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,*S’V No. XX.—(continued.) 5 The Goilisbdm: of Rome, s ■ : Th'e’Ubliseuln—which Byron calls “a i noble wreck in ruinous perfection,” :next ! . engaged toy attention. I need not dwell on the appearance and proportions of this ruin ; paintings and engravings have made almost everyone familiar with its size and !> ‘ shape. But no pictorial representation can excite emotions similar to those which an actual survey of the colossal relic pro ; • duces. It dateC from the year 72 j was " 'commenced by Vespasian, the two upper tiers being coippjeted by Titus,after his ■ nstv{rn ; from ihe’concjiiebl of Je^usAleto.. It is said .that twelve thousand* captive Jews wefre ethployed as laborers on’ the building. I ascended the various flights of steps leading to the tiers of seats,: and, looked down upon the now silent atena, twhef o''gladiatorial combats, fierce endoun-,; tars between wild beasts, mimic fiaval . battle®, end cruel slaughter of Christian martyrs, were wont to. be exhibited; to a hundred thousand spectators seated round ’ the vast enclosure. Only a portion of the :: walls now remain, but the fragment is sufficient to impress the mind with a tense of the magnitude of the original structure. As I stood and gazed, the scene of the ' ■ first martyrdom rose before my imagina tion. In mental visio 1 I saw Ignatius led into the arena by the officials. He cailraly surveyed the throng of eager faces turned 1 O towards him, but only here and there, on a countenance, half concealed from fear, could,he detect any expression of sym pathy and pity; cruel exultant expectation i ; . ; was the prevailing feeling. Methought I "heard him say—“ Romans, who are here present, know that I have not been brought into this place for any crime, but, in order that by this means I may iperit the fruition of the glory .of God, for love of whom I have been made prisoner. I am r as the grain of the field, and 5 uniat be i - .|pfbuhd by the teeth of the lions tljat I may become bread fit for His table.”* I heard, in imagination, the impatient cries of the multitude, eager to witness! the bloody catastrophe. I heard the ;crqaking ! S !J of’ the machinery by which the doors of the,subterranean passages leading to the wild beasts’ dens wefe thrown open— lions with bristling manes and glaring eyes bound into the arena—there is a momen tary pause, a death-like silence, whilst the \ beasts',c: ouch and creep towards 1 > their Victim, lashing their sides with their tails. Ho stands with hands elapsed and eyes directed* heavenwards : the next moment his body is seen writhing under T/ . -thdipaWs of the ..lions, who • have struck him down and are growling at one another as they devour him limb by limb. Humiliating thought ! men and wotoen, Roman nobles, and ladies of patrician ratik, as well as those of coarser mould, could look upon and delight in such spectacles I , , ■ / ; -■ Ignatius was the first, but not the llast ‘ by many hundreds, of Christian martyrs whose blood soaked into tho sand of. the arena of the Flavian Amphitheatre. Placidus and his wife Theophista, with their two children, were exposed to wild beisth); Cbu£< when • ith«J ahinials, either from satiety or other unknown cause, re fused to toqch .them, the bloodthirsty crowd were gratified by seeing the victims ... .j enclosed in a brazen bull .-and roasted, to '’death. Numbers of Christians were shot down by arrows, and put to death by a variety of means devised to gratify the cruel spectators. But enough, I might fill many pages, if I longer dwelt upon the tragic scenes once enacted within the ancient walls on which I stood. No Words, perhaps, more graphically describe the place- and the emotions it excites in the mind,''than those .which Dickons penhedV—“lt is no fiction but plain, . sober, honest truth to say ; so suggestive v .:: iand distinct is it at this hour, that for a u —actually in passing in—they ;; who will, may have the whole great pile ,i_ before them, as it used to be, with thou sands of eager faces staring down into : the arena, and such a whirl of strife and , blood and dust going’ on-there, as no lan u -gunge can describe. Its solitude, its > awful beauty and its utter desolation, strike upon the stranger the next moment like a softened sorrow ; and never in his life; perhaps, will he be so moved and overcome by any sight, not immediately connected with his own affections and afflictions. To see it crumbling there, an inch a year, its walls and arches over grown with green, its corridors open to the day ; the long grass growing in its porches ; young trees of yesterday spring , ing up on its rugged parapets and bearing fruit, chance produce of the seeds dropped there by the birds who build their nests Within its chinks and crannies ; to see its t' 1 pit of fight filled up with earth, and the peaceful cross planted in the centre* ; to climb ifato its upper halls and took down on ruin, ruin, ruin all about it, the triumphal arches of Constantine, Septi njaa, ; Severus and Titus, the Roman Foruip, the Palace of the Csesara, the ‘ temples, of the old religion fallen down and gone, is to see the ghost of old Rome wicked, wonderful old city, haunting the very ground on, which its people trod. It is the most impressive, the most stately, ‘ the most solemn, grand, majestic, mourn ful sight conceivable, Never, in its bloodiest prime, 1 could the sight of the* . gigantic Coliseum, full and running over . .with the lustiest life, have moved one heart as it must move all who look upon it now, a ruin—God be thanked, a > * ruin I’’; *

