The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. IV—No. 94-J.I

ASHBURTON, MONDAY, MAY 14, 1888:

[PRICE—ONE PENNY.



Auctioneers, Commission Agents, &c. Alfred Harrison, A UCTIONEER, VALUER, COM :oL.; mission agent, ■&<. - Land Sales,'Sales of Stock, Merchandise, ' "Furniture and Effects, Pigs, Poultry, and General Produce. WEEKLY SALE every SATURDAY, at o’clock sharp, commencing in the * 5 j Yards with HORSES. j AND ’SALES’, IN' THE ROOMS, AS REQUIRED. Town and Farm Properties entered on < r " ; tbe books. No charge unless sold. \GENT for THE NORWICH UNION : Fire insurance company. Every class of Risks taken at lowest rates. ,87 :: ALFRED HARRISON. -jpRELI MINARY NOTI OE. The undersigned, in view of their re tiring from the retail* business, have determined, at of numerous valued c.malituehS, to combine with Grain business that of : f Auctioneers,. ESTATE & COM MISSION AGENTS. They have, with this object in view, made i arrangements for the conduct of their AUCTION SALES : 'MrW. IT. Moss (Date 'Agent of-the N.Z. Loan arid Mer dhitue ..Agency Co.),' whose 28 years’ experience l in this particular branch will sufficient guarantee that the interest of titbit* constituents will be)well, conserved. 1 , n - FRIBDLANDER BRO S. 7(& *- ; W. B. MOSS. Auctioneer. f ? MnryeFor, Civil Engineers, &c.



Business Notices,



PRELIMINARY ADVERTISEMENT LOOK AT THIS ASTOUNDING NOTICE BEFORE SUPPLYING ; YOURSELVES WITH ALL YO DR REQUIREMENTS, &c., , &c., &c. | TO FARMERS, STOREKEEPERS, AND OTHERS. THE FIRST OF THE MANY AUCTION SALES which will be necessary to clear OUR LARGE AND EXTENSIVE STOCK OP CLOTHING ' DRAPERY HARDWARE and ‘ GROCERY, Also, of the many and variously divided TOWN AND SUBURBAN SECTIONS, Will be held shortly ; Meanwhile the Public will please note that our CLEARING SALE is STILL GOING ON, Having met so far with unqualified success. Friedlander Bros. I6d



gp*?® FOOKS AND SONS, Architects^ Civil Engineers, Valuators, Licensed AND LAND BROKERS, , : THE, TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAD, Ashburton,



T R JACOBSEN, ArcMtect* Office remoyedto Hereford street, oppo t,,.' ,r\ site ‘‘.Shades,’’ OEI ST O HOE, OH. .P.S.—Communications promptly at tended to. ■ ; , 031



Shipping. SHORTEST AND MOST DIRECT 'ROUTE TO /GRiSaT BRITAIN AND ®tJROPE. . Thrdugh Ameridaj via Sand wichlslands. Thfe'Pacific/.Mail Steamship Company (undeFfcontract with the New Zealand arid'New'South Wales. Governments) will despatch the undermentioned steamers as under":— '



‘Paßserfgers booked to London, Liver pool, Or ‘Faria at : a through rate, thus seeuringspepjal advantages. , For Tates of Freight and Passage, and for iullinformatiou, apply to ; WILSON, SAWTELL & 00., ■ Agents, . 4 i ,l ‘ ‘ ! ': J . Christchurch. , 1 '!!■■==: Business Notices WHO INTEND BUILDING* ,Aro invited, to CALL at the .YARDS ; . (.;■ or J. -BROWN; SBjjANp. MERCHANT* Where Jhey.cAn be fully supplied with everything they .require in TIMBER of alllnnds, and .every other trade line at LoweafcjOorrentßatea. SPECIAL LINES LANDING. FENCING WIRE, IBON; CEMENT!. American Dresaed Shelving, and other. Thnper, assortment. Special at tioh'lo Country Orders, and shipped direct aiding*' . ,lr. Tv B ROW N, ; ' Qrtvm *: Tt7AM sxrkex. , Wholesale Depot: Railway Biding and Saynmll, South Belt, Christchurch. ' \V' , :,r... , *‘iii9 : “iy X& - G^R^AoT- S, Newly Improved New .Zealand Central . -Disc-. - ■ Disc Harrow. Ya s 280 made and in use. Is the simplest, the best, j and the, most durable in the marhpL;., Last season it took First Prize in com petition with all Colonial and American .at Christchurch, Dunedin, In vercargill, Wyndham, Gore, Oamaru, Waimate,, Ellesmere, Rangiora, Masterton, Auckland, and Wanganui.. ■ . Bizesjiept in stppk—6,.B 10,.and 12ft



