The Ashburton Guardian.

YOL. Y.—No. 1255

ASHBURTON, FRIDAY, MAY 16. 1884

[PRICE-ONE PENN V



Auctioneers, Commission Agents, Ac. Alfred Harrison, £ UOTIONEER* VALUER, COM MISSION- AGENT, At. Saties, Sales of Stock, Merchandise, Ihurnifcureand Effects, Pigs, Poultry, and General Produce. jVSEKLY SALE every SATURDAY, at H o'clock sharp, commencing in the • i Yards with HORSES. SALES. IN THE ROOMS, AS required. Town and Farm Properties entered on ihebcok*. No charge unless boIA TETto NORWICH UNION frURE INSURANCE COMPANY. Bvetydasa of RlakAtaken at lowestrates. AT.TrR.~Bm HARRISON. Nnmyoi; Civil Engineers, Ac. a 3t; JROOKTS : AND SONS, ‘ Architects, dm SaofrntEßs, Val*taxobb, Ltomram - Luro Bbokbbs, _ iIE TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAD, : 1 ' AsfiaOBVOW. Shipping. OiftORTKST. ANDMOST DIRECT Oi -ROUTE TOO GREAT , BRITAIN. AND EUROPE, THROUGH AMERICA AND/vJ*SANDWICH ISLANDS Psdfio Mul Steamship Company (ntfSeroontract ■> withthe .Nc w Zealand attA>N(pe49entfa Wale* Governments) will dssbitfflrthn undermentioned steamers as ,:i - - ptoU.pr.Paiiß at a -through rate, thus sectoring; special- advantages. ■ For rates ofPreighti and Passage, and u» .ftuß. information, apply to t > 1 - WILSON, SAWTBLL & 0., Agents, % CShtJatchißroli. Bufliaoss Nbtittoa. OP REMOVAL 1 HARVEY, ’ BOOT and SHOE MAKEBj haS REMOVED from Tailored straotto 'tfe- shop in East street/ '-lately ’by 'Nfealas and Cor Repairs aeSt&executed. ■ -i 8 415 IB AND iiARJNK iOB COMPANY. .. .With " Unlimited; liability of . a large ;COLONIAL,PROPRIETARY. . jiPixot andiMarine Insuranceseffected at Idwset tariff-rates—lesa 25 per oezit. ~ ; - J ALBERT ROBERTS, Agent,’ ' 1391 WeSt’street, Ajshbnrton.



Storeyolir Mnl undersigned haring Leased from >■; Mr SI Bollock that very ccicn-.0-fttbSiT fttbSiT GRAIN STORE in West tyi3rW Receive grain if anykind of Produce, and STORE the Very LOWEST BATE. fcb :T. H. ZOUCH.



as; UNDERSIGNED ABE . CASH-BUVERS ' " ' WHEAT 7 OATS* BARLEY - a-. . EYE GRASS . Agsnta lor Mooxx & 00., Christchurch, Havelock stcaat.



Business Notices. Licensing act, issi, on Sale at OfSce of this Paper F. S. Shearer, OP THB May bank works, tinwald, begs to thank the public for theiz 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, iXD Vwebmkart Shoeing Forge, Having secured the services of a first-class Shoeing South, defy competition. All Orders, entrusted to their care will receive proinpt attention at reasonable charges. : Agents for McCormick’s Reapers and Binders. Note the Address— * Great South boas, Tihwaux s9od



DANISH Seed Oats. THE Undersigned has a fall Stock of COLONIAL CLOTHING DRAPERY FLANNELS, &o. Boots and Shoes, Large Stock of Groceries and Oilmen’s Stores. SPECIAL VALUE IN CHOICE TEA FEED ANd’IjEED OATS. 1 'J'pLOU Rj• BBANrAND sharps. • All at the lowest -prices Genu ine value and no make-belieye or sham. Large discount,- and ; . other inducements for cash. Families waited on weekly, or oftenernf required. D. WILLIAMSON, i E'isx Stkebt, Ashbubton. 798 ;



Eelteffrom cough in five ' MINUTES. Bqwninoxon’s Peo jrbhiL ov Cabbaqben oh Irish ;MpsS (Registered).—Themost certain and Speedy remedy for disorders of the Chest afid Lungs. ‘May be obtained at most of. the Storekeepers and Chemists throughout fthe Province. Sold everywhere. —-Geoege Bonnington, Christchurch. TBRINA RT MEDICINES. Absorbent Blister, the only rational cure for Splints, Spavin, Curbed Hodks, Ringbone. Also a’milder form for Strangles, thick ening of the Tendons, and Abscesses. , j Condition, Cough, Worm, Physic, and;| Alterative Balls and Powders. Driffield White Oil for Galls, Green Wpnnds, Sore Teats, pto. i . Every, description of Medicine for .Horses, Cattle, Sheepmidother.RnimaJp made to order. JV M. Cambridge, PHARMACEUTICAL CBUMIST, ASHBURTON, Formerly with Fbanois Opwss, M.R.0.Y.5., Dias, 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 ,]ieen 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. Bpne Manure from bone meal to inch bone. Bones purchased in any quantit for either at our Stores or at the Mill, : .Hampstead. For prices and particulars, Apply to FRIBDLANDER BROS., General Merchants, 8 430 Ashburton. -r —— : g P E O I A L TERMS will be allowed to PURCHASERS OF PIANOS FROM £6O UPWARDS 808 THE next’ two months, in consequence of being largely overstocked. 200 PIANOS TO SELECT PROM BY VABIOCS MAKERS, including all the principal and Continent tal manufacturers. Brinsmead and Sons, Erard, Collard and Collard, Broadwood, Lipp and Sohn, Playel, Bord, the Leipziger model, Dres den model and many others. Milner & Thompson Ashburton. *4l H. M. JONES, Agent. Conveyances. TINWALD AND MOUNT OMERS 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 v attended to. Single fares, 9a; return, 3a. Ca IOHN HOOD



jJWW ■-*O4- Government Notice, if M. JWB R. ’trust nfOTPiniT s „ MI .- ;,QF NEW ZEALAND. , .‘yji| r»;« j i .>-. . ■■• to the provisions of if ef&ahlishing this Office, and to .vantages placed thereby, within easy of’every coloniiy;., {Subject to' such i,tbe State offers to every per* isi', ’ 1 • ■ f —Ahoni to inafce hia or her Will or ■Xntandingrto provide for Wife and * * 1 other*-by. deed of Settlement. prppetty by way ,of Mar -Jtt» "t'ii'f - -i-' ;'1 ig .tp; renounce the Trusts of , ving.Been appointed Executor or the, .same. acted as Executor ter, wishing to be relieved 01 ,of Trustee hip or Adminis option.of UfluJg the State ma- absolute guarantee funds by Land, peculation, omation , may be obtained [liylfijj'AtjlCd nder lssan, A'oant atrOliriatnhiimlt. Bi OrttUMBBTON, IttPj fHtblto “ iWwftirkf f 1 tij* ■ sf.'ii ■‘ * j s7\ I J. rii-J* t '



Business Notices. MERCANTILE UNION INSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED CAPITAL £250,000. Twenty Per Cent, of Profit* Divided Annually among thefPollcy 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.



CANTERBURY B pimfiM m s* Established 1859 .v/rso UffßfLtrr of Sttff, FJI H B PREMI E R COLON] FIRE AND MARINE RISKS, ALSO I CROPS ACCEPTED AT THE LOWEST George James : AGENT, ASHBURTOE rjVHB WONDER OF T Herman’s WORLD-RENOWNED SHEEP WASH AND DESTROYER. This preparation is known throughout the civilised thing yet discovered for eradicating tick, scab, or lice It is sufficient to say that One Shilling Packet of buckets of water will wash Eighteen Sheep. This adm as the simplest plan in the world for the cure and pre\ farfn stock. By its use the farmer can secure the heal per head per annum. la all large Sheep Districts in Australia, South Amei paration is used. The vermin destroyer is also inval Horticulturist; and it is most extensively used by the in Europe, America, and the British possessions in packet dissolved in two buckets of water will serve for will effectually prevent blight and exclude all other gai As a Vermin Killer it is an unrivalled specific. It all household pests, such as bugs, cockroaches, fleas o inaonfa An Kiwlm nf all Irin/fa fi»Am f.Vi a nonai*tr



F. G. THOMAS, Surgeon Dentist, will VISIT Ashburton every month, and may be consulted at Quill’s Hotel. 1065 <a -3-1 Reid an d gr a y*s Latest Improved Central Disc Harrow, At reduced prices. Nearly 600 in use 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 have 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, best, and most durable disc har row in the market; arid is now so well known that testimonials as to efficiency would be superfluous. An, size fitted with travelling carriage to pass through gates when so required. Carriage paid to the different Railway Stations in accord ance with our catalogue. Cambridge Rollers at valued prices, serrated and plain, 20, 24, 26, and 30 inches in diameter, from 6 to.lo 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 qua’/ty.. No. 8 fencing wire and standards, all sizes, punched to any guage. Note reduction in prices. Double speed reapers, £3O; Single speed reapers, £2B ; etc., etc., etc. Reid & Gbat’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 tentuao.riais. Illustrated catalogues free on application to any of our offices at Dunedin, Oamaru, Timaru, Invercargill, Ashburton, Christ church, and Auckland. Bakaia. The New Zealand Loan Mercantile Agency Company are now representing us in this' district REID & GRAY



MR LAURENCE OXLEY has been Appointed Agent for the Ashbur on Guardian at South Rakaia. Agricult ural machine shop. Charles Ray, WAKANUI ROAD, ASHBURTON, Engineer, Millwright, Reaper and Binder Expert. All kinds of Machinery repaired with despatch, and on reasonable terms. Ex tras of all kinds; orders taken for the latest improved reapers and binders, and the best twine. Sewing machines re paired. 10 800 FOREST HOTEL. John Tlsch, 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 IP. Good accommodation for horses. 1328 D. Lazarus, Lyttelton boarding-house, Cameron street, next Baring Square. The Proprietor has much pleasure in calling attention to the above establish ment, where the travelling public will find first-class accommodation at all times, with civility and attention. Terms reasonable. 383 D. LAZARUS, Proprietor. V. R. T O PURCHASERS OF CROWN LANDS. FOR SALE—The NEW ZEALAND CROWN LANDS GUIDE for 1884. Price, Jne Shilling. Apply, “GUARDIAN” OFFICE.



Business Notices. Ashburton coach factory, Havelock street. Established 1876. Baker & Brown, , COACHBUTLDERS . Manufacturers of al i .... „ and carriages of English or American designs. Workmanship Guaranteed. Buggies repaired, med, etc. ' re-painted, re-trim -196 A. Sievers, WINE MERCHANT, 148, High Street, CHRISTCHURCH, Agent; for SOBER & CO., New Zealand Wine Manufacturers, Wanganui. rjIHESE WINES were sent to the Mel bourne Exhibition in 1881; when com peting with those from all parts of the world they obtained SIX PRIZES. They also obtained FIRST PRIZE MEDAL At the Christchurch Exhibition, 1882 ; At Ashburton, 1881; And have recei. id from all Judges FIRST AWARD OF MBRI' r 12 1099



Business Notices Hamburg - Magdeburg fire INSURANCE COMPANY. Sub scribed capital, £3,000,000. Mr Stephen E. Pot'ntz has been appointed agent for the above Company in Ashburton, and will be prepared to accept risks at lowest current rates. Prompt and liberal settle ments. James Henderson, 178, Hereford street, Christchurch, chief agent for Can terbury 1022 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, &<?., 502 , ASHBURTON. ART UNION. ART UNION. Hayes ■& Co., Iready-money 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, ajtd Plain Goods of every description; 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 3p 9d ; about 1,000 Black Ostrich tips, 3 ( far Is ; a first-class Black Velveteen, at Is 6d ; Check and Plain Homespun Dress ] Ty’weeds, from 9d and Is per yard ; Esta mane Serges, in all colors, Is ; all wool i French Cashmere, (Maroon, Navy, and Myrtle), 2s 6d wide width. ,



j A Large Assortment of i CLOTHING. ; Kaiapoi, Mosgiel, and Geelong Tweed Trousers, 7a 9d ; Trousers and Vest, 10s 6d ; Full Tweed Suit, 24s 6d ; Gents' Long,Ulster Overcoats, from 2ds ; 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 variety, 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. AJEW ZEALAND LOAN & MEeT IX GANTILE 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 xN CANTERBURY FOR— Ruston Proctor and Co.’s celebrated Com bined Threshing Machines and Engines, acknowledged to bp 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, Ashbur ton and Rakaia. * JOHN COOKE, Manage* Christchurch GEO. WILKIN i. gent, / snburto 0. W JrCNF: r- I J rsaia. Scholastic. Monastery holy nav’ 51 . of .JESUS. SELECT SCHOOL, ASHBURTON, Conducted by the Religious op “ Notre Dame des Missions.” Terms : Board and Tuition ... £25 per annum Day Pupils .... ... £6 per annum Extras: Md’uc ... £2 2s. per quarter Dn. ?ing and Painting £2 2s. per quarter Laundress’s Fee ... £1 Is. per quarter No extra charge for the ordinary Lessons in Drawing and Singing. Payments to be made quarterly in ad vance, and one quarter’s notice to be given prior tc the 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. s 499



TO CHRISTCHURCH. THE Cheapest Drapery SHOP IN CHRISTCHURCH is that one kept by LONARGAN AND LONARGAN, CASHEL STREET, Opposite Press Office. Whatever you want you are sure to GET THERE, and ’at HALF what you would PAY elsewhere. IT WILL PAY YOU TO GO THERE. 3442 DANN * S ' Liinseed Balsam Dann’s Linseed Balsam Dann’s Linseed Balsam Dann’s Linseed Balsam Dann’s Linseed Balsam fJpHE marvellous cure for COUGHS, COLDS, BRONCHITIS, INFLUENZIA and AFFECTIONS OF THE CHEST, THROAT AND LUNGS, Price—ls 6d and 2s 6d per bottle Dann’s Herbal Pills Dann’s Serial Pills Dann’s Herbal Pills Dann’s Herbal Pil ; s Darn’s Herbal Pills The family remedy for Stomach and Liver Complaints. Price—la fid and 4a per box. Prepared by E, C. DAN N, Chemist, Christchurch. Ashburton Agent— MR NBATB, Chemist. Methven Agent MR MORGAN, Storekeeper. 8 201



iO. W-ITnnier. r i 8 ), t CANTERBURY FLOUR MILLS. ASHBURTON. NOTICE^ TO Farmers and others rjIHE BUSINESS OF THE ABOVE MILLS will for the future be Managed on my behalf by my Son, Me. C. HARGOURT TURNER AND j Mr. DAVID H. BROWN Who will be prepared to .PURCHASE WHEAT of GOOD QUALITY at the HIGHEST MARKET RATES 1 - f THE CANTERBURY MlLLShave besfc RE-FITTED THROUGUtpiT with all the recent MANUFACTURING IMPROVBMHNI adopted in Continental Europe and in America, including the CHILLED IRON ROLLER SYSTEM^ The '• ; WHEAT CLEANING MACHINERY is not.surpassed in New Zealand.-



Business Notices. STOP THAT COUGH 1 PON’T DELAY.—How can you stop it ? Where is the Remedy. Bennington’s PKCTORAL 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 Bonnington, ; Christchurch. Dressmaking. 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 Dresses—Chil dren’s, 2s 6d to 7s ; Ladies', 6s to 12s 6d. Orders promptly attended to. 3962 KENNEDY A.Miss CAMERON DRESSMAKERS, COMPTON’S BUILDINGS, Moore Street, Ashburton. • SxyiE and Fit Guaranteed. MRS HOOS, (Late of Melbourne), T\RESS AND MANTLE MAKER, Tancred street, (Corner of Tancred and Cass streets), Ashburton. Fit and Style Guaranteed, Charges moderate, 3 396 An Apprentice Wanted. Robert Alcorn, 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 specialitymy So Tea is unequalled in Christchurch or Dunedin at the price, and unsurpassed at any price 689 d ALL who INTEND BUILDING, Are invited to CALL at the YARDS OF J. T. BROWN, TIMBER 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 WISE, IRON, CEMENT. American Dressed and other Timber, large assortment. Special at ion to Country Orders, and shipped direct rom siding. J. T. BROWN. Office : Tuam street. Wholesale Depot: Railway Siding wmill, South Belt, Christchurch, 1 n a <



Baker Bros., QONTRACTORS, BUILDERS, AND UNDERTAKERS, • Wakanui and Uasa Str*»«*a, Ashburton. 167 Messrs Elz Bros., 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 wor-r-—from building now to repairing carriages of all descrip tions. A large and choice stoqjr always on hand, which their friends are invited to inspect. All work is under the super vision of Messrs Els Bros, themselves. Charges strictly moderate. Note the Address— WILLS STREET ''Next Oookson’a Stables), Ashburton. 395 e JjTNCOURAGE FLORICULTURE. Abbott and Baynel NURSERYMEN & FLORISTS, Have for Sale— A Large and varied stock of Greenhouse Plants and Ferns, &0., at Million prices j also, Cut Flowers. HAND & TABLE BOUQUETS Made up on the shortest notice—at which will defy competition. Note the Address— MILL RACE ROAD, Bacv Fkibdlanders’ Brick Kixn F °' R S A L E. Binding Twine. Customers are requested to send in Orders as supply is limited. CRUSHED OATS, 2a per bushel. CHAP BRAN, POTATOES, &c. JOSEPH CLARK 12 1159 &sh Tinwald. j



The quality of the LOUR feom the** MILLS should therefore command the immediate of the Trade generally. ONE EXPERIMENTAL ORDER from Bakers is invited, in perfeeteonfl donee that it will be followed by-ragnlaa demands for the Float FARMERS’ GRISTS , Will reueive prompt and oarefu . attention. WH EAT SPECIALLY CLEAN . vo& FARMERS fob Seed Purposes. For particulars apply at the MiL ToMaD. H. BROWN To Mb C. HARCOURT TURNSB Offices, Saunders’s Buildings, Ashburton; Or to C. W. TURNER, OA&BeB STREET Christchurch. N.B, —Mb Samuel Saunders, who the last two years has represented me Ashburton, retires from the appointmen as from this date. Christchurch 11th Feb., 1884.