JOTTINGS FROM A TRAVELLER’S JOURNAL.

[WRITTEN SPECIALLY FOR THE ‘ ‘ASHBURTON GUARDIAN. , No. xx. - The Pincio —The Rotten Row op Rome ' —The Castle op St Anoelo —A Beau tiful Panorama—A Recollection op Nero A Superstition Lucullus’s Yilla— Messaxjna. So much has been written about Rome : that it will be almost impossible foi* me to say anything about the places I visited and the things I saw that has not already i been said by others ; and perhaps more pertinently and graphically. Readers of m y jottings must therefore be indulgent, attd not expect to find* startling novelties. I can but relate, in my own plain way, the impressions made upon my mind by what I saw, and occasionally, perhaps, recal some of the historical associations connected with the localities. T’wpuld •lie'absurd to attempt to “ do Rome.” • No -mere visitor can be qualified for the task. * A' residence of several years would hardly ! suffice for a thorough acquaintance with all the narrow squalid streets to he found -■ in some parts of the modern city ; arjd a lifetime might be fully occupied in study ing.: and making researches amid the ancient ruins, and recording the spirit : stirring historical memories connebted ■with them. I was twice at Rome :on the first- occasion pay stay was brief, but after a trip to Naples, I returned ,and remained for a longer period But 1 shall follqw a due sequence in myjjottinga, ' noting each event in the order of time as

it occurred. . ... . My first visit was : to the Pincio. Tbe jg, ancients called ib collis hortorum, the hill of-gardens. ■ The fact of the patrician (■family of the Pincii having once had a residence on the spot is sufficient for its modern name. A vine yard that once belonged to a community of monks has been transformed into sub-

lie pleasure grounds. The Pincio is now 1 i a'feglon of tehees and statues,’and “busts *'*' and fountains, broad drives, and orna mental plots of shrubs and flowers. It is the “Rotten Row” of Rome; here the beau rjfionde may be seen, especially* on ,» ' (! >>&ttlfdayil£''dritfng round the mimosa-lined roads in gay, equipages, .while a military hand discourses music. The lively Miss Thackeray likened the place to “a fash ionable h*lo of sunset and pink parasols. ” The terrace affords a fine panoramic nriqw. f The winding,Tiber is a prominent .iiatifte in the foreground of the picture— , beyond, the castle of St Angelo, with the bronze archangel on its summit. Crom well, it may be remembered, threatened , . ,th,e reigning/Popoupf his day that English ‘ * ’ ’guns should be heard at the castle of St Angelo if the “ people of God ” were not treated with due consideration. Between the Monte Mario and the Janiculum, the wall-knowmdoma of St v Peter’s,.the cathe drat of tho 'Catholic"world, towers aloft— and in the distance tlie roof of the Pan '/■ll the columns bf Trajan ‘ and Aurelius are seen, and between the spec tator and the river a network of roofs of houses and intersecting streets, and spires and domes and turrets of various forms and'election*. ’t I? a scene well-fitted to. promote o reflection. But < •unit confess tii * a-.cien* associations of the plac-> on wtnoh 1 stood, the phantoms of the past. r 3 none attractive to me _ than the •. " . of the present. I remembered v. . v. alking about a locality ojv • . *’ stly memories. Here, the ©died spirit; of the miscre-a. " • ported to have wandered darns; idle ages. We kn.rw his i-c-> ;nr*. *<• " buried in the ’ /. tells us that Eel" g.' ■" N r ©ro‘.tad by a favorite conferee </ 1. • ’ - /rant, took the mualna of V ■ \v. i-r, /hose memory perhaps, -ne -• i J with* affection, though the ~or.d - execrated it, and vmj*oc"i /ich white’stuff embroic/jr-.H .-A and deposited them ifi the -a m mument which ia Sean In the Campus -la-dus under the hill of gardens, ‘ last:, i.i. therefore, no -doubt that IVeto s budj '.ns buried /some

■ . where near the-. Pincio, w hatever donhtf njay disturb ear belief in !le tradition ol ■ ih l ,. prorcgrinxtions of hi* spirit. The tradition is that a gigantic walnut tree grow up on the spot, where ho was in* terroth-and became the u ■ rt of innumer able biacs demons whe took the shape of ' black crows. These diabolical - birds con fined t'bharrass end-dia'.uru the neighbor hood until Pope Pascal i.- , admonished » by the Virgin Mar;.- in ; dream of the r.'—t shuraot-'r of tbo tjun.-.! -.jirds, cut down liip t?ee, dispersed ris. demons, and sfvui ;u» etfecttul ban- a- against their return by building a chuvcK on the site, '.Fit.i money collt ctet! fro n the people who had been iujnrc-l end, disturbed* ■Who ran contradict this sv-fy, when those who tell it point to the Ohurch, of San Maris, del Popoic and say there stands the proof ■ !u was on the Pincic that the Sybarite Luoolli-a —to aunts aliice a« a,glutton and B warrior—had his and emong o thru - guoiixs. em u r{|njflid Cicero ..and Pc-mp«y. That must 'Kaye been-a . special ?p;r. •; i--: e nr.? to/d that be indicated hi; idh-yj mto t hja*bill of fare, to his ;rii Mj or steward of the household, by ibc ulc command —“ I sup io-niubt in the H-tU. of Apollo.” 1 • This was understood to mean that every delie»-cy v-'iis to bo provided that wealth could purchase, or biy-nuity devise. " Plutarch saya: was like an ancient comedy, where first , we. see, great actions, both, rpolitical and military, and .Per., inis tf.sts, debauches, taces by torchlight and every kind of frivolous arnueemait.- Phr frivo lous amusements,! cannot but reckon his uumptuous villas, 'walk,-*, and 'baths ; and still more so the paintings,* statues and rihet worts cf art which ne collected at immense 07.1-snso, bbv gq-Madering away "Upon them the-t'/rt'f.-rtnoe he amassed in the wars. Insomuch thm now, when luxury is so muf-; #dvau.-' I, the gardens of Lucullus rank wi'h to ■■ , of the Kings, and are esteem-.! t‘.« >r st magnificent evan’of these ■ ' 1 Lucullan’:-. ceP ; -:r. r.d • ilia afterwards came into tae ooirwesio: of the ilbfated ■Valerius Asia'i-v-v! Riu Mesjsalina, a Homan: Ahab i-i rm’iiv jats, ,coveted Sabeth's Vju yu:d for a worse'purpose than garden herbs. She-'was the fifth wife r-C the ~.'}.e n ,r Ohudius; l He absorimi iu pfh.y;- and war, probably had no idea of ri-e life she was leading, , fler very name hat i-rcon-e the symbol, l and a synonym fur vt-luprjousnesa and Tice, Sho inai»v<rd to vet possession et the villa by instigating Siliusy .the, , tut >r cf her yin, to accuse AsiUticus of tif-fjsjnobiu practices, b< bis hrst-'-ry ■'if the Romans , undue the Empire, rubies the sequel, thu* ;—“ Assatii-.js war. condemned 1 to' ...death ,vbut he declined the counsel of his fnenda to starve ?. cmrs, which might lea v>an ; I< n 1 for Mie chi-nceof P**«oa; but after the lofty fashion oh the .-.Mcicat Romans, bathed, pn fumed, and Mpped luagmlicoutly, .utu hen opened I - /okl ia? Mu) H-. 1 lilc-od to. death. .Befcio d,--itg ht 'r:-;-, ’ i.-i pyre 'pre parot for him k- ,m, ..,v gardens, And lu ‘ *- ■ ■ bo another: -CMt,, t , which ovMrci ii'-t be injured ny the naji.-.,). *' r » •' 'li.uji , ,t .

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1883.

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“Sporting. SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, November 15th and 16th, 1883. President : E. G. Wright, M H.R. Tice-President : W. 0. Walker. , Judge: Matthew Stitt. Stewards : C.'H. Dowding, H. Friedlander, J. Grigg, T. Leahy, W. G. Ross, W. Saunders, H. T, Wintelv 1 Treasurer : 0. C. Fooks, Starter : , David Thomas. CIiERK OF THE SCALES : M. Friedlander. Clerk of the Course : W. B. Denshire. HAndicappers : Open Races — E. G. Griffiths. District Races— E.,G. Crisp, 0. 0. Fooks, T. Leahy, M. Stitt.



First Face each day to start at 1 p. m. FIRST DA.Y. 1. Counts - Hurdle Race* (Handicap), of 30 sovs; over six flights of hurdles about 3ft Gin high ; nomi nation, 1 sov ; acceptance, 1 sov. 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 Sofa; Ij miles. 4. Ashburton Cup (Handicap), of 150 boss ; nomination, 2 sovs ; accept ance, 5 sovs ; l£ miles. 5. Ladies’ Purse, of 40 sovs; welter weights for age ; gentlemen riders ; entrance, 3 sovs; 14 miles. District . horses onty. 6. ‘Tie 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 sovs ; acceptance, 2 sovs ; 2 miles. 2. Racing Club Handicap, of 75 sova ; , nomination, 2 sovs ; ; acceptance, 2 sova : miles. 3. County Plate Handicap, of 40 sova ; nomination, 1 sov ; accept ance, 1 sov; miles. District horses only. 4. Flying Handicap, of 50 sovs, npmi ... nation, I spv ; acceptance, 2 sovs ; 1 * | mile 5. Totalisator Stakes (Handicap), of 15 sovsj nomination, 1 sov; accept ance, free ; | mile. District horses only. 6. Consolation Handicap, of 20 sova ; 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, RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. No entry will be received except on the condition that all disputes, claims and objections arising out of the racin? 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 Ashburton County from July I 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 boom, wKo. has not ridden for hire during the past five years. 5. All entries and nominations to be au 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 Ih'e ‘first day’s Handicaps and Open Hurdle Race 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 the first days Handicaps and Open Hurdle Race to'be paid to the Secretary not' later than 9 p.m. on Tuesday, November 13th; ac- i ceptancea 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- j ponses of the course. ,



8. All nominations and acceptances go to the fund.' ■ S. SAUNDERS, 8 222 Secretary. mHE GUARDIAN is published every JL evening, giving every day's news, up to the hour of going to press. This is bettor than buying a sixpenny weekly.



Consultations. A FORTUNE FOR FIVE SHILLINGS. A FORTUNE FOR sb. * DAMASTOR’S NOVELTY CONSULTATION ON THE MELBOURNE CUP, 1883. To be Run on the 6th of November, Capital £5,000, In 20,000 Shares of 5a each. 431 Prizes guaranteed. as follows Melbourne Cup. First £SOO Second 300 Third 200 Starters (divided) 500 Non-starters ... 1,000 To be distributed Cash Awards. 6 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 — USTRALASIA’S SWEEP THE GREATEST RACING EVfinx- 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 1 Starters divide £l5O Second ... 500 | Non-Starters 100 Third ... 250 j Total | £2ooo_ And 10 Prizes at £25 each ... £250 50 Prizes at £lO ~ ... 500 50 Prizes at £5 ~ ... 250 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 are requested to send for not less than four shares, taken up in one name. “ADAMASTOR,” Care of Lyons and Hart, Box 151, P. 0., Dunedin. 7 60 £BOOO. MELBOURNE CUP.



A 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 fidos. References : Mel bourne Sportsman and City Journals. Bankers —Sydney ; City Bank. Melbourne : National Bank. Applicants are requested to enclose bank notes and register the L tter (strong registered envelopes obtainable at every post office) ; if crossed cheque, add Bank charge for collection (payable “Aus tralasia nrxjoaxerj; also atici tic! on notes when other than N.S.W. or Yic., 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 tickets a chance of being a winner with out investing, necessarily, a penny. pS' REGISTER LETTERS -fßfc 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 V’ Letter Box will be found at the Offices, 40 Hunter st-eet, Sydney, ADDRESS : AUSTRALASIA, Care of Mr H. J. Fr’anklin, Wholesale Bookseller, Printer and Publisher, 8-223 40 Hunter street, Sydney.



Prospectus. Golconda diamond company, LIMITED, ALFORD FOREST. To be incorporated under the Joint Stock Companies Act. Capital ... £IO,OOO, in 2,000 £5 shares. 1,000 of which are reserved for the pro moters; and the other 1,000 are now offered to the public. Scrip will be handed to applicants on payment of deposit of £1 per share. This, it is anticipated, will be all the capital re quired to open up and fully test the mine.



Pkovisional Directors: . Charles Louisson W. Reed W. Dunford W. H. Wood , W. M. Watson Macgregor Watt B. id ale W. E. M'Dougall D. B. M'Laren F. Arenas J. H. Sture With power to add to their number. Bankers: Colonial Bank of New Zealand. Solicitor : J. Bickerton Fisher, Esq. Secretary : Henry Black. Since the first advertisement referring to the above Company, the Promoters have secured about 45 acres of Freehold Land on the main branch of the Ashbur ton River, Alford Forest. In notifying this fact, the Promoters desire to state that they still have the right to prospect over about 300 acres of Crown Land, one of the Promoters having secured a license therefor. The Freehold is in the centre of this block, and has a long frontage to the main branch of the Ashburton River. From the Prospector’s reports already to Wrvd and the formation of the country, it is believed that the Company’s land will prove to be of very great value and result in considerable profit to the shareholders. Some of the finest..speci mens yet received from Alford Forest have been obtained from this Company’s land, and the Directors are confident that they will secure a sufficient quantity of Diamonds to give the shareholders an J immediate and a substantial return. I



As (hero are but 2,000 shares in the Company, and the area is secured (being freehold), and as the further area of 300 acres will be prospected by the Company, the Directors with very great confidence offer the unallotted shares to the public. Applications for shares, accompanied by a deposit of £1 on each share applied for, to be sent to the temporary offices of the Company, 135, Cashel street East, or to care of HENR? BLACK, Secretary, 8 266 Box 163, P. 0., Christchurch. Ball programme cards in very neat styles, with Pencils and Ribbons, printed at the Guabdiak Office, W<wt street.



Educational. Ladies’ School ILL COMMENCE JULY 17 th. MRS THOMPSON, Tancred Street. 7 65 Public Companies. EW ZEALAND LOAN & MER CANTILE AGENCY COMPANY (LIMITED). ON



Capital, £3,000,000. Reserve, £200,000. Makes LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES on Freeholds, on Stations and Stock, and on growing clips of Wool. RECEIVES CONSIGNMENTS of Wool, Grain, Tallow, Leather, Hides, Skins, etc., for sale in New Zealand, Aus tralian, and London Markets. UNDERTAKES INDENTS of British, Continental, East Indian, and Ameri can goods, and Commissions in all branches of Mercantile Business. Supplies WOOL PACKS and CORN SACKS, at Lowest Current Rates. ! AGENTS IN CANTERBURY FOR— Ruston Proctor and Co.’s celebrated Com bined Threshing Machines and Engines, acknowledged to be the Best Machines imported into New Zealand, Felton and Guilleaume’s Patent Galvan ised Steel-barb Fencing Wire. Candy’s Patent Cotton Belting. Maldon Island Guano. Further particulars on application at the Company’s Offices, Christchurch or Ash burton. JOHN COOKE, Manager, Christchurch. GEO. WILKIN, Agent, nlO Ashburton.



W. H. Qundry. W. H. GKindry, Licensed land broker Under the LAND '■ RANSFER ACT, PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT & AUDITOR. Books and Partnership Accounts super vised, Audited, and Adjusted. Auditor for the Borough of Ashburton Ashburton Woollen Factory Company Ashburton Cheese and Butter Factory Ashburton Saleyards Company Ashburton Gas, Coal, and Coke Co. Ashburton Town Hall Company Etc., Etc., Etc. Money to Lend ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECU RITY, repayable by monthly instalments or otherwise. Agent for STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, STANDARD PROPERTY INVEST MENT SOCIETY. East street, Ashburton. 384



F. Ferriman. F. Ferriman ttas for sale harrows A-l. B Y 1 HAXTON & BEATTIE, Patentees and Sole Makers of the Celebrated SPRING TOOTH FLEXIBLE HARROWS. They combine Lightness of Draught, Practicability, and Cheapness, and meet the approval of all who have examined them. Over 500 at work in New Zealand since 1880. This Patent Harrow has been awarded First Prize at the recent Exhibition hold in Christchurch New Zealand, May, 1882, and the following prizes were also gained after competitions, trials, and testings:— Ist Prize Medal at Taieri Agricultural Show, 1880 Ist Prize at the Mataura Show, Gore, 1880 Ist Prize at the Invercargill Show, 1880 Ist Awari of Merit, Ashburton Exhibi tion, March, 1881 Ist Prize Medal, Napier Show, 1881 Ist Prize Medal, Invercargill Exhibition, November, 1881 Ist Prize, Launceston, Tasmania, 1882 Ist Prize for Light and Heavy, Dunedin, 1872 Ist Prize, Gore, 1882 Ist Prize Medal, Taieri Show, November,



1881 Ift Prize, Patea Show, December, 1881 Ist Prize, Riverton Show, December, 1881 Ist Prize, Oamaru Show, December, 1881 Ist Award of Merit, Dunedin Exhibition, 1881 Ist Prize, Dunedin Show, December, 1881 Ist Prize, Christchurch Exhibition, May, 1882 Ist Prize, Invercargill, December, 1882 Ist Prize Sortthbridge, 1882 FIRST PRIZE, ASHBURTON, 1882;



Thk Principal Advantages op this Harrow are as Follows: It is 25 per cent. Cheaper than any other. Because of its simplicity, it is more durable. The flexible and spring-tooth working of the Harrows produce a steady strain, which prevents horses from having sore shoulders. A twelve-foot Harrow can be taken to pieces and put together again by any boy in five minutes’ time. Every tooth being a component part of the Harrow, the extra labor and expense of tools, bolts, nuts, threads, shoulder pieces, framework, etc., is entirely done away with. Each tooth acts independently of the others, and will do its work thoroughly over level, rough, knolly, or unevenly ploughed ground. It is the only Harrow in the world that can be taken to pieces in ten minutes, and securely packed in a bag ready for ship ment, or that can be taken to a black smith’s and sharpened, at half the cost of any other. It is the only Harrow in the world that win do its work thorough and well in ground, without turning iurf. Because of the flexible and spring tooth movement of the Harrow it is im possible for any of its teeth catching against roots or rocks, thereby making it much easier for the team that is drawing it. It is a perfect Chain or Seed Harrow, when turned on its back, acting an inch or inch and a-half in the soil, leaving a smooth surface. 1132 STOP THAT COUGH! DON’T DELAY.—How can you stop it? Where is the Remedy. Bennington’s P.OTORAL OXYMEL OF O.RBA GEW or IRISH MOSS (registered), can produce more evidence of real merit than any other article for the purpose. Sold everywhere. —G. Bonningxon, Christchurch. i



Publication- IN THE PRESS, AND WILL SHORTLY BE PUBLISHED, “OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS.” BT ALFRED SAUNDERS. This Book, written by an old New Zea land coloni-t, will be found to contain the most modern and complete information upon the Breeding, Rearing and Manage ment of every description of Domestic Poultry; suggestions for the improve ment of Poultry Shows ; all that is known about the principles to be observed in the mating of Breeding Stock; and some well defined rules for selecting, with certainty, the moat 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 keep, and the rules for selecting them ; and, whilst condemning the cruelty and mischief of many common practices, it will point out how to keep poultry with certain profit, in brilliant health, and producing abundance of eggs at every season of the year. 8 240 Business Notice. 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. 812



P. & D. Duncan, 1 GRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS A. MANUFACTURERS, Chbisiohukdh and Ashburton, Having been appointed AGENTS at Ash burton for the ©BERING REAPER AND TWINE BINDERS, We are now prepared to take orders for next season. As only a limited number will be imported, early application is necessary. All orders received after April 30 will be L 5 extra. We are also prepared to take orders for McCORMICK’S REAPERS AND BINDERS. Makers of Ploughs, Drays, Harrows, Rollers, Grub bers. Seed-sowers, Strippers, and newly-improved Direct Draught DISC HARROWS (the Latest and the Best), made any size up to 15ft, and every description of Farm Implements. Oust received, ex Soukar, A large quantity of HORNSBY’S PLOUGHSHARES, Old Brand. ordered expressly for Ashburton. Also, Some extra heavy Mould Boards (our own pattern), best cast steel, suitable for contractors. REPAIRS of every description of MACHINERY at reasonable charges. i 1015



pHOTOGRAPHY. Charles Lawrence, PHOTOGRAPHER (Of High street, Christchurch). By special Appointment to the Governor, Begs to informs ihe residents of Ashbur ton and the surrounding districts, that he has OPENED in SAUNDE US’ 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. 96g



rJIO FARMERS & STOCK BREEDERS The following Works may be had from THOS. P. PARLEY, BOOKSELLER & STATIONER, Ashburton, The Horse, with supplement, by Wm. Ybuatt; Cattle, their breeds and manage ment, by Wm. Youatt; Sheep and Cattle, by 0. Armatage ; Agricultural Chemistry and Geology, by Professor Johnston ; Agricultural Chemistry, by Maclvor ; Agricultural Chemistry, by Alfred Gibson; Breeding of Draught Horses, by Reynolds. A large and varied stock of standard literature always on hand—any book not in stock will be procured without delay. Subscribers wanted for all newspapers, pamphlets, and periodicals, by Thomas P. Parley, Saunders’ Buildings, Ashburton. 1041 P. S. Shearer,



OF THE May bank works, tinwald, begs to thank the public for their 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 Carts, Drays, Traps &c.



Shearer & Lewis, GENERAL BLACKSMITHS, AND Veterinary Shoeing FoßQjp, 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. Trww*r.« Geo. P -v. - MANUB a (. rU3.UB A..:. Id-'’OR ERS AGRICULTURAL IM PLEMENTS. CARLYLE IMPLEMENT VO i Sydenham (sea*. CHRis-a-imo*;. j Makers of J Carlyk i.r= M. j Carlyle Swo Si.;.;-. we j Gariy* < ii-v nnve *>u.c Uari'.'.'e j Carlyle Lys*, Tio Carts, s»*n:ig i Traps, _ | Ploughs, Harrows Gultivstors, j Broadens. Sowers, &c. j SAgents for RANSOMED STEAM TH PUSHING- Machinery. OfiiCKS it!’ 1 ’ ifvtorw.— 218 Thai: street, Ohri.stchuro.i. j Postal Addii .v! —P.O. Box Hb, < ; shurcu. ' 47 ; Js I MR LACK-EaOK (IVLEV ha; Doen j Appointed Agcui for tho \ ahbur- | ton Guabbiat O Sauth FUkab, {



Business Notices. QN SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED. SEED WHEAT OATS BARLEY GRA'SS SEED CHAFF FLOUR BRAN SHARPS TEA SUGAR, etc. ROBINSON & TOWNSHEND, 8 295 Havelock street. N 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, lOOlbs, at 3£d per lb. Side Mutton, 2£d ~ ‘ CHARLES INDER, 1460 South Rakaia.



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 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 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 expedience has proved it to be rotten to the core. Owing to recent heavy losses we have resolved to sell 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 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,



UNBDIN BREWERY, BITTER ALE, BITTER ALE. PLEASES BOTH EYE AND PALATE. TONIC AND WHOLESOME. Guaranteed absolutely free from adultera tion. The following are specimens of the com pliments we are receiving frequently ; “ Please ship by next boat 3 hhds Ale, same as last; very good indeed.”—Bluff. “ I believe your beer is the best in the market. ” —Balclutha. “I must congratulate you on the quality of the beer :it is magnificent. If you can keep it up to that you have got a good thing.”—Waimate. KEAST & MCCARTHY, Limited. Agents for Meukow’a Brandy, Roderick Dhu and Shaughraun Whiskies, and Mars den and Raffley’s celebrated Billiard CELEBRATED AND Tables. 1266



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 nto 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 Larabton 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 PLOUGHS, DRAYS, ROLLERS, DISC-HARROWS, and other Farming Implements, jrhich 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, and 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



Trees. Trees. Trees, SEALY BROS., NURSERY AND SEEDSMEN, Ashburton, HAVE FOR SALE, at , very low prices, an extensive stock of every description. Our FOREST TREES include Pinua Insignia, P. Jefferii, P. Radiata, P. Austriaca, P. Maritima, Spruce and Scotch Firs, Cupressus, Mac rocarpa, Ash, Elm, etc. Our FRUIT TREES this season are the Gnest ever offered in rt—t-rh — TH Ust of Pears, Plums, :od • .‘I, Nectarines and Apples, u . il tandard sorts as well .imv d ■ w kinds. In AND ROSES our ... ! r e varied, and contains 'r..mjih : .au ’"iK v if growth. For 'ND HEDGING v.o rsjvo quantity of Macro tw-ia gtowi Oi 1 i v'y for this purpose in I’ots and 1 - ilao, Holly, Thorn Qukkn, , r .iVialapo, Laurel, African -ii . Orange, etc. A* so, uragus Roots, Goose r.v atd •• of all sorts, Quince, . . a;n- *v to. Walnuts, Grape Vin Soaly Bros., v ,0 iORTON. 7 56 tiokn Broom, DIGN WRITER, DECORATOR, O COACH PAINTER, &c. t tedors may iw ie..t atMcOoll’s, Ashbur ton Hold : or Husband’s Stables, Hill’s Hold. 1257



Conveyances. LONGBEAOH ROYAL mail COACH Leaves Longbeach for Ashburton dail (Sundays excepted) at 7.30 a. m., Waterto 8.10 a.m., Ashton 8.25 a.m., Wheatston 8,45 a.m., arriving at Ashburton in tim for the 10.24 express from Uhristchur< to Timaru. The coach leaves the coach tables, Wakanui Road (opposite Central Hotel), Ashburton, at 4.5 p. m., arriving at Longbeach at 7.3 p. in. Parcels or oruars lafl at any of th above places wiU receive strict attention Fares —Through single fares, 5s ; return same day, Bs. From this date RBTUR-S FARE at SINGLE RATES, on Saturdays only, between Waterton and Ashburton. W. E. BOND, Proprietor, 427 c Longbeach.



[UNWALD 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 am. and 5.35 p.m. every Tuesday and Saturday; returning to Mount Somer on the arrival of each train. Parcels and Luggage punctually attended to. Single fares, ?s; return, 3s. . n JOHN HOOD Boarding Houses, &c. npHE GLASGOW PIE HOUSE, _L Corner of Dowling and Princes streets, Dunedin, J. DONALDSON, Proprietor. Has opened a place in connection with the above, which he has christened “ THE BODEGA,” and can promise to supply his friends with a better Glass of Wine or Beer, direct from the cask in a cool cellar, than they can obtain anywhere in the city. Dowlks Street. Princes street. “THE BODEGA’ au 17



Panama house (late a steb’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 0. 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. C. TRUCKLE, Prince Albert Boarding House and Tem perance Hotel, near Cookson’s 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, 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 (for many years Manager of the late Sir Cracroft Wilson’s Rangitata Station) begs to in form his numerous Friends and the gene ral public that he has taken possession of the Ashburton Hotel, which has been greatly improved and entirely re-furnished and re-decorated, and is now 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 burton Bridge, and the Stabling (being now under the Proprietorship of Mr James W. M‘Rae, late ol the Somerset Stables), is sufficient guarantee that Coun try Visitors will meet with every Ac commodation in that respect. 1330



Metropolitan temperance hotel, Christchurch. S. Stoddard BEGS respectfully to inform the Public that he HAS TAKEN THE ABOVE HOTEL, And all necessary improvements are being made to ensure the comfort of Customers. Grilled Steaks, Chops, and Hot Meals at all hours. The Hotel Bar is now open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., where Coffee is always ready and all Temperance Drinks can be pro cured. TEA TO ORDER. Tripe and Fish Suppers Every Night (Sundays excepted), from 7 to 10 o’clock p.m. A Green for the use of Families and Children adjoining the Hotel. 1365



Medical. GRATEFUL COMFORTING EPPS’S COCOA. 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 our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us ma 2 heavy doctor’s bills. It is by the ad. uious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually buiP uj until strong enough to resist every ten dency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is e weak point. We may escape many « fatal sh*ft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.— See article in the Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or mil.- Sold only in packets, labelled : EPPS AND CO., HOMOEOPATHIC CHEMIST; LONDON. ALSO, EPPSj CHOCOLATE ESSENCE



DEAFNESS.— Quack* calling them selves “ Doctors," are utterly ruin ing the organs of hundreds suffering from di-afness, charging from L 6 to L2O 'for so doing. I have two infallible remedies (No I, deafness arising from colds ; No. 2 the thickening of the parts of the Tympanum) from r< cipes sent me by those world-known A arista, the late and pre sent Menior Surgeons of the Royal Dis pensary f r Diseases of the Ear. —Send stamps for particulars to T. B.UaKNA fokd, Auckland, s.Z ; i 1270 |)B tlElLßttOiN’d WuRM OAiLEd These Oakes are principally 1 prepared from Herbs, and do not contain.ttny.dan gerously active ingredients. They have & wonderful effect in coring ■ children, as well as grown persons, by removing the worms. They have been with gfgi suc cess introduey into the principal families in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. They are guaranteed to do awayj u^sTvcry. short time, with many serious 'eoiqpkinis like Bronchitis, Piles, Dicers,! Ulcerated Throats, etc., if taken in time, S* these sicknesses are often caused; By wdrms of all kinds, especiolly by the Tape [Worm, and by the most dangerous ThreadSVTom, which, if not destroyed in time, till soon create the hardly-curafcle WomfFaver. The smallest, the Thread Worm, will more than any other worm penetrate* jthroagh all the crevices of the bodyUpto the brain. An example was recently' l wit nessed, where a child falling continually into fits (the parents not knowing the cause) at last died with the brain- affected by the too fatal Thread Worm.' Still more recently there was a case,- a grown man whose seat was affected by the Thread Worm, and who, after try ingmany sorts of remedies, without effect was -directly l relieved by a dose of ■ * * r - : -• DR HEILBRON’S <. an > Worm CakeS^



There are cases where the'worrtw come away that they almost can' be;‘Coanted then often they come away in* whole' clots and sometimes in a thick and-shiny l Stuffy and although not so perceptible* still*they are caused to leave by Div Heilbfon’a Worm Cakes. And thQra haVe'been'dther cases where children affected with Worms, when coughing* or sneezing/dodischarge them through the mouth and’nose.'’" The symptoms of Worms are generally as follows ;—Lassitude, Giddiheas.cDo pression of Spirits, Impaired Appetite (which if <tiot acted against* will engender diseases oR the . bile). Disorder'd! ■ the Stomach and Digestive Organs, • Sick Headaches, Vomiting, Disturbed "Sleep, and many more serious complaints,' in* eluding Fits, of which last: many persons have been cured by these Worm Oakes. No time should be lost iu removing'these Worms, else the consequence willi be aeri* oua, as they. will increase in ’’■fed '‘‘‘and quantity, and ultimately spread tbiwlgh* out the. intestines. If -wbrmr'Sfia ne glected for*a time they will do >so Inch damage as to make it beyond humadskill to restore and reorganise the system of digestive organs. ■■■■'-' MBEOTIOVS FOBtUSB,. -nil- The quantity of these Wortm. Cakes to be taken at a dose depends- mostly Ob' the age and constitution of the patient' < In most cases a couple of doses willdrivn'the worms away for many yearsj' il: tirely. As a standard : A dossier a child up to 2 years will be half a Oake ; *fr&n 3 to 4 years old, one whole Oaks from 4 to 8 years, one Cake and a half; fromStj 14, two Cakes; and so to increase with the age, but never more than four Oakes at one dose. Grown females may gene rally take three Cakes at a dose,' and grown men four Gases, according'to con stitution. The most effective way of using these Worm Cakes is by taking the doss before going to bed, and on the following morning to take a cup of hot teb before breakfast. As 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 always, a small supply of them at tHeif houses. Orders for the Country promptly executed. ‘ MRSE. HOMBERG, Sole Agent. Ashburton Agents—Mr J. M. Cam bridge' Messrs Andrewes. Bros.; Mr R._- Alcorn . : f :■ >: ® - KEATING’S COUGH LOZENGES. COUGHS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS ACCUMULATION OF PHLEGM Composed of the purest articles. -;• These Lozenges contain no opium nor any deleterious . drug, therefore the most delicate caij take them with perfect confidence. Their beneficial effect, is speedy and certain; This old,-' un failing family remedy is daily recommended by the most eminent Physicians.' (In use nearly 6o years). ... *" MEDICAL TESTIM6NYI ', f July 25th, 1877. 22, Cold Hafiiouf Lane, London. 1 :



Sir, —Your are excelled and their beneficial effect most reliable* ,1 strongly recommend them ip cases of. .cough, and asthma. You are at liberty to state 1 this.as my opinion, formed from many years’ experience. J. Bringloe, M.R.C.S.L., L.S.A.,L.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,, asthmaand bronchial affircuons. I have prescribed them largely, with results. ~ W. B. G, -, Apothecary, HiMCS, 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 Worn 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 especially adapted for children. Sold in hs by-ill Chemists and Druggists. , Proprietor, THOS. KEATING,, London Export Chemist and Druggist. S TEEDMAN’S SOOTHING POWDER FOR CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASER. ;■<*>;«



The value of this well-known Family Modi* cine has been largely tested in all parts of the world, and by all grades pf society,, for .upwards of FIFTY YEARS. Its weU-eamed extern sive sale has induced SPURIOUS'iMITA TIONS, some of which in OUTWARD APPEARANC E so closely resemble -the'diri 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 Govemmem Stamp affix to each packet. .. ■ _ . 2nd—Eacfl Single Powder has directippsjp: the dose, and he words, JOHN StEEdMaN Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, printed thereon. 3rd —The name, Steedmari, is ‘ always’ spelt with two EE’s. '• 4th —The manufacture is carried on splelv . at Walworth, Surrey. ~, Sold in Packets by all Chemists ana Medi cine Vendors. Kempthorn, Prosser and Co- 1 SK for POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED