PROFESSIONAL FEES.

H the payment of large professional fees the leisute Hour says : —“ Mr Benja min, by far the ablest advocate in the most lucrative department of legal practice, received 1.25,000 in his most fortunate year—about half the yearly income many a second-rate architect or engineer or newspaper proprietor has'made in the present century. The famous lawyer who has just ceased earning incomes that perhaps average I, a year since he took silk in 187.2, would have been more liberally reWatdtd in Elizabeth’s England, and quite as lavishly remunerated in Charles 11. London. The bare statement of the fee tells little of a lawyer’s remuner ation. Though considerable fees are sometimes taken for little trouble, or |ven no work at all, the sensationally 'magnificent fees of legal annals are always found on inquiry to have been payments for unusually heavy and arduous service. If he had not won •the respect of solicitors by his dexterous management of the defence, Edward Law would have had cause to regret his employment, in behalf of Warren Hastings, who paid his leading counsel something under L 4,000. On taking account of special outlay for the cause and the value of the business, it compelled him to decline; the ’elhiheht advocate, who received a fee of L 6,000 in the famous case of Small ,y r Attwood, had reason to think him self under-paid and ill-paid. Serious payments for serious service, the big fees; that now and then pass from clients toncounsel through the fingers of inter vening solicitors, differ widely from the munificent prodigalities by which sick .millionaires occasionally exhibit their fear of, death and the gratitude to the doctor. Perhaps the largest fee ever paid'to a medical man was the fee of 1,000 guineas which Sir Henry Thomp son received for, a single visit—without any operation— to Oppenheira, the Cologne capitalist, when already in ex tremis, determined to lure the famous London surgeon to his bedside at any cost. Of course such a prodigious fee demanded by the surgeon in the hope that the demand would be de fclinedj and paid under altogether ex ceptional circumstances—is a solitary aid abnormal incident that may scarcely be usetjl. as an, ex ample pf the ; remuneration !of the ‘faculty.’’ Even in the annals of medicine and surgery it must remain a tfcupg of humor and surprise.”

The Alfa, of ,San Francisco, states that cowardly threat it is'that of a member of the. Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood at New York, who says that Chief Justice Coleridge, of England, has been marked fotf assassination. Coleridge is coming to this country during the present summer at the invitation of the New York Bar Association, add no fate can be too severe fod the'vile miscreants who are plotting against his life. ! Of one thing they may be assured —they will not be suffered to proceed in safety with their preparations for the murder of the nation’s guest. Our laws have not yet sunk to such a state of irhpotency that when conspirators are known to be plotting murder it is neces sary td'wait until they have consummated the Crime before the State can act.”

! iThe discovery of a hedgehog at Pleasant Ppint, remarks the Timaru Herald is a decidedly interesting occurrence, for it his ' not been publicly known that this animal had been imported, and it certainly isnbt indigenous. It stands to reason, W 0 think, either that the hedgehog found at Pleasant Point '.ai '•o-n o-t n<. a pet, and got loose, ureisa that hedge hog "have been imported, perhaps acci dentally, among, straw or packing of some BOift; and have bred in the colony. They are Very hardy animals, and though almost omnivorous, can go for a long time without food.. We have often wondered why the Acclimatisation Societies did not turn their attention to these useful and 'harmless little creatures. Hedge hogs Care the beat known destroyers of small.vermin, from snakes down to black beetles, Wirewprms, grub and other pests of the farm, they are specially partial to and skilful in dealing with ; and they make short work of rata and mice.''not' because they care for a meat diet, but on general principles of utility. They do no mischief of any sort, that we are aware of but may safely be encour aged in the field, a id they make comical and dooile domestic pets. Our Pleasant Point friends tell us that Mr Anderson’s hedgehog must have been tamed, because it readily stretches itself out and feeds and makes itself at home. But we do not think; 'these- are necessary proofs of its hktm' been tamed. Hedgehogs make friends immediately with anybody who is kind to .them. They'Object to dogs, and they hold /strong ’opinions as their own as to .small boys .with big sticks. But there isiouthing twiid or timorous -about : them, and 'if they are fairly treated, they ac commodate themselves readily to human sooiety and soon become quite familiar and even affectionate. We shall be glad to yeoeive any information as to the “ whence," as the Scotch day, of the wel come! rlittle stranger at Pleasant Point, and in the meantime we hope every care will be taken of him.

OLE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, SAT DEB A. Y, SEPTEMBER 15, 1883.

