AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

_■.. ♦ rrr Melbourne, May 14. The question of opening the Art pal lory on Sunday has been a great bone of: contention lately, petitions for and against tt hieing numerously signed. Perhaps those in favor of the movement have been most largely signed. The attendance on both £taS%39''#nflfv the; opening of ; this institution has been very large, the fre quenters being most orderly. y 1 y i 1 Another shocking burning fatality is re ported from Warragal, Gippsland, by which Mrs Condon and two infant chil dren lost their lives through the burning of a weather-board cottage. The Kennedy family is doing well. The City Council intend to float a loan of L 200,000 to carry out various w > Ics,, including the drainage of Elizabeth, street. . . " " * IteyilA A fataiuhoM.j'iceidenr/haa occurred on Lake McQuarrie. Three men went out fishing, and the boat has been found bot tom op, and the bodies of two man > have been twffjH&n 0 s?he. * j ttygd -{iarto?t ye k found. The weather has been very wet. Five inches of rain fell in Sydney last week. Mr Redmond contiihles ( hia ( .lecturing tour in the colony. .. At Goulburn he was compelled to apeak iha, marquee. His language generally has Deen*Hempecate. r Henry Jth§| Biupswick Kn.nlr reaentlv arrested;■ -bad in-’ tended lesS&igfor ’Frisco. > % The as. tuTnUti Jniil nr hundred carcases. They are believed to be the best shipped. ” Bishop Selwyn is urging the claims of the South Sea mission to public support. The Postal Conference having con cluded, the delegates!'left'.6h’the7l4th. The results arrived at are considered satisfactory—- The- —Conference agreed ♦hat all the colonies should apply for admission to the Postal Union ; that the stipulations suggested by the Postmaster-General of England bo in sisted on; that each of the colonies be accorded a separate voice in the affairs of the Upion ; jlso, for the adjust ment of loss incurred by each colony by adopting the Postal Union cates. Amongst othor things it was agreed to improve ■ the packet and parcel .post rate ; that if was ■ J-thatfifteen letters be allowed as the minimum length of each word between tho Austra lian colonies; and the establishment of postal notes, and a reduction of 2£j per cent on press telegram's from England. The question of a federal quarantine, was also considered, and the establishment of stations at Albany and Thursday Island. Queensland withheUirom the Cqnforeppe, and declined't J'igSe 1 Wittt thdtoriha of the Postal Union ; and New Zealand also declined*^he-jwhole T westjop .is to be plaoedTfefdre the L New Zealfihd Govern ment. The Conference wired to obtain their acquiescence. > Jja of the Impawn.! Government being üßable - 'to re move any difficulties that might arise ,in - carrying out tho dual system, the whole of the resolutions will be of no effect. The belief is current ini nertifiii circles hope' that the position of New South Wales will not be improved, and it is stated that the results of the not be ratified by Parliament. Brisbane. Mr of PLajids* hasjre ceived a letter from Connecticut, asking for information as to the prospects Ameri can emigrants would have in Queensland, and stating that a large number of me chanics and farmers would like to emi grate to Queensland. .H/. • J i} > - ' Adelaide. At the North Adelaide Congregational Church, tho Rev. O. Copeland preached against gambling in connection with races.- He contended that racing fostered gam-, bling, and could not exist without it. The Legislature and those that upheld the sport encouraged a great national sin. He deprecated the support given by the Go vernor, Sir T. Elder, and other leading -colonists, but at the same time he ad mitted that men such as Sir T. Elder and Sir H ercnfeg-Rofannoii never betted. - '

EUROPEAN ITEMS.

London, May 9. The German Reichstaghas rejected the principal items of Prince Bismarck's- pro posals the Socialists! Lord Duffer in in a letter addressed to 'itattd hfs opinion uri officially.that England will guarantee the permari6®BWlWneFiySTein'of Goverh mentestablished iprJJgfßt in-accordancp with'^STod^meridationS. The French, Ministry .have, introduced into the Legislature ' Bill containing stringent against can demonstrations'. Admiral Meyer, who is in command of the French Fleet in Chinese and Japanese waters, has received instructions to pre vent the Chinese troops from entering:the' province of Tonquin. An attack by Ana mite troops "on Hanor, town of Tonquin, has been repulsed by the French with great loss to the, T Anamites. The * French now insist dh*establishing a pro ■ tecto rate?,-over .the'»whole kingdom of Dr' iiacfirren," ’ f tho musician, has de clined the knighthood Conferred upon him at the opening of the. Royal College of Music. ■, (, ; , General Grant has issued an appeal urging foreigners resident' iu ■ the United States not the American flag.-' _ Archbishop Croke,; Itoman Catholic ArchSshog pf Cashel, . who was summoned to Rems for the purpose of holding a con- with thh Pope op the : affairs of Ireland f is-returning, his visit ’having ter minatediSomewbat ‘abruptly-.' The Pope: has issued circulars to all Roman Catholic Rishpps Ireland, (commanding .them to forbia congregations under. their, charge from subscribing tpwards the Parnell ■ fund. ~ '.7” *'■ • An emjuiryhas bped held iUto the cir cumstances of 'the bollimoh' between the ahipaj;Britiafar : Gommerce' , and County of Aberdeen; which took place in the British Channel on the 24th April. The finding of thp,Board .was that the occurrence. was attributable to the ■ negligence of : the Coppty .of. Aberdeen- ~ -j. •] The*Malagasy envoys who were .des patched to Germany to, arrange -terms-of, a oornSnlmalHresbly between that coiihtry and Madagascar, are on their way' home, having satisfactorily accomplished the object of then: r j-r ~■ ... Sir Horonles Robinson,''late Governor of the Cape Colony, has. arrived in Eng land. The House Lords haarefused.to per mit the British Museum ; to be,opened on Sundays. ' ’

THE ,£SHBURTPff GUARDS rs 2fa 4Bßß., r~

Printed and published dhily* fortheProprietorv > ' j by Angus K. Chapman, of Ashburton, Thk Ashburton . Guardian > Printing Office, West street, Ashburton, < : , Tuesday; May ,. x .



The s.s, Kakanui left Invercargill Jetty by the eleven o’clock tide ori Friday night, and •] 2.Bo,'when it was found that she was making water. Believing there was nothing serious, the bar was taken, but on gettingyoutside the headtf W’trash of water 1 madef i leeway 1 into the engine room a Q d rose so quickly that it ' WOldd epdt'tne'fiies out.'ahd'for : her safety shn ; was put back ,: and took .the barj Mlfhg'beingf kept con stantly going. She was grounded inside . 'the Heads, when it waV round that she ‘had a small hole in jher r bottpm. An at tempt Without suc cess. Next tide, midnight’s, she was ' • floated off and steamed|qp tp,. within half a mile of the jetty, where the anchor was ami by Bbeptcamed lip tolne south side of the pier, where she 2’ Was grounded if (fTTepairs.. i )The 1 only ; way '.the cap tain can account fur the mishap is I r rimt•hqjinn^^jyre,rented,on,,§ gtono. at, />: the. jetty. Temporary repairs will be A jpadeTand ahe will leave as soon as they ~ we» Completed.



Matson, Ctoik, ani" & Matson Cox & Co. VALUATORS, :i > . LAND, STOCK, AND ESTATE AGENTS. LOANS NEGOTIATED at Lowest Rates and on meat favorable terms WOO L, G& AI N, SEED, AND GENERAL .MERCHANTS. WE HAVE NOW ON HAND , , , ; FOR §ALE— WOOLPACKS and CORNSACKS. FENCING WIRE of All Siaes—BARBED V and ELAIN. v . : GREEN: and v > YELLOW TAtfCS®P .... , TURNIPS. SKIRVIN SWEDES, and other TURNIP ■<j /§EpDS of all-descriptions. MANGOLDS, &c. ' CLOVER SEEDS of all descriptions. COCKSFOOT and RYE GRASS, TEA in Boxes and Half-cbe c ts. OATS, BRAN, CHAFF, ic. AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY REAPERS AND BINDERS, &c. Wool PURCHASED in large or small quantitie s or consigned to the ' XkNTEkBURY WOL SALES, or the ; ' HOME MARKET. ' LIBERAL GAS'S ADVANCES VJ- ‘ Off CONSIGNMENTS. Weekly-Sales OF . } HORSES, DOW?,, PIGS, and. ALL RINDS of STOCK and PRODUCE , . ,o» ... SATURDAYS, At,ll o’clock sharp. ' FDRtmGSTLY SALES W STOCK Will be held at ASHBURTON 'AND TINWALD NEXT SALE AT TINWALD YARDS On TUESDAY, MAY 22. . ~ AGENTS FOR National Mortgage and Agency Co. Messrs* Wood, Sinclair and 00. - t Robey’sThreshing Machines. MATSON, COX, & CO. WEST STREET, Ashbobton. F- Feniman. .R: ■, S . A jj'L E. One of' R. Hornsby and Sons, New Patent, HEDGE CUTTING AND TRIMMING MACHINE. . ’ ' ' P. FERRIMAN. rjv . o L E T, FOR A CROP, 250 Acres, IN GOO D CON DIT I O N: F. ? FERRIMAN. - Haxton & Beattie's OPRING TOOTH FLEXIBLE HARROWS. They combine Lightness of Draught, Practicability, and Cheapness, and meet the approval of all yrho have-examined them. AGENT, F, FERRIMAN. T O L E T. THREE AND FOUR ROOMED ; HOUSES. F. FERRIMAN. JP O R S On account of the owner district, A L E, leaving the ‘ A FARM OF 186 ACRES, Principally in Grass, well watered, close to rail and school. Also, AN IMPROVED FARM, OF 500 ACRES, In good heart, with a running stream of : - water, in a good district. P O R S A L E, G O O D SECTION S, In various-parta Town* and Suburbs, , Apply, . /• F. ®eiriimaii, LAND AND ESTATE AND GENERAL 1 agent,-Ashburton. iis2 : (Mi : f '



Notices. i —- AN EVIL AND ITS REMEDY.— Tj the Editor,—lt is ahealthy sign ofthetimes when our local papers are beginning to deal in a fearless manner with bankrupts and the bankruptcy laws. r The time has come when something must be done either by the legisla ture ;or by business men themselves to put an end to a state of affairs which is a disgrace to our ‘boasted Idvilisa.tjoru' * We (the/ under ' signal) have been doing business in Ashbur tdrl’albout 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. Tf the law cannot pro tect iis then we must protect ourselves, and ■ there is only one way to do so, viz., to abolish the credit system altogether. This system has been the'curse of other countries besides New Zealand, and past experience has proved it to be rotten to the core. Owing to recent heavy losses we have resolved to sell for cash, only in future. The honest man who is willing to pay his 20s in the £, and pay as he goes, will find this no disadvant age but a great gain, as he will be able to obtain a first-class article much cheaper than he would under the old system. We shall exert our selves to the utmost as heretofore to give our customers full satisfaction, and every order will be executed, in our usual first-class .style—but we shall no longer run any unnecessary risk. Under the cash system we are prepared to offer a special lirte of tweeds at the following unusually low prices Gentleman’s suit made | to order, £2 18s 6d; ladies’ tailor made 1 ulster, £2i , AU other goods in proportion, for cash only. CRAIGHEAD & CO., 1 ; TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, Street. Oysters, Oysters. CONSTANT Supply of . Fresh PISH and OYSTERS to be had at Harry aitkbn’s, Wakanui road, near Post Office. ,929 YTTONDERS WILL NEVER CEASE * * WHILE Hayes & Co. v- ABB SLAUGHTERING THEIR GOODS At the following prices : Good White Blankets 8s lid French Dress Serges did Costume Cloth .... ... ... 7|d Winceys ... ... ... ... 3|d American White Calico (per doz.) 3a lid Tapestry. Carpet 1.. ... ... la lid Waterproof Coats . ... ... 12s 6d Wa have a grand lot of Water proof Coates with Capes at ... 25s 6d Lot of Men’s Suits ... ... 25s 6d Men’s Tweed Trousers 4s 6d Mon’s Mole Trousers 4s 9d Kid Gloves Is Od Ulsters v » - .... ... ... 6s Od Feathers ... ... 6d Frilling. ... ... 2sd Velveteen ... Is 9d Stays ... ... la 9d Muffs Is Od Black Hats 6d Bibs 3d Ribbon Id Garters Id Mdslin Work ... : ... ... 2d The above are Special Lines we are offering at ’ r ; IMMENSE REDUCTIONS. OUR BOOT STOCK ; _A,t Prices that must please all. Observe the address— HAYES & CO., n 4 Bullock’s Arcade. P. & D. Duncan, 4 GRIGULTDRAL IMPLEMENTS MANUFACTURERS, - Christchurch and Ashburton,' Haying been appointed AGENTS at Ash burton for the DBERING REAPER AND TWINE BINDERS, Wq are now prepared to take orders for next season. As only a limited number W>ll be imported, early application is necessary.' ' All orders received . after April 30 will be L 5 extra. We are also prepared to take orders for MCCORMICK’S REAPERS AND BINDERS. Makers of Ploughs, Drays, Harrows, Rollers, Grub bers, Seed-sowers, Strippers, and ■ newly-improved Direct Draught DISC HARROWS (the Latest and the Best), made any size up to 15ft, and every description of Farm Implements. ...... 