A REMEDY FOR RABBITS.

The Afgus says that a ribvebmcthod - ;of desttoying "rabbits has been sug gested to the Minister of Lands by a correspondent in' Canada, who writes, through the Mayor of Melbourne as follows ; —“ My attention was directed to an article in the Scientific American (a paper published in New York) on rabbits' ift your sectibn of Australia, which states that the rabbits have become a very serious pest, have been the cause of heavy loss to sheep farmers, and are likely, unless some effective means are discovered to de stroy them, to over-run the whole coun try and destroy sheep farming in Ij!j. I have given this subject serious con sideration, and have come to the con clusion that a most effective means of vermin’ would , be by 0? electricity. ; My plan is to divide the effected portion of .coun try into districts, each district, to be in charge electrician and suf- K "ffaent staff of assistants, who would be provided with a powerful battery and sufficiency of ( yire.tq firm an enclosure, fence for a circuit of from six to nine' miles. to consist of three wires ; the brsr,sufficiently near the protfaft- the. vermin 'from the SBaond and third AoJbe eaui-dii.tinlfc One abovWlHrtJlhef7'th6 ‘ upper, one being high enough to fejrpe the rabbit It in jumping]" It would then be a easy matter to drive- what vermin were enclosed to the electric fence, contact hVitfr which would In stantly kill them; when the circuit — woutdiieremoved To another section of the district and the operation re peated, and so on until the whole of the districts had been carefully gone over. The sheep and other animals could be removed from the section to '/ be enclosed and ‘ ice pt clear of danger. No doubt this would be a very expen sive operation, but if the danger from vermin exists to the extent stated in the Scientific expetise should be spared to accomplish the total annihilation of the vermin, I re spectfully offer these suggestions to you, and will be, -happy to- know ‘that* they can be acted on in your, section of Australia, or that the suggestions merit consideration.”

THE LAST DAYS OF CHARLES DICKENS.

Mr Herman C. Merivale writes foThe Times,'. —“ Biographers are parlous per sons, but sometimes require.;; locking after before they crystallise into histor ians. I have just taken up for the first time the memoir iof CharlesiDickeris in Mr Motley's ‘Men of Letters.’ .The writer, I suppose following Mr-Forster, describes Dickens as doing nothing but suffer in his last visit to town (1870) nrtjablptp gp info society l except to meet some very especial persons, and then not above the dining-room floor; and, finally, as leaving.: London for Gadshill on May 30, to be seen in town no more. v <pn jpne ,9 ;hp died* Mr Forster, I thirikj puts this last ap pearance in London a day or two earlier, as the date of his : own .last din ner with Dickens, whof then, "according to him, left London not to return,'in a state of profound depression, after din ing with Mr Forster. But Mr Forster is thought to have taken a rather sub jective view of his famous friend; and no doubt thought that after himself no body else can possibly ha veseen Dickens "'IH Londoni There is no need to sur-

round a national loss and all its infinite grSadhQS withia fictitibusglobm. Will you: allow me (with the consent of Mr ■<'i Dickens’s children and from my first and

last personal knowledge of. him) to say few 'yelks of May,' 1870, I was at his house in Hyde Park , place almost every day tor, some hours,; Htt ofa'plky in which

|ft>£ pharaefeUS; were; itakfen v ibip ibis two daughters, Mr Hastings, Hughes, of Mr 'l’hblhas ' Hughes, and once the very sphoojboy : whp T wrote to Dickfins to tell nim what ought to be done with'nome -of ; the; characters-in * Nicholas Nickleby,’ and got back 7 thei delightful answer beginning ‘Respected Sir’), Mr F. C. Grove, and myself.. Charles Dickens undertook ;i the entire stage management j and, though he was suffering from hiS’lameness, directed all the rehearsals ’with a boy’s spirit and a

boy’s his favorite art ; *cpadung’i}s all with untiring kind ness, making his ‘prompt book.’ as he fi «ffifedw&adings, and acting all the parts cort 'etikdre'ont after another, pass ing from the * old man ’ to the * young lover ’ withy all his -'famous versatility

and power.. > /The performance came off at House (Mx Freake’s) on , June & I The later idiears^ls, took. * il pSw^''ij|epp^and)‘ like- tHe; perform- active .personal .clirec-: sliding one) he the scefhes as prompter and* ; stage-manager, ringipg, all the bells, and thef lights, and went through

the whole thjng with. infectious ,enjoy ment.. 6 "ff was',gloomyabout. my part, » th ® morning as,#) lss£, nopo he seemed firings himself), ,s whether he thought it. was comic or the twinkle in bis eye when he answered, - ♦ My* dear boy, Knows.': Play; it whichever way you feel at night.’ And I remem hi&ienjoyment at thh dilemma of ’ one or our company, who ! lost his per , sonal clothes behind the scenes, and had to. slm away as best he might, without joining .the company in front,

in the white regimentals of an A ustrian officer from the costumiers point .of Ji^W3^Tffis r Stdfy, * may add; ! is quite confirmed by the second volume of his letters, as edited by his daughter and sister-in-law. The last printed letter las? ‘visit to town, and the narrative

which connects'the letter says: ‘On

the end June he attended a private oiptey uat^wo 1 Hduse 6t l Mr and Mrs Freake.’ .These letters, were published irf¥ood, f, tfffif appear to have been dis jfWSfy&i fey? thet biographer -of;i 1882. *ln a case of such general interest

history should ~ber set right in time. When Charles Dickens’s love .of the thii< btofy.ol his lasrdays is surely as much happier 5 “ And more touching as it is assuredly ' more true than ,tha,t which thebiogra - "r&Tte "lb*' inflibt '6m us. 1 biogra phies M&arfagt f>|tfye if this is their eJmctnessabbut great men recently ’ wp, to. believe about, those , gjgsomecentuiiesago.”

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 18b8.

Printed and published daily, for the Proprietors, by Angus K. Chapman, of Ashburton, at Thk' Ashburton' Guardian Printing Office, We st street, Ashburton, Thursday, May 24, 1883, , t r



Matson, Cox, anl Oo- Matson Cox & Co. A UOTIONEERS & VALUATORS, • - '■'■LAND, - ■;^i STOCK, AND ESTATE AGENTS LOANS NEGOTIATED at Lowest Rates and on moat favorable terms WO OL, GRAIN, SEED, AND GENERAL MERCHANTS. WE HAVE NOW ON HAND FOR SALE— WOOLPACKS and CORNSACKS. FENCING WIRE of All Sizes—BARBED and PLAIN.' , GREEN and YELLOW TANCEED SKIRVIN SWEDES, and other TURNIP SEEDS of all descriptions. MANGOLDS. && CLOVER SEEDS of all descriptions, COCKSFOOT and RYE GRASS. TEA in Boxes and Half-chests. OATS, BRAN, CHAFF, &c. AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY REAPERS AND BINDERS, &c. Wool PURCHASED in large or small quantities or consigned to the , CANTERBURY WOOL SALES, or the HOME MARKET. i 7 LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES Madb on Consignments. Weekly Sales ; ■ / • ,r of HORSES, COWS, PIGS, and ALL KINDS o? STOCK and PRODUCE ON .. SATURDAYS, . At,ll o’clock sharp. FORTNIGHTLY SALES OP STOCK J Will be held at ASHBURTON AND TIN WALD ALTERNATELY. NEXT SALE AT TINWALD YARDS On TUESDAY, MAY 22. AGENTS FOR National Mortgage and Agency Co. Messrs Wood, Sinclair and Co. • Robey’s Threshing Machines. MATSON, OOX, & CO. WEST STREET, Ashbdbion.



F. Ferriman. jgT O R S A L E. One of R. Hornsby and Sons, New Patent HEDGE CUTTING AND TRIMMING MACHINE. F. FERRIMAN.



i- if ;; FOR A CROP, . E T, 250 Acres, IN; 00 OD 00 8 DITIO N. ; P. PERBIMAN.



Haxton & Beattie’s s BRING TOOTH FLEXIBLE HARROWS. They combine Lightness of Draught, Practicability, and. Cheapness, and meet theapproval of all who have examined them. AGENT, F. FERRIMAN.



T THREE O L B T. AND FOUR ROOMED HOUSES. p. FERRIMAN.



o R SAL E, On account of the owner leaving the district, A FARM OF 186 ACRES, Principally in Grass, well watered, close to rail and school. Also, AN IMPROVED FARM, OF 600 ACRES, In good heart, with a running stream of water, in a good district.



P O R S A L E, GOOD S..E OTIONB, In various parts Town and Suburbs, / Apply, ' ■■ '■ - F. Femmart, LAND AND ESTATE AND GENERAL AGENT, ASHBURTON. 1132



Business J^fces.^^._ AN EVILv AND ■ ITS REMEDY.!— Tj the Editor^ —It is ahealthy sign ofthe times when our local papers are beginning J;o deal in a fearless manner with bankrupts and the bankruptcy laws. The time has come when something must r 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 1 it to be rotten to the core. Owing to recent heavy losses we have resolved to sell for cask 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 to offer a special line of tweeds at the following unusually low prices : suit made to order, £2 18s 6d; ladies’ tailor thade ulster, £2. All other goods in proportion, for cash only. CRAIGHEAD & CO., TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, Tancred Street.



Oysters, Oysters. CONSTANT Supply of Fresh FISH and OYSTERS to be had at Harr? Aitken’s, Wakanui road, near Post Office. 929 WONDERS WILL NEVER CEASE wnrr.n! Hayes & Co. ARB SLAUGHTERING THEIR GOODS At the following prices Good White Blankets French Dress Serges Costume Cloth Winceys American White Calico (per doz Tapestry Carpet . Waterproof Coats We have a grand lot of Wate proof Coates with Capes at Lot of Men’s Suits Men’s Tweed Trousers Men’s Mole Trousers Kid Gloves Ulsters Feathers Frilling Velveteen Stays Muffs Black Hats Bibs Ribbon Garters. Muslin Work The above are Special Lines we are offering at 8s lid 4id d 3|d 3s lid Is lid 12s 6d 25s 25s 4s 4a Is 5s 6d 6d 6d 9d Od Od 6d 2|d 9d 9d Od 6d 3d Id Id 2d IMMENSE REDUCTIONS. OUR BOOT STOCK IS GRAND At Prices that must please all. Observe the address— HAYES & CO., n 4 Bullock’s Arcade. P. & D. Duncan, Agricultural implements MANUFACTURERS, Christchurch 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 bo L 5 extra. We are also prepared to take orders for MoCORMICK’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



lOTORIA HOUSE, EAST STREET. Dimant & Coe, Are still selling at prices which have gained for their establishment such an immense popularity in the past. All .goods marked in plain figures, and sold at a profit calculated to afford such advantages as no other house in town can permanently offer. Our WINTER STOCK recently re ceived is Extraordinary Good Value. DIMANT & COE, REAPY-MONEY DRAPERS CLOTHIERS, Ac., Victoria House, East street, HOTOG R A P H Y Charles Lawrence, PHOTOGRAPHER (Of High street, Christchurch). Ry special Appointment to the Governor, Begs to informs the residents of Ashburi 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. 966 THE GUARDIAN is on every Tea table in Ashburton. Ashburton. 816



Public Companies. , ATEW ' ZEALAND LOAN & M'iR 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. 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 Guilleaume’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. Hamburg - 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 Henderson, 178, Hereford street, Christchurch, chief agent for Can terbury. 1022 N ORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN TILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Subscribed Capital Fire Fund ... Life Fund Premiums for 1880 £2,000,000 1,201,243 3,380,107 961,173 Ashbtjeton Agency: F. FERRIMAN, East street. 774 rnHE SCOTTISH IMPERIAL IN- X SURANCE COMPANY. Head Office: 151, West George street, Glasgow. Capital ... £1,000,000 FIRE RISKS taken at lowest current rates. Claims promptly settled here. - W. R. BOYLE, n 7 Agent, Ashburton.



Hotels ASHBURTON HOTEL. THOS. ORPHIN Begs to intimate to the travelling public that he has taken over the above Hotel, which he has entirely re-decorated and re furnished. The table is replete with every delicacy of the season, and the Wines and Spirits are all guaranteed to be of the very best brands. T.O. invites his friends and customers to judge for themselves by giving him a call. THOS. ORPHIN, Ashburton Hotel, near the Bridge. 14d N.B. —Stabling free. gHAMROOK HOTEL, Main South Road, Timaru. W. Morgan, Late of the Alford Forest Hotel, has now taken that large and commodious Hotel, nearly new, on the Main South road, Timaru, where visitors may rely on receiving every attention. The beat brands of all Liquors kept in stock. BOWLING, BILLIARDS Em Etc. , Em 236 THE GLASGOW PIE HOUSE, Corner of Dowling and Princes streets, Dunedin, J. DONALDSON, Proprietor. Has opened a place in connection with the above, which he 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 Boarding Houses, &c. PRINCE ALBERT BOARDING HOUSE. In consequence ot Insufficient accom modation at the Echo Dining Rooms, the proprietor has taken the PRINCE ALBERT BOARDING HOUSE, where a good table always be kept. Meals Is each. Good Accommodation for Boarders and Travellers, at 16s, 18s, and £1 per week, to meet the times. Private Rooms for families. Remember the ad dross — Charles Truckle, Prince Albert Boarding House, Wills street, near the Railway Station. PANAMA HOUSE (late a steb’s), Tanored street Ashburton. The undersigned begs to inform the pubic that he has REMOVED from the Prince Albert Dining-rooms to the more commodious Boarding-house lately in the occupation of Mr Anstee, where he hopes to merit the same patronage bestowed upon him as heretofore. Good Bath room. 1 S. LUCAS, Proprietor. QOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS. The following Government Publics > tions, with.others, can be obtained at the Office of this Paper ; Education Act Railway Tariff (revised) Crown Lands Guide ’ Fencing Act Regulation of Local Elections Act Etc., Etc. Public Libraries Acts Companies Act



_—Prospectus. PROSP E 0 T U S OF THK Lion Brewery Co. (LIMITED), ASHBURTON. CAPITAL £20,000 In 4,000 shares of £5 each, Of which only 2,000 shares are now offered to the public. Provisional Directors ; Joseph Iveas, Esq., M. H.R. H. T. Winter, Esq , J. P. lonald Williamson, Esq., Mayor of Ashburton. Hugo Friedlander, Esq. (Messrs. Fried lander Bros.) David Thomas, Esq. (Messrs. Matson, Cox and Co.) John Carter, Esq. (Messrs. Wilkin and Carter). William Home, Esq. (N.Z. Grain Agency Co.) Dr. W. G. Ross. Joseph Clark, Esq. Octavius Digby, Esq. Bankers —Bank of New Zealand. Solicitor— o. W. Purnell, Esq. Secretary, pro tem—W. H. Gundry. The Company is proposed to be formed for the purpose of purchasing the pro perty and business of the Lion Brewery Company in Ashburton. The very extensive agricultural district, in the centre of which the town of Ash burton is situated, is one in which a very ■arge private as well as hotel trade is carried en, and the facilities for brewing all that could be wished, and the water of better quality for the purpose than can be found elsewhere in the Province of Canterbury. The Lion Brewery is situated on T.S. 366 and 867, at the corner of Dobson and Gass streets. The building is of brick, with a concrete cellar, which can be extended underground at a very small cost, and is quite new, having been erected about twelve months. The Building and Plant is all of first class quality, well arranged and very com plete, and with the connection already established it is anticipated that there will be no difficulty in extending the business, with the influence of the Company and capital, throughout Canterbury, but particularly throughout the Ashburton County. The success which has attended the Brewery Companies in every part of the world offers a great inducement to capitalists and investors to take up shares in Companies of this description, and the promoters (fhave the greatest confidence in the success of the proposed Company, and have agreed to take One Thousand Pounds' worth of fully paid up shares should the Company desire them to do so. It is further proposed to obtain the ser vices of a first-class brewer, to ensure a large and profitable trade being done. Although the nominal capital of the Company is £20,000, a comparatively small sum is required to purchase the pre sent premises and plant of the Lion Brewery, viz., £3,000, the stock being taken at a valuation. The increased capital is required to ex tend the present premises and business, and also to erect a malthouse. It is be lieved that malting will be a very profit able branch "bf the Company’s business, owing to the quantity of barley grown in the immediate district. It is proposed to issue 2,000 shares only at present, but it will be left to the dis cretion of the Provisional Directors to issue as many shares as they think desir able. It proposed to call up £2 per share, as required, in calls of not more than 10s per shire, and at intervals, after the allot ment, of not leas than three months. The remaining shares will be issued to the public (preference being given to existing shareholders) as the requirements of the Company develops, and it is confi dently believed that a substantial premium will be obtained on them, as in the case of other Brewery Companies, such premiums to be placed to a reserve fund, and there by strengthen the position of the Com pany. If the Company is not floated, the de posits will be returned in full to the appli cants. The Share List will be closed on Mon day, the 18th June. 1172 Business Notices.



TO ST ATIONHOLDERS, FARMERS, TRADESMEN, & THE READING PUBLIC. Ex a. a. Te Anau, a large Assortment of good and useful Books to suit all classes, among which—The Horse, by Youatt, Cattle, by Youatt, Cattle and Sheep, by Armatage, Birdkeeping, by Dyson, Smiles’ Scotch Naturalist, and a large as sortment of Tradesmen’s Manuals ; also, a large Stock of first-class STATIONERY, comprising Handmade Drawing Papers, Banker’s Handmade Note, Ladies’* super fine Repp, Ladies’ Social Note Paper and Envelopes (in boxes). Envelopes from common .to finest quality. Stationery in boxes. Architects’ and Engineers’ materials supplied. Tiiomas R Parley, BOOKSELLER & STATIONER, Saunders’ Building, Ashburton. 1041 P. 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, i 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, Tinwald. 590 d AGRICULTURAL MACHINE SHOP, Ashburton. C. Bay, ENGINEER, MILLWRIGHT, REAPER AND BINDER EXPERT. The M'Cormick, Deering, Osborne, Harvester King, and Wood’s Machines Repaired and Adjusted in Town ot Country. Canvas Elevators fitted to Wood’s and Harvester King, Wire and Oil of the beat brands. Engines, Combines, Pumps, &c., Re paired at very reasonable terms. All work guaranteed. Practical Sewing Machinist. Estimates given. 0. RA Y, Opposite Central Hotel, Wakanui Rd. Authorised AGENT _ for SCOTT BROS.’ celebrated Leamington Cooking Ranges, Excelsior Windmills, Tomb Rail ings, and pther Castings. -- Price Lists on Application.



Business. JTottoM. m Baker Bros., /CONTRACTORS, BUILDERS, AND UNDERTAKERS, Wakanai and Cass Struts, Ashburton. 167 A Messrs Elz Bros., WHILE thanking the public for their 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 Oookson’s Stables), Ashburton. 395 e Christchurch monumentai WORKS, Manchester street, Christchurch. The undersigned having purchased the Stock at less 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. B. MANSFIELD. While thanking patrons for past favors' I beg to solicit a continuance of the same for my successor. 611 J. SHERRIFP. QENTRAL SHOEING FORGE. J. H. Stephens (Late with P. Journeaux), Begs to inform the Farmers and general public of Ashburton that ho has taken over the premises adjoining the Central Hotel. SHOEING AND GENERAL JOBBING WORK executed with care, and at reasonable rates, 637 Donald Williamson GENERAL STOREKEEPER, East street, Ashburton, HAS always for sale a large and varied stock, which will be sold at lowest paying prices. Groceries, Wines and Spirits, Iron mongery, Ploughshares, and Drapery, in cluding all requisites of the trade. Men’s and Boys’ Clothing in great va riety, made up to D, W. ’s own order, from Kaiapoi, Mosgiel, and Roslyn Tweeds ; also, Colonial-made Flannels, Serges, and Blankets.



D. W. would call special attention to his TEAS, so long and favorably known, and now reduced to 2a, 2s 6d, and 3a per lb. Families waited on for orders weekly. Cash purchasers supplied at wholesale prices. A heavy stock of Boots and Shoes in cluding make. 79d I TAKE this opportunity to again thank my numerous customers for the pre ference they have given to my establish ment. I may be permitted to refer to the trade I am now doing as proof that my promises have been kept, and that I have done my beat to serve my friends well. Everybody knows that I sell Nelson, Moate and Oo.’s Pure Blended Teas, but to those who have not yet begun to use these jreally good Teas, I say they should do so at once and they will not regret it, Everybody knows, also, that I sell Fruits. Italian Goods, and General Groceries, and in this connection let me say, I have the ambition to at least double my trade this winter—if the purchasing public favor me it shall be done, and after that there is no telling what may happen. Everybody please remember — H. M. Carson, Next Bank of New Zealand, Wholesale and Retail Agent for NELSON, MOATE & CO.’S Pure Blended Teas, in Packets and Boxes; Fruit, Italian Goods, and General Groceries. si QUM EED. GUM SEED. WATTLE SEED. WATTLE SEED. Sealy Bros., DSMEN AND NURSERYMEN., Ashburton, Have this day received ,x s.a. Rotoma hana from Hobart, a large consignment of new GUM and WATTLE SEEDS, in eluding Blue Gum, Peppermint Gum, Stringy-bark Gum, Red Gum, Swamp Gum, Weeping Gum, Silver Gum ; Black Wattle, Silver Wattle, etc., which they will sell at reduced prices to clear the lot. SEALY BROS., Ashburton. Oct. 1881. oi E. Smith, Feather dresser, 159, ARMAGH STREET (Between Colombo & Manchester streets) CHRISTCHURCH. Straws Dyed and Gloves Cleaned. THE PUBLIC TRUST . OFFICE OF NEW ZEALAND, Atention is directed to the provisions of the Acts establishing this Office, and to the advantages placed thereby within the reach of every colonist. Subject to such provisions, the State offers to every per son : I.—About to make his or her Will or 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 under the same. 5. —Having acted as Trustee, Executor, or Administrator, wishing to be relieved of the burthen of Trusteeship or Adminis tration, the option of using 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, Public Trustee Wellington, 12th May,, 1882.



Bosiaeßs Notices. LOWER BOOTS. FLOWER ROOTS Ashburton Nursery, ABBOTT & Co., NURSERYMEN AND FLORISTS, ■ HAVE FOR SALE. All kinds , of FLOWER ROOTS and BEDDING PLANTS BOUQUETS, Hand and Table, made up on the shortest notice, cheaper than any other in the trade. Note the Address, Mxii, Rack Road, Back Saunders’ Mill. b!3



The undersigned are CASH PUR* CHASERS of WHEAT OATS BARLEY And are prepared to offer the highest market price for prime samples. Cash advances made against Grain placed-in our hands for Shipment to Lon don or Foreign nr' kets. Cornsacks (fuL weight) and Twine at the lowest current rates. GRAIN STORED AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES. 0. J. W. COOKSON, Junb., & 00., General Merchants, nl Mothven.



rpO FA R M B R S. The Undersigned ia a 0A S H BUYER Of really well-dreased samples of RYE GRASS, also CHICKEN WHEAT. ALWAYS ON HAND Best Samples of English and .American Clovers, Broad leaved Essex Rape, Cocksfoot, etc., at Lowest Bates Also, Blue, Red, and White Gum, Pepper mint, Stringy Bark, Silver, Golden, and Black Wattle. D. B. McLaren, GRAIN AND SEED BROKER (Next Farmers’ Co-operative Association), CASHEL STREET, CHRISTCHURCH. 117 jewing machines. THE NEW ROTARY ACTION Wheeler & Wilson’s STRAIGHT NEEDLE SEWING MACHINES. FOR FAMILIES. FOR FAMILIES, FOR TAILORING. FOR TAILORING. FOR LEATHERWORK. FOR LEATHERWORK. THE NEW MACHINES are designs on a new principle. They have all the best points of the leading Sewing Machines without any of their defects. The New Machines have neither COG WHEELS nor SHUTTLES, and are not’liable to get put of order. They are unequalled for Quality and Quantity of WORK, DURABILITY. QUICKNESS, AND SPEED. Extract from the Jury Report on Sewing Machines, Melbourne Exhibition : “ The Premier Place was awarded to a NEW WHEELER AND WILSON MACHINE, which performed the feat of sewing together all the parts of a pair of moleskin trousers in nine (9) minutes, doing its work smoothly and welL ” DO NOT BE”MISLED. Inspect the New Machines, and be convinced of their great superiority. TfIME PAYMENTS On the Most Liberal Scale. ORR AND CO., DISTRICT AGENTS.



QANTERBURY GLASS & CHINA warehouse, No. 258, Colombo street (Market Place), Christchurch. Ladies are respectfully invited to pay this Establishment a visit. My Showrooms are the most capacious in the city, and contain a very large as sortment of the NEWEST GOODS in the trade Bought for cash, and sold at the lowest remunerative prices. I have full confidence in stating my con viction that you cannot elsewhere select from a more choice Stock, or get better value for your money, and I shall be grateful for a share of your patronage. Marriage and Birthday PRESENTS in great variety, in TEA SETS, BREAK FAST SETS, DINNER SETS, CEN TRE PIECES, CUT CRYSTALS, GLASS,VASES, TERRA-COTTA, Etc., Etc., Robert Walker, DIRECT IMPORTER OF CHINA, GLASS, EARTHENWARE, LAMPS, Etc., Etc. Assorted Crates specially made up for Storekeepers. . 183 rjIHE KING IS DYEING. First Order of Merit and Silver Medal International Exhibition. G. KING begs to inform the public of Ashburton that he has appointed Messrs ANDRE WES BROS, as SOLE AGENTS for this district. . Ladies and Gentlemen can have their Clothes Dyed to look new, at a reasonable price, by leaving them with Andrewes Bros. They will be returned in a week. Damask Curtains, Table Covers, French Merinos, Silks,; Ribbons, Velvets, Lace, and Feathers Dyed or Cleaned. Kid Gloves Cleaned. G. £Tn G, 98 Madras. Strbxt, Christchurch.



Business Notlce&r^ T W. PengeHy, AILOR AND HABIT MAKER, Durham street SouihJ ' Christchurch, i ~..... au!2 JNTERNATIONAL EStSIBITIOISr. ONLY GOLD MEDAJj AWARDED. T. E. Procter. OP jHlrt'AS 150, LOWER HIGH STEKET, OHRISTOHUROH - : (Opposite Borough Hotel). Section XYIL, Class 77 Scientific Apparatus. Jurors—A. W. Bickerton, R. R. Robinson, A. E. Edwards; : Thob. R. Procter, Christchurch: For excel lence of workmanship and great varibtyof spectacle glasses suited for every, descrip tion ofopticaldefect, These are shown in all stages of manufacture, noth in quartz and glass. The local manufacture of these glasses is of considerable import ance, being made in every combination of spherical and cylindrical form required. There sre also exhibited some very > well made condensers, and some “ Codding ton,” “ Stanhope,” and otherlensea. The jurors consider this an exhibit' of special merit, and recommend a certificate m gold medal. d!2