Up to the eighth century the Coliseum was tolerably well preserved. It could . scarcely be called a ruin. /But Guiscard partially dismantled ic to prevent its being fortified! And as time rolled on, the still farther injured the 'Structure, and after them the Annibaldi defaced it. ,During the fourteenth cen tury it was - ' regarded only as a conveni ent quarry, and several of the Roman palaces were built with materials ab stracted from it; the venerable walls, are punctured all over with holes from whence the iron, so much coveted in the middle ages, was taken. ■ Pope Textus V. turned the arcades into shops, and Clement XI established a. manufactory of saltpetre in the place. where, gladiators fought andjmartjrs bled 1 Both these in congruous {undertakings failed, and the world is so far indebted to the later Popes that they did their best, to preserve the relic from further destruction. , Within the last thirty years serious ' injury has been done by clearing away all the trees and'shrubs and plants that had grown up about the walls; The intention, no doubt j was good, but in-uprooting the vegetable ornaments more stones were loosened and displaced than would have been done in the lapse of many centuries. -i—~ ; r ■ —- , 'The trees and shrubs have been removed, to the *".;j great injury of the ruin; and the tall cross that marked the spot where the martyrs suffered, was taken ■away in 1872. ' (To be continued.)

ffiLE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1883.

Printed ana published daily, for Thk Ash* burton Guardian Company, Limited, by Charles Dixon, ofWakanui Road, Ash burton, at the Company’s Printing House West street, Ashburton; Saturday, August 18, 1883.



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Sporting. RACING CLUB. SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, November 15th and 16th, 1883. • President : E. G. Wright, M H.R. Vice-President : W, C. Walker. Judge: Matthew Stitt.' Stewards : G. H. Dowding, H. Friedlander, J, Grigg, T. Leahy, W. G. Rosa, W. Saunders, v H. T. Winter. Treasurer: * C. C. Fooks. Starter : David Thomas. Clerk of the Scales : M. Friedlander. Clerk of the Course : W. 13. Denshire. Handicappers : Open Races —E. G. Griffiths. District Races —E. G. Crisp, 0. C. Fooks, T. Leahy, M. Stitt. First Race each day to start at 1 p.m. FIRST DAY. 1. County Hurdle Race (Handicap), . of 30 sovs; over six flights of hurdles about 3ft 6in high ; nomi-



cation, 1 sov ; acceptance, 1 sov. 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 sovs ; welter weights for age ; gentlemen riders ; entrance, 3 sovs; 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 Race, of 60 sovs; over eight flights of hurdles about 3ft Gin high ; nomination, 2 sovs ; acceptance, 2 sovs ; 2 miles. 2. Racing Club Handicap, of 75 sovs ; nomination, 2 sovs ; acceptance, 2 Sovs : 1J 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 sovs ; f mile 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 im mediately after the Totalisator Stakes is run ; acceptance, free, to be notified within ten minutes of declaration of weights, RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. No entry will be received except on the condition that all disputes, claims and objections arising out of the rnning shall be decided by the Stevv<a Jo, or whom they may appoint; their decision on all ,ppinta 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 forthr 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 be 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 Race will be published on Friday, November 9th. Weights for other Handi caps will be published at 8 p m. on the evening of the fir.it 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.