Reid and Gray’s New Zealand Twine Binder. ' At thebamatu trial' of Twine Binders ' it toqk . .Gold Medal as the best " 1!?: Machm Ain thefield, beating Sarauelaon’s &Dd Howprdls. v*. • : < '• r trial, it took ■rizp,as,thje beat Reaper and Binder,, lapVa.'Firat Prize, as the best all i.’ ; 'Mabh{ne,, -iri competition with and W. A- Wood’s. -*?■ ff(! are nowbooking orders for the fol ; as the : demand will be 'would■ like'iour-friends to ! qr4er at once, to avoid' disappointment. »" •*P ek of ' ' 1 Ohaffcutters, . , IdtnmSdgd'RoUhra, f'ead ' spur Hetad ; ;OflS«ei ( Done Jlrftßches.at Oamarn, ?,i Qh.fMtehvu’oh,, Ash ;>(!') 7/<>L'j -SUlle'. ’ •



Business Notices. RESSMAKING. UNDERCLOTHING. MISS KINGSBURY Havelock street (next Court-house), Askuckton. Orders promptly attended to. 396 e DOMESTIC PATTERNS DRESSMAKER, TAS'CRKD STREET, Thanks the Ladies of Ashburton for mate that she lias received a fetv choice DRESS M VTEHIALS from 7£d. KILTING (by machine) Id per yard. American Domestic Pattern Depot. REGISTRY OFFICE FOR FEMALE Mrs Hodge, their liberal patronage, and. begs to inti- SERYANTS. ' 85



George L/ea, gUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. Estimate? and Plans furnished for all kinds of Brick, Stone, or Timber Build ings. Funerals furnished at moderate prices. Workshops—Cameron st west. 812



APRIL, 1883, P f. Taylor’s RICE LIST or TEAS AND GROCERIES. Just received, a few tons of now Dun edin Oatmeal, price 3s 9d per bag. From London, new Marmalade in glass packages, comprising— Goblets containing 11b, Is Tumblers ~ ~ Is Tankards ~ ~ Is 2d Glass Jars ~ ~ Is Glass Jars ~ 21b, Is 6d Sugar basins, Is 6d Amber sugar basins, Is 8d Covered butter dishes, la 8d Jelly moulds, Is 6d Glass Jugs, 21bs, 2s 6d Some really choice new figs, Is per box Kiikoura Sheep's Tongues, 3s per tin A few cases of Clams left, 2lb 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 strong and good-flavored as any in Christ church at Cd per lb more money, and absolutely pure, no doubtful samples being accept'd. They are - Houqua blend, 2s per lb Caravan tea (Russian favorite), 2s 4d per lb Pouchong tea (favorite in India), 2s lOd per ib : Though not a s If styled professed tea taster (for there are no others), 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, Cd 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 on 121 b boxes of any of the above An 111 b 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 Half-chests of 40lbs, £2 10s to £5 Indian packets, in lead, of pure Assam Tea, 2s 4d per Ib Currants, Raisins, and Sultanas, washed and dried ready for use, by patent machinery, the cleanest fruit in New Zealand New Currants, Cd per Ib New Cd and 8d; New Sultanas, 9d New Mixed Peel, IsGd per lb TRIANGLE (LATE DAVENPORT). Lentils, Egyptian, 3d per lb Lentils, German, Cd per lb Haricots, 3d per lb Maize Meal, 3d per lb White Crystal Sugar, 4d p'. r lb Finest Crystal Sugar, 4£d per lb ~ ~ Snowdrops, 5d Pure Lemon Juice, quarts, Is 9d Oalvesfoot Jelly, quarts 3a Cd, pints 2s 4d Loose Baking Powder, Is per lb Fowl’s Wheat, 3s Cd per bushel Best Flour, 251bs 3s 4d ; 501bs Gs Cd New Muscatels, Is Cd per lb French Plums, 21b bottle, 3s Cd Preserved Ginger, 4s Cd per jar High test Kerosene, 8s Cd, 9s Cd, and



D McFA RL 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 James 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. MeJParlane (Late James Bake ■), HAVELOCK S T R E E T.



