufactured, and would now invite*. inspection - of .out'stock ty aR wjid yajit'to purchase.' ’■’ ' ! V- ; i , • : l • • • —r : .• .<« ; Orr and Go. EAST ! AND TANORND'i STREETS;; ASHBURTON. R O. N M O NO B.J-'Ri -¥r Ironmongery ill - We have lately ADDED TO OUR STOCKS LARGE QUANTITIES i r ' • OF • : ' ' English and American ;H A R D W4} R E :!’ Ex Lutterwoiw Ex Rangitikei Rakaia Thorne City of Bombay ■ Lurline Horsa Coryphin Pleiades , iWaifriate Hurunui FROM LONDON. Ex Amy Maine, FROM LIVERPOOL- Silver Lining, FROM NEW YORK; And to arrive, -Triton, FROM LONDON : ( and P.ip, I FRQM i NEW YORK.: I „ ■ ; The ’ following are a mebfthe'lines lately which we are selling at LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICESh- I ' BINDING ' “ WHITE CROSS ’-SOFT STEEL, - Acknowledged to ba the : .>■] : > r-s BEST •MANUFACTURED; * - 1 f : . ! Binding Twine, l»_jailla ■•" ! : .Seaming Twiiie, sply . ; I ; > Reaper and Binder '• Fittings', reduced prices A; ; . Hornsby’s PloughrSharesj Circle brand Corn Sacks, best quality, 4 bushels ! REAPERS & BINDERS OF ALL KINDS SUPPLIED j CURRENT RATES. • Galvanised Iron, sto 10 feet ! .... Sheet Lead, 3£ to 51bs : , Sheet Zinc, plain and perforated'; j Fencing Wire, 2 and 4 barb • j. „ i :,i- plains Nos. S, 9, and 10 ; Fencing Staples, I Little’s Sheep Dip : • SPERM, OLIVE, LARD, CASTOR, and COLZA OILS'.- Neatsfoot Oil,- for harness ; Oils, Paints','..Colors,- And Varnishes, great Variety ■ i • ■ Wire-Nails,! toiGin ' >Jt J Eubank’s.Naila, 2 to 7ih - ! ... Wire Netting, £ to 2in mesh i : BICYCLES, r TicM iIEFERRED - PAYMENTS, ‘ 'fiar ahd Sheet: Iron . Files and RaSpS', ; all 'kinds v <Hotaa' Nailsj-7 td ‘: i ; i: ' Bolts and Nuts,: all sizes . Ranges, .Colonial and Epglisji ■/A' lauifUaji' ■// .j * * Gfates;' ground fronts ana common j Lamps,; iu great:varbty/: fnoUv&J 6d ijo TjaVtt^doWbrs— (i Tile Easy ” . i Manilla Roplq Ito Sih 1 1- ;: - ! Plough Ripe,-superior quality Milk Pans, Churns, and Buckets •Baths ahd Sponges,'of all .kinds ! Fenders, fibm 5a to L 5 ' i Fire Irons, from 5s to 50s Guns, from 25s to L3O NEW HAMMERLESS GUNS,, : . Revolvers, Powder, Shot, Caps, etc! Carpenters’; Tools, a.fine assortment of hew goods , 1 BUILDERS’ IRONMONGERY OF . . . I (EVERY -DESCRIPTION J ; I Pujnps and Piping ■ r: ) FURNISHING : IRONMONGERY , ■ ' I Table Cutlery, art I Plated Goods, rior quality Portable Boilers ; Portable Forges■ ■ | Scales and Weights \ Weighing Machines i Holloware, tin, tinned, and enamelled ' PRESERVING PANS, Copper and, Enamelled Washing, Machines, . Wringers,.. And r ' 1 * Mangles ■' : .*:• V '-• -’• PRIZE FILTERS Gent’s Tool^Chests,,, t 0015.,. . I Gorse Knives, Slashers, and Trimming' Hooks Scythesand Handles , Giindstones ahd.Eittings. • . • , ■ Hay Porks and Rakes Garden Tools, all kinds Sewing ; Machines,.■- Standard and; Wheeler and Wilson Leather Belting GROCERIES ANP PROVISIONS. Wo hold largo stocks of Super Goods, and as-quality is the.teat of val we do not quote prices, but we will not undersold by any respectable house. TEA. , , t We import this brand \ijrk ® Oo And DIRRGT ’FROM .CHINA, guarantee. it* ,for ; Purity/ Stebagth .flavor . EN C<>., ‘ ‘ " importers 0f..... > GLISH AND. AMERICA! ... HARDWARE,' 1 East • and Tanof ed streets j, ; , ■ ■ ' ' Aahbjirton.. ; t Mi- The Agents for Australian Mercantile Unio l Insurance Company,



Etfeinesß Notices :tj 'To ■' . A 1 SHBURTON BREWERY BREWER, MAB3TER;AND i BOTTLER. r- i/.‘ ■.* j .il Vii Oats Crushed in'Anjlqoillfijilty. 084 .v; 1 -) nissi-t B& gEASO NAB EE M' CambridgfeV Cough Syrup Cambridg'eV "Black Currant: Cough Bifadr,“ ’" Dr Ldw's Cherry Pectoral Ayer.y. OFoto Poctftri, Kay’irE&BßncS of Lind Powell’s Balaam of Aniseed Bosche’aGerman Cough Syriy>; Crosby’s Cough Elixir, * V r Baxter’s Lung Keating's Cough Jkizehg^a.", L r ,, „ Glycerine Cold Cream . Camphor Ice . • ~Linimeni.; 7 ’ SteedirTah’s Whbopiiu; Cough Powders ! Rochet Whooping Co ugh Embrocation PH AR&I AGEUTTCALICa® AUST, ; • ; a ASHBURTON. :ancx:i .IK'sio Vi. Conveyances. , t ongbeaCH j: ‘ ,1, 16t12i5! M COACH c weaves daily Sundays excepteid)atjp., i.lO Am., Ashton a.m., f Whsasston» 8.45 a.m., amying for the 10.24 express from,, OluriateJiurch te.Timaria~The ssmMmw the h tables, • ■ .Wakanui, ißoadi \ (opposite Central ■ Hotel), * Asbbtirlohy' at 4.60 p.m., arriving^ at ■ Longbeach at 7.30 p. m. ; Parcelsot orders laftat any of the above places; wiU receive strict attention ,-HAIL Faiiea-—Thro ugh single fores, stf V same day, Ba. ■. j.volFc; From this date RETURN FARE at SINGLE RATES, on between Waterton and Aahhurton. V. . Proprietor,,; _427c ' " ' ‘' ' : Longboach. Tinwald and ;MptrET’' sorters RAILWAY. , , -hibUNT ■ SOMERS and.'anama ROYAL MAIL: COACH.'.- 2^ :rr: tnuJUI .This Coach leaves HoodVHdtol‘, : Mount Somers, for Anama Railway Sf&uhn, at <7.30 a m.- and .fi.3sß.m;'‘ieVery . Tuesday and Satdrdayj returning to Mputit Sotner on the Art-Val of eAch train. - ; Parcels and. Luggage punctually ‘ . attended tbi-; ' ;' Sifagle Tares; ?s‘^etujnj' ! »■.? ir\joay-iHQ!QP> Qj .O MER SE T ST A EltlG S. tj ■; ■'< ■<; ' t*J ros ■ :V: , : '..i i. f. t .floilh'o‘o : ;oß£iiHiasfiaiiS|i •: r;Oi ol r.OI Al Wiahea to inform hia friends <aqdt the public generally ‘ that he ' ha'i il tslee'fi t the Bi'v’Sry and Bait" Stables on by Mr J. Mcßae, and hopes to solicit a fair share of patronage: •' ■- :,.ir jy. T-r,re .a :rr Good Paddock Acobhimodalioh, with ", V ’ • J .* 1 J * pi# .ty:of water.. ...a ::1042 p : lid R; Q s S ; t l L. MedicalGalva^i^m. PROFESSOR iIAARTIN 01 ' .wishes bis friends and.the pobliAtoiHiow that/ n hih operate upon yMjnd ’andY ’ chiefly through - tM ! pgency- Jiiy and ,; systems!. .Bu Tboy are therefore pre-eminently ;: adapted to restore Failing • NerVous, Enerjgr— Life, ' of ‘"thei and Muscular'System, ralgia. Sciatica, Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, Mental and rapidly and Abd d«^elj[ed. , ' ( j ( , (OTI Call at onc^v*^^ ,^d ' / unal ,',>i)' E. C. D ANN’S;- /CHEMisb,'’,' .. .. ....... Bishopy. Buildings.; •u'-od Joint diseases (Rheumatic); many pair, ful diseases : ■ common to " Wdmeti ao an Children, as Hysteria, Nervous from youthful indiscretion and ijzpp^nge. The Scientific application I EL E C-T.Rjl 5' - r Q UfRR. EN TS is attended by . ,N 6 S, H O-O -K. / t The various currents are admipl . tered Anatomically, and the effects pro duced by them most carefully obeezrviiT MISS MARTIN Will attend Ladies and OhihlEwb' i!77 D ENT I S T W. J. Sykes|f DENTAL SURGE CfjN, Christchurch,. ' : ’ x \ In ends shortly visiting this the latest improvements in . Cr%.- DENTAL INSTRUMENTS' V and appliances, which are necessary fox production , ofp high cla|s Surgicallyandiii^chSnically. Special Insttumehts ior ;ex6^i&j^ph|ldi#n y s J.j JL i Avtifioial Teethifroir one<t» ,abt, inimitably mounted Ion 1 juuiiij b (jana** j iTpethpiugged.wUhGeJdi (BUtixna if and the newest WhiteJßtinßtn<it - haa ntfiV/ hoc lijamlD Teeth 1 extj^Ct^,,; p i ; .* .1,..?'. By >im has -F itrouii Oxide‘ n« i : >'i /.:4!/.YsmJSi;UlM’'l2Co[ Awarded Zealan International Exhibitioo«