The Ashburton Guardian.

VOLi. V,—No. 1297

ASHBURTON. SATURDAY JULY 2 4. 1886.

'PRICE—ONE PENNY



Surveyor, Civil Engineers, fee. C E, FOOKS AND SONS, Architects, mtil Ehohix£Bß, Val'tatokjj, Licbkssd Stjbtxitobs, and Land Bbokjebs, TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAD, Ashbup.ton. Conveyances TINWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS RAILWAY. MOUNT SOMERS AND CAVENDISH ROYAL MAIL COACH. The above Oeach leaves Hood’s hotel for Cavendish Railway Statlon jsvcry day, meeting each train. Passengers by morning train may pro seed by coach to Alford Forest, thence to Methven in time for the last train for Christchurch, or may return in time for the last train for Ashburton. Parcels and Orders will receive every attention. Horses and Buggies on hire. lB JOHN HOOD AUSTRALASIAN ARC ELS EXPRB 6. Parcels and Packages forwarded to any address, at cheap, through, inclusive One charge. No extras. No trouble. No charge for booking or for collecting pfcekogea up to 661bs 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 :



£ £ § s' r I I Q ■g * a i i i i We are 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 CUFF & GRAHAM, Box 337 Post Office, Christchurch ; and Lyttelton; -Telephone 22. 8 1572 Business Notices.



BAKER BROS., Builders, Under takers, eta, Wakannl road and Case street—B.B. desire to state that having the most recent and Improved Hkabsx and Moxjßiako Coach, are prepared to fornlsh and oondnct Funerals on special and most teasonable terms. Country orders wIU receive prompt attention. Note the ad dress, comer of Wakanui road and Cass street. Orders may be left at the Ash burton Coach Factory; or Box 16, Post Office Ashburton. M OUNT SOMERS & METHYEN ROYAL MAIL COACH. On and after January Ist, 1885, the undersigned will run a Coach each Tues day, Thursday and Saturday, starting at noon from Hood’s Hotel, Mount Somers, for Sprlngbutn and Alford Forest, there connecting with Duff’s Coach from Methven returning same evening. Faros—Spring bum, £s, return, 3s; Alford Forest, 4s, return, 6s. . _ 1 87 T. mx. •arRS KENNEDY & MISS CAMERON jjl DRESSMAKERS, Compton's Buildings, Moore street, Ashburton.



N.B.—Registry Office fcr Female Ser vant*. . „ ARRIVAL OF NEW BOOKS. COURT Life Below Stairs, Humorous Works of Theodore Hook, Letters from Hell, Vy Vi JLUCUUUXO - journals of Maior-Gkmeral Gordon at Khar toum, Stonehenge's British Rural Sports, Newspaper Readers’ Companion, Scottish Life and Character by Dean Bam say. The Grey hound—by Stonehenge, Book of Snobs—by Thackeray. Macaulay’s Essays and Lays of Ancient Borne, Mayhews’ Horse Doctor. The Horse—by Stonehenge, Complete Works of Ifteniin Ward in 1 vol., Cbo’ee Works Mark Twain—l voL, Religions A-.- --, ■cf aootland —by Adamson, Sheep, Cattle and Horse—by Youatt, Sunday at Home, Leisure Hour, America—by Mackenzie, Nineteenth Century— Sr Mackenzie; Madagascar and France, Bpons echanics Own Book, Short History of Our Own Times—by Justin McCarthy, The Shadow . Jrr ,' TT-11 Tnfritmwi of a iußQr*wr vuoiw *'•***»y » - . 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 Madise Portrait Gallery, Bran Harrington —by George Merwnf-h, The Reporter’s Companion, Ene. THOB. F. FARLEY, BOOKSELLER, STATIONER, AND PRINTER, SAUNDKBS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON, mil



X? 1 ipn X? A P® r day to be made by por w 1 sodb of either sex, In their own localities, at work for os. New ousiness. All meet with wonderful suc cess. Anyone can do the work. Capital not required. We will start you. Outfit worth £1 Balled free. The employment is particularly adapted to the region In which this publication circulates. Beys end girls earn nearly as much as men. Full particulars and instructions malle ne. Now is the time —don’t delay, but write to us at. once. Address Sroraow AUr Do Portland,|Maine, .United States



Hgriesselich and oo . WEAVERS’ HALL, WOOL EXCHANGE, LONDON, ’ SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Established 1856. 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 prompt realisation of Produce at highest prices upon 1 per cent, commission. Oi'We to be acodbopanled by Letters of Credit or part remittance In Bank Drafts or Produce. Open Policies of Insurance for floating cargoes to cover sea risks. References—Chief Office of the London and Westminster Bank, or Agra Bank London, and most of the Colonial Banks. Current Price Lists. Produce Reports, and any necessary samples or information on application I 35 J. Ballantyne & Co. DUNSTABLE HOUSE. THIS Old Established firm have now erected Very Largo 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 j bo the best of its kind in New Zealand, i



J. B. & CO. are la a position to place before the pnbllo goods bonght on the most advantageous terms from the manu facturers, and thus secure to all the best value for money—quality and pru. 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 CLOIHING Now on band, so well and favourably known for Excellence of Quality, Pit, 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 Kakaia Sales. WE beg to Intimate to our clients that for the future the SALES of STOCK, MPLEMENTS and SUNDRIES will bo held at the Rakala the LAST THURSDAY In every month. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MER * CAN TILE AGENCY COMPANY. 8 306 MATSON, OOX^OO. f zeei i.



Private Dispensary, Palmerston Buildings, Foot cl 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 Harvard College, U.S. He has devoted a lifetime to, and is acknowledged to he the most expert Physician in his specialty m the United States. Young Men and Middle-aged Men, wh* 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 Vitas’ Dance, Liver Complaint, Asthma, Catarrh, Heart Disease, Gravel, Piles, and are tired of taking mineral drugs, will do well to come and try the Doctor’s method of cure, as it will, ■ properly applied, relieve them of their sufferings and restore them to health. The Doctor uses no mineral preparations; hit 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 ■uch be would say, come and be healed. It matters wot what your troubles may be, come and let the Doctor examine roar case. If it it curailt , Ms wilt Ull wsw; if it it «/, ht mil till jreu fist; tor he win not a case unless he is confident of effecting a cure. It will cost yon 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 (touachs, and weak backs, nervous tod sick constipation and indigestion, pain in the ttde and back, leuchorrea, etc., etc. 1 wish it distinctly understood Ido not claim to perform impossibilities, or to hare miraculous power. All applying to me oil! receive my honest opinion of their complaints. No experimenting. I viu guarantee a positive cure la •very case 1 undertake, or forfeit j£aoe. Consultation la Office or by Letter, Fua Charges Moderate. and advice, £t. Call or address ; Dr. n* I. Speer, Palmerston Buildings, Auckland, N.Jk Office Hours: plots, xtoe, 6toß p.m.; rotors. K.B. All Medicines necessary for a complete sure can be scat free from obeerratioa oa recffift ■ friaptcmsi



E IS R I S G’ S B B 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 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 all machines for coming season at FIFTY POUNDS. j For simplicity of construction, lightness of draught, economy of repairs, strength and efficiency, It stands unequalled, whilst for excellence of work In the field, under all conditions of crop, It cannot be surpassed. In confirmation of Its superiority, we refer to the many prises obtained each year, and also to the testimonials from practical New Zealand farmers, as well as satisfaction expressed by every purchaser of machines. D. WILLIAMSON, Agent for Ashburton.



Machine Shop, WAKANDI ROAD. CHARLES RAY Repairs Engines, Combines, Chaff-cutters, Reapers and Binders, and all classes of machinery. Special attention given tc Bicycles. 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 pretence they are, trying to deceive the Public and Incautious Pur chasers into the belief that they are the Genuine _ AMERICAN HOP BITTERS. We wish to warn all honest and unsus pecting people against this DECEPTION, and to call their attention once more to the fact that the Genuine American Co. ■ BOP BITTERS Are pnt np 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 of “Dr Soule” blown In every Bottle. TM. i a the only form In which Genuine AMERICAN HOP BITTERS are pnt.



Ashburton goal AND FIREWOOD DEPOT. R, S. Bean Begs to Inform the Inhabitants of Ash burton that ho has a splendid lot of Blue Derwent Potatoss for sale. NEWCASTLE. WESTPORT, AND BROOKFIELD GOAL at lowest rates. Fir a wood, Posts and Rails, Stakes Etc., Potatoes, Chaff, Oats, Bran, Sharps, Etc. R. 8. BEAN, 410 West street. Standard Sewing Maohlen. gPEOI AL NOTICE, THE LIGHT-RUNNING STANDARD SEWING MACHINE,



The STANDARD has more Improvements than all the other Sawing Machines pat together I Has always been the best and Is now the cheapest That It meets every require meat of a critical poblio is shown by Its great popularity and In creasing sale throughout America Europe, Australia and New Zea land.