Medical jy-ONK'S NEW ZEALAND Herbal Remedies. DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY, Ao., Completely conquered by Monk’s Herbal Extract (Registered), Price 2s 6d and 4a perbqttle.' The above “ Extract ” is one' of; the most marvellous discoveries ofthaage. Its effects are instantaneous, fail in chronic or acute cases, however severe. _ \ t The great properties of:this medicine consist in its never producing jsqstiye ness, no matter how freely used, and its being perfectly harmless and purely Ver bal, yet curing Diarrhoea,Dysentery; Eng lish Cholera, etc., with the greateat cer tainty. , TESTIMONIALS. ' Rangiota, July 7,1881. Sir,— Having carefully examined-" 5 the N.Z. Herbal Extract, I find it to -be skilfully prepared .vegetable preparation, possessing the properties of the; plants from which it is derived in a.highly con centrated state, a fact which T have veri fied by evaporating a fluid placed in a Watch glass over a. spirit lamp. On weighing the result, a dark green extract, I found the weight to be 14j grains. , , On further submitting the extract to analysis I found it to be rich in number of cases of ordinary,diarrhoea, as well as in many chronic oases , and. in dysentery, Ihave pro ved it to possess great specific control, added to, ; the,- unpsual feature iu a majority of diarrhoea .medi cines, that it does hot subsequently con stipate the bowels. T feel satisfied that, from the number of trials I have been enabled to make of it in a somewhat- ex pensive practice, it is a most valuable addition to modem therapeutics. The following cases are taken /at,ran* dora from my note book Case No. I—Mrs M-—West Hyre ton, suffering for two years from chronic dysentery, which had reduced heir; almost to a skeleton. After a fortnights, trial not only had the diarrhoea stopped, but she commenced eating meat without pain, and the usual concomitant vomiting. >ln two months she had gained ISlbs weight. , Case No. 2—A G. ,chiidjaged ; fivoyibrß. Fortnight diarrhoea. Was effectually cured on third day. . - . : )■?; Case No. 3—A soldier who had con tracted dysentery in India got a small; two ounce phial, and, was well before he. had finished half of it. ~ 5.,. .! r (Signed) ; ■ Charles DeLacv McCarthy, ; _ M.A., M.B.,etc., Trinity College, Dublin. Surgery, Rangiora, July, 1881, MONK’S NEW ZEALAND HERBAL MIXTURE . FOR ; ..-.I :::£: NEURALGIA, Price, 3s 6d pbr bottle. / The Mixture acts like ,a charm-in ,tho above painful disease, and almost instantaneous relief. ‘Testimonials to prove the efficicacy of the “ Ne,ws,Zea land Herbal Mixture,” can. be,seen at-the Agents. 1 ' ' “ , From Capt. Kennedy, U. S.s. Haurpto, Pott Chalmers, 1 Feb. 7th,, 1883,.-1 Dear Sir,—Thanks tor the ‘ .medicine yon were kind enough to sendme,.. I. have only to say that in my Severe attack of neuralgia in the head—it Afforded me considerable relief. It has also the Advantage of not being in the least nau seous, like moat remedies. •; I remain, dear sir, yours faithfully, A. Kennedy. Mr H. D. Monk. Sole Wholesale and Retail Agent for Ashburton County, J. M. CAMBRIDGE, Pharmaceutical Chemist. 1058 Solo Proprietor, H. D. MONK, Dunedin, New Zealand. THE Marvellous Remedy for HOARSENESS. COUGHS, _ . COLDS, BRONCHITIS CONSUMPTION, AND Chest Diseases. General Agents for New Zealand— KEMPT HORNE, PROSSER, & CO. 396 e \Sf> \ jQOCTOR ERNEST LC^^rS Cherry Pectoral, An invaluable Medicine in all the stages of Consumption, and hot to be _ surpassed in efficacy -for Coughs,' Bronchitis, Asthma, Hoarseness, Loss of Voice, : Difficulty of Breathing, Influenza, Spasmodic Croup, Hooping Cough, and all anectionaof the Throat, Bronchise, and Lungs. 1 Prepared only by H. N. 0 1 IRON, Chemist, Akaroa, New Zealand. May be obtained from every Chemist Ashburton and Storekeeper In the Country. . au7