THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1884.

Printed turf published daily, for Th* ASH« burton Guardian Company, limited, by Hxn&y Vjncsnt SAWTBU, of Tana« 4 > Street, Ashbuxton,«t the Compuiy'a Prin lag House. Wait ataat. Aihbartpß,



Matson, Cox and Co. HAVE for sale cheap WOOLPACKS, full weights FENCING WIRE, Nos. 8 and 9, at less than cost LINSEED, colonial BARBED WIRE, from L 27 10a to Lsf a ton TURNIP & RAPE SEEDS, all descrip tions, guaranteed to grow OATS & CHAFF, large stock, low prices ENGLISH & OTHER CLOVERS MATSON, COX AND CO. Eakaia. have much pleasure in intimating to our clients and others in the Rak?ia District that we have made ar ran entente to attend the Regular FO TNIGHTLY SALES OF STOCK There, and we have every confidence In soliciting a share of their patronage. MR L. OXLEY, RAKAIA, fTim kindly consented to receive entries for the present. 413 MATSON, COX & CO. Matsoit Cox Co. AUCTIONEERS & VALUATORS, LAND, STOCK, AND ESTATE AGENTS. LOANS NEGOTIATED AT LOWEST RATES AND ON MOST FAVORABLE TERMS WOOL, GRAIN, SEED AND GENERAL MERCHANTS. We have now on hand for sale— Wool packs and Comsacks Fencing Wire of all sizes, B trbed flain Green and Yellow Tancred Turnip Skirvin Swedes and other Turnip Seeds of all descriptions Mangolds, etc. Clover Seeds of all descriptions Cocksfoot Rye-grass Tea in boxes and half-chests Bran, Oats, Chaff, &o. AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY REAPERS AND BINDERS, &o. Wool Purchased IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES OR CONSIGNED TO THE CANTERBURY WOOL SALES, OR THE HOME MARKET. LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES MADE ON CONSIGNMENTS. WEEKLY SALES OF HORSES, COWS, PIGS AND ALL KINDS OF STOCK AND PRODUCE ON SATURDAYS AT 11 O’CLOCK SHARP. Fortnightly sales OR STOCK Will be held at ASHBURTON AND TIN WALD Alternately. NEXT SALE



TIN WALD YARDS I ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 AGENTS FOR National Mortgage and Agency Co Messrs Wood, Sinclair and Co. Robey’s Threshing Machines, MATSON, COX, & CO WEST STREET, Ashbdbton 70 F R 8 A E. 270 400 100 265 497 PRIVATELY — 1 Acres 1 rood 21 perches, at Waterton, freehold 450 Acres, improved, Dromote, free hold 1000 Acres, Improved, Dromore, lease hold 2500 Acres, improved, Coalgate, free hold 27 Acres, improved, free hold IST Longbeach| STfr-ASres improved, Longbeach 449 Acres, splendid farm, Wakanni 2200 Acres, improved, Mataura 2424 Acres, improved, Alford Forest £l2O Acres, improved, Mount Hutt . 564 Acres, improved, Rangitata 1894 Acres, all in English grass Chertsey 126 Acres, all in English grsst Chertsey 242 Acres, improved Seafield 660 do do Hinds do do „ do do do do „ do do „ do tussock, Dunsandel' do Improved, part English grass, Ealing 808 Acres, splendid farm, Rang! tata Island 0,000 Leasehold, 4000 freehold, 4,000 sheep, Chatham Islands 1090 Acres, improved, Ealing 1600 Acres, do Dunsandel 30 Acres 2 roods 26 perches, adjoin ing Chertsey township 90 Acres, R.S. 34301, 34302, Elies mere district 226 Acres, R.S. 33630, 33631, 33632, Ellesmere district 68 Acres 3 roods, R.S. 32114, Ash burton County 337 Acres, R.B. 28935, near Ealing railway station 338 Acres, R.S. 27929, 27930, partly fenced, Ashburton County £487 Acres, R.B. 82289, 32290,32291, 32384, 32385,32146, 33238, 30073, portly fenced, Rakaia 987 Acres, R.S. 23677, 23678, 23679, 23680, 23681, 23682, 23683, 23684, 23686, improved, Bea6eld 430 Acres, R.S. 27884, 27885, near Winslow 887 Acres 2 roods, R.S. 27883, 27882, ! near Winslow 600 Acrss, R.S. 31469, Mount Somers 300 Acres, B.S. 27985, near Sherwood, Oheraey 184 Acres first-class land, Wakanni 41so a large number of town sections n Ashburton, Rakaia, Methven etc, 560 Acres North, Rakaia, Bankside, 32035 1108 Acres North Rakaia, R* S. 32055, 32060 360 Acres Ashley Gorge £BOB Acre* Rakaia, adjoining Oowar, splendid land 1200 Acre* Waitakf, mostly all old swamp land ~ . . „ _ Acres Waikari, adjoining G. H, Moore’s splendid land _ Acres Waikari, adjoining G. H Moore'* estate MATSON, COS & 00.



Triefllander Bros mo BEAT THE TIMES AND A COMPETITORS. Fnedlander Bros. EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, Are also anxioas to take part in the ruinous struggle for business which is going on at present in this town.



Friedlander Brothers. Ashburton has always been to the fore, and it would belie its well earned reputation were some of its enterprising inhabitants to rest dor mant in these dull and depressed times without giving the public some thing to talk about. We require something start ling, and what is mure, we must have something which will do o»r eyes, our hearts, our pockets good. Who then can deny that the present ruinous struggle f or busi ness which is being car ried on by a few of *hese enterprising business people, does not tend in that direction. If there is any doubt, come and let your pockets be light ened, allow your hearts to delight, and your eyes become bright -at tho low prices our goods are being sold at our busi ness premises. Friedlander Bros., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Friedlander Brothers



TjpHE THOROUGHBRED HORSE DIGBY GRAND, By Traducor —Aglaia (imp)., Will Travel the Districts of METHYEN, MOUNT SOMERS AND HINDS, this Season. 9 1476 JOHN GRIGG. fpHE CARRIAGE ENTIRE HORSE 1 DEXTER will travel the Ashburton district this season. Dexter is a beautiful brown horse rising eight years old, stands sixteen hands one inch high, with black points, has splendid action, good temper, and sure foal-getter. Dexter was got by that noted horse Talisman out of the far famed trotting mare Gentle Annie (well known both in Canterbury and Otago), imported from Australia. For further par icnlars apply to SCOTT & NEWMAN, 9 1784 Proprietors. CHEVIOT, Traducer—ldalia. (For extended pedigree see English oi New Zealand Stud Books). WILL SERVE MARES THIS SEASON. TERMS : Thoroughbreds, £lO 10s; half-breda £5 ss, Before using another horse breeder* will do well to see Cheviot, admittedly the grandest thoroughbred ever produced in the colony. Good paddocking for mares at Is 6c per week. For further particulars see cards, o: apply to the groom in charge, at Tottj and Lovell's Stables. W. OOOKSON, 10 1851 Groom in Charge. fJIO STAND THIS SEASON—IBB4 And Travel the Ashburton, Methven am surrounding districts, GOLD COAST. New Blood. Winning Blood.



Pedigree Gold Coast is a bright almond chestnut, five years old, bred by J. Field, Eeq., of Tasmania. He stands 16 hands high, by St Albans out of the dam of West Coast by Peter Wilkins (imp.) g dam The Dove by t nglish Gen tleman (imp.), g g dam Farmer’s Daugh ter by Jersey (imp.), g g g dam Pet by Boliver (imp.) g g g g dam Whizgig (imp.). Gold Coast claims to e very closeiy related to the most noted performers on the turf up to the present season—Tas man, Johnny Faulkner, Captain Webster, Stookwell, Malua, Sheet Anchor, Prodi gal, Blink Bonny (winner of the Caulfield Cup), and a host of other winners. Gold Coast is very fast, but could never be got to the post fit enough, owing to his leg getting a wrench on board the steamer when being shipped. Terms—L3 5a for season, payable Ist January; L 5 5s guarantee, Ist July ; 5s groomage included, payable first ser vice. Apply to the Groom in charge, or W. DAVIDSON, 11 2033 Upper Riccarton. f 1 If Business Notice. Horse Breaking. TOTTY & LOVELL are prepared to Break Young Horses to Saddle at L2 each ; Saddle and Harness, L 3 10s. VICTORIAN STABLES, Tancred street. 9 1647 OTI 0 ' NEW BAKERY & FLOUR STORE, &c, Benjamin Morris Desires to return his best thanks to the public for the liberal support accorded to him since he has taken over the Wester field Mills. He begs to state that he has now OPENED a STORE in the TRIANGLE, WAKANDI ROAD, where all orders by his former customer and others will be promptly attended (o. WHEATEN MKAL from Westerfield BRAN and SHARPS always in stock He also begs to intimate that he now OPENED A BAKERY, under the management of a firat-clasi Baker, and trusts by strict attention r ,i business to merit a share of public patronage. ANALYSIS OF WE ST ERF ELD FLOUR. “ I have examined b.)th chemically and microscopically the whole grain flour manufactured by Mr B. M->bkis. I find it to he quite free from adulteration, ant' made from sound wheat of good quality “A. W. BICKERTON, “ Colonial Analyst.*' August 25th, 1884. 8 158



QEOWN IRON WORKS, ARMAGH STREET, Christchurch. Portable Ranges To Burn Wood and Coal —in Four Sizes, PAINTED CORRUGATED IKON IN Four, Five, Six and Seven Feet Lengths. 40 per cent. Cheaper than Galvanised Iron. 10 1988 QUILL’S HOTEL, LIVERY, BAIT AND LETTING Stables, ASHBURTON. JOHN BEECHER bogs to inform his 1 friends and the public that he has under taken the management of the above Stables for Mr Quill, and trusts that his long experience in this particular line of business will ensure a share of public | patronage. Single and double buggies always on hand for hire, and only first-class quiet and good horses, both in saddle and har ness, kept on the premises. Wedding and Picnic parties liberally arranged with, and those requiring con veyances of any description will save money by calling at the above Stables before hiring elsewhere. Horses bought and sold on commission and quietly broken to saddle or harness, and all charges strictly moderate. JOHN BEECHER, 10 3001 Manager.



Business Notices. Robert Alcorn, GENERAL MERCHANT. TT'OR Quality, Cheapness, and Fit in 1' Men’s, Youths’, and Boys’ Clothing and Boots of all sorts, go to R. ALCORN’S Corner Shop (attached to the Grocery, Ironmongery, Glass, and China Ware houses, where you will get everything of the best quality and at the lowest possible prices. TEA is toy speciality ; —my 3s Tea is unequalled in Christchurch or Dunedin at the price, and unsurpassed at any price 589 d Miss Bowman BEGS to inform the of Rakaia and surrounding districts that she has OPENED business as MILLINER AND DRESSMAKER AT MRS SHARP’S, Near Railway Hotel, South Rakaia. Fit and Style Guaranteed. 8 1621 BAKER BROS., Builders, Under takers, etc., Wakanui road and Casi street—B.B. desire to state that having the mu. recent and improved Hearse ant Mourning Coach, are prepared to fucnisl and conduct Funerals on special and mos i reasonable terms. Country orders wil r receive prompt attention. Note the ad [ dress, corner of Wakaniu road and Cas street. Orders may be left af the Ash 1 burton Coach Factory; or Box 16, Pos Office, Ashburton. 16' THE undersigned begs to notify tha he has now OPENED a Coffee Palace in Burnett street (near Arcade), where al kinds of Kefreshments and Confectioner can be obtained. Luncheon during th i day and Coffee and Tea always read;



at a minute’s notice. Private rooms and beds for one or two boarders (the beds are large, quite now, and for comfort cannot be surpassed in the colony) t where every comfort of a home will be 7 Pr ° Vlded ‘ THOMAS TAYLOR, 3 Baker and Pastrycook, Ashburton. N.B.—Hot Dinners from 12 to 2, at 3 Christchurch prices. 7 1294 r J. C. Duncan, 1 T ICENSBD LAND BROKER, ' j j General Agent and Accountant, » Ashburton. Agent for Victoria Insurance ' Co., Limited, New Zealand Accident In * surance Co., National Mutual Life Asso ciation of Australasia, Limited, etc. r J. 0. Duncan having found the timber 3 trade an unprofitable line is determined r in the future to stick to the following branches of business, which he is prepared to undertake and atten ■ to, as hereto -5 fore, in a straightforward and upright ‘ manner. Fire, Accident, and Life Insur ance, prepare Mortgages and Transfers, and all other work under the ,L Land Transfer Act," Negotiate Loans and In vest money, let houses to good tenants - and collect rents and debts, Arbitration, Valuation, Auditing, Accountants’ work - in all branches, and every description of suchlike work. Properties for sale in town and country. Temporary office— EAST STREET, o Opposite Bank of New Zealand. 9 1650



o T I c E. TO THE INHABITANTS OF ASH BURTON AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. G, J. F. Lublow, While thanking; the inhabitants of the above districts for the very liberal support accorded to him for the past five years respectfully calls their attention to the unprecedentedly large stock of goods now held by him, recently received FROM THE HOME MARKETS, comprising some of the very beat class of goods manufactured in the West of Eng land Mills, and consists of plain BLACK CLOTHS, BLUE CLOTHS. FANCY COATINGS, AND HEAVY TWEEDS of every "vhade, suitable for the coming season, a splendid assortment of the newest Over-coatings ; also, a choice col lection of Kaiapoi and Mosgiel Tweeds, etc., of the newest patterns. Upwards of 4,000 yards to select from of English. Scotch and Colonial manufactured goods, from which ho is prepared to execute all orders entrusted to him at astonishingly low prices. Stylo, fit and the best work manship is guaranteed. Come, see and judge for yourselves. A variety of Kaiap'd Flannels, Under shirts, Drawers, Socks, etc., always in P. Cairns, rfTAILOR AND CLOTHIER



■I? Cl •rtjsi* . f-v ' ,0 N *& h '/f,s'M . •’ cr d h erf m ui 9 erf QO M aO ■+=> 00 CD o p O 03 m eg 0) II CD O Ox o CO M m CORNER OF HIGH AND ASAPH STREETS, CHRISTCHURCH, ST. All Goods warranto well shrunk, by our patent shrinking machine. PATTERNS OP TWEEDS SEIST ON APPLICATION U 959



Business Notice. GLISH WATCHES! ENGLISH WATCHES ! *■ SPECIAL AND IMPORTANT ANNO UNCEM ENT. STEWART DAWSON AND GO.'S LIVERPOOL WORLD-RENOWNED ENGLISH LEVER WATCHES. STEWART DAWSON AND CO., of Liverpool, have much pleasure in announcing to their many Customers and the public in general that they have opened a Branch Es tablishment in Auckland, at 195, Queen street, for the sale of their unrivalled English Lever Watches, which will enable all to secure a watch of the highest quality at less than half the prices charged throughout New Zealand. The extraordinary merits of Stewart Daw son and Co.’s Liverpool English Levers are too well known throughout the whole of New Zealand, as well as from East to West of the Old Country, that comment here is unneces sary. Suffice it to say that their perfection in excellence in value has given S. D. and Co. a patronage never equalled in the history of watch-making. ORDER EARLY. ORDER EARLY. Please note. —The following prices include duty paid by us. Every watch, quality con sidered, cannot be bought retail under Double the Prices. A£7 10s GENT’S ENGLISH SILVER HUNTING LEVER For £3 15s. 8 The most perfect English Hunting Levers ? in the world. Every watch manufactured en i tirely in our own workshops, These watches h are specially adapted for bush work, squatters, t miners, etc., as they will stand the hardest [1 wear; send for one of these watches and com . pare it with what retail dealers call their finest B English Hunters at from L 7 to LB, and you will at once declare ours to be the better watch. ,t A £lO los ENGLISH KEYLESS HUNT -7 iNG SILVER LEVER FOR £5 ISB - Stewart Dawson and Co.’s Superb Keyless , t Hunting Levers, a triumph of utility and con venience, a watch that is also perfectly air tight, dust-tight, and damp-tight, keeping the works perfectly clean. Unequalled at Ten Guineas, our direct cash price to customers 11 being less than the actual wholesale price to y the trade. e Price, 15s. Worth £lO 10s.



Also same watch in open face, price £s I S S * A £l2 12s ENGLISH SILVER HUNTING CHRONOGRAPH for £6 15s. Each watch a model of perfection ; finest -plate movement, full jewelled in rabies, real chronometer expansion balance, decimal dial, centre seconds, and outside stop; each timed to dead beat in positions, to go exactly the same in extreme heat or cold. Notwithstand ing the matchless perfection of this watch, we positively sell it a less price than retailers charge for ordinary inferior made watches. PRICE, £6 iSs FULL RETAIL VALUE FOR TWELVE GUINEAS. Also, same watch in open face, price £5 ISs A £7 10s LADIES’ ENGLISH HUNTING LEVER for £3 iss. Every watch a work of art, elegant in shape, -haste in design, of sterling English workman ship, watches that with fair usage will last a lifetime. We ask you to observe that we sup ply our magnificent English Levers at a far less price than often charged for common foreign watches. Price, in Hunting Cases, £3 15s; in open face, L 3 ss; practically saving to each purchaser from to £4. A £4 HUNTING DEFIANCE WATCH For £llss. None should hesitate to send for one o these watches, truly named “DEFIANCE,” f onlv to see the perfection that can be at tained by a firm whose enterprise and energy have revolutionised the watch trade of Europe. Also open-face crystal front, £1 7s 6d; all sterling silver cases. S. D. & CO.’S LADI S’ and CENTS’ Magnificent English GOLD LEVERS are truly marvellous value. We sell our Ladies’ Gold Open-faced Levers at L 7 15s, better watches than sold retail anywhere at£n 15s. Hunters’ ditto, at f 15s, positive value for (£ls 15s; Open-face Keyless, at ,£lO 15s; and Hunters at Ll2 15s, nowhe e equalled under L2O. Lhese are facts beyond dispute. Gents’ pen-face, £10153; Hunting, £l4 15s; Key ess Open-face, £l4 15s; Hunters, £l6 15s— watch saving to the purchaser from £5 £lO. Stewart Dawsom and Cr English Gold Three-quarter Plate Chronographs should be seen by every gentlemen who contemplates buying a Gold Watch. The finest, handsomest, best, most modern, and greatest value in the world. ADVANTAGES TO CTSTOMERS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE. First—Our gigantic resources of manufac turing, through our complete and efficient factory organisation, and our universal cash sales, enable us to supply each watch at less than half the usual retail priae. Second —Each customer is supplied with a watch on a week’s free approval and trial. The full amount paid is returned to anyone dissatisfied. Third—Every purchaser secures the most perfect English Lever ever made, manufactured entirely in our own workshops, in Liverpool, England, unequalled for beauty, for strength, or durability, or as a time-keeper. The per fection of improved mechanism throughout, in solidity of construction, and lasting qualities, each customer eceiving an English Lever that will wear out three foreign or American-made Watches one after another.



TESTIMONIALS have been received dusing the last few years from wearers in all parts of tht world,- proving our Watches to be without equal. The following is a specimen Testimonial just received: —"To Stewart uawsun ami Cu,, Auckland. —Thames, 18th April, 1884. Dear Sir, —Seeing that you are in Auckland, I write to say that nearly five years ago I sent to Liverpool for one. of your English Silver Levers as advertised for £3 15 s. * duly re ceived the watch, and my son (William Thor burn) has carried it every day since then at his work, riding, etc., and it has never cost him one penny for repairs. The watch is a splendid timekeeper, and would cost in Auckland at least ten guineas. My son could have sold the watch a score of times, for double the price that it cost him, but would not part with it on any account] I may also say that I know several here who have sent for your watches, and they have given the greatast satisfaction. You are at perfect liberty to publish this f you wish, as lam well known here.—l remain, yours truly, Wm. Lang Thorburn, Engineer, ( Taiu.ru Thames.” INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORDERING WATCHES. Ashburton Guardian. Cut this Square out, and forward it with P.O. Order, payable to S.D. and Co., Auckland, or cash in registered letter; add 2s fid to the price of each watch, to pay post and registration when we will forward watch selected and written guarantee by first return of post.—(Signed) Stewart Dawson and Co. Note—All Letters and Orders to be addressed STEWART DAWSON & GO. 19?, QUEEN STBEET, AUCKLAND. on’t lai write for Illustrated Watch Pamphlet—most interesting to all; 60 pages wonderful testimonials, British and colonial. /Castrations of Gold and Silver Alberts at vrnolesale English prices. With this will also be sent a new thirty-two page brochure, en titled “The English Lever, its Invention and Development, " with an essay on S. D. and Co.’s system of business, which should be read by every intending watch-buycr, The two pamphlets grab" (0 the postage, 4d'in



Ball programme very neat styles, wit! Ribbons, printed ar the Gr W'wit street. E W S E NEW SEE July Thirty-Eight ays f per s.s. Ruapeh In splendid condition, an< as First-Class SEEDS with own growing. All orders wi attended to and sent i steamer. Special quotatii growers. Also, a good Li SEED POTATOES (sorts), sand Cabbage and Cauliflow N.B.—Finest Lawn G Mixture. i W. GIMBLETT. Seedsn 8 1527 Cob >J|l H E OANTE Tea War eh As we have imported i Stock of New Season’s T« the Gardens of China aho giving better value than et Original Boxes, 12s 6i, 16s, 20s, 24s— eqi sold at 30a Half-chests, 401 b each, 2a 4d Our own blends are supe sold this side the line, t agents and only one p Packed in slb, 11b, 121 b chests ; and sold at Is 6d, 4d, 2a 6d, and 2s lOd foi Every one who really love tea should drink then for themaelve White Crystal Sugar, 3i Best Snowdrop, 4d per 1 Hur stock of Groceries are assorted and of, the b We might msntion 1 Best Rice at 3d per lb. Best Tapicca, 3d per lb Spiced Meat in tins 6d e Pickle Salmon, 6d per 1 Our Stock is too numen price of each article, but ns with their orders will advantage. Orders per Post receive despatch. KINCAID Sr MAi Tea Blende Wholesale and Beta 165 and 157 Colombo stree Medical. N E W



TRANSLATION, t Aykab, Provluoaof Burmah, 8.1. I Honored and Learned Physician—The ' unworthy one who dares to address you and come before you humbly in the dust, begs for hia people (caste) that you would ' deign t» look upon their ignoble miseries and cure them with your Life-giving grains (Pills). Illustrious one your most potent medicine is life to them and their children, and all the Drug Bazaars are empty and your Soul is not in them. This humble petitioner, although he is • gnoble and unworthy to be in your high ipresence, prays that you will graciously permit your Life gr ; us (Pills) to come to Aykab. To the nu._i learned and wise mysioiau (JOtaydooir) o£ high name. Native to the States of America, united in North America Country. Serviely signing for himself and twenty three others, the Petititiuner places his sign, Tnail Fanaibebebanciel. Carmi, 111,," April 2, 1884. Db J. Haddock : Dear Sir—l received your Pills a week ago. 1 have tried them and must say that 1 never had so much good done by anything as they have me. I have suffered tor years with billiousness and have been so sick at times as not to care to live, but your Pills have cured me. One aged man here has taken from me only two of your Pills, and I wish you could see him. He has had no appetite for five months, and to-day ho ate a dinner such as api ughman eats. I bad to check him, but he laughed and said he was treating his stomach to a new sensation, for it really was hungry. I hand you with this four dollars. Please send at once, a below, your Pills. Mrs Sabah Manners, Carmi, 1 llinois, U. S, We would guo you if we were to go on with them as we very well could do, but the above must suffice. Haydock’s New Liver Pills are the true grains and , essence of health, and the greatest bless ing that Science has given to the world. , For Nervous Prostration, Weakness, , I General Lassitude, Want of Appetite and iSick Headache, Dr Haddock’s New Liver , Pills will be found an Effectual Remedy. > Each vial contains Twenty Pills. Price Twenty-five Cents. For sale by all Drug- { gists. Any sceptic can have a vial of t Pills Sent him Free on receipt of his t name and address, for a trial. Send a postal card for ropy of pamphlet Liver and itt Mystery.” It furnishes t valuable information to all. ( HAYDOOK & 0 ) New York, U.S. Caution! —Druggists are desired to no tice that the name of J. H. Francis, solo 5 agent, is written across each dozen pack- „ ages of Haydock’s Liver Pills, All with out this are counterfeits. P. HAYMAN & CO., Sr Agents tot Nevr Zealand. 1261



Medical A N OLD EST IBLIS ii. popular med; ■ i-.txter’t* Long Preserver ah: •■ eel <>vcr (juart r t n'.i putroiiiae-l oy ail i nks aujoys a success uuparalleli Consumption, Goughs, Coti Asthma, Whooping Gough, md all affections of the Throat, EFFOTUALLY RELIEVE BY BAXTER Lung Pres( TESTIMONIAI From Rev. Ghabi.es Pj Reefton (Late of Chrj Mai I am happy to say your I afforded my wife and childi mediate relief in coughs a many to whom I have hac of recommending your spoken of it as invaluable, when every remedy tried w give relief (the cough was the first dose of your Elixi; effective. In another case cure was soon brought i patient resolved in the fate thing else. Other cases could be oi will be sufficient to show 1 monio Elixir is a remed order. From G. F. Saltbb, Esc Solicitor— Inglis’ Buildings, Cl Mi I have used your Pulmo family for some years j found it very efficaoloui throat complaints. From Wicuam Reed, ——and Customa Agent— Lyttelton, Ni I have used your Lung family for the last fourtee fore have the greatest plea



From W. B. Scott, Esq. , Builder, etc., Peterborough street, Christchurch, December 4, 1883. Some years ago I was recommended to try a bottle of your “ Pulmonic Elixir aud Lung Preserver, 1 ' for tightness in the chest 1 did so, and from that time I have never been without it in the house. I have found it to answer in every respect for coughs, colds, and sore throat, and would strongly advise those that are suf fering from such complaints to try it. To be had of all Chemists and Store keepers, in bottles, Is Ijd, 2s 9d, 4s 6d and Us each. Wholesale Agents—J. Baxter, Chemist, 21, Victoria street, Christchurch ; Messrs P. Hayman and Co., Sainabuy, Ellisdon and Co, and Kempthorne, Prosser .and Co., and may also be obtained of mer chants throughout New Zealand. are requested to ask for Baxter’s Lung Preserver. Be cautious against being put off with some other medicine, which dealers may recommend, solely on the ground of having mote pro fit. DR. ROOKE’S MEDICINES. DR. ROOKE’S ORIENTAL PILLS. DR. ROOKE’S SOLAR ELIXIR. These well-known Family Medicines have had a continually increasing sale throughout the Unite! Kingdom and the British Colonies, since their introduction in 1836, and are especially noted for their Strengthening and Restorative proper ties. Hence the invariable success in the Relief and Cure of Indigestion, Liver Complaints, Asthma, Bronchitis, Pul monary, Consumption, Rheumatism, Gout, Scrofula, General Debility, and all Diseases of the Nervous System, whether arising from a sedentary mode of life, un healthy occupation, unsalubrious climate, or other cause what-ever. DU. ROOKE’S ORIENTAL PILLS Are sold in boxes at 1s l£d and 4s 6d each, DR. ROOKE’S SOLAR ELIXIR Is sold in bottles at 4s 6d and 11s each. DR. ROOKE’S MEDICINES may be obtained of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors; and of my Agent J BAX T E R7~ Chemist, Chrisiohoboh. DR. ROOKE’S ANTI-LANCET.



DR. ROGER'S ANTI-LANCET. Every Household should possess a Copy. All who wish to Preserve Health and thus to prolong life should read Dr. Rooke’s “ Anti-Lancet,” or “ Handy Ouide to Domestic Medicine,” which con tains 172 pages, and is replete with anec dotes, sketches, biographical matter, por traits of eminent men, etc. DR. ROOKE’S ANTI-LANCET may be obtained Gratis of J. Baxter, Chemist, Christchurch; or, post free, from Dr. Rooks, Scarborough, England. DR. ROOKE’S ANTI-LANCET. Con cerning this book, the late eminent author Sheridan Knowles, observed:—“lt will be an incalculable boon to every person j who read and think. CROSBY’S BALSAMIC COUGH ELIXIR Is specially recommended by several eminent Physicians, and by Dr. Rooke, Scarborough, author of the “ Anti Lan jet.” It has been used with the most signal mccess for Asthma, Bronchitis, Oonsump* lion, Coughs, Influenza, Consumptive Sight Sweats, Spitting of Blood, Short less of Breath, and all Affections of the Chroat and Chest. Sold in bottles, at la 9d, 4s 6d and Us lach, by J. Baxter, Chemist, Victoria treat, Christchurch, and wholesale by lames M. Crosby, Chemist, Scarborough. should read Crosby’s Prxe rreatise on “ Disease of the Lungs and Ur-vessels,” a copy of which can be had Gratis of all Chemists. Agent: MR JOHN BAXTER, Pharmcobctioai. Chemist 1 Victoria street (corner of Durham st.), pA opposite Britannia Hotel, Cbrist cbntnb J. M. CAMBRIDGE, Agent. , Batt Street, Ashburton, 6 (069



Scholastic. M ONASTJSRY HOLY JESUS. OP SELECT sOftOOL, \SH BURTON. Conducted by the Religious of “ NotU Dakb DBS Missions." Terms : Board and Tuition ... £25 perannum Day Pupils £6 per annum Extras : . ' Music ... £2 2a. per quarter Dr<. ling and Painting £2 2a. per quarter Laundress’s Fee ... £1 Is. per quarter No extra charge for the ordinary"" Lssaons in Drawing and Singing. Payments to be made lUarterly In j vaace, and one quarter’s notice to' given prior tc the withdrawal of Boarder or Day Pupil. For further particulars apply to Rot. Mother Prioress, or, in. the mean* time to Father Coffey. connect’c. with the Muaitef Medical P. 6. THOMAS, Surgeon Dentist, will VISIT Ashburton every month, and may be consulted at Quin* Hotel . I 1066 GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. EPPS’S 000 OA. BREAKFAST. BY a thorough knowledge of ihenatnral laws which govemthe operations of digestion and. nutrition, and ■ w a&arefa application of ther fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr/ Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save ns many heavy doctor’s bills. It Is by ihs qd clous use of snob articles ol .diet that a constitution may be gradually built nj until strong enough to resist every ten danoy to disease. Hundreds- of snbtls maladies are floating aroundnsready o attack: wherever there isr-weak point 'Ye may escape many a fetal sh»ft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pore food and a properly nourished frtme.— An article in the; Owl Service OwtU. Made simply with boiling water or milk Sold in ilb packets by Grocers, labelled thus ; JAMBS EPPS AND CO., BOWEOFATBXC OTSMUXS, ■ LONDON, ENGLAND.



Keating’s Powder. Keating’s Powder. Keating’s Powder. Keating’s Powder. Kills Bogs, Pleas, Moths, Beetles. This Powder is Quite harmless to ANIMAL LIFE, but is unrivalled in destroy ing fleas, bugs, cockroaches, beetles, moths in furs, and every other species ofinsect. Sports men will find this invaluable for destroying fleas in their dogs, as also ladies for their pet dogs. THIS ARTICLE has found so GREAT s SALE that it has tempted others to vend a so called article in imitation. The PUBLIC are CAUTIONED that the tins of the genuine powder bear the autograph of THOMAS KEATING. Sold in tins only. Keating’s Worm Tablets. Keating’s Worm Tablets. Keating’s Worm Tablets A PURELY VEGETABLE SWEETMEAT both in appearance and taste, furnishing a mss agreeable method of administeringtbe only certain remedy for INTESTINAL or THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly safe and mild preparation, and is especially adapted for children. Sold in tins by all Chemists and Druggists. Proprietor, THOS. KEATING, London The Bad and Worthless are never imitated or counterfeited. This is es' pecially true of a family medicine, add it is positive proof that the remedy imitated is of the highest value. As soon as it has been tested and proved by the whole world that Hop Bitters was the purest, best, and most valuable family medicine-on earth, many imitations sprung up and began to steal the notices in which the press and the people of the country had expressed the merits of H. 8., and in every way trying to induce suffering invalids to use their stuff instead, expecting to make money on the credit and good name of H. B Many others started nostrums put np in simi lar style to H. 8., with variously devised names in which the word ** Hop * or ’‘Heps ” were used iu a way to induce people tobelieve pretended remedies or cures, matter what their style or name is, and especially those with the word ** Hop ” or •* Hops ” in their name or in any way connected with them or their name, are imitations or counterfeits. Be* ware of them. Touch none of them. Use nothing but genuine American Hop with a bunch or cluster of green Hops on the w> ; te label, and Dr Soules name blown in th glass. Trust nothing else. Druggists and ch .mists are warned against dealing in imta ions or counterfeit' -



STEEDMAN’S SOOTHING POWDERS FOR CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASER SgrThe value of this well-known Family Medi cine has been largely* tested in all parts of the world, and by all grades of society, for upwards of FIFTY YEARS. Its well-earned eaten* sive sale has induced SPURIOUS IMITA TIONS, some of which in OUTWAR APPEARANC £ so closely resemble th e or ginal as to have deceived many pureha re The proprietor therefore feels it due to the public to give a special caution against the use of SUCH IMITATIONS. Purchasers are therefore requested earefoll* to observe the four following distinctive characteristics, without which none 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 f<x the dose, and he Words, John Stxxdma* Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, printed, thereon. 3rd—The name, Steedmah, is always spelt with two EE’s. _ ’ 4th—The manufacture is carried on sole v at Walworth, Surrey. * Sold in Packets by aII Chemists and Medi cine Vendors. Kkmpthorn, Pkossbk and Co