The Ashburton Guardian.

VOLi. V.—No. 1,541

ASHBURTON. FRIDAY. MAY 15. 1H

tFF.IC si'-ONE' FENNY



Surveyor, Civil Engineers, &c. 0 B. FOOKB AND SONS * Architects, Jivxl Engineers, Vaviators, Licensbi SURVEYORS, AND LAND BROKERS, ' TRIANGLE, wakanui road, Ashburton. Shipping. Shortest and most direct ROUTE TO GREAT BRITAIN AND EUROPE, THROUGH AMERICA AND, via SANDWICH ISLANDS. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company Zander contract with the New Zealand and New South Wales Governments) will 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 tor foil information, apply to GARDNER & PICKERING, Agents, 161, Hereford street, Christchurch. Conveyances. TINWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS RAILWAY. MOUNT SOMERS AND CAVENDISH ROYAL MAIL COACH. The above Ceach leaves Hood’s hotel for Cavendish Railway Station everyday, 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. In JOHN HOOD AUSTRALASIAN jpAROKLS EXPRE&s. Parcels and Packages forwarded to any address, at cheap, through, inclusive cates. One charge. No extras. No trouble. No charge tor booking or for collecting packages up to 561bs weight within the city. Daily despatches by Hail, and to Great Britain, Europe and Australia by every steamer. Extract from tariff, including all charges to Address of. Consignee : I S •I * 8 re now receiving parcels for Home atoh per Tongariro, sailing this Revised cheap rates, ance effected if desired, and all information on application UFF & GRAHAM, ox 237 Post Office, Christchurch ; and Lyttelton. 8 1672 Business Notices. DANISH Seed Oats. IE Undersigned has a fall Stock COLONIAL ITHING DRAPERY FLANNELS, &o. bs and Shoes, Large Stock of Groceries and Oilmen’s Stores. SPECIAL VALUE IN CHOICE TE> FEED AND SEED OAT . FLOUR, BRAN, AND SH RPS. All at the lowest prices possible. Gena ,ne value and no make-believe or sham Large discount, and other induce men or fwmh. Families waited on weekly oftener if required. D. WILLIAMSON, Basi Street, Ashbuexo BAKER BROS., Builders, Under takers, etc. * Wakanui road and Oasi street.desire to state that havmj the mt% recent and imwfoved Hearse ant Mourkiho OoAoh, are prepared to farms! end oondaotFunerals on special and mos reasonable terms. Country orders wil receive prompt,attention. Note the ad dress, corner of : Wakanui road and Cas street. Orders may be left at the Ash hasten Coaoh Factory; or Box 16, Pos £hPoe Ashburton. - 16'



n is; ws, groKx i js a £4,000 320 CASH PRIZES. NINTH GRAND HAMBURG DRAWING IS 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 Horse Conaultationiats (about thirty) to contend against, some of whom under fictitious names have been mean enough to do their utmost to injure the rromotexsof the Ham burg Company, ’hey cannot do so, as this Company is too well established and fa vo ably known with ihe,public all through New Zealand. The large number of applications that came in too late will be registered in the ninth drawing ; or if the applicant wishes, the money will be returned. The ninth grand drawing for L 4,000 will close the end of June, and the tenth Hamburg drawing will open on the Ist of J uly. 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 £SO prizes; 10 £3O prizes; 15 £25 prizes; 15 £2O prizes; 16 £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 gratia. The grand principle of these Hamburg Drawings is that a purchaser of 25 pro grammes is guaranteed a prize, sad 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 an investor of 10a. Read 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 horse or cash prize in any of the horse consultations. The marbles are replaced for each drawing or 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 may 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 ninth grand drawing for £4,000 will take place under the supei vision of a com mittee of eight subscribers, 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 Is added for exchange. Post-office orders preferred, made payable only to jßoaz. Bank notes accepted. Two 2d stamps for reply and result. Registered letters and telegrams not received. Name and address of applicant should bo plainly written. All letter” must be addressed p AO Care Mr Moaely, XJUaiZiy Wholesale & Retail Tobacconist, Box 64 Post Office* Dunedin 121136 NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS. ROBIN HOOD. jook at our Dunedin Cup and Great Autumn results i'irst prize, Birthday Handicap, LI,OOO. First prize, Grand National, L3OO. ?wo races and eight classes cash bonds. Apply Early. )UNEDIN BIRTHDAY HANDICAP, To be run at Dunedin, May 25, lfcßs. N.Z. GRAND NATIONAL, ?o be run at Christchurch, May 25, 1885. Will Close May 22, 000 members at 10s. About 220 prizes, ilaoh ticket has ten chances, and can obtain a prize in each of ten drawings. Grand National. Li,425 AH applications exceeding advertised umber of 8,000 will be allotted as Sixtra ash Bonds of L 5 each (less usual com lission), instead of increasing value of listing prizes, and will be called 9th ass. We wish to be distinctly under ood that our drawings are always con ucted by a committee of shareholders, ad that representatives of the Press are kewise present; and names and addresses E principal winners are alw-.-ys sent aroughout New Zealand. From the umber of people who inspect our books ay by day, and the correspondence we sceive (and answer) relative to our draw ags, distribution of prizes, and our busi ess generally, it seepis almost superfluous 0 still ray “our books are always open or inspection;” yet such is the fact, and ur ever increasing business shows plainly he result. Please send two 2d stamps for reply and asult. P.O. orders preferred. Is ex hange on Cheques and Stamps. Coin nd Notes must be registered. Regis ered letters and telegrams received. Address—ROßlN HOOD, Care of Thos, Stapleton, Box 238, P. 0., Christchurch. Or care of Jubal Fleming, 3ity Baths, Colombo at,., Christchurch. 10.000 BOTTLES SOLD LAST 1 VT 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 Chemists and Storekeepers in Is 6d and 2s 6d bottles. Wholesale Agents Haeeis and Son, and Kempthoene, Peossee and Co. Christchurch ; or to the proprietor, fl. CITRON, st



5 ' nnHE GLOBE CONSULTATION CO.’ § programme on the BIRTHDAY HANDICAP (Dunedin) AND e N.Z. GRAND STEEPLECHASE (Christchurch), d To be run on 25th May, 1885, 11 6,000 SHARES at 10s E iCH, 1.3,00: e a 8 First prize Birthday Handicap, LGOO First prize N.Z Grand National a Handicap, L4OO. About 100 Prizes. i t The above company, in presenting thei j second programme, would call special atten , tion to the address of the parties en trusted with the correspondence. Having ) been entrusted by the Canterbury Jockej i and other Clubs with ihe sole manage i ment and control of their totalisafors which have given universal satisfaction tc t the public, will be a sufficient guarantee ) as to the genuineness and successful working of the consultation. Special advantages are offered tc investors in the Globe Consultation Com * pany, by reason of the tickets being ' printed in such a manner as to enable the i purchaser of a whole ticket to dispose oi 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 HOBB & GOODWIN, Office—Hobbs’ Buildings, Cathedral 3 372 Square, Christchurch. Business Notices. TOWLE’S pennyroyal and steel pills for females quickly correct all irregulari tiesand relieve the distressing symptoms so prevalent with the sex. Boxes la 1-Jd 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 esidence, Cox street; or at Mr T. F. Farley, stationer, Saunders’ Buildings. Concerts, balls and parties arranged for. Pianofortes tuned, toned and regulated. J 1 OI Mount somers & methyen ROYAL MAIL COACH. Oa and after January Ist, 1885, the undersigned will run a Coach each Tues day, Thursday and Saturday, starting at noon from Hood’s Hotel, Mount Somers, for Springbmn and Alford Forest, there connecting with Duffs Coach from Methven returning same evening. I ares—Spring burn, 2s, return, 3s j Alford Forest, 45,, return, s. 1 27 T. HIX. ASHBURTON COAL AND FIRE WOOD DEPOT, R. S. BEAN Has for Sals at Lowest Rates — COAL (Newcastle and Native). POSTS and RAILS, STAKES, WIRE,&c OATS, BRAN, CHAFF, OHIOKWHEA r. Also, a first-class NEW EXPRESS with Reversible Seats, Terms, if desired. R. S. Bean, West street. 6 1147 Public Companies. IATEW ZEALAND LOAN & MER- J\ CANTILB AGENCY COMPANY (LIMITED). Capital, £3,000,000. Makes LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES on Freeholds, on Stations and Stock, and on growing clip 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 i branches of Mercantile Business. HOLDS PERIODICALS AUCTION SALES of Wool, Grain, Skins, Hides, Tallow, Live Stock, Land, etc, at its Salerooms, Warehouses and the Gen -1 tral Markets. Special and Clearing Sales also conducted. 1 Supplies WOOL PACKS and CORN SACKS, at Lowest Current Rates. AGENTS iN CANTERBURY FOR— Ruston Proctor and Co.’s celebrated Com bined Tbieshing Machines anc Engines, acknowledged to be th« Best Machines imported into Nev Zealand. 1 Felton and Gnilleaume’s Patent Galvan ised Steel-barb Fencing Wire Candy’s Patent Cotton Belting. Maldon Island Guano. r ,t ;s d h Further particulars on application at thi Company’s Off les, Christchurch, Ashbnr ton and RakaU. JOHN COOKE, Manager Christchurch n. SEORBTAN, Agent, Aehburto O. W JjftNß!'



,’S box of Clark’s b4l pills is war ranted to cure all discharges, from th< urinary organs in either sex (acquired 01 constitutional), gravel and pains in th< back. Guaranteed tree mercury, Sold in boxes 4s 6d each, by all chemistf 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 ); ir 'g 7 3, ,o 10 ll o g e >i it o r e r 1 1 bud AND GRAY’S Few Positive Feed Broadcast ■ Seedsower, For Sowing Grain, Grass, Turnip, Rape, Mangold, etc., and the Turnip Sower can bo arranged, when ordered, to sow Lucerne or other small seeds simultaneously to the sowing of Ryegrass if desired. It is tho only Sower in the Market that will sow with absolute regularity on either exces sively rough or very smooth land. It will sow any desired quantity of Grain or Grass by simply changing one wheel. Corn Drills all Sizes. Jointed Pulverising Dis-c Harrows.— The Best.—Over 500 in use. Improved Prize Chaffcutiers. With cast-steel mouthpieces, when properly handled, make no-'long straws, conse quently chaff requires no riddling. They are in use largely all over New Zealand, several of the large-sized machines being lately fitted up at Christchurch. Improved Double and Treble Furrow Ploughs. —Tho best, and consequently the cheapest in the market. 3, 4,_ and 5 leaf harrows. Square linked chain har rows- Few design of tripod harrows. 5 and 7 tined field grubbers. Cambridge Tollers, 20, 24, and 26 inches diam. Plain cylinder field rollers Horse gears for 1, 2,3, and 4 horses. Best iron-bark swingle-trees. Ropes and pully 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 Fukkow Plough, vide Jurors’ Report:— “ Flouohs—ln ploughs there is one ex hibit to which wo wish to draw special attention as being the best, and that is the Double Furrow of ReF and Gray, of Dunedin, New Zealand, iu.mish and con struction it is far superior to any other ! Bakaia. 5 The Few Zealand Loan Mercantile Agencv Company are now representing us ■ in this district FETP fiRAV ; T. A. GATES, 1 PETER] D [STREET ’° g L M r D 1 PICTURES I W Framed Artistically. N E MAPS Properly Mounted. G None but the best matertalh o SE BUT THE BEST E Cabinet-making Executed G W in inimitable style, N and Cheaply. I M L D 0 | L U ■ UNDERTAKER & CABINETMAKER. JURE VALUABLE THAN GOLD Lf a daily increasing demand and an dleas number of testimonials are a terion of the popularity of an article, 3n Dr Low’s CHERRY PECTORAL is e of the wonders of the present en htened age. During the past winter d spring diseases of the throat and igs have been very prevalent, and it s been admitted on all sides that where er this valuable remedy has been ob nable, numbers of lives have been red by its timely use. Always have a ttle in tho house. where at Gd and 2s 6d per bottle. Wholesale enta, Kempthorne, Prosser and Co,, iristchurcb, and at the proprietor, H. tron, Chemist, Akaroa. g ATCHMAKERS I EWELLERS« N USJ iGH GHm Government Notice. The public trust office OF NEW ZEALAND. Atention is directed to the provisions of he Acta establishing this Office, and to ;b.e advantages placed thereby within easy each of every colonist. Subject to such previsions, tho State cffbrs to every per cn : I.—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. 5. —Having acted as Trustee, Executor or Administrator, wishing to be relieved oi che burthen of Trustee hip or Adminis ration, the option of us! ig the State ma chinery, and gives an absolute guarantee igainst loss of funds by fraud, peculation, or dishonesty. Every information may be obtained ALEXANDER LEAN, Agent at Christchurch; Or from R. O. HAMERTON, i Public Trustee Wellington, J2th May, 1682



r -10 )r ie h ts c ROWN IRON WORKS, ARMAGH STREET, Christchurch. 8 Portable Ranges Burn Wood and Coal —in Four Sizes. S PAINTED CORRUGATED IRON IN '•’our. Five, Six and Seven Feet Lengths. g 46 per cent. Cheaper than Galvanised 3 Iron. 10 1988 H. wc GRIESSEHOH A'-'D CO. WEAVERS’ HALL, 'OOL EXCHANGE, LONDON, SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Established 1855. Ship to order any description of British t and Continental Goods upon 2h per cent . commission, selected by buyers with Colonial experience, and attend to the r prompt realisation of Produce at highest prices upon t per cent, commission, r Orders to be accompKided by Letters of Credit or part rerni; • r'-re in ! .i,k P»;- fls or Produce. Open }•*. ;•.•)«<• of 'ion .aice for ll -atint: car roes «o ciu !-*•* > ■ fcs Referer.cv s—Chief t (Hoc .-f C » 1 '•udi-n and Westminster Bank, ■ r 'era Bank, Lon,! < i), and n-nO o r ':■ C-- * "i-«.t I’a'-k v Current Piice L s-s, ; - r<-dm;*- Reports, and any, necessary samples or viformation on application. 1 35 BALLANTYNE’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 ire likely to want Drapery should take the advantage of making an earlyr call at DUNSTABLE HOUSE. NO DISCOUNTS, 3& f t |Gr L. Beath & Co., Having been 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 5 100 High Street. H. A’COURT, Kaiapoi Woollen Company, W. BICKERTOa, Sargoods, Dunedin. Trustees in the Estate. | GREAT ; Drapery & Clothing Sale. i ' v - R " F afcter ■^• ss * ® state 3 T. F. FOUNTAINS, ’ Clothier and Draper,



|0 THRESHING MAO HI N. PROPRIETORS. Threshing Books of all kinds and size neatly printed and bound to order at th Guardian Office. A CARD—To all who are suffering fror the errors and indiscretion of youth nervous weakness, early decay, loss o manhood, etc., I will send a recipe tha will cure you free of charge. This grea remedy was discovered by a missionary it South America. Send a self-addressee 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 people 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 G. uuine AMERICAN HOP BITTERS. Wo wish to warn all honest and unsus pecting people against this DECEPTION, and 11 ■ call the attention once more to the facts that the Genuine American Co.’s hop i ;t. >:hs Are put up in Squre, Panelled, Amber cnloivd Bottles, with White Label on one side, printed in I'dack I.etters, and Green Hop ClusUr-; and, on the other side, V’eliow label, with Directions in Red Letters, in English and German, and the name of “Dr-Soule” blown in every Pottle. This is the only form in which Genuine AMERICAN HOP BITTERS are put |Ci* ,-^v ELZ BROTHERS, S, \j BRICK BUILDINGS (Opposite Cookson’s Stables). We take this opportunity to inform our friends and the genera public that we have RE-OOM MENDED 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 jG I m/-v J&A P er day to be made by per cS»-t 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 as Full particulars and instructions maile.. free. Now is the time—don't delay, but write to us at once. • ddress Stinson and Co. Portland, Maine, United States. R G ALLOW WHEELWRIGHT A Y. Wakanui road, Ashburton. (Next Ray’s Machine Shop) Special attention is devoted to all kinds of repairs. Combined with moderate charges. 211199 OTIC E. We have much pleasure in informing the Public that we have DISPOSt-D OF OUR GROCERY, IRONMONGERY, GLASS AND OHINAWARE BUSINESS, TO Mr Henry Zander. While thanking clients for their liberal support accorded ua, we beg to ask a con tinuance of the same for our successor, in the above Departments. FRIKDLAKDER BROS. N O T I 0 E. With reference to the above, HENRY ZANDER Respectfully notifies the Public of Ashburton and its vicinity, that he ha® TAKEN OVER Part of the Old Established Premises formerly in the occupation of MESSRS FRIEDLANDER BROS., and will henceforth carry on the GROCERY, IRONMONGERY, GLASS AND CHINA DEPARTMENTS, Under his direct supervision, and hopes by strict attention to the wants of his customers to meet with the 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 farmers and others, and having INCREASED his STOCK, by a choice Assortment of Goods, of a 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 his customers and increase the patronage of the general public Orders from the country will be promptly attended to, special arrange, ments having been made for the quic t dispatch of Goods to any locality desired. HENRY ZANDER, MERCHANT AND IMPORTER, &c. Fribdlandbrs’ Buildings, Ashburton. 5 65,8



E iea Q PECIAL NOTICE lie k 5 h, THE LIGHT-RUNNING of £ STANDARD )d ;e SEWING MACHINE. o a e o e The STANDARD has more improvements than all the other Sewing Machines put together 1 Has always been the best 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. C. Page, EAST STREET, Ashburton- Business Notices. /"NO R N AND CHAFF STORE. \J CHAPFCUTTINQ. 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 his old friends and as many new nes as can make it convenient to giv look in Good accor odation for horses. 1328 s Jj world-famedbloodmixtureiswarranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities 3 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 11s each by chemists and patent medicine vendors everywhere Sole . proprietors, The Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, ngland 116 WAR WITH RUSSIA.—At the pre sent juncture it would be difficult 3 for any ; one exe g|i a prophet of the j highest rank to say' whether or not the present negotiations between England and Russia will lead to a general European r war, or whether they will end in smoke. . The absence of full information as to what j 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 a storm. In either case, we ous»ht to be prepared for the worst. If a general war breaks out the price of nearly every article 0 of ommarce will rise. Aidiiuj other 8 comm ditiea wool and labor will go up. .1 Now is the time, therefore, to lay in a 1 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 t 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 exer cised by us in fitting the figure, a mis-fit .a an impossibility. — Craighead and Go., J Merchant Tailors, Taucred street.



Jtiye urass seed. J AM A CASH PURCHASER! GEO. JAMESON, 7 230 Ashburton, To Farmers. I am a CASH PURCHASER OF WHEAT, OATS and BARLEY. GEO. JAMESON, 3 206 Ashburton. Sheep Dip. FOR SALE DIP, in 5 gallon drums fJIHOMAS’S DIP, in 161 b tins attd 1001 b drums. GEORGE JAMESON, 2 26 1 Ashburton. Business Notice. AR OR NO WAR! War or no war, we in Ashburton must “ eat to live,” in other words, every one must purchase tea, coffee, sugar and gene ral groceries. When about to do so I would respectfully suggest that my shop be patronised, especially if purchases are to be for ready money. Mr Blank, a 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 this 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, East street, Ashburton. gLAUGHTERI SLAUGHTER ! ! Have Ton Read the Following ? Hard Cash Prices, to be turned into Cash. An Immense Sacrifice must necessarily take place when Gash is so scarce as it is at present, MESSRS HAYES & CO., DESIRE to inform the Public Generally, that they are determined to CLEAR IMMEDIATELY, 0 SB-HALF OF THEIR LARGE AND ASSORTED STOCK OP BOOTS, CLOTHING DRAPERY AND MILLINERY, Amounting to £IO,OOO. SALE TO COMMENCE JANUARY 15th, 1885. Now Look at the Prices ! Now Look at the Prices ! DRESS DEPARTMENT, 3000 yards Print, 2|d originally 4Jd Colored Satens, 4£d, were lOd Linen Ginghams, 3£d, were 6d Dress Materials, various, 4|d were IOJd Black Cashmere, la 4d, double width CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. A few Mclntoshes to be cleared at 7a 6d Men’s Tweed Suits from 16s 6d Blue Serge Suits, 12a 6d White Flannel Cricketing Suits, I9a 9d Men’s “Kapai” Tweed Trousers, 6s 3d Men’s White Shirts (linen fronts), 2a lid, worth 4s 6d Men’s Regatta Shirts, with collar, 2s 9d, worth 3s lid Men’s Brown Cotton Drawers, ll|d per pair Men’s Heavy Ribbed Drawers, Is lOd per pair Men’s Umberllas, 2s each MILLINERY AND MANTLES. Print Costumes, 2a lid, were 6s 9d Straw Hats, 4£d, worth Is 6d Knitted Petticoats, full size, Is 9d Leghorn Hats (trimmed), Is 6d 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, lid per yard Heavy Flax Shirting, reduced to 4jd 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 per yard BOOT DEPARTMENT. Men’s Heavy Shooter Boots, 10a 6d luen’a Bluchers, nailed, 6s 6d Our tnmense .stock of Women's Boot!, all Reduced to startling prices Children’s Patent Leather Elastic Sides, la 3d per pair, worth 2a 6d HOSIERY DEPARTMENT. 3 pairs Women’s Colored Stockings for la 6d Girl’s and Boy's Stockings, all colors, Children’s Socks, Id per pair Men’s Socks, 6d per pair. All Remnants and Odd Pieces to be SWEPT OUT AT LESS TH HALF PRICE