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Consultations. A FORTUNE FOR FIVE SHILLINGS. A FORTUNE FOR ss. A DAMASTOR’S NOVELTY CONSULTATION MELBOURNE CUP, 1883. To be Run on the 6th of November.



Capital £5,000, In 20,000 Shares of 5s each. 431 Prizes guaranteed. as follows Melbourne Cup. First ... ... £SOO Second... ... 300 Third 200 Starters (divided) 600 Non-starters ... 1,000 To be distributed Cask Awards. 5 at £IOO each sat £SO ' each 10 at £25 each 20 at £l2 10s each 40 at £6 5a each 200 at £5 Os each £2,500 | £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, 7 60 Box 151, P. 0., Dunedin. £BOOO. A USTRALASIA’S SWEEP MELBOURNE CUP. THE GREATEST RACING EVENI OF THE YEAR. (Run in Oct.—Close as soon as filled.) 12,000 SHARES, 5s EACH. An even Four Shares, 20s. To be distributed as follows : First Horse £IOOO | Starters divide £V( Second ... 500 | Non-Starters 10( Third ... 250 | Total | £2OOO



And 10 Prizes at £25 each ... £250 50 Prizes at £lO ~ ... 500 60 Prizes at £5 ~ ... 250 Total in Prizes, £IOOO. Grand total £3OOO. THE THIRD CONSULTATION OP MY 1883 SERIES. The success and general satisfaction over previous events may be deemed sufficient introduction for that announced above. Clients are requested to send for not leas than four shares, taken up in one name. A pound secures four chances —not one only. The right of declining any particular subscription is reserved. Deducted for expenses, 10 per cent. Probity is guaranteed by good com mercial bona fidos. References : Mel bourne Sportsman and City Journals. Bankers—Sydney : City Bank. Melbourne : National Bank. Applicants are requested to enclose bank notes and register the L tier (strong registered envelopes obtainable at every post office) ; if crossed cheque, add Bank charge for collection (payable “Aus tralasia” or Bearer); also add 6d on notes when other than N. S. W. or Yic., and in all cases 4d postage for reply and result. Enclose two addressed envelopes un stamped. One extra Ticket (FREE) with every twenty to one address, thus enabling the promoters of Clubs for every twenti tickets a chance of being a winner with out investing, necessarily, a penny. REGISTER LETTERS Application, as usual, by letter. In tending applicants would oblige by writing immediately, to hasten the time, for drawing. the convenience of Sydney Subscribers, “ Australasia’s ” Letter Box will be found at the Offices, 40 Hunter at> eet, Sydney, ADDRESS ; AUSTRALASIA, Care of Mr H. J. Franklin, Wholesale Bookseller, Printer and Publisher, 8-223 40 Hunter street, Sydney.



Prospectus. GOLCONDA DIAMOND COMPANY, LIMITED, ALFORD FOREST. To be incorpora l ed under the Joint Stock Companies Act. Capital ... £IO,OOO, in 2,000 £5 shares. 1,000 of which are reserved for the pro moters; and the other 1,000 are now offered, to the public. Scrip will be handed to applicants on payment of deposit of £1 per share. This, it is anticipated, will be all the capital re quired to open up and fully test the mine. Provisional Directors: Charles Louisson W. Reed W. Dunford W. H. Wood W. M. Watson Macgregor Watt B. Dale W. E. M'Dougall D. B. M'Lareu F. Arenas J. H. Sture With power to add to their number. Bankers : Colonial Bank of New Zealand. Solicitor : J. Bickerton Fisher, Esq. Secretary : Henry Black.



