ouk of- whisky from Purcell a short tin v ago, and he said the cask contained nothir i ,bm water. Another publican at Kewto . purchased a quantity of brandy and rui ..from him, the casks being filled wit . , . water from Freeman’s Bay, and wheel® up to the Newton publican. - The vie tin . hare felt so humiliated that they neve acquainted the police. . , A Presentation. New Plymouth, To-day. -a; j;iThe Good Templars last night presente -r . Sir Wm. Fox . with a silver inkstand, i: ■ - token of their, appreciation ofjiia service .. L : I', in the temperance cause. ' With regard to the Bruce vacancy, th *■, 'Milton correspondent of the Soutfom Fre :ty ••■ipj.jj, writefc':—“ A great many specula //ijfotaa'are jW>ing the rounds as to who ; wil 511 ’ ■he the successor to our late respectei , 'member, Mr Rutherford. Mr R. Stout ' of Dunedin, was the first whose name I wa. brought forward, and a large number o ‘ . Rectors' were disappointed when it iwa< J 1 | Understood that that gentleman had n« t '.' u ,intention of standing. The next name lf '‘' mentioned'was that of Mr Henry Clark, r, “ ." 'pf Clarksville, but that gentleman refuse! • ' to stand owing to the present. State -of his health. Mr Robert Gillies ''has publicly announced hie intern ... tion of'contesting the seat, and is now busily engaged in canvassing the district. From this gentleman’s former knowledge of the Iccality, it is anticipated that he will - receive a large amount of support. '*• ■ Mr'Jas. Adam, of Bon-Accord, who| op - pbsed Messrs Rutherford and Murray:last election, is mentioned as likely to enter the, field.again ; but unless the electors >'■ ■•■hat'd greatly changed their opinion since - l >. 'the last/feontest, his chances of success are indeed'small. ’’ Mr Mosley, who contested ,thb'electibn of 1879 against Messrs Mnr i-s. ■' raj* and'Dyer, has, I understand, been :l »‘ sounding the feelings of the constituents s! " : :asto theambunt of-'support likely to be L> - -accorded in ; the event of his standing, j A ■ ,J ‘'requisition is in circulation requesting! Mr Donald Deid, the local solicitor, to cjffer > . Mncuelf as a candidate.” i ’ -Mi* Octavios 0. Stone, who-has been Contributing to the Queenslander an* in teresting account of his' recent travels in New- Guinea, writes thus of its zoology and botahy :—The only animals found in the 1 peninsula are a species of roo, considerably smaller than that) of Aiuftndia, which .are exceeiingly plepti _ ><ul ; the pig, which is frequently kept in ■ c ’-i a domesticated state .by the natives ; the: deg, resembling-the Australian , to found- x in ovary .village y the flying squir .(;f,!jpel|.!h»tidicooty rat, opossum; and cusqus. £ ir,‘ The opossum, is. very tare in the neighbor ft' .haodi.of Annanta, but' l procured pne* t male specimen ■; the cuscus isfound! at and' further ■ north 1 in considerable H .j ,numbers. -Reptiles, become more nunior-. .jicj.UWCaa the lowland to -the west of the gulf y-wAt approached, only one snake being seen pj... during our travel inland. .Birds numerous, 50j,-.Uiid ! xny .collectors' .obtained about _ ififty odfjijdifferent:Bpeciea,:aome of which it is fce r.i lieved-arO 'quite -new. Flowe.-a are very ,u.-: ( Searco> but orchids,. lilies, jasmine, habis- Imt-dfis, and a few flowering trees are found oi.nAesfe qnd-there. ’’•• j .Vj , -j' fREADIT ALL. IT MAY SAVE YOJITR -V-*xIJFE.—Hop Bitters are the purest and best i; medicine ever made. They are compounded from '•;S; hopsj.'bnchu, mandrake, and dandelion. " The . ji - most renowned, and valuable medi- in the world; and in addition contain all K;. the bept.apd most effective curative properties ; other bitters, being the greatest liver I ■' blood purifier, and life and health tl1! t iest6ring agent on earth.” They give new life Jlf ‘lurid’vigor'to the’aged and infirm. “To clergy ‘indn, lawyers, literary men; laborers, ladies, and f .r- ■ jjl thdse whose sedentary employments cause v -'irrcgulariticsof the blood, 'stomach',' or, kidneys, or who require an appetizer, tonic, and mild stimulant, these Bitter are invaluable, being, highly curative, tonic, and stimulating, withoutTntokicating. ” ' “No matter what y<mr o , v .feelings or symptons are, or what the disease ailment js, .use Hop Bitters. Don’t wait ' unfil , you are sick, but if you only feci bad. or miserable .use the Bitters at once. It may save ■* li: ybur life. Hundreds, have been saved by doing '< J Bol'at a tnflihg cost.” ' Ask yoqr druggist or !! r: jphysician. “Do not suffer yourself or let your •it-liffidnis l suffer, but use and urge them to use n>Hpt> Bitters.” “Remember, Hop Bittersi is u;. i ntt" vile,- - drugged, drunken nostrum, ‘ but t;he purest-and best 1 medicine ever made, tmd ; nq Vlf,person ordamily should be* without it.” Hop . t OBiUeiSt iManiilactaring Melbourne, Aiis- Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A., Toronto, Antwerp, Paris.—[AovTi], <!■.- j %>For contihuiiion of reading ■ matter iee , ■ w.c '■■ - - fourth page. • ■ | ': town Edition.! ,* -■ > [lssued at 4.30‘?.tn.J

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1888.

