THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1885

Printed and published daily, for Tbb Ash burton Guardian Company, |j Henry Vincknt Sawtkix, of Borne Street, Ashburton, at the Company*! Flifl ing House, West street, Aahboxtoe, Saturday, January 17, lst&



Matson, Cox and Co. HiVE FOR SALE CHEAP WOOLPACKS, full weights FENCING WIRE, Nos. 8 and 9, at less than cost LINSEED, colonial BARBED WIRE, from L 27 10a to L 5? a ton TURNIP & RAPE SEEDS, all descrip tions, guaranteed to grow OATS & CHAFF, large stock, low prices ENGLISH & OTHER CLOVERS MATSON, COX AND CO. Rakaia. WE have much pleasure in intimating to our clients and others in the flak'!ia District that we have made ar nn ements to attend the Regular FO TNIGETLY SALES OF STOCK There, and we, have every confidence in soliciting a share of their patronage. MR L. OXLEY, RAKAIA, ffm kindly consented to receive entries for the present. 413 MATSON, COX & 00. Matson. Cox & Co. Auctioneers & valuators, . LAND, STOCK, AND ESTATE AGENTS. LOANS NEGOTIATED AX LOWEST RATES AND ON MOST FAVORABLE TERMS WOOL, GRAIN, SEED AND GENERAL MERCHANTS. We have now on hand for sale— Woolpacks and Corn sacks Fencing Wire of all sizes, B wbed Plain Green and fellow Tancred Turnips Skirvin Swedes and other Turnip Seeds of all descriptions Mangolds, etc. Clover Seeds of all descriptions Cocksfoot Rye-grass Tea in boxes and half-chests Bran, Oats, Chaff, &c.



AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY REAPERS AND BINDERS, &o. Wool Purchased m uARQE OB SMALL QUANTITIES oa CONSIGNED -TO THE CANTERBURY WOOL SALES, OE THE HOME MARKET. LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES MADE ON CONSIGNMENTS. WEEKLY SALES OF HORSES, COWS, PIGS AND ALL FINDS, OP STOCK AND PRODUCE OK SATURDAYS AT 11 O’CLOCK SHARP. FORTNIGHTLY SALES OF -gT O C K Will bo hold at ASHBURTON AND TIN WALD Alternately. NEXT SALE AT TUESDAY, JANUARY 20 on ASHBURTON YARDS agents for National Mortgage and Agency Co Messrs Wood, Sinclair and Co. Robey’s Threshing Machine. MATSON, OOX, & CO WEST STREET, Ashburtow 90 HI R s A L E, C PRIVATELY— } Acres I rood 21 porches, at Waterton, freehold 450 Acres, improved, Dromore, free hold 10(H) Acres, Improved, Dromore, lease hold 2600 Acres, Improved, Ooalgate, fraei hold 27 Acres, improved, Longboach, free . hold J37Acres, improved, Longbeachl 870 Acres improved, Longbeaoh 449 Acres, splendid farm, Wakanul 2200 Acres, improved, Mataura 2424 Acres, improved, Alford Forest 2120 Acres, improved, Mount Hutt 664 Acres, improved, Rangitata 1394 Acres, all in English grass Chertsey 126 Acres, all m English grasi Chertsey 242 Acres, improved Seafield 660 - do do Hinds 270 do do „ 400 do do 100 do do „ . 265 do do „ 497 do tussock, Dnauandel 698 do .improved, part English grass, Ealing 308- Acres, splendid farm, Rangi tata Island 40,000 Leasehold, 4000 freehold, 4,000 sheep, Chatham Islands ICOD Acres, improved, Ealing 1600 Acres, . do Dunssndel 30 Acres 2 roods 26 perches, adjoin ing Chertsey township '9ojAcres;. R.S. 34301, 34302, Elles mere district 226 Acres, 6,8. 33630, 33631, 53632, Ellesmere district 68 Acres 3 roods, B.S. 32114, Ash burton County 337 Acres, R. S. 28935, near Ealing : railway station 338 Acres, R.S, 27929, 27930, partly