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 •y ICTORIA 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, READY-MONEY DRAPERS CLOTHIERS, &0., Victoria House, East street, Ashburton. 816 jpHOTO G RAP HY Charles Lawrence, PHOTOGRAPHER (Of High street, Christchurch). By special Appointment to the Governor, Begs to informs the residents of Ashbur ton, and the surrounding districts, that he has OPENED in SAUNDERS’ BUILD INGS, East street, Ashburton, and as all Pictures will be taken by himself, it will be a sufficient guarantee that none but satisfactory Photographs will be sent out of his Studio. INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHS of Children taken. Equally good results are obtained on dull days as light ones by this process. Pictures enlarged to any size, andfinished in Oil, Water Color or Crayons. 966 mHE GUARDIAN is on every Tea table.in Ashburton, ,



vt Compaffiesr TVTEW ZEALAND LOAN & 'THR i>| CANTILE AGENCY COMPANY I (LIMITED). Capital, £3,000,000. ; Reserve, £200,000. Makes LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES on Freeholds, op, Stations and Stock, and on growing clips of Wool. RECEIVES CONSIGNMENTS of Wool, Grain, Tallow, Leather, Hides, Skins, etc., for sale iri New Aus tralian, and London Markets. UNDERTAKES INDENTS of British, Continental, East Indian, and Ameri can goods, and Commissions in all branches of Mercantile Business. Supplied 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 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 J^J" ORTH BRITISH AND MEROAN ‘TILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Subscribed Capital Fire Fund ... Life Fund Premiums for 1880 £2,000,000 1,201,243 3,380,107 951,173 Ashburton Agency: F. FERRIMAN, East street, 774 rnHE SCOTTISH IMPERIAL IN JL 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 U R T O N HOTE L. THOS. ORPHIN Begs to intimate to the travelling public that he has taken over the above Hotel, which he has entirely re-deporated 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, Timaeu. 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 best brands of all Liquors kept in stock. BOWLING, BILLIARDS Etc. Etc., Etc. 236 THE GLASGOW PIE HOUSE, Comer 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 Gloss 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.” an 17 Boarding Houses, &e. 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 la 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. Q AA PANAMA HO USE (late a bteb’s), Tancred 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. S. LUCAS, Proprietor. PUBLICATIONS. The following Government Publics ■ tioiia, 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. Prospectus OP THE Lion Brewery Co. (LIMITED), ASHBURTON. CAPITAL £20,000 i 1n'4,000 shares of £5 each, Of which only : 2,000 shares are now offered to the public. Provisional Directors : Joseph Ivess, Esq., M.H.R. H, T. Winter, Esq , J. P. Donald 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 Horne, 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 large private as well as hotel trade is carried on, and the facilities for brewing all that could be wished, and the water of better quality for the purpose than can ho found elsewhere in the Province of Canterbury. The Lion Brewery is situated on T.S. 366 and 367, at the corner of Dobson and Cass 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 nq 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 taka up shares in Companies of this description, and the promoters |have the greatest confidence in the success of the proposed Company, and have agreed to fake 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 of the Company’s-business, owing to the quantity of barley grown un the immediate district. 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 iOs per share, and at intervals, after the allot ment, of not less than three months. The remaining shares will be issued to the public (preference being given to existing shareholders) as the requirements of the Company develope, 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. 1 ■j; 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 STATION HOLDERS, FARMERS, TR ADESMEN, & THE READING PUBLIC. Ex 8.8. 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 F. Farley, BOOKSELLER & STATIONER, Saunders’ Building, Ashburton. 1041 F. S. Shearer, OP THE May bank works, tinw'ald, 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 &o. ■ Shearer & Lewis, GENERAL BLACKSMITHS, AND Veterinary Shoeing Fobge, 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.69Od Agricultural machine shop, Ashbubton. G. Bay, engineer, millwright, reaper AND BINDER EXPERT. The M'Cormick, Deering, Osborne, Harvester King, and Wood’s Machines Repaired and Adjusted in Town or Country. Canvas Elevators fitted to Wood’s and Harvester King. Wire and Oil of the best brands. Engines, Combines, Pumps, &c., Re paired at very reasonable terms. All work guaranteed. Practical Sewing Machinist. Estimates given.' 0. ITa Y, Opposite Central Hotel, Wakanui Rd. Authorised AGENT foe SCOTT BROS.’ celebrated Leamington Cooking Ranges, Excelsior Windmills, Tomb Rail ings, and other Castings. Pbioe Lists on Application.



Business notices. m SbaefSi^ Baker Bros., QONTRACTORS, BUILDERS, AND UNDERTAKERS, Wakanui and Caas Str°®ts, Ashburton. 167 S> VJ> :.2S 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 tc 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 pay successor. 511 J. SHERRIFP. QENTRAL SHOEING FORGE, J. H. Stephens (Late with P. Journeaux), Begs to inform the Farmers and genera! public 1 of Ashburton that he has taker over the premises adjoining the Centra Hotel. SHOEING AND GENERAL JOBBING WORK executed with care, and at ! reasonable rates. 63' Donald Williamsoi] ‘GENERAL STOREKEEPER, East street, Ashburton, TT AS always for. sale a large and variet |~~| stock, which will be sold at lowes paying prices. Groceries, Wines and Spirits, Iron mongery. Ploughshares, and Drapery, in eluding all requisites of the trade. Men’s and Boys’ Clothing in great va riety, made up to D. W. ’s own order, fron Kaiapoi, Mosgiel, and Roslyn Tweeds also, Colonial-made Flannels, Serges, anc Blankets. D. W. would call special attention t< his TEAS, so long and favorably known, and now reduced to 2s, 2s 6d, and 3s pel lb. Families waited on for orders weakly Cash purchasers supplied at wholesah prices. A heavy stock of Boots and Shoes in eluding celebrated make. 79< I TAKE this opportunity to again thanl ■ my numerous customers for the pre ference they have given to my establish ment. I may be permitted to refer to th trade 1 am now doing as proof that m; promises have been kept, and that I hav done my best to serve my friends well Everybody knows that I sell Nelson Moate and Co.’s Pure Blended Teas, bu to those who have not yet begun to us these really good Teas, I say they shouh do so at once and they will not regret it Everybody knows, also, that I sell Fruits Italian Goods, and General Groceries, am in this connection let me say, I have th ambition to at least double my trade thi winter—if the purchasing public favor mi it shall be done, and after that there is n< 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. fd mi EED. GUM SEED, WATTLE SEED. WATTLE SEED. Sealy Bros., DSMEN AND NURSERYMEN., Ashburton, Have this day received jx s.s. Rotoma hana from Hobart, a large consignment ol new GUM and WATTLE SEEDS, in cluding 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. ol E. Smith, Feather dresser, 159, ARMAGH STREET (Between Colombo & Manchester streets) CHRISTCHURCH. Straws Dyed and Gloves Cleafaed. 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 tha 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. A— 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 Trdsteeship or Adminis tration, the option of using the State ma chinery, and gives an absolute guarantee against less of funds by fraud, peculation, or dishonesty. Every information may bo obtained from „ ALEANDER LEAN, Agent at Christchurch; Or from R. 0. HAMERTON, Public Trustee Wellington, 12th May, 1882.



