The Ashburton Guardian.

YOL. V.—No. 1336

ASHBURTON' WKDNKSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 1886

TRICE—ONE PENNY

Public Notices.



Surveyor, Civil C E. FOOKS AND SONS, Architects, VITIL knoraßßßS, YaI.’JATOBS, LIOBTB.D SuuvsroßS, and Land Bbokkks, TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAD, Ashburton.



Conveyances TLNWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS RAILWAY. MOUNT SOMERS AND CAVENDISH ROYAL MAIL COACH. The above Coach leaves Hood’s hotel for Cavendish Railway Station every day, 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. Parcels and Orders will receive every attention. Horses and Buggies on hire. ln JOHN HOOD



AUSTRALASIAN jpAROKLS EXPRESS. Parcels and Packages forwarded to any address, at cheap, through, Inclusive rates. __ t .. One charge. No extras. No trouble. No charge for booking or for collecting pKkftgM up to 661bfl weight within the city. Daily despatches by Bail, and to Great Britain, Europe and Australia by every steamer. Extract from tariff, including all charges to Address of Consignee : < 2 M | I £ If r g g s e □ Q * * 5. - 3 C/i S 3 1 I I 1 We are now receiving parcels for Homo :o despatch per Tongariro, sailing this nonth. Revised cheap rates. Insurance effected If desired. Tariff and all information on application CUFF & GRAHAM, Box 237 Post Office, Christchurch ; and Lyttelton. Telephone 22. 8 1672 Business Notices.



BAKER BROS., Builders, Under taken, etc., Wakanul road and Cara etreat—B.B. desire to state that having the most recent and improved Heabss and Moukhinq Coach, are prepared to fnrnish and oondnot Funerals on special and most reasonable terms. Country orders will receive prompt attention. Rote the ad dress, corner of Wakanul road and Cast street. Orders may be left at the Ash burton Coach Factory; or Box 16, Post Office Ashbnrton. 167 Mount comers & methven ROYAL MAIL COACH. On and after January Ist, 1885, the undersigned will rnn a Coach each Mon day, Wednesday and Saturday, starting al noon from Hood’s Hotel, Mount Somers, for Sprlnfcbam and Alford Forest, there connecting with Duff's Coach from Methvex retaining same evening. Fares—Spring' bum, 2s, return, 3s; Alford Forest, 4s, return, 6s. 1 27 T. HIX.



MBS KENNEDY & MISS CAMERON DRESSMAKERS, mpton’a Buildings, Moore street, Ashburton, U.B, —Registry Office ft r Femsle Ser nnti. AL OF NEW BOOKS. COUBT Life Below Stairs, Humorous Works of Theodore Hook, Letters from Hell, Journals of Major-General Gordon at Khar toum, Stonehenge’s British Bmal Spotte, Newspaper Benders’ Companion, Scottish Life and Character by Dean Ramsay, The Grey- . hound—by Stonehenge, Book of Snobs—by Thackeray. Macaulay’s Essays and Lays of Ancient Borne, Mayhews’ Horse Doctor, The Horse—by Stonehenge, Complete Works of Artemus Ward in 1 vol., Choice Works Mark Xwaln 1 vol,, Religions Anecdotes of Scotland —by Adamson, Sheep, Cattle and Horse—by Tonatt, Sunday at Home, Leisure Hour, America—by Mackenzie, Nineteenth Century— by Mackenzie: Madagascar and France, Spons Mechanic* Own Book, Short History of Our Own Times—by Justin McCarthy, The Shadow of a Crime—by Hall Caine, Intrigues of a Poisoner—by E Gaborian, Clarissa a Tangled Web. Decameron of Boccaccio, Mine Own People—by L. M. Gray, The Maclise Portrait Gallery, Evan Harrington —by George yeredi**, The Reporter’s Companion, Bne. THOS. F. FARLEY, STATIONER, BOOKSELLER, AND PRINTER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBDBTON. m 11 •Cl to O/i per day to be made by pet tXrx sons o! either sex, In their own localities, at work for ns. New business. All meet with wonderful suc cess. Anyone can do the work. Capita] not required. We will start you. Outfit worth £1 mailed free. The employment is particularly adapted to the region in which this publication circulates. Boye and girls egum nearly as much as men. Full particulars and Instructions maUe ree. Bow is the time—don't delay, but write to ns at once. Address Snoreor k«r Do Portland Maine, United Statei



