The Ashburton Guardian.

ASHBURTON, MONDAY. JANIjARY 19. 1885.

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gnrroyor. Olvtt Engineers, &c. C. E. FOOKS AND SONS, Architects, Crvtt EircmroEßa, Vai’iatobs, Liokcsto) StTEVSVOBS, AK» LAKD BbOKBBS, TRIANGLE, WAKANDI ROAD, Aa^xjißTay. Shipping. Shortest and most direct ROUTE TO GREAT BRITAIN AND EUROPE, THROUGH AMERICA AND, via SANDWICH ISLANDS. The PaoificMail Steamship Company (under contract with the New Zealand and New South Wales Governments) will the undermentioned steamers as Passengers, booked to uonoow, Paris at a through rate, thtia lectuing special advantages. Por ri,teao(Freighr and Passage, and or fnH information, apply to GARDNER & PICKERING, , Agents, . 161, Hereford Btreg^Christchnr^. Conveyances. mmWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS JL RAILWAY. MOUNT SOMERS AND CAVENDISH ROYAL MAIL COACH. The above Oeach leaves Hood’s hotel for Cavendish Railway Station every Tues day-and Saturday, meeting each train. Paatongers by morning train may pro ceed % coach to Alford Forest, thence to Methvdn far time for the last train for Christchurch, or may return in time lor the list train for Ashburton. ; la JOHN HOOD AUSTRALASIAN pAEOKIiS EXP RE L Parcels and Packages forwarded to any addreis,. at cheap, through, inclusive Qne charge. No extrws. No trouble. No charge fpr booking or for collecting packages up to 661bs weight within the city. Daily despatches by Kail, and to Great Britain, Europe and Australia by every steamer. . „ , Extract from tariff, including all charges to Address of Consignee



Consultation g PORTING NEWS. dB!,U00 320 CASH PRIZES SEVENTH GRAND HAMBURG DRAWING IS NOW OPEN. To a purchaser of 25 programmes one will be given gratis. 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, will {close the end of February, and the eighth Hamburg drawing will open on the Ist March. . ... , This seventh grand drawing will consist of 320 money prizes, amounting to L.4.UW subscribed by 8,000 members at 10s each. The various Money Prizes will be dis tributed as follows: — . , 1 £3OO prize; 1 £2OO prize; ! £IOO prize; 2 £SO prizes; 10 £3O prizes; 15 £25 prizes; 15 £2O prizes; 16 £l6 prizes ; 160 £lO prizes; ICO £5 prizes. Total amotmt, £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 grames is guaranteed a prize, »»d 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 ted of £2 the chances are only 6 to 1 Against him drawing a prize, and the head prize or any other may be drawn bi any investor of 10s. Stead this carefully.-In Boazs Grand Hamburg Drawings the greatest odds are odly 25 to 1 sgainst 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 hare a number of chances and can win a number of prizes for a single in vestment oMOs. . . Note.—Prize winners whether winning largo 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 supeivision 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, ind Is added for exchange. Post-office orders preferred, made payable only to Boaz. Bank notes accepted. Two 2d damps for reply and result. Registered etters and telegrams not received. Name ind address of applicant should be plainly itten. AH letter* must be addressed Care Mr Mosely, W holesale & Retail Tobacconist, Box 64 Post Office Pnned* v 121136 3oaz, Business Notices



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EXTENDED TO E 1 Jan. 10,1885. NEW GIFTS FOR ALL Holders os' Tickets will KUTDLT CALL FOB PRESENTS BE EOBEXHBIOm. Mr : -r AND NEW GOODS OPENING. ;; 1 - 1 : • Co., £rV ! 4 3;.:!'-' ■: -- ',■ ■■ ARGYLB HOUSE I I 6 100 - i-/;;, *■: ■: : ■ - !?0j O PURCHASERS OF OR'* *7N LANDS. FOR SALE—The NEW ZEALAND CROWN LANDS GUIDE for 1884. Priob, <>ne Shilling. Apply. ‘‘GUARDIAN ,J OFFICE,



Consultation. £3vooo Will close Fcbunry 24, 1885. Registered letters and telegrams received. DUNEDIN AUTUMN MEETING, 1885, To bo run Feb. 20, 1885. 0,000 members at 105—137 prizes. Each ticket has eight and can obtain a prize in each drawing. Dunedin Cup—4o nominations. 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,1000—137 Prizes. Address—ROßlN HOOD, Care of Thos. Stapleton, Box 238, P. 0., Christchurch. Cr 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 1 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 J. A. P. having made ar rangements for a Hearse and Mourning Coach is prepared to execute funerals in Town or Country cheaper than any other house in Ashburton. J. A. PERSSON, Ashburton, Warehouse and Workshops—Opposite Railway Station and next to Post Office, T. A. GATES, PETER! U [STREET O g L M f D PICTURES I W Framed Artistically. N E MAPS Properly Mounted. G None but the best materialcj ONE BUT THE BEST E Cabinet-making Executed G W in inimitable style, N and Cheaply. I M L D 0 1 L UNDERTAKER & CABINETMAKER, jf>.t rrn jD/l per day to be made by pot ato. 10 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 yon. Outfit worth Jil mailed free. The employment is particularly adapted to the region in which this publication circulates. Boy. and girls earn nearly as much as lit Full particulars and instructions tnaile.. free. How is the time—don't delay, but write to ns at once. Address Btustsok ani> Co. Portland, Maine, United States.



HB 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, Directors—Hon William Bayles (Mel bourne), Hon W. H. Reynolds, M.L.0., chairman j John M. Ritchie, Esq., J.P. ; John Roberts, Esq., J.P. WILLIAM WILLS, Resident Secretary. CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT AGENCY Cxtt Chambers, Hereford street, (Opposite Bank of New Zealand). W. H. BROWNE, District Agent. Dunedin. Geo. F. Henry, Local Agent, BAKER * BUILDINGS, Havelock street, Ashburton.



NE box of Clark’s B 41 pills is war ranted to cure all discharges from the urinary organa in either sex (acquired or constitutional), gravel and pains in the back. Guaranteed free (from mercury. Sold in boxes 4a 6d 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 gra y's New Positive Feed Broadcast For Sowing Grain, Grass, Turnip, Rape, Mangold, etc., and the Turnip Sower can bearranged, when ordered, to sow Lucerne or other small needs 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 orjvery smooth land. It will sow any desired quantity of Grain or Grass by simply changing one wheel Corn Drills all Sizes. Jointed Pulverising Disc Harrows. The Best. —Over 500 in use. Improved Prize Chappouttbrs.— With cast-steel mouthpieces, when properly handled, make no long straws, conse quently chaff requires no riddling. They are in use largely all over JNew 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. 8,4, 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, 1 2, 3, and 4 horses. Best 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. Winner*, jf the Gold Medal at the Melbourne Exhibition for their Double Furrow Plough, vide Jurors’ Report;— “ Ploughs— ln ploughs there is one eS hibit to which wo wish to draw special attention as being the best, and that is the Double Furrow of Rei(' and Gray, of Dunedin, New Zealand, in Jnish and con struction it is far superior to any other The New Zealand Loan Mercantile Agency Company are now representing ns Seedsower, Rakaia. in this district REIP -ft GRAY



Business Notices. A USTRALIAN 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 moat Favorable Terma. Special Notice. —As this Company has boon the means ot Reducing Fire Premiums, Insurers will beat consult their own ntoreata by herr tily it, and so prevent a return to the Old Rates, Agent for Ashburton and District, Walter B. Moss, “GUARDIAN” OFFICE.



CANTERBURY BRANCH. , A M<£& £ mm r^rjj m 4 M r/-TrrT.'T.Trrr*-.V7TTT-.7-Y.*?7T.'rri»'.-r.*.-»Y 6 /yvv SAV? _ Established 1859. Capital t 1,000,000 (.hjuKfTßo Liabilitydf Sharbucldfas IJT H E PREMIER COLONIAL COMPANY FIRE AND MARINE RISKS, ALSO RISKS ON GROWING CROPS ACCEPTED AT THE LOWEST CURRENT RATES. George Jameson. AGENT, ASHBURTON. 24 T H E WONDER OF THE. WORLD. Herman’s WORLD-RENOWNED SHEEP WASH AND CELEBRATED VERMIN DESTROYER.



This preparation is 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 most 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 farmer 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 purpt of the Horticulturist; and it la 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 serve 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 simpl 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 vermin while the household pets such as cats and dogs will not touch it in any form, and si j 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 uf#the medi6al faculty in Europe. HERMAN BROS. & CO. beg to announce that they have appointed CHARLES NEATB, Chemist and Druggist, East street, their sole Agent for Ashburton and vicinity, and from him the preparation cac be obtained in parcels. Price —One Shilling; or six packets for Five Shillings, Liberal reduction allowed to the trade. Manufactory—BEAUMONT SQUARE, MILE END ROAD, LONDON. 8 28



ADMISSION 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 free ! 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. Carson, Grocery, Fruit and Italian Warehouse, between the two banks, wholesale and retail agent for Nelson Moate and Co.’s pure blended leas, in packets and boxes. •nO.THERHAM WATCHES |_\ From £5 10a. ATCHMAKCRS JEWELLERS, 'js: i GH GH-GH, COACH FACTORY, HaveiocK street. Established 1876. Baker & Brown, COAOHBUILDERS, &0., Manufacturers of all kinds of buggies and carriages of English or American designs. Workmanship Guaranteed. Buggies repaired, re-painted, re-trim med, etc,



Business Notices- J. 0. Duncan, Licensed land broker, General Agent and Accountant, Ashburton. Agent for Victoria Insurance Co., 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 ance, prepare 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



o 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 shade, suitable for the coming season, a splendid assortment of the newest Over-coatings ; also, a choice col lection of Kaiapoi and Mosgiel Twoods, 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 best work manship is guaranteed. Come, see and judge for yourselves. A variety of Kaiapoi Flannels, Under shirts. Drawers Socks, etc., always in stock



Business Notices. MRS HOO3, (Late of Melbourne), Dress and mantle make? Tanobkd street, (Corner of Tancred and Casa breeta), Ashburton. ipSf Fit and Style Guaranteed. Charges moderate. 3 396 An Apprentice Wanted. 1 A AAA BOTTLES SOLD LAST IU)UUU LAST WINTER. USE 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 CSemists and Storekeepers in Is 6d and 2s 6d bottles. Wholesale Agents Harris and Son, and Kempthobnb, Prosser and Co. Christchurch ; or to the proprietor, H. CITRON, 6 1110 Akaroa. FOREST HOTEL. John Tisch, Who has again taken the hotel at Alford Forest, would be glad to receive a call from his old friends and as many nev ones as can make it convenient to giv look in Good »cco> odation for horses. 1328 rjl O FARMERS. BEFORE PURCHASING, INSPECT THE JOHNSTON



P. Cairns, AILOE AND OLOTHI.ER DC 0 H 3 fft w WWmM O crK 00 dO rtf H Had# CO a CD O O s= a O P 5 QQ f.i rt} P* k safsS o O ot o co i «'V CORNER OF HIGH AND ST. ASAPH STREETS, OHRISTOHUROH, All Goods warranto well shrunk, by our patent shrinking machine. PATTERNS OF TWEEDS SENT ON • PPLICATIOJY II Public Companies, IVTEW ZEALAND LOAN & MBR CANTILE 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 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.



Twine Binder, THE LIGHTEST DRAFT, THE MOST SIMPLE AND DURABLE HARVESTER AND BINDER In the Market. Price—£ss. THE JOHNSTON WROUGHT-IRON SIDE DELIVERY REAPER. THE KING OP REAPERS. Has gained the Highest Prize in Every Contest throughout the Grain Growing Countries of the World. Price-£37 10s. THE JOHNSTON MOWERS Have Changeable Speed. The Lightest Draft Machines in use. Price—£lß. Best Manilla TWINE at very lowest quotation. Also, OILS and General Har vesting Requirements in Hand. KELSEY BROS. Sole Agents, Christchurch. 140 CHAMPION Cord Binder. FARMERS contemplating purchasing a Binder this season should first see the above machine, and carefully examine the numerous improvements.



AGENTS jIN CANTERBURY FOR— Ruaton Proctor and Co.’s celebrated Com bined Threshing Machines and Engines, acknowledged to be the Best Machines imported into New . Zealand. Felton and Guilleamne's Patent Galvan ised Steel-barb Fencing Wire Candy’s Patent Cotton Belting. Maldon Island Guano. Further particulars on application at the Company’s Offices, Chriatobnrch, Ashbur ton and Rakaia. JOHN COOKE, Manager. Christchurch, H. 11. SEORfiTAN, /.gent, A snburto ■. 0. W. i JitNEl' - -,ei t, 0 If *



In case any Farmers have not been able to attend the trials held, some opinions of those who have used the Champion are here appended. EDWARD REECE, Agent for New Zealand. Greendale, January 2,1885. Mr E. Riiece. Dear Sir,—l am pleased to be able to inform you that since purchasing my Champion Cord Binder 1 have cut and tied 30 acres of grass seed, much tangled with clover and trefoil, and the. machine did its work well. The relief rake and new butter are great improvements, and are indispensable for all kinds of crops. I find the machine very light draft and easily handled, well built and strong, and 1 think you ought to do well with the Champion.—Yours truly, G, Ridgen. Burnside, January 3, 1885. Mr E. Reeoe. Dear Sir, —In reply to your enquiry as to my opinion of the new Champion Cord Binder, tried on my farm during last harvest, 1 may say it was Worked for days together in the heaviest and in all kinds of crops—viz., wheat, oats and barley—and in every case gave entire satisfaction. It is a very clean cutting machine, and leaves a clear stubble. The binding is equally good and reliable. It is a very strong machine, simple in construction, easily managed, and thoroughly practi cable. To anyone requiring a machine, I consider it quite equal to any in the mar ket, and in some points superior. Yours truly, W. Boag. We, the undersigned farmers, having been present at the Exhibition of the Champion lord Binder as made at Mr Cherry's Farm, Eyreton, hereby express our complete satisfaction with the efficient way the grain was handled. The numer ous improvements in the machine are moat invaluable, and contributed materi ally to the success of the trial. —(Signed) F. Denton Henry Fenwick Robert Dailey George Bailey Thomas Burgin Thomas Davies H. Beal Hay Smith David Lundy Charles Overtoil, Waipapa George Svnith H. Martin James Leahy „ Hugh Elder 1 52 and 20 others.



Business Notice. O T 1 O v NEW BAKERY & FLOUR STORE* &*., Benjamin Moms Desires to return bla beat thanks telhs public for the liberal support accorded te him since he has taken over the Wester* field Mills. He begs to state that be bat 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 he now OPENED A BAKERY, S under the management of a first-class Baker, and trusts by strict attention t business to merit a share of publi patronage. ANALYSIS OF WESTERFIELD FLOUR. ’ “ I have examined both chemically and microscopically the whole grain flout manufactured by Mr B. Mob&is, I find it to be quite free from adulteration, an/ made from sound wheat of good quality, “A. W. BICKERTON, “ Colonial Analyst." August 25th, 1884. . 8 168 _ QEOWN IRON WORKS, ARMAGH STREET, Christchurch. . Portable Ranges Burn Wood and Coal—-in Four Sizes. PAINTED CORRUGATED IRON



Four, Five, Six and Seven Feet Lengths. 40 per cent. Cheaper than Galvanised Iron. 10 1988 jyjES KENNEDY &Miss CAMERON DRESSMAKERS, COMPTON’S BUILDINGS, Moore Street, Ashburton. sWlb and Fit Guarantied. Rot«’ Suits Mad*. 3 500 Miss Sowman BEGS to inform the inhabitants of Rakaia and surrounding districts that she has OPENED business as MILLINER AND’ DRESSMAKER AT MRS SHARP’S, Near Rail way Hotel, South Rakaia. Fit and Stylo Gnaranteed. 8 1621 HOUSE. According to their nsnal custom, J. BALL ANT YNE & CO. are now holding a great Clearing Sale. Owing to the lateness of the season, the Stock in each De partment is nnusuallylarge, there* fore Extraordinary Reductions must be made. J. B. and Co. would call Special attention to the fact that, as a CLEARANCE IS MADE every season, the goods now offered are not the accumulation of years, but FRESH & FASHIONABLE, and comprise, the latest importa tions, direct from the manufao - turers, J. BALLANTYNE & CO. being large manufacturers of Men’s and Boys’ Clothing, pur chasers will be enabled to buy these quite epual to order* made garments, at prices that cannot fail to give satisfaction. DISCOUNT FOR CASH as usual, One Shilling in the £. DUNSTABLE HOUSE. 1 3S



Coals, Coals. HAYING 1,000 TONS m hand of the BEST COALS imported, viz., OLD L AM B T O N, We beg to solicit a share of public patron age. Farmers would do well to give na a trial. 1579 MATSON, COX & OQ. O E S A L B. CRUSHED OATS, 2a 6d per bushel. OH AFP, BRAN, Ac. FIRST-CLASS POTATOES, A LOT OF IRON TANKS. Joseph Clark,