&.QENT FOR ASHBURTON W. 0. Page, AiBT STREET



Business Notices. Australian mercantile UNION INSURANCE .COMPANY, The onl\ Company in Can tebbcby WHICH DIO NOT RAISE RATES S3J PBB GENT OH COUNXBY RISKS. We ap.c now, as we have been fob fns PAST THREE YEARS, ACCEPTING BISKS PER CUNT. OFF TARIFF. W. B, MOSS, Agent rot Ashburton District, September 22, 1886. 9 616 FOR the Blood Is the Life.—Clarke’s world-famed blood mixture Is warranted to cleanse the' blood from all Imparities 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 'ounties Drug Co., Lincoln, England. 116



yOW VITALITY DR CHURCHILL’S SYRUP or HYPOPHOSPHIIB OF LIME is prescribed by the Faculty for the cure of Consumption, Chronic Cough and General Debility. It contains two of the principal Ingre* dlents necessary for building np 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 Hypopbosphltes 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 Oastigltone, Paris. T 285



PRINTING OF ALL KINDS INOLCDING- Billheada Circulars Memorandum Forma Agreements Lions Conditions of Sale « Catalogues Posters, &0., And every desoription of LEGAL AND COMMERCIAL LETTER-PRESS executed at .he shortest notice and in the LATEST DESIGNS SPECIAL [and moat favorable terms oflorod to WHOLESALE ORDERS. ASHBURTON GUARDIAN OFFICE,



TOWLE'S pennyroyal and steel pills for females quickly correct all Irregulari ties and relieve the distress ag symptoms so prevalent with the sex. Boxes Is lsd and 2a 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 BONE MANURE. Price—LV, L 6, L 5. Agent in town—H. ifiHDKB. A Liberal Discount for Cash. P. T. MATO, stead Manure Factory, 606 shbarton,



Christchurch Advertisements. IN THE SUPREME COURT OFJ BANKRUPTCY. THIS 'DAY Gr. Ij. Beath & Co. yyihh offer the STOCK-IN-TRADE OF THOMAS JACOBS, DRAPER AND CLOTHIER Lote of High street, Christchurch, and Akaroa. AT A DISCOUNT^



10 s 1N ™ £ Also, the STOCK in the BANKRUPT ESTATE of SIMPSON AND HARPER, WOOLLENDRAPEBS, AT A DISCOUNT or 6 8. gD. IN TH. £ TOTAL VALUE £22IO 0 s 0 D Unprecedented Bargains. Stock Sheets in course of publication. The above are two of the Cleanest Stock# ever offered in Christchurch, Simpson and Harper having been in busi ness only four months, whilst the largest portion of Thomas Jacob’s Stock was purchased by him this winter.



His Lordship’s HOTEL AND LARDER, LICHFIELD STREET, j Christchurch. j THE Propietor of the above Hotel begs 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 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 1.30 each day. 614



Bewares bewarkii of IMITATIONS. ASK FOR BOULT'S TONK 7 Herbal Beer. None Genuine except that bearing my label. Try it! Try it I! It la one of the Beat Medicinal and Summer Tonioa ever offered to the Pnblio. Delivered in Aahbnrton at 8a per doaen. Bottlea not returned will be charged (or. T. BOULT, 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 that EACH BOTTLE BEARS A RED AND WHITE LABEL >With My Name and Trade Mark on. None genuine without It. DAVIS’S TONkThBRBAL BEER Is acknowledged by the travelling public be the best Tonic Sommer Drink In New Zealand. NO CHEMICALS USED. Delivered In Ashbnrton at 2s per Doff in Bottles charged for If not returned Families wa.ied on dally. DAVIS’S HERBAL B ER AND ICE DRINK MANUFACTORY, East Stbbit, Abfbumok



Christchurch Advertisements. £JOUNTRY VISITORS TO OHEIST CHURCH Will find the three O’s— Comfort •. Cheapness 1! Convenibkcos AT WALLACE’S Central Hotel, Corner of Gloucester and Colombo street 10 677 A Night Porter Kept.



Metropolitan Hotel OASHEL STREET, Ohrlslohuroh. (Under Proprietorship since April, 1885). THE above Hotel has been thoroughly painted, papered and renovated, and Is equal to any Hotel In Ohrlstcharoh for situation, position and accommodation, being at once close to the Oentre of the Olty, and within five minutes’ walk of the Railway Station. Terms—Per day, 6s fid; 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 lonian, apply on the premises ; or, by to FANAGBR, Metropolitan Hotel, Box 14,



6 18 Christchurch. QPEN 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 great convenience to the trade. Asa 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 honse 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.



J. Meech HAVING 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 I AHD SELECT ANY ARTICLE AT A TREMENDOUSLY REDUCED PRICE during the next few weeks ; and mind you don’t forget It 1 Crockery, Ironmongery, Kitchen Requisites, and Genuine Furniture, -MUST ALL BE DISPOSED OF— FOR SALE, Splendid Haarsa Mourning Ooae Plumes Velvet Palls Horae Covers Etc. Etc. CL E A P I In the meantime, FUNERALS will conducted from L 6 upwards J MEECH EAST jIANORED STREETS.



pRO BONO PUBLICO Good people all, both great and small, again I come before yon ; and while It’s tree there's little new, T hope I shall not bore yon. Again, this time, I coma In rhyme, and thus my theme pnrauing, all may discern, and mark, and learn they should be np and doing. That 1s 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 bolds goods galore, in wonderful variety, such value, these are sure o please all classes of society. And, also note, that Nelson, Moate and Co. ate still supplying to all who please their blended teas—they're grand there’s no denying. So come and boy, these fine teas try ; you’ll ne’er regret the action. At various prices, each kind nice is, all giving satlfaotion. 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 JOB NELSON, MOATE, & GO’S Pure Blended Teas. Agent for Arthur Yates’s Gar* den Seeds Tea, Grocery, Glass, aud China. Brushware and Fancy Goods Warehouse. H. M. Carson, TastStree Ahsbtoxov d £ § -a o *** 5S d © * 2, S 0 -gMo £ 2 M o'-* <s S 0 s a 3 J 03 SP l r



Business Notices. NOTION TO OWNERS OF DOQ3. I HEREBY give Notice that all Doga found interfering with Sheep on AN Eatete will be destroyed, and the Owners seed for any damage done. DONALD MoLEAN. 1 lagmhoy. KEATING’S POWDER destroys bags, fleas, moths, bedtles, and all other I insects, whilst quite harmless to domestic I animals. In exterminating beetles the soeoess of this powder is extraordinary. It la perfectly clean in application. See the article yon purchase Is KEATING'S ra imitations are noxious and Ineffectual. Sold in tins, 6d, Is, and 2a 6d eaeb, by all eheaalats. 1 g



WILHELM ZANDER has ilvqn on hand a good variety of BEST TOBACCO, Including—Williams’ Baby Twist, Vann Navy Twist and Nsilrod, High Admiral, Signet, Jono, and othse beat brands. I IN CIGARETTES— Oil Jedga, Welcome, Vanity Fair, Onese Puffs, Ohanoellon, Old Rip, little Beantlsa. Durham, eta PIPES— A Splendid Assortment, both In case and withont. CIGARETTE & CIGAR HOLDERS— A large variety to choose from. Fishing Tsekle, Cricketing Material, Footballs, Lawn Tennis, and a luge stock of Fancy Goods of every deaorintlon kept In stock. Ladles and Gentlemen’s Hairdressing Saloons. Wilhelm Zander, TOBACCONIST AND HAIRDRESSER I But street, Ashbnrton.



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 ARB PURCHASERS 07 Wheat Oats Barley Rye Grass AND OTHER PRODUCE, FOR WHICH WE ARB PREPARED TO GIVE HIGHEST MARKET VALUE. Woolpacks (FULL SIZE) Cornsacks- TO ARRIVE Friedlander Bros



W. Fowke, BOOTMAKER, BEGS to Inform hU friends end the pnbllo generally that he has started business on his own acoonnt. Ha hopes by strict attention to business and making a plod article, to secure a share of pnbllo STREET, 3 raemlsaa ocanplsd by Mr J SEaaeh.



