The Ashburton Guardian.

VOJLi. V,— No. last

ASHBURTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 3. Ihb6

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Surveyor, Civil Engineers, &c. c. K. FOOKS AND SONS Architects, IVIL Y AV7ATOBB, Licrnbri Stjrve voks, and Land Brokers, TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAD, Ashburton. Conveyances. mINWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS JL RAILWAY. MOUNT SOMERS AND OAYENDISH ROYAL MAIL COACH. The above Coach leaves Hood’s hotel or 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 Baggies on hire. ln JOHN HOOD AUSTRALASIAN ARC ELS EXPRESS. Parcels and Packages forwarded to any address, at cheap, through, inclusive rates. , One charge. No extras. No trouble. No charge for booking or for collecting packages up to 561ba 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 : We are now receiving parcels for Home > despatch per Tongariro, sailing this muth. Revised cheap rates. Insurance effected If desired. Tariff and all Information on application CUFF & GRAHAM, Box 837 Post Office, Christchurch ; and Lyttelton. Telephone 22. Business Notices. BAKER BROS., Builders, Under takers, etc., Wakanul road and Cass street.—B.B. desire to state that having the mu recent and Improved Hearse and Mourning Coach, are prepared to furnish and conduct Funerals on special and moat reasonable terms. Country orders will receive prompt attention. Note the ad dress. comer of Wakanul road and Cass street. Orders may be left at the Ash burton Coach Factory; or Box 16, Post Office Ashburton. lb *



M OUKT SOMERS & MBTHYEN ROYAL MAIL COACH. On and after January let, 1885, the undersigned will run a Coach each Tues day, Thursday and Saturday, starting at noon from Hood's Hotel. Mount Somers, lor Sprlngburn and Alford Forest, there connecting with Duff s Coach from Methven returning same evening, Fares Spring burn, 2s, return, 3s } Alford Forest, 4s, return, a. 1 27 T. HIX. M RS KENNEDY & MISS CAMERON DRESSMAKERS, Compton’s Buildings, Moore street, Ashburton. N. 8.- vants. -Registry Office fo Female Ser sfts ARRIVAL OF NEW BOOKS. [OUBT Life Below Stairs, Humorous Worts of Theodore Hook, Letters from Hell, Journals of Major-General Gordon at Khar toum, Stonehenge’s British Rural Sports, Newspaper Readers’Companion, Scottish Life and Character by Dean Bamsay, The Grey hound —by Stonehenge, Book of Snobs by Thackeray. Macaulay’s Essays and Lays of Ancient Borne, Mayhews’ Horse Drctor, The Horse—by Stonehenge, Complete Works of Aitemns Ward in 1 vol., Choice Works Mark Twain—l vol., Eeligious Anecdotes of Scotland —by Adamson, Sheep, Cattle and Horse—by Yonatt, Sunday at Home, Leisure Hour, America —by Mackenzie, Nineteenth Century by Mackenzie} Madagascar and France, Bpons Mechanics 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 Qaborian, Clarissa’s Tangled Web, Decameron of Boccaccio, Mine Own People—by L. M. Gray, The Maclise Portrait Gallery, Evan Harrington by George Meredith, The Reporter’s Companion, Erie. THOS. F. FABLEY, BOOKSELLER, STATIONER, AND PRINTER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBUBTON, mil



O' l rrn P er day to be made by per iw-L SrX. Bona of either sex, In own localities, at work for ns. New business. All meet with wonderful suc cess. Anyone can do the work. Capital not required. We will start you. Outfit irorth £1 mailed free. The employment particularly adapted to the region in which this publication circulates. Bey and girls earn nearly as much as Full particulars and instructions malic ree. Now la the time—don’t delay, but write to us at once. Address Stinson kt Do Portland Maine, Uni States



Hguiesselich AND 00. . WEAVERS’ HALL, WOOL EXCHANGE, LONDON, SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Established 1855. Ship to order any description of British and Continental Goods upon 2$ per} cent commission, selected by buyers with Colonial experience, and attend to the promp trealisation 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 m of the Colonial Banks. Current Price Lists. Produce Reports, and any necessary samples or Information on application J. Ballantyne & Co. DUNSTABLE HOUSE.



meis Old Established firm have now I erected Very Large and Commodious Premises, suitable for carrying on a DRAPERY & CLOTHING BUSINESS, The comfort and convenience of customers have been care uliy studied, and the Warehouse, which is spacious, lofty, and ■well-lighted, is generally acknowledged to be the best of its kind tn New Zealand. J. B. & CO. are in a position to place before the public goods bought on the moat advantageous terms from the manu facturers, and thus secure to all the best value for money—quality and price being I the reliable test for cheapness. NEW AUTUMN & WINTER GOODS Are now shown In all the department*. Millinery, Mantle, and Dressmaking in First-class Styles. A Large Stock of MEN’S AND BOY’S CLOTHING Now on band, so well and favourably known for Excellence of Quality, Fit, and Workmanship. Our Own Manufacture. A HAT AND CAP FACTOR ST On the premises. Any style made to order. One Shilling off every Pound Cash Discount.



DUNSTABLE HOUSE, Established 1854, 4 491 k ales. Hakaia Sales. WS bog to Intimate to our clients that for the future the SALES of TOOK; MPLEMENTS and SUNDRIES will be held at the Rakala 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 Haiyard College. U.S. He has devoted alifeume to, and is acknowledged to be the most expert Physician in his specialty in the United States. Young Men and Middle-aged Men, who suffer from Nervous and Physical Debility, Doss cf Energy and Memory, Eruptions on the Face, Mental Depression. Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Paralysis, bit*, Spinal Disease, St. Vitus’ Dance, Liver Complaint, Asthma, Catarrh, Heart Disease, Gravel, Piles, &c* and are tired of taking mineral drugs, will do well to co'.ie 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 preparation*; 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, seeds 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 curable , he ivtH till you so; if tt is not, hi will tell you that ; for he will not undertake a case unless he ts confident of effecting a cure. . It will cost you nothing for consul tation. so please call and satisfy yourselves that the Doc tor understands your case. Dr. S. cures Humours and Diseases of the Blood, and Ladies who are 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, Icuchorrca, etc., etc, I wish it distinctly understood that I do not claim to perform impossibilities, or to have miraculous power. All applying to me will receive my honest opinion of their complaint*. No experimenting. I will guarantee a positive cure in every case I undertake, or forfeit fsoo. Consultation in Office or by Letter, Free. Charges Moderate. Examination and advice, j£x. Call or address ; Dr. H. J. Speer,* Palmerston Buildings, Auckland, N.Z, Office Hours: 9to it, xto 4,6 to 8 p.m.; Sundays, 10 to xs. N. B. All Medicines necessary for a complete cure can be sent free from observation on receipt frnptoma.



B E R I N G v S E E R I N G 1 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 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 al i 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 purchaser of machines. D. WILLIAMSON, Agent for Ashburton.



GRIOULTURAL Machine Shop, WAKANDI ROAD. CHARLES RAY Repairs Engines, Combines, Chaff-ontters, 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 Mew 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 aro the Genuine AMERICAN HOP BITTERS. We wish to warn all honest and unsus pecting people against this DECEPTION, and to call the attention once more to the facts that the Genuine American Co.’s BOP BITTERS Are put up in Squre, 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 Gennlni AMERICAN BOP BITTERS are pat, Trees Trees Trees THE undersigned has FOR SALE all kinds of FRUIT AND FOREST TREES, Pinas insignia, Aastriaca, Marltima, and Macrocarpa, by tens of thousands; ocher kinds in proportion. All kinds of cabbage plants, etc, on sale. I All orders by post or otherwise shall receive my best attention. N.B.—A grand lot of early strawberry plants on sale. JAMES PORTER, OLIFTON 4 75 Allenton, Ashburton. ASHBURTON COAL AND FIREWOOD DEPOT. R. S. Bean Begs to Inform the Inhabitants of Ash burton that he has a splendid lot of Blue Derwent Potatoes for sale. NEWCASTLE. WESTPORT, AND BROOKFIELD COAL at lowest rates. Firewood, Post and Ralls, Stakes Etc., Potatoes Chaff, Oats, Bran, Sharps, Etc. R. S. BEAN, 419 West street.



Standard’Sewing Machien. s P E 0 I A L' NOTICE. THE LIGHT-RUNNING STANDARD SEWING MACHINE,



The STANDARD has more improvements than all the other Sewi Machines pnt together I Has always been the best and is now the cheapest. That It meets every require mont of a critical public is shown by its great popularity and in creasing sale throughout America Europe, Australia and New Z land. __ AQBNT FOR ASHBURTON— W. 0. Page, AST STREET



Business Notices- Australian mercantile UNION INSURANCE COMPANY. The only Company in Canterbury WHICH DID NOT RAISE RaXEH 33J PEK CENT ON COUNTRY RISKS. We ARC NOW, AS WE HAVE BEEN FOB THE PAST THREE YEAKS, ACCEPTING RISKS [ PER CENT, OFF TARIFF. W. B. MOSS, Agent ioi Ashburton District. September 22, 1885. 9 615 FOR the Blood Is the Life.—Clarke’s world-famed blood mixture la 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 6d and 11s each by chemists and tent medicine vendors everywhere Sole proprietors, The Lincoln and Midland 'ounties Drug Co., Lincoln, England. 116



OW VITALITY HYPOPHOSPHIIE OP LIME 1 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 rame, and ' which are considered deficient in the above complaints, viz., Phosphorus and Lime. It cannot be too highly recommended for delicate children. Dr Churchill's compound Syrup of Qypophosphitea la real brain food, and in cases of Muscular and Nervous Exhaus tion has acquired a world-wide reputation. Each bottle boars Dr Churchill’s signa ture. Price, 4fr. SWANN, CHEMIST, 12, Hue Oaatlgllone, Paris. 7 225 DR CHURCHILL’S SYRUP ov General Debility. Prepared only by



FEINTING OF ALL KIND INCLUDING- Billheads i Circulars Memorandum Forms Agreements Liens Conditions of Sale Catalogues Fosters, Ac,, And every description of LEGAL AND COMMERCIAL LETTER-PRESS executed at the shortest notice and in the LATEST DESIGNS SPECIAL and most favorable terms ofierred to Wholesale orders. ASHBURTON GUARDIAN OFFICE,



TOWLE’S pennyroyal and ateel pills for females quickly correct all Irregulari ties and relieve thediatreai ag symptoms so prevalent with the sex. Boxes Is lsd and 2s 9d, of all chemists. Prepared only by B.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 Crop, nothing succeeds like MAYO'S BONE MANURE. Price—L*, L 6, L 5. Agent In town —H. Mandeb, A Liberal Discount for Cash. F. T. MAYO, Hampstead Manure Factory, 9 Bid A*hbavto‘(i



Christchurch Advertisements. Great Blanket Sale The Kalapoi Woollen Manufacturing Company, Limited, have this day disposed of their Entire Stock of First Quality SUPER WHITE TWILL BLANKETS TO MESSRS G. L. BEATH & OO. f Christchurch, The Stock, consisting of-11 bales, assorted sizes, as described below, will bo Opened out of the Bales and for Sale to-day and follow ing days at BEATH & CO.’S WAREHOUSE, Cashel Street, At the following remarkably Low Prices. Size and Weight—| 9.4—81 by 64 Inches, DHbs, 17s 9d, usual trade price 25s 6d the pair. 10 4—90 by 74inches, 7ilba, 2259 d, usual trade price 32s 6d the pair .5 11- byj 84 Inches, 91bs, 27s 9d, usual trade price 37s 6d the pair. 12- by 94 Inches, Hlbs, 33a 9d, usual trade price 47s 6d the pair. * I



The Redaction la equal to 30 PER CENT DISCOUNT OR SIX SHILLINGS IN THE POUND. At the above Rates, these Superior Blankets are Lower In Price than the Cheapest Twill Blanket produced by the Company, being marked considerably below the Mill Cost. Where two or more pairs are ordered, Carriage will be paid to any part of Canterbury. pST- Orders by Post, accompanied by P.O. O, or Cheque will receive the very best attention, and .Cash will be Returned if Good are not as represented. GL Li* Beath & Co., DEPOT FOR SALE OF KAIAPOI MANUFACTURES, IMPORTERS. AND MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS, Cashel Street, Christchurch, Autumn and Winter Shipments are now to hand, marked as usual at a small advance on Landed Cost. mll



His Lordship’s HOTEL AND LARDER, LICHFIELD STREET, Christchurch. THE Propletor of the above Hotel begs to notify that he has engaged the aervloea of one of the best Chefs in the colonies, with special Instructions to pro vide the beat 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 FO LADIES. Books of Tickets are sued at reduced A String Band will play the newest music in dining-room from 2.30 to 1.30 each day. ® * *



BEWARE! BEWARE!! 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 Best Medicinal and Sommer Tonic# 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 Persona selling Inferior Herbal Beer and representing it as mine, I have to ask the public to aoe that each bottle bears a red and WHITE LABEL •With My Name and Trade Mark on. None genuine without it. DAVIS’S TON 10 HERBAL BEER la acknowledged by the travelling public to be the beat Tonic Summer Drinfc in New Zealand. NO CHEMICALS USED, Delivered In Ashburton at 2a per Do*tn Bottles charged if not returned Families wa.ied on daily. DAVIS’S HERBAL B BR AND 108 DRINK I MANDF OTORY, \ SfBHT, Am «



Christchurch Advertisements. /COUNTRY VISITORS TO CHRIST CHURCH ( Will find the three O’b— Comfort ' Cheapness I! Convenience AT WALLACE’S Central Hotel, Corner of Gloucester and Colombo street, 10 677 A Night Porter Kept.



AUTUMN, 1886. THE Drapery and General Importing Company of N.Z. Limited (Co operative) beg to intimate the arrival of extensive shipments for the ensuing AUTUMN AND WINTER SEASONS, Comprising the latest London and Paris Fashions in all departments together with every kind of useful and General Drapery and Fur nishings for Household and Family Use, now to hand ex s.s. Ruapehu, Talnul, Kalkoura, Doric, Tongariro, and Atawa, and sailing ships Wellington, Walmea, tp bo supplemented by arrival of each direct steamer. {Novelties in all Departments. SPECIAL SHOW. A Special Season’s Show will be held on Saturday, February 20, and whole of following week, during which the public are cor dially invited to inspect the im mense and entirely new stock, without being,pressed to purchase AH Goods at Wholesale Ware house Prices. B. 0. BROWN, Manager. Warehou-es — Cashel street ... Christchurch. High street ... Dunedin. See Season’s Circular now Issued. D.I.C.



Metropolitan Hotel OABHEL STREET, Chrlalchuroh, (Under Proprietorship since April, 1885). THE above Hotel has been thoroughly painted, papered and renovated, and Is equal to any Hotel In Christchurch for situation, position and accommodation, being at once close to the Centre of the City, and within five mlnntea’ walk of the Railway Station. Terms—Per day, 6s 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 6.16 p.m. for farther 'oalars, apply on the premises; or, by . to MANAGER, Metropolitan Hotel, Box 14, 6 18 Ghristchnroh.



PEN I N G New Saleyards. The Undersigned 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 Yards, as their central position will, no doubt, bo of great convenience te 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, Oows, 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. Apply to— ZOUOH AND MACPHERSON, •3 446 Auctioneers, Ashburton,



TEE CLYDESDALE ENTIRE Horde, Prince "Victor Will travel the Wakauai, Longbeach, and Ashburton For Kb districts, and Trill stand at Netherby Lodge (opposite Canterbury Mills) on Saturdays. For further particulars and terms ap ly to Qroom In charge, or GEORGE rOOOOS,



Business Notices. NOTICE TO OWNERS OF DOGS. I HEREBY give Notice that all Doga found interfering with Sheep on this Estate will be destroyed, and the Owners sued for any damage done. DONALD McLEAN, 1 167 Lagmhor. KEATING’S POWDER destroys bugs, 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 is KEATING’S rs imitations are noxious and ineffectual. Sold in tins, 6d, Is, and 2s 6d each, by all chemists. I 2



WILHELM ZANDER has always on hand a good variety of BEST TOBACCO, Including—Williams' Baby Twist, Venus Navy Twist and Nailrod, High Admiral, Signet, Juno, and other best brands. IN CIGARETTES— Old Judge, Welcome, Vanity Fair, Opera Puffs, Chancellors, Old Rip, Little Beauties, Durham, etc. PIPES— A Splendid Assortment, both In case 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, Ashburton.



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



TO FARMERS AND OTHERS ARE P URO HAS BUS OF Wheat Oats Barley Bye Grass AND OTHER PRODUCE, POR # WHIOH WE ARE PREPARED TO GI7E HIGHEST MARKET VALUE.



Woolpacks (FULL SIZE) Cornsacks IT|O iREI V k E Friedlander Bros.



W. Fowke, BOOTMAKER, BEGS to Inform his friend* and the public generally that he has started bnaineas on hla own account. Ho hopes by strict attention to business and making a good article, to secure a share of public patronage. Address'—BUßKETT STREET, 1 ftenlaei ooeapted by Hi J Mseefr.,



I Business Notices N3S box of Olark’a b4l f a war ranted to core all discharges from the ariaary organa In either aex (acquired 01 constitutional), gravel and p*fa« In the back. Guaranteed tree {from mercury. Sold in boxea 4a 6d each, by all chemists and patent medicine vendors. Sole pro pnetors. The Lincoln and Midland Ooun tiea Drag Co., Lincoln, England. Whele aale of all the wholesale houses. I,



For Sowing Grain, Gnus, Tamlp, Mangold, etc., and the Turnip Sower be arranged, when ordered, to sow JLucem or other small seeds simultaneously sowing of Kyegrass if desired. It 1s 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 es Grass by simply changing one wheal. Corn Drills all Sixes. JorirrßD Ptjlvkkisutq Disc Harrows, The Best.—Over 500 in use. ' Impkoved Pbizb Chaivocxtbbs.— -Wltl cast-steel mouthpieces, when proper!) handled, make no long straws, oonaa quently chad requires no riddling, Th are in use largely all over hiew Zealan several of the large-sized beln lately fitted up at Christchurch.



InrXOTED Double ajtd Tbkblx Fdbmw Ploughs. —The best, and consequent., the cheapest In the market. 3,4, and leaf harrows. Square linked chain har. rows* IHew design of tripod harrows, and 7 tlned field grubbers. Cambrldg rollers, 20, 24, and 26 Inches diam. Plain cylinder field rollers. Horse gears for 1 2,3, and 4 horses. Best iron-bark swingle-trees. Hopes and pally gear for 4-horse yokes. Threshing machine fit tings Belting all sixes. Hon and brata castings of all kinds to order. Fencing standards out and punched to any length and gnage. Drays made fi—n best sea soned timber, with Gilpin axles. Gray's patent standard for folding sheep. Winners at the Gold Mimr. a t the Melbourne Bxhibltion for their Doumur Fukbow Plough, vide Jurors’ Beport;— “ PiKurvas —In ploughs there . one ex.* blbit to which we .wish to draw special attention as being the beat, and that the Double Furrow of Belie and Dunedin, New Zealand, in finish and or struotlon it is far superior to any other



Bakaia. The New Zeeland Loan Mercantile Agency Company axe new representing or In this district XKIP GRAY



TE. KIL WORTH, Architecture , and Mechanical Draughtsman, and Building Contractor. Oflioe:—Steam Bee Hire, Sash, Door, and Cabinet Factory, Wakanai Road, Ash barton. Workmanship Guaranteed at Lowest possible rates 11 31 Ashburton permanent BUILDING & INVESTMENT SOCIETY.



posits st Call, 6 per tent. per annum foi three months, and 6 per cent, per annum 11 fixed tor 6 months or over. j ward, Manager. Office Arcade Onambeis, Barnet tree*: JJORB VALUABLE THAN GOLD If a <*aily increasing demand and an endless number of testimonials are a criterion of the popularity of an article t then Dr Low's CuEKBT .PECTORAL one of the wonders of the present en« lightened age. Daring the past Winta and spring diseases of the throat an lungs have been very prevalent, and has been admitted on all sides that where i ever this valuable remedy has been ob tainable, numbers of lives have been I saved by its timely use. Always have bottle in the house. Soldgeverywhete Is 6d and Ss fid pet bottle. Wholesale agents, Kempthome, Prosser and Oo Christchurch, and at the proprietor, H Citron, Chemist, Akaroa. Ashburton Agent— Ohas. Neste, Chemist.



Government Notice. I SHE PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE OF NEW ZEALAND. Atentlon ia directed to the provision* the Acts establishing this Offiooe, end o the advantages placed thereby within easy reach of every colonist. Subject to such provisions, the State otters to every per son:— L—About to make bis for her Will or CodlolL 2. —Intending to provide iqr Wile as Children or others by deed of Settlement, 3.—Settling Property by way of Mu* riage Settlement. 4.—Desiring to renounce the Trusts Will, having been appointed Executor Trustee under the same. s. —Having acted as Trustee, Execu so or Administrator, wishing to berelleved che.burthen of Trustee-hip or Admlnla ration, the option of using the State m« thlnery,nnd gives an absolute guarantee against loss .of funds by fraud, peculation or dishonesty. Every information may be item ALEXANDER LEAN, Agent at Chrlstehoa OrCftfli R, 0. HAMERTON, Public Trusts Wellington, 18th May. 1888



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