DON’T LET THE FARM RUN DOWN

“ OOUNTBY OBNTXBMAN. ” **’■ The fact that land is apt to _ deteriorate in cultivation where no particular pains ia taken to sustain its fertility, is too apt -to be the recognised teaching of our agri culture. I know a large number of . farmers who seem to look forward to the tltpf swben their farms will be completely pzh&uated. I have a neighbor who is tilling a farm of sixty acres which was cleared, by his father, the farm having been in the possession of the same family for about sixty years. During this time, under some system of progressive farming, great results might be realised. This time enough to experiment ex ■: iensively to develop ideas and accomplish great results in many directions. The productive capacity ot this farm could nave been increased much over what it was when first reduced to cultivation. But time alone, even sixty years, cannot d 6 much toward success in agriculture ; and thus we have this farm of convenient size, well located, always cultivated by the same family, and not containing one acre that has not steadily deteriorat'd since it was first cultivated. And why 1 Because the practice has been to sot apart abbot four acres adjoining the house to be* tised for planting ground, and on this planting ground the manure is applied • year after year. It is only a question of time when the remainder of the farm will be completely despoiled of all the ele ments of plant growth and become incap able of producing any vegetation what ever. To sum up the general results of this stylo of farming : The heavier cereals cannot be produced on any portion of the farm except this plot of about four acres that has received all the manure. The arable land produces a very poor crop of oats brbtfokwheat, or still worse crop of grass, the remainder of the farm being used eg.pasture. This farm costs as much bn*as if it produced four times the crops that it does, and the farm and its stock are in every way very unsatisfac tory. This ia a fair sample of the present condition of the farms wh'cb have been cultivated without due regard to the ne cessities of the soil. I know of many farmers Who are able to wrest but a bare subsistence from the soil, though-from the extent of their farms they ought to be e'td command an income of several tl|oußand dollars. The cause of this state' ef-things is an Utter disregard of the lessdn'toWgleahed from the experience of successful farmers—those who have ;■. ■ succeeded in making two blades of grass grow where one grew before. A farmer cannot go on year after year drawing the crops from- a portion of the farm and either selling such crops or feeding them out for the benefit of other portions of the farm; : '"Every crop grown on the farm and taken from it takes with, it certain ele ments bf-thefeftility of the soil Some crops are much mere active in impoverish ing the soil than others, and it ia some tuaes found that after a certain crop has ■ been growri upon a field without any re turn being from to the soil, it becomesmore and more difficult to produce the same crop to any advantage and recourse must be hacL to something, else, which usually proves* leas 1 profitable, and in time this crop, tbo, becomes less and less remunera tive. As the years go by and crop after crop*is removed from the farm, taking with it-taoro or less of the fertility of the - soil, it becomes more difficult to seed to' grass when an attempt is made to inter pose this as a weak barrier to fast appoach lng_aterility. The best thing that can happen to a field-ahnost worn out in default of soma agtjoa on the part of the farmer, is to false* ohe good crop of Canada thistles. Thistles and all other plants with long tap-ro6ts, will grow regardless of the im poverished condition of the soil, as they obtain the necessary pis nt food far belo w the aurface, and the plants or roots decay ing at or hear the surface prove benefi cial. The roots of thistles bring to the surface the elements of fertility obtained many: feet below. I do not wish to be understood' as advocating the nse of any weed for the purpose of Restoring fertility, but ! do argue that when Canada thistles take possession of a field that is being im poverished by injudicious cropping, they will do-much to sustain the soil, not only bepause they obtain plant food at a greater depth than do other plants, unless it may be clover, but also because where thistles take possession of the field the farmbr usually attempts to destroy them, and this always; means more thorough cultivation, resulting in better crops, oven though of itself it may hasten the "process of impoverishing the soil. A much better result, however, may be accomplished by a'crop of clover. The roots of clover are more beneficial in re storing the masted fertility of soil than the roots of any other plant with which I am familiar. Anyone who knows the habits of the clover plant and has ever taken the pains to examine vigorous old clover roots cannot fail to be surprised at t the quantity of black vegetable mould ' collected near such roots, which is in great part decayed haulm. This is even the case when the crop of clover is produced for no other purpose than to be converted into hay. The roots of . clover go a long ' distance in search.of plant food, and vegetable growth so promoted always inures to the benefit of the surface soil 1 I do not believe hat I have ever grown a crop of clover that impoverished the soil in the slightest degree; ‘and I have always \ some hopes of a field on which I can grow "■ * clover. , '■' The of clover being thus bene ficiai when grown and removed, the much greater excellence of a crop grown for tbo purpose of being left upon the ground can easily " be: understood. Two thousand pounds of clover will remove from the soil about 118 pounds of inorganic matter, if the crop itself is removed. Two tons of cured clover is a fair crop, and when two tonsbf bloirer are removed from an acre of f-labdy this; amount represents 236 pounds of inorganic matter, of which abont 63 rpouQds is potash, 67 pounds lime/and 20 .pounds- -phosphoric acid. I know of no other, crop which takes from the soil sucha large amount of inorganic natter,: and if this matter were taken from the surface of the soil (as is the case with other crops) no crop would tax the fertility of tbe soil like clover. But as theelements of fertility are taken, not from the surface, but from the depth reached by no ,other crop, and as the mass of cloven roots 'is left in the soil, together . with, . Considerable stubble,, composed largely .of potash, lime and i hosphorio aciq iaken from a depth of soil, much is dpj*e .-to . counteract the impoverishing tendency of removing so large an amount of'inorgaiiic matter. I'.'. -t “ * (To be continued.) *

mE ASHBURTON GUARDI AIM, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1883.

Printed •itv' 1 published daily, for ' THE Asflt* hurton Guardian Company, Limited, by Henry Vincent Sawtell, .of snme|t Street, Ashburton, at the Company’s ing House, West Ashburton,, : , Thursday September 3ft iSSj. . ....



,‘.v.fn— Publication, XK 'THE PRESS, AND WILL §3 -SHORTLY BE PUBLISHED, POiJE:DOMESTIC BIRDS.’ BY AUTEKD BAUITOEBB. This.BoOk, written by an old'New Zea land-colon i: t, will be found to contain the molt 'modern-- and <complete information Upon tbo Breeding, Rearing and Manage ment.- of : every description of Domestic Poultry;.-.suggestions for the improve ment orPoqltriy Shows ; all that i<* known abOnt tfaV principles to be observed in the mating-of Breeding Stock; and some well defined. rules ,f or selecting, with certainty, the most economical and beneficial de scription of food for. any animal, from a baby to a mouse. It will show the best sort-of fowls to r keep, and the rules for and, whilst condemning tKe cruelty and mischief of many common prarilc^, ; itwiJl point oat how-to keep poultry with certain profit, in brilliant health, and* producing abundance of eggs



Hop Bitters. READ IT ALL. IT MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE. Hop Bitters ARE THE PUREST AND BEST Medicine ever made. THEY ARE COMPOUNDED FROM Hops,Buchu, Mandrakeand Dandelion ‘The Oldest Best, most Renowned, • and Valuable Medicines in the World, • and in addition contain all the best and ‘most effective curative properties, of all ‘other bitters, being the greatest Liver ‘Regulator, BLOOD PURIFIER, and ‘ life and health restoring agent on earth.” | They Give New Life and Vigor to the Aged and Infirm “To Clergymen, Lawyers, Literary ‘ Men, Laborers, Ladies and all those * whose sedentary employments cause * irregularities of the Blood, Stomach, ‘ Bowels or Kidneys, or who require an ‘ Appetizer, Tonic and mild Stimulant, ‘ these Bitters are invaluable, being highly ‘ curative, tonic and stimulating, without ‘ intoxicating.” “No matter what your feelings or ‘ symptoms are, or .what the disea e or ‘ailment is, use Hop Bitters. Don’t .* wait until you are sick, but if you only ‘ feel bad or miserable, use the Bitters at ‘once. It may save your life. Hundreds ‘ have been saved by so doing, at a trifling ‘cost.” • * Ask your druggist or physician. “Do not suffer yourself or let your ‘ friends suffer, but use and urge them to ‘use Hop Bitters.” “Remember, Hop Bitters is no vile, ‘drugged, drunken nostrum, but the ‘ purest and best Medicine ever made, and ‘no person or family should be without ‘ it. HOP BITTERS MANUFACTURING Co, Melbourne, Australia, Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A., Toronto, London, Antwerp, Paris.



Sporting. ' —URTON RACING CLUB SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, November 15fch and 16th, 1883. E. G. Wright, M.H.R. Yiob-Presidbnt : W. 0. Walker. Judge: Matthew Stitt. Stewards : 0. El. Dowding, H. Friedlander, J. Grigg, T. Leahy, W. G, Rosa, W. Saunders, H. T. Winter. Treasurer: C. 0. Fooks. Starter : David Thomas. Clerk of the Scales : M. Friedlander. Clerk op the Course : W. B. Denshire. Handicappers : Open Races —E, G. Griffiths. District Races —E. G. Crisp, C. 0. Fooks, T. Leahy, M. Stitt. First Race each day to start at 1 p. m. 1. Count? Hurdle Race (Handicap), of 30 Bovs; over six flights of hurdles about 3ft 6in high ; nomi nation, 1 sov ; acceptance, leov. 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 Seva ; nomination, 2 sovs ; accept- Presidbnt : FIRST DAY.



ance, 5 bovs ; miles. 5. Ladies’ Purse, of 40 sova ; welter weights for age ; gentlemen riders ; entrance, 3 sovs; miles. District horses only. 6. Thb Post Stakes (Handicap), of 15 sova ; 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 6in high ; nomination, 2 sovs ; acceptance, 2 sovs ; 2 miles. 2. Racing Club Handicap, of 75 sovs ; nomination, 2 sovs 1 ; acceptance, 2 sovs : miles. 3. County Plate Handicap, of 40 sovs; nomination, 1 sov ; accept ance, X sov; miles. District horses only. 4. Flying Handicap, of 50 sovs, nomi nation, 1 sov ; acceptance, 2 sovs ; f mile 5. Totalisator Stakes (Handicap), of 16 sovs ; nomination,! sov; accept ance, free ; f mile. District horses only. 6. Consolation Handicap, of 20 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov, to be made im mediately after the Totalisator Stakes is run ; acceptance, free, to be notified within ten minutes of declaration of weights. Distance, 1 mile. RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. No entry will be received except on the condition that all disputes, claims and objections arising out of the racing shall be decided by the Stewards, or 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 Ashhurtou 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 be deemed to be one who has not ridden for hire during the past five years. 6. 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 day s Handicaps and Open Hurdle Race to be paid to the Secretary not later than 9 p.m. on Tuesday, November 13th; ac ceptances for other Handicaps at 9 p.m. on evening of first day’s racing. 7. Five per cent will be deducted from the gross of all monies payable in ac cordance with this programme for ex penses of the course. 8. All nominaLljm and acceptances go to the fund. S. SAUNDERS, 8 2 . Secretary.



Consultations. O S E, WILL CL ON OR ABOUT 25th OCTOBER THE GOLDFIELD CONSULTATION COMPANY, Oh the Melbourne Cup, 1883 (the coming event of this year.) 4,000 INVESTORS AT £1 Each. Ist Award 2nd Award §* 3rd Award w Starters divide S 1 Non-startera £2OOO m 1000 - 500 B‘ 300 3Q 200 P Grand Total £4OOO Every speculator should take a share in the above at once, as shares are being taken up sharp. Applicants p’ease send the usual £1 notes (or P. 0.0. preferable and safer). Registered letters NOT ac cepted. Will be drawn under the full in spection and satisfaction of bona fide Committee of Shareholders, and result slips sent promptly to every investor. Enclose 4d in stamps for reply and result. Note —A fortune may be the result to anyone investing for a small outlay. All awards are substantial, the lowest being equal to many first in others. A quorum of leading gentlemen of the highest social position will act a “ scrutineers.” Address to “ QUARTZOPOLIS,” Care of T. LENNOX, Box 53, P. O. Thames. N.B. —Agencies in Melbourne, Dun edin, Christchurch, Nelson, Coromandel. Auckland and Ashburton. 9 568 A FORTUNE FOR FIVE SHILLINGS. a fortune for ss. Adamastor’s novelty CONSULTATION ON^THE MELBOURNE CUP, 1883. To be Run on the 6th of November. Capital £5,000, In 20,000 Shares of 5s each. , 431 Prizes guaranteed, i as follows Melbourne Cup. First £SOO : Second 300 Third 200 . Starters (divided) 500 Non-starters ... 1,000 To be distributed Cash Awards. 5 at £IOO each sat £SO each 10 at £25 each 20 at £l2 10s each 40 at £6 5s each 200 at £5 0s each £2,500 —- 1 • £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. Will close on or about the 3rd of November, > Address— * “ADAMASTOR,” Care of Lyons and Hart, 7 60 Box 151, P. 0., Dunedin. Robin hood’s great novelty COMPANY OS THE MELBOURNE CUP AND NEW ZEALAND CUP, leß3, Run.6th November, in Melbourne and Christchurch. r Subscribed capital of £IO,OOO, in 20,000 Shares of 10a each, 285 Prizes; Six separate allotments, each Share having Six Distinct Chances. Melbourne Cup. (150 Prizes) i First Horae...£2ooo Second tlorse ICOO Third Horse... 600 Other Starters (div) ... 1000 Non-starters . , (div) ... 1500 1 New Zealand Cup. (66 Prizes) First Horte...£looo Second Horse 500 Third Horse,. 250 Other Starters (div) ... 250 Non - starters (div) ... 1000 , £6OOO | £3OOO . . 69 Cash Bonds. 3 at £IOO each £3OO I 20 at £lO each £2OO . 6at £SO each 300 |4oat £5 each... *OO ’ £IOOO Each Race and Cash Award drawn ■ separately, thus an investor of 10s has Six . chances of winning £3165. Application, ' if by letter, with 2d stamps, and exchange . on cheques (la added). Money oroers, [ Bank notes and drafts, registered letters, t and telegrams received and promptly at-' tended to. Address— ROBIN HOOD, OareofThoa Stapleton, Box 238, P. 0., Christchurch; Or care of Jubal Fleming, . City Baths, Gh. Ch 9 604 ; £BOOO. SWEEP MELBOURNE CUP. 1 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' 0 Second ... 500 | Non-Starters 100 Third ... 250 | Total J £2OOO And 10 Prizes at £25 each. ... £250 50 Prizes at £lO ~ ' ... 500 50 Prizes at £5 ~ ... 25 J Total’in Prizes, £IOOO. Grand total x‘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 are requested to send for not less than pour shares, taken up in one name. A pound secures four chances—not one only. Ther right of declining any particular subscription is reserved. Deducted for expenses, 10 per cent. Probity is guaranteed by good com mercial bona 6dcs. References : Mel bourne Sportsman and City Journals. Bankers —Sydney : City Bank. Melbourne : National Bank. Applicants are requested to enclose bank notes and reoisier the Letter (strong registered envelopes obtainable at every post office) ; if crossed cheque, add Bank charge for collection (payable “Aus tralasia” or Bearer); also add 6d on notes when other than N. S. W. or Yic., and in all oases 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 twenty tickets a chance of being a winner with out investing, necessarily, a penny. .£■9- REGISTER LETTERS Application, as usual, by letter. In tending applicants would oblige by writing immediately, to hasten the time for drawing.. ■ the convenience of Sydney Subscribers, “ Australasia’s ” Letter Box will be found at the Offices, 40 Hunter street, Sydney, ADDRESS : AUSTRALASIA. Care of Mr H. J. Franklin, Wholesale Bookseller, Printer and Publisher, 8-223 40 Hunter street, Sydney.