Since the first advertisement referring to the above Company, the Promoters have secured about 45 acres of Freehold Land on the main branch of the Ashbur ton River, Alford Forest. In notifying this fact, the Promoters desire to state that they still thve the right to prospect over about 300 acres of Crown Land, one of the Promoters having secured a license therefor. The Freehold is in the centre of this block, and has a long frontage to the main branch of the Ashburton River. From the Prospector’s reports already to hand, and from the formation of the country, it is believed that the Company’s land will prove to bo of very great value,' and result in considerable profit to the shareholders. Some of the finest speci mens yet received from Alford Forest have been obtained from this Company’s land, and the Directors are confident that they will secure a sufficient quantity of Diamonds to give th 3 shareholders an j immediate and a substantial return. As ihere are but 2,000 shares in the Company, and the area is secured (being freehold), and as the further area of 300 acres will be prospected by the Company, the Directors with very great confidence offer the unallotted shares to the public. Applications for shares, accompanied by a deposit of £1 on each share applied fur, to be sent to the temporary offices of the Company, 135, Cashel street East, or to care of HENRST BLACK, Secretary, 8 266 Box 163, P. 0., Christchurch.



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



Educational. Ladies’ School 'Yy' ILL OOMMEN JULY 17 th. C B MRS THOMPSON, Tancred Street. 7 65



Public Companies, N EW ZEALAND LOAN & MER CANTILE AGENCY COMPANY (LIMITED). Capital, £3,000,000. Reserve, £200,000.



Makes LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES on Freeholds, on Stations and Stock, and on growing clips of Wool. RECEIVES CONSIGNMENTS of Wool, Grain, Tallow, Leather, Hides, Skins, etc. , for sale in New Zealand, Aus tralian, and London Markets. UNDERTAKES INDENTS of British, Continental, East Indian, and Ameri can goods, and Commissions in all branches of Mercantile Business. Supplies WOOL PACKS and CORN SACKS, at Lowest Current Rates. I AGENTS iN CANTERBURY FOR— Ruston Proctor and Co. ’s celebrated Com bined Threshing Machines and Engines, acknowledged to be the Best Machines imported into New Zealand. Felton and Quilleaume’s Patent Galvan ised Steel-barb Fencing Wire. Candy’s Patent Cotton Belting. Maldon Island Guano. Further particulars on application at the Company’s Offices, Christchurch or Ash burton. JOHN COOKE, Manager, Christchurch. GEO. WILKIN, Agent, nlO Ashburton,



W. H. Gundry. W. EL Grundry, Licensed land broker Under the LAND TRANSFER ACT, PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT & AUDITOR. Books and Partnership Accounts super vised, Audited, and Adjusted. Auditor for the Borough of Ashburton Ashburton Woollen Factory Company Ashburton Cheese and Butter Factory Ashburton Saleyards Company Ashburton Gas, Coal, and Coke Co. Ashburton Town Hall Company Etc., Etc., Etc. Money to Lend ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECU RITY, repayable by monthly instalments or otherwise. Agent for STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, STANDARD PROPERTY INVtGST MENT SOCIETY. East street, Ashburton. 384-



F- Ferriman. P. Femman Has for sale barrows BV HAXTON & BEATTIE, Patentees and-Sole Makers of the Celebrated SPRING TOOTH FLEXIBLE HARROWS. They combine Lightness of Draught, Practicability, and Cheapness, and meet the approval of all who have examined them.



Over 500 at work in New Zealand since 1880. This Patent Harrow has been awarded First Prize at the recent Exhibition held in Christchurch New Zealand, May, 1882, and the following prizes were also gained after competitions, trials, and testings:— Ist Prize Medal at Taieri Agricultural Show, 1880 Ist Prize at the Mataura Show, Gore, 1880 Ist Prize at the Invercargill Show, 1880 Ist Award of Merit, Ashburton Exhibi tion, March, 1881 Ist Prize Medal, Napier Show, 1881 Ist Prize Medal, Invercargill Exhibition, November, 1881 Ist Prize, Launceston, Tasmania, 1882 Ist Prize for Light and Heavy, Dunedin, 1872 Ist Prize, Gore, 1882 Ist Prize Medal, Taieri Show, November, 1881 Ist Prize, Patea Show, December, 1881 Ist Prize, Riverton Show, December, 1881 Ist Prize, Oamaru Show, December, 1881 Ist Award of Merit, Dunedin Exhibition, 1881 Ist Prize, Dunedin Show, December, 1881 Ist Prize, Christchurch Exhibition, May, 1882 Ist Prize, Invercargill, December, 1882 Ist Prize Sonthbridge, 1882 FIRST PRIZE, ASHBURTON. 1882.



