The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. IV.—No. 958.15

ASHBURTON. FRIDAY. JTjNE 1, 188$

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Commission Agents, &c. Mfi'fe'd HarriSM;, ‘ tTGTibNKER, " VALUER, ’ CQM 'BIISiSJ'ON AUENT, ‘ , i Band Sales, Sales of Stock, Merchandise, nFurnitureand Effects, Pigs, Poultry; ■ ‘and General Produce. K'V.»]!■-■ j 1 ‘ 1 ■■■■ • Li-t ■> - ; ■' sale, .every Saturday, at , i , o’clock idterp,’commencing in the Yardawith HORSES. SALES, IN THE ROOMS, AS JiREQUIRED. ! / Town r and Farm Properties entered'on 9 .. ( i No charge unless sold. J. AGENTi son THE NORWICH UNION -■ FIRE INSURANCE GOIdPANY. class ol Risks taken nates. l-> sp''- ii3 b d ‘ALFRED HARRISON. B. Moss, "‘tedi AsHBtmTON,- ; -AUOTjONEBR f ACCOUNTANT, LAND ‘•“'•AND COMMISION AGENT. &c., at Jus Salerooms irds. every. Saturday. , _ Stock at Ashburton and SSleyircfs evbry ‘alternate' Tfles , JdOntsidesalsa as required, and onspecial ivu.oci ’i -.;i -ji 1 : ":<• • ~ arid ‘Houses , jtktea'ckredfbil iiw Ml Jljfi ,;.C£S_iLLi<Ji.' «iKW 1.-;: £ k> ;n .LOANS:'NEOG!HATED. find* ■* J> a'ljfD 'have .nothing left at the end 'of ‘ when ybti hkM bppor <tf acijfinrmg 1 a>* Freehold, 1 sf' your ,- bwn without ady considerable outlay.v. ; -{.ah 'nf'ii :..rlj Jo ir.TfWtpfirfKo nr ,r:i,v. L SI i.vWAeBR M u »«.>'» '’-or. (T; .h,,.; emH-'jb l :, -i sVith inaby others,. following jjiok are, so -fj-r B*Kfti6n J 'Noi‘B3B> : ' 'cbrtter: Moore’ and j.i .; ot William streets,;on which is erected iii? . ..ItiViOicomfortable pottage?* both, Shctidbs Nos. 465, '466,' And ; 467, .°u the >)r ''lo&aiWW^Hdvelodk'aiid- #llliSm i.-j ■‘#treete*-a ■itt'dst'-desicttble property, io iSis-roomed ihouae . anct.’J nacreo/land, -id < I cornet;o£,;Etetk^wsu^Belt; and •foil: H alfcfc*. ?P?N,%ifhed 3l ;‘ Ifwuse';’' tHoroiiahly well 1 aild’ in perfect' braerj’f acre -*•» >■«!.“'latidp; :i uSt<Aaifa-irf fuH ptofit and £ r, nr. T capital garden f' every convenience. t". iLarge ; two-storey hoiiaai of rooms, :.iW& l rt ( r ',, adapted « .' knowithin two pr tnyee.. chains of •S *6wn Jlelt-- 1 ■ of)-,!., -i! iU U* /: 3.J. I ■ ~J , U> of 'land, With ■twd ) nekt cottages I.’n i: • thereon, opposite Gass (street, ,on , t' North Town Belt (a dead gift). | field,,, part of sections, 27432 and 27430, ,'fallbived for past three ■' years, a'rid in good heart' fbr 1 crbp '•■■■■ ;:t ping; water race runs through the feted. 1 ' TO besold cheap, the owner ' having left the: district. Apply :at ■ • once. • ! :■ -



