The Ashburton Guardian.

YOU. V,—No. T-24S

ASHBURTON.

■ HURS!>

AY, MAY ‘l7. 1880.

IPBICE—ONE PENNY



Surveyor, Civil Engineers, &c. C. wIVIL E. FOOKS AND SONS, Architects, VALUATORS, LiOKNSKP SURTKTORS, AND IiAND BROKERS, TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAD, Ashburton.



Conveyances. mm WALD AND MOUNT SOMERS RAILWAY. MOUNT SOMERS AND CAVENDISH ROYAL MAIL COACH. The above Caach 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, thonce to Methven in time for the last train for (Christchurch, or may return in time for Vhe last train for Ashburton. Parcels and Orders will receive every attention. Horses and Buggies on hire. i„ JOHN HOOD AUSTRALASIAN pAEOELS EXPRESS. Parcels and Packages forwarded to any address, at cheap, through, inclusive One charge. No extras. No trouble. | No charge for 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. j Extract from tariff, including all charges to Address of Consignee :



3 s s a i i n s S CO H n s G 5c o We ate now receiving parcels for Home to despatch per Tongariro, sailing this month. Revised cheap rates. Insurance effected if desired. Tariff and all information on application t.’DFF & GRAHAM, Box 237 Post Office, Christchurch ; and Lyttelton. Telephone 22. ___B_jj>72



Business Notices. r ' BAKER BROS., Builders, Under takers, etc., Wakannl road and Cass street—B.B. desire to state that having the mt>v recent and Improved Heaksk and Mourning Coach, are prepared to furnish and conduct Funerals on special and most reasonable terms. Country will receive prompt attention. Note the ad dress, corner of Wakanul road and Cass street. Orders may be left at the Ash burton Coach Factory; or Box 16, Post Dffioe Ashburton. W 7 Mount somers & methyen ROYAL MAIL COACH.



On and after January lat, 1885, the undersigned will run a Coach each Tues day, Thursday and Saturday, starting at noon from Hood’s Hotel, Mount Somers, for Sprlngbum and Alford Forest, there connecting with Duff a Coach from Methven returning same evening. Fares —Spring- burn, 2s, return, 3s j Alford Forest, 4s, return, s. 1 27 T. HEX. 1 m’ KENNEDY & MISS CAMERON RKSSMAKERS, ipton’s Buildings, Moore street, Ashburton N.B.—Registry Office fo Female Set vanta. ARRIVAL OF NEW BOOKS. COURT Life Below Stairs, Humorous Works of Theodore Hook, Letters from Hell, Journals of Major-General Gordon at Khar- Stonehenge's British Rural Newspaper Readers' 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 Rome, Mayhews* Horse Doctor, The Horse—by Stonehenge, Complete Works of Artemas Ward in 1 voL* Choice Works Mark Twain —1 vol., Religious Anecdotes of Scotland —by Adamson, Sbeep, Cattle and Horse—by Youatt, Sunday at Home, Leisure Hour, America —by Mackenzie, Nineteenth Century— by Mackenzie; Madagascar and France, Spons’ 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 B Gaborian, 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, Ene. THOB. F. FARLEY, BOOKSELLER, STATIONER, AND PRINTER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON, tn II PI mi-, O A per day to be made by per •w ■ sons of either sex, In



own localities, at work for ns. New business. All meet with wonderful sue* seas. Anyone can do the work. Oapltal not required. We will start you. Outfit worth £1 mailed free. The employment particularly adapted to the region in which this publication circulates. Bay and girls earn nearly as much as Full particulars and instructions maile* ree. Now is the time—don’t delay, but write to ns at once. Address Stinson «r Do Portland Maine. ,Uni States



HGtUESSELIOH AND CO, • WEAVERS’ HALL, WOOL EXCHANGE, LONDON, SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Established 1855,



Ship to order any description of British and Continental Goods upon per cent, commission, selected by buyers with Colonial experience, and attend to the promp (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 m of the Colonial Banks. Current Price L’sts. Produce Reports, and any necessary samples or information on application 1 35



J. Ballantyne & Co



DUNSTABLE HOUSE. THIS Old Established firm have now erected Very Large and Commodious Premiers, suitable for carrying on a First-class 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 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 teat 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 CLO f DING Now on hand, so well and favourably known for Excellence of Quality, Fit, and Workmanship. Our Own Manufacture. A HAT AND CAP FACTORY On the premises. Any style made to order. One Shilling off every Pound Cash Discount. DUNSTABLE HOUSE, i



& ales. Bakaia Sales. w TE beg to Intimate to oar clients that for the the SALES of TOOK MPLEMENTS and SUNDRIES will be held at tbe Rakaia the LAST THURSDAY in every month. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MER OANTILE AGENCY COMPANY. 8 306 MATSON, C '-X * CO.



Private Dispensary, Palmerston Quecn-streer. Auckland. Establis tific and Speedy Cure of Chi Special Diseases. Dr. Speer is a Physician, educated at Hatvard Cc devoted a lifetime to, and is ackr most expert Physician in his spec States. Young Men and Midc suffer from Nervous and Physic; Energy and Memory’* Eruptions o: Depression, Kidney and Pladder



Doctor examine your case. If it is curable, he will tell you so; if ti 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 you nothing for consul tation, so please cal! 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 side and back, leuchorrea, 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 complaints. No experimenting. 1 will guarantee a positive cure in •very case 1 undertake, or forfeit fioo. Consultation in Office or by Letter, Free. Charges Moderate. Examination and advice, £*. Call or address : Dr. H. J. Speer, Palmerston Buildings, Auckland, N.Z. Office Hours: 9to 12, 1104, 6to 8 p.m.; Sundays, so to xa. N.B. All Medicines necessary for a complete cure can be sent free from observation on receipt el Qpmptomi. E B R I N G’ f? BERING’ 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 deslrona that the Deering 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 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.



Agricultural Machine Shop, WAKANUI ROAD, CHARLES RAY Repairs Engines, Combines, Chaff-cutters, Reapers and Binders, and all classes of machinery. Special attention given to Bicycler, Tricycles and Sewing Machines. Lawn Mowers repaired, sharpened and adjusted. Model work. General repairs. 3



Public Notices; Caution. SOME unscrupulous firms are trying to force on the blew Zealand people a Nostrum, under the cloak that It la 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 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 pat up In Sqnre, Panelled, Amber colorcd 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 la the only form In which Genuine AMERICAN HOP BITTERS are put.



Trees Trees Trees HE undersigned has FOR SALE all FRUIT AND FOREST TREES, Pinos Insignia, Auatriaca, Marhima, and Macrocarpa, by tens of thousands; other kinds in proportion. All kinds of cabbage plants, etc, on sale. All orders by post or otherwise shall receive my beat attention. N. B.—A grand lot of early strawberry plants on sale. JAMES PORTRR, CLIFTON NURSERY, 4 75 Allenton, Ashburton. kinds of



SfIBURTON OUAL AND FIREWOOD DEPOT. ii. S. Bean Begs to Inform the Inhabitants of Ash burton that he hua a splendid 'oi of Blue Derwent Potatoes for Bale. NEWCASTLE. WESTPORT, AND BROOKFIELD COAL at lowest rates. Firewood, Post and Rails, Stakes Etc., Potatoes Chaff, Oats, Bran, Sharps, Etc. R. S. BEAN, 419 West street.



Standard Sewing Machien. gP)1O IA L NOT IC E THE LIOHT-RDNNINO STANDARD bK WING MAH iIN r - The STANDARD has more improvements than all the other Sewl Machines pnt together I Has always been the beat and is now the cheapest. That It meets every require ment of a critical public Is shown by Its groat popularity and in creasing salethroughout America Entopo, Australia and Now Z land.



LTHAM ACCENT FOR ASHBURTON— W. C. Page, AST STREET



Business Notices. HAVING purchased the Asphalting Plant and Business formerly carried on by Mr James Bradley, I am in a posi tion to execute any orders 1 mpy be favored with. All asphalt work guaranteed. Ranges taken oat and re-set In the bos possible manner. Jobbing work in gone ral done. J Crum, OPPOSITE CONVENT, I Wakanul Road. Orders may be left with Mr J. 0. Duncan Old New Zealand Bank. 10 799 FOR the Blood Is 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 6d and Us each by chemists and 'atent medicine vendors everywhere Sole Woprietora, The Lincoln and Midland ountiea Drug Co.. Lincoln, England, 1 16



O W VITALITY DR OHDRCHILL’S SYRUP OF aypoPflosPEnE of lime 1 prescribed by the Faculty for the cure of Consumption, Chronic Cough and General Debility. [ 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 Hypophosphltes 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. Prepared only by SWANN, CHEMIST, 12, line Oastlgllono, Paris. 7 225



PR IN TIN Gr OF ALL KIND INCLUDING— Billheads Circulars Memorandum Forms Agreements Liens Conditions of fSale Catalogues Posters, &c., And every description of LEGAL AND COMMERCIAL LETTER-PRESS executed at the shortest notice and in the LATEST DESIGNS SPECIAL and most favorable terms oflerrod to WHOLESALE ORDERS. ASHBURTON GUARDIAN OFFICE, Di Speer’s PRIVATE Dlf PENSAKV, Palmer ston Buildings, Foot of Queou street, Auckland. Established for the Scieniilic and Speedy Cure of Chronic, Nervous, and Special Diseases. Dr apeor is a regu lar Graduated Physician, educated at ilarvard College, L .S. He has devoted a lifetime to, and is acknowledged to bo the most expert Physician in his specialty in the Un’ted States. Young men and Middle-aged Mon, 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 oomo 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 preparat ions; 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 each he would say, come and bo healed. Is matters not what your troubles may be, ame and let the Doctor examine your cose. If it is curable, he will tell you oa; if it is not, he will tell you that; for ho 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 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 side and back leuchorrea, etc, etc. —I wish it distfnctly understood that 1 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, PEREE. Charges Moderate. Examination and Advice LI. Call or ad dress: Dr H. J. Speer, Palmerston Buil dings, Auckland, New Zealand. Office Hours: 9to 12, 1 to 4,6 to 8 p.m.; Sun days, 10 to 12. N. B. All Medicines ne cessay for a complete cure can be sent free from observation on receipt of aymp-



mOWLE’S pennyroyal and steel pills for i females quickly correct all Irregulari ties arid relieve the distress ng symptoms so prevalent with the sex. Boies Is l£d 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



FOR SOWING with Turnips to secure a Good Crop, nothing succeeds like MAYO’S BONK MANURE. Price—LsT, L 6, L 5. Agent In town—H. Zander. A Liberal Discount for Cash. F. T. MAYO, Hampstead Manure Factory, 9 666 Aslibasto'a



Christchurch Advertisements. Great Blanket Sale The Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturing Company, Limited, have this day disposed of their Entire Stock of First Quality £ SUPER WHITE TWILL BLANKETS H TO MESSRSjJG. L.|BEATHfi& CO.,|V? Christchurch, clear the Line. Tho Stock, 'consisting of 11 bales, assorted sizes, as described below, will bejs Opened out of the Bales and for Sale to-day and follow ing days at BFATH &TCO.’S WAREHOUSE, Cashbl Street, At the fol’owing remarkably Low Prices. Size and Weight —



9- —Bl by 64 Inches, 541bs, 17e 9d, usual trade price 25s 6d the pair. 10- 90 by 74Inches, 7*lbs, 22s 91, usual trade price 32s Gd the pair. 11- —9O by 84 Inches, 9lbs, 27a 9J, usual trade price 37s Gd the pair. 12- by 04 Inches, lllbs, 33s 9d, usual trade price 47s Gd the pair. The Reduction Is equal to 30 PER CENT DISCOUNT OK SIX SHILLINGS IN THE POUND. At the above Rates, those Superior Blankets are Lowar In Price than the Cheapest Twill Blanket produced by the Company, being marked considerably below the Mill Coat. Where two or more pairs are ordered, Carriage will bo paid to any part of Canterbury,



Orders by Post, accompanied by P. 0.0. or Cheque will receive the very best attention, and Cash will be Returned if Good are not as represented. Gr. K Beatli & Co,, DEPOT FOR SALE OF KAIAPOI MANUFACTURES, IMPORTERS. AND MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS, Cashfl Street, Christchurch, Antnmn and Winter Shipments are now to hand, marked as usual at a small advance on Landed Cost. mil



His Lordship's HOTEL AND LARDER, LICHFIELD STREET, Christchurch. TJpHE Propletor of the above Hotel begs X to notify that he has engaged the services of one of the best 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 FO LADIES. Books of Tickets are sued at reduced A String Band will play music In dining-room from each day. the newest 2.30 to 1.30 6 14



BEWAREI BEWARE J! of IMITATIONS. ASK FOR HOULT’S TONK? Herbal Beer. None Genuine except that bearing my label. Try It! Try It I I It Is one of the Best Medicinal and Summer Tonics ever offered to the Public. Delivered in Ashburton at 2a 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 Boer and representing It as mine, I have to ask the public to see chat EACH BOTTLE BEARS A RED AND WHITE LABEL With My Name and Trade Mark on. None'gennlne without It. DAVIS’S TONIC HERBAL BEER Is acknowledged by the travelling pnbllo to bo the best Tonic Summer Drink In New Zealand. NO CHEMICALS USED. Delivered In Ashburton at 2s per Dof m Bottles charged if not returned Families wa.ced on daily. DAVIS’S HERBAL B ER AND ICE DRINK MANDF OTORY, Brant, km «



Christchurch Advertisements. QOUNTRY VISITORS TO CHRIST CHURCH Will find the three C’s— Comfort ' Cheapness 1! Convenience} AT WALL vCE’S] Central Hotel, Corner of Gloucester and Colombo street. 10 677 A Night Porter Kept.



D.I.C. AUTUMN, 1886, ETE Drapery and General Importing Company of N. Z. Limited (Co-operitive) 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, Talnnl, Kaikoura, Doric, Tongarlro, and *rawa, and sailing ships Wellington, Walmea, to be supplemented by arrival of each direct steamer. {Novelties In all Departments. A. Special Season’s Show will be held on Satnrdav, 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 All Goods at Wholesale Ware house Prices. Cashel street ... Christchurch. High street ... Dunedin. See Season’s Circular now Issued. SPECIAL SHOW. E. 0. BROWN. Manager. Warehou-es D.I.C.



Metropolitan Hotel CASHEL STREET, Chrialchurch. (Under Proprietorship since April, 1885), THE above Hotel has been thoroughly painted, papered and renovated, and la eqnal to any 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 fid; per week, LI 10s; per 28 days, L 5. (Private apartments by arrangement). Permanent boarders, LI 5s per week. Ordinary, from 12 to 2 p.m. ; Table d'Hdte, at 6,16 p.m. For further pi 'cnlars, apply on the premises ; or, by _ to P E N 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, eto, at 9 these Yards, 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. ZOUCH & MACPHERSON TO LET.—A capital dwelling house of seven rooms, plastered throughout. Washhouse, with water laid on; also orchard and garden ; rent moderate. Apply to— ZOUCH AND MACPHERSON, 3 446 Auctioneers, Ashburton, 6 18 MANAGER, Metropolitan Hotel, Box 14, Chrlstohnrch. Luncheon provided. Sale at 12 o’clock. AUCTIONEERS.



The olydesbale entire Horae, Prince Victor Will travel the Wakanal, Longboach, and Ashburton Forks districts, and will stand at Netherby Lodge (opposite Canterbury Mills) on Saturdays. . For farther particulars and terms ap ly to Groom in charge, or GEORG* POOOOK,



I Business Notices. NOTICE TO OWN tills OP DOGS. I HEREBY give Notice that all Dogs 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 clem in application. See the article yon purchase is KEATING'S ra Imitations are noxious and ineffectual. Sold in tins, 6d, la, 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, Venas Navy Twist and Nailrod, High Admiral, Signet, Jano, and other best btands. 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. Ladles and Gentlemen’s Hairdressing Saloons. Wilhelm Zander, TOBACCONIST AND HAIRDRESSER



Hast street, Ashburton. Public Notices- rjio FARMERS The Ashburton Woollen Manufacturing Company, Limited, is a Cash Buyer of Wool Apply at the Factory. 11 40



TO FARMERS AND OTHERS F ARE PURCHASERS OF Wheat Oats Barley Bye Grass AND OTHER PRODUCE, FORj WHICH WE ARE PREPARED TO GIVE HIGHEST MARKET VALUE. Woolpacks (FULL SIZE) Cornsacks TO ARRIVE F nedlander Bros. W. Fowke, BOOTMAKER, BEGS to Inform his friends and the public generally that he baa started asiness on hla own account. He hopes y strict attention to business and making good article, to secure a share of public atronage. Address—BUßNETT STREET, 1 yramlsei occupied by M» J



Business Notices NE box of Clark’s b 41 pills is'warl ranted to care all discharges from the urinary organa In either sex (acquired 0 i constitutional), gravel and pains in the : ® uarantee< i free from mercury. Sold in boxes 4s 6d each, by all chemists and patent medicine vendors. Sole pro pnetors, The Lincoln and Midland Conn ties Drug Co., Lincoln, England. Whole sale of all the wholesale honaes. 1 For Sowing Grain, Grass, Turnip, Mangold, etc., and the Turnip Sower I be arranged, when ordered, to sow Lucero, 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 «vcen slyely 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 Disc Harrows. The Beat.—Over 500 in use. k Improved Prize Ohampcuttebs.—Wltl 1 cast-steel mouthpieces, when properh handled, make no long straws, conse quently chafi requires no riddling. Th are in use largely all over New Zealan several of the large-sized bela lately fitted up at Christchurch. Improved Double and Treble Furrow Ploughs. —The best, and consequent. . the cheapest In the market. 3,4, leaf harrows. Square linked chain har rows- New design of tripod harrows, and 7 tined field grabbers. Oambridg rollers, 20, 24, and 26 inches dlam cylinder field rollers. Horse gears for 1 2,3, and 4 horses. Beat iron-bark swingle-trees. Ropes and pally gear fo» 4-horse yokes. Threshing machine fit tings Belting all sizes. Iron and bras* castings of all kinds to order. Fencim. standards out and punched to any length and guage. Drays made best sea soned timber, with Gilpin axles. Gray’s patent standard for folding sheep. Winners J>f the Gold Munir, a t the Melbourne Exhibition for their Double Furrow Plough, vide Jurors' Report:— 11 Plq. "vs —ln ploughs there . one ex- Mbit to which we wish to draw special attention as being the best, and that the Doable Furrow of Bek.' and Qraj, Dunedin, New Zealand, in finish and ci struction it is for superior to any othea Bakaia. The New Zealand Loan Agency Company are now representlmr nr in this district RETD -% GRAY



TE. KILWORTH, Architecture • _ and Mechanical Draughtsman, and Building Contractor. Office;—Steam Bea Hive, Sash, Door, and Cabinet Factory, Wakanni Road, Ashburton. Workmanship Guaranteed at Lowest possible rates. 11 31 Ashburton permanent BUILDING & INVESTMENT SOCIETY. The above Society pays Interest at the rate of per cent, per annum for De posits at Call, 6 per cent, per annum for three months, and 6 per cent, per annum If fixed for 6 months or over. J WARD, Manager. Office : - Arcade Chambers. Burnet tree^ ORE VALUABLE THAN GOLD



If a •tally Increasing demand and an endless number of testimonials are a criterion of the popularity of an article then Dr Low’s CHERRY PECTORAL one of the wonders of the present on* lightened age. During the past wlnte and spring diseases of the throat an- Inngs have been very prevalent, and has been admitted on all sides that where ever this valuable remedy has been ob tainable, numbers of lives have been saved by Its timely nse. Always have bottle In the bonse. Soldfe very where Is 6d and 8s 6d per bottle. Wholesale agents, Kempthorne, Prosser and Co Christchurch, and at the proprietor, £1 Citron, Chemist, Akaroa. Ashburton Agent—Chas. Neate, Chemist. Government Notice. ! fTUELB PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE 1 OF NEW ZEALAND. Atentlon la directed to the provisions the Acts establishing this Office©, and o the advantages placed thereby within easy reach of every colonist. Subject to such provisions, the State offers to every pee son : 1. —About to make his for her Will os Codicil. 2. —lntending to provide for Wife ac Children or others by deed of Settlement. 3. —Settling Property by way of Man i-lage Settlement. £—Desiring to renounce the Trusts Will, having been appointed Executor Trustee nuder the same. 6.—Having acted as Trustee, Bxecu so or Administrator, wishing to be relieved che burthen of Trustee. Up or Adminla ration, the option of uamg the State ma tbinary, and gives an absolute guarantee against loss of funds by fraud, peculation or dishonesty. Every information may be obt** fi«m ALEXANDER LEAN, Agent at Christchuri Of from R. O. HAMEBTON, Public Trustee Wellington, I*tb Mav. 18*5 Matchmakers tjEWELLIRS, fcnjsT?. ph—ph.