The Ashburton Guardian.

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VOL. IY.—No. 984.1 ASHBURTON. MONDAY,_JTjLY ; -tt, - '; ;



Alfred AiMtgeate.'i on, JV A tJC'fIQNEER, VALUER, GOM " MISSION AGENT, A. Sales of. Stock, Merchandise, oJ Furniture and Effects, Pigs, Poultry, 1 lo ; t and General Produce. ■ s WEEKLY SALE every SATURDAY, at oj 12 o’cdook -sharp, commencing in the io Yards'with HORSES. IN THE ROOMS,' AS XdV„i=;.vV>Vh REQUIRED; ■ jpFp and Farm Propertiea entered on m i.v.the; books. .No charge unless sold. 1 AGENT for THE NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Every class Of Risks taken at lowest rates. ,ED BA REIS ON. ■iigWu b ,QCO.O(?O,S.fe -•‘Walfer ■ B. : Moss, ji ; J gfejjsfcti Stbu*.t, Ashburton, n AUOTIoNEBR,AGCOUN TANT, LAND i ;..'oJr iAND OOMMISION AGENT. \;;AijO9TiPNS., pf Lai)d,!.Hocaeai 'Cattle, rL Pigs' Produce, &c., at big .Salerooms and Yaids every Saturday.. Auctions of Stock at Ashburton and Tinwald Saleyarda every alternate Tues day. ■ Ontaidesaleaaa required, and on special terms. .loteetKoTl Hb - nA Jirakßraga and Commission Business in oflU US f«rjaß.a.«iq r. ,• ‘>v •' . ■ rr.Debtaaird Rents collected - and Bouses -aniEatatea cared for. Ri ow u LOANS NEGOTIATED. - WHY PAf RENT? ji AiNDhavenothing left at the end of gift the termwhenyou- have the; oppor tunity oU acquiring a Freehold of yoiir own considerable outlay. JHA§'FOR SALE,. sii'3iq«y many others]'’‘ ' ‘ '■iThe-following'-pick of' TOWN SEC TTKINS, trhiob are; so situated 'that they: -must MaSrery year’increase materially ' in tuluoi’Wnd are to be sold’ cheap if ;p t ' u * T’flSAStion'JfNo; 338; cdrnet ,J Moore' -and streets, on Which'is drePted .•jcfji!-:' ttJo comfortable cottagba, both “well e!!id ewsitedi-;;-” «» >’o‘S6tsfionW-Noa; ’42sand 426, on Tancred icd t sn acte). . s ; ■ : Sections Nos. 468, 466?and ; 467i'dh the Corner of- Havelock and William streets—=» moat desirable property, n'flix-rablhed ■house; and < £ acre land, aa riaJuiobsaec of ; East 1 Town Belt and Limit) fPeter-vtreet ; house “well ’finished saw ,B9tli»irafl!honti ' . Six-roomed home ; thoroughly 'well finished and-m-perfect order; J acre land ; orchardl'in full profit and ffti; every convenience. f~' J -Largie dtfo-storey house of 14 rooms, i ,eq>wilh ; 2 acres graud land; admirably m n^a.'jsdaptea‘for private boarding-house, . ait «w and within two or three chains of rid a« thA'T-OWn Belt. : rrt ..1- ; • Also, /■" £ acre of land; with two neat cottages tx'tf , tbAt'eon, opposite Gasi Street, on ti'lL ‘”Ntjith'Tbwit Belt (a dead gift); FARM FOR SALE—2OO acres at Sea field, pare of- sections 27432 and' 27438, fallowed for past three ..i t years, and in good heart for crop —-pingij-~water~Tace runathrougtT’tnh ■- tT. land. 1 To be sold cheap, the o vner having loft the district. Apply at< oWCe." ‘ ■ ’ *" ; ’’ ; Section No;' 581, corner of Gamerori and o '' i.: park streets,; 'with two foar-roomed j ;.-j -'o ■\eo4tag^ 1 thereof! 1 ;; Jth acre’ to each r -a Jhouse.; ' both ; rented to : good i-j ; - : \tfehanffi. ’•’ “ ' Ir ‘ . - ■ B«raoni!rlo46, ;1047, and each i ;i.’o '^ere,' : bn ’Peter street, neat Town J ‘Belt West.- . *■ i.jiinc; ;A ; GOOD’CHANCE •’Fir tk, of small means to ACQUIRE a sjhs-class' BUSINESS,, 1 '"Fot, sale, a'well selected new first-class. Sistoct of FANCY GOODS, together' with GF BUSINESS in the ,lead ‘ in Christchurch. Terms veiy easy. .Satjsfactpry reasons given, for selling. ; Apply at once.. . . / *- J ; ■r:WALTER B. MOSS, •" ' HAVELOCK STREET. ‘ lEDTO ASSIST PUR tERE REQUIRED. ( ahd Sections wanted; fot Sale or Jv.itii'jlyi iy'o.'-r -to’Rent. TO FARMERS. Samples of KILN-DRIED WHEAT to tjle' seen at •' : uuV; WALTER B. MOSS’S AUCT I O N 70* ! ■ - ■ R G O M S; Shipping. «’B' i SHORTEST AND MOST DIRECT ROUTE TOJGKEAT BRITAIN AND ! -EUROPE. Though Ameri64, via Sandwichlstanda. The,-Paoific ;SLiil Steamship Company; (under .contract with the New Zealand and New South Wales Governments) will despatch the .undermentioned steamers as ’ f ■' ■ ' - are. booked ’ to .London, . Liv Paris, at, a through rate, ti u > ‘voiubagcs. . . ... j ■ r . and. Passage,, a for full information, apply to WILSON; SA\VTELL & 00., ,1. - Agents, ; Ohnstuhur. .Buainess Notices .I LL WHO ;'INTENI> BUILDING, inyited to CALL at thhYARDS Bii /';• iifv; ;■ l‘- . -f . ■ T.; BROWN,- theF l han . be/fully./.supplied, with everything they requiroria-TIMBER of all lands, and every? qther trade line at LowsafoG Urrenfc Rates. , . 1 , bioistfioiAXrliaNES.LANDlNG. FENCING .WIRE, .IRON, CEMENT. rAssortment;.. Special at |ldon to Country Ordbrp, and shipped direci (Coin aidinguiu Sill JdiifEiJ. W,' ; Ni : ' Oman 1 iToW^rkbt. V Wholesale DSpdiP toVay i « f '!i r *' ‘ w®-*



Business Notices. Friedlander Bros. BE DISSOLUTION OF PARTNER SHIP. ~|~N consequence of not yet having found " a Purchaser for their .. • , ' ENORMOtJS STQQK, .PRIEDLANDER BROS, : I Have resolved tomakje , still , ' FURTHER REDUCTIONS, j With a View 1 to reduce the Stock to ,*at least ' • ' r ,i ONE HALF OF ITS PRESENT i VALUE,; ’'" '[ . ■ i • Which they trust will bring it within the ■■ ■>- < •■" ■/"■'reach Of •/ i: ' ’■ I SMALLER; CAPITALISTS/ i ; ! i- (■! <;» -i ' i:n ; r ■ •■•• And they are prepared to dispose/of their Business to suit Purchasers. | ~..17- .. ,r inthe : • •■■■i i • • ■ / ■ FOLLOWING LOTS, • ! . - . - . .■. : ■ ■ ■ i i ' ( , separate or together ‘ ; Lot i,. 717 DRAPERY& QLOTHING. \ Lot 2, ■ - . f GROCERY & PROVISIONS. j Lot, 3, . I HARDWARE & IRONMONGERY. THE CHEAP SALE Will'continue until the Business is v -disposed of, and GREATER BARGAINS « i Than ever will be offered to the Public, j . SPLENDID SITES ■; ros -L ;... . :. / PRIVATE, RESIDENCES, Fruit and Vegetable Gardens, etc., ALLENTON TOWNSHIP; WE are prepared to receive applications for the PURCHASE of SECTIONS in the above township. , , . 1 The Sections range from 1 to B acres,. and are of the : .■.: j- ! • RICHEST SOIL IN THE COUNTY. ! Terms pf Payment Liberal. We have now ON SALE , SEED WHEAT V ' , OATS : • , ' BARLEY Of various’kinds,' which we now 1 offer at LOWEST PRICES. CASH ADVANCES made on Growing! Crops. 1 HAVE NOW ON SALE — SEED WHEAT. Minnesota Five Velvet Chaff Milwaukee No. 2 And various other Brands. : - SEED BARLEY. Chevalier "• ’* • Carter’s Pedigree • SEED OATS. ' Canadian Tuscan Danish Which we now offer at Lowest Peices. In conjunction with Messrs R. Wilkin and Co., of Christchurch, Auctioneers, we hold FORTNIGHTLY SALES of Stock of every description, at Ashburton and Tinwald Saleyards a ternately. Farmers and Stockowners entrusting , Stock to us, can rely on same being dis x posed of to best advantage, f .. . . b :• We are also: prepared io make CASH . ADVANCES on Growing Crops. , r ? : .7i ..... Friedlander Bros., AGENTS COLONIAL INSURANCE -■ . COMPANY'; , h „. i “ ' ;lj (ilßE! AND MARINE).



Business Notices. Dress M a k i n g; UNDERCLOTHING. 1 MISS KiNGSfeURY Begs to announce,to her numerous patrons that she has removed to Bakers’ Buildings, next to D. MacFarlane, Grocer, Havelock Sireet, Ashburton. Orders promptly attended to. 396 e 1 MERTCAN DOMESTIC PATTERNS Mrs Hodge, DRESSMAKER, STREET, Thanks the Ladies of Ashburton for 'their liberal patronage, begs, to inti math that she has received a few choice; DRESS MATERIALS from 7|d, I KILTING, (by machine) Id per yard. : American REGISTRY OFFICE FOR FEMALE i ■ SERVANTS. - ■ ' Bfj ~r ' i ■ ■ APRIL, 1883,; '‘X ■■■ j PR IC. E , L I S T ,■ ' ;■ -.. 0 .*" . • ’ ; TEAS AND GROCERIES. ; just receiyed» a few-.tons of. pew, Dun edip Oatmeal, price ,3s 9d per ,bag., * , ; From London, pew Marmalade id glass .packages,, comprising— I'■ i Goblets-contappug -Hb, la;. , ; •; Tumblers „ ~ la . ’ ( .Tankards,;. „ . ~ la 2d. • Glaps Jars •,, ... Is; ...... .| Glass Jar/s. ~ . 21b,*Is fid •. ’ i • Sngar basins, Is fid. , . .. , j Arnber-sugar,basins M ls Bd, : . ■ ! Covered butter dishes, Is 8d ■ j Jelly moulds, Is (Id Glass.J,)gs,2lbs, 2sfid „■ ,1,1 v., Some really choice new figs,Gs; per box K pk o d ra -Bh«iop[ft.Ti o ,«g»ea, 3s per tin ‘ few cases of OLams ; left, 2lb tin, la2d. ’ New Balmoral Biacqita, 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 I .as any. in Christ- 1 church at 6d per lb more moneys andi .absolutely pure, no ..doubtful samples, being accept-d. They are— Houqua blend, 2s per lb 1 ; Caravan tea (Russian favorite); 2s 4d; : per lb i j. Eouchong tea (favorite in India), 2s 10d' i . per lb ■ • ■ ! , Though not a-s If sty led professed tea taster (for there are no others), T. T. has .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, 6d may be saved in the purchase of every pound of tea at Taylor’s. - I . 139, MANCHESTER STREET. A strong, good-flavored family' Tea, la; fid per lb. A reduction of 2d per lb on 121b’ boxes of any of the above ■ An 111 b boi of new season’s tea, 13s 6d,: - strong, good flavour, good leaf . An 111 b box of new season’s tea,- 205.1 Compare tlno with J the 25s box of other houses Ah 111 b box of the finest imported Assam. and Lapsang Souchong Teas; 28a 1 Half-chests of 401bs; £2 10s to £5 ' Indian packets, in lead, of pure Assam Tea, 2s 4d per lb Currants, Raisins, and Sultana's, washed: and dried ready for use, by patent; ' machinery, the cleanest fruit in New Zealand New Currants, >6d per lb New Raisins, fid and SdjNew Sultanas, 9dj New Mixed Peel, Is fid per lb TRIANGLE (LATE DAVENPORT); | Lentils; Egyptian, 3d per lb : ; Lentils, German.fid 'perlb' j Haricots, 3d pej lb . ; Maize Meal, 3d per.ib ... j White Crystal Sugar, ,4d pt r lb Finest Crystal Sugar, per lb „ ~. Snowdrops, 5d I Pure Lemon Juice, quarts. Is 9d Calvesfoot Jelly, quarts 3s fid, pints 2s 4d ; Loose Baking Powder, la per lb ' Fowl’s Wheat, 3s 6d per bushel Best Flour, 251bs 3s 4d ; SQlbafia fid 1 Ne.w Muscatels, la fid per lb French Plums, 21b bottle, 3a fid Preserved Ginger, 4s fid per jar, ; High test Kerosene, 8s fid,. 9s fid, and; 10s fid per tin A special discount allewed ’.on ,all orders of £5 and upwards 123, LOWER HIGH STREET. E I D AND G R A Y’S Newly Improved New Zealand Central Disc Disc Harrow. 280 made and in use. Is the simplest, the best, and the most durable in the market. Last season it took First Prize in com petition with all Colonial and American makers, at Christchu c!r Dunedin, In v.rcargill, Wyndhatn, Gore, Oamaru, : Timaru, Waiinate. Ellesmere, ‘Rangiora, Masterton, Auckland, and VVanganui. .-'izes in stock —6, 8 10, and 12ft i Reid and Gray’s New Zealand Twine Binder. 1 At the Oamaru trial of Twine Binders - it took the Gold - Medal as the besl f Machine in the field, beating Samuelson’t j and Howard’s. This season, at the Taieri trial, it tool First Prize as the best Reaper and Binder I and also a First Prize as the best all .. .round Machine, in competition witf Hornsby’s, Howard’s, and W. A. Wood’s We are now booking orders for the fol lowing harvest; and as the demand wil . be large we would like our friends ti j order at once, to. avoid disappointment As we will have a well-assorted stock o Fittings at all our Branches, Farmers cai roly on, getting Fittings at a moment’ notice. ■ Double-furrow Ploughs, Ohaffcuttera Horse Gears, Cambridge Rollers, Seei 7 Sowers, etc., etc; Illustrated catalogues fre on application to our l Head Office, Dune din, or to our Branched at Oamaru Timaru, Invercargill; Christchurch, Asfi burton, or Auckland.



; REMOVED TO NEW PREMISES. ! G. J. pTXiiblow, ' MERCHANT TAILOR &■ OUTFITTER, BEGS tbi intimate to his customers and the general puhlib of Ashburton. I and thesurrounding districts that he hasi : . , 'll B M O V E D. To more extensive premises ‘ recently 1 erected by him in ' • TANC’rED STREET. (Next Union' Bank of Australia). " '• To keep pace with his largely ina trade, ho has purchased a LARGE" STOCK'bf the very best material, viz. Saddle Moa v iol Kaiapoi West of England Fancy Coating Irish'Frieze' Whipcord Elastic Rib Bedford Cord' Melton Black Oloth Doeskin' And other TVeeds too numerous to pa'f : ' ticularise. It is therefore needless to state that lie ; is in a position to supply a first-class Article at the lowest possible price FOR; 1 CASHj-andin all cases ■ A; GOOD FIT GUARANTEED. , Gentlemen’s own material made up. .TANO'RED STREET,. ASHBURTON* ', ■ I ■ (Next to the Union Bank of Australia). : ■ " 1295 D McFAR LAN E; (Late Guard N;Z. Railways), ! | Bhgs td inform his numerous friends’ \ 'that He hAs taken over the GROCERY; j BUSINESS, lately carried on by Mr’ ; Jaimes Baker, ahd hopes to merit 'a fair■ ! shaife bf the patronage hitherto accorded* to his predecessor. . 1 , AlTgoods will be of the Best Quality,! ; and will be Sold CHEAP for CASH. ; i Cash Purchaser of Fresh Butter and ■* Eggs. | j ' , Note the Address— D. McFarlane ! - (Late James Bake*), ■ i: H A V E L O C K S T REE T. 286 George Lea, JgUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. 1 Estimates and Plans furnished for all kinds of Brick, Stone, or Timber Build ings. Funerals furnished at moderate prices. Workshops—Cameron st west. 812 . HEADSTONES, & hVI CHURCHYARD CROSSES, Made frpm the handsome and ondaring 5 Stone of this District, either Red or 1 White. Designs submitted. Prices mode rate. Inscription accurate and neat. All Goods carefully packed and put on the Railway at Anama Station. , ■A. Pollock, 1 ARCHITECTURAL STONE CARVER; Mount Somers. 382 9 ; ; Geo. Booth & Sons, Manufacturers and import ers of agricultural im plements. ■8 it ’a k r. 1- ,h s. 1- ,11 to ; t. ' of in ;’s s, id 30 e h- CARLYLE IMPLEMENT WORKS, Sydenham (near Christchurch). Makers of Carlyle Iron Windmills Carlyle Seed Strippers Carlyle Improved Disc Harrows Carlyle Drays, Tip Carts, Spring Traps, &a ! Ploughs,- ; Harrows,.. Cultivators, Broadcast Sowers,- &cj- Sole Agents for RANSOME’S STEAM THRESHING MACHINERY. Offices and Stores— -213 Tuam, street, Christchurch. Postal Address—P.O. Box 8.9, ° Christ ' . ■ , .cHuitjciii... 1 '‘j Licensing act, issif bh'Sak at Office of this Paper.



