The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. Y.-No. 1,4 -

ASHBURTON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1885.

[PRICE-ONE penny.



Surveyor. Civil Engineers, &c. C. E. FOOKS AND SONS : Architects, Crra Encokssbs, VAnaioßS, Lickhsbi Sdbvbyoks, akd Lahd Beokkes, TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAD, AsHBtTBTOV. Shipping- Shortest and most direct ROUTE TO GREAT BRITAIN AND EUROPE, THROUGH AMERICA AND, via; SANDWICH ISLANDS. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company (under contract with the New Zealand and New South Wales Governments) will despatch the undermentioned steamers as under:— Passengers booked to London, Liver pool, or Paris at a through rate, thus securing special advantages. For,rates of Freight and Passage, and «or full information, apply to GARD’NER & PICKERING, Agents, ’ 161, Hereford street, Christchurch. Conveyancer. TINWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS RAILWAY. MOUNT SOMERS AND CAVENDISH ROYAL MAIL COACH. The above Coach leaves Hood’s hotel for Cavendish Railway Station every Tues day and Saturday, meeting each train. Passengers by morning train may pro ceed by coach to Alford forest, thence to Methven in time for the last train for Christchurch, or may return in time for the last train for Ashburton, la JOHN HOOD AUSTRALASIAN pAROELS EXPRESS. Parcels and Packages forwarded to any addreie, at cheap, through, inclusive rates. One charge. No extras. No trouble. No charge for booking or for collecting packages up to 6€lbs weight within the city. Daily despatches by Pail, and to Great Britain, Europe and Australia by every, steamer. Extract-from tariff, including all charges to Address of Consignee I t II i s i f •< 3 » » U 1 «> s» —> p* HUM w P- M V> o P- W VI Ov O We are now receiving parcels for Home to despatch per Tongariro, sailing this month. Revised cheap rates. Insurance effected if desired. Tariff and all information on application CUFF & GRAHAM, Box 937 Post Office, Christchurch ; and Lyttelton. Telephone 22. 8 1672 Business Notices; DANISH Seed Oats. mgS Undersigned has a full Stock ■ colonial CLOTHING DRAPERY FLANNELS, &o. Boots and Shoes, Large. Stock of Groceries and Oilmen’s Stores. * SPECIAL VALUE IN CHOICE TEA FEED AND SEED OAT . flour, branTlnd SH EPS. All at the lowest prices possible. Genu value and, ho make-believe or sham JLarge discount, and other induce men or .cash- Families waited oh weekly oftimer If raqairai. D. WILLIAMSON, Easx Slim, Ashbubio GREAT SLAUGHTER ■ or ,Y G 1 R O' p -*» y»* 0 ~ " - ; B Y BOOTS, &0. I tl ' •» determined not to be outdone lorone; ’ 'Only look, at our iidOBSERVB THE PRICES. It will astonish yon! r*#ell say', «*How is it done - ■ & rin arcade W UU.J ARCADE 11 «>-»'. ■. ■ ■■ Suceess-‘-butwe . JRYB It.” : .-'j \ r «♦£



Consultation. ‘ NEWS. £ i,OOO- — 320 OASH pRIZES SEVENTH GRAND HAMBURG > DRAWING IS NOW OPEN. To a purchaser of 25 programmes one ' will be given gratis. i The six previous drawings were filled* and applications that came too late will be registered in the seventh drawing. The seventh grand drawing for L 4,000 will Jclose the end of February, and the eighth Hamburg drawing will open on fka 1 of Alftf/'h This seventh grand drawing will consist of 320 money prizes, amounting to L 4,000 subscribed by 8,000 members at 10s each. The various Money Prizes will be dis tributed as follows : 1 £3OO prize; 1 £2OO prize; 1 £IOO prize; 2 £SO prizes; 10 £3O prizes; 15 £25 prizes; 15 £2O prizes; 15 £ls prizes ; 160 £lO prizes; ICO £5 prizes. Total amount, £4,000: 320 money prizes. To a purchaser of 26 programmes one will be given gratis. Thw grand principle of these Hamburg Drawings is that a purchaser of 26 pro grames is guaranteed a prize, aad the chances are in favor of the investor draw ing a large prize, as 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 any investor of 10s. Read this carefully. Hamburg 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 horse or cash prize in any of the horse consultations. The marbles are replaced for each drawing of 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 can win a number of prizes for a single in vestment of 10s. Note.—Prize winners whether winning large or small prizes are informed that their names will not be made public with out their written consent. This course will be pursued in consequence of the company having received many letters at various times from prize winners, particu larly requesting the company not on any account to make their names public. ' This 7th grand drawing for £4,000 will take place under the supervision of a com mittee of eight gentlemen, and the prizes will be paid over as early as possible after the drawing. Notice— Country cheques marked cor rect by Bank, only payable to a number, and la added for exchange. Post-office orders preferred, made payable only to Boaz. Bank notes accepted. Two 2d stamps for reply and result. Registered letters and telegrams not received. Name and address of applicant should be plainly written. All letters must be addressed T> no „ Care Mr Mosely, JD'UclZj} Wholesale & Retail Tobacconist, Box 64P08f Office Dnned' It? 1136 ( Business Notices



pS EXTENDED TO Jan. 10, 1885. NEW GIFTS FOR ALL. Holders op Tickets will KINDLY CALL POR PRESENTS BE FORE THE IOrH. NEW PRESENTS AND NEW GOODS OPENING. Gr !L. Beath Co., ARGYLE HOUSE 5 100 T ° PURCHASERS OP OR r WN LANDS. FOR SALE—The NEW ZEALAND CROWN LANDS GUIDE for 1884 Priori One Shilling. Apply, “GUARDIAN” OFFICE,



Consultation. £3yooo Will close February 24, 1885, Registered letters and telegrams received. DUNEDIN AUTUMN MEETING, 1885, To be run Feb. 2G, 1885. 6,000 members at 105—137 prizes. Each ticket has eight chances, and can obtain a prize in each drawing. Dunedin Cup—4o nominations. First ... ... ... ... LIOOO Second ... ... ... ... 500 Third 250 Starters (about L 25 each) ... 200 Non-starters (about LlO each) ... 300 P.O. orders preferred. Cheques must be marked correct, and Is exchange added, outside of Canterbury. Will keep open until advertised date of closing, and sell irrespective of number applied for. If 6,000 is exceeded all prizes increased pro rata. First Prize, L,IOO0 —137 Prizes, Address—ROßlN HOOD, Thos. Stapleton, Box 238, P. 0., Christchurch. Or care of Jubal Fleming, City Baths, Colombo st., Christchurch.



Business Notices. AS H B U R T O FURNISHING WAREHOUSE, Next the Post Office. J. A. Persson, Begs to inform his friends and customer that he has cleared out all his old stock and has opened with an entirely NEW and SERVICEABLE STOCK of House hold FURNITURE TO SUIT ALL CLASSES, and at most reasonable terms, and intending purchasers cannot do better than inspect J. A. PERSSON’S stock before going elsewhere. Agent for the Cheapest Venetian Blind maker in the colony. |>| J. A. P. having made ar rangements fur a Heaise and Mourning Coach is prepared to execute funerals in Town or Country cheaper than any other house in Ashburton. I J. A. PERSSON, Ashburton, Warehouse and Workshops—Opposite Railway Station and next to Post Office. T. A. GATES, PETER] U [STREET M° f D PICTURES I W Framed Artistically. N E MAPS Properly Mounted. G None but the best materi alcj ONE BUT THE BEST E Cabinet-making Executed G W in inimitable style, N and Cheaply. I M O| L D U UNDERTAKER & CABINETMAKER. 0 t -£?J. per day to be made by per cAi J- sons of 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 asm Full particulars and instructions maile.. free. Now is the time—don't delay, but write to us at once. Address Stinson ani> Co. Portland, Maine, United States. rjIHE MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF VICTORIA (LIMITED). Head Office : 77, Collins street west, Melbourne. FOR LIFE ASSURANCE AND ENDOWMENTS. Policy-holders Divide Profits. Head Office for Middle Island, New Zealand : COLONIAL BANK BUILDINGS, Dunedin. Directors —Hon William Bayloa (Mel bourne), Hon W. H. Reynolds, M.L.C., chairman ; John M. Ritchie, Esq., J.P. ; John Roberts, Esq., J.P. WILLIAM WILLS, Resident Secretary. CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICTAGENOY City Chambers, Hereford street, (Opposite Bank of New Zealand). W. H. BROWNE, District Agent. Local Agent, Geo. F. Henry, BAKERS BUILDINGS, Havelock street, Ashburton.



OWE box of Clark’s b 41 pills is war ranted to cure all discharges from the urinary organs in either sex (acquired or constitutional), gravel and pains in the back. Guaranteed tree (from mercury. Sold in boxes 4s Gd each, by.all chemists and patent medicine vendors. Sole pro prietors, The Lincoln and Midland Coun ties Drug Co,, Lincoln, England. Whole sale of all the wholesale houses. 1 18 Reid and gray’s New Positive Peed Broadcast Seedsower, For Sowing Grain, Grass, Turnip, Rape, Mangold, etc., and the Turnip Sower can be arranged, when ordered, to bow Lucerne or other small seeds simultaneously to the sowing of Ryegrass if desired. It is the only Sower in the Market that will sow with absolute regularity on either exces sively rough or jvery smooth land. It will sow any desired quantity of Grain or Grass by simply changing one wheel. Corn Drills all Sizes. Jointed Pulveei-ing Disc Harrows.— The Best.—Over 500 in use. Improved Prize Chaffcutikes. —With cast-steel mouthpieces, when properly handled, make no long straws, conse quently ohafi requires no riddling. They are in use largely all over IS'ew Zealand, several of the large-sized machines being lately fitted up at Christchurch. Improved Double and Treble Furrow 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. 5 and 7 tined field grubbers. Cambridge rollers, 20, 24, and 26 inches diam. Plain cylinder field rollers. Horse gears for 1, 2,3, and 4 horses. Beat iron-bark swingle-trees. Ropes and pully gear for 4-horse yokes. Threshing machine fit tings Belting all sizes. Iron and brass castings of all kinds to order. Fencing standards cut and punched to any length and guage. Drays made from best sea soned timber, with Gilpin axles. Gray’s patent standard for folding sheep. Winners of the Gold Medal at the Melbourne Exhibition for their Double Furrow Plough, vide, Jurors’ Report:— “ Ploughs —ln ploughs there is one ei hibit to which wo wish to draw special attention as being the best, and that is the Double Furrow of and Gray, of Dunedin, New Zealand, monish and con struction it is far superior to any other Rakaia. The New Zealand Loan Mercantile Agency Company are now representing ua in this district GRAY



Business Notices. MERCANTILE UNION INSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED CAPITAL £250,000, Twenty Per Cent, of Profits Divided Annually among the Pol Holders. LOWEST RATES OF PREMIUM. STACKS, BARNS, AND AGRICULTURAL RISKS GENERALLY, on most Favorable Terms. w Special Notice. —As this Company has been the means ot Reducing Fire Premiums, Insurers will beet consult their own uterosts by he* r tily it, and so prevent a return to the Old Rates. Agent for Ashburton and District, Walter B. Moss, “GUARDIAN” OFFICE, CANTERBURY BRANCH. scn&su< a W&mmsi Established 1859, "■Vt/,V/7T Ca PltA L ' !0 ° 00 Lift biuty of Shsrfhol r, r.o? rjlHli PREMIER COLONIAL COMPANY FIRE AND MARINE RISKS, ALSO RISKS 'ON GROWING CROPS ACCEPTED AT THE LOWEST CURRENT RATES. George Jameson. AGENT, ASHBURTON. 24 HE WONDER OF THE WORLD. Herman’s WORLD-RENOWNED SHEEP WASH AND CELEBRATED VERMIN DESTROYER. This preparation la known throughout the civilised world to be far superior to any thing yet discovered for eradicating 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 moat 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 firmer can secure the health of his stock at the rate of |d per head per annum. In al large Sheep Districts in Australia, South America, and Africa, no other pre paration is used. The vermin destroyer is also invaluable for the purp of the Horticulturist; and it Is most extensively used by the Flower and Kitchen Gardener n Europe, America, and the British possessions in all parts of the Globe. One packet dissolved in two buckets of water will servo 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 aimpl and plain directions are given on every packet. The powder can also be used in a dry state for the destruction of rats and mice. A little sprinkled on a shoe of bread and butter, or a piece of meat or cheese is sought after greedily by those vermJ/> while the household pets such as cats and dogs will not touch it in any form, and ei ; therefore perfectly safe. The above marvellous discovery has gained for Herman Bros, and Co., London, the silver medal at the .ntercolonial Exhibition at Melbourne, 1866, besides numerous testimonials from Government officia and all the elite of 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 the preparation car be obtained in paroels. Price—One Shilling; or six packets for Five Shillings. Liberal reduction allowed to the trade. Manufactory—BEAUMONT SQUARE, MILE END ROAD, LONDON. 8 28



A EMISSION FREE.—There are several subjects agitating just now the public mind, and need not be enumerated: These all, however, retire before the all engrossing ques tion, Where can we procure, good tea? Many fortunate persons have set this question at rest by purchasing the favorite blends of Nelson, Moate and Co.; but many have not done so, and, consequently, their minds are still un settled, and a feeling of unrest prevai's. The remedy is easy and certain. Give me a call. Admission tree ! Great variety of well-chosen goods in stock, too numerous to particularise, and all to be sold at the lowest possible prices for cash or monthly accounts. H. M. Cakson, Grocery, Fruit and Italian Warehouse, between the two banks, wholesale and retail agent for Nelson Moate and Co.’s pure blended teas, in packets and boxes. Rotherham watches From £5 10b. ATCHMAKEftS JjEWEUERS 'S fjs: CM, COACH FACTORY, Havelock street. Established 1876. Baker & Brown, OOACHBUILDERS, &0., Manufacturers of all kinds of buggies and carriages of English or American designs. Workmanship Guaranteed. Buggies repaired, re-painted, re-trlm med, etc.



Business Notices. J. 0. Duncan, Licensed land broker, General Agent and Accountant, Ashburton. Agent for Victoria Insurance Cj., Limited, New Zealand Accident In surance Co., National Mutual Life Asso ciation of Australasia, Limited, etc. J. 0. Duncan having found the timber trade an unprofitable line is determined in the future to stick to the following branches of business, which he is prepared to undertake and attend to, as hereto fore, in a straightforward and upright manner. Fire, Accident, and Life Insur ant, preoare Mortgages and Transfers, and all other work under the “ Land Transfer Act,” Negotiate Loans and In vest money, let houses to good tenants and collect rents and debts, Arbitration, Valuation, Auditing, Accountants’ work in all branches, and every description of suchlike work. Properties for sale in town and country. Temporary office— EAST STREET, Opposite Bank of New Zealand. 9 1650 0 T I 0 E. TO THE INHABITANTS OF ASH BURTON AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. G. J. F. Lublow, While thanking the inhabitants of the above districts for the very liberal support accorded to him for the past five years respectfully calls their attention to the unprecedentedly large stock of goods now held by him, recently received FROM THE HOME MARKETS, comprising some of the very best class of goods manufactured in the West of Eng land Mills, and consists of plain BLACK CLOTHS, BLUE CLOTHS. FANCY COATINGS, AND HEAVY TWEEDS of every ihade, suitable for the coming season. A splendid assortment of the newest Over-coatings ; also, a choice col lection of Kaiapoi and Mosgiel Tweeds, etc., of the newest patterns. Upwards of 4,000 yards to select from of English, Scotch and Colonial manufactured goods, from which he is prepared to execute all orders entrusted to him at astonishingly low prices. Style, fit and the beat work manship ia guaranteed. Come, see and judge for yourselves. A variety of Kaiapoi Flannels, Under shirts, Drawers Socks, etc., always in stock '■*** P. Cairns, fjl AILOB AND CLOTH IiER Xjl P rrt- CB in m OO e-h o -4-3 CO CD O P P & ht > CD O Or m O cc as



CORNER OP HIGH AND ST. ASAPH JSTREETS, CHRISTCHURCH. All Goods warranto well shrunk, by our patent shrinking machine. PATTERNS OF TWEEDS SENT ON VPLICATION 11 Public Companies. -VTEW ZEALAND LOAN & MBR JS CANTILB 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 J3Sf CANTERBURY FOR— Ruston Proctor and Co. ’s celebrated Com bined Threshing Machines and Engines, acknowledged to be the Best Machines imported into New Zealand. Felton and Guilleaume's Patent Galvan ised Steel-barb Fencing Wir& Candy’s Patent Cotton Belting. Maldon Island Guano. Further particulars on application at the Company’s Offices, Christchurch, Ashbur ton and Rakaia. JOHN COOKE, Manager. Ohriatchorcti. H. IT. SEORETAN, gent, A saburbo . 0. vv / JRNEI-, -t, 0 i EK



Stud. IHE THOROUGHBRED HORSE DIGBY GRAND, By Traducer —Aglaia (imp)., Will Travel the Districts of METHVEN, MOUNT SOMERS AND HINDS, this Season. 9 1476 JOHN GRIGG. rjIHE CARRIAGE ENTIRE HORSE 1 DEXTER will travel the Ashburton district this season. Dexter is a beautiful brown horse rising eight years old, stands sixteen hands one inch high, with black points, has splendid action, good temper, and sure foal-getter. Dexter was got by that noted horse Talisman out of the far famed tro' i i- mare Gentle Annie (well known both m Canterbury and Otago), imported from Australia. For further pariiculars apply to SCOTT & NEWMAN, 9 1784 Proprietors. CHEVIOT, Tfaducer—ldalia. 'For extended pedigree see English or New Zealand Stud Books). WILL SERVE MARES THIS SEASON. TERMS : Thcpoughbreds, £lO 10s; half-breds £5 ss. Before using another horse breeders will do well to see Cheviot, admittedly the grandest thoroughbred ever produced in the colony. Good paddocking for mares at Is 6d per week. # For further particulars see cards, or apply to the groom in charge, at Totty and Lovell’s Stables. W. COOKSON, V) 1351 Groom in Charge. fjpO STAND THIS SEASON—IBB4. And Travel the Ashburton, Methven and surrounding districts, GOLD COAST. New Blood. Winning Blood. Pedigree Gold Coast is a bright almond chestnut, five years old, bred by J. Field, Esq., of Tasmania. He stands 16 hands high, by St Albans out of the dam of West Coast by Peter Wilkins (imp.) g dam The Dove by S nglish Gen tleman (imp.), g g dam Farmer’s Daugh ter by Jersey (imp.), g g g dam Pet by Boliver (imp. ). gg g g dam Whizgig (imp.). Gold Coast claims to e very closely related to the most noted performers on the turf up to the present season—Tas man, Johnny Faulkner, Captain Webster, Stockwell, Malua, Sheet Anchor, Prodi gal, Blink Bonny (winner of the Caulfield Oup), and a host of other winners. Gold Coast is very fast, but could never be got to the post tit enough, owing’to his leg getting a wrench on board the steamer when being shipped. Terms—l 35s for ; season, payable Ist January; L 5 6s guarantee, Ist July; 5s groomage included, payable first ser vice. Apply to the Groom in charge, or W. DAVIDSON, 11 2033 Upper Riccarton. Business Notices. Coals, Coals. HAVING 1.000 TONS n hand of the BEST COALS imported, viz., OLD LAMBTON, We beg to solicit a share of public patron age, Farmers would do well to give us a trial. 1579 MATSON, COX & CO. MRS HOOS, (Late of Melbourne), Dress and mantle maker Tancrbd street, (Corner of Tancred and Casa hreets), Ashburton. Fit and Style Guaranteed. Charges moderate. 3 396 An Apprentice Wanted. 1A A'>A bottles sold last lILUUU LAST WINTER. USB DR ERNEST LOW’S Cherry Pectoral, A safe, pleasant, and reliable medicine for the cure of Colds, Coughs, and all Throat and Lung diseases. Sold all over the colonies by Chemists and Storekeepers in Is 6d and 2s 6d bottles. Wholesale Agents Harris and Son, and Kempthorne, Prosser and Co. Christchurch ; or to the proprietor, H. CITRON, 6 1110 Akaroa. FOREST HOTEL. John Tiscli, Who has again taken the hotel at Alford Forest, would be glad to receive a call from his old friends and as many new • nes as can make it convenient to gjV look in Good acco* odation for horses. 1328 .jpi O E SALE. CRUSHED OATS, 2s 6d per bushel. CHAFF, BRAN, &o. FIRST-CLASS POTATOES. A LOT OF IRON TANKS. Joseph Clark,



Business Notice. Horse Breaking. TOTTY & LOVELL are prepared & Break Young Horaea to Saddle at L2 each ; Saddle and Harness, L 3 10s. VICTORIAN STABLES, NEW BAKERY & FLOUR STORE, As.. Benjamin Morris Desires to return his best thanks to the public for the liberal support accorded te him since he has taken over the Wester* held Mills. He begs to state that he has now OPENED a STORE in the TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAD, where all orders by his former customer and others will be promptly attended to. WHE ATEN MEAL from Westerfield BRAN and SHARPS always in stock He also begs to intimate that ha now OPENED A BAKERY, * under the management of a first-class Baker, and trusts by strict attention t business to merit a share of pnbli patronage. ANALYSIS OF WESTERFIELD FLOUR. “ I have examined bath chemically and microscopically the whole grain floor manufactured by Mr B. Mobeis, I find it to be quite free from adulteration, an/ made from sound wheat of good quality,- Tancred street. & 164? O T I 0 August 25th, 1884. “A. W. BICKERTON, “ Colonial Analyst.'* th, 1884. 8 168



£jRO WN IRON WORKS, ARMAGH STREET, Christchurch. Portable .Ranges Burn Wood and Coal—in Four Size?, PAINTED CORRUGATED IRON IN S’our, Five, Six and Seven Feet Lengths. 40 per cent. Cheaper than Galvanised Iron. ’ 10 1988 QUILL’S HOTEL, LIVERY, BAIT AND LETTING Stables, ASHBU R T O N. JOHN BEECHER begs to inform his friends and the public'that he has under taken the management of the above Stables for Mr Quill, and trusts that fata long experience in this particular lino of business will ensure a share of public patronage. Single and double buggies always on hand for hire, and only first-class quiet and good horses, both iu saddle and har ness, kept on the premises. Wedding and Picnic parties liberally arranged with, and those requiring con veyances of any description will save money by calling at the above Stablea before hiring elsewhere. Horses bought and sold on commission and quietly broken to saddle or harness, and all charges strictly moderate. JOHN BEECHER, 10 2001 Manager. jyfRS KENNEDY & Miss CAMERON DRESSMAKERS, COMPTON’S BUILDINGS, Moore Street, Ashburton. Rttik and Fit Guaranteed. Boys’ Suits Made. 3 500



Miss Sowman BUGS to inform the inhabitants of Bakaia and surrounding districts that she has OPENED business as MILLINER AND DRESSMAKER AT MRS SHARP’S, Near Railway Hotel, South Bakaia. Fit and Style Guaranteed. 8 1621 M R SIDNEY WOLF From the Royal Academy of Music, London, PROFESSOR OF SINGING AND PIANOFORTE, Cox Street, Ashburton. SINGING CLASS. Quarter commences THURSDAY, 24th, Oddfellows’ Hall. Singing at sight. Part singing, Glees, etc., etc. Terms—One Guinea per quarter. 4960 110 TRAVEL THIS SEASON IN THE ASHBURTON AND SUR* ROUNDING DISTRICTS. THE CELEBRATED THOROUGHBRED HORSE KINGFISHEH. ADMITTED by all real judges, In* eluding Colonel Williams, Indian Ke-mount officer, to b 6 the grandest horse in the Australian Colonies, for producing weight carrying saddle horses. Colonel Williams visited every stud hone of any note in the colonies, and this was his un solicited opinion. Kingfisher's stock top the market in the North Island, and they will assuredly do the same here. Good paddock for mares from a distance at la per week, until stinted. Groom’s fee, ss, payable at first servlodt For terms, eta, apply to E. COOKSON 10 188? Or Grocm 1«