Business Notices ONE box of Clark'* j4l pfllf (p war• ranted to dare all dlschargeafTom urinary organs in either mx (a«qe|red m constitutional), gravel and nalna Id I h* «“i? a * rante ® d troa BUOOIf. Sold In boxes 4a 6d each, byjdlohamleto and patent medicine vendon. Sofat nce! prietors, The Lincoln and Midland Goan ties Drag 00,, Lincoln, England. Whcte sale of all the wholesale hooses. New Seed-Sower|J For Sowing Grain, Grass. Turnip. Mangold, etc., and the Turnip Sows* be arranged, when ordered, to -rrTmopeii or other small seeds eimnltaneotialy 60 T In I ot K y*B r * SB If desired. It Uf ■' ' only Sower in the Market that will sew with absolute regularity on sltbit. k<m sively rough or very smooth wul sow any desired quantity efOcala e» Grass by simply changing one wheel Corn Drills all Sixes. JOIMTSD PciVXBISOrU DisoHauows.— The Best.— Over 600 In nee, Impbotbd Pam CHarrouTxxx&—Wltl



east-steel mouthpieces, whan proper!* handled, make no long strain, nnuee queutly ohafl requires no riddling. Th are In nse largely all over. New i-m aereral of the large-siaed meoM«» w lately fitted np at Ohristchureh. Xhfbotu) Double in Tuna Foma*# Ploughs. —The best, and ootueqsaaf the cheapest In the market. 8, i anl" leaf harrows. SquareUnked ohm** w— rows- New design of tripod harrow*.” and 7 tlned field-grabbers. OmaibMr rollers, SO, 84, and 26 Inshaa dlam »wJ» cylinder field rollers. Horse gears (or 1 8,3, and 4 horses. Best Iron-hash swingle-trees. Ropes and pally gear hm 4-horse yokes. Threshing machine fit tings Belting all sires. Hoa br» eastings of all kinds to order. Feachu standards ont and punched to any length and gnage. Drays made ft.m beet sea eoned timber, with Gilpin a»l+e. a—yy patent standard for folding sheep. Winnen, Jf the Goto Wwht, at the Melbourne Exhibition for their Deans Fuebow Plough, vide Jorore' Report:— 11 PLor~Hß—ln ploughs there . eae as hlblt to which wo wish to draw speda. attention as being the best, and **■«* the Doable Furrow of Rek and Gray Dunedin, New Zealand, laAnlsh and ec struction It Is far superior to any other Bakaia. The New Zeeland Doan MereentS Agency Company ate new repmennilns as in this district TE. KILWORTH, Architecture . and Mechanical Draughtsman, and Building Contractor. Office:—Steam Be* Hire, Sash, Door, and Cabinet Flattery. Wekanul Roed, Ashburton. Workmanship Guaranteed at Lowest possible rate#. U 8 Ashburton permanent BUILDING & INVESTMENT SOCIETY.



The above Society pays Interest at tb rate of 1} per cent, per anwnm fo* Q(. posits st Call, 6 per cent, per lot three months, and 6 per cent, per annma If fixed for 6 months or over. d WARD, Manager. OfficeAreade Ohameen. Banal 1 tree* M ORB VALUABLE THAR GOLD If a *ally Increasing demand and , endless number of testimonials ane criterion of the popularity of anutW then Dr Lev’s CiLKRRY PEOTORAI one of the wonders of the present sat* lightened age. Oaring the past wlnie and spring diseases of the throat an* longs hare been very prevalent, and has been admitted on all sides that vkara ever this valuable remedy has been ob tainable, nnmbers of lives have baao saved by its timely use. Always harp bottle in the house. Sold*!everywhere la fid and Ss fid per bottle. Wholesale agents, Kempthorne, Prosser and Oo Chrlstchareh, and at the proprietor, H Citron, Chemist, Akaroa, _ Ashbutce Agent—Ohms. Neste, Chemist ATCHMAKERS Jewellers, npz /c OT. Government Notice. ijihb PUBLIC TRUST OFFIOI OF NEW ZEALAND. Atontlon la directed to the provision, the Acta establishing this Offices, and • the advantages placed thareby within saw reach of every colonist Subject to sun provisions, the State oSsrs to every pae son;— 1. —About to make his for bet Will r Codicil 2. —lntending to provide for Wife aa Children or others by dead of Settlement 3. —Settling Property by way of Mar* iage Settlement 4. —Desiring to renounce the Trusts Will, having been appointed Sxeento* Trustee under the same. 6.—Having acted as Trustee, Sxeeoftkf or Administrator, wishing to be relieved she burthen of Trustee.'hip or Admlnli ration, the option of nsmg the State ma thinery, and gives an absolute guaranis sgainst loss of funds by fraud, peculation or dishonesty. | Every Information may be ftem Or from Wei ALEXANDER LEAN Agutin* Obristehnn^ R. 0. HAMKRTON. Peblla Tmrte ItthMay.