The Ashburton Guardian.

V©U. V.-No. 1,548

ASHBURTON. SATURDAY! MAY (6. 1885.

IPETCE-ONE penny



Surveyor, Civil Engineers, ftc. C. * tOOKS AND SONS, Architects, iJrrti, EireijnaEß, Valvatoes, Licbhstd Sub VETOES, AMU liAUD BSOKEES, TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAD, ASHBUBTOW. Shipping. CtHORTBST AND MOST DIRECT OF ROUTE TO GREAT BRITAIN and EUROPE. THROUGH AMERICA AND, via SANDWICH ISLANDS. The Pacific Mall Steamship Company (trader contract with the New Zealand and New South Wales Governments) will the undermentioned steamers as



Steamer*. City of Sydney inrtnlli... Zealandla... 3.600 3,600 3,200 Dec 6 Jen 3 Jan 31 Dec 9 Jan 6 Feb 3 Passengers boo Iced to London. Liver* pool, or Paris at a through rate, thus securing special advantages. For rates ofFreight and Passage, and or foil Information, apply to QABD’NEK & PIJKERING, Agents, J6l, Hereford street, Christchurch.



(Jonveyances. Tinwald AND MOUNT SOMERS railway. IRIUNT SOMERS AND CAVENDISH ROYAL MAIL COACH. The above Coach leaves Hood's hotel fo»Cavendish Railway Station everyday, meeting each train. Passengers by morning train may pro ceed bv coach to Alford Forest, thence to Methven in time for the last tram for Christchurch, or may r* turn m time for the last train for Ashburton. lm JOHN HOOD



AUSTRALASIAN ARO ELS EXPRESS Par<«l# And Packages forwarded to any address, at cheap, through, Inclusive charge. So extras. No trouble, No. charge for booking or for collecting packages up to 561bs freight within tiie rate. .Daily despatches by ' ail, and to Great Britain, Europe and Australia by eT fatractfrtmitariff. includlnjfailcharges | 4e Address of Consignee i S 3 w C! I 3 n t? n s 53 ►H 03 H 0 03 C 1 We ate now receiving parcels for Home to despatch .per Tongariro, sailing this jmonth. Revised cheap rates. Insurance ejected if desired. Tarlffandall information on application ijUFF & GRAHAM, Box 837 Post Office, Christchurch ; and Lyttelton. Telepho^® 8 1672



Notices. Seed Oats. >rnßß Cn4erjlg«d t h..«foU Stok (Nothing drapery FLANNELS, Sea. Boots and Shoes, Large Stock of Groceries and Oilmen’s Stores. SPECIAL VALUE IN CHOICE TEA FEED AND SEED OAT . FLOUR, BRAN, AND SH EPS, Aliat the lotrest prices possible. Geao lM value and no make-believe or sham Large discount, and other Induoemen or cash. Families waited on weekly joftener if required. D. WILLIAMSON, ■®AAT Street, AshbcSito



BEOS., Builders, Under feken- etc., Wakanui road add Cass deaira to state that having KTScent and improved Bravand Moumok# Ooaph, ate prepared, to •nd conduct Funerals on special and moat 'reasonable terms. Country will •teoeive prompt attention. Note •-dress, corner 'of Wakanui wad ag® Gaaa Itmt. i Orders may be left at we Aan r|«rtott Oo*ob Factory; or Box IS, ro*t uQisu» A un



Consultation. gPOK T 1 H G NKW b. £4000—320 CASH PRIZES. NINTH GRAND HAMBURG DRAWING 18 NOW OPEN.



To a purchaser of 25 programmes one will be given gratis.



From the undoubted popularity and great success these drawings have ob tained throughout New Zealand the pro moters are enabled to bring them before the public every two months. Although this Company has a large number of Horae Conaultationists (about thirty) to contend against, some of whom under fictrious names have been mean enough to do their utmost toirjurethe oromoteraof the Ham burg Company, they cannot do so, as this Company is too well established and fa vo ably known with thejpublic all through Ne w Zealand. The large number of applications that came in too will be registered in the ninth drawing ; or if the applicant wishes, (be money will be returned. The ninth grand drawing for L 4,000 will close the end of June, and the Hamburg drawing will open on the Ist of July. This ninth grand drawing will consist of 320 money prizes, amounting to L 4,000 subscribed by 8,000 members at 10a each. The various Money Prizes will be dis tributed as follows : 1 £3OO prize; 1 £2OO prize; 1 £IOO prize; 2 £6O prizes; 10 £3O prizes; 15 £25 prizes; 15 £2O prizes; 15 £l6 prizes ; 160 £lO prizes; 100 £5 prizes. Total amount, £4,000; 320 money prizes. To a purchaser of 25 programmes one will be given gratis. The grand principle of these Hamburg Drawings is that a purchaser of 25 pro grammes is guaranteed a prize, aad the [ chances are in favor of the investor draw ing a large prize, aa there are 220 large prizes to 100 small ones. To any inves tor of £2 the chances are only 6 to 1 against him drawing a prize, and the head prize or any other may be drawn by an investor of 10s. Bead this.—ln Boaz’a Grand Ham burg Drawings the greatest odds are only 25 to 1 against an investor of 10a drawing a prize. But carefully note the enormous odds against investors drawing a hoise or cash prize In any of the horse consultations. The marbles are replaced for each drawing ot the cash prizes, which gives the enormous odds against investors. This Company would simply ask investors to calculate the odds before placing their investments in any horse consultations; and this Com pany would not presume to tell the public that they have a number of chances and may win a number of prizes for a single in vestment of 10s.



Kote. —Prize ’winners whether winding large or email prizes are informed that their names will not be made public with, out their written consent. This ninth grand drawing for £4,000 will take place under the supeivision of a com mittee of eight subscribers, and the prizes 1 will be paid over as early as possible after the drawing. Notice —Country cheques marked cor root by Bank, only payable to a number, and is added for exchange. Post-office orders preferred, made payable only to Boa#. Bank notes accepted. Two 2d stamps for reply and result. Registered letters and to Ingrams not received. Name and address of applicant should be plainly written. AU letters must b.e addressed T> ~ Q r, Clare Mr Mosely, , DOoiZj Wholesale & Retail



Tobacconist, Box 64 Post Office Dnnedln. 19 1136 N OTHIiNG SUCCEEDS SUCCESS. KOBIN HOOD. Look i d QPP Uunediß Cup and LIKE Great



roatjlfcfl First prize, Birthday Handicap, LI/JOO. First prize, Grand Natfdral, LdOO. Two races and eight classes cash bonds. DUNEDIN BIBTHDa/ HANDICAP, To be run at Dunedin, May 25, IbjSo. N.Z. GRAND NATIONAL To be rnn »t Christchurch, May 25, 1885, Will Close May 22.



8,000 member# at 10a. About 220 prizes. Each ticket has ten chances, and can obtain a prize in each of ten drawings. Birthday Handicap Grand National. First... ... L3 OO Second .- *s° Third ... 75 All others di vided, about 140 each ... 200 10 at zo 15 a t 30 at 115 a t L72S Li,42S AU applications exceeding advertised number ol 8,000 will be allotted as Extra Cash Bonds of L 5 each (leas usual com mission), instead of increasing value of existing prizes, and will be called 9th class. We wish to be distinctly under stood that our drawings are always con ducted by a committee of shareholders, and that representatives of the Press are likewise present; and names and addreeses of principal winners are always sent throughout New Zealand/ From the ] ■ number of people who inspect OUV books



‘ day by day, and the correspondence we receive (and answer) relative to our draw ings, distribution of prizes, and our busi ness generally, it seems almost superfluous to still «ay “ our books are always open for inspection;” yet Bach is the fact, and our wer increasing business shows plainly the result. Please send two ®4 stamps for reply and



result . P.O. orders prefcsffp#. Is ex change on Cheques and Stamps, and Notes must be registered. tered letters and telegrams received. ,4/ldreas —ROBIN HOOD, C%to ot Thos. Stapleton, Or care of Jobs! Fleming, City Bathe. Colombo »t r „ Chr'j^c^rg^



10,000 riAA BOTXLEB SOLO LAST [KJU I‘ 3T WINTBR, USE DR ERNEST LOW’S Cherry Pectoral, A. safe, pleasant, and reliable medicine for the cure of Golds, Ooogha, and »U Throat and Lung diseases. Sold all over the colonies by Chemists and Storekeepers in Is 6d and 2a 6d bottles. Wholesale Agents Hakeis and Son, and Kemfthobnk, Pbossbb and Co. fl. UlTAv£<f 9 UIO Aksroa.



Consultations. HE GLOBE CONSULTATION CO.’S N.Z. GRAND STEEPLECHASE (Christchurch). To be run on 25th May, 1885. 6,000 SHARES at 10s EACH, L3.C00. First prize Birthday Handicap, LGOO ; First prize N.Z Grand National Handicap, L4OO. About 100 Prizes. programme on the BIRTHDAY HANDICAP (Dunedin) A£]>



The above company, iu presenting their second programme, wouldcallspecial atten tion to the address of the parties en trusted with the correspondence. Having been entrusted by tho Canterbury Jockey and other Clubs with tho sole manage ment and control of their totalisatora, which have given universal satisfaction to tho public, will be a sufficient guarantee as to the genuineness and successful working of the consultation. Special advantages are offered to investors in the Globe Consultation Com pany, by reason of the tickets being printed in such a manner as to enable the purchaser of a whole ticket to dispose of a half-share, and as each half of the ticket is numbered, the money will be paid to holders of same on presentation. Letters to enclose two 2d stamps for reply and result. Money orders accepted. Cheques marked correct with Is exchange added outside of Canterbury. Ten per cent, deducted from all prize moneys. Programmes, with nominations and full particulars, sent post free on application. Address — GLOBE CONSULTATION COMPANY, Box 287 Post Office, Care HOBBS & GOODV7IN, Office—Hobbs’ Buildings, Cathedral 3 372 Square, Christchurch.



Business Notices. TOWLE'S pennyroyal and steel pills for females quickly correct all irregulari ties and relieve the distressing symptoms so prevalent with the sex. Boxes Is T&d and 2s 9d, of all chemists. Prepared only by E. T. Towle, chemist, Nottingham, Eng land. Wholesale of all the wholesale houses. —Beware of imitations. 1 12 MR SIDNEY WOLF, From the Royal Academy of Music, Professor of Pianoforte and Singing, Begs to inform the inhabitants of Ashbur ■ m and surrounding district that the fresh -m commences on THURSDAY, the Bth instant. For terms apply to Mr Wolf, at his residence, Cox street; or at Mr T. F. Faelet, stationer, Saunders’ Buildings. Concerts, balls and parties arranged for. Pianofortes tuned, toned and regulated. Mount somers & methyen ROYAL MAfR COACH.



On and after January lot, 1885, the undersigned will run a Coach each Tdea> day, Thursday and Saturday, starting at noon from Hood’s Hotel, Mount Somers, for Sptingbutn and Alford Forest, there connecting with Duff’s Coach from Methven returning same evening. Fares—Spring ing, 2s, return, 3a j Alford Forest, 4s, return, u, 1 27 y. HIX.



A BHBURTON COAL AND FIRE WOOD DEPOT, R. sHbEAN for Sale at Lowest GOAL (Newcastle and Native). POSTS and RAILS, STA KES, WIRE, &c OATS, BRAN, CHAFF, CHXOKWHEAT. Also, a first-class NEW EXPRESS with Reversible Seats. Terms, if desired. R. S. Bean, West stbebt. 6 11^7



Public GfljaßMtfps. N EW ZEALAND LOAN & MER CANTILE AGENCY COMPANY (LIMITED). Capital, £3,000,000. Reserve, £210,000. Makes LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES on Freeholds, on Stations and Stock, and on growing clii of Wool. RECEIVES CONSIGNMENTS or 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, end Commissions in all branches of Mercantile Euckijjga. HOLDS PERIODICALS AUCTION SALESof 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 m CANTERBURY FOR — Ruston Proctor and Co.'s eeUbsitad Com bined Threshing Machines and Engines, acknowledged to be the Best Machines imported into New FelfcW Galvan ’ Is.ed StepLnwo FeMftß Wm Oupdf'e Cottop Belting- MaWon Island Gh*bo.



Farther particulars on application at the Company’s Offices, Christchurch, Aahbnr* ton and Hakala. JOHN COOKE, Manager. ChrUteharoh U, SEORETAN, . Agent, Ashoarto o. w rjnsßP ;ent



Business Notices. ONE box of .Clark's b 41 pills is war ranted to cure all discharges from the nrinsry organs in either sex (acquired or j constitutional), gravel and pains in the back. Guaranteed tree {from mercury. 1 Sold in boxes 4s 6d each, by all chemists I and patent medicine vendors. Sole pro prietors, The Lincoln and Midland Coun ties Drug Go., Lincoln, England. Whole sale of all the wholesale houses. 118 Reid and gray'B New Positive Feed Broadcast Seedsower, ' For Sowing Grain, Grass, Tnrnip, Rape, : Mangold, etc., and the Turnip Sower can ( bearranged, when ordered,to sow Lncerne j or other small seeds simultaneously to the sowing o£ Ryegrass if desired. It is the only Sower in the Market that will sow with absolute regularity on either exces sively rough or very smooth-Jand. It will sow any desired quantity of Grain or Grass by simply changing one wheel. Corn Drills all Sizes. Jointed Pueveeisino DisoHabkows. — The Bast,—Over 500 in use.



Improved Prize CHARvexm era. —With caat-steel mouthpieces, when properly handled, make no long straws, conse quently ohaf! requires no riddling. They are in use largely all over JSew Zealand, several of the large-sLsed machines being lately fitted up at Christchurch.



Imi’BOVed Double ohd Tkeblb Fuebow Ploughs — The best, and consequently the cheapest in the market. 3, 4 (> and 5 leaf harrows. Square linked chain har rows- New design of tripod harrows. D and 7 tined field grubbers. Cambridge rollers, 20, 24, and 26 inches diam. Plain cylinder field rollers, Horae gears for 1, 2,3, and 4 horses. Best iron-bark swingle-trees. Ropes and pnlly gear for 4-horse yokes. Threshing machine fit tings Belting all slges. Iron and brass castings of all kinds to order. Fencing standards cut and punched to any length and gnage. Drays made from best sea soned timber, with Gilpin axles. Gray'd patent standard for folding sheep.



Winner*. ->f the Gold Medal at the Melbourne Exhibition for their Double Furrow Plough, vide. Jurors’ Report:— “ Ploughs— ln ploughs there is one ex hibit to which we wish to draw special attention as being the best, and that is the Double Furrow of Betf and Gray, of Dunedin, Kew Zealand, inunish and con struction it is far superior to any other



Kakaia. The New Zealand Loan Mercantile Agency Company are now representing ne In this district RFjr" HR A V T PETER] . A. GATES, D [STREET M°f L D PICTURES I W Framed Artistically, N E MAPS Properly Mounted. Q ATONE BUT THE BEST MATERTALH J)| ONE BUT THE BEST E Cabinet-making Executed G W in inimitable style, N and Cheaply. I M k D



UNDERTAKER & CABINETMAKER. jjORE VALUABLE THAN GOLD if a daily increasing demand and an endless nnmber of testimonials are a criterion of the popularity of an article, then Dr Low’s CHERRY PECTORAL is one of the wonders of the present en lightened age. During the past winter and sprang diseases ot th® throat and InDgß haya t|eep vpry prevalent, and It has beep admitted on al} sidps that when ever this valuable remedy has been ob tainable, number* of byes have been saved by its timely use. Always have a bottle in the house. Soldfevetywhere at J.s 6d and js 6d per bottle. Wholesale agents, Kemptborne, Prosser and Co., i Christchurch, and at the proprietor, H. Citron, Chemist, Akaroa.



talATfiM MAKERS EWELtERS a m K M W^S>j/Um£Z OM~OH*



Government Notice. PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE QF NF.W ZEALAND. Atentlon Ifl directed to the provisions of the Acta establishing this Office, and to the advantages placed thereby within easy reach of every colonist. Subject to such provisions, the State offers to every per son : 1, —About to make his or her Will or Codicil. 2, —lntending to provide for Wife and Children or others by deed of Settlement. 3, —Settling Property by way of Mar riage Settlement. 4, Desiring to renounce the Trusts of Will, having been appointed Executor or Trustee under the same.



6.—Haying qa Triage, Executor or 4-4»W#Ws*P?»^wwWna tp lip relieved 01 shpWwPO 0* Trnstpe faip or Adminlo pqtlpo, tbP option of nemgtbe State ma tWnppy, qpd given an absolute guarantee against lof» of fnndi by pgeniation, or dishonesty. Every Information may be obtained tain , AUESANDER LEAN, I Agent at QbrUtchnrch; B. 0. HAMERTON, Public Trustee



Easiness Notices. W N IRON WORKS, Portable .Ranges Burn Wood and Coal—in Four Sizes, PAINTED CORRUGATED IRON IN v onr, Six and Seven Feet Lengths. [ 40 per cout. Cheaper than Galvanised HGHIESSELICR AND CO, t WEAVERS’ HALL, WOOL EXCHANGE, SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Established iSDS. Ship to order any description of British and Continental Goods upon 2i per cent, commission, selected by buyers with Colonial experience, and attend to the prompt realisation of Piodnce at highest prices upon 1 par cent, commission. Orders to be accompanied by Letters of Credit or part remittance in Bank Drafts or Produce Open D D-i-s <-.[ 'i.siiranco for fl'-atim; <:arg>-*-b to ivti-r rsl,?. References —Chief«'‘lice <■! the ! omlon and Westminster Bank. • Aura Bank, T.ordrn. *rd m> s' ..f i(.e 0 E> ial Bunks. Current Biioe L st», f reduce Reports, and anv nocossarv samples fir information b. ‘ i ok ARMAGH STREET, Christchurch. Iron. 10 1988 oti application. 1 35



BALLAS TYNE’S Great Sale. FIRST-CLASS DRAPERY & CLOTHING BEING SACRIFICED AT MARVELLOUS PRICES. TH E Premises are shortly to be taken down and re built. The Goods must therefore be cleared out, so that all who are likely to want Drapery should take (be advantage of making an early call at DUNSTABLE ftOUSE. NO DISCOUNTS.



G L. Beath & Co., Having bean declared the Successful Tenderers for the Entire Stock in the above Estate, will offer the same WITHOUT RESERVE, on Wednesday next, and following days, at ARGYLE HOUSE CASHEL STREET, CHRISTCHURCH 6 100 High Street. H. A'COURT, Kaiapoi Woollen Company. W. BIOKERTON, Sargoods, Danedin, Trustees in the Estate.



GREAT Drapery & Clothing Sale. V. E. "S the Matter of the Assigned Estate of T. F. FOUNTAINS, CIOIHJEB AKO D&iPEK,



Business Notices. TO THRESHING MACHINE PROPRIETORS. Threshing Books of all kinds and sizes neatly printed and bound to order at the Guardian Office. CARD —To all who are suffering from the errors and indiscretion of youth, nervous weakness, early decay, loss of manhood, etc., I will send a recipe that will cure you free of charge. This great remedy was discovered by a missionary in South America. Send a self-addressed envelope and sixpence to prepay postage to the Rev Joseph T. Inman, station D, New York City, U.S.A. 1 Caution.



SOME unscrupulous firms are trying to force on the New Zealand pe *ple a Nostrum, under the cloak that it is made in the United States— WHICH IS NOT TRUE. Under this pretence they are trying to deceive the Public and Incautious Pur chasers into the belief that they are the Genuine AMERICAN HOP BITTERS. We wish to warn all honest and unsus pecting people against this DECEPTION, and to call the attention once more to the facts that the Genuine American Co.’s BOP BITTERS Are put up in Squte, Panelled, Amber colored Bottles, with White Label on one side, printed in Black Letters, and Green Bop Cluster ; and, on the other side, Tellow label, with Directions in Red Letters, in English and German, and the name of “Dr toule ” blown in every Bottle.



This is the only form in which Genuine AMERICAN BOP BITTERS are put



ELZ BROTHERS, CO A G H BUILDERS, BRICK BUILDINGS (Opposite Cookson’a Stables), Wo take this opportunity to inform our friends ami the irenera public that we have RE COMMENCED BUSINESS and by turning out but first-class work at moderate charges hope to receive as before a fair share of patronage. To Re pairs, Re-painting and Re-Trimming, we pay particular attention. 1 152



OT mQ £HA P or day to be made by per aona 0 { either sex, In their own localities, at work for us. New business. All meet with wonderful suc cess. Anyone can do the work. Capital not required. We will start you. Outfit worth £1 mailed free. The employment is particularly adapted to the region in which this publication circulates. Boy. and girls earn nearly as much as Full particulars and instructions maile.. free. Now is the time—don't delay, but write to us at once. Address Stinson and Co. Portland, Maine, United States.



R. G A. L L O W A WHEELWRIGHT Y. Wakanui road, Ashburton. (Next Ray’s Machine Shop) Special attention is devoted to all kinds of repairs. Combined with moderate charges. 211199



Wo have much pleasure in informing the Public thai we have DISPOSED OF OUR G OCERY, IRONMONGERY, GLASS AND CHINA WARE BUSINESS, TO Mr Henry Zander. While thanking clients for their liberal support accorded us, we beg to ask a con tinuance of the same for our successor, in the above Departments. FRIEDLANDER BROS.



gPEC IA L NOTICE. With reference to the above, HENRY ZANDER Respectfully notifies the Public of Ashburton and its vicinity, that he has TAKEN OYER Part of the Old Established Premises formerly in the occupation of MESSRS FRIEDLANDER BROS., and will henceforth carry on tbe GROCERY, IRONMONGERY, GLASS



ANP CHINA DEPARTMENTS, Under hia direct supervision, and hopes by strict attention to the wants of his customers to meet with ihe continued patronage accorded to his predecessors. H. Z. having been in the district for many years, is well acquainted with the re* quirements of the formers and others, and having INCREASED his STOCK, by a choice Assortment of Goods, of de scription that combine Cheapness with the first quality, he is confident that an in* spection of the same will meet both the approbation and tastes of hia customers and increase the patronage of the general public Orders from the country will be promptly attended to, special arrange, meats having been made for the quioc dispatch of Goods to any locality desired.



HENRY ZANDER, MERCHANT AND IMPORTER, &c. FwEDfcAKOEKs’ Rcilwkos, Abbsubxok.



The Standard Company. gPEOIAL NOTIO THE LIGHT-RUNNING STANDARD SEWING MACHINE.



The STANDARD haa more improvements than all the other Sewing Machines pat together 1 Has always been the beat and is now the cheapest. That it meets every require' meat of a critical public is shown by its great popularity and in creasing sale throughout America, Eutope, Australia and JSew Zea land.



WALTHAM



AGENT FOR ASHBURTON— W. C. Page, EAST STREET. Ashburton-



Business Notices. £|o R N AND CHAFF STORE. CHAFFCUTTING. CHAFFOUTTING We are prepared to cut Chaff in any quantities, on Farmer’s premises. Tones & Bradshaw HAVELOCK STREET. 1 67



FOREST HOTEL. John Tisch, Who has again taken the hotel at Alford Forest, would be glad to receive a call from hla old friends and as many new nes as can make it convenient to giv leokin Good aoc of odation for horses. 1328



FOR the Blood is the Life, —Clarke’s world-famed blood mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities from whatever cause arising For scrofula, scurvy, skin and blood diseases, and sores of all kinds, its effects are marvellous. Thousands of testimonials. Sold in bottles 2s 6d and 11. s each by chemists and patent medicine vendors everywhere Sole proprietors, The Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, England. 116



WAR WITH RUSSIA.—At the pre sent juncture it would be difficult for any one exc pt a prophet of the highest rank to say whether or not the present negotiations between England and Russia will lead to a general European war, or whether they will end in smoke. The absence of full information as to what is transpiring between the two countries may indicate that the political breeze is blowing harmlessly past; or, it may be the awful silence which generally precedes a storm. In either case, we ought to be prepared for the worst. If a general war breaks out the price of nearly every article of commerce will rise. Among other commodities wool and labor will go up. Now is the time, therefore, to lay in a stock of clothing, before the general ad vance begins. In order that we may not be caught napping we have just purchased a Splendid Assortment of Winter Tweeds and other materials necessary to a well equipped tailoring establishment, which we are prepared to offer at unusually low prices for cash. Regarding style and fit, it is almost needless for us to repeat what everybody knows, viz , that by our scien tific mode of cutting, and the care ex,er" used by us in fitting the figure, a mis-fit .« an impossibility.—Craighead anr Co., Merchant Jailors, Tasted street,



George Jameson. Rye Grass Seed. i AM A 7 230 CASH PURCHASER* GEO. JAMESON, Aihbnrtwa.



To Farmers. I am a CASH PURCHASER OF WHEAT, OATS and BARLEY. GEO. JAMESON, 3 206 Ashburton. ■ 1 Sheep Dip. FOR SALE DIP, in 5 gallon drum* AND rjIHOMAS’S DIP, in 161 b tint *nd 10016 drums. GEORGE JAMESON, 2 261 Ashburton. Business Notice.



AR OR NO WAR! War or no war, we in Ashburton most “ eat to live,” in other words, every on* must purchase tea, coffee, sugar and gene* ral groceries. When about to do eo I would respectfully suggest that my ahop be patronised, especially if purchases are to be for ready money. Mr Blank, '• storekeeper, tells me that in (view of the great number of stores, and cutting in prices, and general slaughter, it would soon be, in Ashburton, a case of the •‘survival of the fittest.’’ I hope to be one of the survivors, for I never was in a better position to serve the public well in quality and prices of goods. I take thie opportunity to thank my customers for the preference they continue to give my shop, and at same time to request monthly customers to settle promptly, thus en abling me to buy well, and to continue to serve them well. H. M. CARSON, Agent for Nelson, Moate and Co.’s cele brated teas, in packets, boxes and half chests. Grocery, Fruit, Glass, China, Italian and Fancy Goods Warehouse, Fast street, Ashburton.



gLAUGHTER! SLAUGHTER !J Have Yoh Read the Following ? Hard Caah Prices, to be turned Into Cash. An Immense Sacrifice must necessarily take place when Cash is so scarce as it is at present, MESSRS HAYES & CO., DESIRE to inform the Public Generally, that they are determined to CLEAR IMMEDIATELY, OffE-HALF OF THEIR LARGE AND ASSORTED STOCK OF BOOTS, CLOTHING DRAPERY AND MILLINERY, Amounting to £IO,OOO.



SALE TO COMMENCE JANUARY 15th, 1885. Now Look at the Prices ! Now Look at the PrioM t DRESS DEPARTMENT. 3000 yards Print, 2|d originally 4Jd Colored Satens, 4|d, were 101 Linen Ginghams, 3£d, were 6d Dress Materials, various, 4|d were 10$d Black Cashmere, Is 4d, double width



CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. A few Mclntoahea to be cleared at 7> fid Men’s Tweed Suits from 15a fid Blue Serge Suits, 12s fid White Flannel Cricketing Suits, Ids 9d Men’s “Kapai” Tweed Trousers, 6s 3d Men’s White Shirts (linen fronts), 2a lid, worth 4s fid Men’s Regatta Shirts, with collar, 2s 9d, worth 3s lid Men’s Brown Cotton Drawers, llsd per pair Men’s Heavy Ribbed Drawers, Is lOd per pair Men’s Umberllas, 2s each MILLINERY AND MANTLES. Print Costumes, 2a lid, were fis 9d straw Hats, 4£d, worth Is fid Knitted Petticoats, fall size, Is ltd Leghorn Hats (trimmed), la fid



MANCHESTER DEPARTMENT. Heavy Twilled Sheeting, B£d, 72in wide All Wool Welsh Flannel, la per yard All Wool Welsh Scarlet, 3£d per yard Green and Crimson Damask, 11J per yard Heavy Flax Shirting, reduced to 4£d Heavy Union Shirting, reduced to 6d Blankets from 6s lid per pair Turkish Towels, 6d each Tapestry Brussels Carpets, 2s 4d, worth 3s 6d Cotton Twded for boy’s wear, Is 3d par yard



BOOT DEPARTMENT. Men’s Heavy Shooter Boots, 10s Gd taen’s Bluchers, nailed, 6s Gd Our immense Stock of Women.'** Boots, all Reduced to startling prices Children’s Patent Leather Elastic Sides, la 3d per pair, worth 2s 6d HOSIERY DEPARTMENT* 3 pairs Women’s Colored Stockings for Is 6d Girl’s and Boy's Stockings, all colors. Children's Socks, Id per pair Men’s Socks, 6d pec pair. All Remnants and Odd Pieces to to - SWEPT OUT AT LESS TH HALF PRICE