DRESSING THE DEAD.

- While in England we are discussing /depose of the dead in the simplest, most practical, and most economic manner, across the Atlantic the tendency of late has been in a very different direction. In America the quiet of the beautiful garden-like burial ground is only reached after an almost incredible pnount of painstaking and labon ihas ibeen bestowed upon the from the time when life ceases rp|til the coffin is covered with earth. If) as the old legends say, the soul of the ddpiatted drovers-Over its deserted body during the time between death and burial, that of the deceased Ameri can is much to be pitied. Instead of lingering peacefullyin a darkened room where all noise is hushed, it has to look ftom the ceiling or some remote corner at-the work of the undertakers, who, becoming more and more artistic, claim the body as their own, until, bv their work and that of their auxiliaries — (Jressmakers, milliners, florists, dentists, and those whose profession it is to let art step in where beauty fails—the ap pearance of death is banished and a bejewelled, bepainted, and fashionably aUirfetD corpse can be exhibited in a “casket” of polished oak or marble, silver-mounted, whose costly linings harmonise with the gorgeous toilet of itf ghastly tenant. “The common practice in the States,” says Miss Gor don Gumming, in a late number of the Contemporary^'Review, “is to send the dead to , their long homes in fine raiment of fashionable " cut, and with mous- jind flowers in their bmton-holes.’ r ” The toilet of the ladies cprrespqnd? to that of the moustache waxed flower button-holed gentlemen-: —“ Miss R,” writes a New. York, repor ter, “ was laid out in white rep silk, elegantly trimmed with white satin and very fine point lace. The skirt was 4rap'£d| )ryit,h[ smilax and ’lilies : of the valley. The casket, made in the cele brated Princess style; was covered with the most delicate shade of blile silk velvet, with corners and mouldings tufted with white satin. The inside Was trimmed with white satin, and with heavy ■ sewing silk and bullion fringe. The; handles were long bars with sewing silk. The casket opened atf'full length, the inside of the lid being tufted, with white satin. Miss ..very natural, more as if asleep than dead. There was. a .splen did display of flowers, sent as tokens of sympathy, from her many friends. All tfe'sitands containing‘the .flowers were covered with white, giving a general appearance of purity.” . Undertakers are,ready., by day and night, at only a “ hint,” to practise their art, “the firsts rate style” sometimes being paid with io,ocodol. The 1 pallor of death van ishes before their skill, blue lips become red, distorted features are hidden, and a set of false teeth saves the looks of dead women. But inTashibns, as well as in other things, when they have reached an extreme, a reaction is sure to set in ; and it is reassuring to learn “that the leaders of society in New York now affect extreme simplicity, and have declared in favor of pure white shrouds and unadorned coffins.”

VERY HARD LYING.

li There 'lives in New Hampshire t man called Joe, a fellow noted for thi tough lies he can tell. A correspon dept jn.f/jjrms us that Joe called in- a Holton’s lately, and found him almos choked with suioi.c, -when he suy - don’t know as mud about managing smoky chimneys as 1 do, squire, or you’d cure ’em.” “Ah!’ said Holton, with interest, did yot eve* see'a 1 smoky chimney cured?’ “Seen it?” said old Joe, “I think ] have,,, ;I had the worst one in Seaboard county once, and I cured it a little toe much.” “ How ' was that ?” asked Holton. ’ Wh‘y,' you see,” said Joe, “ 1 builra little house out yonder, at Woll Hollow, ten or twelve years ago. Jitr Bush, the fellow triat built the chim neys, kept blind drunk three quarters of the time,'tfnd Crazy drunk the other. I told him I thought he’d have some thing wrong; but he stuck to it and finished the house. Well, we moved in, and built a fire the next morning tc boil the tea kettle. All the smoke came through the room and went out oi the windows; not a bit went up the flues. We tried it for two or three days, and it ;got, , worse and worse. By-and-bye it came on. to rain, and the rain began to come down the chimney. It put the fire out in - a minute, arid directly, it.came down by the pailfuj, We had to. get the baby off the floor as soon as we could, or it would have beerir drowned. In fifteen minutes the,water stood knee deep on the flood I soon sa\y what was thri'niatter. "The drunken ciiss had put the chimney .wrong end up, and it drawed' downwards. It gathered all the rain within too yards, and poured it down in jbucketfuls.” “Well, that was qnfprtunate,” remarked, Holton, “brfi‘”wHat in the world did you do house'? Surely you never cured that chimney ?" “ Didn’t I, thouglv?’!-,.lnsured rqld 4 Joe; yes I did .”?*-f“'How‘r" *asked Holton! “ Turnefl it theolher end up,” said the incqrmible r . £‘ then you ought to haVS seen it draw. was the way I cured it too much.” “Drew too much?” askedi : Holtonj /. •?’Well,:/ squire, you may judge for yourself,” said old Joe. “Pretty-sooti after we got the chimney down the other erid Up, I missed one of the'drafts'but..of’Vhe room, and directly I of'em,. shooting towards the ■ *Kex‘t’ the table went, and,Lsee'the.back log going up. Then I gtabbfid ithe-old woman under one arro ahd* fhe baby l under t’other and Startb'df but just as I got to the door I see’d : t^ !: Cat going across the floor on.with her claws, to tl\e, ( qarpACyß}!irig awfully, ; It wasn’t no ‘l, Just see. her going over the topobfi’the iohimitey, and that was the last --rif heft” ‘“Well, what did you do thfeft?”' .aSkfed Holtdn “of course you' &tild : such a house?” « Cddldq’t J said ' Joe; “but I di3 ; I but a noujtice on the jamb of the fireplace, arid,"that drawed t’other way, had "no more trouble.” Thattsays the Nm Yotk Herald , which tellsAtKeOslofy) is what we call hard. lying- . , . rf?V»l//fV '

IHE 4SHBUBTQN GUARDIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1883.

Printed min published daily, for The 'AsU> burton Guardian Company, Limited, by Henry Vincent SawteLl, of Bumctf Street, Ashburton, at the Company’s. Print ing House, West street, Ashburton, ’ '< Thursday, September ao, 1883. . r»i



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Sporting. RACING CLUB. SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, November 15th and 16th, 1883. President : E. G. Wright, M.H.R. • :■ VIOE-pRESIDENT : W. C; Walker. Judge:-' Matthew Stitt. Stewards : C. H, Dowding, H. Friedlander, J. Grigg, T. Leahy, W. G. Ross,' W. Saunders, * H. T. Winter. Treasurer : C. C. Fooks. Starter : David Thomas. Clerk of the Scales : ■ ■ , e M.-Friedlander. Clerk of the Course : W. B. Denshire. Handicappers : Open Races —E. G. Griffiths. District Races — E. G. Crisp, G. C. Fooks, T. Leahy, M. Stitt. First Race each day to start a t 1 p. m. FIRST DAY. 1. County Hurdle Race (Handicap), of 30 sovs; over six flights of hurdles about 3ft Gin high ; nomi nation, 1 sov ; acceptance, 1 sov. l£ miles. District horses only. , 2. Free Handicap, of 40 sovs ; accept ance. 2 sovs ; 1 mile. 3. Maiden Plate, of 40 sovs ; weight for age ; entrance, 3 sovs; 1J miles., 4. Ashburton Cup (Handicap), of 150 scvs; nomination, 2 sovs ; accept ance, 5 sovs ; l£ miles. 5. Ladies’ Purse, of 40 sovs ; welter weights for age ; gentlemen riders ; entrance, 3 sovs; l£ miles. District horses only. 6. The Post Stakes (Handicap), of 15 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov, to be made to the* Secretary immediately after the Ladies’ Purse is run ; acceptance, free, to be notified within ten minutes of declaration of weights ; 1 mile. District horses only, „



SECOND DAY. 1. Handicap Hurdle Race, of 60 sovs; over eight flights of hurdles about 3ft Gin high ; nomination, 2 aova ; acceptance, 2 so vs ; 2 miles. 2. Racing Club Handicap, of 75 sovs : nomination, 2 sovs ; acceptance, 2 sovs ; miles. ' 3. County Plate, Handicap, of 40 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov ; accept ance, 1 sov; miles. District horses only. ■ 4. Flying Handicap, of ,50 abvs, nomi nation, 1 sov ; acceptance,''2 sovs ; | mile . , 5. Totalisator Stakes (Handicap), of 15 sbvs ; nomination, 1 sov; accept ance, free ; | mile. District horses only. 6. Consolation Handicap, of 20 sovtf ; nomination, 1 sov, to be made im mediately after the Totalisator Stakes is run ; acceptance, free, to be notiGed within ten minutes of declaration of weights. Distance, 1 mile. RULES AND REGULATI .'NS. 1. No entry will be received except oh the condition that all disputes, claims and objections arising out of the racing shall be decided by the Stewards, of whom they may appoint; their decision on all points connected with carrying out this programme to be final. 2. Canterbury Jockey Club Racing Rules strictly adhered to. 3. A district horse shall mean any horse that has been commonly resident in the Ashburton County, from July 31,1883, and up to the date of the forth coming meeting, and owned by a person who has resided in the said county during the same period. 4. A gentleman rider shall bo deemed to bo one who has not ridden for hire during the past five years. • 5. All entries and nominations to be ac companied by entrance fees, name and age of horse, and colors of rider, and in the hands of the Secretary, addressed to Quill’s Hotel, not later than 9 p m. on Thursday, November Ist. Weights for the first day’s Handicaps and Open Hurdle Raco will be published on Friday, November 9th. Weights for other Handi caps will be published at 8 pm. on the evening of the first day’s racing. 6. Acceptances for the first days Handicaps and Open Hurdle Race to be paid to the Secretary not later than 9 p.m, on Tpesday, November 13th; ac ceptances for other -Handicaps at 9 p. m. on evening of first day’s racing. 7. .Five per cent will be deductedfropx the gross of all; monies payable in ao- , cordance with this programme for ex panses of the course. , •. 8. All nominations and acceptances go i to the fund. - S. SAUNDERS, | 8 222 Secretary*



' Consultations. A FORTUNE FOR FIVE SHILLINGS. A FORTUNE FOR sa. A DAMASTOR’S NOVELTY CONSULTATION MELBOURNE CUP, 1883. To be Run on the 6th of November. Capital £5,000, In 20,000-Shares of :5s each. 431 Prizes guaranteed. as follows Melbourne Cop. First ... ... £SOO Second... ... 300 Third ... ... 200 Starters (divided) 500 Non-startera ... 1,000 To be distributed^ Cash Awards. ; 5 at £IOO each! sat £SO eifich' 10 at £25 each 1 20 at £l2 lOaeach. 40 at £6 5s each : 200 at £5 0a each £2,500 —— , I £2,500 Each ticket has seven separate chances, Race and Cash Awards being drawn for separately. Please send Post-office Orders,, when convenient, or Bank 'Notes. Cheques must be marked “ correct ” by Bank. If Stamps are sent for tickets please add one shilling in the pound extra. Notice. —Registered letters not ac cepted, Two stamps required for reply and result. Wilt close on or about the 3rd of November. Address— “ADAMASTOR,” Care of Lyons and Hart, 7 GO Box 151, P. 0., Dunedin. £3OOO. SWEEP MELBOURNE CUP. THE GREATEST RACING EVENT OF THE YEAR. (Run in Oct. —Close as soon as filled.) 12,000 SHARES, 5s 'EACH. ’ An even Four Shares, 20s. To be distributed as follows ; : First Horse £IOOO | Starters divide £l‘o Second ... , 500,j Non-Starters 100 ■ Third ... 250 | Total {£2ooo And 10 Prizes at £25 each ... £250 , 50 Prizes at £lO ~ ... 500 Kn Pri7oo at Ofjf) Total in Prizes, £IOOO. Grand total £3OOO. , THE THIRD CONSULTATION OF ~ MY. 1883 SERIES. ' The success and general satisfaction over previous events may be deemed sufficient introduction for that announced above. Clients ate requested; to send for not less than four shares, taken up in one name. pound secures four chances—not one only. The right of declining any ’ particular subscription is reserved. Deducted for expenses, 10 per cent. Probity is guaranteed by good com mercial bona fidcs. References : Mel bourne Sportsman and City Journals. Bankers— Sydney City Bank. Melbourne : National Bank. Applicants are requested to enclose bank notes and register the Letter (strong registered envelopes obtainable at every post office) ; it crossed cheque, add Bank charge for collection (payable “Aus f tralasia” or Bearer); also add 6d on notes when other than N.S. W. or Vic., and in all cases 4d postage for reply and result. Enclose two addressed envelopes un stamped. . ; . One extra Ticket (FREE) with every twenty to one address, thus enabling the , promoters of Clubs for every twentv f tickets a chance of being a winner with . out investing, necessarily, a penny. ■ REGISTER LETTERS , Application, as usual,; 4»y‘ letter.! ■ In tending applicants would oblige by writing immediately, to hasten the time for drawing. j' the corWfenience of Sydney Subscribers, “ Australasia’s ” Letter Box will be found at the Offices, 40 Hunter st'eet, Sydney, ..ADDRESS*:* AUSTRALASIA,



’ Care of Mr H. J. Franklin, Wholesale Bookseller, Printer and Publisher, * 8-223 40 Hunter street, Sydney. tr Government Notice. i a The' public' trust office ' OF NEW ZEALAND. t ’ ; Atention is directed to the provisions of . the Acts establishing this .Office, and to ’ the advantages' placfed' thereby within tha . reach of every colonist. Subject to such 2 provisions, the State offers to every per son : •j I.—About to make his or her Will or Codicil. (. 2. —Intending to provide for Wife and Children or others deed of Settlement. . S.-rr-Settbng Property by way of Mar . riage Settlement. ’ 4.—Desiring to renounce the Trusts of p a Will, having been appointed Executor or -Trustee under the same. ( f 5. —Having acted as Trustee, Executor, or Administrator, wishing to be relieved of the burthen of Trustee hip or Adminis ; tration, the option of us. ig the State ma , chinery, and gives an absolute guarantee against loss of funds by fraud, peculation, i or dishonesty. ; Every information may be obtained from ALEANDER LEAN, Agent at Christchurch; Or from , r .B. 0, HAMERTON, • ,0 -/ t H f u 1 - Public Trustee ■ Wellington, 12th May, 1882, V. R. V. R. Q/WERNMENT. PUBLICATIONS. The following Government Publica tions, with others, can be obtained at the Office of this Paper : Mines Act, 1879 Mining Companies Act, 1872 Mines Act Amendment Act, 1872 • Canterbury Rivers " Gaming and Lotteries Debtors and Creditors Act Debtors and 'Creditox-a Rules Stamp Act Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Cruelty to Animals Protection of Animals Rrandr and Branding Dog Registration Drainage Sheep Railway Tariff Amendment Companies . Road Boards Fencing Act Amendment, 1882 Local Elections Corrupt Practices Licensing Act , i . ; , • Licensing TH i Acts affecting Agriculture and Stock Education ! ' Etc., Etc., Etc. Ball programme cards i very neat styles, with Pencils and i Ribbons, printed at the Guardian Office, Wist street, J



S. E. Poyntz. gTEPHEN F. POYNTZ, i General Agent, No. 3, Friedlandees’ Buildings, Bur- ; NBTX SxREhT, ASHBURTON. TO DAIRYMEN, FARMERS, CON TRACTORS AND DEALERS. ON SALE BO WICK’S PATENT LACTINA.—An invaluable substitute for milk for rearing calves, etc , at a cost of little over twopence a gallon. BOWICK’S PATENT REOTORINE.— For fattening horses, cattle, and in creasing milk in dairy cows, at a cost of about one half-penny a feed. CERTAIN PREVENTION AGAINST FIRE. JOHN’S PATENT ASBESTOS ROOF ING, and John’s Patent FIRE-PROOF COATINGS. —SO per cent cheaper than any other roofing and fire-proof. PATENT ASBESTO.-; CEMENT, —More durable than Portland cement, and at ASBESTOS FIRE-PROOF PAINTS.— ' Secures a house against fire. AGENT FOR— Nimmo and Blair’s celebrated Garden Seeds. In packets of £oz and loz, from 3d upwards ; also musk pots, fiower gatherers, fmnigators, and every requisite for floriculture. PLANET, June’s Garden Hoe, Culti vator and Plough combined. Making gardening easy. ’ Price bn application. Agent for Tomlinson and Hayward’s Glycerine Sheep Dip ; Warranted non-poison ous. On hand—Dip in small-sized tins, , suitable for small farmers. ARTIFICIAL MANURES. Peruvian Guano Super-phosphate of Lime Aimes’ Chemical Manure. SUNDRIES. Fowler’s Insecticide ' Gishiirst’s Compound for destruction oi ’ blight, thrip, red fly, etc. IN STOCK AND TO ARRIVE— Poultry Hurdles Wire Netting from 12in to 48in wide 1 Ranges, Colonial make , Iron wheelbarrows Register Grates Fountain Washing Boilers Iron Pig Troughs ? Verandah Brackets and Fringes ■ Spouting and Ridging



TO FARMERS. Rye Grass and Clovers at reasonable 1 prices. Turnips, Mangolds, Rape, etc. fc TO LET— Three-roomed House. Three acres land. ‘ Farms and house properties in all parts of the county. ' FOR SALE— -1,000 acres, splendid sheep farm, all in English grass, good woolshed, • sheep dip, and dwellings; also 3 lease of 760 acres adjoining with r above. ; S. E. Poyntz, ■ ASHBURTON. 1 835 Hamburg - Magdeburg fire INSURANCE COMPANY. Sub s'' scribed capital, £3,000,000. Mr Stephen J 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. James Henderson, 178, Hereford street', Christchurch, chief agent for Can ’ jterbury. 1022 Albert Roberts. O T 1 C E. i Albert Roberts IS A BUYER OF Rye Grass, Peas Tares Oaten Sheaf and Straw Chaff And other Produce. HAS FOR SALE— Clovers, White, Red, Alsyke, Cowgrass RYEGRASS and COCKSFOOT ’ LITTLE’S SHEEP DIP ! WOOLPACKS, Seaming Twine PLOUGHSHARES, Butter-kegs, Nails , , BLUESTONE, Lampblack, Raddle KEROSENE, Castor and Boiled Oils J TEA, Sugar, Candles, Soap, Rock-salt FLOUR, 50, 100, 200 lb bags, Oatmeal, Potatoes FENCING WIRE, 8,0, 10, also Gal vanised Barb Heart and Sap Stakes, Staples : TURNIPS, Purpletop, Greentop, Devon : Greystone, Whitestone, Stubble, and Rape Swede, Gorse, Mangolds, Carrot and and Garden SEEDS BRAN, Oats,, Sharps, Chaff, Chick wheat, and Crushed Oats Seed, ■ WHEAT, OATS and POTATOES MONEY ADVANCED on FREEHOLD SECURITY STORAGE AT CURRENT RATES. LIBERAL ADVANCES made on Grain and other Produce placed in Store FOR SALK OR SHIPMENT Albert Roberts, Agent for ROBERTS, PAXTON & GO. GRAIN MERCHANTS, Manchester street, Christchurch Also, THE MDTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION Of Australasia. tf.B.— BONUS YEAR, 1883-4.



Business Notice. R I C K E T. The undersigned will offer during the coming season the whole of his enormous stock at Wholesale Prices comprising the balance of last year’s Stock, the whole of Mr E. Fuller’s Stock, and 20 Cases to ar rive per Waikato. To select from by the following makers: — Cobbett, Duke, Lillywhite, Jeffreys, Bart let, Ayers, Bussy, Orimwood and others. Extra large discounts to Clubs and Schools. TO ARRIVE —A Large Stock of Lawn Tennis (good), with all the latest improve ments. HUNDREDS OF BATS, W. BRICE, Opposite Bank of New Zealand, CHRISTCHURCH. 8 338



George Lea, ■gUILDER 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



■p H O T O G R A P H Y. 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



gPECIAL NOTICE. Householders who have not given Shag Point Coal B trial are respectfully invited to do so, as it will be found to be by far the CLEANEST SAFEST and MOST PLEASANT Fuel in the Market. Sold by all the local Coal Merchants. . Special rates for quantities of four tons and upwards. For prices apply, P.O. BOX 213, DUNEDIN. 7 149



N EW ARRIVALS, Direct prom Home. (Per s.b. Assam, transshipped at Melbourne.) A large and well-assorted stock of Books, Including Cassell’s Cookery, Diction aries, Prize Books and Children’s Toy Books. An inspection is solicited Also for 1884 DIARIES 1884 1884 DIARIES 1884 Are now ready at Thomas F. Farley, BOOKSELLER & STATIONER, 1041 Saunders’ Buildings, Ashburton.



rmAKE TIME BY THE FORE r X LOOK.” 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 Robert 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 i colonial life. He f\s 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, L 6 6s, L 6 10s ; higher classes, L 7, L 8 10s, LlO 10s, and Ll2 12s; Rotherhame, 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 and 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 aaf* b— post on re coin* of P. 0.0 730c-960 rjjHE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN. PRICE ONE PENNY. PUBLISHED EVERY 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 i for 24s per annum (paid in advance), or ; 6s 6d per quarter, postage extra. i The Ashburton Guardian circulates j largely in the Town and Suburbs, and i also in Rakaia, Chertsey, Seafield, Meth- J ven, Alford Forest, Mount Somers, i Wakanui, Longbeach, Ashburton Forks, < Tinwald, Winslow, Waterton, an every part of the County of Ashburton within j the reach of postal communicat thus being the best general as well as local medium for Advertising STOP THAT COUGH! DON’T DELAY. —How can you stop it ? * Where is the Remedy. Bennington’s *■ PECTORAL OXYMEL OF CARRA- 0 GE’ r <N or IRISH MOSS (registered), P can produce more evidence of real merit than any other article for the purpose. t Sold everywhere, —G; Bonnington, Christchurch.



QN SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED. SEED WHEAT OATS BARLEY GRASS SEED CHAFF FLOUR BRAN SHARPS TE V SUGAR, etc. Agents for Moore & Co., Christchurch. ROBINSON & TOWNSHEND, 8 295 Havelock street. Mr Fred. Searle, SOUTH RAKAIA, Having procured a new Chaff cutter, by Andrews and Beaven, with lakst improvements, is prepared tc CUT OATEN SHEAF CHAFF, At 13s 6d per ton in thi Wheat or Oat Straw, V /iatrict 16s j er ton J FRED SEARLE, 9 471 Rakaia.



7 r 5 8 r s An evil and its remedy.—t> the Editor, —It is ahealthy sign ofthe times when our local papers are beginning to deal in a fearless manner with bankrupts and the bankruptcy laws. 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 civilisation. We (the under signed) have been doing business in Ashbur ton about 2/4 years, and the money we have lost during that period by bankrupts, levan ters, and blacklegs generally amounts to a great deal more than the margin usually allowed for bad debts. If the law* cannot pro tect us then we must protect ourselves, and there is only one way to do so, viz., to abolish the credit system altogether. This system has been the curse of other countries besides New Zealand, and past experience'has proved it to be rotten to the core. Owing to recent heavy losses we have resolved to sell for cash 07tly in future. The honest man who is willing to pay 20s in the £, and pay as he goes, will 1 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 line of tweeds at the following unusually low prices :—Gentleman’s suit made to order, £2 18s 6d; ladies’ tailor made ulster, £2. All other goods in proportion, for cash only. CRAIGHEAD & CO., TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, Tancred Street. ! M E T H YE N.



We beg to thank the inhabitants of Methven and surrounding districts for the liberal support accorded us since our commencing Business here. We wish to notify that we have REMOVED into our new and commodious premises, two doors south of our old offices. We have intro duced all sorts of General Merchandise into our Business, and are prepared to supply Stations and other large con sumers with every description Stores, &c., at wholesale rates. TIMBER of every de scription at lowest current rates. Best Newcastle COAL from the Old Lambton Mine. Builders requisites in IRON MONGERY, DOORS, SASHES, etc., always on hand. Feed OATS and Seed WHEAT and OATS on Sale. Oaten Sheaf CHAFF in any quantities (best quality). We have also on Sale Messrs Booth, McDonald and Co.’s celebrated PLO.UGHS,. DRAYS, ROLLERS, DISC-HARROWS, and other Farming Implements, which we are prepared to sell at Christchurch Prices, with freight added. We are also booking orders for McCormick’s Reapers and Binders, and farmers are advised to make early applica tions. Haxton and Beattie's flexible Harrows. Grain and other Produce Stored on the most reasonable terms. Agents for the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, an l New Zealand Insurance Company. Land and Commission Agents. Loans negotiated.—C. J. W. Cookson, Jun., and Co., General Merchants, Methven. Methven, July 9th, 1883. 7 66 ■N EW SEEDS. NE W SEEDS, We beg to intimate that we have re ceived our SHIPMENTS of NEW SEA SON’S Seeds, which on trial have proved to be of extra fine quality. Our FARM SEEDS include white and red clover, alskye, cow grass, trefoil, lucerne, cocksfoot, rye grass, gorse, carrots of sorts, mangolds of s-rts, including the new mammoth kinds, which have given such great satisfaction to our customers during the last two years. Our GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS are the finest we have ever had the satis faction of offering both in quality and variety. They contain many novelties highly spoken of in r.ngland, and offered here for the first time. Also TREE SEEDS, comprising blue gum, red gum, weeping gum, peppermint gum, swamp gum, stringy bark, silver wattle, black wattle, pinus insignia, pinus maritima, cupress, macrocarpa, and many others. Also SEED POTATOES, among which is the new American ruby, queen, American fluke,' and others of the earliest sorts known ; also Bone Dust in large or small quantities. Tools of all sorts. Plain and ornamental Flower Pots. Pruning and budding Knives, etc, etc.



Sealy Bros., SEEDSMEN, ASHBURTON. 756 F. S. Shearer, OF THE May bank works, tinwald, begs to thank the public for theii 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 Carta, Drays, Traps &c. Shearer & Lewis, GENERAL BLACKSMITHS, AND , Veterinary Shoeing Fobob, 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



Business Notices* OTIOE 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 3jd per lb. Side Mutton, 2£d ~ OHARLKS INDER, 1460 South Rakaia.



Geo. Booth & Sons, Manufacturers and import ers op AGRICULT AL IM PLEMENTS. CARLYLE IMPLEMENT WORKS, Sydenham (near Christchurch). Makers of Carlyle Iron Windmills Carlyle Seed Strippers Carlyle Improved Disc Carlyle Drays, Tip Carts, Spring Traps, &c. Ploughs, Harrows, Cultivators, Broadcast Sowers, &c. Sole Agents for RANSOME’S STEAM THRESHING MACHINERY. Offices and Stores— -213 Tuam street, Christchurch. Postal Address—P. O. Box 89, Christ church. 473 e



Conveyances. LONGBEACH ROYAL MAIL COACH Leaves Longbeach for Ashburton daily (Sundays excepted) at 7.30 a. m., Waterton 8.10 a. m., Ashton 8.25 a. m., Wheatatom 8.45 a.m., arriving at Ashburton in time for the 10.24 express from Christchurcii to Timaru. Tho coach leaves the coach ttablea, Wakanui Road (opposite Central Hotel), Ashburton, at 4.50 p.m., arriving »t Longbeach at 7.30 p. m. Parcels or orders left at any of the above places wiU receive strict attention Fares—Through single fares, 5s ; return same day, Bs. From this date RETURN FARE at SINGLE RATE?, on Saturdays only, between Waterton and Ashburton. W. E. BOND, Proprietor, 427 c Longbeach. TINWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS RAILWAY. MOUNT SOMERS AND ANAMA ROYAL MAIL COACH. This Coach leaves Hood’s Hotel, Moun. Somers, for Anama Railway Station, at 7.30 a m. and 5.35 p.m. every Tuesday and Saturday; returning to Mount Somer on the arr’val of each train. Parcels and Luggage punctually attended to. Single fares, ?s ; return, 3s. .n JOHN HOOD