Business Notices. A USTRALIAN . MERCANTILE UNION INSURANCE COMPANY * (LIMITED). CAPITAL ... ... ; £250,000.. Twenty Per Cent, of Profits Divided Annually among the Policy Holders. LOWEST RATES OF PREMIUM. STAGES, BARNS, AND AGRICULTURAL RISKS GENERALLY, on most Favorable Terms. . , Spjsciai ,Notice.—As this Company has been the means of Reducing Firr Premiums, Insurers will . best consult their own interests by heartily supporting it, and so prevent a return to the Old Raises. j Agents, for Ashburton end District, ORR I & CO. 13n C A'N:T£ FtßiO RY r -i ft ,-'7 / ■■ WE &> —'r— ■ V ■ ESTABLISH ED'IBSB. : CAPITAL i. I;000.003 ; i ' ''j'ii&s'ij\ljffß/urr'OF/?/}.<•■•■■ rjT HE 'PR EMIER COLONIAL COMPANY. FIRE AND MARINE RISKS TAKEN AT THE LOWEST ‘" T-'v , .CURRENT RATES. • •• ;tii.f '. • ■’ ASHBURTQN . AGB|IT— C George Jameson. 24 ••'D/iFmi nirTar



VEGETABLES FOR THE MILLION. —ln Consequence of the splendid season, the undersigned has about 20,000 CAULIFLOWERS, SAVOYS) etc;,which he wishes to dispose of at alarmingly low rates for CASH. A Good Supply of CABBAGE and CAULIFLOWER Plants now on 'sale either at the shop or Hamp stead Garden. ' large supply of best quality POTATOES always kept in stock, atcheapest rates. Fruit, Con fectionery, etc., always on hand. Edward Ling, Wills street (Opposite Fire Brigade Station). 771 £ZfI, : ~ Apjdnioad puy Appjau Ej.i'edaj.j; . saoud qoanqo -■jsiiqQ %y : sesimaad aq-j uo aapacT opepuur uorjdtaosap XiaAa jo ejnqiamjj 'suSiHep qsoMea oqi jo jo paiaeA tin's aSjvq e omojj mo.ij paAiaoaj -jsnjj suq '(lop'jq j-bAo-jj opeoddo) qeeiqs ‘aaspsax-jauiquo ‘HOSSSSj' W *f) I ‘KvniTmmx FR-l "Sihfli Himil MRU & 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 per lb. Side Mutton, 2£d ~ CHARLES INDER, ! , 1460 South Rakaia. M 'ykf* HM/r S'RMURRAY'^ 4lA> rnAKE TIME BY THE FOR 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 WATC M ES, 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 has 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 ” oi his own manufacture which occupies a place in his window, and serves as an authority on mean time to the town. Watches free and safe h” post on re oeipl of P. 0.0 730e-960 Q/)VBRNMENT PUBLICATIONS. Ths following Government .Publica tions, with'others, can be obtained at tht Office of this Paper. ■ Education Act Railway Tariff (revised) Crown-Lands Guide Regulation l of Local Elections Act v Public Libraries ActS J | Companies Act Fencing Act Etc., Et 6. " ‘ i fjl H E H A R Y E S T OWNERS' of THRESHING MA CHINES are reminded that Receipt anc ; Delivery Machinys arq priptec ! expeditiously ancl cheaply at the this Paper, next Tattersall’s, West stree 1 Ashburton. 81



Oj &. >f, . Business Notice. T"- ——wr" —Tjp : Robert Alcorn, 6ENER A L ME R CHAUT.i T7-0R Quality, Cheapness, and Fit in _IJ Men’s, Youths’, and Boys’Clothing and Boots of all sorts, go to R. ALCORN’S Corner' Shop (attached to;’the Grocery, Ironmongery! Glass, and China Ware houses I , : tvhere you will'get everything of the best quality and at the lowest possible prices. TEA is my specialitymy 3s Tea is uneqtialled in ' Christchurch or Dunedin at the price, and unsurpassed at any price. ' BB9d H A. J. Gardner, NURSERYMAN, , : S FOR SALE, 20.000 Pinos Insianis, 12a per 100; or, if planted' and ‘ guaranteed, 15a pof ‘loo | Macrocarpa 200.000 Box Thorn j 12s per 1000 ' ; Fruit Trees, true to name 'Cabbage Plants, Is per 100. Any quant tity ready for planting out for early spring cabbage. South bridge, May 1 ?, 1883. 1069 T I N \V A L D STORE; NOTICE. The TINWALD .STORE has beeri RE-OPENED under the management Mr W. BIGGS, and Customers will be attended to as formerly. * 23d O F A R M E R S. i HUDSON, RIDLEY & CO., GRAIN & PRODUCE MERCHANTS, < . . AND ■■■:> ■ -- ■ ; t . FARMERS’ AGENTS, 136, 138, Cashel street, Christchurch'. , Special attention given to all lescrip tibns of Seed, Grain, Cheese and Produce placed in our Hands for sale, and best market rate, combined with quick returns obSltied. Largo accomiift*odation for Storage, at Low • ■ ■ '' Rates. ; WANTED NOW,— ; Git ass Seed, Grain, ExcA-jEtc. 122 iiiMfwii iffp COACH FACTORY, Havelock street. ; i- ... Established 1876. i Baker:; & Brown, , COACIiBUILDERS, Ac.y Manufacturers, of all kinds of buggies and carriages of English or American ’ designs. • r Guaranteed. • Buggies repaired, re-painted, re-trim med, etc. i 196 W. Stocks, MASON, Madras street south, Christchurch. A very LARGE STOCK to select from. Prices Revised. AiT C Stratz iUp WATCHES, f[i ... Greatly reduced in prices J.F. Stratz, High street! Christchurch. I am largely over stocked with clocks, watches, arid jewel lery, e special ly watches, having over 400 good strong . watches at all prices to select, from (which is the largest stock of watches in one shop in New Zealand), and I am expecting about the same num ber 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 wil jbo re turned, with interest at the rate cf six per cent. added. To reduce the stock all goods wil} peloid at wholesale price during the next three months. Genuine Rotherham s English hunting.levers, capped and,jewel-' led, from L 4 15s ; genuine Waltharii watches from L2 10s ; Ladies’ watches, i-“ Hall marked,’.’ English silver cases, from LI 15s ; Peep o' aaj r alarm clocks, 10s 6d. are a few of the leading lines ; a.ll other goods are proportionally- low in prices. ' Haying such a large and varied; stock of watches, cl< cks, and jewellery it would take, too much, space to enumerate every article. Come and inspect my stock and judge for yourselves. Every article marked,in, plain figures. Note the address; J. F, STRATZ) Practical Watchmaker, 261, High street, Trian 10, Christchurch. 502 B ALL PROGRAMME CARDS Very neat : styles,' with 1 Pencils Ribbons, printed at the Guardian Off (3 W<wt street.



c OMPULSORY BAL' B; Hayes- MUST HAVH MGnEY • ; | and ■ ■ WILL HOLD A ’ CHEAP j ■ " : AND DES P E R-A T E ■ S A L'Ei For one Month, commencing ' ] SATURDAY, 23rd JUNE, ’ Their Prices must Astonish everybody.' } Welsh Flannel, B£d.; Scotch Flannel*- 10Jd ; ; winceys, 3d; Heavy I nion Shirt; ing, 6d ; White Calico 1 (American), 3s 6d j Grey Calico, 2s 9d;' Our Blanket s'are grand at; Ssylld ; French Dress Serges, 4|d ; 'Costume Cloths, s|d ; Homespun Tweed, 4|d ; Satin Cloths/6-|d ; Tweed; for boys’ wear, 10£d; Ladies’ Umbrellas, Is lid ; Ladies’ Lementeen, choice, 2s II4.; Cplton-Sox, ld : ; ■ Felt Carpet, Is; Hemp Carpet; 11|L; Wet’ Buttons, GdddUdtton Titek/4fd'; Ladfes’sHandkOTi 1 chiefs," 2d , ; 1 ' Curtain Net,' 2jd V’ DoF bf Children’s Dresses, grand Value/ 4s lid i Velvet Hat, Is ; Seal Caps, la 4-button Kid Gloves, black, 2s 6d ; Colored,Hs 6d; Ladies’ Chemises, Is,; ~ Real Ostrjcn Feathers, 2s 6d ; Blacfcßeatrice 1 yard. Id,; Trimmed Hats, from 3d ; Girl’s! Fashionable Aprons, 6d ;■ Ladies’; Tweed ■ Skirts, trimmed, 2a 6d ; Ladies’ Stays* Is 9d=;- Children’s Bibs, 3d; Ulster Jackets and Wool Goods, Desperately Cheap. ■ ’ Msn’s Braces, 1.R., 6d ; Men's Trou sers and Vests, 10s 6d ; Men’s Colonial Trousers, 8s 6d ; Men’s Moles, 4s 9d ; Lot Men’s Overcoats, to be sold, 19s lid; Men’s Collars, 4 boxes Is. Girls’ Kid E. S. Boots, 2s 9d ; Ladies’ Kid Boots, E.S!, 3s 9d ; Ladies’ House Boots, 3s 6d;‘ Seal Boots, good value, 10s 6d ; Strong Lace Boots, 8s 9d. Boys’and Men’s, Boots of every descrip tion are selling'Cheaper than Ever. Observe the'Address— BULLOCK’S ARCADE. n Christchurch! monumental works, Manchester street, Christchurch. The undersigned having purchased the Stock at leas than cost price, he is able to execute orders lower than any other yard, and hopes by strict attention to business to receive a continuance of the favors bestowed on the late Proprietor. J. K M ANSFIELD. While thanking patrons for past favors I beg to solicit a continuance of the same for my succes:or. ' 511 J. SHEREIPF. i E. Smith, E- A T H E R DR E SS E R; JP- 159, ARMAGH STREET , j (Between Colombo & Manchester streets)! CHRISTCHURCH. - Straws Dyed.and Gloves Cleaned. • Sealy Bros., ; ! NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN, ’ to announce to their Customers and the Public generally that they have REMOVED to their NS'.V PREMISES, Corner of East and Moore Streets. Large Stock Fruit and Forest Trees. Apples on Blight Proof St'oka, 1 SEALY BROS. : ol & u ML* in Baker Bros., QONTRACTORS, I BUILDERS, AND UNDERTAKERS, Wakanui and Cass Str°,“ts, Ashburton. 167 Messrs Elz Bros., TTTHILE thanking the public for'their VV liberal support,-beg to intimate to their friends and customers that they have greatly enlarged their premises, and wish to notify that they are now in a position to do all kinds of work—from building' new to repairing carriages of all descrip tions. A large and choice stock always on hand, which their friends are invited to inspect. All work is under the super vision of Messrs Elz Bros, themselves. Charges strictly moderate. Note the Address— WILLS STREET ■ 'Next Cookson’s Stables), Ashburton. 395 e .TIHE ■ PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE X OF NEW ZEALAND. Atention is directed to the provisions oi the Acta establishing this Office, and t<> the advantages placed thereby within the. reach, of every colonist, . Subject .to such , provisions, the State offers to every per i .son ... „■ ~.. 1. About to make his or her Will o; Codicil, . 2. Intending to provide for Wife and- Children or others'by deed of Settlement. 3. —Settling Property by way of Mar riage Settlement. 4. —Desiring to renounce the Trusts of a Will, having been appointed Executor or Trustee tinder the satire. 5. —Having acted as Trustee, Executor, i or Administrator, wishing to be relieved 0! the burthen of Truatoe hip or Adminia tration,the option of us i,jg the Si(\ty ma chinery, and gives an absolute guarantee | against loss of funds by fyaud, peculation, or dishonesty. Every information , may be obtains.; from ' ( ALEANDER DEAN, Agent at'Chriatchurch; Or from ■ ; 1 ! R. C. HAMERTON, 1 1 ■ ■**■ '*/ •*’'Public Trustee , Wellington, % 12th May, 1882.