The Principal Advantages of this Harrow are as Follows : It is 25 per cent. Cheaper than any other. Because of its simplicity, it is more durable. The flexible and spring-tooth working of the Harrows produce a steady strain, which prevents horses from having sore shoulders. A twelve-foot Harrow can be taken to pieces and put together again by any boy in five minutes’ time. Every tooth being a component part of the Harrow, the extra labor and expense of tools, bolts, nuts, threads, shoulder pieces, framework, etc., is entirely done away with. Each tooth acts independently of the others, and will do its work thoroughly over level, rough, knolly, or unevenly ploughed ground. It is the only Harrow in the world that can be taken to pieces in ten minutes, and securely packed in a bag ready for ship ment, or that can be taken to. a black smith’s and sharpened, at half the cost of any other. It is the only Harrow in the world that will do its work thorough and well in harrowing crosswise over new ploughed ground, without turning over the turf. Because of the flexible and spring tooth movement of the Harrow it is im possible for any of its teeth catching against roots or rocks, thereby making it much easier for the team that is drawing it. It is a perfect Chain or Seed Harrow, when turned on its back, acting an inch or inch and a-half in the soil, leaving a smooth surface. 1132 STOP THAT COUGH! DON’T DELAY.—How can you stop it? Where is the Remedy. Bonnlngton’s P OTORAL OXYMEL OF 0 vRRA GE‘IN or IRISH MOSS (registered), can produce more evidence of real merit than any other article for the purpose. Sold everywhere. —G, Bonninoton, Christchurch.



Publication. IN THE PRESS, AND WILL SHORTLY BE PUBLISHED, “OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS,” BY ALFRED SAUNDERS. This Book, written by an old New Zea land coloni t, will be found to contain the moat modern and complete information upon the Breeding, Rearing and Manage ment of every description of Domestic Poultry; suggestions for the improve ment of Poultry Shows ; all that is known about the principles to be observed in the mating of Breeding Stock; and some well defined rules for selecting, with certainty, the most economical and beneficial de scription of food for any animal, from a baby to a mouse. It will show the best sort of fowls to keep, and the rules for selecting them ; and, whilst condemning the cruelty and mischief of many common practices, it will point out how. to keep poultry with certain profit, in brilliant health, and producing abundance of eggs at every season of the year. 8 240



Business Notice. George Lea, AND CONTRACT Estimates and Plana furnished fc| kinds of Brick, Stone, or Timber ings. Funerals furnished at m< prices. , Workshops—Cameron st west. P. & D. Duncan, 4 GRICULTDRAL IMPLEMENTS 1 1 MANUFAOTDKERS, Ghbisxchuroh and Ashburton, Having been appointed AGENTS at Ash burton for the DEERING 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 30 will be L 5 extra. We are also prepared to take orders for McOORMIOK’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. J ust 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



pHOTOGRAP 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, East street, Ashburton, and as all Pictures will be taken by himself, it will be a sufficient guarantee that none but satisfactory Photographs will 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. 96g



rjlO FARMERS & STOCK BREEDERS The following Works may be had from THOS. F. FARLEY, BOOKSELLER & STATIONER, Ashburton, The Horse, with supplement, by Wm. Youatt; Cattle, their breeds and manage ment, by Wm. Youatt; Sheep and Cattle, by-C. Armatage ; Agricultural Chemistry and Geology, by Professor Johnston ; Agricultural Chemistry, by Maclvor ; Agricultural Chemistry, by Alfred Gibson; Breeding of Draught Horses, by Reynolds. A large and varied stock of standard literature always on hand—any book not in stock will be procured without delay. Subscribers wanted for all newspapers, pamphlets, and periodicals, by Thomas F. Farley, Saunders’ Buildings, Ashburton. 1041 F. S. Shearer, OF THE May bank works, tinwald, begs to thank the public for their 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 Carts, Drays, Traps &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, Tinwadp.69oc< Geo. Booth & Sons, Manufacturers and import ers of AGRICULTURAL 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 STEA.M THRESHING MACHINERY. Offices and Stores— -213 Tuam street, Christchurch. Postal Address —P.O. Box 89, Christ church. , 473 e



Mr Laurence oxleit hao been Appointed Agent for the Ashbur ton Guardian at South Bakaia.



