The Ashburton Guardian.

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ASHBURTON. FRIDAY, JUNE 18. IHS6

PRICE—ONE PENN v



Surveyor, Civil Bn E. FOO K S Arcliite •Jiviii EisorvT.j-:B,s, Vaih SURVEYORS, AND L,il triangle, wa AsHß'Tdi'W Conveysnc mINWALD AND MIX lIAIL'«VA’! MOUNT SOMERS AS T ROYAL MAIL The above C&ach leai for Cavendish. Railway S meeting each train. Passengers by mornins ceed by coach te Alford Methven in time for tl Christchurch, or may r< the last train for Ashburi b Parcels and Orders w attention. Horses and 1 In J ' AUSTRALAS jp ARO EL S E Parcels and Packages f address, at cheap, thr rates. One charge. No extras No charge for booking packages up to SG’bs v* city. Daily despaichea - Great Britain, Europe a: every steamer. Extract from tariff, iucli Business Hoti M* mm Baker bros., bu takers, etc., Wakanni street.—B.B. desire to sts the most recent and improi Mourning Coach, are prei and conduct Funerals on s reasonable terms. Conn receive prompt attention, dress, corner of Wakanui street. Orders may be bnrton Coach Factory: or Office Ashburton. M OUNT SOMERS i ROYAL MAIL



HUUIESSELICH 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 prompt realisation cl Produce at highest prices opou 1 per cent, commission. Orders to be accompanied by Letters of 1 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 36 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, la generally acknowledged to be the beat of Its kind In New Zealand. J. B. & CO. are in a position to place before the public goods bought on the most advantageous terms from the manu facturers, and thus secure to all the best value for money—quality and price being the reliable test for cheapness. NEW AUTUMN & WINTER GOODS Are now shown in all the departments. Millinery, Mantle, and Dressmaking In . First-class Styles. A Large Stock of MEN’S AND BOY’S CLOTHING Now on hand, so well and favourably known for Excellence of Quality, Fit, and Workmanship. Our Own Manufacture. A HAT AND CAP FACTORS’ On the premises. Any style made to order. One Shilling off every Pound Cash Discount, DUNSTABLE HOUSE, Established 1854. 4 491 Stock Sales



Eakaia Sales. W'S bofi to Intimato to oar clleuta that for the fu*”ro the SALES of STOCK; MPLEMENTS and SUNDRIES will be held at the Rakala the LAST THURSDAY in every month. NSW ZEALAND LOAN AND MER CANTILE AGENCY COMPANY. 8 306 MATSON, QOX & CO.



Private Dispensary, Palmerston Buildings, Foot c 4 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 Hatvard College, U.S. He has devoted a lifetime to, and is acknowledged to be the most expert Physician in his specialty in the United States. Young Men and Middle-aged Men, wha suffer from Nervous and Physical Debility, Loss ci 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, &c., 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 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 will tell you to; if it is not, he will tell you that; for he will not undertake a case unless he is confident of affecting 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 tha 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. I will guarantee a positive cure in •very case I undertake, or forfeit £2OO . Consultation in Office or by Letter, Free. Charges Moderate. Examination and advice, Call or address i Dr. H- I. Speer, Palmerston Buildings, Auckland, N.Z. Office Hours: 9to 12, Ito 4,6 to 8 p.m.; Sundays! so to ra. N. B, All Medicines necessary for a complete Bore can be seat free from observation on receipt « tymptoms.



Dee r i n g’ s E E R I N G’ 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 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. I 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 tho 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 WAKANCI ROAD. CHARLES RAY Repairs Engines, Combines, Ohaff-ontters, Reapers and Binders, and all classes of machinery. Special attention given te Bicycler, Tricycles and Sewing Machines. Lawn Mowers repaired, sharpened and adjusted. Model wort. General repairs. Machine s



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 are the Genuine AMERICAN HOP BITTERS. We wish to warn all honest and unsus pecting people against this DECEPTION, and to call their attention once more to the fact that the Genuine American Co.’s BOP BITTERS



Are put up In Square, Panelled, Amber colored Bottles, with White Label on one side, printed in Black Letters, and Green Hop Cluster; and, on the other side, fellow Label, with Directions in Bed Letters, In English and German, and the name of “Dr Soule" blown In every Bottle. This Is the only form in which Genuine AMERICAN HOP BITTERS are pot. Ashburtob coal AND FIREWOOD DEPOT, E. 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 Rails, Stakes Etc., Potatoes, Chaff, Oats, Bran, Sharps, Etc. R. S. BEAN, 419 ' West street. Standard'Sewing Machien. gPKOIAL E OTIC E.



THE LIGUT-RDNNING STANDARD SEWING MACHINE. Tho STANDARD has more Improvements than all the other Sewing Machines put together I Has always been the best and is now the cheapest That It meets every require ment of a critical public Is shown by Its great popularity and In creasing salethroughout America Euiope, Australia and New Yea ’and.



AGENT FOR ASHBURTON— W. C. Page, JJ.IBT STREET?



Business Notices Australian mercantile UNION INSURANCE COMPANY. ' The only Company in Canterbury * WHICH DID NOT RAISE RATES 33 J PER cent on Country Risks. We ari: vow, as we have been fob THE PAST THREE YEARS, ACCEPTING RISES PER CENT. OFF TARIFF. W. B. MOSS, 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 proprietors, The Lincoln and Midland ' ounties Drug Co., Lincoln, England. 116 OW VITALITY DR CHURCHILL’S SYRUP OF HYPOPHOSPHIIE OF LIMB is prescribed by the Faculty for the cure of Consumption, Chronic Cough and It contains two of the principal Ingre dients necessary for building up the human frame, and which are considered deficient In the above complaints, viz., Phosphorus and Lime. It cannot be too highly recommended for delicate children. Dr Churchill’s compound Syrup of Hypophosphites la real brain food, and in cases of Muscular and Nervous Exhaus tion has acquired a world-wide reputation. Each bottle bears Dr Churchill's signa ture. Price, 4fr. Agent rot Ashburton District. September 22, 1885. 9 6 9 615 General Debility. Prepared omy ny ANN, U n li m a o x, 12, Rue Oastlgltone, Paris. 7 225



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



OFFICE, fTIOWLE’S pennyroyal and ate el pllla for 8 females quickly correct all Irregulari ties and relieve thedistreai ag symptoms so prevalent with the sex. Boxes Is 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. Prloe-Ljr, L 6, L 5. Agent in town—H. Zander. A Liberal Discount for Cash. F. T. MAYO, Hampstead Manure Factory, 9 566 Ashburton.



Christchurch Advertisements. Argyle House. CIRCULAR r f DESPERATELY CHEAP GOODS NOW BEING ISSUED. SEE YOU GET ONE IN YOUR PAPER. Gr. Lu Beath & Co., Cashel Street, Christchurch,



His Lordship's HOTEL AND LARDER, LICHFIELD STREEP, Christchurch. THE Propletor of the above Hotel begs to notify that he has engaged the services of one of the beat Chefs in the colonies, with special instrnctlons 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 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



Beware i beware• i 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 Beat Medicinal and Summer Tonloi ever offered to the Pnblio. Delivered in Ashburton at 2s per dozen. Bottles not returned will be charged for. T. HOULT, BAST STREET, ASHBURTON. 11 8



Davis’s Herbal Beer ON account of Persona selling Inferior Herbal Beer and representing it as mine, 1 have to aak the public to see chat EACH BOTTLE BEARS A RED AND WHIIB LABEL (With My Name and Trade Mark on. None genuine without It. DAVIS’S TONIO~HERBAL BEER Is acknowledged by the travelling public to be the best Tonic Summer Drink In New Zealand. NO CHEMICALS USED. Delivered In Ashburton at 2s per Deem Bottles charged for if not returned Families wa.ced on daily. DAVIS’S HERBAL B ER AND ICE BRINK MANUFACTORY, East Street, Ashburton.



Christchurch Advertisements. /COUNTRY VISITORS TO CHRIST CHURCH Will find the throe O’a— Comfort 1 Cheapness!! 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 Londonsnd 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, Tainui, Kaikoura, Doric, Tongariro, and *rawa, and sailing ships Wellington, Walmea, to bo supplemented by arrival of eaoh direct steamer. Novelties In all Departments. A Special 1 - asc• 'j Show will bo held on isatnrr v, February 20, and whole of f, lowing week, during which the } •;blic are cor dially invited to in pact 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. S. 0. SROWN, Manager, Warohou-ea



Metropolitan Hotel CASHEL STREET, Chrlaichurch. (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. Terma —Per day, 5s 6d; par 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 6.15 p.m. For further culare, apply on the premises ; or, by to 3TANAGER, Metropolitan Hotel, Box 14, 6 18 Christchurch.



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 doabt, be of great convenience to the trade. As a large number of entries have been promised, clients will oblige by entering their stock, etc, as early as possible previous to the day of sale, in order that they may be duly advertised. Present entries comprise Horses, Cows, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry, Furniture, Produce, and Sundries. Luncheon provided. Sale at 12 o’clock. ZOUCH & MACPHERSON AUCTIONEERS. TO LET.—A capital dwelling house of seven rooms, plastered throughout. Washhouse, with water laid on; also orchard and garden ; rent moderate. Apply to— ZOUCH AND MACPHERSON, 3 446 Auctioneers, Ashburton. THE CLYDESDALE ENTIRE Hone, Prince Victor Will travel the Wakanul, Longbeach, and Ashburton Forks districts, and will stand at Netherby Lodge (opposite Canterbury Mills) on Saturdays. < For further particulars and terms ap ly to Groom in charge, or GEORGE POOOOK,



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 MoLEAN. 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 you purchase is KEATING’S ra imitations are noxious and. ineffectual. Sold In tins, 6d, Is, and 2a 6d each, by all chemists. 1 2



WILHELM ZANDER has always on hand a good variety of BEST TOBACCO, Including—Williams’ Eaby Twist, Venus Navy Twist and Nailrod, High Admiral, Signet, Juno, and other beat 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 descrintion kept In stock. Ladles and Gentlemen’s Hairdressing Saloons. Wilhelm Zander, TOBACCONIST AND HAIRDRESSER East street, Ashburton. Public Notices. fJIO FARMERS The Ashburton Woollen Mannfaetnrlng Company, Limited, is a Cash Buyer of Wool Apply at tho Factory. 11 40 TO FARMERS AND OTHERS S ARE PURCHASERS Wheat Oats Barley Bye Grass AND OTHER PRODUCE, FOR]* WHICH WE ARE PREPARED TO GIVE HIGHEST MARKET VALUE.



Woolpacks (EULL SIZE) Cornsacks TO ARRIVE Friedlander Bros. W. Fowke, BOOTMAKER, BEGS to Inform his friends and the public generally that he has started business on hla own account. Ha hopes by strict attention to buaineas and making a good article, to secure a share ol public P * t *AdSreM— BURKETT STREET, 1 yremise* ©coupled by Mr J Mourn



Business Nol box of Clark’s j ranted to cure all die urinary organs in eitHer constitutional), gravel ai back. Guaranteed free Sold in boxes 4s 6d each and patent medicine veni prietors. The Lincoln and ties Drug Co,, Lincoln, El sale of all the wholesale 1 For Sowing Grain, Grass, Mangold, etc., and the Tn be arranged, when ordered, or other small seeds simuli sowing of Ryegrass If desi only Sower in the Marke with absolute regularity o; siyely rough or very smc will sow any desired quant Grass by simply changing < Corn Drills all S J OINXED PULVERISING Dl The Best.—Over 50( Improved Prize Chappc cast-steel mouthpieces, t handled, make no long i qnently ohafi requires no ri are in use largely all over several of the large-sized ir lately fitted up at Chriatchi; Improved Double and T: Ploughs. — The best, and thn phfiarmflf ir» rv> n »(..~4.



Rakaia. The ISew Zealand Loan Mercantile Agency Company are now representing a r In this district ° REIT* fc f,.;;,; v Til E. KIL WORTH, Architecture A • an< i Mechanical Draughtsman. and Building Contractor. Office:—Steam Bee Hive, Sash, Door, and Cabinet Factory, Wakanci Road, Ash burton. Workmanship Guaranteed at Lowest possible rates, 11 31 ASHBL ETON PERMANENT BUILDING & INVESTMENT SOCIETY. Tim above Society pays Interest at th rate of *ij>er cent, per annum for Do pouts at Call, 5 per cent, per annum for and 6 per cent, per annua three months, if fiioo ior C months or over. J WARD, Manager. Office:- Arcade Chambers, Barnet tree 4 VALUABLE THAN GOLD If a increasing demand and at endless number of testimonials ar - a criterion of ino popularity of an article then Dr Low’s GmERRY PECTORAL one of the wonders of the present en lightened ago, _ Curing the past wlnte and spring diseases of the throat an lungs been ycry prevalent, and has been admitted on all sides that where over this valuable remedy has been ob tainable, numbers of lives have been saved by its timely use. , Always have bottle in the house. Sold everywhere Is 6d and 2a 6d par bottle. Wholesale agents, Kempthorne, Prosser and Co ChrLtcnurch, and at the proprietor, H Citron, Chemist, Akaroa. Aebburtot Agent—Chas. Neata, Chemist.



EWEUERS 111 ATCHMAKERS Government Notice. The public trust office OF NEW ZEALAND. Atentlon is directed to the provisions the Acta establishing this Officca, and o the advantages placed thereby within easy reach of every colonist. Subject to such provisions, the State offers to every per son : I.—About to make his for her Will or Codicil. 2.—lntending to provide for Wife ac Children or others by deed of Settlement, 3.—Settling Property by way of Mar rlago Settlement. 4. —Desiring to renounce the Trusts Will, having been appointed Execute' Trustee under the same. 5. —Having acted as Trustee, Ex ecu 20 or Administrator, wishing to be relieved ohe burthen of Trusteeship or Adtnfnls ration, the option of nsnsig the State ml thinory, and gives an absolute guarantee against loss of funds by fraud, peculation or dishonesty. Every information may be ALEXANDER LEAN, Agent at Christohuri ■ , Ot from from Wellington. B, 0. HAJttEBTON, Pvblle Tmste imgLUD. 18th Hay. 1888