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Fricdlandcr Bros. BE DISSOLUTION OF PAKTNER " ' SHtP. JN consequence of not yet having found i; a Purchaser for their ENORMOUS STOCK, 1 PRIEDLANDER BROS. Have resolved to lihake _ ctfcill' FURTHER REDUCTIONS, With a view to reduce the Stock to at ■ least ONE HALF OP ITS PRESENT I 1 ■ VALUE, Which they trust Will bring it within the reach of ' SMALLER CAPITALISTS, And they are prepared to dispose of their Business to sdit Purchasers i ; ;. ■ : ..i in the ■ FOLLOWING LOTS, separate pt together:— . Lot 1, , ■ DRAPERY & CLOTHING, . Lot 2, GROCERY & PROVISIONS. Lot 3, [ . HARDWARE ’&, IRONMONGERY. , THE OHEAJP SALE ’ Will continue until .the Business is ; disposed of, and GREATER BARGAINS Thah ever will be offered to the Public. IMedlander Bros., ASHBURTON. 16c



‘ LOAIIk TO ISMST P]C7R WHERE RE^pIRED. “ Bolivia afad-Sectiohs wanted‘for Sale or infills .I'') • i!’ bfi'-ioKßetffc’i:* i '’ r - ••■ ■■ i 702 bfn ir; Shipping; ‘ ■J/L tjd: "S,Lt i ( ; :BHORTEST i AND ;,rMOBT. .■ DIRECT z&V'BQ&W TOi.ORBAT. RRXTAjIN AND In *. and New Soiith Wales Governments) will despatch the undermentioned steamers as Under—- - ; . x.) V -‘l -r -a - Zealandia... Qjtyof Sydney Australia',.. City of New York 3,200 3.500 3,260 3.500 V7-SB Sept. June 16 July 14 Aug, 'll Sept. 11 June IS July 15 Aug. 14 ■“ Passengers booked ,to. Xipndon, layer -1 or Paris at! a through rate, thm 0 t> -JPbr mtesef Freight and Passage, and y for 'full inf apply to, ; , ‘1 V SAWTBW & 00. i :;r ;» ... ... 'T >' ... Agents,, / ‘ n' '> . Christchurch. : Business Notices E ID G^AoT’S A N D Rl ■ I »>,S Newly Improved ; New Zealand' Centra ?> ... % ■■■/'■a. Disc ... : Disc Harrow. ;,280 made, and in use. 'ls the .simplest so' best, and, . fhemqst durable in thi 'market. ; Last sehSQp.it in com petition with all Colonial and America) maljeps,. atXCJiristphurch, \ Dunedin, In vercargill,_ Wyndham, . Gore, Oamaru Timaru, Waimate. Ellesmere, Rangiort Master ton, Auckland, and Wanganui. Sizes kept imrtrock—6, 8 ? 10, and 12ft Reid and, Tl Gip£iy’ ( B New Zealand gTyShb, Binder. j b**-* At the Oamaru trials of Twine-Rindei feltJiitQofc the! Gold Medal tas the bei v i in the- fold, Seating .'Samuelson j '-v x -. ' - ■ -. . ' s This seoscin, #Jb thy faieri trial, it, too Prize "as the best Reaper and Binde * 3 !«iD& J^lad' > a‘First'Prize best al AtiWWrfl In' 1 coraoetitiOn ' wii •■MtWhTfabj -in' I ' competition wii *■ - and W. A.-Wood’ Its yiißoKr»m«w ibppkmg orders foe thelfc lowihg-.hapyest; at)4 astiie^fomapdw UnK ~' n Wtisti mt ,e*fdrrow* : FlbflghsV J 'Chaffo'uttbi Gears, Cambridge )£e iaationi Head Office. Due JJnuichee** «t Oamai As



Business Notices. D r e s s "m A, K I N G. UNDERCLOTHING. MISS KINGSBURY Begs to announce toiiher numerous patrons (hat she has removed do Bakers’ Buildings, next to D. MacFarlane, Grocer, ■ Havelock Street, Ashburton. Orders promptly attended, to.' 396 e DOMESTIC PATTERNS Mrs Hodge, DRESSMAKER, TANCRED STREET, Thanks the Ladies of Ashburton for their liberal patronage, and begs to inti mate that she has received a few choice DRESS MATERIALS from 7£d. 1 KILTING’(by machine) Id per yard. American Domestic Pattern Dep6t. REGISTRY OFFIC3 FOR FEMALE SERVANTS. ‘ 86 .APRIL, 1883, jC, Taylor’s PRIG E LI S T . OF.. TEAS AND GROCERIES. Jdst received,: a few tons of new Dufi etfin Oatmeal, price 3s 9J per bag. From London, new Marmalade ih glass packages, comprising— ; 1 c Goblets containing 11b, la - Tumblers ~ ~ Is Tankards ~ Is 2d Glass;Jara „ , ~ Is Glass Jars ~ 21b, Is 6d Sugar basins, Is 6d , Amber sugar basins, Is 8d Covered butter dishes, Is 8 d Jelly moulds, Is 6d Glass Jugs, 21ba, 2s 6d Some really choice new figs, Is per box Kiikoura Sheep’s Tongues, -3s per tin A few cases of Glams left, 21b tin, Is 2d New Balmoral Biscuits, 3d per lb. ■; ' 83, COLOMBO, STREET. T.. .TAYLOR .solicits a trial of his new brands of Tea,; which will be found as sttong and good-flavored as any in Christ church at 6d per lb more money, and absolutely pure, no doubtful samples being accepted. They are— . Houqua blend, 2a per lb Caravan tea (Russian favorite), 2s 4d per lb . ' Pouchobgtea (favorite in India), 2s 10d „ . per lb , Though not a s lf-styled professed tea taster (for there are, no. pfhers), T. T. has 20 years’ London experience of the tea trade, and being his own agent, the pur chaser has one profit,the less to pay ; in short, ,6d may be saved in the purchase of every pound of tea at Taylor’s.



139, MANCHESTER STREET. A strong, good-flavored family Tea, Is 6d per lb. ... A reduction of 2d per lb bn 121 b boxes of any of the above An 1 lib box of new season’s tea, 13s 6d, strong, good flavour, good leaf An 111 b box of new season’s tea, 20s. Compare this with the 25s box of other houses An, 111 b box of the finest imported Assam and Lapsang Souchong Teas, 28s of 401bsj £2 10s to £5 Indian packets, in lead, of pure Assam . , -Tea, ,2s 4d per lb , Currants, Raisins, and Sultanas, washed and dried ready for Use, by patent ■ machinery, the cleanest fruit in New Zealand New Currants, 6d per lb New Raisins, fifl and 8d; New Sultanas, 9d New Mixed Peel, Is fid per lb , TRIANGLE (LATE- DAVENPORT). Lentils, Egyptian, 8d per lb Lentils, German, fid per lb Haricots, 3d per lb Maize Meal, .3d per lb White Crystal Sugar, 4d per lb Finest Crystal Sugar, 4£u per lb ~ ~ Snowdrops, fid Pure Lemon Juice, quarts, Is 9d Calvesfoot Jelly, quarts 3s fid, pints 2s 4d Loose Baking Powder, 1s per lb Fowl's Wheat, 3s fid per bushel Beat Flour, 251bs 3s 4d ; fiOlbs 6s fid New,Muscatels, Is fid per lb Nrench Plums, 2lb bjottle, 3s fid ' Preserved,Ginger, 4s fid per jar High, test Kerosene, 8s fid, 9a fid', and 10s fid per tin A special discount allowed on all orders of £5 and upwards 123, LOWER HIGH STREET. General stO re , Mount Souses. W. H. PUDDICOMBE, while having take the management of Mrs Major’s business at Alford Forest, will still carry on business at Mount Somers as hereto fore, and takes this opportunity of thank ing his numerous friends and customers for the liberal support accorded ‘to him since commencing business as a general storekeeper in. Mount Somers, and also to assure them that he has just BOUGHT a SPLENDID STOCK in all the LEADING LINES, which will be sold at LOWEST SALE PRICES. Having a Large and Varied Stock, your continued support is respectfully solicited.



Mc F A R L A N B, (Late Guard N.Z. Railways), Begs to inform his numerous friends that he has taken over the GROCERY BUSINESS lately carried oh by Mr James Baker, and hopes to merit a fair share pf the patronage hitherto accorded to his predecessor. All goods will be of the Best Quality, and will be sold CHEAP for CASH. Cash Purchaser of Fresh. Butter and, Eggs. , . ,' D. McFarlane (Late James Bake ), H AY ELOOK STREET. Note the Address—



Greorge Lea, jgUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. Estimates and Plans furnished for all kinds of Brick, Stone, or Timber Build ings. Funerals furnished at moderate prices. , * Workshops—Cameron st west. 812



Monuments, headstones, & CHURCHYARD CROSSES, Made from e handsome andohduring Stone of 1 District, , either Red or White. Designs submitted. Prices mode rate. Inscription accurate and neat. All Goods carefully packed and put on the Railway at Anama Station. A. Pollock, ARCHITECTURAL STONE CARVER, Mount Somers. 382



W. H: PUDDICOMBE, MOUNTS O M E R S. ALL WHO INTEND BUILDING, Are invited to CALL at the YARDS OP J. T. BROWN, TIMBER AND COAL MERCHANT, Where they can be fully supplied with everything they require in TIMBER 6f all kirida, and every other trade line at Lowest Current Rates. SPECIAL LINES LANDING. FENCING WIRE, IRON, CEMENT. American Dressed Shelving, and other Timber, large assortment. Special at tion to Country Orders, and shipped direct from siding. J. T. B R O W N, Office ; Toam street. Wholesale Depot: Railway Siding and Sawmill, South- Belt, Christoh urch; il 19



Greo. Booth & Sons, Manufacturers and import ers of AGRICULTURAL IM PLEMENTS. CARLYLE IMPLEMENT WOUKS, Sydenham (nbak Christchurch). Makers of Carlyle Iron Windmills Carlyle Seed Strippers Carlyle,lmproved Disc Harrows . Carlyle Drays, Tip Carts, Spring Traps, &c. Ploughs, Harrows, Cultivators, Broadcast Sowers, &c. Sole Agents for ; RANSOME’S STE AM THRESHING, MACHINERY. Ofßces and Stores— -213 Tuam, street, Christchurch. 1 Postal Address—P. O. Box 89',' Christ church. 473 e m H E H A J ,R Y E S T. OWNERS of . THRESHING MA CHINES are, reminded that Receipt and Delivery Books for .Machines are printed expeditiously apd .cheaply, at the Office of .this Paper, next Tattersall’s, West stree'v Ashburton. ; , . 83



rjiHß ASHBURTON GUARDIAN. Published Daily, Can be obtained from the follow in. 1 AGENTS, who will receive orders. H. Jones, H. M. Clark, F. Andrewes, L. F. Carstens and Cp. B. Bevan Jephson, C. P. James Dellow Schoolmaster ... Lambie, J. ... . Harris, W. ■ ... , Fatterson, W. ... Hudson, M. ; Bowicjc, J; • • .... Morgan, and Hibbs The Triangle East street East street East street East street Tinwald Mayfield, Hinds Seafield Kjrle Winslow . Mount Someia Onertsey Waterton ,; Alford Forest . Methven



Business Notices. MERCANTILE UNION INSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED). CAPITAL ... £250,000. Twenty Per Cent, of Profits Divided Annually among the Policy Holders. LOWEST RATES OF PREMIUM. ; STACKS, BARNS, AND AGRICULTURAL RISKS GENERALLY, on most Favorable Terms. Special Notice. ; — As this Company has been the means of Reducing Fire Premiums, Insurers will best consult :their own interests by heartily supporting it, and so * prevent a return to the Old Rates. Agents for Ashburton and District, ORR & CO. I3n William Patching, rpE NT, TARPAULIN, & H;ORSE CLOTH MANUFACTURER. W. P. has always oh hand a large stock of Tents, Tarpaulins and Horsecovers, Waggon and Trap lilts, etc., Men’s and Boys’ Oilskin Suits, Canvas, Calico, American Duck, Drill, etc.; Clothes, Garden, and Plough Lines : Flax, Manilla, and Hemp Ropei of all sizes. ’ ; ! ' Wood and Iron Blocks always in Stock. REAPER & BINDER CANVASES CHEAPER THAN THE IMPORTED ONES. N.P Reaper and Binder Canvases Repaired at Low Rates. Flags of all Nations Made to order or Lent on Hire. the Address— WILLIAM PATOHI N.G, East Street, Ashburton. 530 e



CANTERBURY BRANCH. Ms, : A'- $4 ■ : '.'1) ): ■' M;! 'V. V i«£j! /•^ « % 23T»i I® t**- Established 1859. CfiPITAI A: i-000.t1.03 T HE ■ . , v ., rrn '/jffßfhjY.OF Sf/BRii//o±r£ PEE MI E R COLO NI A L C 0 MPA N T, FIRE AND MARINE RISES TAKEN AT THE LOWEST . CURRENT RATES. ' ASHBURTON AGENT— George Jameson. 24



TO EMPLOYERS,: STATION HOLDERS, FARMERS, HOTEL KEEPERS, CONTRACTORS, AND ; OTHERS. Barkers OLD ESTABLISHED LABOR EXCHANGE, . Armagh street west, Christchurch. The beet Office in Canterbury, for Em ployers to meet with gqod Male arid Female Servants. First Private Enquiry Office for dis covery of Missing Friends and Next of Kin. ; ' ' Communications from all parts of the colony punctually attended to. Address communications to J. JULIUS PARKER, Agent, 118 Market Place, Christchurch. ■Vh-N R/W* 5 * MURRAY fISHBUR rpAKE TIME BY X : LOCK.” ; The for The circumstances of social life are widely different in these colonies from those, at Home, and therefore the colonial market requires different treatment. This fact Bobert Murray, PRACTICAL -WATCHMAKER, East, street, Ashburton, was not long in learning after his arrival on these shores, and he at once set his attention upon supplying, WATCHES, which, while constructed with ' every regard to accuracy and reliableness in time-keeping, are also supplied with extra | heavy cases, to resist the wear and tear of colonial life. He has just received an other supply of watches, and invites attention to prices. Celebrated Englisn levers, made, expressly for R, Murray, specially suited for colonial wear, with extra heavy cases, all - the. latest improvements, at L 6, 'L6 6s, L 6 10a ; higher classes, L 7, L 8 10s, LlO 10s, and Ll2 12a; Rotherhams, L 6; 10a. Printed guarantee i with each watch sold. Attention is called to, the Clocks, Jewellery, and English Plate in stock, and to the fact that! all kinds ; of REPAIRING ate done oh the premises and GUARANTEED. 1 m R. MURRAY’S SHOP is CON SPICUOUS by the “ REGULATOR ” of his own, manufacture which occupies a place in his window, and selves as an authority on meari time to the town 1 . Watches free and safe fc” post on re ceipt of P. 0.0 7300-960 LICENSING ACT,' 1881, on Sale at Office of this Paper o '



Business Notice. Eobert Alcorn, GENERAL MERCHANT.



Quality, Cheapness, and Fit in J Men’s, Youths’, and Boys’Clothing and Boots of all sorts, go to E. ALCORN’S Corner Shop (attached to the Grocery,' Ironmongery, Glass, and- China Ware houses, where you will get everything of the 1 best quality and at. the lowest possible price?,,, TEA, is my speciality my 3b Tea is ‘ unequalled in Christchurch hr Dunedin at the price, anduhsurpassed at any price. 689 d A/Jv Gardner, i NURSERYMAN, ! ; A S ’ FOR &'A L 20.000 Pinus Insignia, 12s per 100;? or,. •4 i : if planted and guaranteed, lf>s‘ pdr 100 ; Macrocarpa 200.000 Box Thorn, 12s per 1000 Fruit Trees, true to name Cabbage Plants, Is per 100. Any quap- 'titjr. ready for planting out ijqv } early 11 Spring cabbage. ’1 1 Southbridge, May 7, 1883. 1069 fjl I N W ! A L D STO RE. NOTICE. ; The TIN WALD STORE has bedri RE-OPENED under the management of Mr W. BIGGS, and Customers will he attended to as formerly. 23d



fjl 0 FARM ER S. HUDSON, RIDLEY & QO., " j GRAIN & PRODUCE MEROHATST&, AND " FARMERS’ AGENTS, ' 136, 133, Cashel street, Christchurch. ■Special attention given to all iescrip tions of 866,(1, Grainy Cheese and Produce placed in our hands for sale, and.best market rate, - combined with quick returns obtained. ■’ , >•> I Large accommodation for Storage, at Ldw Rates. WANTED NOW— Gkass-Sbbd, Gkain, Etc., Etc. I . 122



ASHBtJRTON COACH FACTORY, ; - , Havelock street.. The undersigned Firm wish to inform their numerous Customers' that their Commodious Brick Premises being now completed, they are. prepared to Execute all Orders entrusted fd their care in; a first-class manner, and with despatch. Baker & Brown. ’ 169



W. H. Stocks, MASOK, Madras street south, Christchurch..: A very LARGE STOCK: to select from. Prices Revised.



Business Notices. : GUNS. GXHSrS. ; REVOLVERS, ! POWDER, CAPS*, SHOT, &q. i i HAVE JUST OPENED UP A CHOICE ASSORTMENT of the above comprising - some of the best articles of lise. kind manufactured, and would now invite inspection .of our stock by all who want to purchase; ' ... . ■ | ~ X':. : Orr and Co., 7 i EAST AND TANCRED STREETS, ASHBURTON. . 7 I !



Stratz WATCHES WATCHES. Greatly reduced in prices J.F. Stratz 261; High street, Christchurch. 1 am largely over stocked with clpcks, watches, and jewel lery, e,s p e c i a I ly watches, having over 400 good strong watches at all prices to select from (which is the largest * stock of watches in one shop in New Zealand), and I am expecting about the same num ber more'by the coming steamers, so, if you want a really good, serviceable time keeper you will not lose this opportunity of either sending or coming down your selves to get one.' All watches' are war ranted- from two to five years; and if proved not genuine the money will be re turned, with interest at the rate of six per cent, added. To reduce the stock all goods will be sold at wholesale price during the next three months. Genuine Rotherham a English hunting levers, capped and jewel led, from L4' 15s ; genuine Waltham watches, from L2 10s ; Ladies’ watches, “Hall marked," English silver cases, from LI 15s ; Peep o' day alarm clocks, 10s 6d. The above are a few of the leading lines ; all other goods arc proportionally low in prices.. Having such a large.and varied stock of watchesj ch-cks, and jewellery it would take too much space to enumerate every article. Gome arid inspect my stock and judge for yourselves. Every article marked in plain figures. Note the address: J,, F..- STRATZ, .Practical I Watchmaker, 261. High street, Trian le> Christchurch. • :• : '"•< ■ '502 Ball programme cards in ; rvery neat styles, with ■ Pencils and Ribbons, printed at the Guardian Office,- W'vit street. A;



I r o NmM o> n g e r Ironmo^ery. ’ We have lately ADDED TO OUR STOCKS LARGE QUANTITIES T* English and American ■ Ex Lutterworth > Gpryphin Pleiades ■ | ■ Wairoa. > ■ jWaamate ■ Hurunui HA R D Ex Rangitikei Rakaia Thorne , [City ofßombay Lurline .Horaa FROM LONDON Ex .Amy Maine, FROM LIVERPOOL; * Silver Lining, l PROM NEW YORK. And to'arrive,' Triton, PROM LONDON y and Rio PROM NEW YORK; The following are s me of the lines lately imported, which we are selling;at LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES— ! BINDING WIRE, . i ‘ “ WHITE CROSS"’-SOFT STEEL, Acknowledged' to he the -S’ BEST &ANUPACTURED. Binding Twine, Seaming-Twine,-5 ply ' , Reaper "and' Binder Fittings, reduced' ■; 1 ■ prices ■V” •• ' t ■ ,.. , , Hornsby’s Plough Shatea, Circle brand Corn Sacks, best quality, 4 bushels ; : REAPERS & BINDERS! OF ALL KINDS SUPPLIED AT • ■ , CURRENT RATES. Galvanised Iron, 5 to 10 feet 1 Sheet Lead, 3£ to 51bs ■ . Sheet Zinc, plain and-perforated Fencing Wire, 2 and 4 barb: „ ~ plain,. Nos. 8,9, and 10 Fencing Staples, 114 ‘ ; Little’s Sheep Dip sperm, olive, Lard, castor, and COLZA OILS. , , i Neatsfoot Oil, for harness , ( ! .• .. Oils, Paints, Colors, and Varnishes, great Variety V Wire Nails, Ito 6in 1 : i : Eubank’s Nails, 2to 7in " , Wire Netting, \ to 2in mesh : BICYCLES, ON, deferred payments.



Bar and Shtet Iron .. . ,*■ Files arid Rasps, all kinds ‘ Horse Flails, 7 to 14, Bolts arid Nuts, all shies Ranges, Colonial and English Grates, ground fronts arid common Lamps, in great variety, from 2s 6d to 60s ‘ ‘ < Lawn Mowers—“ The Eajsy ” 1 Manilla Rope, 1 to 3itf j Plough Line, superior quality Milk Pans, Churiis, and Buckets ; Baths and Sponges, of all kinds Fenders, fio'm 5s to L 5 Fire Irons, from 5s to, 50s Guns, from 25a to L3O ‘ NEW HAMMERLESS GUNS. Revolvers, Powder, Shot, Caps, etc. , Carpenters’ Tools, a fine assortment of. new goods ■ < ■ BUILDERS’ IRONMONGERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Pumps and Piping FURNISHING IRONMONGERY Table Cutlery an i Plated Goods, supe rior quality ■ 1 Portable Boilers Portable Forges • . ‘ ; Scales and Weights Weighing Machines . t , Holloware, tin, tinned, arid enamelled PRESERVING" PANS, Copper and Enamelled , Washing Machines, Wrihgers, and Mangles ' ■PRIZE FILTERS Gerit’s Tool Chests j's 6 tools ' ' 'Gorse' Knives, Slashers, and Trimmins Hooks . : ■ Scythed and Handles : ‘ Grindstones and Fittings ' ‘ Hay Forks and Rakes Garden Tools, all kinds Sewing Machines, Standard and' Wheeler and Wilson Leather Belting GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.' We hold large stocks of Superior Goods, and as, quality is the test of value, we do not quote prices, but we will not b undersold by any respectable house. : TEA. We import this brand ; Orb & Co., DIRECT FROM CHINA, And guarantee it for Purity Strength, and flavor. Orr and Co., Importers of ENGLISH AND AMERICAN HARDWARE, i East and Tancred streets, . ... Ashburton. Agents for , The 'Australian 'Mercantile UnkJn ■ • ■oniV-I»SuBAIiC«* : GoMFAitY , j' > .



A SHBURTON ** jBItBWBRT -■■A-. Moore,'* BREWER, MALSTER, AND BQT£L£R. . n*:o Hwon MEDICINES. REASONABLE Cambridge’* Cambridge’s‘Black. Currant Cough : . Elikir •' .r-ii.r-.-J 1 \ Bennington’s Irish Moss ' 4 ‘ o -t * ■ Dr Low'sChetW Pectoral" s ■!> r '' ! : . Kay’s Essence bf Linseed ’- >• '*[< 1-1 * ’ Balsam of Aniseed 4 y Bosche’s German Odugh Syrup < r^ • Crdsby’s' Cough Elixir ,wiK I! ' Baxter’s Long Preserver. , ! : t.- ■ :! Keating’s Cough Lozenge# "'■< . Glycerine Gold Cream Camphor.lce IT -T ft t'Z': r .< H Chilblain Liniment ; Steedman’s Whooping Cough Powders , Roche’s Whooping Cough Embrocation ■■ • -~L.!T /io ! ::v ! in. r"t J, , PHi Cambridge, ,AL CBimST, Ashbußtqn,/ ; Conveyances. T ONGBEAOff RCYAD 1 ‘ MAIL ■JLii; coaoh: - Leaves : Longbeach' for ‘Aihbdrtph daily (Sundaysexcepted) at 7;30-Am,vWafeyton 8.10 a.m., Ashton 8.25 a.m., Wheatsidne ««5 “thriving at' AshbufWUrttne for the 10,24expresa from Cfytiotohnroh to Timaru. The ,coach leaves the coach e tables, Wakanui Road . (opposite Central Hotel), Aehburlio'n, 'at 4.60 lj^ t ’ arnvttg, at ( Longbeach 7.80 : p.;in, ‘ orders leA’at ’jof t the abpyd places will receive strict,, attehuhn single, 6a fiwwdgy,#., vrj'ii;3 xoi.Jc



~ fewm- this;, date RETURN FAKE, at SINGLE RATE?, on between Waterton and Ashburtbm: 'lois ■ \ ■W. E BOND? ‘"•T - " . 4270 * EorigbateK TINWALD and modntsomers MOUNT SOMERS ANU 'ANAMA This Coach leaves Hotel, Mount Somers, (or Anama Railway Station,, , at 7>39,a m.; and 5.35 p.m.l everyoTuetday and Saturday; returning to Mount Sorter on the atrval of eachtrain. i ' ' ‘ Parcels and Lug attended'to. Single fares, ?s ;f return, Ss.. I ’-' jQHNgQbD^ b m F.J’e ! t s. P. Husband I ’ Wishes ,to ‘iaior^ : public generally that he has taken the Livery dhd Bait Stables lately by, Mr J;: Mcßae, and hopes to Solicit a fair share of patronage. Good Paddock with pi# ;ty of water. ' ;, . ' JJO42 J) ROPE SS'I 0> # r :A ! ; L. Medical Galvanism. processor marwr ... wishes his friends and the pablip tokhow that his ELECTRIC -BATTERIES operate upon Mind anA Body. chiefly through the, agency of the;Nervous and Muscular'- systelhs.; :I jTk|^; J ( ' :, .ire therefore ,; r-T‘d--» restore, Failing f Nervous Energy— ;Life, Affections : 6f, ihb''.Ne^iink* 4lnd Muscular System, ralgia, Sciatica, Rheumatisms {Rheumatic Gout, Mental and Physical'Disbiltty, rapidly eased and dispelled. i ball at once and regain sound hoaltk andhappiness, at v-:_>i‘



E. 0. DAN N’S, . -/V". GHKMISIV ' '' ;'' ;r - 5 ’ .BjUhdp’s : v ! : i ; Joint diseaaea;(fefaeumatic); manypaix. ful diseases common to Wbm'eir' B’n Children, as Hysteria,! Nervous Exhaustion from youthful indiscretionandighbrance, The Scientific application df rifift .. ELE OT RIO CU R B R&M's . is attended by I ' v NO. SE-OOIC J&S' The various currents' .are admihi, tiered Anatomically, and. 'the e^febii-pro' duced by them most carefully observed. MISS Will attend Ladies and Children. 177 T?h t vr D ENTIS T R 1. W. J. : Sy&es^.7 : DENTAL SURGEON., 1 . ■ ■ ■ . ... ‘ ft. II vtlil Christchurch, H -■*. ” Intends shortly visiting this Dist'riit wilL the latest improvements in •, DENTAL INSTRUMENTS'' ‘1 *• . and appliances, wbichi aire necessary fox the production of high clash' wofck,' both Surgically and Mechanically. . r ; Special Instruments for regulating and extracting Children’s Teeth; Artificial Teeth froir to a feet, inimitably on, jPUti. nura, Celluloid, and,- Xulcanite. Teeth plugged l tvith’ t f3ol{j, Platinum, and the newest White EhhameL ( TEETH' EXTRACTED .PAINRfiSSLY „ . 7’ " Citrous Oxide Gas and EthecSpray, AwardSd first order of merii New Kealan International Exhibition, •u. '■ ” ii-- :u'. . O' jtfvo< * r •:! ■7 Tc : .dnfoi )