S. E. Poyntz. gTBPHEN K. POYNTZ, { General Agent, ;; No. 3, Friedlanders’ Buildings, Bur- nett Street, Ashburton. j TO DAIRYMEN, EARMERS, CON- 1 TRACTORS AND DEALERS. ON SALE— 1 BO WICK’S PATENT LACTINA.—An C invaluable substitute for milk for rearing calves, etc., at a coat ot little ■* over twopence a' gallon. BOWICK’S PATENT RECTORINE.— For fattening horses, cattle, and in- creasing milk in dairy cows, at a cost J of about one half-penny a feed. CERTAIN PREVENTION AGAINST FIRE. JOHN’S PATENT ASBESTOS ROOF ING, and John’s Patent FIRE-PROOF COATINGS. —6O per cent cheaper than any other roofing and fire-proof, PATENT ASBESTOS CEMENT.—More durable than Portland cement, and at less cost. 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, fumigators, and every requisite for floriculture. PLANET, June’s Garden Hoe, Culti vator and Plough combined. Making gardening easy. Price on application. Agent for Tomlinson and Hayward’s Glycerine Sheep Dip ; Warranted non-poiaon ous. On hand—Dip in small-sized tins, suitable for small farmers. ARTIFICIAL. MANURES. Peruvian Guano Super-phosphate of Lime Aimes’ Chemical Manure. I SUNDRIES. Fowler’s Insecticide Giahurst’s Compound for destruction of i blight, thrip, red fly, etc. i IN STOCK AND TO ARRIVE— * Poultry Hurdles 1 Wire Netting from 12in to 48in wide 1 Ranges, Colonial make Iron wheelbarrows Register Grates , Fountain Washing Boilers r Idsh Pig Troughs Verandah Brackets and Fringes a Spouting and Ridging f TO FARMERS, e Rye Grass and Clovers at reasonable prices. Turnips, Mangolds* Rape, etc. y TO LET e’ 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 woolahed, * sheep dip, and dwellings; also lease of 760 acres adjoining with , above.



S. E. Poyntz, ASHBURTON, 835 Hamburg - Magdeburg fire INSURANCE COMPANY. Sub scribed capital, £3,000,000, Mr Stephen E. Poyntz has been appointed agent for the above Company in Ashburton, and will be prepared to accept risks at lowest current rates. Prompt and liberal settle ments. James Henderson, 178, Hereford street', Christchurch, chief agent for Can terbury. 1022 Albert Roberts. O T 1 C E. Albert Roberts IS A BUYER OP Rye Grass, Peas Tares Oaten Sheaf and Straw Chaff And other Produce. HAS FOB SALE— Clovers, White, Red, Alsyke, Cowgrass RYEGRASS and COCKSFOOT LITTLE’S SHEEP DIP WOOL PACKS, Seaming Twine PLOUGHSHARES, Butter-kegs, Nails BLUESTONE, Lampblack, Raddle KEROSENE, Castor and Boiled Oils TEA, Sugar, Candles, Soap, Rock-salt FLOUR, 50, 100, 200 lb bags, Oatmeal, Potatoes FENCING WIRE, 8,9, 10, also Gal vanised Barb Heart and Sap Stakes, Staples TURNIPS, Purpletop,Greentop, Devon Greystoue, Whitestone, Stubble, and Rape Swede, Gorae, Mangolds, Carrot and and Garden SEEDS BRAN, Oats, Sharps, Chaff, Ohick , 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 SALE OR SHIPMENT Albert Roberts, Agent for ROBERTS, PAXTON & CO. GRAIN MERCHANTS, Manchester street, Christchurch Also, THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION Of Australasia. N.B.—BONUS YEAR, 1883-4.



Business Notice. El 0 K E Tr 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 I Mr E. Fuller’s Stock, and 20 Cases to ar rive per Waikato, HUNDREDS OP BATS, To select from by the following makers:— Cobbett, Duke, Lilly white, Jeffreys, Bart let, Ayers, Bussy, Grirawood and others. Extra large discounts to Clubs and TO ARRIVE—A Large Stock of Lawn Tennis (good), with all the latest improve ments. W. BRICE, Opposite Bank of New Zealand, CHRISTCHURCH. 8 33? Schools.



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 at west. 815 P HOTOGRAPHY. 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, andfiuished in Oil, Water Color or Crayons. 966



gPECIAL BOTIOE, Householders who have not given Shag Point Coal a 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



EW ARRIVALS, (Per s.s. Assam, transshipped at A large and well-assorted stock of 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 E. Earley, BOOKSELLER & STATIONER, 1041 Saunders’ Buildings, Ashburton. Dikect fkom Home. Melbourne.) Books,



rnAKE? TIME BY THE EORB -1 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 Kobert 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 tsar 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, wit 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 saf* by post on re coin* of P. 0.0 7300-960



rjIHE ASHB ORTON GUARDIAN. PRICE— ONE PENNY. PUBLISHED EVSEY 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 communication, thus being the best geneial as well as local medium for Advertising STOP TEAT COUGH I DON’T DELAY. —How can you stop it? Where is the Remedy. Bennington's PECTORAL OXYMEL OP C V.RRA GE'fiN or IRISH MOSS (registered), can produce more evidence of real merit than any other article for the purpose. Sold everywhere. Q Bonninqton, Christchurch.



Business Notices. QN SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED. SEED WHEAT OATS BARLEY GRASS SEED CHAFF FLOUR BRAN SHARPS TEA An evil and its remedy.—tj the Editor, —It is ahealthy sign ofthe times when our local papers are beginning to deal in a fearless manner with bankrupts and the i 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 s}4 years, and the money we have lost during that period by bankrupts, levart ters, and blacklegs generally amounts to a > great ffeal more than the margin usually 5 allowed for bad debts. If the law cannot pro tect us then we must protect ourselves, and 1 there is only one way to do so, viz., to abolish f the credit system altogether. This system has r been the curse of other countries besides New Zealand, and past experience has proved if to ° be rotten to the core. Owing to recent heavy r losses we have resolved to seU for '■ cash only in future. The honest man who is willing to pay his 20s in the £, and pay as he goes, will find this no disadvant age but a great gain, as he will be able to obtain a first-class article much cheaper than he would s under the old system. We shall exert our selves to the utmost as heretofore to give oui customers full satisfaction, and every order will be executed in our usual first-class style—but we shall no longer run any unnecessary risk. T Under the cash system we are prepared _tc offer a special line of tweeds at the following unusual'y low prices ;—Gentleman’s suit made to order, £2 rßs 6d ; ladies’ tailor made ulster, £2. All other goods in proportion, foi FRED SEARLE, Rakaia. 9 471 lS cashonly. CRAIGHEAD & CO., TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, Tancred Street. *



E T H V E 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 oar new and commodious premises, uvo doors south of our old offices. We have ’rdro 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 iu 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 PLOUGHS, DRAYS, ROLLERS, DISO-h. ARROWS, 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 moat reasonable terms. Agents for the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, an I New Zealand Insurance Company- Land and Commission Agents. Loans negotiated.—o. J. W. Cook-sox, Jdk. , and Co., General Merchants, Methven. Methven, July 9th, 1883. 7 66 N EW SEEDS. NEW 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 ndude white and red clover, alskye, cow raas, trefoil, lucerne, cocks r oot, rye grass, gorse, carrots of sorts, mangolds of a rts, including the new mammoth kinds, which have given such great satisfaction to our customers during the last two years. Oar 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 ■ 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, pinua 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 Bono 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. *1 56 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 Trashing Machines ; also, all kinds of Spring Carts, Drays, Traps &c. Shearer & Lewis, GENERAL BLACKSMITHS, AND Veterinary Shoeing Forge, 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. s9od



Business Notices. 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, lOOlbs, at 3£d per lb. Side Mutton, 2£d „ .CHARLES INDER, 1460 South Rakaia.



Geo. Booth & Sons,, Manufacturers and import ers of agrioult al im plements. CARLYLE IMPLEMENT WORKS, Sydenham (near Christchurch). Makers of 1 Carlyle Iron Windmills Carlyle Seed Strippers Carlyle Improved Disc Harrows Carlyle Drays, Tip Spring Traps, &c. Ploughs, Harrows, Cultivators, Broadcast Sowers, &o. 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. Longbeagh royal mail COACH Leaves Long beach for Ashburton daily (Sundays excepted) at 7.30 a. m., Waterton 8.10 a.m., Ashton 8.26 a.m., Wheatstone 8.45 a.m., arriving at Ashburton in time for the 10.24 express from Christchurch to Timaru. The coach leaves the coach stables, Wakanui Road (opposite Central Hotel), Ashburton, at 4.50 p.m., arriving at 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 RETURS FARE at SINGLE RATES, on Saturdays only, between Waterton and Ashburton, j W..E. BOND, Proprietor, 4270 Longbeach. mINWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS J_ RAILWAY. MOL NT SOMERS AND ANAMA ROYAL MAIL COACH. This Coach leaves Hood’s Hotel, Moun, Somers, for Anama Railway Station, at 7.30 am. 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, 2s; return, Bs. .n JOHN HOOD



Boarding Houses, &c. PRINCE ALBERT BOARDING HOUSE AND TEMPERANCE HOTEL! C. TRDCKLE begs to return thanks to his friends and the public for tlieir 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.' C. TRUCKLE, Prince Albert Boarding House and Tem perance Hotel, near Gookson’s Stables. Wills stukbt, Ashburton ; next Odd fellows’ Hall, and one minute’s walk from the Railway Station. Charges strictly moderate. 944 Hotels FOREST HOTEL. John Tisch, Who 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‘COLL (foe many years Manager of the late S<c Ccr croft Wilson’s Rangitata Stadon) begs to in form his numerous Friends a id i io gene ral public that he has taken postesnon of the Ashburton Hotel, which lIS', been greatly improved andenl'cely re-furnished and re-decorated, and is uow 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 ace under the special supervision of the Proprietor, who will guarantee them to be of the be so de scription and quality. The Hotel is situate close to the Ash burton Bridge, and the Stabling (being now under the Proprietorship of Mr James W. M‘Rae, late'oi the Somerset Stables), is sufficient guarantee that Conn try Visitors will meet with every A - commodation in that respect. 1330 Government Notice. V. R. mHE PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE 1 OF NEW ZEALAND. Atention is directed to the provisions of the Acts estabM a bing this Office, and to the advantages placed thereby within tha reach of every colonist. Subject to such provisions, the State offers to every per son : 1. —About to make his or her Will or Codicil. 2. —lntending to provide for Wife and Children or others by deed of Settlement. 3. —Settling Property by way of Mar riage Settlement. 4. —Desiring to renounce the Trusts of a Will, having been appointed Executor or Trustee under the same.



5. —Having acted as Trustee, Executor, or Administrator, wishing to be relieved of the burthen of Trustee hip or Adminis tration, the option of us; jg the State ma chinery, and gives an absolute guarantee against loss of funds by fraud, peculation, or dishonesty. Every information may be obtained from Copies of Mr Bqweon’s Book “ Cheese, Butter, and Bacon,” can be obtained .at this office. Price, Is. Or from ALEANDER LEAN, Agent at Christchurch; R. 0. HAMERTON, Public Trustee Wellington, 12th May, 1882 E W WORK.



Medical DEAFNESS.— Quacks calling them* selves “Doctors,” are utterly-ruin ing the organa of hundreds Buffering from deafness, charging from L 5 to I*2o for- so doing. I have two infallible remedies (No.°l, 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 aiid -juft* sent Senior Surgeons of the .Royal Dis pensary for Diseases of the Ear. —Send stamps for particulars to T. B. Haiwa fokd, Auckland, N.Z. 1270 HEILBRON’3 WORM OAKES These Cakes are prepared from Herbs, and do not contain 'any dan gerously active ingredients. They have a wonderful effect in curing as well as grown persona, by removing the worms. They have been with gre*" *ffiii cess introduey into the principal families in Europe- Australia, and New Zealand. They are guaranteed to do away, in’wlvjiiy short time, with many serious complaints like Bronchitis, Piles, Ulcers, Ulcerated Throats, etc., if taken in time, as those sicknesses are often caused by worins of all kinds, especiolly by the Tape Worth, and by the most dangerous Thread Worm, which, if not destroyed in time, will aoon create the hardly-curable Worm Feyer. , The smallest, the Thread Worra, wiU mbre than any other worm penetrate through all the crevices of the body up to the brain. An example was, recently 1 'irit nessed- where a child falling continually into, fits (the parents not knowing the ' cause) at list died with the brain affected 1 by the too ifatai Thread Worm. Still n§orc • recently there was a case, a grown pma whose seat was affected by the Thqefwj! , Worm, and who, after trying many sorts of remedies, without effect was ‘directly relieved by a dose-of «- j DR HEILBRON’S . I Worm Oakes. j There are cases where the wornlS : come 1 away that they almost can be counted" j then often they come away in whole dots 5 3 and sometimes in a thick andslimy sto£s t) and although not so perceptible, still they q are caused to leave by Dr Heilbtbn s Worm Cakes, And there have been other cases where children affected:With Wonnfl, t when coughing or sneezing, do discharge them through the mouth and nose. ~ t The Symptoms of Worms' Art- generally as follows —Lassitude* ■ Giddiness, De? ’ pression of Spirits, Impaired Appetite (which if not acted against, willengoader diseases of the bile). Disorder of the Stomach and Digestive' 'Organlj Sick _ Headaches, Vomiting, Disturbed Sleep, S and many more serious complaints, 1 in cluding Fits, of which last many penuMfil have been cured by these Worm'Oakel. No time should be lost in reindving th«fo Worms, else the consequence will ous, as they will increase .in pize* and i, quantity, and ultimately spread through it out the intestines. If Worms are ne glected for a time they will do so milch r damage as to make it beyond human skill to restore and. reorganise the system .of digestive organa. ’ ■ -



DIRECTIONS FOB USB. | f j The quantity of these Worm Oakes to be taken at a dose depends mostly pn tha age and constitution of-the patient.;j la most cases a couple of doses wili driyethe worms away for many years,. if not 60* tirely.. As a standard : A dose for a child up to 2 years will be half a Cake.; from 2 to 4 years old, one ' whole Cake; : front'd to 8 years, one Cake and a half.; ; fromßt** 14, two Cakes; and so to incrjeftse wlth the age, but never more than fouc Cake* at one dose. Grown females may gene rally take three Cakes at a doae,;jand grown men four Cakes, aowrdrag ,f #9 B eoß* stitution. The most effective way of using • these Worm Cakes is by taking the dose before going to bed, and oh’the* following morning to take a cup of hot ted before breakfast. ; ’ ' g&'Aa I am not certain how long I may stay in this town, and as these Worm Cakes can be obtained at a very small ex pense families will do well to have alwayh a small supply of them at their houses. ' Orders for the Country J GZ6Clltdd* MRS E. HOMBERG, Sole Agent Ashburton Agents— Messrs Andre wea Bros.; Mr R, Alcorn 5 KEATING’S COUGH LOZENGES-T COUGHS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS ACCUMULATION OF PHLEGM Composed of the purest articles. These Lozenges contain no opium nor any deleterious drug, therefore the most delicate can.-take them with perfect confidence. Their beneficial eflLct is speedy and certain. This old, - Jin* failing family remedy is daily recommended by the most eminent Physicians. (In use nearly 6o years). MEDICAL TESTIMONY. V ’’ July 25th, 1877. 22, Cold Harbour Lake, London. ; Sir, —Your Lozenges are excellent, and their beneficial effect most reliable. I strongly recommend them ,in cases of cough and asthma. You are at liberty to state this as my opinion, formed from many years’ experience, i J, Bringloe, M.R.C.S.L., L.S.A., li.M, ’ Mr. T. Keating, Indian Medical Service. Dear Sir, —Having tried your Lozenges in India, I have much pleasure in testifying to their beneficial effects in cases of incipient consumption, asthma and bronchial .affections^ 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 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 and mild preparation, and is cspecmlly adapted for children. Sold, in ,ns by all Chemists and Druggists. Proprietor, THOS. KEATING, London Export Chemist and Druggist;, O TEED MAN’S SOOTHING POWDER CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASER The -value of this well-known Family Medi« cine has been largely tested in all parts of- -the wo'ld, and by all grades of society, for upwards of FIFTY YEARS. Its well-earned extcn* sive sale has induced SPURIOUS IMITA. TIONS, some of which in OUTWARD APPEARANC E so closely resemble the ori- I ginal as to have deceived many purchasers. The proprietor therefore feels it due to the 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 Governmen Stamp affix to each packet. and—Eacn Single Powder has directions for the dose, and he words, JOMH Steed MAN Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, printed thereon. 3rd —The name, Steedman, is always spelt with two EE’s. ' ' • : 4th —The manufacture is carried • on solely at Walworth, Surrey. ■ - ; ; Sold in Packets by all Chemists ana Modi cine Vendors. ■ ? FOE Kbmpthorn, Prosser and Cf>... for POWELL’S BALSAM ’ o ANISEED . . I