The Ashburton Guardian.

VOITV,—No. 12& 1

ASHBURTON, TUESDAY JULY ft. IhSQ.

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Surveyor, Civil lw C B. FOOKS A 4rcliite ivn, luQcrsißß) Vaiia Subvbxobs, and Lan TRIANGLE, WAK Ashburton Conveyance rnINWALD AND MOL X RAILWAY MOUNT SOMERS ANT ROYAL MAIL C The above Coach leave far Cavendish Railway Stu meeting each train. Passengers by morning jeed by coach to Alford F Methven in time for the Christchurch, or may ret the last train for Ashburtc Parcels and Orders wlr attention. Horses and Bi AUSTRALASI jpAROBLS B : Parcels and Packages f o address, at cheap, throe rates. One charge. No extras. No charge for booking 01 packages np to 661bs weig city. Daily despatches 1“ Great Britain, Europe an every steamer. Extract from tariff, inclu to Address of Consignee i I > We axe now receiving pai to despatch per Tongariri month. Revised cheap rah Insurance effected if desk Tariff and all information CUFF & GB Box 837 Post Office, and Ly Business Notle Baker bros., Bni takers, etc., Wakanui street —B.B. desire to stat the most recent and Ixnprovi Mourning Coach, are prep and conduct Funerals on bj reasonable terms. Count receive prompt attention, dress, comer of Wakanui f treat. Orders may be 1 Inrton Coach Factory; or Dffioa Ashburton.



Hgriesselich and 00 • WEAVERS’ HALL, WOOL EXCHANGE, LONDON, SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Established 1856. Ship to order any description of British and Continental Goods upon 2|r per cent, commission, selected by buyers with Colonial experience, and attend to the prompt realisation of Produce at highest prices upon 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 appllcatlou 35 J. Ballantyne & Co. DUNSTABLE HOUSE. THIS Old Established firm have now erected Very Large and Commodious Premises, suitable for carrying on a First-class DRAPERY & CLOTHING BUSINESS, The comfort and convenience of customers have been carefully studied, and the Warehouse, which is spacious, lofty, and well-lighted, is generally acknowledged to be the best of Its kind In New Zealand. J. B. & CO. are in a position to place before the public goods bought on the most advantageous terms from the manu facturers, and thus secure to all the best value for money—quality and price being the reliable test for cheapness. NEW AUTUMN & WINTER GOODS Are now shown In all the departments. Millinery, Mantle, and Dressmaking in First-class Styles. A Large Stock of MEN’S AND BOY’S CLOTHING Now on hand, so well and favourably known for Excellence of Quality, Fit, and Workmanship. Our Own Manufacture. A HAT ANd”OAP FACTOR IT On the premises. Any style made to order.



One Shilling off every Pound Oaah WB beg to Intimate to our clients that for the fu*".re the SALES of STOCK, IMPLEMENTS and SUNDRIES will be held at the Bakala the LAST THURSDAY in every month. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MER CANTILE AGENCY COMPANY. 8 306 MATSON, COX & CO. Private Dispensary, Palmerston Buildings, Foot of Queen-street, Auckland. Established for the Scien tific and Speedy Cure of Chronic, Nervous and Special Diseases, Dr. Speer is a Regular Graduated Physician, educated at Haivard College. U.S. He hai devoted a lifetime to, and is acknowledged to he the most expert Physician in his specialty in the United States, Young Men and Middle-aged Men, whe suffer from Nervous and Physical Debility, Loss cl Energy and Memory, Eruptions on the Face, Mental Depression, Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Scrofula. Salt Rheum, Paralysis, Fits, Spinal Disease, St. Vitus' Dance, Liver Complaint, Asthma, Catarrh, Heart Disease, Gravel, Piles, and are tired of taking mineral drugs, will do well to come mid 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 Im planted in their systems, by improper use of calomel, •eeds which produce an annual crop of disease. To such he would say, come and be healed. It matters not what your troubles may be, come and let the Doctor examine your case. If it is enrolls, hs w*» till feu to; if It it not , he will tell you that; for be will not undertake a case unless he is confident of effecting a cure. It will cost you nothing for consul tation, so please and satisfy yourselves that the Doc tor understands your case. Dr. S. cures Humours and Diseases of the Bloed, and Ladies who are afflicted by any of the following complaints l —Cold extremities, weak stomachs, lame and weak backs, nervous and sick constipation and indigestion, pain, in the side and back, leuchorrea, etc., etc. I wish it distinctly understood that I do not to perform impossibilities, or to have miraculous power. All applying to me wiu receive my honest opinion of their complaints. No experimenting, I will guarantee a positive cure ia every case I undertake, or forfeit j£aoo. Consultation in Office or by Letter, Fin. Charges Moderate. Examination ana advice, j£i. Call or address : Dr. H. J. Speer, Palmerston Buildings, Auckland, N.Z. Office Hours: 9to is, zto 4, 6 toB p.m.; so toss. N.B, All Medicines necessary for a complete eore can be sent free from observation on receipt m femptoma. Discount. DUNSTABLE HOUSE, Established 1854. 4 491 Stock Sales Bakaia Sales.



Twine Binder. WITH LATEST IMPROVEMENTS lor 1885 6. REDUCED PRICE—£SO. Every Machine with latest improvements, two knives and a supply of small extras. The agents being desirous that the Deerlng 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 prizes obtained each year, and also to the testimonials from practical New Zealand farmers, as well as satisfaction expressed by every pnrobaser of machines. D. WILLIAMSON, Agent for Ashburton.



QRIOULTURAL Machine Shop, WAKANDI ROAD. OH ARLES 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.



Public Notices: 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 pret-mce 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 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. Ashburton coal AND FIREWOOD DEPOT, R. S^Bean Begs to Inform the Inhabitants of Ash burton that be has a splendid lot of Blue Derwent Potatoes for sale. NEWCASTLE. WESTPORT, AND BROOKFIELD COAL at lowest rates. Firewood, Posts and Rails, Stakes Etc., Potatoes, Chaff, Oats, Bran, Sharps, Eto. ] R. sTbEAN, 419 West street. ,



Standard Sewing Machien. gPBO THE I A L NOTICE. LIGHT-RDNNING STANDARD SEWING MACHINE.



The STANDARD hu more Improvements than all the ether Sewing Machines pat together I Has always been the best and la 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. WALTHAM C AGENT FOR ASHBURTON— W. 0. Page, EAST STREET.



Business Notices. Australian mercantile UNION INSURANCE JOOMPANY. 1 The only Company in Canterbury 1 WHICH DID NOT RAISE RAXES 33J PER cent on Country Risks. We ar" vow, as we have been for THE PAST THREE YEARS, ACCEPTING RISKS PER CENT. OFF TARIFF. September 22, 1885. 9 615 FOR the Blood ta the Life.—Clarke's world-famed blood mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities 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 4s 6d and lie each by chemists and 'atent medicine vendors everywhere Sole troprietors, The Lincoln and Midland ' ountle# Drug Co., Lincoln, England. 116 OW VITALITY DR CHURCHILL’S SYRUP OF SYPOPHOSPHIIE OF LIME is prescribed by the Faculty for the cure of Consumption, Chronic Cough and It contains two of the principal Ingre dients necessary for building up the human frame, and which are considered deficient in the above complaints, vis., Phosphorus and Lime. It cannot bo too highly recommended for delicate children. Dr Churchill’s compound Syrup of t Hypophosphltes la real brain food, and In oases of Muscular and Nervous Exhaus tion has acquired a world-wide reputation. Each bottle bears Dr Churchill’s signa ture. Price, 4fr. w. a, muoo, Agent roi Ashburton District. iber 22. 1885. 9 615 W. B, MOSS, General Debility. rreparoa oniy uy £%. f V ** * 1 12, Roe Oastlgllone, Parts. 7



PRINT IN Gr OP ALL KINDS INCLUDING— Billheads Circulars Memorandum Forms Agreements Liens Conditions of Sale Catalogues Posters, &0., And every description of LEGAL AND COMMERCIAL LETTER-PRESS executed at the shortest notice and iu the LATEST DESIGNS SPECIAL [and most favorable terms ode red to WHOLESALE ORDERS. ASHBURTON GUARDIAN OFFICE,



TOWLE’S pennyroyal and steel pills for females quickly correct all Irregulari ties and relieve the distress ng symptoms so prevalent with the sex. Boxes la lsd and 2a 9d, of all ohemista. Prepared only by E.T. Towle, chemist, Nottingham, Eng land. Wholesale of all the wholesale houses.—Beware of imitations. 1 12 FOR SOWING with Turnips to secure a Good drop, nothing succeeds like MAYO’S BONE MANURE. Price—L*. L 6, L 5. Agent (n town—H. Zander. A Liberal Discount for Gash. F. T. MAYO, Hampstead Manure Factory, 666 Ashburton



Christchurch Advertisements. i r s IN THE SUPREME COURT OFJ| BANKRUPTCY. THIS DA. Y Gr. L« Beath & Co. yyiLL offer the STOCK-IN-TRADE <-v THOMAS JACOBS, DRAPER AND CLOTHIER Late of High street, Christchurch, and Akaroa. AT A DISCOUNT OK 10 s 1N THE £ Also, the STOCK in the BANKRUPT ESTATE of SIMPSON AND HARPER, WOOLLENDRAPERS, AT A DISCOUNT OF 6 s ' 8 D - " IHE £ , TOTAL VALUE - 0 8 0 D ! i t 1 Unprecedented Bargains. Stock Sheets < in cßuruo of publication. J 1 The above are two of the Cleanest Stocks ever offered in Christchurch, Simpson and Harper having been in busi ness, only foor months, whilst the largest portion of Thomas Jacob’s Stock was purchased by him this winter.



His Lordship’s HOTEL AND LARDER, LICHFIELD STREET, Christchurch. THE Propletor of the above Hotel begs to notify that he has engaged the services of one of the beat Chefs In the colonies, with special instructions to pro vide the best LUNCHEON OR TEA, In 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 ROOMS FOR 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 1.80 each day. 614 BEWAREI BEWAREI! OF IMITATIONS. ASK FOR HOULT'S TONIC Herbal Beer. None Genuine except that bearing my label. Try It! Try It 1 I It is one of the Beat Medicinal and Summer Tonics ever offered to the Public. Delivered in Ashburton at 2s per dozen. Bottles not returned will be charged for. T. HOULT, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. 11 8 Davis’s Herbal Beer ON account of Persons selling Inferior Herbal Beer and representing It as mine, I have to ask the public to see chat BACH BOTTLE BEARS A RED AND WHITE LABEL jWlth My Name and Trade Mack on. None genuine without It. DAVIS’S TONIC HERBAL BEER Is acknowledged by the travelling public to be the best Tonic Summer Drink In New Zealand. NO CHEMICALS USED. Delivered in Ashburton at 2s per Dorm Bottles charged for If not returned Families wa.ced on daily. DAVIS’S HERBAL B ER AND 108 DRINK MANUFACTORY, East Stbebt, AsnatmioN 1



Christchurch Advertisements. QOUNTRY VISITORS TO CHRIST CHURCH Will find the three O’a— Comport ' Cheapness I! Convenience AT WALLACE’S Central Hotel, Corner of Gloucester and Colombo street 10 677 A Night Porter Kept. j Metropolitan Hotel CASHEL STREET, Christchurch, (Under Proprietorship since April, 1885). THE above Hotel has been thoroughly painted, papered and renovated, and is equal to ariy Hotel In Christchurch for situation, position and accommodation, being at once close to the Centre of the City, and within five minutes’ walk of the Railway Station. Terms—Per day, 5s 6d; per week, LI 10s; per 28 days, L 5. (Private apartments by arrangement). Permanent boarders, LI 6s per week. Ordinary, from 12 to 2 p.m. ; Table d’Hdte, at 6.15 p.m. For further culars, apply on the premises ; or, by to MANAGER, Metropolitan Hotel, Box 14, 6 18 Christchurch.



OPEN I N G New Saleyards. The Underaigt rd beg to notify that they will hold their Opening Sale at the Royal Saleyards, Moore street, on THURSDAY, APRIL 8, Farmers and Dealers will find it to their advantage to enter Stock, etc, at these Yaide, as their central position will, no doubt, be of great convenience to the trade. As a large number of entries have been promised, clients will oblige by entering their stock, etc, as early as possible previous to the day of sale, in order that they may be duly advertised. Present entries comprise Horses, Cows, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry, Furniture, Produce, and Sundries. Luncheon provided. Sale at 12 o’clock. ZOUCH & MACPHERSON AUCTIONEERS. TO LET —A capital dwelling house of seven rooms, plastered throughout. Washhouse, with water laid on; also | orchard and garden ; rent moderate. j Apply to— ZOUCH AND MACPHERSON, 3 446 Auctioneers, Ashburton.



J. Meech HAVING determined to RELINQUISH BUSINESS. Is following up hla late Auction sale with a CLEARANCE SACRIFICE of fißß' ALL GOODS AT AUCTION PRICES The Public can, therefore, VISIT HIS WAREHOUSE I AND SELECT ANY ARTICLE AT A TREMENDOUSLY REDUCED PRICE during the next fow weeks ; and •• mind you don’t forget it 1 Crockery, Ironmongery, Kitchen Requisites, and Genuine Furniture, -MUST ALL BE DISPOSED OF— FOR SALE. Splendid Hearse Mourning Goaf Plumes Velvet Palls Horse Covers Etc. Etc. 0 1 E A P 1 In the meantime, FUNERALS will conducted from L 5 upwards J MEECH EAST Jk iANORED STREETS. >RO BONO PUBLICO Good people all, both great and small, again I come before you ; and while It's true there’s little new, T hope I shall not bore you. Again, this time, I come in rhyme, and thus my theme pursuing, all may discern, and mark, and learn they should be up and doing. That Is they should, for their own good (and mine, I won’t deny it), deal at my store, I’ll say no more, just take the hint and try it. My general store holds goods galore, In wonderful variety, such value, these are sure o please all classes of society. And, also note, that'Nelson, Moate and Co. are still supplying to all who please their blended teas —they're grand there's no denying. So come and buy, these fine teas try ; you’ll ne’er regret the action. At various prices, each kind nice Is, all giving satlfactlon. Now let me finish by thanking all my customers for their continued patronage, and by assuring them that I shall always do my best to serve them well, by supply* Ing genuine goods at the very lowest possible prices. Wholesale and Retail Agent FOB NELSON, MOATE, & CO’S Pure Blended Teas. Agent for Arthur Yates’s Gar den Seeds Tea, Grocery, Glass, and China. Brushware and Fancy Goods Warehouse. H. M. Carson, TsstStree Ahsbuetoh. a 68 O o « g-eO «S a 2 rt. 88 fl 'a aJ ° S ja o rl ® s-s gW 11 «*< B*3



Business Notices. NOTICE TO OWNERS OP DOGS. I HEREBY give Notice that ail Dogs found Interfering with Sheep on this Estate will be destroyed, and the Owners sued for any damage done. DONALD MoLEAN. I 167 Lagmhor. KEATING’S POWDER destroys bags, fleas, moths, bedtles, and all other insects, whilst quite harmless to domestic animals. In exterminating beetles the success of this powder is extraordinary. It Is perfectly clean In application. See the article yon purchase la KEATING’S rs imitations are noxious and Ineffectual. Sold in tins, 6d, Is, and 2s 6d each, by all chemists. 1 2



WILHELM ZANDER has always on hand a good variety of BEST TOBACCO, Including—Williams’ Baby Twist, Yenas Navy Twist and Nailrod, high Admiral, Signet, Jano, and other beat brands. IN CIGARETTES— Old Judge. Welcome, Vanity Fair, Opera Poffa, Obanoellora, Old Rip, little Beauties Parham, etc. PIPES— A Splendid Assortment, both in eaae 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. Ladies and Gentlemen’s Hairdressing Saloons. Wilhelm Zander, TOBACCONIST AND HAIRDRESSER East street, Aah barton.



Public Notices* T O WARMERS Hie Ashburton Woollen Manufacturing Company. Limited, la a Cash Buyer of Wool Apply at the Factory. 11 40



TO FARMERS AND OTHERS ARK PURCHASERS 09 Wheat Oats Barley Bye Grass AND OTHER PRODUCE, FOR . WHICH WE ARE PREPARED TO GIVE HIGHEST MARKET VALUE. W oolpacks (FULL SIZE) Cornsacks TO arrive Friedlander Bros, W. Fowke, BOOTM A K E R, BEGS to Inform hia Mends and the pnbllo generally that he baa started business on hia own accoant. He hopes by strict attention to business and «n»Mng a good article, to secure a share of pnbllo patronage. Address—BUßNETT STREET, 1 Ffamlsas occupied by Mr J Hwk



Business Notices ONE box of Clark’s b 41 pOis to war* ranted to cure all discharges from tbs > urinary organa in either sex (acquired at * constitutional), gravel and p*ln« (a tb back. Guaranteed free from Bweaijt Sold In boxes 4s 6d each, by all ohemtotfr and patent medicine vendors. Soto pn prietora, The Lincoln and Midland Corns* J ties Drag Co,, Lincoln, England. Who]# ' sale of all the wholesale houses. 1 ! New Seed-Sower For Sowing Grain, Uraas, Turnip, Mangold, eto., and the Turnip Sower be arranged, when uttered, to sowLnoenr or other small seeds simultaneously sowing of Kyegrasa if desired. It to only Sower in the Market that will sow with absolute regularity on either exeaa* alyely rough or very smooth land. It • will sow any desired quantity of Grain er Grass by simply changing one wheel. {JCUf Corn Drills all Sixes. Jointed Pulverising Disc Harrows.— The Best—Over 600 in use. Improved Prize Ohappcuttebs.—Wltf cast-steel mouthpieces, when proper!} handled, make no long straws, oonaa quently chafi requires no riddling. Th are in use largely all over New Zeatoa several of the large-sized lately fitted np at Christchurch, Improved Double and Treble Fubbow Ploughs. —The beet, and consequent.. I the cheapest in the market. 3,4, and 1 leaf harrows. Square linked chain hat rows- New design of tripod harrows, and 7 tined field grabbers. GambtUg rollers, 20, 24, and 26 inches dl»m. cylinder field rollers. Horse gears for 1 2,3, and 4 horses. Best iron-bark swingle-trees. Hopes and pally gear foi 4-horse yokes. Threshing fit tings Belting all sizes, toon and brass castings of all kinds to order. Pendni standards out and punched to any length and gnago. Drays made best sea soned timber, with Gilpin axles, Gray's patent standard for folding sheep.



Winner*, jf the Oold Medal at tbr Melbourne Exhibition for their Dorou Fdbkow Plough, vide Jurors’ Report:— “ Plot-hs—ln ploughs there - one sot, hlblt to which we wish to draw 1960141 attention as being the .best, and that the Doable Farrow of Bek: and Orgy, Dunedin, Kew Zealand, in finish and » atruotlon it Is far anperlor to any othes Kakaia. The New Zealand Loan ' Mercantile Agency Coin par/are now representing or in this district REID ft GRAY TE. KELWORTH, Architecture , and Mechanical Dranghtsman, and Building Contractor. Oflioe;—Steam Bee Hive, Sash, Door, and Cabinet Factory, Wakanoi Road, Ashburton. Workmanship Guaranteed at Lowest possible rates, U 3 Ashburton permanent BUILDING & INVESTMENT SOCIETY. The above Society pays Interest at th rate of 4$ per cent, per annum for De posits at Call, 6 per cent, per annnm for three months, and 6 per cent, per annun if fixed for 6 months or over. J WARD, Manager. Office:- Arcade Chambers, Barnet tree*; •typßß VALUABLE THAN GOLD If a dally increasing demand and endless number of testimonials are criterion of the popnlarity of anartlol then Dr Low’s CiIERRY PECTOBAI one of the wonders of the present ec lightened age. During the past winta and spring diseases of the throat an* lungs have been very prevalent, and has been admitted on all sides that when ever this valuable remedy haa been ob tainable, numbers of lives have been saved by its timely use. Always have . bottle in the boase. Solil’everywhere Is 6d and 2s 6d per bottle. Wholesale agents, Kempthorne, Prosser and Co Christchurch, and at the proprietor, H Citron, Chemist, Akaroa. Ashburton Agent—Ohas. Neate, Chemist.



ATGHMAKERS . '*!■ ■ M* f | 'W tjEWEUERS, /cnJSI. CH—CH. Government Notice. fjihe PUBLIO TRUST OFFICE 07 NEW ZEALAND. Atentlon la directed to the provision. the Acta establishing this Offioce, ud O the advantages pieced thereby within easy reach of every colonist. Snbjeot to emu provisions, the State offers to every pee son : 1. —About to make Us for her Will > Codicil. 2. —lntending to provide for Wile mi Children or others by deed of Settlement 3. —Settling Property by way of Mar* rlage Settlement. 4. —Desiring to renounce the Trusts Will, having been appointed Sxeontci Trustee under the same. 5. —Having acted as Trustee, Exeon n or Administrator, wishing to be relieved che burthen of Trustee.hip or AAwhb ration, the option of namg the Slate me thlnery, and gives an absolute gnaranie against loss of funds by fraud, peonlatftMt or dishonesty. Every Information msy be ■tern . ALEXANDER LEAN Agent at ChrlstoluzEfc - Or from B. D. HAMEBTON, Pebllo Tuaste 188» Wellington, ISthtfay.