Business Notices. QN SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED. SEED WHEAT OATS BARLEY GRASS SEED CHAFF FLOUR BRAN SHARPS TEA SUGAR, etc. Agents for Moobe & Co., Christchurch. ROBINSON & TOWNSHEND, 8 295 Havelock street. OTICE to the inhabitants of Rakaia and surrounding districts, that I am pre-



pared to supply them with prime Butchers* one •T 3 times deal d the __ when e 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, £2 18s fid; ladies’ tailor made ulster, £2. All other goods in proportion, for cash only. CRAIGHEAD & CO., TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, Tancred Street.



J-J UNEDIN BREWERY. CELEBRATED xxxx AND BITTER ALE, BITTER ALE. PLEASES BOTH EYE AND PALATE. TONIC AND WHOLESOME. Guaranteed absolutely free from adultera tion. The following are specimens of the com pliments we are receiving frequently : “ Please ship by next boat 3 hhds Ale, same as last; very good indeed.”—Bluff. “ I believe your beer is the best in the market. ” —Balclutha. “ I must congratulate you on the quality of the beer :it is magnificent. If you can keep it up to that you have got a good thing.”—Waimate. KEAST & McCarthy, Limited. Agents for Meukow’s Brandy, Roderick Dhu and Shaughraun Whiskies, and Mars den and Raffley’s celebrated Billiard Tables. 1266



E T H Y 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 nto our 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. Beat 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, DISO-h ARROWS, and other Farming Implements, winch 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, and 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



Trees. Trees. Trees. SEALY BROS., NURSERY AND SEEDSMEN, Ashburton, HAVE FOR SALE, at very low prices, an extensive stock of every description. Our FOREST TREES include Pinus Insignia, P. Jefferii, P. Radiata, P. Austriaca, P. Maritima, Spruce and Scotch Firs, Cupressus, Mac rocarpa, Ash, Elm, etc. Our FRUIT TREES this season are the finest ever offered in [ Canterbury. The list of Pears, Plums, Peaches, Cherries, Nectarines and Apples, include all the old standard sorts as well a s many excellent new kinds. In SHRUBS AND ROSES our stock is large and varied, and contains everything worthy of growth! For FENCING AND HEDGING we have an immense quantity of Macro carpa grown expressly for this purpose in pots and boxes; also, Holly, Thorn Quicks, Privet, Matapo, Laurel, African J Box Thorn, Osage Orange, etc. Also, Rhubarb and Asparagus Roots, Goose berry and Currants of all sorts, Quince, Mulberry, Almonds, Walnuts, Grape Vines, etc. Sealy Bros., ASHBURTON. 7 56



John Broom, SIGN WRITER, DECORATOR, COACH PAINTER, &o. Orders may be left at McColl’s, Ashbur ton Hotel; or Husband’s Stables, Hill’s Hotel. 1257



Conveyances. 7 T ONGBEAGH ROYAL MAIL 1 A COACH Leaves Longbeach for Ashburton daily (Sundays excepted) at 7.80 a.m., Waterton 8.10 a.m., Ashton 8.25 a.m., Wheatstone 8.46 a.m., arriving at Ashburton in time for the 10.24 express from Christchurc to Timaru. The coach leaves the coach stables, Wakanui Road (opposite Central Hotel), Ashburton, at 4.50 p.m., arriving at' Longbeach at 7.30 p.m. Parcels or orders left at any of the above places wiU receive strict attention Pares—Through single fares, 5s ; return same day, Bs. From this date RETURN FARE at SINGLE RATES, on Saturdays only, between Waterton and Ashburton. W. E. BOND, Proprietor, . 4270 Longbeach.



mINWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS X RAILWAY. MOUNT SOMERS AND ANAMA ROYAL MAIL COACH. This Coach leaves Hood’s Hotel, Moun Somers, for Anama Railway Station, at 7.30 am. and 5.35 p.m. every Tuesdaj and Saturday; returning to Mount Somer on the arrival of each train. Parcels and Luggage punctually attended to. Single fares, ?s; return, 3s. .n JOHN HOOD Boarding Houses, &c. mHE GLASGOW PIE HOUSE, JL Corner of Dowling and Princes streets,



Dunedin, J. DONALDSON, Proprietor. Has opened a place in connection with the above, which be has christened “ THE BODEGA,” and can promise to supply his friends with a better Glass of Wine -or Beer, direct from the cask in a cool cellar, than they can obtain anywhere in the city. Dowling Street. Princes street. “THE BODEGA.’ au 17 PANAMA HOUSE (late a stub's), Tancred street Ashburton. The undersigned begs to inform the pubic that he has REMOVED from, the frince Albert Dining-rooms to the qiore 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, Proprietor. 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, Frince Albert Boarding House and Tem perance Hotel, near Cookson’s Stables, Wills street, Ashburton ; next Odd fellows’ Hall, and one minute’s walk from the Railway Station. Charges strictly moderate. 944



Hotels FOREST HOTEL. Who 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 SHBURTON HOTEL, ARCHIBALD M'COLL (for many years Manager of the late Sir Oracroft Wilson’s Rangitata Station).. begs to in form his numerous Friends and the gene ral public that he has taken possession of tbe Ashburton Hotel, which has been greatly improved and entirely re-furnished and 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



Metropolitan temperance hotel, Christchurch. S. Stoddard BEGS respectfully to inform the Public that he HAS TAKEN THE ABOVE HOTEL, And all necessary improvements are being made to ensure the comfort of Customers. Grilled Steaks, Chops, and Hot Meals at all hours. The Hotel Bar is now open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., where Coffee is always ready and all Temperance Drinks can be pro cured. TEA TO ORDER. Tripe and Fish Suppers Every Night (Sundays excepted), from 7 to 10 o’clock p.m. A Green for the use of Families and Children adjoining the Hotel. 1365



Exhibition. IVTiJW ZEALAND INDUSTRIAL iM EXHIBITION, Under the auspices of the CHRISTCHURCH INDUSTRIAL association. Patron : His Excellency Sir W. F. Drum mond Jervois, K.C.M.G., Governor of New Zealand. To be held in Christchurch on ANNIYERSAY DAY, MONDAY, Dec. 17th, 1883, and following days. Exhibits are desired of all productions and manufactures of New Zealand that may tend to foster and improve the grow ing industries of the colony, and encourage the development of the Fine Arts. Space will be reserved for a Ladies' and Juvenile's Court. Circulars, with full information, will be forwarded by application to the under signed. JOSEPH B. SHEATH, 8 291 Sec.) Exhibition Committee.



Medical - - DEAFNES S.—Quadra oallihg them selves “ Doctors,” are utterly pain ing the organs of hundreds suffering from deafness, charging from L 5 'to L2O for so doing. I have two infallible' remedies (No. 1, deafness .vising from colds j No. 2, the thickening of the parts of the Tympanum) from recipes sent me by those world-known Aurists, the late and pre* sent Senior Surgeons of the Royal Dis pensary for Diseases of the Ear.—Send stamps for particulars to T. B. Hanna fokd, Auckland, N.Z. 1270 JQR HEILBRON’S WORM OAKES These Cakes are principally prepared from Herbs, and do not contain any dan gerously active ingredients. They have a wonderful effect in curing children, as well as grown persons, by removing the worms. They have been* with>gtea suc cess introduey into the principal'families in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. They are guaranteed to do a Way, in a very short time, with many serious complaints like Bronchitis, Files, Dicers, Ulcerated Throats, etc., if taken in time,as these sicknesses are often caused by worms of all kinds, espeoiolly by the Tape Worm, and by the most dangerous Thread iWorm, which, if not destroyed in time, will soon create the nardly-curafcle Worm Fever. The smallest, the Thread Worm, will more than any other worm penetrate through all the crevices of the body up jo 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. Still more



recently there was a case, a grown man tvhoae seat wai affected by the Thread Worm, and who, after trying many aorta remedies, without effect was directly relieved by a dose of . DR HEILBRON’S Worm Cakes. There are cases where the worms come away that; they almost can be i counted then often,they come away in wholeiclots and sometimes in,a thick and slimy stuff, and although not so perceptible^Still they are caused to leave by Dr Heilbron’s Worm Cakes. And there have been.other cases where children affected with-Worms, when coughing or sneezing, do discharge them through the mouth arid nose. ;. The symptoms of Worms are; generally as follows :—Lassitude, Giddiness, De pression of Spirits, Impaired Appetite (which if not acted against, will engender diseases of the bile), Disorder of the Stomach and Digestive Organs,, Sick Headaches, Vomiting, Disturbed Sleep, and many more serious complaints, in cluding Fits, of which last many persons have been cured by these Worm Oakes. No time should be lost in removing,these Worms, else the consequence will be seri ous, as they will increase in size, and quantity, and ultimately spread through out the intestines. If Worms are ne glected for a time - they will do so'.much damage as to make it beyond human skill to restore and reorganise, the; system of digestive organs.



DIRECTIONS FOB USB. • s; The quantity of these Worm Oakes to be taken at a dose depends mostly on the age and constitution of. the patient In most cases a couple of doses will drive the worms away for many years, if not en* I tirely. As a standard : A. dose for a,child up to 2 years will be half a Oake; from 2 to 4 years old, one whole Oake ; from 4 to 8 years, one Cake and a half; from Bto 14, two Cakes; and so to increase, with the age, but never more than four pakes at one dose. Grown females may gene* rally take three Cakes at a dose, and grown men four Cakes, according to con* stitution. The most effective way of using these Worm Cakes is by taking, the-doss before going to bed, and on the following morning to take a cup of hot tea before breakfast. I am not certain how long 1 may stay in this town, and as these Worm Cakes 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. MRS E. HOMBERG, Sole Agent. Ashburton Agents—Mr J. M. Cam* bridge; Messrs Andrewes Bros.; Mr R. Alcorn 6 KEATING’S COUGH LOZENGES. COUGHS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS ACCUMULATION OF PHLEGM Composed of the purest articles. These Lozenges contain no opium nor any deleterious drug, therefore the most delicate can take them with perfect confidence. Their beneficial eftwct is speedy and certain. This old, un> failing family remedy is daily recommended by the most eminent Physicians. (In use nearly 6o years). 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 cases of cough' and asthma. You are at liberty to state this Us 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, with the best results. ‘ 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, “Keating’s Cough Lozenges” engraven on the government stamp.



Keating’s Worm Tablets. Keating’s Worm Tablets. A PURELY VEGETABLE 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 CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASER The value of this well-known Family Medi. cine has been largely tested in all parta of the world, and by all grades of society, for upwards of FIFTY YEARS. Its well-earned exten sive sale has induced SPURIOUS IMITA TIONS, some of which in OUTWARD APPEARANCE so closely resemble the ori ginal as to have deceived many purchasers. The proprietor therefore feels it duetto the public to give a special caution against 'the use of SUCH IMITATIONS. Purchasers are therefore requested carefully to observe the four following distinctive characteristics, without which none ar genuine : Ist—ln every case the words JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTH, SURREY, are engraved on the Government Stamp affix to each pacl^et. 2nd—Eatn Single Powder has directions for the dose, and he words, John Steedman Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, printed thereon. 3rd —The name, Steedman, is always spelt with two EE’s. 4th —The manufacture is carried on solely at Walworth, Surrey. Sold in Packets by all Chemists ana Medi cine Vendors. Kempthorn, Prosser and Co SK for POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED