The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. IV— No. 1014 J

ASHBURTON7 MONDA Y 7 AUGUST 6. 15.83

[PRICE-ONE PENNY.



Auctioneers, Commission Agents, &c. Alfred Harrison, A UCTIONEER, VALUER, COM .£\. MISSION AGENT, Land Sales, Sales of Stock, Merchandise, Furniture and Effects, Pigs, Poultry, and General Produce. A EjSKLY SALE every S ATURDAY, at l‘-J o’clock sharp, commencing in the Yards with HORSES. L N T D SALES, IN THE ROOMS, AS REQUIRED, • Town oid Farm Properties entered on the ooks. No charge unless sold. AHENT FOR THE NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Every class of Risks taken at lowest rates. ALFRED HARRISON,



Business Notices. STOCK-TAKING SALE. UNAVOIDABLE POSTPONEMENT OF IHE DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.



In consequence of several large trans actions whic h cannot be settled for some time, the Dissolution of Partnership of Eriedlander Br a has been Postponed pending the settlement of same. They have just finished their annual stock-taking, and find the STOCK IN EACH DEPARTMENT EXCESSIVELY LARGE Still, and have, therefore, determined to make a FURTHER REDUCTION ' and to CLEAR THE STOCK REGARDLESS OF PRICE



Walter B. Moss, Burnett Street, Ashburton, AUCTIONEER, ACCOUNTANT, LAND AND COMMISION AGENT. AUCTIONS of Land, Horses, Cattle, Pigs Produce, &c., at his Salerooms and Yards every Saturday. Auctions of Stock at Ashburton and Tinwald Saleyards every alternate Tues day. Outside sales as required, and on special terms. Brokerage and Commission Business in all its forms. v Debts and Bents collected and Houses and Estates cared for. LOANS NEGOTIATED. WHY PAY RENT? AND have nothing left at the end of the term when you have the oppor tunity of acquiring a Freehold of your own without any considerable outlay. WALTER~B. MOIS HAS FOR SALE, With many others, The following pick of TOWN SEC TIONS, which are so situated that they must every year increase materially in value, and which are to bo sold cheap if sold soon : ; Section No. 338, corner Moore and William streets, on which is erected two comfortable cottages, both well rented. Sections Nos. 425 and 426, on Tancred street (half an acre). ' Sections Nos. 465, 466, and 467, on the corner of Havelock and William streets—a most desirable property. Six-roomed house and J acre land, corner of East Town Belt and Peter street ; house well finished • ' throughout. Six-roomed hou -e ; thoroughly well finished and in perfect order; \ acre land; orchard in full profit and capital garden ; every convenience. ■ Large two-storey house of 14 rooms, with 2 acres grand land; admirably adapted for private boarding-honse, . and within two or three chains of the Town Belt. Also, acre of land, with two neat cottages • thereon, opposite Cass street, on North Town Belt (a dead gift). FARM BOR SALE—2OO acres at Sea field, pan of sections 27432 and 27438, fallo ed for past three years, and in good heart for crop ping ; water race runs through the ' land. To be sold cheap, the o ner having left the district. Apply at once. Section No. 581, corner of Cameron and Park stieets, with two fo r-roomed cottages thereon ; h acre to each house; both r. nted to good tenants. Sections 1046, 1047, and 1050, each J acre, on Peter street, near Town Belt West. A GOOD CHANCE For a man of small means to ACQUIRE a First-class BUSINESS.' For sale, a well selected new first-class stock of FANCY GOODS, together with GOODWILL OF BUSINESS in the lead ing thoroughfare in Christchurch. Terms very easy. Satisfactory reasons given for selling. Apply at once. WALTER B. MOSS, HAVELOCK STREET. LOANS OBTAINED TO ASSIST PUR CHASERS WHERE REQUIRED. Houses and Sections wanted for Sale or to Rent. TO FARMERS. Samples of KILN-DRIED WHEAT to be seen at WALTER B. MOSS’S 702 AUCTION ROOMS. Shipping. SHORTEST AND MOST DIRECT Route to great Britain and EUROPE. Through America, via Sandwich Islands. TJie Pacific Mail Steamship Company (dhder contract with the New Zealand and New South Wales Governments) will despatch the undermentioned steamers as under:— Stsamers. Passengers booked to London, Liver pool, or Paris at a through rate, thus securing special advantages. For rates of Freight and Passage, and for full information, apply to ■ WILSON, SAWTELL & CO., Agents, Christchurch. Surveyor, Civil Engineers, &c. C. E. FOOKS AND SONS, Architects, > Tvil Engineers, Valuators, Licensee • Surveyors, and Land Brokers, •HE TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAD, ■ v ■ Ashburton.



THE SALE WILL COMMENCE ON SATURDAY . JULY 2isx, AND WILL CONTINUE TILL EVERYTHING IS SOLD. GREAT BARGAINS IN THB DRAPERY AND CLOTHING Departments. A lot of Remnants of Brussels and Tapestry Carpets to be sold very cheap. A good Tapestry Carpet, any length, Is lid per yard—well worth 3s Men’s and Boys’ Clothing all reduced Blankets and Flannels at wonderfully low prices Ladies’ and Children’s Ulsters and Jackets less than cost Bonnets and Hats at half price. In the IRONMONGERY AND BUILDERS’ MATERIALS We have also made great reductions in every line too numerous to mention, and we wish to draw the attention of Farmers to the remaining stuck of IMPLEMENIS, Which we are willing to CLEAR AT ANY PRICE. We have just landed the old “ CIRCLE BRaND ” PLOUGHSHARES Which have been so long in de mand, and we cansupply them now in every size We are still prepared to dispose of our Business to suit Purchasers in the FOLLOWING LOTS, separate or together ; Lot 1, DRAPERY & CLOTHING. Lot 2, GROCERY & PROVISIONS. Lot 3, HARDWARE & IRONMONGERY. In conjunction with Msssrs 11. Wilkin and Co., of Christchurch, Auctioneers, we hold FORTNIGHTLY SALES of Stock of every description, at Ashburton and Tinwald Saloyards alternately. Farmers and Stockowners entrusting Stock to us can rely on same being dis posed of to best advantage. We are also prepared to make GASH ADVANCES on Growing Crops. Friedlander Bros., AGENT.-. COLOMaL INSURANCE COMPANY (FIRE AND MARINE).



Business Notices. IN order to keep pace with the times the undersigned begs to inform his numerous patrons in the Ashburton dis trict that lie has determined to REDUCE the Price of Shooing and other work from this date. Draught Horses ... ... 7s Hacks ... ... ••• Os Exerci-ing Shoos, Pacing Plates, and Entire’s Shoes, during the season, will be extra. Note the address— Philip Joumeaux, BLACKSMITH, Ac., 1502 Peter street.



DANK’S Linseed Balsam. THE marvellous Cure for Coughs, Colds, Influenza, Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping Cough, and all affections of the Chest, Throat, and Lungs. More genuine cures have been effected by this remark able remedy than by any other prepafa tion on sale in the colony. The following articles are contained in the Balsam, viz.:—Linseed, Honey, Bal sam of Tohu, Ipecacuanha, Senega, Ex tract of Liquorice, and several other Bal samic and expectorant ingredients. This preparation is free from Morphia and Antimony, and can be given with safety to infants. Price—ls Gd and 2s Gd per bottle. BANK’S Herbal Pills. In all corapaints arising from the Liver being in a disordered state these Pills have proved to be a certain cure. Sufferers from Indigestion, Constipa tion, Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, Sluggish Liver, Loss of Appetite, etc., etc., will find these Pills the best and safest remedy. Price —Is 6d and 4s per box. Prepared only by E. C. DAN N, Chemist, The Pharmacy, Christchurch. Sole Agent for Ashbuhton, Mr Charles Neate, CHEMIST. 8 201 DANISH Seed Oats. Under.-igned has a full Stock of I COLONIAL CLOTHING DRAPERY FLANNELS &c. Boots and Sloes, Large Stock of Groceries and Oilmen’s Stores. SPECIAL VALUE IN CHOICE TEAS. FEED AND SEED OATS. FLOUR, BRAN, AND SHARPS. All at the lowest prices possible. Genu ine value and no make-believe or sham. Largo discount, and other inducements for cash. Families waited on weekly, or oftener if required. D. WILLIAMSON, East Stlte et, Ashburton. 798 p EID AND GRAY’S Newly Improved New Zealand Central Disc Disc Harrow. 280 made and in use. Is the simplest, the best, and the most durable in the market. Last season it took First Prize in com petition with all Colonial and American makers, at Christchurch, Dunedin, In vercargill, Wyndham, Gore, Gamaru, Timaru, VVaimate, Ellesmere, Ilaugiora, Masterton, Auckland, and Wanganui. bizes kept in stock —G, 8, 10, and 12ft Reid and Grey’s New Zealand Twine Binder. At the Oamarn trial of Twine Binders it took the Gold Medal as the best Machine in the field, beating Samuelson’s and Howard’s. This season, at the Taieri trial, it took First Prize as the beat Reaper and Binder, and also a First Prize as the best all round Machine, in competition with Hornsby’s, Howard’s, and W. A. Wood’s. Wo are now booking orders for the fol lowing haryest; and as the demand will be large we would like our friends to order at once, to avoid disappointment. As we will have a well-assorted stock of Fittings at all our Branches, Farmers can rely on getting Fittings at a moment’s notice. Double-furrow Ploughs, Chaffcutters, Horse Gears, Cambridge Rollers, ;bed Sowers, etc., etc. Illustrated catalogues free on application to our Head Office, Dune din, or to our Brunches at Oamarn, Timaru, Invercargill, Christchurch, Ash rton, or Auckland. JQ OCT O R ERNEST L O W’S Cherry Pectoral, An invaluable Medicine in all the stages of Consumption, and not to be surpassed in efficacy for Coughs, Bronchitis, Asthma, Hoarseness, Loss of Voice, Difficulty of Breathing, Influenza, Spasmodic Croup, Hooping Cough, and all affections of the Throat, Bronchice, and Lungs. Prepared onlv by fl. N. 0 I.’ RON, Chemist, Akaroa, New Zealand. , May bo obtained from every Chemist in - Hburton and Storekeeper in the Country. au7



REMOVED TO NEW PREMISES. G. J. F. Lublow, MERCHANT TAILOR & OUTFITTER, BEGS to intimate to hia customers and the general public of Ashburton and the surrounding districts that he nas REMOVED To more extensive premises recently erected by him in TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON (Next Union Bank of Australia). To keep pace with his largely increas ing trade, he has purchased a LARGE STOCK of the very best material, viz. : Saddle Kaiapoi West of England Fancy Coating Irish Frieze Whipcord Elastic Rib Bedford Cord Melton Black Cloth Doeskin And other Tweeds too numerous to par ticularise. It is therefore needless to state that he is in a position to supply a first-class article at the lowest possible price FOR CASH, and in all cases A GOOD FIT GUARANTEED. Gentlemen’s own material made up. TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON (Next to the Union Bank of Australia). 1295 D‘ Mc F A R L A N E , (Late Guard N.Z. Railways), Begs to inform his numerous friends that he has taken over the GROCERY BUSINESS lately carried on by Mr Jaines Baker, and hopes to merit a fair share of 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. Note the Address— D. McFarlane (Late James Bate ), HAVELOCK STREET. 286 VrONUMENTS, HEADSTONES, & ill CHURCHYARD CROSSES, Made from the handsome and "nduring Stone of this District, either Rod 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 Geo.. Booth & Sons, Manufacturers and import ers op AGRICULTURAL IM PLEMENTS. CARLYLE IMPLEMENT WORKS, Sydenham (near Christchurch). Makers of Carlyle Iron Windmills Carlyle Seed Strippers Carlyle Improved Disc Harrows Carlyle Drays, Tip Carts, Spring Traps, &c. Ploughs, Harrows, Cultivators, Broadcast Sowers, &c. Sole Agents for lIANSOME’S STEAM THRESHING MACHINERY. Offices and Stores — 213 I'UAM STREET, CHRISTCHURCH. Postal Address —P. O. Box 89, Christ church. 473 e STOP THAT COUGH! DON’T DELAY.—How can you slop it? Where is the Remedy. Bonnjngton’s P OTORAL OXYMEL OF 0 vRRA GE N or IRISH MOSS (registered), can produce more evidence of real merit than any other article for the purpose. Sold everywhere. G. Eonninoton, Christchurch.



Business Notices. A USTRALIAN MERCANTILE UNION INSURANCE (LIMITER). CAPITAL £250,000. COMPANY Twenty Per Cent, of Profits Divided Annually among the Policy Holders. LOWEST RATES OP 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 Ratos. Agents for Ashburton and District, ORR & CO,' 13n



CANTERBURY BRANCH. '“TSf. m sea*" fe.lfe ’ -“V. !/ mi a*- ■js> A® iiiiiiiiii sy V2r S 3 -J’ \sf-S mse Established !559. T H E Capital t 1,000,000 Unlimited Unbiuty of Shefencld ers PREMIER COLONIAL COMPANY. FIRE AND MARINE RISKS TAKEN AT THE LOWEST CURRENT RATES. ASHBURTON AGENT— George Jameson. 24



mo THE LADIES OF ASHBURTON X AND SURROUNDING DIS TRICTS. MRS A. W. WHITE will OPEN a L A.DI ES’ ART DEPOT on SATURDAY, 23rcl June, next to Meech’s Furniture Warehouse, Burnett street. A splendid varie y of material for all kinds of Ladies’ Fancy Work kept in stock, together with some of the latest novelties in Patterns, etc. T.J its White will open a Class for young Ladies, at which will bo taught t rewel Work, Berlin Work, Embroidery, Crochet, Netting, Knitting, etc. Terms on application. Advice on the blending o. ora and the working up of materials g'cven gratis. All transactions strictly cash. 1432 JgOOTS ! BOOTS ! ! BOOTS ! ! HAYES & CO. having bought the whole of Chambers's Stock of Boots and Shoes, are determined to clear them at a Tremendous Sacrifice. Lot of Ladies’ and Children’s Kid Boots, 50 to 75 per cent Discount. . Men’s and Boys’ Awfully Cheap. Also, a quantity of Gum Boots, from 155., must be sold -At The Arcade, Ashburton. Dressmaking. UNDERCLOTHING. MISS KINGSBURY Begs to announce to her numerous patrons that she has removed to Bakers’ Buildings, next to D. MacFarlane, Grocer, Havelock Sieeet, Ashbuhton. Orders promptly attended to. 396 e to the inhabitants of Rakaia and surrounding districts, that I am pre pared to supply them with prime Butchers* MEAT at the undermentioned prices:— Beef, IOOIbs, at 31d per lb. Side Mutton, 2Jrd ~ 1460 CHARLES INDER. South Rakaia. 'Vrvov' S'RMURRAY'^ ASHBURIo! rnAKE TIME BY THE FORE -1 LOCK.” The circumstances of social life are widely different in these colonies from those at Home, and therefore the colonial market requires different treatment. This fact Eobert Murray, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, East street, Ashburton, was not long in learning after his arrival on these shores, and ho at once set his attention upon supplying WATOfiES, 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 !■ is 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 bases, all the latest improvements, at L 6, L 6 6s, L 6 10s ; higher classes, L 7, L 8 10s, LlO 10s, and Ll2 12a; Rotherhams, L 6 10s. Printed guarantee with each watch sold. Attention is called to the Clocks, Jewellery, and English Plate in stock, and to the. fact that all kinds of REPAIRING are done on the premises tad GUARANTEED. , R. MURRAY’S SHOP is CON SPICUOUS by the “ REGULATOR ” of his own Manufacture which’ occupies a place in His window, and serves as an authority on mean time to the town. Watches free and safe b” post on fe <jeipf of P. 0.0 730c-96a



Business Notice. Robert Alcorn, GENERAL MERCHANT. I7OR Quality, Cheapness, and Fit in J Men’s, Youths’, and Boys’ Clothing and Boots of all sorts, go to R. ALCORN’S Corner Shop (attached to the Grocery, Ironmongery, Glass, and China Ware houses, where you will get everything of the best quality and at the lowest possible prices. TEA is my speciality ; —my 3a Tea is unequalled in Christchurch or Dunedin at the price, and unsurpassed at any price. BB9d A. J. Gardner, NURSERYMAN, : AS FOR SALE, 90,000 Pinus Insignia, 12s per 100; or, I if p'auted and guaranteed, 15s per 100 Macrooarpa 200,000 Box Thorn, 12s per 1000 Fruit Trees, true to name Cabbage Plants, Is per 100. Any quan tity ready for planting out for early spring cabbage. Southbridge, May 7, 1883. * 1009 rjl INW AL D STORE, NOTICE.



Businetss Notices. QOMPULSORY SALE. Hayes & Co. MUST HAVE MONEY AND WILL HOLD A CHEAP AND DESPERATE SALE. For one Month, commencing SATURDAY, 23hd JUNE, Their Prices must Astonish everybody, Welsh Flannel, Bid ; Scotch Flannel 10id ; Winceys, 3d ; Heavy Union Shirt; ing, Gd ; White Calico (American), 3s 6d , Grey Calico, 2s 9d ; Our Blankets are grand at 8s lid ; French Dress Serges, 4|d ; Costume Cloths, s|d ; Homespun Tweed, 4fd ; Satin Cloths, 6-|d ; Tweed, for boys’ wear, 10M ; Ladies’Umbrellas, Is lid ; Ladies’ Lementeen, choice, 2s lid ; Cotton Sox, id ; Felt Carpet, is ; Hemp Carpet, 11-Jd ; Jet Buttons, l£d ; Good Cotton Tick, 4|d ; Ladies’ Handker chiefs, 2d ; Curtain Net, 2£d ; Lot of Children’s Dresses, grand value, 4s lid ; Velvet Hat, Is ; Seal Caps, Is ; 4-button Kid Gloves, black, 2s 6d ; Colored, Is 6d; Ladies’ Chemises, Is ; Real Ostrich Feathers, 2s Gd ; Black Beatrice Lace, per yard. Id; Trimmed Hats, from 3d; Girl’s Fashionable Aprons, Gd ; Ladies’ Tweed Skirts, trimmed, 2s Gd ; Ladies’ Stays, Is 9d ; Children’s Bibs, 3d; Ulster Jackets and Wool Goods, Desperately Cheap.



The TINWALD STORE has been RE-OPENED under the management of Mr W. BIGGS, and Customers will be attended to as formerly. 23d rn o FARMERS. JL . HUDSON, RIDLEY & CO., GRAIN & PRODUCE MERCHANTS, AND FARMERS’ AGENTS, 136, 138, Cashel street, Christchurch. Special attention given to all lescrip tions of Seed, Grain, Cheese and Produce placed in our hands for sale, and best market rate, combined with quick returns obtained. Large accommodation for Storage, at Low Rates. WANTED NOW— Gkass Seed, Grain, Etc., Etc.



