The Ashburton Guardian.

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ASHBURTON. THURSDAY AUGUM 5. 1886.

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Surveyor, Civil Engineers, fte« c E. FOOKS AND SONS, Architects, vivn. hunHM. Valuators, Liobtsb) SUBVKfOES, and Laud Bbojosbs, TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAD, ASHBTJETOW. Conveyances mINWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS £ RAILWAY. MOUNT SOMERS AND CAVENDISH ROYAL MAIL COACH. The above Coach leaves Hood’s hotel for Cavendish Railway Station every day, meeting each train. Passengers by morning train may _ ceed by coach to Alford Forest, thence Metbven in time for the last train Christchurch, or may return m time the last train for Ashburton. Parcels and Orders will receive every attention. Horses and Buggies on hire ln JOHN HOOD pro to for for AUSTRALASIAN ,ARCKLS EXP RB & ■parcels and Packages forwarded to any address, at cheap, through, inclusive I# One charge. No extras. No trouble. No charge for booking or for collecting packages up to 561bs weight within the city. Daily despatches by Ftd, and to Great Britain, Europe and Australia by BV erv stsftnißr. __ , Extract from tariff, including all charges to Address of Consignee : s m r i, £ S s' r §• a ° a B § 2 I 1 r e are now receiving parcels for Home lespatoh per Tongariro, sailing this th. Revised cheap rates, umrance effected If desired. ■riff Bn d all information on application CUFF & GRAHAM, Box 237 Poet Office, Christchurch ; and Lyttelton, alepbone 22. 8 1512 Business Notices. (AKER BROS., Builders, Under > taken, etc., Wakanul road and Cass , e t 8.8. desire to state that having most recent and Improved Heaksk and vwrsQ Coach, are prepared to furnish i conduct Funerals on special and most unable terms. Country orders will jive prompt attention. Note the »d ---bb, corner of Wakanul road and Cass vat. Orders may be loft at the Ash ton Coach Factory; or Box 16, Post ice Ashburton. tOUNT SOMERS & METHVBN ROYAL MAIL COACH. On and after January. Ist, 1886, the aderslgned will run a Coach each Tuea »y, Thursday and Saturday, starting at aon from Hood’s Hotel, Mount Somers, * Sprlngburn and Alford Forest, there mnecting with Duff’s Ooacbfrom Methven itnrning same evening. Fares—Spring urn, 2s, return, 8s; Alford Forest, 4s, ■g-* 6 * T. MX. BS KENNEDY & MISS CAMERON DRESSMAKERS, mpton’s Buildings, Moore street, Ashburton, N.B.—Registry Office ftr Female Ser want*. AL OF NEW BOOKS. m 11 [JRT r.olow Stairs. Humorous Works of Theodoie Hook, Letters from Hell, sis of Major-General Gordon at Khar- Stonehenge’s British Rural .Sports, paper Readers’ Companion, Scottish Lite Jharactor by Dean Ramsay, The Grey- I—by Stonehenge, Book of Snobs—by teray. Macaulay’s Essays and Lays of ;nt Rome, May news’ Hor“0 Doctor, The i—'by Stonehenge, Complete Works of ws Ward in I vol., Choice Works Mark n—l vol M Religions Anecdotes of Scotland Adamson, Sheep, Cattle and Horse—by tt, Sunday at Home, Leisure Hour, ica—bv Mackenzie, Nineteenth Century— ackenziei Madagascar and France, Bpons snics Own Book, Short History of Onr Times—by Jnstin McCarthy,The Shadow Crime—by Hall Caine. Intrigues of a oer—by B Gaborian, Clarissa’s Tangled , Decameron of Boccaccio, Mine Own le—by L. M. Gray, The Machse Portrait ry, Evan Harrington —by George Hitb, The Reporter’s Companion, Erie, THOS. F. FAELEY, 10KSELLER, STATIONER, AND PRINTER, BUILDINGS. ASHBURTON. pi __ OA per day to be made by per fclTO of either sex, lu :heir own localities, at work for us. New Duainesa. All meet with wonderful sue sees. Anyone can do the work. Capital not required. We will start you. ©ntfit vorth £1 mailed free. The employment a particularly adapted to the region in which this publication circulates. Beys snd girls earn nearly as much as men. Full particulars and instructions mails ree. Now is the time—don’t delay, but write to us at once. Address Sun bon Do PevUßßd, .WUiae,.|X7alted Rtotef



Public Notices; Caution. SOME unscrupulous firms are trying tc force on the Hew Zealand people a Nostrum, under the cloak that it is made 1 (n 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 op 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 Genuine AMERICAN HOP BITTERS are put. ASHBURTON COAL AND FIREWOOD DEPOT. R. S. Bean Begs to Inform the Inhabitants of Ash burton that he has a splendid lot of Blue Derwent Potatoae for sale. NEWCASTLE. WESTPORT, AND BROOKFIELD COAL at lowest rates. Firewood, Poets and Rails, Stakes Etc., Potatoes, Chaff, Oats, Bran, Sharps, Etc. R. S. BEAN,- 419 West street. Standard Sewing Machien. gPKOIAL NOTICE, THE LIGHT-EUNNING STANDARD SEWING MACHINE. The STANDARD has more improvements than all the other Sewing Machines put together ! Has always been the best and la now the cheapest. That it meets every require ment of a critical public is shown by its great popularity and in creasing sale throughout America Europe, Australia and New Zea land. \ AGENT FOR ASHBURTON— i t t W. C. Page. t I £\BT stbkxt



Public Announcements. FRUIT TREES ! FRUIT TREES ! FRUIT TREES ! RAFGIORA NURSERY. W. E. IVORY >EGS to inform bis patrons in the BI Ashburton district that orders for the season will bo executed direct from the Nursery. My stock is very large and grown, and consists of 2 and 3-year old Apple, Pear, Plum, Peach. Nectarine, Cherry, Apricot, Almond, Quince, Medlar, Walnut, Grape Vines, and Fruiting Trees ef Gooseberry Currants ; also, Pines and other Shelter Trees. Catalogues on application. May 21, 1886. Mrs Adams AGENT FOR MADAME WEIGEL’S PATTERNS, HAS now on hand a nice assortment of crewel wools, silks, filoselle flossette, lace, braids, transfer patterns new designs, crash, oatmeal and satin cloths for art needlework, five o’clock tea cloths, embroidery frames, etc. THE LITTLE SHOP (Next Mr Ranger’s baker CO HGRIESSELICH AND • 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 of Produce at highest prices upon 1 per cent, commission, Ovdofs 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 moat of the Colonial Banks. Current Price Lists. Produce Reports, and any necessary samples or information on application 1 35 DE E R I N G’ S E E R I N G’ S Twine Binder. WITH LATEST IMPROVEMENTS for 1885 6. REDUCED PRICE-£.'o. Every Machine with latest improvements, two knives and a supply of small extras. The agents being desirous that the Deeriug 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 pray, we have determined to sell all machines for coming season at FIFTY POUNDS. For simplicity of construction, lightness d£ draught, economy of repairs, strength md 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. Di Speer’s PRIVATE DISPENSARY, West minster Chambers, 36. Lambton jay, Wellington, opposite N.Z. Clothing ujtory. Established for the Scientific d Speedy Core of Chronic, Nervous, id Special Diseases. Dr Speer la a regn r Graduated Physician, educated at arvard College, D.S. He has devoted Lifetime to, and is acknowledged to be e most expert Physician in his specialty the United States. Young men and iddle-aged Men, who suffer from Nor ms and Physical Debility, Lose of nergy and Memory, Eruptions on the ice, Mental Depression, Kidney and ladder Troubles, Neuralgia, Rheuma jtn, Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Paralysis, its, Spinal Disease, St Vitus’ Dance, iver Complaint, Asthma, Catarrh, Heart isease, Gravel, Piles, etc., and are tired ■ taking mineral drugs, will do well to >me and try the Doctor’s method of cure -as it will, if properly applied, relieve lem of their sufferings and restore them i health. The Doctor uses no mineral reparations; his treatment consists wholly i the use of vegetable remedies. Many ■e they who have implanted In their sys im, by Improper use of calomel, seed, hich produce an annual crop of disoaad o such he would say, come and be healed. ; matters not what your troubles may be, ime and let the Doctor examine your )se. If It is curable, he will tell you if it is not, he will tell yon that; for a will not undertake a case unless ho is jnfident of effecting a cure. It will ist yon nothing for consultation, so lease call and satisfy yourselves that the ►ootor understands your case. Dr S. □res Humors and Diseases of the Blood, o ladies who are afflicted by any of the allowing complaints,—Cold extremities, reak stomachs, lame and weak backs, lervona and sick headaches, constipation nd Indigestion, pain in the side and back anohorrea, etc, etc. —I wish it distinctly inderstood that I do not claim to perform or to have a miraculous lower. All applying to mo will receive ay honest opinion of their complaints. Jo experimenting. I will guarantee a losltlve care in every case I undertake, ir forfeit L2OO. Consultation in Office »r by letter, FEEEE. Charges Moderate. Examination and Advice LI. Call or ad- Iress: Dr H. J. Speer, Westminster Dhambers, 36, Lambton Quay, Welling :on, opposite the Clothing Factory. Office Roars: 9 to 12, 1 to 4, 6 to 8 p.m.; Sun lays, 10 to 12. N.B. All Medicines na sen or a complete cure can be sent 31 observation on receipt of «vmn A QRIOULTURAL Machine Shop, WAKANDI ROAD. CHARLES RAY •a Engines, Combines, Ohaff-entters, ra and Binders, and all classes of iery. iial attention given tc Bicycles, les and Sewing Machines, n Mowers repaired, sharpened and Ddel work. General repairs. 8



Christchurch Advertisements. D.I.C. ' GREATS EXTENSION OF, PREMISES. THEJincMasine trada of the" D. 1.0. neces sitates the extension of one already SPACIOUS WAREHOUSE, and having full confidence in the great future of Canterbury, we have decided to nearly double the size of our present warehouse. As this alteration would entail the moving backwards and„for wards of stock, we have resolved to hold a GREAT CLEARING SALE FOR FOURTEEN DAYS, Commencing JUNE,3Oth, Instructions bavin been given to the heads of all Departments t give extra inducements to buyers, all classo ure invited to visit the warehouse during the Bale with a view to enquire and compare prices and secure BARGAINS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. RAPBRY AND GENERAL IMPORTING COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, LIM., CO-OPERATIVE, ASHEL STREET, CHRISTCHURCH. B. HALLENBTEIN, Chairman. E. C. BROWN, Manager, Metropolitan Hotel CASHEL STREET, Christchurch. (Under Proprietorship since April, 1885). THE above Hotel has been thoroughly painted, papered and renovated, and la equal 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, Ba fid; per week, LI 10s; per 28 days, L 5. (Private apartments by arrangement). Permanent boarders, LI 6a week. Ordinary, from 12 to 2 p.m. d'Hdte, at 6.15 p.m For further Iculara, app premises; or, by , to MANAGER Metropolitan Hotel, 618 i> - •" WONDERFUL 800 a CONTAINING 100 TRICKS And DELUSIONS With Cards. 25 Marvellous COIN TRICK For the perform ance of which only a common pack ef cards and the ordi nary coins of the realm are needed. All fully Ex plained. Also, A largo collection of AMUSING 4 Riddles, Charades, GAMES, 4c. And over 200 TRICKS WITH CONJURING APPARATUS. All illustrated, explained, and made simple, with a catalogue of English, French, and American Novelties,Games,Toys,4c., covering pages and illustrated wiih over ,800 00kd‘ Both books mailed free for Is. CK AND HIS Bh 1 m Mechanical FI'JUB Dance to And Keep Perfect Time. Is 3d each, pair 2s. THE WIZARD OF TH E NORTH’S CHANGEABLE PACK OF CARDS Wonderful Changes with Lightning Rapidity Is 2d, post free. N.S.W. stamps taken at par; post office orders and postal notes preferred. If stamps of other colonies are sent add 2d in the shilling for exchange. . Take Notice —To advertise our business we will for a short time send t Ae whole of the above mentioned articles to one address post paid f r 2s 6d. Address all orders: H. YORK 4 CO., 401 George street, