THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1886.

Printed and published daily, for Tbb Ali burton Guardian Company, limited.by Henry Vincent Sawtru, of Burnet Street, Ashburton, at the Company’s Ml lag House. West street, Ashburton' ThtttsUr* May ;&



Matson. Oox Sc Co* M ATSOS OOX (AND LIST OF CO. S Properties FOB SALS. 1 LONGBBAOH— -157 Acres First-Clans Land, thoroughly Improved; easy terms 1872 Acres First-Class Laud, could be subdivided ... 409 Acres best Land in district, all swamp landj WAKANUI — 658 Acres good Land in grass; good improvements 285 Acres fair Land, improved, 100 acres in grass, plenty o water 90 Acres first-class Land, good garden, 2.miles from Aabburton CHBKTSEY — 715 Acres fair Land, improved in grass well fenced, plenty of water 596 Acres first-class Farm, thoroughly improved 30 Acres splendid Land, all in grass, adjoining township $26 acres good Land, fenced and im proved. 500 acre Farm, between Chertsoy and Dromore, well watered, good build ings, now in stubble, part R.SI 27276 ALFORD FOREST— -242a Acres fair Land, 800 acres in grass, balance tussock, well fenced, plenty otwater 20- Acres bush Laud, R. S. 31134 4# Acres splendid Land, all in grass, good house, orchard- well fenced COALGATE— -500 Acres good Land, first-class bouse, orchard, large portion English grass r MATAURA— -2200 Acres first-class agricultural Land, Riverview Estate MOUNT HUTT— -2120 lores within 4 miles of Methven Railway Station MAYFIELD -44 Acres, well fenced, good grass Land; easy terms 1000 Acres fair Land, unimproved, R.S. 30748 and 30749 500 Acres fait Land, well fenced, R.S. •31919 *g4o acres Lend thoroughly improved, good house, large plantations, gar den, orchard and necessary out buildings. DUNSANDEL— [SOO Acres good sheep Land, thoroughly improved, plenty of water *O7 Acres tussock Land, 2 miles from Bankside, R.S. 32151 LIOB Acres fair Land, adjoining Tram way Reserve, R.S. 3205 and 32060 SB AFIELD — 242 Acres good Land, subdivided into 2 paddocks, fronting Beach 937 Acres, ring-fenced, good Land; low price, easy terms HINDS— SSO Acres in tussock, 6 miles from Rail way Station, plenty of water, R-S. 28829, 28867, 28868, 28828 sOO Acres, fenced, plenty of water, R.S. 27646, 27647, 27648, 27649 136 Acres, in tussock, near A. Moore and Co., B.S. 30809 100 Acres, fenced and improved, R.S, 27795 RANGITATA ISLAND -308 Acres first-class Lend, improve ments very good, all crop or grass 180 Acres very fair Land, fenced, school house on property, all in grass EALING -1090 Acres fair Land, ring-fenced, sub divided, plenty of water 265 Acres fair Land, all in Engsh grass and turnips, well fenced and watered 398 Acres fair Land, part improved, R.S. 32666 and 32593 837 Acres In tussock, very good Land, adjoining station, R. S. 32935 WESTEBFIELD— ISO Acres fenced and all in English grass adjacent to Railway, R.S. 26009 SHEPHERD’S BUSH— -100 Acres, good Land, 18 inches soil, to be let or sold WINS LOW - 887 Acres fair Land, some of it been broken up, R.S. 27882, 27883 ISO Acres, fair Land, some of it been broken up, R.S. 27884, 27885 RAKAIA SOUTH -58 Acres in tussock, good Land, R.S. 32114 RAKAIA NORTH— lores in tussock, plenty of water, R.S. 30073, 32289. 322810. 322811, 32384, 32385,32156, 33238 SHERWOOD— -800 Aeres good Land, all in English grass, securely fenced, plenty of water MARONAN— -338 Acres in tussock, R.S. 27929, 27930 MOUNT SOMERS— -00 Acres in tussock, R.S. 31469 DUKDAS— iB67 Acres good Land, plenty of water, splendid improvements, plantation, etc, all in grass BARRHILL— £BOB Acres first-class agricultural Land, well fenced, all in grass WAITAKI — 200 Acres splendid Land, Reclaimed swamp, good improvements LIMEHURST : 85 Acres good Land, fenced and sub- j divided, good improvements BASTCOTE— CJ3S Acres good Land, fenced and sub • divided, good improvements WINOHMORE— Acres 1 good Land, only one crop taken off, large stable and cottage ASHTON— -180 Acre# goed grazing Land, close to each. improved, would be let f MITCHAM— Acres first-class Land, late J. T. Brown’s, well fenced and watered, » all in grass or crop, magnificent feed, good improvements. Matsoil, Cox & Co„ BTBW



Friedlander Bros DISPOSAL OF BUSINESS. IMPORTANT PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. Friedlander Bros. beg to announce that they have disposed of their IRONMONGERY AND GROCERY BUSINESS TO MR. HENRY ZANDER who has now taken possession, and will conduct the same solely on his own ac count from this date. Selling Off! Selling Off!! Selling Off!!! I DRAPERY AND CLOTHING. 1 FRIEDLANDER BROS. have also resolved to dispose of their Drapery and Clothing Business, but as the stock in these Departments is much in excess they are determined to reduce it, and in order to do so everything will be re-marked at Astonishingly Low Prices. This | 8 a raj-g opportunity for Cash Buyers, an d one we feel confident the inhabitants of Ashburten and surround ing districts will take advan age of Oome prepared to buy ; we are prepared to sell, as NO REASONABLE OFFER WILL BE REFUSED—FOR CASH. THE DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT is still uuder the management of Miss GREEN, and dresses will be made up during the Sale at 9s fid, 10s fid and 14s fid. Style and Fit not to be surpassed. BOOTS. BOOTS. We keep only the BEST MAKE IN COLONIAL BOOTS, viz, “Lightband and Allan’s,” which are acknowledged to be the most durable boots manufactured in the colony, and our PRICES Will BEAR FAVORABLE COMPARISON WITH ANY HOUSE IN TOWN. Ashburton, May Ist, 1885.



Business Notices ASHBURTON TIMBER AND COAL YARDS, WEST STREET. Tucker and EestelL Joshua Tucker [John G. Rbsteil HAYING made very favorable arrange meats with proprietors of Sawmills in Southland, we are in a position to make special quotations to those about to build or to those who may require timber for any purposes whatever. Acting as we are entirely for the sawmiller, we can Sell at the Lowest Figure named, and therefore hope to continue to receive from Builders, Farmers and others a continuance of their esteemed orders. We have now arriving Large Stocks of well assorted lines, suitable for all require me , including— Rusticated Weather Boards Feather-edge do do J 8 x J-Weather Boards and Rough Lining T. and G. White Pino Lining and Flooring Also, A quantity of attens and Scantlings We have just received from Auckland, ex Pelican, an assortment of Kauri Tim ber from the Union Company’s Mills— -1 inch and it inch Shelving T, and G. Flooring and Lining Mouldings Architraves Skirtings These Timbers we keep stacked under cover, so that they are fit for immediate use, being clean, dry and thoroughly seasoned. We also beg to call attention to our other stocks, consisting of— Y.D.L. Timber Deal Hurdles Doors and Sashes Gates GALYANISED IRON, Lysaght’s “Orb” brand, the best imported Gal. Nails and Screws Lead in Sheet and Lead Washers Sheet Zinc Wire Nails and Staples Steel Fencing Wire Barbed Fencing Wire Having a piece of well-timbered land at Alford Forest, we can produce First class V POSTS RAILS and STAKES STRAINERS & SHEEP YARD RAILS and Sell at LOWEST PRICES Tucker and EestelL 4 493 JMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. McCallum & Co., TIMBttR AND IRON MERCHANTS, IMPORTERS, Respectfully beg to announce to the public of Ashburton and District, that they are NOW OPENING A BRANCH BUSINESS IN ASHBURTON, TIMBER YARD, EAST STREET, Opposite Bank of New Zealand, Offices and Stores adjoining Bank of New Zealand, and being DIRECT IMPORTERS & PRODUCERS Can offer SPECIAL ADVANTAGES To Purchasers of Building and Fencing Materials, etc., American Galvanised STEEL BvRBED W.RE, Very Cheap, STANDARDS, FENCING WIRE, STAPLES, And all requisites for Fencing purposes. Y.D.L. TIMBER POSTS, L PALINGS, HURDLES & E FENCING MATERIALS At Specially Low Prices. Standards are Punched to any required guage by the Automatic Feed Gear Stan dard Pnncher recently patented by us We land the iron direct from the manu, facturers, and can therefore offer our cus tomers materials of first-class quality at a r price. VSB'lPor price lists for all material please >ly to — McOALLUM & CO., CIMBER & IRON MERCHANTS, SH & DOOK MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, Of all descriptions of building Material, general IRONMONGERY, PAINTS, OILS, AND COLOR Large and complete Stock of Tasmanian Hardwood Palings and Posts Galvanised Corrugated Roofing Iron Portland Cement Baltic Deals, American Clear Pine, and Shelving Galvanised Steel-Barbed Wire, 4-pronged, Amoricftn Fencing Wire, 6 to 9, annealed and oiled Helmet, Rylanda and other brands Wire Nails, Galvanised Roofing Nails Wrought Nails, etc. Sheet Lead, Sheet Zinc, Ridging, Spout ing, etc. American Jlear Pine Doors Register Grates, and all kinds Builders and General Ironmongery and Brassware White and Red Leads, Liquid Paints and Colors Law and Boiled Linseed Oils Always on hand, large and complete stocks of Kauri, Red, White, and Black Pines, Architraves, Mould ings, Skirtings, Doors, Sashes, etc. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR WHOLESALE SUPPLIES OF TIMBER FROM! OUR SOUTHLAND MILLS. Lgenta for Benhar Stoneware Glazed Pipe Factory, Stirling, a Importers of the celebrated EEL IT BRAND Steel Oval Fencing Wire, McOALLUM AND CO., shburtoo, Oamaru and Invercargill, h Mills— Seaward Bush and One-Tree Point, Southland. JOHN ORAWSHAW, Ig Branch Manager.



Public Companies. rUTUAL FIRE INbURANCK. O Q Lowest Kates of Premiudi. Insurers Share Profits without sny Liability whatever. rHEI AUSTRALIAN MERCANTILE UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. Capital £250,00Qj With power to increase. Twenty per cent, of the profits divideV annually amongst the policy holders. Directors; John Blyth, Esq., of Messrs Jehn Blyth and Co., President Alfred Shaw, Esq., ‘of Messrs A. Shaw and Co., Vice-President Joseph Webster, Esq., of Messrs Joseph Webster and Co. Robert Reid, Esq., of Messrs Warn* and Raid Stanford Chapman, Esq., of Messrs Vir goo, Son and Chapman- List of Shareholders; John Blyth, Esq.. J.P., of John Blyth and Co., merchants, Melbourne Alfred Shaw, Esq., Wm. Hughes, Esq., Matthew Gill, Esq., of A. Shaw and Co., importers, Melbourne, Brisbane, etc. Garin Shaw, Esq., J.P., merchant, Mer bourne W. McLean, Esq., O. McLean, Esq., ot McLean Bros, and Rigg, Iron mer chants, etc., Melbourne A. Currie, Esq., of A. Currie and Oe. merchants and shipowners P. S. Roberta, Esq., Henry Meets, Esq. of Briscoe and Co., Iron merchants! Melbourne, Sydney, etc. G. Whittingham, Esq., J. Whittingham, Esq., merchants and millowners, Melbourne ® Edward Duckett. Esq., wholesale Iron monger, Melbourne W, F. Moffatt, Esq., Wm. Peacock, Esq., of Robertson and Moffatt, drapers, > Melbourne 3» Joseph Webster, Esq., of Joseph Webster and Go., Melbourne J. S. Peterson, Esq., John Whiting, Esq,, of Wm. Peterson and Oo.,taa mer chants, Melbourne James Dodgshun, Esq., Mayor elect Melbourne Joseph Dodgshun, Esq., of James Dodg shun and Co., warehousemen Robert Reid, Esq., of Warne and Reid, warehousemen James McDougall, Esq., D. MoDongall, Esq., of Messrs Sands and MoDou gall, wholesale stationers A. Rowan, Esq., J.P., of De Oastella and Rowan, wine growers William Brooks, Esq., Melbourne Paper Mills John Thompson, Esq., of Kilpatrick and Co., jewellers, etc. Hon. James Service, James Ormond, Esq. of James Service and Co., merchants Melbourne. Thomas Swallow, Esq', J.P., F.T, Dor ham, Esq., of Swallow anq Arlell, biscuit manufacturers, Melbourne, mes Miller, Esp of James Miller and Oo jute manufacturers, Ed, Baines,Esq.,wholesale, Ironmonger, Melbourne J. A. Davies, Esd., miller,Richmonb Wm. Dean, Esq.,of Wm.Deanand Oe., oil and colour merchants. F. 0 Lange, Esq., of Lange and Thone man, merchants D. Beath, Esq., of Beath, Sohless and Co., warehousemen and manufac turers ® O. Smith,Esq., J.P., J. A, Fielding, Esq., of Smith, Winn and Fielding, malt sters and merchants Thos. Alston, Esq., J.P., of Alston and Brown, drapers €> 3. Moore, Esq., J. Christie, Esq., F. J. Spinks, Esq., of Moore, Christie, and Spinks, merchants, Melbourne Qeo, Robertson, Esq., publisher, Mel bourne Sydney, etc. d Goo. Ramsden, Esq., miller, Melbourne H. N. Alcock, Esq., J.P., of Alcook and 00., billiard table manufacturers John Lorimer, Esq., W. Graham, Esq., ef „ Connell, Hogarth, and 00., mar ■ 4 chants, Melbourne Q. H. Traill, Esq., manager Oriental Bank Hastings Cunningham, Esq., John K. iSmyth, Esq., of Australian Mort gage and Agency Company, limited P. Nettleton, Esq., J.P., wool merchant A. Nowell, Esq., of Newell and Co., mer chants B. Chapman, Esq. of Vlrgoe, Son ani Chapman, merchants. F. Throsaell, Esq., of Throssell and Tan kard, maltsters A. and B. Ooughey, wine merchants, Melbourne J. A. Kitchen, Esq., of J. Kitchen and Sons, candle manufacturers 4 R, T. Blackwell, Esq. of Brooks, Robin son and 00,, glass, oil, and color merchants F. J. Sargood. Esq., H. Butler, Esq., ot Sargood Butler and Nicholl, ware housemen, Melbourne and New Zea land J, Paterson, Esq., J. R, Lalng, Esq., John M. Bruce, Esq,, of Paterson, Laing, and Bruce, warehousemen, Melbourne O. Fenwick, Esq., J.P., of Fenwick Bros. warehousemen W. K. Thomson, Esq., J.P., S. Renwlck, Esq., of James McEwan end Co. iron merchants, Melbourne. Davies and Campbell, solicitors, Mel bourne *£ R. Harper, Esq., of R. Harper and Co,, spice merchants and millers 0. R. Parsons, E-:q., Melbourne agent _? South British Insurance Company James Thomson, Esq., shipowner, Mel bourne F. E. White, E?q., of A. Shaw and Co .9 merchants, Brisbane 3 W. G. Stephens, Esq., of Stephens anc Watts, drapers A. Parker, Esq., of R. Goldsbrough and Co., Limited W. E. Adcock, Esq., of Adcock, Eros., merchants Hon. J. ti. Francis, 0.M.G., of Franck and McPherson Charles Campbell, Esq., of 0. Campbell and Co., lime and cement merchants John L. Roberts, Esq., director City ol Melbourne Bank A. B. Robinson, Esq,, commercial editoi of the Age J. B. Simmons, Esq., commercial editor ol the Telegraph f Wiseman Brothers, woollen warehouse- A. Jack, Esq., of A. Jaok and Co., whole sale stationer-' H. J. Langdon, Esq. % J.P , o! H. J Langdon and Co., dryaallers (, D, T. Russell, Esq., manager Melbourne Exchange Hugh McNeill. Esq., of Briscoe and Co. Dunedin ©.Forrester, Esq., Victoria Sugar Con. pany John Binnie, Esq., of George Webstei and Co., merchants Ac., <fec., &o. Christchurch Board of Directors: William I’ratt, Esq., Chai man Henry Thomson, >• sq., M.H.R. William S rarii,;e, Esq John Frith i: belts, E.-,q, H. Hobday '-mj, J.' iVIrVKY B MUD, -rr New Zealand Offices: Hereford uri-nt West, Adjoining Union Bank. Insurances again^ ! tire effected on almost every (loser: i tion of property. All Losses promptly .-eUled m Christ church. Aarenta for Ashburton s. n d District; ORR A U&



Business Notice. ENGLAND Jan. 1885. JUST PUBLISHED. STEWART DAWSON AND GO.'S NEW ILLUSTRATED WATCH PAMPHLET. 60 Pages Cr, 4to ! 200 Illustrations I The most important, the most interesting, and the best Illustrated Book ever issued in England on the ENGLISH LEVAR, STEWART DAWSON AND CO„ f Liverpool, have much pleasure in placing fore their thousands of Colonial Customers and the Colonial Public generally, their new Watch Pamphlet, feeling confident that a perusal of it will highly interest every intend ing watch buyer. In the same you will find STEWART DAWSON & CO.’S System of Business versus Trade Opposition, Jealousy, Vindictive Mendacity, and Imitation, shown up in their true sense. STEWART DAWSON & CO. need hardly remind the public that it is the prero gative of those who arc hurt to cry out, and S. D. & Co. are neither surprised or disturbed at the medley of discordant cries that their system of business has evok'd among watch dealers on all sides. These are only the evi dences of the reforms that STEWART DAWSON & CO. have efiected since they inaugurated their system of selling their cele brated watches direct from their Manufactory to the public at half Colonial prices. STEWART DAWSON A CO.’S NEW ILLUSTRATED WATCH PAMPHLET Also contains a brief history of the English Lever, its invention and development into the unrivalled watch as manufactured by them, together with a concise outline of S. D. & Co.’s Factory Organisation and Methods of Production. It also contains hundreds a Australian and New Zealand Testimonials from every part of the Colonies, together with Colonial and British Press Notices, and many pages of the most wonderful and interesting British Testmonials ever testified in favor of any article or commodity. jC 1,000 REWARD Offered t« anyone who can point out in any of our pamphlets a testimonial that is not genu ine, or one that has been solicited. DON T FAIL TO READ IN OUR NEW ILLUSTRAEED WATCH PAMPHLET j How it is done, and how we have distanced all competition, and left our rivals bewildered at , the rapidity of our progress, and utterly as tounded at the merits and value of our watches and, still more, indignantly astounded at the miraculous prices at which we sell them. You will also find full particulars at J of all our celebrated watches, and many hours’ reading, of highly entertaining nformation ; together with a MOST INTERESTING EbSAY by a Customer, on the Value and Quality of STEWART DAWSON & CO.’S High Class English Watches, and the System I of Business originated and carried out by them throughout Eugland, Ireland, S the Australian C ;> NOTICE! NOTICE!! Every intending watch buyer should write at once for a copy of our Magnificent New Watch Pamphlet, in order to secure the same, and be ’ in time, as only a limited number of this edi tion has been sent, and these, it is expected, I will soon be all sent out. The published price • of the book is is per copy, but to intending customeis we will send it gratis for 4<i in , stamps, the cost of its postage only. See Illustrations and full particula the j Mechanism of all the following Unrivalled Watches : , STEWART DAWSON & CO. S , Six Guinea English Levers, in open-face Cry stal Front, sold direct for L 3 103, most won derful value. STEWART DAWSON & CO.’S Renowned Ly 10s English Hunting Levers ■ sold direct for L 3 15s. 50,000 of these in wear in the Colonies, with satisfaction unequalled. I STEWART DAWSON & CO.’S Highest quality Eight Guinea English Hunt* ing Levers, with f.ree pairs extra jewels, and ■ real chronometer balance. Price, L 4 15s, ' never approached STtWART DAWSON & CO.’S ' Magnificent Keyless English Levers. For full ‘ particulars, with directions for winding and setting hands, see new pamphlets. STEWART DAWSON & CO.’S ‘ Superb English Silver Chronograph Levers. Crystal front, L$ 15s; Hunter, L 6 15s; the • handsomest watch ever made. Just half Colo nial prices. • SEE OUR NEW MODEL WATCH, The official English Keyless Railway Lever, 1 as supplied to the leading English and Indian Government State railways. Price, L 6 10s, I never equalled at any price. Every railway employee in New Zealand should see particu . lars ot this watch in our new pamphlet, r STEWART DAWSON & CO.’S Ladies and Gents Sterling Silver Defiance [ Watches, open face, Li 7s 6d; hunter, Li , 15s; perfect timekeepers. Not half Colonial . prices STEWART DAWSON & CO.’S ( Ladies’ English Levers, open face, L 3 10s Hunters, L 3 15s; positively worth Ly 7s. J TEW ART DAWSON & CO.’S Ladies’ highest quality English Gold Levers, all 18 carac cases, L 8 10s ; Hunters, Lli los, worth Ll2 10s and Ll 7 10s. STEWART DAWSON & CO.’S ! Gentlemen’s English Gold Levers, open lace, 1 and hunters, all fully illustrated in their new watch pamphlet, Ll2 10s, Ll 5 10s and LlB 1 os, worth from Ll 7 los to L3O; comparison invited. STEWART DAWSON & CO.’S Magnificent English Gold Paragon Chrono graph Levers, see pamphlet. 100 Watch Illustrations to select from, ALBERTS—New designs, gold and sterl ing silver, ladies’ and gents’, all illustrated and at one-half Colonial prices; sterling silver; Government Hall marked alberts, 9s fid, 13s fid and 15s 61, worth 21s. See also our new speciality in Gemlemen’s Sterling Silver Double Alberts—“ The Hartington ” and “ The Salisbury ” —Li $s each, worth L2 2s, The handsomest albert ever made. These are new registered designs, and wear from pocket to pocket, with drop piece in centre, INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORDERING WATCHES. Ashburton Guardian. Cut this Square out, and forward it with P.O. Order, payable to S.D. and Co., Dunedin, with 2s fid added to pay post and registration, or send cash in registered letter; and we guarantee to forward watch on a week’s free trial, and conditions as stated in pamphlet, by first post. (Signed) Stewart Dawson & Co. Note—All Letters and Orders to be addressed STEWART DAWSON & GO. 34, PRINCES ST., DUNEDIN. Write at once for a copy of our Splendid New Illustrated Watch Pamphlet, and read what your neighbors say of our watches, and also learn what can be done by organisation, enterprise, capital, perseverance and honorable si raighlfonvard dealings. We will forward you a copy per return post free, for 4d in stamps, the cost of postage only. Other Colonial Branches:— 195, Queen street ... Auckland 390, George street... Sydney 3, Collins street... West Melbourne MANUFACTORY: LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND



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MedicaL AN OLD ESTABLISHED AND . POPULAR MEDICINE. Baxter'* Lang Preserver has been es tablished over a quarter of a century, and patronised by all ranks of society, and enjoys a success unparalleled. Consumption, Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping Cough, Sore Throat, and all affections of the Chest and Throat, EFFOTUALLY RELIEVED & CURED BY BAXTER'S Lung Preserver. TESTIMONIALS : From Rev. Charles Penny — Reefton (Late of Christchurch), March 17, 1884. I am happy to say'your Pulmonic Elixir afforded my wife and children almost im mediate relief in coughs and colds, and many to whom I have had the pleasure of recommending your specific have spoken of it as invaluable. In bne case when every remedy tried was powerless to give relief (the cough was so distressing) the first dose of your Elixir proved most effective. In another case (sore throat) a cure was soon brought about that the patient resolved in the future to take no thing else. Other cases could be cited, but these will be sufficient to show that your Pul monic Elixir is a remedy of no mean order. From C. F. Salter, Esq., Barrister and Solicitor— Inglia’ Buildings, Christchurch. March 20,1884 I have used your Pulmonic Elixir in my family for some years past, and have found It very efficacious in chest and throat complaints. From William Reed, Esq., Shipping and Customs Agent— Lyttelton, Nov. 28. 1883. I have used your Lung Preserver in my family for the last fourteen years, there for* have the greatest pleasure in bearing testimony to its efficacy in the treatment of coughs, colds, bronchitis, croup whoop ing cough, etc. I have recommended it to my friends, who have also proved it a very palatable and speedy cure for chest and throat complaints, found a single dose of “ check a severe paroxysm of coughing. I shall on all occasions have great pleasure in recommending it to sufferers, as I con sider it a booh to mankind. From Isaac Allen Esq., Commission Agent— Hereford street, Christchurch, December 5, 1883. After seven years’ experience 1 have great pleasure in testifying to the efficacy of your “ Lung Preserver,” having proved it in my family to be a specific for coughs, colds, etc., a few doses invariably subdu ing the nasty harassing cough, while re lieving the throat and chest, it does not, like other nostrums, disorder the digestive organs by inducing nausea, constipation, | headaches, loss of appetite, etc. I can heartily recommend it as the best, cheapest and most palatable mixture known for coughs, colds, bronchitis, whooping cough, etc. cso highly do we esteem it that wo always keep a supply on hand. FromW. B. Scon, Esq., Builder, etc., Peterborough reet, Christchurch, December 4, 1883. Some years ago I was recommended to try a bottle of your “ Pulmonic Elixir and Lung Preserver,” for tightness in the chest. I did so, and from that time I have never been without it in the house. 1 have found it to answer in every respect j 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, la l£d, 2a 9d, 4s fid and ils each. Wholesale Agents—J. Baxter, Chemist, 21, Victoria street, Christchurch ; Messrs P. Hayman and Co., Sainsbury, 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 more pro fit. I have uniformly Lung Preserver, ’ 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 United Kingdom.and the British Colonies, since their introduction In 1836, and are especially noted for their Strengthening and Restoratives proper ties. Hence the invariable success in the Relief and Care 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. DK. ROOKE’S ORIENTAL PILLS Are sold in boxes at la l£d and 4s fid each, DR ROOKE’S SOLAR ELIXIR ” Is sold in bottles at 4a fid and 11s each. DR ROuKE’S MEDICINES may be obtained of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors ; and of my Agent J BAXTER, Chemist, Christchurch. DR RQQKE’S ANTI-LANCET. DR ROOKE’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 Guide 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 Gratia of J. Baxter, Chemist, Christchurch; or, post free, from Dr. Rooks, Scarborough, England. 9 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 . who read and think. CROSBY’S BALSAMIC COUGH ; ELIXIR ! Is specially recommended by several eminent Physicians, and by Dr. Rooke, J Scarborough, author of the “ Anti Lan cet.” t It has been used with the most signal < success for Asthma, Bronchitis, Oonsump- { tion, Coughs, Influenza, Consumptive Night Sweats, Spitting of Blood, Short- j ness of Breath, and all Affections the ) Throat and Chest. Sold in bottles, at Is 9d, 4s fid and 11s t each, by J. Baxter, Chemist, Victoria < street, Christchurch, and wholesale by James M. Crosby, Chemist, Scarborough. ; should read Crosby’s Pr.ze Treatise on “ Disease of the Lungs and a Air-vessels,” a copy of which can be had Gratis of all Chemists. c * MR JOHN BA X T.E R, Pharmoobutioal Chemist 21 Victoria street (corner of Durham st.), I an* opposite Britannia Hotel. Chris t ahmmb CHARLES NEATS, Aqehx- Bsst Street, Ashburton. .‘OB9



Scholastic IVT ON ASTER Y HOLY NAFIS OF Lfi JESUS. SELECT SCHOOL, ASHBURTON, 3onduoted bt thk Rkliqiouh of “ o* Daxb dbs Missions.” Tbrhs : Board and Taition ... £26 per *nr»gm Day Pupils £6 per annum Extras ; Music £2 2s. per quarter Dn. ;ing and Painting £2 2a. per quarter Laundress’s Fee ... £1 Is. per quarts No extra charge for the ordinary Lessor in Drawing and Singing Payments to be made .aarcerly la ad vanoe, and one quarters 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 Ohastagnon In connection with the Monastery .there will be Free School MedieaL M R F. G. THOMAS, Surgeon Dentist, will VISIT Ashburton every month, and may be consulted at QnllT Hotel. log GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. EPPS’S COCOA, BREAKFAST. TVY a thorough knowledge of the natural TV lews which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a oarefn application of the fine properties of wel selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save oi many heavy doctor’s bills. It is by ths ad clous use of such articles of diet (hat a constitution may be gradually built at until strong enough to resist every ten denoy to disease. Hundreds of anbtlc maladies are floating around ns ready c attack wherever there is r weak point 'Ye may escape many a fatal ahwft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pun food and a properly nourished frame.— An article in the Civil Service Gazette, Made simply with boiling water or milk Sold in £lb packets by Grocers, labelled thus:— JAMBS EPPS AND CO., HOSKKOPAXHIO OBBIOBXB, LONDON, B N GLAND. Keating’s Powder. Keating's Powder. Keating’s Powder. Keating’s Powder. Kills Bogs, Fleas, Moths, Beetles. This Powder is qnite harmless i ANIMAL LIFE, but is unrivalled in destro ing fleas, bugs, cockroaches, beetles, moths furs, and every other species of insect. Sport men will find this invaluable for destroy !] fleas in their dogs, as also ladies for their n dogs. THIS ARTICLE has found so GREAT SALE that it has tempted Others to vend a & called article in imitation. The PUBLIC ai CAUTIONED that the tins of the gennii powder bear the autograph of THOMA 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, famishing a mos agreeable method of administering the fldly 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, and it I positive proof that the remedy imitated is o 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 stun instead, expecting to make money on the credit and good name of H. B Many others tarted nostrums put up in simi lar style to H. 8., with variously devise names in which the word “ Hop * or "‘Heps were used iu a way to induce people to believe they were the same as Hop Bitters. All such pretended remedies or cures, no 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 Bitters, with a bunch or cluster of green Hops on the w> 'te label, and Dr Soule’s name blown in th glass. Trust nothing else. Druggists and eh .mists are warned against dealing in im ta ions or counterfeit STEEDMAN’S SOOTHING POWDERS FOR CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASES The value of this well-known Family lltdi cine has been largely tested in all parts of h. world, and by all grades of society, for upwards 3t FIFTY YEARS. Its weu4amed eite« live sale has induced SPURIOUS IMITA HONS, some of which in OUT WAR \PPEARANC E so closely resemble th t or final as to have deceives many pure ha r* fhe proprietor therefore feds t due to th Jublic to give a special caution against the us* if SUCH IMITATIONS. Purchasers are therefore requested careful) o observe the four following distinctiv haracteristics, without which none renuine ; ist —In 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 foi he dose, and he words, John StMdiuk Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, printed thereon. 3rd —The name, Steedman, is always ek nth two EE’s. 4th —The manufacture is carried on Sale v t Walworth, Surrey. _ Sold in Packets by all Chemists ana Medl ine Vendors. Kkmpthorn, Prosser and C