Printed arm published daily, ‘ For The Asil burton Guardian Company, Limited, by Henry Vincent SAvymifcofv Burnett Streets' Ashburton; at the Company’s flint ing House, West street, Ashburton, ■ Saturday, September 15, 1883. ’ ’



Wekhi>w that there is nothing on earth equal to'Hopt Bi;ters as a family medicine. Look for. —[Advt.] Holloway’s Pills are strongly recom mended to all. persons who are much reduced power and condition, whose stomachs are weak, and whose nerves are shattered. The beneficial effects pf these Pills will be percep tible after, a. few days’ trial, though a morejex tejjded, course may be required to re-establish perfect health., , Holloway’s medicine acts |on thWorgans of digestion, and induces complete regularity iri the stomach, liver, pancreas, and kidney This treatment is both safe and cer untt’in result,''and is thoroughly consistent with observation, experience, and common sense. The purification of the blood, the removal of all noxious matter from the secretions, and the excitement of gentle action in the bowels, are the sources of the curative poweis of Hollo way’s Pills,—Advt. ,



G R S A L E Seed. Seed, SEED WHEAT—Hunter’s White. Prime Tuscan. SEEDJOATS —Canadian. s ' Tartarian, first-class. ■ i , Danish. KAIAEOI ISLAND POTATOES. ORUS HE D O ATS, First-class, Is. IQd. per bushel. t:: . JOSEPH CLARK, ; Ashburton and Tinwald*



Hop Bitters. BEAD IT ALL. IT MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE. Hop Bitters ARE THE PUREST AND BEST Medicine ever made. THEY ARE COMPOUNDED FROM : Hops,Buchu, Mandrakeand Dandelion; ‘The Oldest Best, most Renowned, * and Valuable Medicines in the World, * and in addition contain all the best and ‘most effective curative properties, of all ‘ other bitters, being the greatest Liver ‘Regulator, BLOOD PURIFIER, and ‘life and health restoring agent on earth.” They Give New Life and Vigor to the Aged and Infirm



“To Clergymen, Lawyers, Literary ‘Men, Laborers, Ladies and all those ‘ whose sedentary employments cause ‘ irregularities of the Blood, Stomach, ‘ Bowels or Kidneys, or who require an ‘Appetizer, Tonic and mild Stimulant, * these Bitters are invaluable, being highly ‘ curative, tonic and stimulating, without ‘intoxicating.” , ' “No matter what your feelings or ‘ symptoms are, or what the disea e or ‘ ailment is, use Hop Bitters. Don’t ‘ wait until you are sick, but if you only * feel bad or miserable, use the Bitters at ‘ once. It may save your life. H undreds ‘have been saved by so doing, at a trifling * cost. ” Ask your druggist or physician. “Do not suffer yourself or let your ‘ friends sutler, but use and urge them to ‘use Hop Bitters.” “Remember, Hop Bitters is no vile, ‘drugged, drunken nostrum, but the ‘ purest and best Medicine ever made, and ‘ no person or family should be without ‘it.” HOP BITTERS MANUFACTURING Co, Melbourne, Australia, Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A., Toronto, London, Antwerp, Paris. Sporting.



'SHBURTON RACING CLUB. SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, November 15th and 16th, 1833. President : E. G. Wright, M;. H.R. Yice-President : W. C. Walker. Judge: ' Matthew Stitt. Stewards : G. Ef. Dowding, H. Friedlander, J. Grigg, T. Leahy, W. G. Rosa, W. Saunders, H. T. Winter. Treasurer: C. O. Fooks. Starter : David Thomas. Clerk of the Scales : M. Friediander. Clerk of the Course : W. B. Denshire. Handicappers : Open Races —E. G. Griffiths. District Races —E. G. Crisp, C. 0. Fooks, T. Leahy, M. Stitt. : First Race each day to start at 1 p. m.



FIRST DAY. 1. Count? Hurdle Pace (Handicap), of 30 sovs ; orer six flights of hurdles about 3ffc6in high ; nomi nation, 1 sov ; acceptance, 1 sov . 1£ miles. District horses only. 2. Free Handicap, of 40 sovs ; accept ance, 2 sovs ; 1 mile. 3. Maiden Plate, of 40 sovs ; weight forage ; entrance, 3 sovs; miles. 4. Ashburton Cup (Handicap), of 150 scvs ; nomination, 2 sovs ; accept ance, 5 sovs ; miles. 5. Ladies’ Purse, of 40 so vs; welter weights for age ; gentlemen riders ; entrance, 3 sovs; II miles. District horses only. 6. The Post Stakes (Handicap), of 15 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov, to be made to the Secretary immediately after the Ladies’ Purse is run ; acceptance, free, to be ■ notified within ten minutes of declaration of weights ; 1 mile. District horses only, SECOND DAY. 1. Handicap Hurdle Pace, of 60 sovs; over eight flights of hurdles about 3ft 6in high ; nomination, 2 sovs ; acceptance, 2 sovs ;. 2 miles. 2. Racing Club Handicap, of 75 sovs ; nomination, 2 sovs ; acceptance, 2 sovs ? miles. 3. County Plate Handicap, of 40 sovs; nomination, 1 sov; accept ance, 1 sov; 1J miles. District horses only. 4. Flying Handicap, of 50 sovs, nomi nation, 1 sov ; acceptance, 2 soys ; f mile ■ I 5. Totalisator Stakes (Handicap), of 15 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov; accept ance, free ; f mile. District horses only. 6. Consolation Handicap, of 20 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov, to be made ini-



mediately after the Totalisator Stakes is run ; acceptance, free, to be notified within ten minutes of declaration of weights. Distance, 1 mile. RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. No entry will be received except on the condition that all disputes, claims and objections arising out of the racing shall be decided by the Stewards, or wiiora they may appoint; their decision on all points connected with carrying out this programme to be final. 2. Canterbury Jockey Club Racing Rules strictly adhered to. 3. A district horse shall mean any horse that has been commonly resident: in the Ashburton County from July 31,1883, and up to the date of the forth coming meeting, and owned by a person who has resided in the said county during the same period. 4. A gentleman rider shall be deemed to bo one who has not ridden for hire during the past five years. 5. All entries and nominations to be ac companied by entrance fees, name and age of horse, and colors of rider, and in the hands of the Secretary, addressed to Quill’s Hotel, not later than 9 p. m. on Thursday, November Ist. Weights for the first day’s Handicaps and Open Hurdle Raco will be published on Friday, November 9th. Weights for other Handi caps will be published at 8 p. m. on the evening of the first day’s racing. 6. Acceptances for the first day s Handicaps and Open Hurdle Race to be paid to the Secretary not later than 9 p.m. on Tuesday, November 13th; ac ceptances for other Handicaps at 9 p.m. on evening of first day’s racing. 7. Five per cent will be deducted from the gross of all monies payable in ac cordance with this programme for ex penses of the course. 8. All nominations and acceptances go' to the fund. S. SAUNDERS, 8 222 Secretary.



THE GUARDIAN is published every, evening,'* giving every day’s news, up to the hour of going to press. This is better than buying a sixpenny weekly,,.



-1,,,.-.-...aw ■ A FORTUNE FOR. FIVE SHILLINGS. A FORTUNE FOR sa. A DAMASTOR’S NOVELTY CONSULTATION ON THE MELBOURNE CUP, 1883. To be Run on the 6th of November.': Capital £5,000, i In 20,000 Shares of 5a each. 431 Prizes guaranteed. To be distributed as follows : Melbourne Cup. First ... ... £SOO Second... ... 300 Third 200 Starters (divided) 500 Non-starters ... 1,000 £2,500 Cash Awards. 6 at £IOO each 5 at £SO each 10 at £25 each 20 at £l2 10s each 40 at £6 5s each 200 at £5 0s each £2,500



Each ticket has seven separate chances, Race and Cash Awards being drawn for separately. : Please send Post-office Orders, when convenient, or , Bank . Notes. Cheques must 'be marked “ correct ” by Bank. If Stamps are sent for tickets please add one shilling in the pound extra. , Notice. Registered letters not ac cepted. Two stamps required for reply and result. Will close on or about the 3rd of November. Address — - . •. . , “ADAMASTOR,” Care of Lyons and Hart, 760 . . Box 151, P. 0., Dunedin. £3OOO.



USTRALASIA’S SWEEP \ MfiLBOERNE CUP. THE GREATEST ; RAGING EVENT OF THE YEAR. (Run in Oct. Close as soon as filled.) 12,000 SHARES, 5s EACH. An even Pour Shares, 20s. To be distributed as follows : First Horse £IOOO ) Starters divide £!■ 0 Second ... 500 | Non-Starters 100 Third, , 250.( . Total And 10 Prizes at £25 each ... £250 50 Prizes at £lO ~ ... 500 50 Prizes at £5 ~ ... 250 Total'in Prizes, £IOOO, Grand total £3OOO.



THE THIRD CONSULTATION OF MY 1883 SERIES. The success and general satisfaction over previous events may be deemed sufficient introduction for that announced abovb. ' > 1 '■ l ' '' r - ■ • Clients are requested to send for not less than s four shakes, taken’ up ih one name. ' A pound secures four chances—not one only. The right of declining any particular subscription is reserved. Deducted fcir expenses, 1 TO per cent. Probity is guaranteed by good com mercial bona tides. ' References bourne Sportsman and City Journals. Bankers— Sydney : City Bank. J Melbourne : National Bank. Applicants are requested to enclose bank notes and register the L-tter (strong registered envelopes obtainable at every post office) ; if crossed cheque, add Bank charge for collection (payable “Aus tralasia ” or Bearei); also add 6d on notes when other than N.S. W. or’ Vic., and in all oases 4d postage for reply and result. Enclose two addressed envelopes un stamped. One .extra Tickets (FREE) ■ with every twenty to one address, thus enabling the promoters of Clubs for every twenty tickets a chance of being a winner with out investing, necessarily, a penny. REGISTER LETTERS Application, as usual, t by letter. ~ In tending applicants*’- -\frould'" bblige by writing immediately, to hasten the time for drawing. jSS-Kor the convenience of Sydney Subscribers, “Australasia’s” Letter Box will be found at the Offices, 40 Hunter street, Sydney, .ADDRESSa AUSTRALASIA, * J Care of Mr H. J. Franklin,



Wholesale Bookseller, Printer and Publisher, . 8-223 40 Hunter street, Sydney. Government Notice, V. R. The. public trust office OF NE,W ZEALAND. Atention is directed to the provisions of the Acts establishing this Office,.-and to the advantages placed thereby within, tha reach 6f every colonist. Subject to such provisions, the State offers to every per son ; I.—About to make his or her Will or Codicil. 2.—lntending to provide for Wife and Children pr others by deed of Settlement. Si l —Settling Property by way of Mar riage Settlement. ' 4. —Desiring to renounce the ..Tcgsts of a Will, having been appointed Executor or Trustee under the same. 5. —Having acted as Trustee, Executor, or Administrator, wishing to be relieved of the burthen of Trustee hip or Adminis tration, the option of us; ig the State ma chinery, and gives an absolute guarantee against loss of funds by. fraud, peculation, or dishonesty. - • ' Every information may be obtained from ALEANDER LEAN, Agent at Christchurch; Or from R. 0. HAMERTON, ; ,-j r ; ; Public Trustee - * 12th May, 1882



QOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS. Tho following Government Publica tions, with others, can be obtained at the Office of this Paper : Mines Act, 1879 Mining Companies Act, 1872 Mines Act Amendment Act, 1872 Canterbury Rivera . Gaming and Lotteries Debtors and Creditors Act Debtors and Creditors Pules Stamj> Act ' 1 ■ Agricultural apd Pastoral Societies Cruelty to A.riimalS ' ' Protection of Animals Brand." nnd. Branding Dog Registration Drainage' ‘ Sheep ' ■ : 1 Railway Tariff Amendment Companies Road Boards Fencing Act Amendment, 1382 Local Elections Corrupt Practices Licensing Act Licensing Amendment _, w , / 5 Acts affecting Afgrittfalturd and 'Stock Education Etc., Etc., Etc.



Ball programme cards in very neat styles, with Pencils and Ribbons, printed at the Guabdian Office, Wist street,



JS. E. Poyntz. gTEPHEN E. POYNTZ, General Agent, No. 3, Friedlanders’ Buildings, Bur nett Street, Ashburton. TO DAIRYMEN, FARMERS, CON TRACTORS AND DEALERS. ON SALE BO WICK’S PATENT LACTIC A.—An invaluable substitute for milk for rearing calves, etc., at a cost of little over twopence a gallon. BOWICK’S PATENT REOTORINE.— For fattening horses, cattle, and in creasing milk in dairy cows, at a cost of about one half-penny a feed. CERTAIN PREVENTION AGAINST FIRE. JOHN’S PATENT ASBESTOS ROOF ING, and John’s Patent FIRE-PROOF COATINGS. —SO per cent cheaper than any other roofing and fire-proof. PATENT ASBESTOS CEMENT.—More durable than Portland cement, and at Igss cosfc< ASBESTOS ’ FIRE-PROOF PAINTS. Secures a house against fire.



AGENT FOR— Nimmo and Blair’s celebrated Garden Seeds. In packets of £oz and loz, from 3d upwards ; also musk pots, fiower gatherers, fumigators, and every requisite for floriculture. PLANET, Junk's Garden Hoe, Culti vator arid Plough combined. Making gardening easy. Price on application. Agent for Tomlinson and Hayward’s Glycerine Sheep Dip ; Warranted non-poison ' • ous. On hand—Dip in small-sized tins, suitable for small farmers. ARTIFICIAL MANURES, Peruvian Guano Super-phosphate of Lime dimes’ Chemical Manure. SUNDRIES. : Fbwler’s Insecticide flishurst’s Compound for destruction of blight, thrip, red fly, etc. IN STOCK AND TO ARRIVE— Poultry Hurdles Wire Netting from 12in to 48in wide Ranges, Colonial make Iron wheelbarrows Register Grates Fountain. Washing Boilers Iron Pig Troughs Verandah Brackets and Fringes Spouting and Ridging - TO FARMERS. Rye Grass and Clovers at reasonable prices. ” Turnips, Marigolds, Rape, etc.



TO LET-r Three-roomed House. Three acres land. Farms and house properties in all parts of the county. FOR SALE— -1,000 acres, splendid sheep farm, all in English grass, gpod woolahed, ' sheep dip, and dwellings; also lease, of 760 acres adjoining with above. amburg - Magdeburg fire INSURANCE COMPANY. Sub scribed capital, £3,000,000. Mr Stephen E. Poyntz has been appointed agent for the above Company in Ashburton, and will be prepared to accept risks at lowest current rates. Prompt and liberal settle ments. Jambs Hendekson, 178, Hereford street, Christchurch, chief agent for Can terbury, 1022 S. E. Poyntz, ASHBURTON. 835 Albert Roberts. O T 1 C E.



Albert Roberts IS A BUYER OF Rye Grass, Peas Tares Oaten Sheaf and Straw Chaff And other Produce. HAS FOR SALE— Clovers, White, Red, Alsyke, Cowgrass RYEGRASS and COCKSFOOT LITTLE’S SHEEP DIP WOOL PACKS, Seaming Twine PLOUGHSHARES, Butter-kegs, Rails BLUESTONE, Lampblack, Raddle KEROSENE, Castor and Boiled Oils TEA, Sugar, Candles, Soap, Rock-salt' FLOUR, 50, .100, 200 lb bags, Oatmeal, Potatoes FENCING WIRE, 8,9, 10, also Gal vanised Barb Heart and Sap Stakes, Staples TURNIPS, Purpletop, Greentop, Devon Greystone, Whitestone, Stubble, .and Rape Swede, Gorse, Mangolds, Carrot and and Garden SEEDS BRAN, Oats, Sharps, Chaff, Chick wheat, and Crushed Oats Seed, WHEAT, OATS and POTATOES



MONEY ADVANCED on FREEHOLD SECURITY STORAGE AT CURRENT RATES. LIBERAL ADVANCES made on Grain and other Produce placed in Store FOR SALE OR SHIPMENT Albert Roberts, Agent for ROBERTS, PAXTON & 00. ' GRAIN MERCHANTS, Manchester street, Christchurch, Also, THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION Qf Australasia. N.B.—BONUS YEAR, 1883-4.



Business Notice. R I 0 K E T. The undersigned will offer during the coming season the whole of his enormous stock at Wholesale Prices comprising the balance of last year’s Stock, the whole of Mr E. Fuller’s Stock, and 20 Cases to ar rive per Waikato. HUNDREDS OP BATS, To select from by the following makers: — Cobbett, Duke, Lillywhite, Jeffreys, Bart let, Ayers, Bussy, Grimwood and others. Extra large discounts to Clubs and TO ARRIVE—A Largo Stock of Lawn Tennis (good), with all the latest improve ments. W. BRICE, Opposite Bank of New Zealand, CHRISTCHURCH. 8 338 Schools.



Greorge Lea, JgUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. Estimates and Plans furnished for all kinds of Brick, Stone, or Timber Build ings. Funerals furnished at moderate prices. Workshops—Cameron st west. 812



P. & D. Duncan, 4 GRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS A. MANUFACTURERS, CHRISTCHURCH AND ASHBURTON, Having been appointed AGENTS at Ash-, burton for the PEERING REAPER AND TWINE BINDERS, We are now prepared to take orders for next season. As only a limited number will be imported, early application is necessary. All orders received after April SO will be L 5 extra. We are also prepared to take orders for McCORMICK’S REAPERS' AND BINDERS. Makers of Ploughs, Drays, Harrows, Rollers, Grub bers, Seed-sowers, Strippers, and newly-improved Direct Draught DISC HARROWS (the Latest and the Best), made any size up to 15ft, and every description of Farm implements. Just received, ex Soukar, A large quantity of HORNSBY’S PLOUGHSHARES, Old Brand. ordered expressly for Ashburton. Also, Some extra heavy Mould Boards (our own pattern), best cast steel, suitable for contractors. REPAIRS of every description of MACHINERY at reasonable charges. 1015



jpHOTOGR A P H Y. Charles Lawrence, PHOTOGRAPHER (Of High street, Christchurch). By special Appointment to the Governor, Begs to informs the residents of Ashbur ton and the surrounding districts, that he has OPENED in SAUNDERS’ BUILD INGS, Eas’t street, Ashburton, and as all Pictures will be taken by himself, it will be a sufficient guarantee that none but satisfactory Photographswill .be sent out of his Studio. INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHS of Children taken. Equally good results are obtained on dull days as light ones by this process. Pictures enlarged to any size, andfinished in Oil, Water Color or Crayons. 966



EW ARRIVALS, Dikect from Home. (Per s.s. Assam, transshipped at Melbourne.) A large and well-assorted stock of Including Cassell’s Cookery, ' Diction aries, Prize Books and Children’s Toy Books.. An inspection is solicited Also for 1884 DIARIES 1884 1884 DIARIES 1884 Are now ready at Tliomas E. Earley, BOOKSELLER & STATIONER, 1041 Saunders’ Buildings, Ashburton. Books,



rnAKE TIME BY THE FORE- X LOCK.” The circumstances of social life are widely different in these colonies from those at Home, and therefore the colonial market requires different treatment. This fact Robert Murray, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, East street, Ashburton,



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 resist the wear and tear of colonial life. He lis just received an other supply of watches, and invites attention to prices. Celebrated Englisn levers, made expressly for R. Murray, specially suited for colonial wear, with extra heavy cases, all the latest improvements, at L 6, L 6 6s, L 6 10s ; higher classes, L 7, L 8 10s, LlO 10s, , and Ll2 12s; Rotherhams, L 6 10s, Printed guarantee with each watch sold. Attention is called to the Clocks, Jewellery, and English Plate in stock, and to the fact that all kinds of REPAIRING are done on the premises and 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 mean time to the town. Watches free and saf* b" post on re ceiV of P. 0-0 7300-960



STOP THAT COUGH!. DON’T DELAY.—How can you stop it ? Where is the Remedy. Bennington’s PECTORAL OXYMEL OF CARRA GEEN or IRISH MOSS (registered), can produce more evidence of real, merit than any other article for the purpose. Sold everywhere, —Q. Bonnington, Christchurch,



Business Notices. QN SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED. SEED WHEAT OATS BARLEY GRASS SEED CHAFF FLOUR BRAN SHARPS TEA SUGAR, etc. Agents for Moore & Co., Christchurch, ROBINSON & TOWNSHEND, 8 295 Havelock street.



Mr Fred. Searle, SOUTH RAKAIA, jg'aving procured a new Chaff cutter, by Andrews and Beaven, with latest improvements, is prepared to OUT OATEN SHEAF CHAFF, iV 13 ! 6d ?f r * tC S \ A nywhere in the Wheat or Oat Straw, > / ißtrict 16s j er ton J FRED SEARLE, 9 471 Rakaia.



An evil and its remedy.—t> the Editor, —It is ahealthy sign oftae times when our local papers are beginning to deal in a fearless manner with and the bankruptcy laws. The time has come when something must be done either by the legisla ture or by business men themselves to put an end to a state of affairs which is a disgrace to our boasted civilisation. We (the under signed) have been doing business in Ashbur ton about years, and the money we have lost during that period by bankrupts, levan ters, and blacklegs generally amounts to a great deal more than the margin usually allowed for bad debts. If the law cannot pro tect us then we must protect ourselves, and there is only one way to do so, viz., to abolish the credit system altogether. This system has been the curse of other countries besides New Zealand, and past experience has proved it to. be rotten to the core. Owing to recent heavy losses we have resolved to sell for cash only in future. The honest man who is willing to pay his 20s in the £, and pay as he goes, will find this no disadvant age but a great gain, as he will be able to obtain a first-class article much cheaper than he would under the old system. We shall exert our selves to the utmost as heretofore to give our customers full satisfaction, and every order will be executed in our usual first-class style—but we shall no longer run any unnecessary risk. Under the cash system we are prepared to offer a special line of tweeds at the following unusually low prices : —Gentleman’s suit made to order, £z 18s fid; ladies’ tailor made ulster, £z. All other goods in proportion, for cash only. CRAIGHEAD & CO., TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, Tancred Street.



jyj- E T H V E N, We beg to thank the inhabitants of Methven and surrounding districts for the liberal support accorded us since our commencing Business here. We wish to notify that we have REMOVED into oar new and commodious premises, two doors south of our old offices. We have intro duced all sorts of General Merchandise into our Business, and are prepared to supply Stations and other large con sumers with every description Stores,. &c., at wholesale rates. TIMBER of every de scription at lowest current rates. Best Newcastle COAL from the Old Lambton Mine. Builders requisites in IRON MONGERY, DOORS. SASHES, etc., always on hand. Feed OATS and Seed WHEAT and OATS on Sale. Oaten Sheaf CHAFF in any quantities ('best quality). We have also on Sale Messrs Booth, McDonald and Co.’s celebrated PLOUGHS, DRAYS, ROLLERS, DISC-HARROWS, and other Farming Implements, which we are prepared to sell at Christchurch Prices, with freight added. We are also booking orders for McCormick’s Reapers and Binders, and farmers are advised to make early applica tions. Haxton and Beattie's flexible Harrows. Grain and other Produce Stored on the most reasonable terms. Agents for the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, ani New Zealand Insurance Company. Land and Commission Agents. Loans negotiated.—o. J. W. Cookson, Jun., and Co., General Merchants, Methven. Methven, July 9th, 1883. 7 66



EW SEEDS. NEW SEEDS. We beg to intimate that we have re ceived our SHIPMENTS of NEW SEA.- SON’S Seeds, which on trial have proved to be of extra fine quality. Our FARM SEEDS include white and red clover, alskye, cow grass, trefoil, lucerne, cocksfoot, rye grass, gorse, carrots of sorts, mangolds of sorts, including the new mammoth kinds, which have given such great satisfaction to our customers during the last two years. Our GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS are the finest we have ever had the satis faction of offering both in quality and variety. They contain many novelties highly snoken of in England, and offered here for the first time. Also TREE SEEDS,



comprising blue gum, red gum, weeping gum, peppermint gum, swamp gum, stringy bark, silver wattle, black wattle, pinus insignia, pinus maritima, cupress. macrocarpa, and many others. Also SEED POTATOES, among which is the new American ruby, queen, American fluke, and others of the earliest sorts known ; also Bone Dust in largo or small quantities. Tools of all sorts. Plain and ornamental Flower Pots. Pruning and budding Knives, etc, etc. SEEDSMEN, ASHBURTON. 756 AY BANK WORKS, TINWALD, begs to thank the public for theii past support, and takes this opportunity to intimate that he is ain position to Manufacture and Repair on the shortest notice all kinds of Machinery, such as— Flour Mills, Saw Mills, Wheels (cogged and water wheels), Combines, Engines, Hand and Foot Treshing Machines ; also, all kinds of Spring Carta, Drays, Traps Sealy Bros., F. S. Shearer, OP THE &C.



Shearer & Lewis, GENERAL BLACKSMITHS, AND Veterinary Shoeing Forge, Having secured the services of a first-class Shoeing Smith, defy competition. All orders entrusted to their care will receive prompt attention at reasonable charges. Agents for McCormick’s Reapers and Binders. Note the Address— Great South road, Tinwaid.s9(W



Business Notices. N OTIGE to the inhabitants of Rakaia and surrounding districts, that I am pre pared to supply them with prime Butchers’ MEAT at the undermentioned prices:— Beef, lOOlbs, at 3|d per lb. Side Mutton, 2£d ~ GHARLES INDER, 1460 South Rakaia.



Geo. Booth & Sons, Manufacturers and import ers of AGRIOULT AL IM PLEMENTS. CARLYLE IMPLEMENT WORKS, Sydenham (near Christchurch). Makers of Carlyle Iron Windmills Carlyle Seed Strippers Carlyle Improved Disc Harrows Carlyle Drays, Tip Carts, Spring Traps, &c. Ploughs, Harrows, Cultivators, Broadcast Sowers, &c. Sole Agents for RANSOME’S STEAM THRESHING MACHINERY. Offices and Stores— -213 Team street, Christchurch. Postal Address—P.O. Box 89, Christ church. 473 e



Conveyances. LONGBEACH ROYAL MAIL COACH Leaves Longbeach for Ashburton daily (Sundays excepted) at 7.30 a.m., Wa tort on 8.10 a. m., Ashton 8.25 a. m., Wheatstone 8.45 a.m., arriving at Ashburton in time ■for the 10.24 express from Christchurch. to Timaru. The coach leaves the coach; stables, Wakanui Road (opposite Central Hotel), Ashburton, at 4.50 p.m,, arriving «t Longbeach at 7.30 p.m. Parcels or orders left at any of the above places wiU receive strict attention Fares—Through single fares, 5s ; return same day, Bs. From this date RETURN FARE at SINGLE RATES, on Saturdays only, between Watecton and Ashburton. W. E. BOND, Proprietor, 427 c Longbeach. rniNWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS JL RAILWAY. MOUNT SOMERS AND ANaMA ROYAL MAIL COACH. This Coach leaves Hood’s Hotel, Moun. Somers, for Anama Railway Station, at 7.30 a m. and 5.35 p.m. every Tuesday and Saturday; returning to Mount Somer on the arr'val of each train. Parcels and Luggage punctually attended to. Single fares, ?s ; return, 3s. .n JOHN HOOD



Boarding Houses, &c. ~~" S E The undersigned begs to inform the pubic that he has REMOVED from the Prince Albert Dining-rooms to tho more commodious Boarding-house lately in tho occupation of Mr Anstee, where he hopes to merit the same patronage bestowed upon nim as heretofore. Good Bath room. PRINCE ALBERT BOARDING HOUSE AND TEMPERANCE HOTEL C. TRUCKLE begs to return thanks to his friends and the public for their patron age since he has taken over the Prince Albert Boarding House, and trusts by always keeping a good table and accommo dation for boarders and travellers to re ceive a continuance of the same. Private rooms for families. C. TRUCKLE, Prince Albert Boarding House and Tem perance Hotel, near Cookson’s Stables, Wills street, Ashburton ; next Odd fellows’ Hall, and one miuuce’s walk from the Railway Station. Charges strictly moderate. 944 (late a stbe’s); Tancbbd street Ashburton. S. LUCAS. Proprietor.



Hotels L FORD FOREST HOTEL. Whc has again taken the hotel at Alford Forest, would be glad to receive a call from his old friends and as many new ones as can make it convenient to give a look in.. Good accommodation for horses. 1328 HBURTON HOTEL. ARCHIBALD M'COLL (for many years Manager of the late Sir Cracroft Wilson’s Rangitata Station) begs to in form his numerous Friends and the gene ral pnblio that he has taken possession of the Ashburton Hotel, which has been greatly improved and entirely re-furnished aqd re-decorated, and is now replete with every convenience and comfort. A. M'Coll would, therefore, assure his patrons that they- will have every atten tion bestowed on them. John Tisch,



Excellently Furnished PRIVATE APARTMENTS for FAMILIES. All Liquors kept in stock are under the special supervision of the Proprietor, who will guarantee them to be of the best de scription and quality. The Hotel is situate close to the Ash burton Bridge, and the Stabling (being now under the Proprietorship of Mr James W. M‘Rae, late ol the Somerset Stables), is sufficient guarantee that Coun try Visitors will meet with every Ac commodation in that respect. 1330 Medical. GRATEF UL—COMFORTING. EPPS’S COCOA. BREAKFAST. BY a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us ma 7 heavy doctor’s bills. It is by the ad cious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every ten dency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladiss are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is e weak point. We may escape many a fatal sh.*ft by keeping ourselves Well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.— See article in the Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk, Sold only in packets, labelled : JAMES EPPS AND CO., HOMOEOPATHIC CHEMIST, LONDON. ALSO, EPPSj CHOCOLATE ESSENCE ,



Medical"-' v - DEAFNESS. —Quacks,. calling them selves “Doctors,” are htterly ruin ing the organs of hundreds sulferingfroni deafness, charging from L 5 to L2O far so doing. 1 have two infallible remedies (No. J, deafness arising from co Ids ;N<>. 2, the thickening of the part# 1 of the Tympanum) from recipes sent me by those world-known Aurists, the late and pre sent Senior Surgeons of the Royal Dis- I pensary for Diseases of the Ear.)—Send stamps for particulars to T. B. HaKha roßD, Auckland, N.Z. 1270



R HEILB RON’S WORM OAKES These Cakes are principally prepared from Herbs, and do not contain.any dan* gerousljr active ingredients. They have a wonderful effect in curing children, <aa well as grown persons, by removing the worms. They have been with gfea spo cess introduey into the principal families in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. They are guaranteed to do away; in a hety short time, with many serious botpplkihte like Bronchitis, Pilts, Ulcers, Ulcerated Throats, etc. , if taken in time; as these sicknesses are' often caused by worms of all kinds, especiolly by the Tape Worm, and by the most dangerous Thread Worm, which, if not destroyed in time, will stfm create the hardly^curable Worm Fever. The smallest, the Thread Worm, will more than any other worm penetrate through all the crevices of tffe body - 'op; to {the brain. An example , was ’recently wit nessed, where a child falling continually into fits (the parents not knowing the cause) at last died with the brain affected by the too fatal Thread Worm, i Still m&e recently there was a case, a grown than whose seat was affected -by the Thread Worm; and who, after>trying mahy’softs of remedies, without effect was directly relieved by a dose of . ' v.si js - - There are cases where the worms away that they almost can be counted then often they come away, ip whplecipts and .sometimes ,in a thick and slimy stuff, and although not,so percepiible, atill they are caused , to. leave by DcHojlbron’s Worm Cakes. And there have been other cases where children affected with, Wpjfip?, .when coughing ‘or- sneezipg, da discharge them through the mouth,pud nose; The symptoms of. Worms joye generally as follows Lassitude,. Giddiness, De pression of Spirits, Impaired Appetite (which if not acted against, will engender diseases of the bile), Disocder of* the Stomach and Digestive Organs, Sfok Headaches, Vomiting, Disturbed £fcep, and many more serious complaints, jipr eluding Fits, ,of which last many have been cured; by these .yahes. No time should be lost .ih .rem'oviPg Worms, else the 4 consequence ous,. as, they will •.jpe'cepse-jihiisize, #»d quantity, and ultimately through‘ out intestines. i.. *££. kf:o jpe? glected foe a time they will do so jnu<?h damage as to make it beyond humkp.aKill to restore and reorganise the system of DR HEILBRON’S Worm Cakes. digestive organs.



DIRECTIONS FOB USE. The quantity of these Worm; Cakes |o be taken'at a dose depends; mostly ontae age and constitution of the patient. In most cases a couple of doses will drive'the worms away for many years, (if mot en tirely. . As a standard ; A dose for a «hild up to 2 years will, be half a Cake % ■ from 2 to 4 years old,, one whole Cake; from 4 to 8 years, one’Cake‘add a half; from 81 j 14, two Cakes ; and so to increase With the age, but never more than four Cakes at one dose. Grown females may gene rally take three Cakes at a dose, and grown men four Oakes', according to con stitution. The most effective way of using these Worm Cakes is by taking, the dose before going to' bed, add-on the 'fdll'dWihg morning to take a cup of hot tea before breakfast. . . , . As I am not' certain how long I may stay in this town, and as these Worm Oakes can be obtained at a very small ex pense families will do well to have always a small supply of them at their houses. Orders for the Country promptly executed: 1 • ; MRS E. HOMBERG, Sole Agent . Ashburton Agents— x ... Andre wea JBrqfi};#-: Mr R. Alcorn ' 5



KEATING’S COUGH LOZENGBSk, COUGHS, ASTHMA, " BRONCHITIS ACCUMULATION OF PHLEGM Composed of the purest ~ articles. These JLozenges contain no opiuth nor any deleterious drug, therefore the most delicate can take them with perfect confidence. Their beneficial efLct is speedy and-certain. This old, un> failing family remedy is daily recommended by the most eminent Physicians. (In use nearly 60. years).. , •'■ t i j; ?f I MEDICAL TESTIMONY. July 25th, 1877. 22, Cold Harbour Lane, London. Sir, —Your Lozenges are excellent, and their beneficial effect most reliable. . I strongly recommend" them ’ in .casesV of'-cougb. Yarvrf asthma. You are at liberty to state this as my opinion, formed from many years’ experience. J, Bringloe, M.R.C.S.L., L.S.A., L.M. Mr. T. Keating, Indian Medical Service. Dear Sir, —Having tried your Lozenges in India, I have much pleasure in testifying to their beneficial effects in cases of incipient consumption, asthma and bronchial affections. I have prescribed them largely, wUh tie test results.- ' L ‘ f ’ ’ *- «./x. j J.» - . W. B. G, , Apothecary, H.M.S. KEATING’S COUGH LOZENGES are sold by all Chemists, in tins of various sizes, each having the words, f‘Keating’s Cough Lozenges” engraven on the government stamp;



Keating’s Worm Tablets.' Keating’s Worm Tablets. A PURELY WEETMEAT both in appearance and taste, 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. ; Sold .in ns by all Chemists and Druggists. Proprietor, THOS. KEATING, London Export Chemist and Druggist. TEEDMAN’S SOOTHING POWDER 1 FOR . r . CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. 1'



CAUTION TO PURCHASER The value of this well-known Family Medi. cine has been largely tested in all parts 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 APPEARAN( E so closely resemble the ori ginal as to have deceived many purchasers. I The proprietor therefore feels it due to th. public to give a special caution against the ust of SUCH IMITATIONS. Purchasers are therefore requested careful!) to observe the four following distinct! vs characteristics, without which none ar genuine : Ist —ln every case the words JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTH, SURREY, are engrayed oh the Governmen Stamp affix to each packet." ~ 2nd—Eacn Single Powder has directions for the dose, and he words, JOHft Stsedman Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, printed thereon. 3rd —The name, Steedhian, is always spell with two'EE’s. J ■ ! • 4th —The manufacture is carried on f ' solely at Walworth, Surrey. " * Sold in Packets by all Chemists ana Medi cine Vendors. Kempthorn, Prosser and Co ffiir powell’s Balsam ANISEED