Businessl?o|i^» G. 0. IPrimmer 3 KGS to inform the public that he has 0 PENEJJ_‘ thq QITY BUTCHERY, ik and jousts by'keeping gnqd at a reasonable figure to recefvb a" patronage. Country Carts all the requirements /or the.inner man., with in a radius.of, twenty,ipiles.; t .T,j SlJjf^j|s9B A 'sss& RE-0 NB T .t,ri«w(wO Highest pricq giyehfpr Malting Barley. Oats Crushed r —■■ ■ -W.-. T// SE AS 0 I*AB tIS.; D 1,0 l£Ji S. • ••;.> ... .-rrrr" -•; i ■*., w .Cambridge's Cough ISj/jraj) . , Cambridge’s ’ Black JCu'rraht' Cough Bohnington’s Irish Moss' •-UKB Dr Low's Cherry Pectoral Ayer’s Cherry , Pectoral - •_ Kay’s Essence of Linseed "'7*.{,Vo t , Powell's Balsam of Aniseed M ' l 1v ' ’ Bosche’s'Gefman • S r ,S%^H^ EUxir '- : , 'kVwi r Baxters,JLung Preserver.. ■ . 1 'Keating’S*. Cough Lozeiiges...*’- ' Glycerind Cold Cream ‘ 5 " 'V‘l , Camphor fee,. ■ • .T' .: Chilblain Liniment ' .*-7 Steedm'aii’s' Whoopi rig'CoughßpsydmS «J?a ohe >, ‘ J. -Ml CarubrMge, PHARMACEUTICAL GBRMtST, .ftrornaflr; .^ASHBURTON. -•A . •••' : ■; » -hi r-in -'; f;WUA S’o Me '"kt, Ig:* <lL_ • ‘ .* Igob ■O3. ps P. i WisP2it' to ipfoirm his friends aifd t&e public, generally .that -fie hastakepothe Li very and Bait Stables lately carried dn by. Mr, J. Mcßae, and. hopes to solicit n fkir share of patronage. : ■ "i 'Good Paddock Accommodation,/with plenty; of water; • ; ' * !i lQ42 :p.;R;o f ; •> r—if —pi ./.of it f .noil ' PROFESSOR 'MARTIN.U o i.!o - Wishes his. frienda afad the ptabllc tb'biidw that ; ’his,. : operate upon Mind and Body .chiefly through the 1 agtencyc of ‘ the ■ FftnH’biils and' . 'Mii scalar 1 1., .systems. 7'. $re therefore prferemioently- hadaptedas 40 restore-p Failing ' - , ; Ner^CUs'' ; 'i '.of Muscular System, Paralysis,bßsoiadrrKeh* ralgia, Sciatica, Khc umatisni, KHemaaSiO Gout, Mental atid Physicti Debility, rapidly eased and dispelled* / *. - Call at , once and regain soundoaAAllli and happiness, at . .1 •: i.c?,Y D^i^f^, K74 , fJ Jt , v .j; - r I-:,; iCSESflSlyfiiy: Buil^gs? r * t,{J l ais ioint diabases (Rheumatic), inany pair ful 6 11 .'y?’ i Children, as jaysteria, ,K ery/jna Exbwpfctipt. from youthful indiscretion and ignorance. ■ The Scientific application of tiM ip '-. E LEC TR 10 . ,CU R R E Ht'T ■ ‘ is attended by K O SHOCK j/£t- The various,curfehta ate admin), tered Anatomically, duced by them most carefully observed. Will attend Ladies and-CMldrChi I f 177 D N T r SWT R W. J. Sykes, r DENTAL SURGE Christchurch, » In* ends shortly visiting this District%ilL the latest improvements in - (‘ DENTAL INSTRUMENTS and appliances, which are necessary fox the production of high class work, both Surgically and Mechanically. Special Instruments for regulating and extracting Children’s Teeth. „ , Artificial Teeth from one to a complete set, inimitably mounted on C|o)d, Plati num, Celluloid and Vulcanite./. .. Teeth plugged with Gold, Platiidjn, and the newest White EnnameL *--~- TEETH EXTRACTED By the aid of.•' , F itrous Oxide Gas and Ether, ' :i .f'f ■ .. I: - Awarded first order of merit at the New Zealap Internation id Exhibitiom ’* ) Conveyances.,. a ONGBEAOH ROYAL mS. S J COACH Leaves Longbeach fori Asbburtbh/diiiy excepted) at 7.30 a. m., Waterton ’B.IO a.in., Ashton 8.25 a.m., Wheatstone 8.45 a.m., arriving at Ashburton in tima for the 10.24 express from Christchurch to Timaru. The coach lea’vek 1 f tables, Wakanui Road (oppijSftb Central Hotel), Ashburton, at AS') p.m., arriving at Jjongbeach at 7.30 p. m. Parcels crioi-depa left at any oj the above places vvi l ! receive strict attention Fares —Through single, fare*, 5s same From *his date* BETUR.'STtFARE at SINGLE on Saturdaj^iionly, between Waterton ana Ashburton.! w” 1 W, E-GBOHUBbI]/ Profprifiilbr ; , i Au • 427 c =.; Longbeach. T IviNWaLD ANR.MGUNXf SOMBRS 1 JLi' ■' * ; T' RAILWAY. ..nj;-.. MOUNT SOMERS AND ANAMA ROYAL AVAIL COACH. ■ -i—r This Coach leaves Hood’s Hotel, Moon. Somers, for Anama Railway Station, At 7.30 a in. and 5.35 p.m. every and Saturday, returning to Mount Somer on the ar'- val of/each train. Parcels and Luggage punctu&Uyi- -1 : 1 attended Single fares, ?a; return, 3s. JOHN HOOO . ..