James Gudsell EG$ to intimate to the residents of Tinwald and the surrounding dis tricts that he has OPENED the old POST - OFFICE STORE, under the management of Mr J. M. Reid, where his friends may rely on receiving every attention. Sole Agent at Tinwald for Nelson, Moate, and Co.’s celebrated Gold Medal Pure Blended Teas. Carts run daily through the district. 47 JAMES GUDSELL. *



10a 6d per tin A special discount allowed on all orders of £5 arid upwards 123, LOWER HIGH STREET. G E N E R A L STORE Mount Somers. W. H. PUDDICOMBE, while haying 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 Yaried Stock, your continued support is respectfully solicited. W. H. PUDDICOMBE, MOUNT SOMERS. CHAFF. CHAFF. OH AF F . Jones & Bradshaw, Tinwald, Beg to inform the Public that they have just laid in a Good Supply of Oaten Sheaf and Oaten Straw Chaff of the best quality, and are prepared to supply the same, with Oats, Bran, Chickwheat, etc., and. at moat reasonable prices. ■ £496e



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



Geo. Booth & Sons, Manufacturers and import ers op AGRICULTURAL IM. ELEMENTS. 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 RANSOME’S STEAM THRESHING MACHINERY, Offices and Stores— -213 Tuam street, Christchurch. Postal Address—P.'O.- Box 89, Christ church, 473 e



THRESHING BOOKS printed on the .shortest notice, at the Office o this Paptjr.



Business Notices. MERCANTILE UNION INSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED). CAPITAL £250,000. Twenty Per Cent, of Profits Divided Annually among the Policy Holders. LOWEST PATES 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. . 13n



William Patching, PENT, TARPAULIN, & HORSECLOTH MANUFACTURER. W. P. has always on hand a large stock of Tents, Tarpaulins and Horsecovers, Waggon and Trap Tilts, etc., Men’s and Boys’ Oilskin Suits, Canvas, Calico, American Duck, Drill, etc.; Clothes, Carden, and Plough Lines : Flax, Manilla, and Hemp Rope, of all sizes. Wood and Iron Blocks always in Stock. REAPER & BINDER CANVASES CHEAPER THAN THE IMPORTED ONES, N.E —Reaper and Bindet Canvases Repaired at Low Rates. Flags of all Nations Made to order or Lent on Hire. J®“Noto the Address— WILLIAM PATCHING, East Street, Ashburton. 530 e CANTERBURY LIRAFsCH. a mp '■V,- •. 'r v v A\ i. r. - V fft- v ■■iff-' ESTABLi shed ISSS Capital t lofin.no? ■■■■*• " ! .ir?C/Lnr OF. S.'tfJß?'/ C C r'- '■ rjp HrE MI E R COLONIAL COMPANY. FIRE AND MARINE RISKS TAKEN AT THE LOiVEST CURRENT RATES. ASHBURTON AGENT— George Jameson. v



TO EMPLOYERS, STATION SOLDERS, FARMERS, HOTEL KEEPERS, CONTRACTORS, AND OLD ESTABLISHED LABOR EXCHANGE, Armagh street west, Christchurch. The best Office in Canterbury for Em ployers to meet with good Male and 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 rSHAKE TIME BY THE FOR JL 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 sot his attention upon supplying WATCiiES, 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, L 6 6s, L 6 10s ; higher classes, L 7, L 8 10s, LlO 10s, and Ll2 12s; 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 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 safe b” popt on re ceipt of P. 0.0 730c-960 OTHERS. Parker's J. JULIUS PARKER, Agent, 118 Market Place, Christchurch. rvRMURRAY-d?



Licensing act, issi, Office of this Paper, on Sals at



Business Notice. A. J. Gardner, NURSERYMAN, AS FOR SALE, 20.000 Pinus Insignis, 12s per 100; or, if planted and guaranteed, 15s per 100 Macrocarpa 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. 1069 lAOR Quality, Cheapness, and Fit in . 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 every thing r of the best quality and at the lowest possible prices. TEA is my speciality ; —my 3s Tea is .unequalled in Christchurch, or Dunedin at the price, and unsurpassed at any price.—ROBERT ALCORN, Saun ders’ Buildings. 589 d



rpiNWALD STORE. NOTICE. The TINWALD STORE has been RE-OPENED under the management of Mr W. BIGGS, and Customers will be attended to as formerly. 23d



HUDSON, RIDLEY & CO., GRAIN & PRODUCE MERCHANTS, AND FARMERS’ AGENTS, 136, 138, Cashel street, Christchurch. Special attention given to all inscrip tions of Seed, Grain, Cheese and Produce placed in our hands for sale, and best market rate, combined with quick returns obtained. Largo accommodation for Storage, at Low Rates. WANTED NOW— Grass Seed, Grain, Etc., Etc. 122 A SHBURTON 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 to their care ir first-class manner, and with despatch. Baker & Brown. 169 W. H. Stocks, MASON, Madkas street south, Christchurch. , A very LARGE STOCK to select from. Prices Revised.



T.F. STRA.TZ AT C H’ EJS WATCHES. Greatly reduced in prices If' J.F,*Stratz; 201, High street, CIIBISTCHURCtf. j) lam largely over f stocked with clocks, watches, and jewel lery, espoc ia 11 y 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-, her more by the coining 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 got one. All watches are war ranted from two to five years, and if proved not genuine the c oney will be re turned, with ini crest at the rate of six per cunt, added. To reduce the stock all goods will be sold at wholesale price during the next three months. Genuine Rotherham s 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 LI 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, eh cks, and jewellery it would take too much space to enumerate every article. Come and inspect my stock arid judge f6r yourselves. Every article marked in plain figures. Note the address; J. ; F. STRATZ, Practical Watchmaker, 261, High street, Trian le, Christchurch. 502 Ball programme cards in very neat styles, with Pencils and Ribbpns, printed at the Guardian W"wt street. .



Business Notices. GUNS. GUNS. REVOLVERS, POWDER, CAPS, SHOT, &o. HAVE JUST OPENED UP A CHOICE ASSORTMENT of the above comprising some of the best articles of the kind manufactured, and would now invite inspection of our stock by all who, want to purchase. Orr and Co., EAST AND TANCRED STREETS, ASHBURTON.



I IRONMONGERY, Ironmongery. We have lately ADDED TO OUR STOCKS LARGE QUANTITIES OF English and American HARD Ifc ARE Ex Rangitikei ' Rakaia Thorne City of Bombay Lurline Horsa FROM Ex Lutterwotv- Coryphin Pleiades Wairoa .Waimate Hurunui LONDON. Ex Amy Maine, FROM LIVERPOOL. Silver Lining, FROM NEW YORK. And to arrive, Triton, FROM LONDON ; and Rio FROM NEW YORK. The following are s me of the lines lately imported, which we are selling at LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES— BINDING WIRE. “WHITE CROSS ’-SOFT STEEL, Acknowledged to be the BEST MANUFACTURED. Binding Twine, lujnilla Seaming Twine, 5 ply Reaper and Binder Fittings, reduced prices Hornsby’s Plough Shares, Circle brand Corn Sacks, best quality, 4 bushels REAPERS & BINDERS OF ALL KINDS SUPPLIED AT CURRENT RATES. Galvanised Iron, 5 to 10 feet Sheet Lead, 3J to 51bs ' Sheet Zinc, plain and perforated Fencing Wire, 2 and 4 barb ~ ~ plain. Nos. 8,9, and 10 Fencing Staples, If, 1J Little’s Sheep Dip SPERM, OLIVE, LARD, CASTOR, and COLZA OILS. Neatsfoot Oil, for harness Oils, Paints, Colors, and Varnishes, great Variety Wire Nails, 1 to Gin Eubauk’s Nails, 2 to 7in Wire Netting, j to 2in mesh BICYCLES, ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS, Bar and Sheet Iron ; Liles and Rasps, all kinds Horse Nails, 7 to 14 Bolts and Nuts, all sises Ranges, Colonial and English Grates, ground fronts and common ; Lamps, in great variety, from 2s 6d to 60s : Lawn Mowers—“ The Easy ’.’ Manilla Rope, 1 to Sin Plough Line, superior quality ; Milk Pans, Churns, and Buckets Baths and Sponges, of all kinds Fenders, fiom 5s to L 5 : Fire Irons, from 5s to 50s Guns, from 25s to L3O NEW HAMMERLKS3 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 t Plated Goods, supe rior quality Portable Boilers - Portable Forges i Scales and Weights Weighing Machines Holloware, tin, tinned, and enamelled PRESERVING PANS, Copper and Enamelled Washing Machines, Wringers, and Mangles i i PRIZE. FILTERS Gent’s Tool Chests, 56 tools Gorse Knives, Slashers, and Trimming . Hooka ■ Scythes and Handles Giindstohes 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 Ore & Co., DIRECT FROM CHINA, And guarantee it for Purity Strength, , and flavor. Orr and Co., Importers of ENGLISH AND AMERICAN HARDWARE, East and Tancred streets, Ashburton. Agents for The Australian Mercantile Union Insurance Company, 28