COACH FACTORY, ■ ■ Havelock street. Established 1870. Baker & Brown, COACH BUILDERS, Ac., Manufacturers of all kinds of buggies and carriages -of English or American designs. Workmanship Guaranteed. Buggies repaired, re-painted, re-trim raed, etc. 196



OTICE! NOTICE!! Wanted Customers for the Cheap Fur niture Shop in Ashburton. The under signed is selling his Dining-room and Drawing-room Suites at an immense sacrifice—from £lO upwards; some of the best Cretonne and Leather Spring Couches from L2 10s upwards; also, Drawing room Tables and Chairs, Piano Stools. I on Bedsteads and Spring Matrasses for L 4 10s; also some of the best Iron-folding 'Tables, beautifully painted with ferns and gilded; some of the beat Oak Washstands for office use ; Accommodations ; Dressing Tables, Towel Rails, American Patent Carpet Sweepers, Japanese Portmanteaux, Travellers’ Trunks, Cheats of Drawers, Cheffoniers of all descriptions; Kitchen Tables and Chairs, Rocking Chairs, Look ing Glasses, Pictures, Lamps, etc. In fact everything in the way of Household Furniture from two-roomed house to ten roomed house furnished on shortest notice. Agent for J. B. Mansfield’s Stone Ornaments and Tombstones. Note the Address—J. A. PERSSON, Moore street, Ashburton. 1423 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 nut lose this opportunity of either sending or coming down your selves to get one. All watches are war ranted from two to five years, and if proved not genuine the money wil be re turned, with interest at the rate of sis 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 L 4 15s ; genuine Waltham watches from L2 10s ; Ladies’ watches, “Hall marked,” English silver cases, from Ll 15s ; Peep o' day alarm clocks, 10s 6d. The above are a few of the leading lines ; all other goods are proportionally low in prices. Having such a large and varied stock of watches, decks, and jewellery it would take too much space to enumerate every article. Come and inspect my stock and judge for yourselves. Every article marked’ in plain figures. Note the address; J. F. STRATZ, Practical Watchmaker, 261, High street, Trian lei Christchurch. WATCHES ATCHES. U Greatly reduced in prices ifp’ J.F. Stratz to i.T.F. Stratz I am largely over stocked with clocks, watches, and jewel lery, especially watches, having over 400 good strong watches at all prices to select from (which is the largest stock of watches in one shop in Now Zealand), 201, High street, Christchurch. 502



Mari’s Braces, I.R:, 6d ; Men’s Trou sers and Vests, 10s 6d ; Men’s Colonial Trousers, 8s 6d ; Men’s Moles, 4s 9d ; Lot Men’s Overcoats, to be sold, 19s lid; Men’s Collars, 4 boxes la. Girls’ Kid E, S. Boots, 2s 9d ; Ladies’ Kid Boots, E. S., 3a 9d ; LadieV Ho. se Boots, 3s Gd ; Seal Boots, good vab e, 10 s 6d ; Lace Boots, 8s 9d. Boys’ and Men’s Boots of every descrip tion are selling Cheaper than Ever. ' Observe the Address— BULLOCK’S ARCADE. n2 Christchurch monumentai W 'RKS, Manchester street, Christchurch. The undersigned having purchased the Stock at less than cost price, he is able to execute orders lower than any other yard, and hopes by strict attention to business to receive a continuance of the favors bestowed on the late Proprietor. j. b. Mansfield. While thanking patrons for past favors I beg to sohcit a continuance of the same for my succesior. 511 J. SHERRIFF. ft -IL-J Baker Bros., QONTR ACTORS, BUILDERS, AND UNDERTAKERS, Wakanui and Cass Str oo ts, Ashburton. 167 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 Cookson’s Stables), Ashburton. 89oe ALL classes now acknowledge that tea as a daily beverage is indispensable. And if, as I. O. Moody says, “a cup of good sea will thoroughly refresh the tired or depressed, and often remove headache, being one of the greatest blessings to the women of our race, and an important adjunct in the daily life of all sorts and conditions of men,” then to procure it of good quality is the great desideratum. Kelson, Moate and Co. have earned golden opinions for their i'UPERIOR BLENDED TEA;-', and I, as agent, can sincerely recommend these to all pur chasers, ami warrant them to prove satis factory in the using. Fruits, General Groceries, and Italian Goods as usual, comprising almost every article require d in the household, and all at as low prices as possible for cash, H. M. Carson, FRUIT & ITALIAN WAREHOUSE, Next Bank of Kow Zealand, East st., Wholesale and Retail Agent for NELSON, MOATE A CO.’S Pure Blended Teas. «1 F. G. THOMAS, Surgeon Demist, will VISIT Ashburton every month, and may be consulted at Quill’s Hotel. 1065 rn he ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, JL —■ PRICE— ONE PENNY. PUBLISHED EVERT EVENING. Advertisers are reminded that The Ashburton Guardian is the ONLY DAILY PAPER published between Christchurch and' Timaru, and com mands a LARGER CIRCULATION throughout the County of Ashburton than any other Journal. The Ashburton Guardian will be forwarded to any address in the colony for 24s per annum (paid in advance), or 6s 6d per quarter, postage extra. The Ashburton Guardian circulates largely in the Town and Suburbs, and also in Rakaia, Chertsey, Seafield, Meth ven, Alford Forest, Mount Somers, Wakanui, Longbeach, Ashburton Forks, Tinwald, Winslow, Waterton, an every part of the County of Ashburton within the reach of postal communicat thus I being the best general as well as local 1 medium for Advertising.



Business Notices. BREWERY A. Moore, BREWER, MALSTER, AND t BOTTLER. Highest price given for Malting Barley. Oats Crushed in any quantity. 094 REASONABLE MEDICINES. Cambridge’s Cough Syrup Cambridge’s Black Currant Cough I Elixir ' Bennington’s Irish Moss Dr Low's Cherry Pectoral Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Kay’s Essence of Linseeds Powell’s Balsam of Aniseed Bosche’s German Cough Syrup Crosby’s Cough Elixir Baxter’s Lung Preserver. Keating’s Cough Lozenges Glycerine Cold Cream Camphor Ice Chilblain Liniment ; Steedman’s Whooping Cough Powders Roche’s Whooping Cough Embrocation J. M. Cambridge; PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMIST, ASHBURTON.,



— - gOMEESET STABLER P. Husband Wishes to inform and the public generally that he has taken the Livery and Bait Stables lately carried on by, Mr J. Mcßae, and hopes, to solicit a fair share of patronage. Good Paddock Accommodation, with plenty of water. 1042



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 of all kinds, 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 ion to Country Orders, and shipped direct rom siding. J. T. BROWN, Office : Tuam street. Wholesale Depot: Railway Siding and wmill, South Belt, Christchurch. ill? Mr Parker, J JAYING taken premises in BULLOCK’S TRIANGLE, Wakanui road, (Next Mr Fecks’ Office), Is prepared to make Artificial Sets in Gold, Platina, Celluloid, and Vulcanite. . , Plates re-modelled and re paired. 1 Teeth stopped, extracted, etc. First-class work, and at town prices. - Note the address— TRIANGLE, ; V 61 Wakanui road. D ENTIS T R Y. W. J. Sykes, DENTAL SURGEON, Christchurch, In'enda shortly visiting this District with the latest improvements in DENTAL. INSTRUMENTS,’ and appliances, which are necessary foi the production of high class work, both Surgically and Mechanically. Special Instruments for regulating and extracting Children’s Teeth. Artificial Teeth from one to a complete set, inimitably mounted on Gold, Plati num, Celluloid and Vulcanite, Teeth plugged with Gold, Platinum, and the newest White EnnameL TEETH EXTRACTED PAINLESSLY By the aid of IS itrous Oxide Gas and Ether Spray. Awarded first order of merit at the Nea Zealan International Exhibition. JjILOWER ROOTS. FLOWER ROOTS Ashburton Nursery. ABBOTT & Co., NURSERYMEN AND FLORISTS, HAVE OR SALE All kinds of F OWER ROOTS and BEDDING PLANTS BOUQUETS, Hand and Table, made up on the shortest notice, cheaper than any other in the trade. 1 ’ Note the Address, Mill Rage Road, Back Saurders Mill. W. Peugelly, rpAILOR AND HABIT MAKER Durham street South, ' ■. t CwuiSTOHUBOHa