Boarding Houses, &c. PANAMA HOUSE (late a stbb’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. PRINCE ALBERT BOARDING HOUSE AND TEMPERANCE HOTEL; C. TRUCKLE begs to return thanks to his friends and the public for their patron age since he has taken over the Prince Albert Boarding House, and trusts by always keeping a good table and accommo dation for boarders and travellers to re ceive a continuance of the same. Private rooms for families. 0. TRUCKLE, Prince Albert Boarding House and Tern: perance Hotel, near Cookson’a Stables, Wills street, Ashburton ; next Odd fellows’ Hall, and one minute’s walk from the Railway Station. Charges strictly moderate. 944 Hotels FOREST HOTEL. John Tisch, Whc has again taken the hotel at Alford Forest, would be glad to receive a call from his old friends and as many new ones as can make it convenient to give a look in. Good accommodation for horses. 1328



; HBURTON HOTEL. ! ARCHIBALD M'OOLL (for many r years Manager of the late Sir Cracroft Wilson’s Rangitata Station) begs to in form his numerous Friends and the gene- I ral public that he has taken possession of ! the Ashburton Hotel, which has been l greatly improved and entirely re-furnished and re-decorated, and is ndw replete with every convenience and comfort. A. M'Coll would, therefore, assure his patrons that they will have every atten tion bestowed on' them. Excellently Furnished PRIVATE APARTMENTS for FAMILIES. All Liquors kept in stock are under the special supervision of the Proprietor, who will guarantee them to be of the best de scription and quality. The Hotel is situate close to the Ash burtop Bridge, and the Stabling (being now under the Proprietorship of Mr James VV. M‘Rae, late oi the Somerset Stables), is sufficient guarantee that Goun try Visitors will meet with every Ac commodation in that respect. 1330 Medical. GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. EPPS’S 000 OA. BREAKFAST. BY a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided 1 our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us mj i heavy doctor’s bills. It is by the ad cions use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually buiP up until strong enough to resist every ten dency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladiss are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is e weak point. We may escape many a fatal sh.-ft by keeping ourselves well fortified with puie blood and a properly nourished frame. gee article in the Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in packets, labelled : JAMES EPPS AND CO., HOMEOPATHIC CHEMIST, LONDON. ALSO, EPPSi CHOCOLATE ESSENCE



Medical DEAFNESS. —Quacks calling ' tffefai selves “Doctors,” are utterly ruin ing the organa of hundreds suffering from deafness, charging from L 5 to L2O for so doing. 1 have two infallible remedies (No. 1, deafness arising from colds ; No. 2, the thickening of the parts of the Tympanum) from recipes sent me by those world-known Aurists, the late and pre sent Senior Surgeons of the Royal Dis pensary for Diseases of the Ear, —Send stamps for particulars to T. B, Hanna foko, Auckland, N.Z. 1270 7 j t a 1 B 0 0 p ,t 3 it ■J f JQR HISILB RON'S WORM OAKEd These Cakes are principally prepared from Herbs, and do not contain any dan gerously active ingredients. They have a wonderful effect in curing children,; as well as grown persons, by removing the worms. They have been with, grea ; suc cess introduey into the principal families in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, They are guaranteed to do away, in a very short time, with many serious complaints like Bronchitis, Piles, Dicers, Ulcerated Throats, etc., if taken in time, as these sicknesses are often caused by worms of all kinds, especiolly by the Tape Worm, and by the most dangerous Thread Worm, which, if not destroyed in time, will soon create the hardly-curafcle Worm Fever, The smallest, the Thread Worm, will more than any other worm penetrate through all the crevices of the body up to the brain. An example was recently wit nessed, where a child falling continually into fits (the parents not kndmtfftline cause) at last died with the brain affected by the too fatal Thread Worm. Still more recently there was a case, a grown 'nfail whose seat was affected by the Thread Worm, and who, after trying many sorts of remedies, without effect was directly relieved by a dose of DR HEILBRON’S ' Worm Cakes. There are cases where the worms dome away that they almost can w bß : then often they come away in whole clots and sometimes in a tnick and slimy stuff, and although not so perceptible, still they are caused to' leave by Dr Heilbrqn’4 Worm Cakes. And there havebeejvpther cases where children affected with Worms, when coughing, or sneezing, do. them through the mouth and hone. The symptoms of Worms are generally as follows ; —Lassitude, Giddiness, De pression of Spirits, Impaired Appetite (which if not acted against, will engender diseases of the bile). Stomach and Digestive , Organa, Sipt Headaches, Vomiting', Disturbed Sleep, and many more serious complaints,,: eluding Fits, of which last many persona have been cured by these Worm Cakesj No time should be lost in removing these Worms, else the consequence wilbbe sapl ous, as they will increase in size and quantity, and ultimately spread throng}*-, out the intestines. If Worms ara glected for a time they will do damage as to make it beyond human skill to restore and reorganise the system of digestive organs. •. ’ , ; i



DIRECTIONS FOR USB. The quantity of these Worip. Oakes to be taken at a dose depends mostly bn the m age and constitution of the. patient. 'ln t most oases a qbup.le of doses will drive the worms away for many years, it not en- tirely. As a standard : A dose for a child, J up to 2 years will be half a Cake ; from 2 to 4 years old, one whole Cake ; from 4 to 8 years, one Cake and a half; from 81 j 9 14, two Oakes ; and so to increase with 9 the age, but never more than four Cakes 9 at one dose. Grown females may gene -9 rally take three Cakes at a dose, ..and, 3 grown men four Cakes, according to con i stitution. The most effective way of using • these Worm Cakes is by taking the doas before going to bed, and on the following morning to take a cup of hot tea before breakfast. As I am not certain how long I 1 may stay in this town, and as these Worm S Cakes can be obtained at a very small ex pense families will do well to have’aiwsyjr 3 a small supply of them, at their houses. Orders for the Country promptly e executed. .1 ' *- y MRS E. HOMBERG, Sole Agent Ashburton Agents— ’t Messrs Andrewes Bros.; e Mr R. Alcorn V 6; KEATING’S COUGH LOZENGES- . COUGHS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS ’ ACCUMULATION OF PHLEGM ’ Composed of the purest articles, These a Lozenges contain no opium nor any deleterious y drug, therefore the most delicate can take them with perfect confidence. Their beneficial ■ elLct is speedy and certain. This old, ; un failing family remedy is daily recommended by the most eminent Physicians. (In use nearly 6o years), MEDICAL TESTIMONY. ‘ - July 25th, 1877. 22, Cold Harbour Laqisr, London. Sir, —Your Lozenges are excellent,,.and their beneficial effect most reliable. Lstrongly, I recommend them in cases of. cough £p»d asthma. You are at liberty to state tbiis’as my ‘ 1 opinion, formed from many years’ experience. “ J. Bringloe, M.R.C.S.L., L.S.Aj L.M.’ ’ Mr. T, Keating, Indian MedicaTServite. 1 5 Dear Sir, —Having tried your Lozenges; in India, I have much pleasure in testifying to their beneficial effects in cases of incipient l * consumption, asthma and bronchial affections.. I I have prescribed them largely, with the- best . results. W. B. G, , Apothecary, H.M.S. KEATING’S COUGH LOZENGES are sold by all Chemists, in tins of various sizes, each having the words, “Keating’s Cough 1 Lozenges” engraven on’the government stamp. ■ Keating’s Worm Tablets. Keating’s Worm Tablets. A PURELY VEGETABLE WEETMEAT both in appearance and taste, furnishing a most agreeable method of administering- the only certain remedy for INTESTINAL-or ■■ THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly, safe 1 ’ and mild preparation, and is ....especially, > adapted for children. Sold in ns by all Chemists and Druggists. Proprietor, THOS. KEATING, London Export Chemist and Druggist. STEEDMAN’S SOOTHING POWDER FOR CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASER The value of this well-known Family Medii cine has been largely tested in all parts of the. world, and by all grades of society, for upwards of FIFTY YEARS. Its well-earned exten*- sive sale has induced SPURIOUS IMITA. TIONS, some of which in OUTWARD APPEARANCE so closely resemble thfc ori ginal as to have deceived many purchasers. The proprietor therefore feels it due to th; public to give a special caution against the use, of SUCH IMITATIONS. ' ■ - ' Purchasers are therefore requested carefully to observe the four following distinctive characteristics, without which none ar genuine : Ist—ln every case the words JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTH, SURREY, are engraved on the Goveramen - Stamp affix to each packet. 2nd—Eacfl Single Powder has directions for the dose, and he words, John Steedman Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, printed thereon. ■ 3rd —The name, Steedraan, is always spelt with two EE’s. . 4th —The manufacture is carried on gqlelv at Walworth, Surrey. . Sold in Packets by all Chemists ana Medi cine Vendors. , Kempthorn, Prosser and CD SK for POWELL’S BALSAM > w ANISEED ..•! .