fenced, Ashburton County - 9487 Acres, K.B. 3228 i», 32290, 32291, 32384, 32386, 32146, 33238, 30073, portly fenced, llakaia 937 Acres, R.S. 23677, 23678, 23679, 23680, 23681, 23682, 23683, 23684, 23685, improved, Seafield 430 Acres, K.S. 27884, 27885, near Winslow 837 Acres 2 roods, R.S. 27883, 27882, near Winslow 500 Acres, 13LS. 31469, Mount Somers 900 Acres, lAS 27985, near Sherwood, uuertwy • , . 184 Acres first-class land, Wakanui _ hlao a large number of town sections ' n Ashburton, Bakaia, Methven eiCt 560- Acres North Pakala, Bankside, R.S. 32035 i 1108 - Acres North Rakais, R.S. 32065, 32060 360 Acres Ashley Gorgs • 9608 Acres .Kakaia, adjoining CoWar, • 1200 Acres Waitak., mostly swamp land v . _ Acre aik»ri, adjoint : Moore’s splendid land . \creaadjoining G. H Mboxe’* I - ? t • te XSON COX & 00,



The Standard Company. gPEOIAL NOTICE. THE LIGHT-RUNNING STANDARD SEWING MACHINE. During December 15 Per Cent. Discount will be allowed to CASH PURCHASERS of these celebrated machines. The STANDARD has more improvements than all the other Sewing Machines put together I Has always been the beat and is now the cheapest. That it meets every require ment of a critical public is shown by its great popularity and in creasing sale throughout America, Europe, Australia and New Zea land. AGENT FOR ASHBURTON— W. Madderu, HAVELOCK STREET, A rhburton- Guardian.



PRINTING OF ALL KINDS INCLUDING— Billheads Circiffars Memorandum Forms Agreements Liens Conditions of Sale Catalogues Fosters, &0.. And every description of LEGAL AND COMMERCIAL LETTERPRESS executed at the shortest notice and in the LATEST DESIGNS, SPECIAL and most favorable terms offerred to ■WHOLESALE ORDERS. AT TMB ASHBURTON GUARDIAN OFFICE, West street, Ashburton. PRINTERS & BOOKBINDERS, &c. GrUAJ&OIAN,



Public Companies. fl TUT DAL FIRE INSURANCE. Lowest Rates of Premhufk. Insurers Share Profits without any Liability whatever. THE AUSTRALIAN MERCANTILE J UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. Capitai £250,00(^ With power to increase. Twenty per cent, of the profits dividei. annually amongst the policy holders. Directors; fohn Blyth, Esq., of Messrs John Blyth and Co., President Mired Sh w, Esq., of Messrs A. Shaw and Co., Vice-President , Joseph Webster, Esq., of Messrs Joseph Webster and Co, Robert Reid, Esq., of Messrs Warns and Stanford Chapman, Esq., of Messrs Tis goe, Son and Chapman. List of Shareholders: fohn 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, Savin Shaw, Esq., J.P., merchant, Mer- Dourue w * w. McLean, Esq., 0. McLean, Esq., ol McLean Bros, and Rigg, Iron mer chants, etc., Melbourne A. Currie, Esq., of A. Currie and Co. merchants and shipowners F. S. Roberts, Esq., Henry Meeks, Esq. of Briscoe and Co., iron merchants^ Melbourne, Sydney, etc. < Q, Whittingham, Esq., J. Whittmgham Esq., merchants* and millownera Melbourne . , , , Edward Duckett. Esq., wholesale Iron monger, Melbourne W. F. Moffatt, Esq., Wm. Peacock, Esq., of Robertson and Moffatt, drapers, Melbourne Joseph Webster, Esq., of Joseph Webster and Co., Melbourne J. S. Peterson, Esq., John Whiting, Esq., of Wm. Peterson and Co., tea 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, v warehousemen James McDougall, Esq., D. Mo Dougall, Esq., of Messrs Sands and McDon gall, wholesale stationers |u 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., P.T. Der ham, Esq., of Swallow anq Ariell, biscuit manufacturers, Melbourne, mes Miller, Esp of James Miller and Co jute manufacturers, Ed. Baines,Esq.,wholesale, Ironmonger, Melbourne J. A. Davies, Usd., miller,Richmonb Wm. Dean , Esq.,of Wm. Dean and 00., oil and colonr merchants. F. 0 Lavgs, Esq., of Lange and Thone man, merchants D. Beath, Esq., of Beath, Schiess and Go., warehousemen and manufac turers O. Smith, Esq., J.P., J. A. Fielding, Esq., of Smith, Winn and Fielding, malt sters and merchants Thon. Alston, Esq., J.P., of Alston and Brown, drapers 9. Moore, Esq., J. Christie, Esq., F. J. Spinks, Esq., of Moore, Christie, and Spinks, merchants, Melbourne Qeo. R bertson, Esq., publisher, Mel bourne Sydney, ew. © Geo. Ratnsden, Esq , miller, Melbourne H. N. Alcock, Esq. , J.P., of Alcock and Co., billiard table manufacturers John Loiimer, Esq., W, Graham, Esq., of Connell, Hogarth, and 00., mer chants, Melbourne G. H. Traill, Esq., manager Oriental Bank Hastings Cunningham, Esq., John K. .Smyth, Esq., of Australian Mort< gage and Agency Company, limited P. Nettleton, Esq., J.P., wool merchant A. Newell, Esq., of Newell and 00., mer chants 8. Chapman, Esq. of Virgoe, Sob and Chapman, merchants. F. Thros'-ell, Esq., of Throuell and Tan kard, maltsters A. and R. Coughs/, wine merchants, Melbourne J. A. Kitchen, Esq., of J. Kitchen and Sons, candle manufacturers R. T. Blackwell, Esq. of Brooks, .Robin son and Co., glass, oil, and color merchants ¥. J. Barg od. Esq., 11, Butler, Esq., of Sargcwd Butler and Nicholl, ware housemen, Melbourne and New Zea land J. Paterson, Esq., J. B. Lalng, Esq., John W. Bruce, Esq., of Paterson, Laiisg, and Bmce, warehousemen, Melbourne O. Fenwick, Esq., J.P., of Fenwick Bros, warehousemen W. K. Thomson, Esq., T.P. , S. Renwiok, Esq. , of James McEwan and 00. iron merchants, Melbourne. Davies and Campbell, solicitors, Mel bourne £- R, Harper, Fsq., of R. Harper and Co., spice merchants and millers 0. R Parsons, E q., Melbourne agent j South British Insurance Company James ’lhonieon, Esq., shipowner, Mel hnuryie T. E. White, Esq., of A. Shaw and Co. > merchants, Brisbane W. G. Stephens, Esq., of Stephens and Watts, drapers A. Parker, Esq., of R. Goldsbrough and Co., Limited W. E. Adcock, Esq., of Adcock, Bros., merchants Hon. J. ti, Francis, 0.M.G., of Francis and McPherson Charles Campbell, Esq., of 0. Campbell and 00., lime and cement merchants John L. Roberts, Esq., director City of Melbourne Bank A. B. Robinson, Esq., commercial editor of the Age J. B. Simmons, Esq., commercial editor o! the Telegraph Wiseman Brothers, woollen warehouse men A. Jack, Esq., of A. Jack and Co., whole sale stationers H. J. Langdon, Esq., J.P,, of H. J. Langdon and Co., drysalters 3, T. Russell, Esq., manager Melbourne Exchange Hugh McNeill, Esq., of Briscoe and Co., Dunedin 0. Forrester, Esq., Victoria Sugar Com



pany John Binnie, Esq., of Georg* Webster end Co., merchants &c. , &c. , &c. Christchurch Board of Directors; William Pratt, Esq., Chairman Henry Thomson, Esq., M.H.R. William Strange, Esq. John Frith Roberts, Esq. H. Hobday, Esq, J. MoVEY BAIRD, Manager for Hew Zealand. Biices: Hereford street West, Adjoining Union Bank. Insurances against Fire effected on almost every description of property. All Losses promptly settled in Christ* church. Agents for Ashburton and District: OftiV*aa «|



Business Notice. gN GLISH WATCHES: I SPECIAL AND IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. STEWART DAWSOH AND CO.'S LIVERPOOL WORLD-RENOWNED ENGLISH LEVER WATCHES. STEWART DAWSON AND CO., of Liverpool, have much pleasure in announcing to their many Customers and the public in general that they have opened a Branch Es tablishment in Auckland, at 195, Queen street, for the sale of their unrivalled English Lever Watches, which will enable all to secure a watch of the highest quality at less than half the prices charged throughout New Zealand. The extraordinary merits of Stewart Daw son and Co.’s Liverpool English Levers are too well known throughout the whole of New Zealand, as well as from East to West of the Old Country, that comment here is unneces sary. Suffice it to say that their perfection in excellence in value has given S. D. and Co. a patronage never equalled in the history of watch-making. ORDER EAI£Y. ORDER EARLY. Please note. —The following prices include duty paid by us. Every watch, quality con sidered, eannot be bought retail under Double the Prices. A£7 10s GENT’S ENGLISH SILVER HUNTING LEVER For £3 iss. The most perfect English Hunting Levers in the world. Every watch manufactured en tirely in our own workshops, These watches are specially adapted for bush work, squatters, miners, etc., as they will stand the hardest wear; send for one of these watches and com pare it with what retail dealers call their finest English Hunters at from L 7 to LB, and you will at once declare ours to be the better watch. A £lO 10s ENGLISH KEYLESS HUNT ING SILVER LEVER FOR £5 15s. Stewart Dawson and Co.’s Superb Keyless Hunting Levers, a triumph of utility and con venience, a watch that is also perfectly air tight, dust-tight, and damp-tight, keeping the works perfectly clean. Unequalled at Ten Guineas, our direct cash price to customers being less than the actual wholesale price to the trade. Price, £S 15s. Worth £lO 10s. Also same watch in open face, price £s 15 s . A £l2 12s ENGLISH SILVER HUNTING CHRONOGRAPH for £6 15s. ' Each watch a model of perfection; finest 3^ -plate movement, full jewelled in rubies, real | chronometer expansion balance, decimal dial, centre seconds, and outside stop; each timed to dead beat in positions, to go exactly the : same in extreme heat or cold. Notwithstand ing the matchless perfection of this watch, we positively sell it a less price -than retailers charge for ordinary inferior made watches. PRICE, £6 15s FULL RETAIL VALUE FOR TWELVE GUINEAS. Also, same watch,in open face, price £$ 15s A £7 los LADIES’ ENGLISH HUNTING LEVER for £3 15s. Every watch a work of art, elegant in shape, shaste in design, of sterling English workman ship, watches that with fair usage will last a lifetime. We ask you to observe that we sup eour magnificent English Levers at a far i price than often charged for cammon foreign watches. Price, in Hunting Cases, 1 iSsj in open face, L 3 ss; practically * saving to each purchaser from £3 to £4. A £4 HUNTING DEFIANCE WATCH For £1 15s. ' None should hesitate to send for one o these watches, truly named “DEFIANCE,” ] f only to see the perfection that can be at tained by a firm whose enterprise and energy have revolutionised the watch trade of Europe. ' Also open-face crystal front, £1 7s fid; all • sterling silver cases. S. D. & CO.’S LADI . S’ and CENTS’ • Magnificent English GOLD LEVERS are truly marvellous value. We sell our Ladies’ Gold Open-faced Levers at L 7 15s, better | watches than sold retail anywhere atj£n 15s. Hunters’ ditto, at S' 15s, positive value for . £ls 15s; Open-face Keyless, at £iq 15s; and 1 Hunters at Ll2 15s, nowhe e equalled under ' L2O. Lhese are facts beyond dispute. Gents’ pen-face, ,£lO 15s; Hunting, £l4. lss; Key ’ ess Open-face, £l4 15s; Hunters, £l6 15s — watch saving to the purchaser from £$ 10.



Stewart Dawson and Cr English Gold fhree-quarter Plate Chronographs should be seen by every gentlemen who contemplates buying a Gold Watch. The finest, handsomest, best, most modern, and greatest value in the world. ADVANTAGES TO CTSTOMERS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE. First—Our gigantic resources of manufac turing, through our complete and efficient factory organisation, and our universal cash sales, enable us to supply each watch at less than half the usual retail priae. Second—Each customer is supplied with a watch on a week’s free approval and trial. The full amount paid is returned to anyone dissatisfied. Third—Every purchaser secures the most perfect English Lever ever made, manufactured entirely in our own workshops, in Liverpool, England, unequalled for beauty, for strength, or durability, or as a time-keeper. The per fection of improved mechanism throughout, in solidity of construction, and lasting qualities, each customer eceiving an English Lever that will wear out three foreign or American-made Watches one after another. __ TESTIMONIALS have been ' received dusing the last few years from wearers in all parts of tht world, proving our Watches to be without equal. The following is a specimen Testimonial just received:—“To Stewart Dawson and Co., Auckland.—Thames, 18th April, 1884. Dear Sir, —Seeing that you are in Auckland, I write to say that nearly five years ago I sent to Liverpool for one of your English Silver Levers as advertised for £3 15s. I duly re ceived the watch, and my son (William Thor burn) has carried it every day since then at his work, riding, etc., and it has never cost him one penny for repairs. Ihe watch is a splendid timekeeper, and would cost in Auckland at least ten guineas. My son could have sold the watch a score of times, for double the price that it cost him, but would not part with it on any account) I may also say that I know several here who have sent for your watches, and they have given the greatast satisfaction. You are at perfect liberty to publish this f you wish, as I am well known here, —I remain, yours truly, Wm. I.ang Thorburn, Engineer, Tararu Thames. ” INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORDERING WATCHES. Ashburton Guardian. Cut this Square out, and forward it with P.O. Order, payable to S.D, and Co., Auckland, or cash in registered letter; add 2s fid to the price of each watch, to pay post and registration when we will forward watch selected and written guarantee by first return of post.—(Signed) Stewart Dawson and Co. Note —All Letters and Orders to be addressed STEWART DAWSON & GO. 19-;, QUEEN STBEET, AUCKLAND. on’t fai write for Illustrated Watch ‘amphlet—most interesting to all; 60 pages wonderful testimonials, British and colonial. Castrations of Gold and Silver Alberts at rnolesale English prices. With this will also e sent a new thirty-two page brochure, en tied “The English Lever, its Invention nd Development,” with an essay on S. D. nd Co,’s system of business, which should be jad by every intending watch-buyer. The ?io pamphlets grab’ fo the postage, in



Friedlsndorßros. Friedlander Bros. are now showing NEW GOODS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT Suitable for the Season. NW STYLES in Ladies' and Children's Hats and Bonnets New Dolmans, Capes, and Fiohus. Ladies’ and Children’s UNDERCLOTHING In Great Variety. A lot of Children’s Costumes very Cheap. A Splendid Assortment of X. ADZES* CORSETS, COMFORTABLE and EASY-FITTING. Infants’ Robes and Pelisses in very Pretty Designs. THE CLOTHING & MEN’S MERCERY DEPARTMENT is also well stocked with the Newest and Best Goods rocurable. Ties, Collars, Shirts, Braces, and Men’s Underclothing— a Magnificent Stock to select from. GROCERY & PROVISION DEPT. While OUR PRICES are LOWER than ANY other House in Town, wo still MAINTAIN OUR REPUTATION for keeping the BEST ARTICLES in the Trade. We have Just landed THIS SEASON’S SHIPMENT



Oar rants Baisins Sultanas Muscatels Jordan Almonds and Assorted Peels WINES & SPIRITS Of the Bess Brands. All orders carefully rnd promptly attended to. We have also just landed a splendid assortment of OEOOKERY & GLASSWARE of every description. CUTLERY & PLATED GOODS in endless variety Friedlauder Bros., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON



Business Notices. jss BAKER BROS., Builders, Under takers, etc., Wakanui road and Casa street —B.B. desire to state that having the mu recent and improved Hearse and Mourning Coach, are prepared to furnish and conduct Funerals on special and most reasonable terms. Country orders will receive prompt attention. Note the ad dress, corner of Wakanui road and Cass street. Orders may be left at the Ash burton Coach Factory; or Box 16, Post Office, Ashburton. 167 rp H E CANTERBURY Tea Warehouse. As we have imported an extra largo Stock of New Season’s Teas direct from the Gardens of China and India, we are giving better value than over. Original Boxes, 12s Gd, 13s 6d, 15s, 16s, 20s, 24s—equal to what is sold at 30s Half-chests, 401 b each, Is 2d per lb to 2s 4d Our own blends are superior to any Tea sold this side the line, as we have no agents and only one profit to take. Pac ced in £lb, 11b, 121 b tins, 401 b half chests ; and sold at Is 6d, Is 10d, 2s, 2a | 4d, 2s 6d, and 2s lOd for the very best. Every one who really loves a cup of good tea should drink them and judge for themselves. White Crystal Sugar, 3£d Best Snowdrop, 4d per ib Our stock of Groceries are large and well assorted and of the best quality. We might mention that we do Beat Rice at 3d per lb. Best Tapicca, 3d per lb Spiced Meat in tins 6d each Pickle Salmon, 6d per lb Our Stock is too numerous to quote the price of each article, but those who favor us with their orders will find it to their advantage. Orders per Post receive attention and despatch KINCAID & MARRIOTT, Tea Blenders, Wholesale and Retail Grocers, 165 and 157 Colombo street, Christchurch. 9 1718 O N Medical. E WORD.



Dear Friends—Wa ha tion in addressing you in lowing, bat hope that looked at in any invidious state that it is only our i health that causes us to d been a Firm of Analytic! many, many years, and hi course of this time manul Medicines that being baa formula and absolnte can in manufacture, have enjo far in advance of any othe cal Preparations of the ( cessful we have been in i note the extraordinary sales of our Haydock a 2 We have the pleasure ti have sold 28,089 Vials ol New Liver Pills. The rei mand is because we fin< New Liver Pills a wonde ordinary combination ( medicine. The Victorie Electric Telegraphs, Stea —revolutionised the whol globe, and made mankiuc ter. Sso, although there Pills used for diseases am as to their merit, the i covery of Dr Haydock ha all, and has founded a Ne tern. The Doctors, whosi four or five pills enfeeb and paralyze the bowels, n the man who restores hea with one or two of hie Vegetable Pills. One or I dock’s JSew Liver Fills si the stomach in perfect oi appetite, and renders the i buoyant. If the Liver is a tions are restored, and System is enfeebled, it la sustained. TRANSLA.T 3 Aykab, Province of Honored and Learned unworthy one who dares and come before you ban begs for his people (caste) deign to look upon their and cure them with j grains (Pills). lllust: moat potent medicine is 1 „„j „n iv,



Oarmi, Illinois, U.S. We would gue you if we were to go on with them as we very well could do, but the above must suffice. Haydook’s New Liver Pills are the true grains and essence of health, and the greatest bless ing that Science has given to the world. For Nervous Prostration, Weakness, General Lassitude, Want of Appetite and Sick Headache, Dr Haddock’s New Liver Pills will be found an Effectual Remedy. Each vial coatainaJTwenty Pills. Price Twenty-five Cents. For sale by all Drug gists. Any sceptic can have a vial of Pills Sent him Free on receipt of his name and address, for a trial. Send a postal card for ropy of pamphlet—“ The Liver and its Mystery.” it furnishes valuable information to all. HAYDOOK & OO New York, U.S. Caution I —Druggist s are desired to no tice that the name of J. H. Francis, sole agent, is written across each dozen pack ages of Haydock’s Liver Pills. All with out this are counterfeits. P. HAYMAN & CO., 6r Aeeßts for New Zealand, 1261



Medical. An old established and . POPULAR MEDICINE. Baxter’s 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 Cheat and Throat, EFFCTUALLY RELIEVED & CURED BY BAXTER'S Lung Preserver. I 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 one 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 a have the greatest pleasure in bearing ' testimony to its efficacy in the treatment 1 of coughs, colds, bronchitis, croup whoop ing cough, etc. 1 have recommended it to my friends, who have also proved it a very palatable and speedy cure for chest and throat complaints. I have uniformly found a single dose of “ Lung Preserver,” check a severe paroxysm of coughing. 1 shall on all occasions have great pleasure in recommending it to sufferers, as I con > aider it a boon to mankind. * From Isaac Allen Esq., Commission ■ Agent— Hereford street, Christchurch, December'6, 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, 3 like other nostrums, disorder the digestive - organs by inducing nausea, constipation, headaches, loss of appetite, etc. I can ’ heartily recommend it as the beat, cheapest and most palatable mixture known for coughs, colds, bronchitis, ■ whooping cough, etc. So highly do we ' esteem it that we always keep a supply 3 on hand. 3 FromW. B. Scott, Esq., Builder, etc., r Peterborough street, Christchurch, 3 December 4, 1883. r Some years ago I was recommended to I try a bottle of your “ Pulmonic Elixir and 1 Lung Preserver,” for tightness in the 3 cheat I did so, and from that time I have 1 never been without it in the house. 1 1 have found it to answer in every respect for coughs, colds, and sore throat, and ' would strongly advise those that are suf ’ fering from such complaints to try it. ' to To be had of all Chemists and Store -3 keepers, in bottles, la l£d, 2s 9d, 4s fid 1 and 11 s each. Wholesale Agents—J. Baxter, Chemist, 3 21, Victoria street, Christchurch ; Messrs J P. Hayman and Co., Sainsbury, Ellisdon ‘ and Co, and Kempthorne, Prosser and ’ Co., and may also be obtained of mer it chants throughout New Zealand, 3 are requested to ask for Baxter’s Lung Preserver. Be cautious 5 against being put off with some other 1 medicine, which dealers may recommend, solely on the ground of having mote pro ‘ fit. 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 - Restorative proper ties. Hence the invariable'success in the Relief and Cure 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, unsalubrioua climate, or other cause what-ever. DR. ROOKE'S ORIENTAL PILLS Are'sold in boxes at Is and 4s 6d each, DE. ROOKE’S SOLAR ELIXIR Is sold in bottles at 4s 6d and 11s each. DR. ROOKE’S MEDICINES may be obtained of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors; and of my Agent J BAXTER, Chemist, Chkistchhboh. DR ROOKE’S ANTI-LANCET. DR. ROOKE’S ANTI-LANCET. Every Household should possess a Copy.



All who wish to Preaer thus to prolong life si Rooke’s “ Anti-Lancet,” Guide to Domestic Medici tains 172 pages, and is rep dotes, sketches, biographi traits of eminent men, etc DU. HOOKE’S ANTI be obtained Gratia of J. J3a Christchurch; or, post fi Rooks, Scarborough, Engl DR. ROOKE’S ANTI-I earning this book, the late < Sheridan Knowles, cfbser be an incalculable boon to who read and think. CROSBY’S BALSAM! ELIXIR Is specially recommend eminent Physicians, and b Scarborough, author of th< cet. ” It has been used with th success for Asthma, BroncK tion, Coughs, Influenza, Night Sweats, Spitting of ness of Breath, and all Afl Thrnaf and rHinat-



Scholastic. ON ASTER Y HOLY NAIT*? OF SELECT SCHOOL, ASHBURTON. Conducted by the Religious of ,f Note* Dame dbs Missions. ” Board and Tuition ... £25 per annnm Day Pupils £6 per annum _ , ° ~ MM MB* UUMIQI. Laundress a Fee ... £1 Is. per quarter No extra charge for the ordinary Lower In Braving and Singing. Payments to be made quarterly in ad vance, and one quarter’s notice to ba gwen 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. connects with the Monastery ere JESUS. Teems: Extras ; Music ... £2 2s. per quarter Dn. ;mg and Painting £2 2s. par quarter ■ .ontwivnaa'a s * Pu Sohock q Medical.



F. G. THOMAS, Surgeon Dentist, will VISIT Ashburton every month, and may be consulted at Quill’ Hotel | 106 GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. E P PS’S 000 OA. BREAKFAST. “|3 Y a thorough knowledge of the natural JT> laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a carefu application of the fine properties of wel selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save ns many heavy doctor’s bills. It is by the ad cions use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built ni until strong enough to resist every ten denoy to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies vte floating around os ready c attack wherever there la r weak point. 'Ve may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure food and a properly nourished frame.— I An article in the Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk Sold in £lb packets by Grocers, labelled thus;— JAMES EPPS AND 00., aoaußOFAxmo ons mists, LONDON, ENGLAND.



Keating’s Powder. Keating’s Powder. Keating’s Powder. Keating’s Powder. Kills Bugs, Pleas, • Moths, Beetles. This Powder is quite harmless to ANIMAL LIFE, but is turn vailed in destroy: mg fleas, bugs, cockroaches, beetles, moths m furs, and every other species of insect. Sports men will find this invaluable for destroy ing fleas in their dogs, as also ladies for their pet dogs. THIS ARTICLE has found so GREAT a SALE that it has tempted others to vend a so* called article in imitation. The PUBLIC are CAUTIONED that.the tins of the genuine eKSr&fr S le M^ ut 2 era P h I of THOMAS ■tvCiAIING. 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 zq?i agreeable method of adminlrtwing tin, only certain remedy for INTESTINAL or THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly afe and mild preparation, and is especially adapted for children. Sold in tins by all Chemists and Druggists. Proprietor, THOS. KEATING, London



The Bad and Wc are never imitated or counter) pecially true of a family m< positive proof that the reme the highest value. As soo tested and proved by the who Bitters was the purest, best, i family medicine on earth, sprung up and began to ste which the press and the peop had expressed the merits a every way trying to induce to use their stuff instead, ex money on the credit and gooc Many others started nostrums lar style to H. 8., with v names in which the word “ K were used in a way to induce they were the same as Hop E pretended remedies or cures, their style or name is, and with the word “ Hop ” or •* name or in any way connecte their name, are imitations or c ware of them. Touch none nothing but genuine Americ with a bunch or cluster of gre w> He label, and Dr Soule’s th glass. Trust nothing else, ch,mists are warned against d ions or counterfeit*- TEEDMAN’S SOOTHE 1 FOR CHILDREN CUTTINi CAUTION TO PUB The value of this well-knoi cine has been largely tested in world, and by all grades of soc of FIFTY YEARS. Its w.