Business notices. JjIIjOWER ROOTS. FLOWER ROOTS Ashburton Nursery. i ABBOTT & Co., NUKSE^Yj^EN' AND FLORISTS, ; „i/ / 1 HAVE ! FOR SALE ; All kinds of >LOWER ROOTS and 1 BEDDING-FLAK TS BOUQUETS, I Hand and Table, made up on the shortest notice, cheaper than any other in the trade. Note the Address, Mill Rack Road, Back Saunders’ T o Mill. FAR M E The undersigned are CASH CHASERS of WHEAT s!3 R S. PUR 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 npr ~\ets. Cornsacks (fuh weight) and Twine at the lowest current rates. GRAIN STORED AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES. C. J. \V. OOOKSON, Junr. ~ & CO., General Merchants, nl ■ • Methven. fjl O F A R M E R S. The Undersigned is ,a ;. ~ CAS H BUY E R Of really well-dressed 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 Rates Also, Blue, Red,, and White Gum, Pepper mint, Stringy Bark, Silver, and Black Wattle. D. B. McLaren, GRAIN AND' SEED BROKER (Next Farmers’ Co-operative Association); CASHEL STREET, CHRISTCHURCH. 1R OE W'l N G 1 MACH I N B S THE NEW ROTARY ACTION! Wheeler & Wilson’s i STRAIGHT NEEDLE SEWING MACHINES. FOR FAMILIES, r FOR FAMILIES. ' ' FOR TAILORING FOR TAILORING ; FOR LEATHERWORK. . FOR LEATHERWORK. THE NEW MACHINES are designe on a new principle. They have all the best points of thi leading Sewing Machines without any o their defects. The New Machines have neither COG I WHEELS nor SHUTTLES, and ar not liable to get out of order. They are unequalled for Quality am Quantity of WORK,. DURABILITY * QUICKNESS, AND SPEED. 1 Extract from the. Jury. Report oi Sewing Machines, Melbourne Exhibition ’ ‘f The Premier Place was awarded to I : NEW WHEELER AND WILSOJ I which performed the feat o sewing together all the parts of a pair o 1 moleskin trousers in nine (9) minutes doing its work smoothly and well, ” | ' DO NOT BE MISLED. * Inspect the New Machines, and bi 1 convinced of thieir great superiority. ! TIME PAYMENTS On thb Most Liberal Scale. . ORR AND CO., DISTRICT AGENTS. QANTERBURY GLASS & OHINi warehouse, No. 258, Colombo street . (Markbi 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, Em, Etc., Bobert Walker, DIRECT IMPORTER OF CHINA, GLASS, EARTHENWARE, LAMPS, Em, Etc. Assorted Crates specially made up for Storekeepers. XB3 fJIHE KING IS DYEING. First Order of Merit and Silver* Medal' International Exhibition. G. KING begs to inform the public' of Ashburton that ho has appointed Messrs ANDRE WES .BROS, as SOLE j 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' Street, Christchurch,



Bostaeii Kollo'*. - '-"" W. Pengelly, ; fJVJLOR AND HABIT MAKER, Durham street SotrrH, Christchurch. ,an!2’ INTERNATIONAL',, EXHIBITION'. ONLY GOLD MEDAL AYfADDED,, iv n il'jurj IV , !xi :IUU)- Tj YL Procter? S’ 0.0 Hli IST S’ u s;s 150, LOWER HIGH STREET; ■ ,n OHRisTdflußba, mu I. (Opposite Borough. Hbtel). Section XYII., Class; 77-«- Scientific Apparatus. Jurors —A. W.- Bickorton, R. R. Robinson, A. B. Edwards. Thos. R. Procter, , Christchurch : t For excel* lence of workmanship and greatvarietyof spectacle glasses auited.’for •, tion of optical defect. .7 These are. shown, in all stages of *.manufacture, both in l quartz and glass. ' The local -manufacture' s of these glasses is of'-considerable! import*« ance, being made in every combinition'of spherical and cylindrical form required! There sre,also exhibited,-some very: well* i: made condensers, and some MiOodding/; ton,” “ Stanhope,” and oiher lensea. The;; jurors consider this.an exhibit of special f; merit, and recommend a certificate, of gold; medal. ;--.i ■ dl2 .; Medical fiticoi). ONE’S, NEW ZEALAND:!.