The Ashburton Guardian.

"volTy —No. 1296

ASHBURTON. FIRDAY* JULY 23. 188 6.

PRICE-ONE PENNY



Surveyor, Civil Enj C fooks a Archite IVH. I'jI'iGCNBBBS, VAI.'Ti SuKVirOBB, AND LiS TRIANGLE, WAT Ashbubtob Conveyance T mWALD AND MOt RAILWAY MOUNT SOMERS AND ROYAL MAIL 0 The above Ceaoh leavei far Cavendish Railway Sta meeting each train. Passengers by morning seed by coach to Alford F Methven in time for the Christchurch, or may ret' the last train for Ashburto d...aL at iA Ordflra wil



I n •Sr i 1 > We are now receiving parcels for Home to despatch pet Tongarlro, sailing this month. 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 1572 Business Notices. X\ AKER BROS., Builders, Under takers, etc., Wakannl road and Cass street —B.B. desire to state that having the most recent and improved Hears* and Mourning Coach, are prepared to furnish and conduct Funerals on special and most reasonable terms. Country orders 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 Office Ashburton. to*



M OUNT SOMERS & METHVBN ROYAL MAIL OOAOH. 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, (or Sprlngbum and Alford Forest, there connecting wlthDuffs Coach from Methven returning same evening. Fares—Spring burn, 2s, return, 3s; Alford Forest, 4s, return, 6s. 1 27 T, HIX M RS KENNEDY & MISS CAMERON DRESSMAKERS, Compton's Buildings, Moore street, Ashburton N.B.—Registry Office fcr Female Ser vants. ARRIVAL OF NEW BOOKS. COURT Life Below Stairs, Humorous Works 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 Ramsay, The Grey hound—by Stonehenge, Book of Snobs—by Thackeray. Macaulay’s Essays and Lays of Ancient Home, Mayhews* Horse Doctor, The Horse—by Stonehenge, Complete Works of Arte inns Ward in 1 vol., Ch"’'- - Tr^r ' rfl Mark Twain—l vol., Religions —by Adamson, Sheep, Cattle and Horse—by fouatt, Sunday at Home, Leisure Hour, America—by Mackenzie, Nineteenth Century— by Mackenzie* Madagascar and France, Spone Mechanics Own Book, Short History of Onr Own Times—by Justin McCarthy, The Shadow of a Crime—by Hall Caine, Intrigues of a Poisoner—by B Gaborian, Clarissa ai 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. THOS. F. FARLEY, BOOKSELLER, STATIONER,



and printer, BAUNDBBB' BUILDINGS, ASHBDBTON. m 11 pi Pi per day to be made by per- SwJL aona of either sex, In their own localities, at work for ns. New easiness. All meet with wonderful sne oess. Anyone can do the work. Capital not required. We will start you. Outfit irorth £1 mailed free. The employment is particularly adapted to the region in which this publication circulates. Boys and girls earn nearly as much as men. Full particulars and Instructions mai'e ree. Now la the time—don’t delay, but write to us at once. Address Sim bon a «t Do P*‘Hland.|Malne, .United States



HO UIESSELICH AND CO • WEAVERS’ HALL, WOOL EXCHANGE, LONDON, SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Established 1855. Ship to order any description of British and Continental Goods upon 2J per cent, commission, selected by buyers with Colonial experience, and attend to the I prompt realisation of Produce at highest prices upon 1 per cent, commission. Old •■'a 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 tbe 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 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 pr. l being the reliable test for cheapness. NEW AUTUMN & WINTER GOODS Are now shown In all the departments. Millinery, Mantle, and Dressmaking In First-class Stylos. 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 CAP FACTORY On the premises. Any style made to order.



One Shilling off every Pound Cash Discount. DUNSTABLE HOUSE, Established 1854. 4 491 Stock Sales Bakaia Sales. WS beg to intimate to our clients that for the the SALES of STOCK, IMPLEMENTS and SUNDRIES will be held at the Rakaia the LAST THURSDAY in every month. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MER CANTILE AGENCY COMPANY. 8 306 MATSON, QOX to CO.