Business Notlc&a" A SHBURTOH BREWERY P A. Moore, BREWER,.WAXIER, AND - Bt)TXLER. ~v / f- Oats Crushed in any quantity. 024 U R E D R U Q *■*' Alh) ' PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARA TIONS, &o. , i . , :: . -j ■ I have just received direct from London a consignment as above, carefully Selected for me by Mr Hugo F riedlander, among which are Italian Castor Oil, colorless, odourless, and tasteless Castor Oil .Capsules Bsel Fruit for Dysentery and Diarrhoea Goa Powder, Indian remedy for icing worm Birdlime Full weight genuine; Seidlitz Powders. J Keating’s Insect Powder, in 41b tins’ (fot sale in small quantities)' ; •' ’ Fluid Extract KbTqmilto for Diarrhoea Finest Turkey Nursery Sponge /. Air Beds for invalids, 72 z 36 inches J. . M. PHARMACEUTIOAIi OBT ic Conveyances. LONGBEACH -ROYAL MAlli coach : / Leaves l Longbeach for' Ashburton daily (Sundays excepted) at 7.30 a. m., Watertpn 8.10 a.m., Ashton 8.25 a.m., Whieatstbne 8.45 a.m., arriving at Ashburton time .for the 10.24 express from Christchurch; to Thnaru.' The : coach leaves the coach; r tables, Wakanui,: Road (opposite)! Central. Hotel)/ Ashburton/ st> i4s 60, p.m., .arriving .. ».t .Longbeach at 7.30 p.m. Parcels or orders lift at’any of the* above places wiU receive strict attention'' Fares—Through single fares, ssreturn’, same day, Bs. • : 1 From this date RETURN FARE ait SINGLE RATES, bn Saturdays onjyj ’ between Waterton and Ashburton. - W. E. BOND, A Proprietor/ >. 1427 c . Longbeach.: miNWALD And mhunt somers X RAILWAY. i



MOUNT SOMERS AND, ANAMA ROYAL MAIL COACH; This Coach leaves Hood’s Hotel, Mount .Somf-rs, for Anama Railway Station, ttt, 7.30 am. and 5.35 p.m. 'every. Tuesday', and Saui'day; returning to Mount Soroer on the ar* - "val of each train, ■ ■ , Parcels and Luggage punctually l - attended to. ; Single fares, ?s.; return, 3s. n JOHN HOOD. ■ JgOXING! BOXING If BOXiNG flf DAN LEA, Champion Light WeigHY of New Zealand, and ex Champion o l England, has commenced giving Lesson in the Noble Art of Se Defence, in M Hill’s Sample Rooms, ba k of Somers Hotel every TUESDAY nd FRIDA . Nights, from 7.30 to 10 o’clc k, for Pup only. Private Class Lossy <s, £1 month., • ~ ' . . : J>ROFESSION Ai'ti. Medical Galvanism. PROFESSOR MARTIN' ‘ - f • 0 wishes his friends and the public to knovy that his ELECTRIC BATTERpJS operate upon Mind and Body. chiefly > through the agency of the NeryOhs and Muscular systems. ■ They J aru therefore pre-eminently adapted, restore Failing Nervous Energy— Life, Affections of the Nervous and! Muscular System, Paralysis, Facial Neu ralgia, Sciatica, Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout,' Mental and Physical Debl|ity» rapidly eased and dispelled. ■ ' . T 3 Call at .once, and regain, sound.-healtt and happiness, at E. 0. D ANN’S. , „ h . ( ChEMISV,: . Bishop’s 5 Buildings. .... Joint diseases (Rheumatic), many. piUL'; ful diseases common to Women, an.; a Children, as Hysteria, Nervous Exhaustion from youthful indiscretion and ignorance. The Scientific application of tfea ~. , ELECTRIC CURRENTS is attended by J " NO SHOOK The various currents are admini , tered Anatomically, and the effects pro ’ duced by them most carefully observed. MISS MARTIN Will attend Ladies and Children. 177



W. J. Sykes, v ,_ DENTAL SURGEON, Christchurch, Intends shortly visiting this District will the latest improvements in DENTAL INSTRUMENTS and appliances, which are necessary fol the production of high class work I ,' both 1 Surgically and Mechanically. Special Instruments for extracting Children’s Teeth. Artificial Teeth from one to a complete , : set, inimitably mounted on Gold,'Platini mini, Celluloid and Vulcanite. . • > - Teeth .plugged with Gold, Platinum, and the newest White Ennamel. : . ; TEETH EXTRACTED PAINLESSLY' By the aid of " . £ itroua Oxide Gas and Ether Spray. ■> ; Awarded first order of merit at the New • Zealar International Exhibition,