Public Notices: Caution. SOME unacrnpulous firms are trying to force on the blew Zealand people a Nostrum, nnder the cloak that It la made in the United Statea— WHICH IS NOT TRUE. Under this pretence they are trying to deceive the Public and Incautious Pur chasers into the belief that they are the Genuine AMERICAN HOP BITTERS. We wish to warn all honest and unsus pecting people against this DECEPTION, and to call their attention once more to the fact that the Genuine American Co.’s i BOP BITTERS Are put up In Square, Panelled, Amber colored Bottles, with White Label on one side, printed In Black Letters, and Green Hop Cluster; and, on the other side, Fellow Label, with Directions in Red Letters, in English and German, and the name of “Dr Soule" blown In every Bottle. This is the only form in which Genuine AMERICAN HOP BITTERS are put.



SHBURTOK GOAL Bogs to Inform the Inhabitants of A ah* burton that he has a splendid lot of Blue Derwent Potatoae for sale. NEWCASTLE. WESTPORT, AND BROOKFIELD COAL at lowest rates. Firewood, Posts and Bails, Stakes Etc., FIREWOOD DEPOT, B. S. Bean Potatoes, Chaff, Oats, Bran, Sharps, Etc. R. & BEAN, 419 West street. Standard Sewing achien.



THE LIGHT-EDNNING STANDARD SEWING MACHINE. The STANDARD bu more Improvements than all the other Sewing Machines pat together I Has always been the beat and la now the cheapest;



That It meets every require ment of a critical public la shown by its great popularity and In creasing sale throughout America Europe, Australia and New Zea land. WALTHAM C AGENT FOB ASHBURTON— W, 0. Page, AST 8TBB«T



Public Announcements. FRDIT TREES ! FRUIT TREES ! ' FRUIT TREES ! RANGIORA NURSERY. W. E. IVORY BEGS to inform his patrons in the Ashburton district that orders for the season will bo executed direct from the Nursery. My stock is very large and grown, and consists of 2 and 3-yoar old Apple, Pear, Plum, Poach Nectarine, Cherry, Apricot, Almond, Quince, Medlar, Walnut, Grape Vines, and Fruiting Trees of Gooseberry Currants ; also, lines and other Shelter Trees. Catalogues on application. May 21, 1886.



Mrs Adams AGENT FOR MADAMS WEIGEL’S PATTERNS, HAS now on hand a nice assortment of crewel wools, silks, filoselle, flossette, lace, braids, transfer patterns, new designs, crash, oatmeal and satin cloths for art needlework, five o’clock tea cloths, embroidery frames, etc. THE LITTLE SHOP (Next Mr Ranger’s baker



Hqriesselioh AND CO » WEAVERS’ HALL, WOOL EXCHANGE, LONDON, SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Established 1866. Ship to order any description ot British and Continental Goods upon 2$ per cent, commission, selected by buyers with Colonial experience, and attend to the prompt realisation of Prodace at highest prices cpou 1 per cent, commission. Orders to be accompanied by Letters of Credit or part remittance in Bank Drafts or Produce. Open Policies of Insurance for floating cargoes to cover sea risks. References—Chief Office of the London and Westminster Bank, or Agra Bank, London, and most of the Colonial Banks. Current Price Lists. Produce Reports, and any necessary samples or information on application I 36



DE E R I N G’ S E B R I N G’ S Twine Binder. ■WITH LATEST IMPROVEMENTS for 1885 6. REDUCED PRICE—£SO. Every Machine with latest improvements, two knives and a supply of small extras. The agents being desirous that the Peering Twine Binder should retain the position which it has obtained as the FAVORITE MACHINE WITH THE FARMERS throughout New Zealand, and that the price should not stand in the way, we have determined to sell all machines for coming season at FIFTY POUNDS. For simplicity of construction, lightness of draught, economy of repairs, strength and efficiency, It stands unequalled, whilst for excellence of work In the field, under all conditions of crop, it cannot be surpassed. In confirmation of Its superiority, we refer to the many prises obtained each year, and also to the testimonials from practical New Zealand farmers, as well as satisfaction expressed by every purchaser of machines. D. WILLIAMSON, Agent for Ashburton.



Di Speer’s PRIVATE DISPENSARY, now I permanently established In Octagon Chambers, Boss’ Buildings, opposite Town Hal), DUNEDIN, for the Scientific and Speedy Cure of Chronic, Nervous, and Special Diseases. Dr Speer Is a regu lar Graduated Physician, educated at Harvard College, U.S. He has devoted a lifetime to, and is acknowledged to be the most expert Physician in his specialty In the UnHed States. Young men and Middle-aged Men, who suffer from Ner vous and Physical Debility, Loss of Energy and Memory, Eruptions on the Face, Mental Depression, Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Neuralgia, Rheuma tism, Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Paralysis, Fits, Spinal Disease, St Vitus’ Dance, Liver Complaint, Asthma, Catarrh, Heart Disease, Gravel, Piles, etc., and are tired of taking mineral drugs, will do well to come and try the Doctor’s method of cure —as It will, if properly applied, relieve them of their sufferings and restore them to health. The Doctor uses no mineral preparations; his treatment consists wholly in the use of vegetable remedies. Many are they who have implanted in their sys tem, by improper use of calomel,.seed, which produce an annual crop of diseasd. To such he would say, come and be healed. It matters not what your troubles may be, come and let the Doctor examine year cose. If it is curable, he will tell you sa; if it is not, he will tell you that; for he will not undertake a case unless he is confident of effecting a cure. It will cost yon nothing for consultation, so please call and satisfy yourselves that the Doctor understands your case. Dr S. cures Humors and Diseases of the Blood. To ladies who ate afflicted by any of the following complaints,—Cold extremities, weak stomachs, lame and weak backs, nervous and sick headaches, constipation and indigestion, pain in the aide and back leuchorrea, etc, etc.—l wish it distinctly understood that I do not claim to perform impossibilities, or to have a miraculous power. All applying to me will receive my honest opinion of their complaints. No experimenting. I will guarantee a positive cure in every case I undertake, or forfeit L2OO. Consultation in Office or by letter, FREE. Charges Moderate Examination and Advice LI. Call or ad' dress: Dr H. J. Speer, Dunedin, Office Hours: Bto 12, 1 to 4,6 to 8 p.m.; Sun days, 10 to 12. N.B. All Medicine ne cessary for a complete cure can be sen free from observation on receipt o symptoms.



GKIOULTURAL Machine Shop, WAKANUI ROAD. CHARLES RAY Repairs Engines, Combines, Chaff-cutters, Reapers and Binders, and all classes of machinery. Special attention given tc Bicycler, Tricycles and Sewing Machines. Lawn Mowers repaired, sharpened and adjusted. Model work General repairs.



Christchurch Advertisements. D.I.C. SHOW DISPLAYS roii SPRING SEASON. AT tin approach of another Season the Public are invited to o ar FIRST GREAT DISPLAY OK SPRING NOVELTIES In all the DEPARTMENTS OF FASHION. We have great pleasure in issuing this invitation, as we have never exhibited on any previ ns occasion each a RICH PROFUSION of Fabrics, Novelties, and Effects, The beauty of which transforms the Bpaciocg Warehouse, and calls forth admiration and wonder; On this Special Occasion the Ware house will be OPEN till 1* p.m. on SATURDAY. EVERY ARTICLE AT WHOLESALE WAREHOUSE PRICE. -rr-" mr n THE DRAPERY AND GENERAL IMPORTING COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, LIMITED, Cashel Stkeet, CHRISTCHUECH. B. HALLENBTEIN, Chairman. E. 0. BROWN, Manager.



Metropolitan Hotel OASHEL STREET, Ohrlsichurch. (Under Proprietorship since April, 1885). THE above Hotel has been thoroughly painted, papered and reraovated, and la equal to any Hotel in Christchurch for situation, position and accommodation, being at once close to the 0 entre of the Olty, and within five minutes’ walk of the Railway Station. Terms—Per day, 6s 6d; per week, LI 10s; per 28 days, L 6. (Private apartments by arrangement). Permanent boarders, LI 6s week. Ordinary, from 12 to 2 p.m. d’Hote, at 6.15 p.m For farther a bcnlars, app.v ' premises ; or, by x to MANAGER Metropolitan Hotel, > 6 18 <it snares.



A WONDERFUL BOOK FOR Is. CONTAINING thicks and delusions with iUU CARDS 25 MARVELLOUS COIN TRIO S, For the performance of which, only a common pack of cards and the ordinary coins of the realm are needed. ALL FULLY EXPLAINED. Aleo, a large collection of AMUSING- BIDDLES, CHARADES, GAMES, dec., And over 200 TRICKS WITH CONJURING APPARATUS. All illustrated, explained, and made simple, with a catalogue of English, French, and American Novelties, Games, Toys, <fee. Corel ing over ted over 300 woodblocks. Both books mailee free for Is. JACK AND HIS BRDE. Mechanical FIGURES DANCE to MUSIC and keep perfect time. Is Sd each, the pair 2s. THE WIZARD OF THE NORTH’S CHANGEABLE PACK OF CARDS Wonderfnl Changes with Lightning Rapidity Is 2d, post free. N.S.W. stamps taken at par; post ofßse orders and postal netes preferred. If stamps of other colonies are sent add 2d in the shilling for exchange. Take Notice. —To advertise onr business we will for a short time send 1 ne whole of the above mentioned articles to one address post paid f r 2s 6d. Address all orders: H. YORK & CO., 401 George street, Sydney. Lock Box 41, King street, Post Offices 9C23



Sporting. JgACING Q 3 SPRING~MEETING. THURSDAy'TnD FRIDAY, JNovembor 25 and 26, 1886. President, E. G. Wright, ; Vice-Presi dent, J. Qrigg Judge, Matthew Stitt Stewards, H. Friedlandcr, W. B. Den shire, J. 0. N. Grigg, R. Friodlander, W. C. Walker, Drs Roes and Leahy; Treasurer^!. 0. Fooks; Clerk of the Scales, M. Friedlander ; Clerk of the Course, A. Fewson ; Handi cappers, F. Cotton, C. C. Fooks, M. Stitt and Dr Leahy First race to start at 1 p.m, FIRST DAY.



County Hurdle Rage, of 30 govs ; over six flights of hurdles, about 3ft Gin high ; nomination, 1 sov ; accep tance, 1 sov. Second horse to receive 6 Bovs from the etake. mile District horses only. 2. Welter Handicap, of 45 govs ; nomi nation, 1 sov; acceptance, 11 sov ; minimum weight, 10st. Second horse to receive 5 sovs from the stake For horses that have never won more than 25 sovs in one event on the, flat. 2 miles. 3. Ashburton Cup Handicap, of 12 sovs.; nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance 3 sovs. Second horse to receive 10 sovs from thestake. mile. 4. County Plate Handicap, of 40 eovs. nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance, 1 sov. Second horse to receive 5 sovs from the stake. 1} mile. District horses only. 5. Post Stakes, of 15 sovs ; catch weights; nomination, 1 sov, to be made to the Secretary immediately after the County Plate is run. The winner to be sold by auction imme diately after the race for 15 sovs, any surplus to go to the funds of the Club. 1 mile, 6. Spring Handicap, of 50 sovs ; nomina tion, 1 sov ; acceptance, 11 sov. J mile.



SECOND DAY. 1, Handicap Hurdle Race, of 50 bovs ; over eight flights of hurdles, about 3ft Gin high ; nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance, 2 sov. Second horse to receive 5 sovs from the stake. 2 miles. 2, Racing Club Handicap, of 100 sovs; nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance 3 sovs Second horse to receive 10 sovs from the stake lj mile. 3, Ladies’ Pdrsk, of 25 sovs; welter weights for age. Gentlemen riders. Entrance, 1 sovs. 1$ mile. District horses only. 4 Totaubator Stakes, of 15 sovs minimum weight, Bst ; nomination* 1 sov, to be made to the Secretary immediately after the Ladies’ Purse Is run. The winner to be sold imme diately after the race for 10 sovs, any surplus to go to the funds of the Club, i mile. 5. Flying Handicap, of 40 sovs ; nomina tion, I sov ; acceptance, 1 sov. Second horse to receive 5 sovs from



the stake. £ mile. 6. Consolation Handicap, of 20 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov, to be made to the Secretary immediately after the • Flying Handicap is run ; acceptance, free, to be notified to the Secretary within 10 minutes of declaration of weights. 1 mile. RULES AND REGULATIONS, 1. No entry will be received except on the condition that all disputes, claims, and objections arising out of the racing shall bo decided by the Stewards, or whom they may appoint; their decision on all points connected with carrying out this programme to be final. 2. A district horse shall mean any horse that has been commonly resident in the district lying between the rivers Selwyn and Waltaki from July Ist 1886, and up to the dale cf the forthcoming meeting and owned by a person who has resided in the said dlstr ct during the same period. 3. Five per cent will be deducted from the gross of all moneys payable In accord ance with this programme for expenses of the course. 4. All nominations and acceptances go to the funds of the Club.



NOMINATIONS. All nominations to be accompanied by fees, name, age and description of horse, and colors of rider, and In the hands of the Secretary (address —Ashburton) not later than 9 p.m. on Monday November 1 1886 WEIGHTS. Weights for the first day’s handicaps will be declared on Monday November 15 1886. Weights for the second day’s handicaps will be declared at 9 o’clock on the evening of the first day’s racing. ACCEPTANCES. Acceptances for the first day’s handi caps must be made to the Secretary not later than 9 p.m. on Monday, November 22, 1886. Acceptances for the second day’s handicaps at 9 o’clock on the even ing of the first day’s racing. 0. 0. FOOKS, Secretary,



BEWARE! BEWAREI! OF IMITATIONS. ASK FOR EQULT'S TONIC Herbal Beer. None Genuine except that bearing my label. Tty It! Try It I I It 1b one of the Best Medicinal and Summer Tonics ever offered to the Public. Delivered In Aahburton at *i dozen. Bottles not returned will be lor. T. HOULT, BAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



Great Gift Sale OF DRAPERY, CLOTHING, BOOTS, GROCERIES, & PROVISIONS FOR THREE MONTHS ONLY.



HAYES & CO, FINDING their Stock excessively large have determined to reduce it fully one-half by making an IMMENSE SACRIFICE OF THEIR WINTER STOCK, And n addition to the redactions made, they will give a large number of VALUABLE PRIZES, For which every Customer Purchasing Goods to the value of 10s in either the Drapery or Grocery Establishment will have the opportunity of competing. The following is the Prize List £5 £3 £2 Ist PRIZE, value 2nd ~ „ 3rd ,« ••• And 10 PRIZES, value 20s each. These Prizes will be awarded to the lucky ones who shall guess the number of Peas in the large Glass Jar which will be placed on view in (he Drapery Window, next the Arcade. Jgt- Read this Carefully. THE GLASS] JAR OF PEAS, Now on view, was filled by Messrs Dunn and Strachey, and was sealed by Mr J. C. Duncan, Broker. Each Customer purchasing Goods to the value of 10s will be entitled to one guess as to the number of Peas the Lucky Jar contains, thus a Customer spending 20s would be entitled to guess twice, and, of course, for every additional 10s spent, another guess, and so on The Jar will be opened at the conclusion of this GREAT SALE by a committee appointed by those interested, when those who have been fortunate enough to guess the correct numbers will be presented with the above mentioned Prizes ; but, in the ovent of the exact number not being guessed, the nearest to the correct number will bo awarded the First Prize, and pro rata. This is no deception, but the power of a READY MONEY BUSINESS.



The following list of Bargains h worthy of special notice : White Calico, 2id per yard Grey Calico, per yard Grey Calico, yard wide, 2s 9d per doz Welsh Flannel, 9d per yard Scarlet Flannel, 10id per yard Fine All-wool Saxony, Is per yard Cream Ho l lnnd, 5d per yard Colored Bed Quilts, 3s 3d and 3s 6d Scotch Cloth Blankets, Gs lid, 8a Gd, and 9s lid per pair Witney Blankets from 7s 9d Checked Winceys, 4|d and Bleached Sheeting, 2 yards, per yard, wonderful value Homespuns, 7id, 9£d, and 10id Double-width Cashmeres, all colors, Is 4id per yard Black Cashmeres, la and Is 3d All other Dress Materials Greatly Reduced Ladies’ Wool Squares, 8d Men’s Heavy Tweed Trousers, 7s lid Men’s Tweed Suits from 10s 6d Boys’ Overcoats, 2s lid A grand line in Youths’ Tweed Trousers, 5s 9d Boys’ Suits from 4s 6d Ladies’ Cloth Jackets, 4s Oilcloth, 1 yard wide, 61d A splendid Tweed, all wool, 2s 6d A quantity of Black Velvet Buttons, Id per doz, and a lot of Remnants whieh must be cleared In the BOOT DEPARTMENT there are some Special Lines which cannot be rubbed out. Wo are also paying special attention to Prices in our GROCERY DEPARTMENT. Hayes and Co.. "arcade Christchurch Advertisements.



His Lordship's HOTEL AND LABD 88, LICHFIELD STREET, Christchurch. rpHE Propletor of the above Hotel begs X to notify that he has engaged the services of one of the beat Chefs in the colonies, with special Instructions to pro vide the beat LUNCHEON OB TEA, la the country for ONE SHILLING. The bill of fare will comprise Poultry, Game, Fish, etc., etc.. In season. Grills to perfection at any hour. PRIVATE BOOMS FOE LADIES. Books of Tickets are now Issued at reduced rates. A String Band will play all the newest music in dining-room from 12.30 to 1.30 each day 614



QOUNTRY VISITORS TO CHRIST CHURCH Will find the three O’o— Comfort ! Cheapness 1! Conteniencb AT WALLACE’S Central Hotel, Corner of Gloucester and Oeloaibe ftcaet. 10 677 A Night "porter Kept.



Business Notices. NOTICE TO OWNERS OP DOGS. I HEREBY give Notice that all Dogs found interfering with Sheep on this Estate will be destroyed, and the Owners sold for any damage done. DONALD McLEAN. 1 167 Lagmhor.



KEATING’S POWDER destroys bugs, fleas, moths, bedtles, and all other insects, whilst qnite harmless to domestic animals. In exterminating beetles the snccesa of this powder is extraordinary. It is perfectly clean in application. See the article yon purchase is KEATING’S rs Imitations are nozions and ineffectual. Sold in tins, 6d, Is, and 2s 6d each, by all chemists. 1 2



WILHELM ZANDER has always on band a good variety of BEST TOBACCO, Including—Williams' Roby Twist, Venus Navy Twist and Nailrod, high Admiral, Signet, Juno, and other beat brands. IN CIGARETTES— Old Jadge, Welcome, Vanity Fair, Opera Faffs, Chancellors, Old Rip, Little Beauties Durham, eta PIPES - A Splendid Assortment, both in ease and without. CIGARETTE & CIGAR HOLDERS— A large variety to choose from. Fishing Tackle, Cricketing Material, Footballs, Lawn Tennis, and a large stock of Fancy Goods of every description kept in stock. Ladles and Gentlemen’s Hairdressing Saloons. Wilhelm Zander, TOBACCONIST AND HAIRDRESSER East street, Ashburton.



The Ashburton Woollen Manufacturing Company, Limited, Is a Cash Buy er of Wool Apply at the Factory. 11 40



TO FARMERS AND OTHERS i I r ARE P URO HAS EBB op Wheat Oats Barley Eye Grass AND OTHER PRODUCE, i rOR WHICH WE ARB PREPARED TO GIVE HIGHEST MARKET VALUE.



Woolpacks (FULL SIZE) Cornsacks TO ARRIVE Friedlander Bros. W. Fowke, BOOTMAKER, BEOS to Inform his friends and the pnbllo generally that he has started business on his own account. He hopes by strict attention to business and making a good article, to secure a share of pnbllo patronage. Address—BUßßKTl I^REBT, -* ytemls— ooeeplt $ by Ms J Heech.



Easiness Notices ONE box of Clark’s b 41 pills la war ranted to care all discharges from the ariaary organa in either sex (acquired or constitutional), gravel and pains in the back. Guaranteed tree from mercury Sold in boxes 4a 6d oacb, by all chemists and patent medicine vendors. Sole prsj prietors, The Lincoln and Midland Oooa ties Drug Co., Lincoln, England. Whole sale of all the wholesale houses. New Seed-Sower For Sowing Grain, Grass, Turnip, Mangold, etc., and the Turnip Sower be arranged, when ordered, to sowLucerr or other small seeds simultaneously sowing of Ryegrass If desired. It is * 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 if Grass by simply changing one wheel. Corn Drills all Sizes. Jointed Pulverising Disc Harrows— . Best.—Over 600 In use. Improved Prize Chajtcutiers.—Wltl cast-steel mouthpieces, when properl) handled, make no long straws, conse qnently chaff requires riddling, Th are in use largely all over New Zealan several of the large-sized machines bel* lately fitted np at Ghrlstohuroh.



I Improved Double and Tbkble FubboW Ploughs. —The beat, and consequent., the cheapest In the market. 3,4, and leaf harrows. Square linked chain har rows- New design of tripod harrows, and 7 tlned field grubbers. Cambrldc? rollers, 20, 24, and 26 Inches dlam. Plal cylinder field rollers. Horae gears for 2,3, and 4 horses. Beat iron-bap' swingle-trees. Ropes and pally gear fas 4-horse yokes. Threshing machine fit tings Belting all sizes. Hon and bras* castings of all kinds to order. Fencing standards cut and punched to any length and gnage. Drays made best sea soned timber, with Gilpin axles. Gisy patent standard for folding sheep. Winners i>f the Gold Mb dal at tbf Melbourne Exhibition for their Dodblb Fubbow Plough, vide Jurors’ Report;— “ Plqi "UB —In ploughs there . one ex Dibit to which we wish to draw sped* attention as being the best, and that the Double Furrow of Bek* and Gray, Dunedin, New Zealand, In jinlsh and « strnotlon it Is far superior to any othe> Bakaia. The New Zealand Loan MereautSt Agency Company are new representing a in this district REID GRAY TE. KILWORTH, Architecture „ and Mechanical Draughtsman, and Building Jontractor. Office:—Steam Bee Hive, Sash, Door, and Cabinet Factory- VVakanui Road, Ashburton.



Workmanship Guaranteed at Lowest possible rates 11 3 A SHE URTON PERMANENT BUILDING & INVESTMENT SOCIETY. The above Society pays Interest at th rate of per cent, per annom for De posits at Call, 6 per cent, per annum fo t three months, and . per cent, per annua if fixed for 6 months or over, j ward, Manager. Office Arcade Champers, Bnrnel tree*- JJORE VALUABLE THAN If a dally Increasing demand and endless number of testimonials are criterion of the popularity of an n i then Dr Low’s CHERRY PKOTORAI one of the wonders of the present ea lightened age. During the past wint* and spring diseases of the throat an lungs have been very prevalent, and baa been admitted on all sides that where ever this valuable remedy has bet a ob tainable, numbers of lives have bj saved by its timely use. Always have bottle in the house. Sold everywhere la 6d and Ss 6d per bottle. Wholesale agents, Kempthorne, Prosser and Oo Christchurch, and at the proprietor, H I Citron, Chemist, Akaroa. Aahbnrtr/S Agent—Ohas. Neste, Chemist.



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Government Notice. PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE OP NEW ZEALAND. Atentlon la directed to the provision, the Acta establishing this Officce, and • the advantages placed thereby within easy reach of every colonial. Subject to anon provisions, the State cfiera to every pef son 1. —About to make his for her Wih CodlclL 2. —lntending to provide for Wife ao Children or others by deed of Settlement 3. —Settling Property by way of rlsgo Settlement. 4u —Desiring to renounce the Trusts Will, having been appointed Execute Trustee under the same. 6. —Having acted as Trustee, Exeon io or Administrator, wishing to be relieved che burthen of Trusteeship or Admlnii ration, the option of using the State a khlnery, and gives an absolute guaranty against loss of funds by fraud, poculatio or dishonesty. Every Information may be ALEX AN PER LEA Agent at Ohristohust * Or from from R. 0. HAMEHTON, Pablio Trosta Wellington,