-! * v nr I M Herbal Remedies, DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY, Completely conquered byMbhk’a Herbal Extract (Registered), Price 2s 6d and 4sper bottle.?' : r f ■’ The above “ Extract;"-- is one of the moat marvellous, discoveries of r tlui*aga. Its effects are instantaneous, and never fail in chronic dr aohte Abases, However severe. - The great properties of this medicine* j. consist in its never /producing costive- ? / ness, no matter how, freely used* nnd< itto in ] being perfectly hatmlesa and purely.'heft bal,yet curing Diarrhoea, Dysentery; Eng- -rj ] liah Cholera, etc., with the greatest cer tainty. ...... TESTIMONIALS. . -1.. r ' r | ’ ; Kangiota, July 7; 1881. f f Sir, —Having carefully examined '-the-; o N.Z., Herbal Extract, I find it .to be ; il - prepared vegetable .preparation, a; possessing the properties oft theplahts? oi from which it is derived in a highly con- - centrated state, a fact which I havbiveri- i r J fied by evaporating, a. fluid dtfchm placed in a watch glass oyer, a spirit .lamp. On weighing the result,' a flark grden extract, I found the weight to be 14£ grains. On further submitting the extract to analysis I found it to be rich in tannin; Yn a. large ,[ number of cases of .ordinary diarrhoea, as well as in many chronic cases and in dysentery, Ihaveprovedit to possess great specific control, added to the : unusual feature in a majority of .diarrhoea medi cines, that it does not subsequently con- f stipate the bowels.’ I feel satisfied that, ' from the number of trials I hare been enabled to make of it in a somewhat ex tensive practice, it is a most ; valuable. ■ addition to modem therapeutics. * The following cases are taken at ran dom from my note book ; • • Case No; I—Mrs 1 *M—WestTEyte ton, suffering for. two, yearsJfrom/chronic dysentery, which had reduced .her alpaost to a skeleton. Alter .a .fortnight’s' trial not only had the .diarrhoea' stopped, bdt L ‘’ she commenced eating meat without pain, and the usual concomitant’voinitibg. '-In' iy two months she had gainedlSlba weight. ; - Case No. 2—A G.,childj agedfive years. Fortnight diarrhoea. Was effectually c.ured on third day! * , ‘ ‘ ' J". Case No. 3—A soldier who had con- ~ - tracted'dysentery in India got a. small two , ounce phial, and was well 1 before lie had , finished Half of it. " 1 c ”r.J ---■ (Sighed) ■■ Charles DeLacyMcCartht, ' M.A., MB./etc., Trinity College, Dublin. -Surgery, Rangiora, July, 1881, * MONK’S NEW ZEALAND.HERBAL, .in MIXTURE N R-AUGI A; Price, 3s 6d, per. bottle. The Mixture acts like A charm in the above .painful disease, and gives_ almost - instanikrieoua relief. . Testimonials’ to I # prove the efficicacy' of the “New Zea- * - dand Herbal Mixture,” can be Agents. •■ - *'■ ' l / ' ' ltS ' : 1 From Capt. Kennedy, U.S.s. Hauroto, .Port Chalmers, Feb. 7th, 1 1883.1 Dear Sir,—Thanks for .the. medicine , you were kind enough to send me. T havb - 'only to say that in my caae-r-a’ severe attack of neuralgia in the head—it afforded .. . tpe considerable relief. It has also the l! advantage .of not being in the least nau seous, like most 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 Sole Proprietor, . H. D. MONK, Dunedin, New Zealand. THE Marvellous Remedy ’ for HOARSENESS, COUGHS, -■ COLDS, BRONCHITIS , CONSUMPTION, and Chest Diseases; for General Agents New Zealand— KEMPT HORNE, PROSSER, & 00, 696 e dP CO:, Q £■ D OOTOR ERNEST LOW’S o Cherry Pectoral, An invaluable Medicine in all the stages of Consumption,, and not to be surpasaed in -efficacy for Coughs, Bronchitis, Asthma, Hoarseness, Loss of Voice/-Difficulty or Breathing, influenza, Spasmodic jCroup, Hooping Cqugh, and all affections of,,the Throat, Bronchim, and Lungs. H. Prepared only by, ; ,;5j N i ; C I T R O Ny! Chemist, Aearoa, NrW- ZEAiiAirn: i; ‘ May be obtained from every Chemist ‘ Ashburton and Storekeeper in the Ooutttry; - au7;