Private Dispensary, Palmerston Buildings. Foot o( 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 has 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, whs suffer from Nervous and Physical Debility, Loss d 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, Act, 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 m 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 curabls, Is nnli Ull ftu se; if it is rut, kt will till you that ; for he will not undertake a case unless he it confident of affecting a cure. It will cost you nothing for consul tation, to please call 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 Cold extremities, weak stomachs, lame and weak backs, nervous and tick headaches, constipation and indigestion, in ths tide and back, leuchorrea, etc., etc. I with 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. I wifi guarantee a positive cure in every case I undertake, or forfeit £aoo. Consultation in Office or by Letter, Fax a. Charges Moderate. Examination and advice, j£i. Call or address : Dr. H- J. Speer, Palmerston Buildings, Auckland, N.Z. Office Hours: gto is, rt 04,6 to 8 p.m.; Sundays, to to I*. N. B. All Medicines necessary for a complete ear* can be sent free fro m observation on receipt « Rrmptoma.



D E E R I N G r S E E R I N G’ S Twine Binder. WITH LATEST IMPROVEMENTS for 1885 6 REDUCED PRICK—£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 ail 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, wo 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. grioultural Machine Shop, WAKANUI road. CHARLES RAY Repairs Engines, Combines, Chaff-cutters, Reapers and Binders, and all classes of machinery. Speclr.l attention given li 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 TRUB. 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 hono » t Tr ?.“ d peotlng people against this DEObrliOH, and to call their attention once more to the fact that the Genuine American Co.’s BOP BITTERJ3 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 Gennlne AMERICAN HOP BITTERS are pat. A SHBURTON GOAL 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, Posts and Ralls, Stakes Etc., Potatoes, Chaff, Oats, Bran, Sharps, Etc 419 R. 8. BEAN, ' West street. Standard Sewing Machien.



THE LIGHT-RUNNING STANDARD SEWING MACHINE, The STANDARD has more Improvements than all the other Sewing Machines put together I Has always been the best and la now the cheapest That It meets every require ment o! a critical public Is shown by Its great popularity and In creasing salethroughout America Europe, Australia and New Zea land. ISIMTHAM AGENT FOR ASHBURTON— W. 0. Page, A*ST STREET!



Business Notices. Australian mercantile UNION INSURANCE .COMPANY. The onlv Company in Canterbury WHICH DID NOT RAISE RATES 33$ PER gent on Country Bisks. Wl ARi' VOW, AS WE HAVE BEEN FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, 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 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 11s each by chemists and >atent medicine vendors everywhere Sole iroprietors, The Lincoln and Midland ' ountie* Drag Co., Lincoln, England, 116



o w VITALITY DR OHUEOHILL’S SYRUP or HrPOPfIOSPHIIB OF LIME In 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 frame, and which are considered deficient in the above complaints, vis., Phosphorus and Lime. It cannot be too highly recommended for delicate children. Dr Churchill’s compound Syrup of Hypophosphltes is 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. Prepared only by SWANN, CHEMIST, 12, Rue Gastlgllone, Paris. 7 225



PRINTING OF ALL KINDS INCLUDING— Bll!headß| Circulars Memorandum Forms Agreements Liens Conditions of Sale Catalogues Posters, &c., And every description of LEGAL AND COMMERCIAL LETTER-PRESS executed »t the shortest notice and in the LATEST DESIGNS SPECIAL k and most favorable terms otiered to WHOLESALE ORDERS. ASHBURTON GUARDIAN OFFICE,



TOWLE'S pennyroyal and steel pills for females quickly correct all Irregulari ties and relieve thedistrest 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. I 12 FOR SOWING with Tnrnlps to secure a Good Crop, nothing succeeds like MAYO’S BONE MANURE. Price-W, L 6, L 5. Agent In town—H. jlandkb, A Liberal Discount for Oash. F. T. MAYO, stead Manure Factory, 660 c , 'fc«rtoo.



Christchurch Advertisements. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF| BANKRUPTCY.



THIS HAY Gr. Jje Beath & Co. offer tho STOCK-IN-TRADE OF THOMAS JACOBS, DRAPER AND CLOTHIER Late of High street, Christchurch, and Aknroa. AT A DISCOUNTJ OF 10 s 1N THE £ Also, th* STOCK in the BANKRUPT ESTATE of SIMPSON AND HARPER, WOOLLENDRAPERS, AT A DISCOUNT or % 08. gD. IN THE _jg TOTAL VALUE- 0 s 0 D Unprecedented Bargains. Stock Sheets in course of publication.



The .above are two of the Cleanest Stocks v over offered in Christchurch, Simpson and Harper having been in busi ness only four months, whilst the largest portion » f Thomas Jacob'* Stock was purchased by him this winter. His Lordship’s HOTEL AND LARDKB, LICHFIELD STREET, Christchurch. THE Propletor of the above Hotel bega to notify that he haa engaged the services of one of the beat Chefs in the colonlea, with special instructions to pro vide the beat LUNCHEON OR TEA, In the conn try for ONE SHILLING. The bill of fare will comprise Poultry, Game, Flab, etc., etc., In season. Grills to perfection at any hour. PRIVATE ROOMS FOB LADIES. Books of Tickets are now issued at reduced rates. A String Band will play all the newest music in dining-room from 13.30 to 1.30 j each day. 6 14



BEWARE! BEWARE!! OF IMITATIONS. ASK FOR HOULT’S TONIC? Herbal Beer. None Genuine except that bearing my label. Try It! Try It 11 It is one of the Best Medicinal and Summer Tonics ever offered to the Public. Delivered In Ashburton at Ss per dosen. Bottles not returned will be charged for. T. MOULT, BAST 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 EACH BOTTLE BEARS A RED AND WHITE LABEL {With My Name and Trade Mark on. None genuine without It. DAVIS’S TONIoIIERBAL BEER Is acknowledged by the travelling public to be the best Tonic Summer Drink In New Zealand. NO CHEMICALS USED. Delivered In Ashbnrton at 2s per Dorm Bottles charged for If not returnee* Families wa.ted on dally. DAVIS’S HERBAL B ER AND ICE DRINK MANUFACTORY, Eaw Sxbxxt, iNmwrov



Christchurch Advertisements. OODNTRY VISITORS TO CHRIST CHURCH Will find the three O’h— Comport I Cheapness!! Gonv-kntbncb AT WALLACE’S Central Hotel, Corner of Gloucester and Colombo street. 10 677 A Night Porter Kept.



Metropolitan Hotel CASHEL STREET, Christchurch, (Under Proprietorship since April, 1885). THE above Hotel has been thoroughly painted, papered and renovated, and Is equal to any Hotel In Ghristchnroh for situation, position and accommodation, being at once otose to the Centre of the City, and vrlthln five minutes’ walk of the Railway Station. Terms—Per day, 6s 6d; per week, LI 10a; 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 further 'enters, apply on the premises ; or, by to ITANAGER, Metropolitan Hotel, Box 14, 618 Christchurch. I



P E N I N G New Saleyards. The Undersigned beg to notify that they will hold their Opening Sale at the Royal Saleyarda, 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, be of groat 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. Preseat entries comprise Horses, Oows, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry, Furniture, Produce, and Sundries. Luncheon provided. Sale at 12 o'clock. ZOUCH & MACPHKRSON 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— ZOUCH AND MAOPHEHSON, 3 446 Auctioneers, Ashburton. o



J. Meecb HAYING determined to RELINQUISH BUSINESS, Is following up his late Auction sale with a CLEARANCE SACRIFICE of ALL GOODS AT AUCTION PRICES The Public can, therefore, VISIT HIS WAREHOUSE f AUD SELECT ANY ARTICLE AT A TREMENDOUSLY REDUCED PRICE during the next few weeks ; and mind you don’t forget It ! Crockery, Ironmongery, Kitchen Requisites, and Genuine Furniture, -MUST ALL BE DISPOSED OF— FOR SALE. Splendid Hearse Mourning Cose Plumes Velvet Palls Horse Covers Etc. Etc. 0 1 E A P ! In the meantime, FUNERALS will conducted from L 6 upwards J MEECH EAST A tANfRED STREETS.



pRO BONO PUBLICO Good people all, both great and email, again I come before yon ; and while It’s tine there's little new, T hope I shall not bore yon. 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 plaasa 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 satlfaction. 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, hist Btree Ajdsbwmcw 0 « O D us g 9-aO W Jo 0 © «s ® S d ft" « b o O © St »I*2 *h 0 - bfl £■§ 5=5 S 3



Business Notices. NOTICE TO OWNiiKS OF 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. I 167 Lagmhor. KEATING’S POWDER destroys bugs, fleas, moths, bedtles, and all other insects, whilst quite harmless to domestic animals. In exterminating beetles the 1 success of this powder is extraordinary. It Is perfectly clean in application. See the article you purchase is KEATING'S rs Imitations are noxious and ineffectual. Sold in tins, 6d, Is, and 2s 6d each, by all I chemists. 1 2 WILHELM ZANDER has always on band a good variety of BEST TOBACCO, Including—Williams' Ruby Twist, Yenna Navy Twist and Nailrod, High Admiral, Signet, Juno, and other best brands.



IN CIGARETTES— Old Judge, Welcome, Vanity Fair, Opera Faffs, Chancellors, Old Rip, Little Beauties Durban?, etc. PIPES - A Splendid Assortment, both In case and without. CIGARETTE & CIGAR HOLDERS— A large variety to choose from. Fishing Tackle, Cricketing Material, I Footballs. Lawn Tenuis, and a large I stock of Fancy Goods of every descrlntlon kept In stock. Ladles and Gentlemen's Hairdressing Saloons. Wilhelm Zander, TOBACCONIST AND HAIRDRESSER East street, Ashburton. Pnbllc Notices. O FARMERS The Ashburton Woollen Manufacturing Company, Limited, la a Cash Buyer of Wool Apply at the Factory, II 40



TO FARMERS AND OTHERS ARK PURCHASERS OF Wheat Oats Earley Rye Grass AND OTHER PRODUCE, FOR WATCH WE ARE PREPARED TO GIVE HIGHEST MARKET VALUE. W oolpacks ATOLL SIZE) Cornsacks TO ARRIVE Friedlander Bros.



W. Fowke, BOOTMAKER, BEGS to Inform his friend* and th( public generally that he baa started business on Ida own account. He hopes by strict attention to business and making a good article, to secure a share of public patronage. Address—BUßNETT STREET, 1 ;iamlaes ooeapied by Mr 1 MeecU.



Business .Notices ONE box of Clark’s b 41 pUls Is war ranted to cure ail discharges from the urinary organs in either sex (acquired oi constitutional), gravel and pains in the back. Guaranteed tree from mercury. Sold in boxes 4s 6d each, by all chemists and patent medicine vendors. Sola proj prietora, The Lincoln and Midland Ooon ties Drug Co., Lincoln, England. Whole sale of all the wholesale booses.



New Seed-Sower For Sowing Grain, Uraes, Turnip, etc., and the Turnip Sower be arranged, when oiuered,to aow Luoert or other small seeds simultaneously sowing of Kyegrass if desired. It is only Sower In the Market that will aow with absolute regularity on either slveiy rough or very smooth land. It will sow any desired quantity of Grain ev Grass hy simply changing one wheal Corn Drills ail Sises.



Jointed Pulverising Disc Harrows.— The Beat.—Over 500 In use, Improved Prize Ohawouttees. Witl oast-steel mouthpieces, when properk handled, make no long straws, conao quently chaff requires no riddling. Th are in use largely all over New Zealan aeveral of the Urge-sized machines bei* lately fitted up at Christchurch. Improved Double and Treble Furrow Ploughs. The best, and consequent., the cheapest in the market. 3,4, and leaf harrows. Square linked bar rows- New design of tripod harrows, and 7 tined field grubbers. Oambrlde rollers, 20, 24, and 26 Inches dim,, cylinder field rollers. Horse gears for 1 2,3, and 4 horses. Beet iron-bark swingle-trees. Ropes and pally gear fot 4-horse yokes. Threshing machine fit tings Belting all sizes. Iron and bra»r castings of ail kinds to order. Fenoln; standards out and punched to any length and gnage. Drays made fi.ji best see soned timber, with Gilpin axles. GrayV patent standard for folding sheep. Winners jf the Gold Medal at thf Melbourne Exhibition for their Doubu Furrow Plough, tads Jnrors 1 Report:— ‘‘ Plo: "'is —ln ploughs there - one ex hlbit to which we wish to draw speck attention as being the best, and that the Double Furrow of Rek and Gras Dnnedin, New Zealand, in nnish and o strut, tionjt is far superior to any other



Bakaia. The iVsw Zealand Loan Mercantl! Agency Company are now representing o» >n this district . TETT' « ORAV r| 1 E. KILWORTH, Architecture X . _ and Mechanical Draughtsman, and Building Jontractor. Office:—Steam Bee Hive, Sash, Door, and Cabinet Factory Vv'akanni Road, Ash barton. Workmanship Guaranteed at Lowest possible rates 11 3 A SHBURTON PERMANENT X.l. L GILDING & INVESTMENT SOCIETY. TLs above Society pays Interest at th rate of per cent, per annum for De posits ai Call, 5 per cent, per annum for three months, and 6 per cent, per annua If fixed t->r 6 months or over. J WARD, Manager. Office Arcade Cdaxuoeia, Burnet tree* JJORE VALUABLE THAN GOLD If a ‘’ally increasing demand and endless number of testimonials arc criterion of the popularity of anartiol then Dr Low’s CHERRY PECTORAI one of the wonders of the present en* lightened age. During the past wlnte and spring diseases of the throat an* lungs have been very prevalent, and has been admitted on all sides that where ever this valuable remedy has been ob tamable, numbers of lives have been saved by its timely nse. Always have h-t -!q in the bonae. Sold everywhere 1-j id and 2s fid per bottle. Wholesale agents, Kempthorne, Prosser and Co Christchurch, and at the proprietor, H Citron, Chemist, Akaroa. Ashburton Agent—Chas. Neate, Chemist.



ATCH MAKERS if EWEUERS, m m Hjsl ID i CH-CH. Government Notice. rrtHE PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE | OF NEW ZEALAND. Atentlon la directed to the provision* he Acts establishing this Officce, and e cha advantages placed thereby within easy each of every colonist. Subject to non provisions, the State offers to every per son : 1. —About to make his for her Will a Codicil. 2. —lntending to provide for Wife u Children or others by deed of Settlement 3 —Settling Property by way of Ua* : > Settlement. - —Desiring to renonnee the Trusts .. ill, having been appointed Bzeonto' ■ r:i tee under the same. i, —Having acted as Trustee, Bzecorto r; dministrator, wishing to be relieved he burthen of Trustee hip or Admiral I ration, the option of os mg the State mi ihinery, and gives an absolute guaranty igaiust loss of fnnds by brand, peculation or dishonesty. t Every Information may be !v-»m ALEXANDER LEAN Agent at Ohrlatohnst Or from R. Q. HAMERTON, Pwbllo Treats Wellington, t*th May.