The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. V.-No. 1201

ASHBURTON. TUESDAY, MAY 27. 1884.

IPRTCE-ONE PENNY



Aqgtionwrßi.Cogm^ lß^oll Agents, & c ~ Alfred Harrison, A UOTLONEER, YMiUEE, CQM f\.,r MISSION AGENT. &o. Sales, Sales of Svosk, Merchandise, Furniture and Effects, Pigs, Poultry, and General Produce. ryifgr.Y SALE every SATURDAY, at • 12 o'clock sharp, commencing in the Yards with HORSES. AND SALES, IN THE ROOMS, AS REQUIRED. Town and Farm Properties entered on the books. No charge unless sold. AGENT FOR THE'NORWICH UNION EIRE INSURANCE COHPANY. Everyclsss ol Risks taken at toweet rates. ■ .. -ATiTTRED HARRISON. G. BraWor, Civil Engineers, dc. —nr r FOOKS E. AND sons. Architects, OIVH, EHOEHMM, VALUATORS, IiICMTSRD SUKVSYOBS, ' AST) liUD BeOKKES, iIE TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAD, ASHBOSTOH. Shipping. SHORTEST AND Jf MOST DIRECT ROUTE TO GREAT BRITAIN ANDEUROPK, THROUGH AMERICA AND. via SANDWICH INLANDS. 1 ~ ...j r,t:..rfr ;* r j ... ; The -Paoific'M&il Steamship Company (under contract with the New Zealand and New Sehth Wales Governments) will despatch 1 the undermentioned steamers as nn«si ! s bx, » !l - ' " r; ‘ ' "'' • •



II MM HII UWWM VW aiwuhwmj —.V. pool/ or Faria at a through rate, thus seehring special advantages. For rates of Freight and Passage, and tor full information, apply to WILSON, SAWTBLL & 00., Agents, Christchurch. Conveyances. yrttSWALD AND MOUNT OMERS X RAILWAY. MOUNT SOMERS AND AN AM A ROYAL MAIL COACH. - This Coach leaves Hood's Hotel, Moun - Somers, for Anama Railway Station, at 7.30* m. and 6.36 p.m. every Tuesday and Saturday; returning to Mount Somer on the arrival of each train. *' Parcels and Luggage punctually 1 attended to. Single fares, ?*; return, 3a. JOHN HOOD . Business Notices. IS OTIGB OP REMOVAL J. HARVEY, BOOT and SHOE i MAKER, has REMOVED from Tanored streetto the shop in . East street, lately occupied' by Nealas and ' Co. Repairs neatly executed. 8 415 M R p. G. THOMAS, Surgeon Dentist, will VISIT Ashburton every month, and may be consulted at Quill’s Hotel. 1066 TTNITED FIRE AND MARINE U INSURANCE COMPANY. With Unlimited Liability of a large COLONIAL FROPR , Fire and Marine Insurances effected at lowest tariff rates—less 25 per cent : ALBERT ROBERTS, ~ > ’ Agent,* 1391 West street, Ashburton. . D. Lazarus, T* YTTELTON BOARDING-HOUSE, I J. Cameron street, next Baring Square. Hie' Proprietor has much pleasure in calling attention to the. above establish- ‘where the travelling public will find 'tint-class accommodation at all times, with' civility and attention. Terras reasonable. , IX'LAZABUS, Proprietor. FOREST HOTEL. John Tisch, . Whorbsa again taken the hdtel at Alford Forstt, would be glad to receive a call ' from Ida old 1 friends and as many, new ..tamAM > can make it convenient to give ahxficin. ■■■'■■ . Gddd for horses. 1328 V. R. T [1 r o , ‘ 't* U R O H A S E R S : VOT 11 '."*' LANDS. |!;: J NEW - ZEALAND ' m LANDS GUIDE for 1884 ‘““Shilling. Apply, “GUARDIAN * OFFICE.



Business Notices. Licensing act, issi, on sale at Office of this Paper F. S. Shearer, OP 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. 590 d



I DANISH Seed Oats. THE Unde'rsigned has a full Stock of COLONIAL CLOTHING : DRAPERY FLANNELS, &o. Boots ana Shoes, Large Stock of Groceries and Oilmen’s Stores. SPECIAL VALUE IN CHOICE TEA FEED AND SEED OATS. FLOUR, BRAN, AND SHARPS. All at the lowest prices possible. Genu ine value and no make-believe or sham. Large discount, . and other inducements for cash. Families waited on weekly, or oftener if required. D. WILLIAMSON, East Street, Ashburton. 798



Relief prom cough in five MINUTES. Bonhington’s Peo- OxTMEi. t)P Cabeageen on Ibish Moss (Registered).—The moat certain and speedy remedy for disorders of the Chest and Lungs. May be obtained at most of the Storekeepers and Chemists throughout the Province. Sold everywhere.— Geobob Bonnington, Christchurch. yErEMNARY MEDICINES. Absorbent Blister, the only rational cure for Splints, Spavin; Curbed Hocks, Ringbone. Also a milder form for Strangles, thick ening of the Tendons, and Abscesses. Condition, Cough, Worm, Physic, and - Alterative Balls and Powders. Driffield White Oil for Galls, Green Wonnds, Sore Teats, eta Every description of Medicine for Horses, Cattle, Sheep and other animal? made to order. J. M. Cambridge, PHARMACEUTICAL OB b MIST, ASHBURTON, Formerly with Fkanois Copies, M.R.0.V.5., Diss, Norfolk England; Author of a prize essay on the “ Diseases of the Liver of the Horse,” as read before the Royal Agricultural Society. jgONE DUST, ' BONE DUST. We have much pleasure to inform our clients and others, that we have been ap pointed Sole Agents for the sale of Mr F. T. Mayo’s BONE DUST, for Canter bury, and we are prepared to supply same in quantities to suit purchasers. Bone Manure from bone meal to inch I bone. Bones purchased in any quantity for ' -j. lx, either at our Stores or at the Mill, ' Hampstead. For prices and particulars, apply to 3 FRIBDLANDER BROS., > General Merchants, 8 430 Ashburton. Reid and gra y’s Latest Improved Central Disc Harrow, At reduced prices. Nearly 600 in nse with new centre stay for seat, and balan cing purposes. Has one extra disc, or is six inches wider than those of all other makers for the same given size ; discs 16 or 18 inches diameter as desired. They hava three chilled bearing brackets in each wing of the 10 and 12 feet sizes, the •imported makes having only two. All oil holes are in the top, and it is the simplest, beat, and most durable disc har row in the market; and is row so well known that testimonials as to efficiency would be superfluous. Any size fitted with travelling carriage to pass through gates when so required. Carriage paid to the different Bailway Stations in accord ance with our catalogue. Cambridge Rollers at valued prices, serrated and plain, 20, 24, 26, and 30 inches in diameter, £and from 6 to 10 feet long. Broadcast sowers, for grain, grass and turnip seed. Farm and tip drays. Contractors’ tip road drays, etc. Single, double, and treble furrow ploughs. Drill , or ridging ploughs. Drill and field grub bers. Harrows, zig-zag and flexible tripod * harrows. Binding twine and wire, best quality. No. 8 fencing wire and standards, all sizes, punched to any guage. Note 1 reduction in prices. Double speed reapers, - £3O; Single speed reapers, £2B; etc., etc., etc. Reid & Gbay’s NEW ZEALAND TWINE BINDER At both the Oamaru and Taieri trials took , Gold Medals as best Reaper and Binder ’ in the field. Write for testimonials. ■ Illustrated catalogues free on application to any of our offices at Dunedin, Oamaru, Timaru, Invercargill, Ashburton, Christ church, and Auckland. ) ■ : : Rakaia. The New Zealand Loan Mercantile Agency Company are now representing ns in this district REID & GRAY



Business Notices. COACH FACTORY, Havelock btbbsx. Established 1876. Baker & Brown, CO AOH BUILDERS, &0., Manufacturers of all kinds of buggies and carriages of English or American • designs. > Workmanship Guaranteed. Buggies repaired, re-painted, re-trim med, etc. 196 A. Sievers, WINE MERCHANT, 148, High Sxeekt, CHRISTCHURCH, Agent for SOLER & 00., New Zealand Wine Manufacturers, Wanganui, fJIHESE WINES were sent to the Mel bourne Exhibition in 1881; when com peting with those from all parts of the world they obtained SIX FRIZES. They also obtained FIRST PRIZE MEDAL At the Christchurch Exhibition, 1882 ; At Ashburton, 1881; Andhaverecei . se* from all Judges FIRST AWARD OF MERI^ 12 1099 TO CHRISTCHURCH. * THE Cheapest Drapery SHOP IN CHRISTCHURCH is that one kept by LONARGAN AND LCNARGAN, CASHEL STREET, Opposite Press Office. Whatever you want you are sure *o GET THERE, and [at HALF what you would PAY elsewhere. IT WILL PAY YOU TO GO THERE. 3 44 DAN N ’ S Linseed Balsam Dann’s Linseed Balaam Dann’s Linseed Balsam Dann’s Linseed Balsam Dane’s Linseed Balsam ypHE marvellous cure for COUGHS, (X)LDS, BRONCHITIS, INFLUENZIA and AFFECTIONS OF THE CHEST, 1 THROAT AND LUNGS. Price —Is 6d and 2s 6d per bottle Dann’s Herbal Pills Dann’s Herbal Pills Dann’s Herbal Pills Dann’s Herbal Pills Datm’s Herbal Pills The family remedy for Stomach and Liver Complaints. Price—la 6d and 4s per box. Prepared by E. 0. DANN, Chemist, Christchurch. Ashburton Agent— UR NEATE, Chemist. Methven Agent MR MORGAN, Storekeeper. 8 201



Business Notices. MERCANTILE UNION INSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED. CAPITAL £250,000. Twenty Per Cent, of Profits Divided Annually among the Policy Holders. LOWEST RATES OF PREMIUM. STACKS, BARNS, AND AGRICULTURAL RISKS GENERALLY, on most Favorable Terms. Special Notice. —As this Company has been the means of Reducing Fire Premiums, Insurers will best consult their own interests by heartily ..supporting it, and so prevent a return to the Old Rates. Agents for Ashburton and District, ORR & CO. NTERBURY BRANCH. JIZ y.m Capital k. 1000.000 >559 Establish e T H E re :■> Lfzonmr sr PREMIER COLONIAL COMPANY. FIRE AND MARINE RISKS, ALSO RISKS ON GROWING CROPS ACCEPTED AT THE LOWEST CURRENT RATES, George Jameson. AGENT, ASHBURTON. 24 T HE WONDER OF THE WORLD. Herman’s WORLD-RENOWNED SHEEP WASH AND CELEBRATED VERMIN DESTROYER. This preparation is known throughout the civilised world to be far superior to any thing yet discovered for eradiotating tick, scab or lice on sheep, goats or cattle. It is sufficient to say that One Shilling Packet of the Powder dissolved in two buckets of water will wash Eighteen Sheep. This admits the most economial, as well as the simplest plan in the world for the cure and prevention of diseases incident to farm stock. By its use the farmer can secure the health of his stock at the rate of |d per head per annum. In all large Sheep Districts in Australia, South America, and Africa, no other pre paration is used. The vermin destroyer is also invaluable for the purpose of the Horticulturist; and it is moat extensively used by the Flower and Kitchen Gardener in Europe, America, and the British possessions in all parts of the Globe. One packet dissolved in two buckets of water will serve for over half an acre of ground and will effectually prevent blight and exclude all other garden pests. As a Vermin Killer it is an unrivalled specific. Its use will speedily exterminate all household pests, such as bugs, cockroaches, fleas on animals, moths in furs, and insects on birds-of all kinds, from the canary to the poultry. For this purpose simpl and plain directions are given on every packet. The powder can also be used in a dry state for the destruction of rata and mice. A little sprinkled on a slice of bread and batter, or a piece of meat or cheese is sought after greedily by those vermin, while the household pets such as oats and dogs will not touch it in any form, and are therefore perfectly safe. The above marvellous discovery has gained for Herman Bros, and do., London, the silver medal at the .ntercolonial Exhibition at Melbourne, 1866, besides numerous testimonials from Government officia and all the elite uf the medical faculty in Europe. HERMAN BROS. & CO. beg to announce that they have appointed CHARLES NEATE, Chemist and Druggist, East street, their sole Agent for Ashburton and vicinity, and from him thus preparation car. be obtained in parcels Price—One Shilling; or six packets for Five Shillings. Liberal reduction allowed to the trade. Manufactory—BEAUMONT SQUARE. MILE END ROAD, LONDON. 8 28 Crown iron Works, CHRISTCHURCH. PAINTED CORRIB ATED IRON—The cheapest Building Iron ever introduced it is 40 per cent, below Galvanised Corrugated, To be had in 6,6, and 7 feet lengths. This ' a s now being extensively used for Stabling, Outbuildings, and Fencing. Thomas Crompton, ARMAGH AND MANCHESTER STREETS, Christchurch 9 447



GRAND SHOW OF Drapery, Clothing, and Boots, AT T H E CHAMPION CORD BINDER WARDER, BUSHNELL AND GRESSNER, Manufacturers, Springfield, Ohio, and Chicago, Illinois,' The Champion Binder is a maclnne made for Hard Service, and upon this pre eminent fact the reputation of all Champion Machines is founded. The Cutting Ap paratus is acknowledge to be immeasurably superior to that on any other Harvester. The finger bar is of angle steel and the fingers of wrought iron. The Platfoi m Belt runs within half an inch of the knife, enabling the Champion to cut and convey the shortest crop in good manner. The Butter Belt employed on some machines is a rickety, rapidly running arrangement, and is superseded in the Champion by an iron Butts Packer, durable and effective. The Main Wheel is very high, has a broad tire, and the bearing in the centre is 16in long, is vastly superior to the main wheel of any other binder, and will run a dozen years, and not cant over or get loose and shaky. The Elavating Belts on other harvesters are nearly perpendicular, on the Champion, however, the angle is very slight, requiring much less power to elevate the grain, and it is not necessary to run the bolts so close together, the heads of the grain are not broken offer shelled out. These features are only found in the Cham pion, and every farmer will realise their importance. The Binding Mechanism is a combination of the best know systems, and is thoroughly perfected. The makers of the Champion control the Appleby parents, and all harvesters using this system pay them a royalty. The Champion contains other improvements too numerous to par ticularise, and must be seen to be appreciated. The Expensive Materials used in the Construction of this Harvester make it the Most Costly of any made, but it is decided to MAKE THE PRICE THE SAME AS THOSE ALREADY IN THE MARKET: SPECIAL TERMS Will be made to Farmers ordering for Next Season. For full particulars, apply to the SOLE AGENT, EDWARD REECE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL IRONMONGER, Colombo steekt, Omrisichdech, 6 1003



Business Notices amburg - Magdeburg fire INSURANCE COMPANY. Sub scribed capital, £3,000,000. Mr Stephen E. Poyntz has bean appointed agent for the above Company in Ashburton, and will be prepared: to accept irisks at lowest current rates. Prompt and liberal settle ments. James Hbndeksqn, 178, Hereford street, Christchurch, chief agent for Can terbury 1022 ACCOUNTS DUE to the under signed must be settled without further notice after the 26th INST., or legal pro ceedings will be taken. Philip Joumeaux, BLACKSMITH, &c., 502 ASHBURTON.



Business Notices. STOP THAT COUGH 1 DON’T DELAY.—How can yon stop it? Where is the Remedy. Bennington’s PECTORAL OXYMEL OF CARRA GEEN or IRISH MOSS (registered), can produce more evidence of real merit than any other article for the purpose. Sold everywhere. G Bonninoton, Christchurch. R E S S MAKING. UNDERCLOTHING, MISS KINGSBURY Begs to announce to her numerous patrons that she has removed to Tancred street, opposite Mr Chapman’s, painters, Ashburton List of Prices for making Dressesl—Chil dren’s, 2s 6d to 7s ; .Ladies', 6s to 12s 6d. Orders promptly attended to 3962 KENNEDY Miss CAMERON DRESSMAKERS, COMPTON’S BUILDINGS, Moore Street, Ashburton. Style and Fit Guaranteed. MRS HOOS, (Late of Melbourne), BESS AND MANTLE MAKER, (Corner of Tancred and Cass streets), Fit and Style Guaranteed, 3 396 An Apprentice Wanted. GENERAL MERCHANT. FOR Quality, Cheapness, and Fit in Men’s, Youths’, and Boys’ Clothing and Boots of all sorts, go to R. ALCORN’S Corner Shop (attached to the Grocery, Ironmongery, Glass, and China Ware houses, where you will get everything of the best quality and at the lowest possible prices. TEA is my speciality;—my 3s Tea is unequalled in Christchurch or Dunedin at the price, and unsurpassed at 3 500 Tancred street, Ashburton. Charges moderate. Robert Alcorn, any price 589 d



ART UNION. ART UNION. Hayes & Co., R.EAD Y-MONE y drapers, WILL give a PRIZE to every unsuc cessful holder of Four Tickets in the late Art Union, and will call particular attention to the following goods at prices never heard of : 200 yards Welsh Flannel at 7£d per yard ; 700 pairs Blankets, 3s 9d each, or 7s 3d per pair; Rugs, Coverlets, and Quilts, at all prices, Sheetings Calicoes, and Plain Goods of every description; Large Turkish Bath Towels, Is 3d ; quan tity of Wool Squares, 6d each ; about 400 Hats, nice shapes, from 6d each ; Ladies* Kaiapoi Tweed Ulsters (girls’ do.), from 3s 9d ; about 1,000 Black Ostrich tips, 3 for Is ; a first-class Black Velveteen, at Is 6d ; Check and Plain Homespun Dress Tweeds, from 9d and Is per yard ; Esta mane Serges, in all colors, Is ; all wool French Cashmere, (Maroon, Navy, and Myrtle), 2s 6d wide width. A Large Assortment of CLOTHING. Kaiapoi, Mosgiel, and Geelong Tweed Trousers, 7s 9d ; Trousers and Vest, 10a 6d ; Full Tweed Suit, 24s 6d ; Gents’ Long Ulster Overcoats, from 2Js ; Oil skirts and Mackintoshes at lowest market prices; Tweed Shirts from 3s 6d; Crimean, Cotton, and Flax, at any prices. OUR BOOT STOCK is IMMENSE. Children’s Spring Sides from Is ; Maid’s do, from 3s 6d ; 100 pairs women’s Cash mere Boots, at 3s 6d. Colonial Boots, in Shooters, Watertights, Bluchers, and every other varisty, at prices that must please all. H. & Co. draw particular attention to their Boot Protectors—so little in use and of so great a Boon to every one. One packet, with illustration -showing how to use them, will be given to every purchaser of Boots to the amount of 10s. Observe the address—HAYES & CO.. Ready-Money Drapers. 1 214 Public Companies. Vr EW ZEALAND LOAN <Sr MER iM CANTILE AGENCY COMPANY (LIMITED). Capital, £3,000,000. Reserve, £210,000. 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. HOLDS PERIODICALS AUCTION SALES of Wool, Grain, Skins, Hides, Tallow, Live Stock, Land, etc, at its Salerooms, Warehouses and the Cen tral Markets. Special and Clearing Sales also conducted. 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 I 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, Christo!’trch, Ashbur ton and Rakaia. JOHN COOKE, Manager Christchurch GEO. WILKIN i. gent, Asnburto c. w . jitNE; 9 i -vaia. Scholastic. Monastery holy nah " of JESUS. SELECT SCHOOL, ASHBURTON. Conducted by the Religious of “ Notrb Dame des Missions. ” Terms : Board and Tuition ... £25 per annum Day Pupils £6 per annum Extras: Music £2 2s. per quarter Dr* ;ing and Painting £2 2s. per quaner Laundress’s Fee ... £1 Is. per quarter No extra charge for the ordinary Lessons in Drawing and Singing. Payments to le unde quarterly in ad vance, and one quarter’s notice to be given prior tc (ho withdrawal of any Boarder or Day Pupil. For further particulars apply to the Rev. Mother Prioress, or, in the mean time to Father Coffey. In connection with the Monastery there will be a Free School. 3 499



All who intend building, Are invited to CALL at the YARDS or J. T. BROWN, TIMBER AJ"> COAL MERCHANT Where they can be fully supplied with everything they require in TIMBER of all kinds, and every other line at Lowest Current Rates. SPECIAL LINES LANDING. FENCING WIRE, IRON, CEMENT. American Dressed Shelving; and other Timber, large assortment. Special at ion to Country Orders, and shipped direct tom siding. J. T. BROWN, Office : Tttam; stbket. Wholesale Depot: Railway Siding wmill, South Belt, Christchurch.



Baker Bros., QONTRACTORS, BUILDERS, AND UNDERTAKERS, Wakanui and Casa Strata, WHILE thanking the public for their liberal support, beg to intimate to their friends and customers that they have greatly enlarged their premises, and wish to notify that they are now in a position to do all kinds of worx—from building new to repairing carriages of all descrip tions. A large and choice stock always on hand, which their friends are invited to inspect. All work is under the super vision of Messrs Elz Bros, themselves. Charges strictly moderate. Note the Address— WILLS STREET 'Next Cookson’s Stables), Ashburton. 395 e JgNCOURAGE FLORICULTURE. Abbott and Baynel NURSERYMEN & FLORISTS, A Large and varied stock of Greenhouse Plants and Ferns, &c. , at Million prices ; also, Cut Flowers. HAND & TABLE BOL'QUETS Made up on the shortest notice—at which will defy competition. Note the Address— MILL RACE ROAD, > Fkiedlandeiih’ Brick Kiln P O R SALE, Binding Twine. Customers are requested to send in Orders as supply is limited. CRUSHED OATS, 2s per bushel. CHAP BRAN, POTATOES, c. Ashburton? 167 Messrs Elz Bros Have for Sale- JOSEPH CLARK 12 1158 B h



0. V.fTsnH^ CANTERBURY FLOUR MILLS. ASHBURTON. NOTICE' m Farmers and others rpHE BUSINESS OF THE ABOVE MILLS will for the future be Managed on my behalf by my Son, Mi. C. HARCOURT TUKNEF ABD Mr. DAVID H. BROWN Who will be prepared to PURCHASE WHEAT of GOOD QUALITY at the HIGHEST MARKET BATES THE CANTERBURY MILLS have been RE-FITIED THROUGHOUT with all the recent MANUFACTURING IMPROVEMENT adopted in Continental Europe and in America, including the CHILLED IRON ROLLER SYSTEM The WHEAT CLEANING MACHINERY is not surpassed in New, Zealand, The quality of the LOUR from then MILLS should therefore command the the immediate attention of the Trade generally.



ONE EXPERIMENTAL ORDER from Bakers is invited, in perfect oonfi ' dsnce that it will be followed bjr regular demands for the Floor FARMERS’ GRISTS Will receive prompt and o&refo attention. WHEAT SPECIALLY CLEAN FOR FARMERS FOR Seed Purposes* For particulars apply at the UiH To Ms D. H. BROWN To Me 0. HARCOURT TURNER Offices, Saunders’s Buildings, Ashburton; Or to 0. W. TURNER, CASHEL STREET. Christchurch, N.B.— Mb Samobx. Saotjdbes, who the last two years has represented me Ashburton, retires from the appointmau ’ as from this date. Christchurch 11th Feb., I£B4