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iSTew Advar^isementk. lL ‘A N ■ T E. D. f' ij^TWOiiteacly TEAMSTERS, must also hAgobdßlougbmeri. Apply to the 1362 MANAGER, ’ ! Lowcliffe Estate. > m A N E D. TENDERS for CLEARING 100 Acres ' -jio ;o ■ LUjjBB I EDWARD G. WRIGHT,, , . Windermere. BTBATED; from the Old Men's Home, l l 6he‘ Bay GELDING, branded Rin "trirplUbri riteiri shoulder; had cover on arid airing' on round its neck ; last .‘aeen'jgbing rrithe direction of VVesterfield. Anyone returning the same tofhe Master the Home 'will be rewarded.' 1356 i TRAY ED, Vinto my paddoolcs,' last - Chestnut .unbroken uT9. hive sai msnt of .expenses. 1 W&ksntri Beach'. ' sartitvon pay|- Apjply jMra . Gibsont, at A3 58 OUNT 'SOMERS ROAD BOARD ■ 1 ELECTION.' - . Ihereby give notice that at the General Election for Members; held this day, the Candidates received the -/trainbfeir of -Votes set opposite their ..juuoeo-*^' .William Campbell Walker ... 29 Allred Edvard Peache 28 William Rdson 28 Andrew McFarlane ... ... 27 ■ > Thomas Blrick Mcßae 21 .Samuel, MeLymont 17 . ’ . j William Taylor Chapman ... 13 ■ 'And I declare Messrs Walker, Peache; Edson; ' McFArlaoe, and Mcßae duly X*W#daa members of this Board. ’.Ts W. R. BOYLE, .i- 1 ;- i < - Returning Officer. ' , , Rosd'Board Office, •'>’ Mount Somers, June 7,1883. 1351 Alford Brewery. r ITjlpE .undersigned begs to notify tha X {i hohatti now LEASED the abov ; unknown BREWERY on his ow f ''idtprxbt,' This experience gained durin .' A'Ulo"timfr >as,a practical Brewer enabh ' ;hhntb turn ollt an article equal in ever toanyother Brewery in th my, and he trusts the public of Aol gi w him their support.' ’Mm 1 * g* ; and Porter manufactured 1 iPW» bofy^ipclading'thalntorhation (POBGE' WOOD, ttWsr&lfif, Brewer.



Public Notices. Ashburton BUILDING SOCIETY. PEBMANEKI & INVESTMENT The above Society pays Interest at th< rate of 5 per dent, per annum for I De posits at Call, 6 per cent, per annum foi three months, and 7 per cent, per anpun if fixed for 6 months or over. 1 J. WARD, Manager. Office Arcade Chambers, Burnet) street " ' nit N E. Any person or persona found on Grove Farm,-gathering mushrooms or otherwise Trespassing in pursuit of game, without Written notice, will be prosecuted. JOHN CARTER,: ' 487 Manager. C. Y S T E R S A L OO N. Fresh, and Smoked FISH always on band. Tea and Coffee at all hours. Also, Fried Fish. Note the address—-TViHs street, next Cookson’s Stables. 1213 jyj"R F. G. THOMAS, Surgeon Dentist, will VISIT Ashburton every month, and may be consulted at Quill’s Hotel. 1065 For Sale. Albert Roberts, HAS. FORSALE the undermentioned LAND within easy distance of j the Mount Somers Railway, and the thriving toWn of Mount Bo’mers. IJiO DAIRYMEN AND OTHERS. I have several Cows, in full profit, for : sale; earl; application necessary Oaten Sheaf Chaff now on hfthd. ALBERT, ROBERTS.: 59 R. V O L U N TEE R SI T° FOR SALE at the Guardian Office, the “ New Zealand Volunteer Drill Manual for 1883.”. Price la each. 1211 To Let. ATk D FO R .OROP PI N G TO LET, for two crops, 1446 acres' of gOopd Tussock LAND, in the Hinds District, in lots of 165 acres and Up wards. ' , The land is near the railway,, and , each block is fenced and well supplied with Apply, Office of this Paper. 936 Tenders. TENDERS wanted for ERECTING a Two-Roomed COTTAGE at Tin wald. Plans and speofioationa to be seen at the Ashburton Hotel, up to SATUR DAY, 10th June. 1341 V. R. ußunui-waitab:! RAILWAY AND BRANCHES. , MAIN LINE—UPPER ASHBURTON BRANCH. ; v “ CAVENDISH CO^'FrACT, FORMATION. PERMANENT WAY, , v:;' 1 :::, and stations. : v Written Tenders will be received at this office until .noon of, MONDAY, the 11th. June,' 1883, for; the above contract. They ape, to be: marked on the, outside, “ Tender for Cavendish Contract, and addressed. to/the Hon.; the;. for Public Works, Dunedin. Telegraphic tenders, similarly, addressed and marked, will, ba leceived if presented at any Telegraph Office by Noon of the same date, provided .that. ;written : tenders are lodged at any.Distrip| or Resident Engi neer’# Office by the aame hour. . Draw ings, specifications, and general. condi tions may be seen at office, apd at the - Public Works Office, aiid at the Post < ffice, Ashburton, The lowest or. any tender not necessarily 1 'accented - ., V . " : i By command. . , W. N. BLAIR, Eng'neer-in-Oharge, Middle Island. Public Works Office, . . /, -. Dunedin. May 19th, 1883. 1212 M OUNT SOMERSJROAD BOARD. Wanted TENDERS for the following works: — . .. Clearing slip and repairing ford, etc., on Gorge road - Lengthening Footbridge at Hewson’s Widening the road, deepenin'; '•han riel, making ford, etcon Tramway Reserve road : ' Cutting channel near Graham’s wool shed Making ford on road near Alford Sta tion Making ford at foot of Alford Forest Hotel cutting Forming Johnson’s road and making - ford .Shingling Mount Somers and Alford Forest road .Re-forming road at Mount Somers, be tween hotel and McLymont’s. Reducing grade of cutting south side N of Woolshed Creek. Tenders will be received to the 11th June, at noon at the office of the Beard. Plans and specifications can be seen at Mount Somers and Alford Forest Hotels. A. E. PE ACHE, 1222 Chairman. Surveyor, Civil Engineers, &c. —E. FOOIB and sons; Architects, ■iVn. Engineers, Valuators, Licensed Surveyors, and Land Brokers, IhE TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAD, ' Ashburton. '. I b. jao< Architect, Office removed to Hereford atr site “ Shades," , Jwi '; : - > UHrST;o:;HU ; RO P.S.—Oommumcatioris pro tended to.



c< its SB d rf A SHBURTON ORC President—George Jameson, Esq. Conductors—Orchestral, Mr AI el R a.r J Grand FasM ii NEW ODDFELLOWS’ HAI Features of le id rt. !n a if n d ORCHESTRAL. The Society, 1 which has been eleven months in existence, has been in close practice during that period. From its extensive list of pieces four high-class overtures of great beauty and by recog nised 1 masters, have been selected for production at the Concert. In addition to the Society’s work it will supply accom paniments to the choruses. ¥• > / POPULAI AND DA The much i Violin P Gavin Lo bute theii tions. CH Two Standa performed balanced ( B 1 Two new pi party of 1 Tickets —Front Seats, 3s ; Second Set Society and the leai Poors open at half-past seven. W. H. Gundry. fc W. H. Gundry, I- ICE NS ED LAND B ROK EI J Under the • r LAND TRANSFER ACT, PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT & AUDITOR Books and Partnership Accounts super vised, Audited, and Adjusted, t Auditor for the a Borough of Ashburton ' Ashburton Woollen Factory Company , Ashburton Cheese andJßutter Factory Ashburton Saleyards Company , Ashburton Gas, Coal,;and Coke Co. Ashburton Town Hall Company , Eta, . Etc., Etc. ! ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECU , RITY, repayable by monthly instalments • or otherwise,. i ,> • . Agent for STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, STANDARD ' PROPERTY INVEST , MENT SOCIETY. , ■ ’• ' ' East street, Ashburton. 384 George Jameson. George Jameson West street, Ashburton (Next to the N.Z. Grain Agency Com pany’s. Store). 1 HAS FOR SALE SEED WHEAT— ’ Hunter’s White Pearl Tuscan PLOU GH-SHARES— Hornsby’s and Ransomes Anglo-American Drills Oaits,' Barley Chaff, Bran Sharps, Flour Oatmeal, Tea, Sugar Soap, Candles ■ y Oils (Kerosene and Boiled) Little’s 1 Sheep Dip Arsenic, Blue Stone, Rook'Salt Fencing Wire,’ Stakes and Staples Drain Pipes ' Potatoes (Derwent and Kidney) 647 fjio Farmers and others. THE ASHBtJRTON COUNTY STOCK AND SALEYARDS COMPANY, LIMITED, Is now prepared to Dip Sheep, At either the Tinwald or Ashburton Yards. - For-particulars as to thescaleof charges, apply at the Yards,, or, at the Company’s Offices, West street, Ashburton. GEORGE JAMESON, 862 Chairman of Directors, Highest award ; AND 1 GOLD MEDAL. New Zealand, International ’Exhibition, 1882, for Glazed Drain-pipes,' Moulded Bricks, etc. Ford and Ogdon, ' South Malvern and Christchurch, FIRE-BRICK, DRAIN-PIPE AND FIELD-PIPE MANUFACTURERS AWARDS for Salt-glazed Stoneware : Drain-Pipes:—Canterbury Agricultu ral and Pastoral Association : Grand No vember Show, 1881, First Prize, Silver Medal. Ashburton Agricultural and Pas toral Association: October Show*, 1381, First Prize. The Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association’s Silver 7 Medal r or Bricks, Special Quality, First-class references from Engineers, Architects, Contractors and others. Manufacturers of Malt-kiln Tiles, Fire Tiles, Fire Bricks, Special Brick (red and white), Air Grates, Chimneypots, Roofing, Ridging and Floor ing Tiles, Garden Border Tiles, Pig Troughs, Flowerpots, Jam and Pickle Jars, Butter Crooks, Bread Pans, eta Fireclay, Cement of the best brands* Goods forwarded by rail direct from the works, South Malvern, or from the Christ church depot. For quotations apply to GEORGE JAMESON, 861 Agent, Ashburton. T. Bullock- TO FARMERS, CONTRACTORS, AND ( OTHERS. Wheat Laud. c WHEAT LAND. ■ FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION. MR T. BULLOCK has received in structions from Messrs Tanored arid Allen to. Soil by Public Auction al the Arcade,.Burnett street, on SATURDAY, JUNE 16, Rural Section 28762, containing— -140 ACRES 140 j Tussock Land, 2 Situated about 3J miles from the towi of Ashburton, arid fronting on th« . ' road leading to the Kaiapoi reserve Persons desirous of obtaining qew Iqnc for growing are iqyited tp iqspec thls block at price. Thia is the only uq sold property in the district belonging t( 0 Messrs Tangred apd Allan, and to effec 3 a sale a low reserve has been plftped upoi it, liberal tefmg qf payment. 11 ‘ ' Sale at 1 o’clock. , , T. BULLOCK, 4 1299 Auctioneer.



S. E. Poyntz. t Stephen E. Poyntz HOUSE, LAND, ESTATE, AND FINANCIAL AGENT. >e Loans negotiated ; Bents and Debt 3- collected ; all kinds of Agency businee >r conducted, n ■ . PROPERTIES FDR SALE FARMS— -222 acres, highly improved, good bui'd *• inga, and well watered ; —lease, r ® 50 acre reserve will be given in. 300 acres of well farmed land, in prim *• condition., ; 500 acres, improved, good buildings. e 168 acres. This, is a highly improve* * farm, divided info nine paddocks V ■ water running through e&ch ; jpar under wheat and oats, balance ir English grasses ; well suited for i ... dairy farm, being only, a quarter o - a mile from a railway station. ! 3Qp acres virgin soil on the Coldstream: Estate. . 80 acres, improved, good house, and well fenced ; quality also good. , TOWN SECTIONS— i Ashburton. 1 905, 906, Grey street 492, 493, Cameron street • ■ j 1 771, Corner of Wakanui road and 'Cos street, with frontage also to East T ... Belt ‘• *■ 830, Cox street J And several others HOUSES— . , _ ’ I * A six-roomed house in Moore street) ! : A. five-roomed'house in Wakanui road A five-roomed house in Cameron street A four-roomed house on N.E. Belt—a bargain. •• - Asix-roomedhonse in Moore street, . splendid garden attached. TINWAIiD, ! 529, a corneifsection in good position ... .Suburban. | The equity of redemption over j . Half an acre, with five cottages erected, on sande' i let to good tenants ! Half. an. acre at- Allen ton, ' 1 I ~ •„ ; ‘ « One acre'near 'the Woollen Factory— splendid site for workmen’s joot : tages. TO LET— • ■ > . A five-roomed house in Cameron street A six-roomed ■ ~ ~ ,; An eight-roomed house in Burnett • ..‘Street ■ • ii. A,seven-roomed house in Tancred street west ! A three-roomed cottage, with three { . acres' of grass land, at a low rental. ■ A tfireeiroomdd oottAge, i Agent for .the celebrated,/ CARLYLE FACTORY AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,- Which can be supplied at Christchurch prices; rail carriage extra.- , Agent for SCOTT BROS.’ RANGES, I and Ironwork of all descriptions. ' ' - ‘ Agent for - T., HERN’S ‘‘ECLIPSE”. .DOUBLE WASHING BOILER, A great Boon to Housewives, saving labor and fuel. . . , Ag°nt for THE HAMBURG-MAGDEBURQ INSURANCE COMPANY. Capita 1..,..,.., £3,000,000 j Risks taken on all classes of buildings, merchandise, etc , at current rates.‘ Offices— EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. 835 S. K. POYNTZ. MONEY. —The following sums to LEND on .freehold security, at current rates LSOO, L2OO, L 1,500, and Llo,ooo, in amounts suit borrowers. S. E. POYNTZ F. Ferriman. O R E. One of R. Hornsby and Sons, New Patent HEDGE CUTTING AND PRIMMING MACHINE. F. FERRIMAN. t; 0 T L B FOR A CROP, T, 250 Acres, N GOOD CONDITION. F. FERRIMAN.! Haxton & Beattie’s PRING TOOTH FLEXIBLE HARROWS. They combine Lightness of Draught, racticability, and Cheapness, and meet le approval of all who have examined lem. AGENT, F, FERRIMAN, T O B' T. THREE AND FOUR ROOMED HOUSES. F. FERRIMAN, , O R B, a account of the owner leaving the district, A FARM OF 186 ACRES, rincipally in Grass, well watered, close to rail and school. lN Also, IMPROVED FARM, OF 600 "' ACRES, ‘ good heart, with a running stream of water, in a good district.■ F o R S A L E, GOOD SEOTI ON S, In various parts Town and Suburbs, Apply, F. Ferriman, LAND AND ESTATE AND GENERAL AGENT, ASHBURTON. 1132 'VTOIITH BRITISH AND MEROAN TILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. sed Capitol / fTT* t m 7T ud,„ ns for 1880 ;£2,000,00C i m 3,38Q,1(W 951,17 S ft FERRIMAN, East street.



H E S T R A L SOCIETY. Secretory—Mr »T. Mac Lean Dunn. Tnrrison : Vocal, Mr Horace A, Gates and . S. Savage.. , [enable Concert IN TBE ■ ■ v . . . LL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13. f the Programme. ; will be given. SOLOS AND DUETS., These will be given by several ladies and gentle men, friends of the So ciety/ and whose music has ever been welcomed by Ashburton audiences. ; Amongst the soloists will be found some of whom Ashburton public will hear for the first time. 'BUFFO SONGS, &C. iats, 2a ; to be had' of the Members of the .ding places of business. First Overture, at eight, o’clock. 1335 R MELODIES LNCE MUSIC, appreciated Kyle ’arty, under Mr mden, will contri ir admired selec iorus; »rd, Glees' Will be i by a‘strong well Chorus. IRASS. )ieces "for a' light brass instruments T. Bullock. R a 1 i [ i > * ) i n e i., d jt .0 5t n T. Bullock, Auctioneer, estate AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT. THE ARC A DE, BURNETT STREET, 1 Ashburton. FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY the Undermentioned SECTIONS : Town Sections—* • 850, fronting Aitken street ; 665, 666 (corner sections), corner of Park’, Cameron, .and Havelock ’ ’streets •439, Tancred .street, with cottage thereon . 1011, 1012, 1013, facing the Domain 164’(halfot), Jth acre, fronting Burnett street ! - 858, 855, Grey street 1 101 (leasehold),, with improvmeents, corner of’Cass and Tancred streets 309, 310, corner of Burnett and Have lock streets, facing the Town Belt East ... ... - 1 311, fronting Havelock, street 305,_ Burnett street 860/ Grey street ■706, 732, ’Wills street ... 872, 873, corner of Aitken and William "streets 49,| 68, Kermode.street, 59,’Moore street 64, corner of Park and Kermode streets Hampstead -80 and 81, one acre, capital building site AttENTON 67, 58, part of block known as Allison Smith’s , 27, 28, 29, 70/80, part of block known as Walsh’s paddock 11 and 12, each 1 rood 36 perches, part of block known as Orr’s. Persona desirous of investing in Town Properties are invited to inspect the fob lowing sections, which have been placed in my hands for sale on liberal termsjOf payment.. Being 448, Burnett street 675; Havelock street 316, „ ' .318, 689, Cameron street 704, Cameron and William > streets, i corner section ’ 711, Wakanui road'and Wills street 746, Wakanui road and Peter street > 751, Town Belt. East and Peter street, corner section 822, Oex street 828, i, 818, Aitken street 842, Aitken and Cass streets, corner section . ’ ■ ' 1 * . - '• l U J . T. BULLOCK.! O N E y. ■> i ■ Several Sums ready for investment bn approved Freehold Security) at the lowest current rate of interest. Apply to i : T. BULLOCK F R 8 E. 2 Double-Furrow Ploughs; also, Spring Cart, new. T, BULLOCK. Clearing Sale. THURSDAY, 14th JUNE. MR. T. BULLOCK has received in structions from Mr William Frlsbjr to sell by Public Auction, at his Farm) Ashburton Forks, on the above date— -1 3-year-old DRAUGHT COLT 1 ” ; ” 1 .. H ACK 2 COWS, springing to calve FILLY HQ 1 and -2-year-old STEERS and 40 HEIFERS gCALVES 2 PIGS JJOUSEHOLD furniture JJAIRY UTENSILS Etc. Etc. Sale at 1 o’clock. T. BULLOCK, Auctioneer. Entries for this sale can he made with Mr Frisby at the Farm, or with the Ado-, tioneer. , 1300’ F OR SALE CHEAP Town Sections 525, 530, 506, 507, Tin wald, the two latter corner sections. Apply td T. BULLOjOK. SATURDAY, JUNE 16. AT THE A ROADE. MR T. BULLOCK has received in structions from Mr' Cornelius SulHyan to offer lot; Sale by Auction, at the Arpade, on Saturday, 16th June, : < . Lot 37, '' Containing S} Acres, Leeatcm street, in . the Trevorton Suburban District, -"'i' Sale at 1 o’clock. / _/ T. BULLOCK, 1354 Auctioneer.



Matson, Oox, ani 00. Matson Cox & Cq LAND, STOCK, AND ESTATE AGENTS LOANS NEGOTIATED at Lowest Rate iw.d f'n raoit tavor»bl« teims 1 • . W o OL, GRAI \ T , SEED, AN I GENERAL MERCHANTS. WE HAVE NOW ON HAND FOR SALE— WOOLPACKS and CORNSACKS. FENCING WIRE of All Sizes—BARBEE and PLAIN. GREEN and YELLOW TANCREE TURNIPS. SKIRVIN SWEDES, and other TURNIP SEEDS of all descriptions. MANGOLDS, &C. CLOVER SEEDS of all descriptions. COCKSFOOT and RYE GRASS. TEA ip 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. LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES Mans on Consignments. Weekly Sales OF HORSES, COWS, PIGS, and ALL FINDS of STOCK and PRODUCE ON SATURDAYS, At.il o’clock sharp. FORTNIGHTLY, SALES OP STOCK Will be held at ASHBURTON AND TINWALD ALTERNATELY. 1 NEXT SALE AT ASHBURTON YARDS On TUESDAY, JUNE 12- AGENTS FOR National. Mortgage and Agency Co. , Messrs Wood, Sinclair and Co. Robey’s Threshing Machines. MATSON, OOX, & CO.' WEST STREET, Ashburton. . Cheap Storage* Apply, ;> ■ 1353 - MATSON, COX & CO. METHVEN. CLEARING SALE OF Contract Horses, &c Messrs matson, oox & co. hare received instructions from Mr Wm. MoGlimonf, of Mount Somers, to Sell by Public' Auction, at Patton’s Methven Hotel, on , WEDNESDAY, 13th JUNE, 1883, QA Well-known good DRAUGHT AJV HORSES , ! i n HACKS and LIGHT HARNESS J-U HORSES , ; V 2Q Sets HARNESS 2 Good WAGGONS. , - Sale at 12 o’clock. MATSON, COX & CO., Entries of Extra Stock will be taken. Business Notices. UR! BOLL UP !! OPENING ON SATURDAY, Corner of Burnett arid East streets, Ash burton, THE ASHBURTON BRANCH OF NOTED( Little Dust Pan. Truly called a Direct SUPPLY STORE, Importing all our own GOODS or Pur chasing Insolvent Estates, we can offer special advantages to Purchasers. Parties Furnishing or needing any Household Requisites should pay us a visit. Come and judge for yourselves. LITTLE D~U ST PAN, East street, 1156 REMOVED TO NEW PREMISES. G. J. F. Luhlow, MERCHANT TAILOR & OUTFITTER, BEGS to intimate to his customers and: the general public of Ashburton and the surrounding districts that he has REM 0 V E D To more extensive premises recently erected by him in TANCBED STREET, ASHBURTON (Next Union Bank of Australia). To keep pace with his largely increas y trade, he has purchased a LARGE 'OCK of the, very best material, viz. ddle 1 Whipcord 3 s b iel , Elastic Rib liapoi Bedford Cord est of England Melton ,noy Coating Black Cloth ish frieze Doeskin; d other Tweedy to ° numerous to ticularise. par- It is therefore needless to stale that he ; is in a pqaition tq supply’ a first-class : article 4t tfie lowest possible price FOR I (JASH, and in all oases A GOOD FIT GUARANTEED. i Gentlemen’s own material made up. TINORED STREET, ASHBURTON (Next to the Union Bank of Australia). 1295



Business Notices, Style and Fashion: f - 1:a O : iniwollol vr.-atJo imwYY orfT ■, ■■•or* A rt')»d'-srto{ estf ’ ii• • n. i ; f.l,’;-;:;/ r.« vcf'mrfoms isoftl JUST OPENED, A SHIPMMXivftf RE Mrflft&PDS <■,.. 'Ex. OPAWA, from, LGNDplt’;, 1 . .^notrt / Oil V Zi-JODV g ■d i!iiw OoSaymia • ii u<:,: ,"3J£mi.b iii .u'llubid tbdl '} ji.fi J 11 [ : inommov .. li.'ij 'pifoq ?ri 3 la run Black and Colored Velveteens 1 Serges in all the New Shades for Oostnines M ; :.' i Embossed Plush Trimmings to match Paris Trimmed fiats and Bpnnets , Flowers,»nd Feathers in .Great Vsyiety r!( .o vy/;) Brussels Oarpets in Ysriotw PalriJgtns Blankets and and English i o ; io shj.'oH , Boots andi Shoes at all Prices ; f ' :i k •■jyar l nj>b Clothing in all ihe^N^w^^es Hr-it DRESSMAKING STRICTLY ATTENDED. TO. [^^l^ UiZid -Tt-... /rry GROCERY SHOP IN TANCRED. STREET C't’i 'iODTid ■ ;i ! 13V9 AGENT FOR NELSON MO ATE AND CO.’S jraiEtwiioq G R N D >: D ■ 'or s, •‘-:i v ‘i o; noijir'oa ni qaJa j.i- iiiv/ t a'iu-.,n - 1 sdi 'iO a,'j;J3 •' -ii- ;•/>>*) y«IJ lo P;Dok d»sfcr.d 1 r. < ovoibct r-13W S'l-woq New "Wlnt^^nifiod •••.•!} I>i;nl so.’ivdo ■>r! r: )i;:vv <dnv ■ f.iavoO at r. Kit ■(n*; r ■.> nnJoSv . 1' .-tgjjfiin i jr<v ,b:n=. ad JUST OPENED i EX H I M A L DIRECT FRQMLONDON. ALL THE LATEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE MAI •. ' '■) , I'ihr ..s,-)iaD DRESS GOODS, VELVETEENS, SERGES AND COSTUME TWEEDS W. M ANT L E S:-'AN D i ;:t;% | S.t i E * ’ ’ ' Id Endless Variety.;-,.; *,^e;n 3 ii odJ r-i •id moil ( a.‘ ■ ■ , I;i: ■ ; Oil.ftlo'ur VfOfrrOflt EVERY DEPARTMENT FULLY STOCKED io jnarjilnoa . i -un» • ■ ■ ■ ,;:tndo,; r.:v. 'jm'Aui GOOD S CHEAP E R T N - w ., , . - r -j-! i{u.}is ban BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT " n; ' U; ’ J?ljdu ‘ NEW WOOL SHAWLS AND SQUARES. :>od;- voiuJS Ad-. ofl-T ~.i: H’d-y.'-ywO S. W. Alcorn, EAST STREET. t;to r o' .:a a* rr*iri-i kjilie'i ai.J ‘lO aJr>!G. ' o;'-i ,v i.? : -:as (ijiv/ woiv



t tegeta bles for t he malign. ,V : —ln consequence of the splendid , season, the undersigned has about 20,000, r CABBAGES, SAVOYS, etc., which he . wishes to disposfe of at alarmingly Ipw rates for CASH. Cabbages, Is per doz ; Turnips, 2d per bundle:; Carrots, 2d per i ; bundle. About a ton of splendid Pump- . kins, suitable for jam making ; no reason-, able offer refused. * large supply of best quality POTATOES always kept in stock, at cheapest rates.. Fruit, Con- c fectionery, etc., always on hand. Before : going elsewhere give the undersigned a ( trial Edward -Ling, WillssxßHirr (Opposite Fire Brigade Station). 771 gPEO IA L NOTI OE. ; Alpheus Hayes Desires to inform his customers and others . ' that his"' - ; > 1 ! ". NEW SAWMILLS . at Woodlands, Invercargill, are now in full swing, in the finest? block of bush in . Southland, known ns the Mabel Bush; and and that, together with his Mills at Wai mate and Stewart’s Island, he is prepared to supply Timber and Firewood in any : quantities'at the lowest possible rates, and i that customers can have their orders de livered' at ■ any station along the railway lino, or from his yards at Ashburton. The Timber in the Mabel Bush is known to be of superior quality, so that with perfectly new machinery White Pine Flooring and Match Lining can bs sup plied to customers’ satisfaction. ALWAYS IN STOCK— Best Newcastle Coal Firewood (short and long) Hoofing Iron Nails Lead Zinc Fencing Wire V.D.L. Timber, Palings, and < Shingles Posts and Bails. Gates and Gate Posts , And every requisite for the trade! W. H. „t)LLINSj Manager. Ashburton, fith April, 1883. 6 sep QHEAP STATIONERY. LAW AND COMMERCIAL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Foolscap, excellent quality,—ls per quire’ Bankers’ superfine envelopes— Is per pckt. Superfine cream laid note paper—ss per ream Good business Envelopes—ss fid per 1000 CASH. Books by the most popular authors, of fered at alarming sacrifice, to make room for new stock shortly to arrive from Lpn ) don. D’Aubigne’s History of the Refor , mation, full morroco, published price 60s, .offered at 40s. Faiths of the World, half ,0a1{,:2 vole., published price 60s, offered at,:4os. Dictionary .of Universal Bio graphy, half morroco, published price 20s, offered at 16s. Note the Address— r R. B E V A N, Saunders’ Buildings, Next Shoe to i Quill’s Hotel. 1217



Albert Roberts, Bayingpurchased, the prewuwai lately occupied 1 by Idameaeb CONTINUE■ TO’ OAHfeT ?1 ON l! fliB ■ - •; i n;oi;i 'i-'ii of ?.r. . And iatiow to r: Wheat , ; Oatg‘ : c.irii oJ c;u r!-)h!v/ ‘to ’, 1:, jJ .sr.rtJ win slJin mr/OGJI Barley f >;v bni.ioifaoq Rye Grass,. , j['. Tares r'l .noorn : OVi;:i .tap 1 1 hi j; I : yiim Oaten.Sb ewf;: andStrawlCb “Atn! 'Other 'PrbdSee. - i\ \-’C ‘idT ; v ' HA S?• LITTLE’S' SHEEP’; DIP v;o -a mb OORNSAGKSj Serrabag Wnjf lfl0 ’ PLOUGHSHARES, BLUESTONE, i Lampbl^k.!fta4jU^ i t KEROSENE, Castor TEA, Sugar, Candles, Soap, Boeknsalt FJLOUR, 6K>,: 100, 2001 b bags, Oatmeal, - /.Potatoes •. ... --.I itfroh FENCING WIRE, 8, 9,10, alt6 rGal vanised Barb • ' ; ” 1 1 " Heart and Sap Stakee/Staples CLOVERS, White,Red, ’AlsylpitjCJoir grassi Ryegrass, and CjoptabwhtA TURNIPS, Purpletop,Greeptpp, Heron Greyatone, Whitestoner Stubble, and Rape . . i ;i ! , '|.| ilo s!« Swede,, Gone, .Mangolds, Oarretnasd ' and Garden SEEDS ’ -ru BRAN, Oata, Sharps, Chat; 1 Chick • wheat . . i.j : ■*•!!.-\ :■ ySBEDi Wheat; Oats, Barlay,>«M, ■ •-■•Beans •• '•« *»£* i(< ~.. v .; - : ■ ■; . . .it ■ : : i: *t Irfs LOANS NBTOiiATE&J OI^ ; s !,v , .r.ii -- 4 . i . MONEY ADVANCED os' FREEHOpJ. sEouRTtY c lr. I in ■y.r STORAGE AT CURRENT 1 Uq hi IW.TiWWIa rriitfAftt j O'iJifi * ioERAL ADVANCES macle on Qraip. nd other Produce placed {ft R SALE OR SHIFICrWIfc Albert Roberts,>4 , Agent for t j ROB EiS TS, P A Xpp if % x pO* GRAIN MERCHANTS, i»« ■ , - r f,’.. . -i* VJiA 'it J r*. | 287, Manchester street, Ohrisiehto(hl(>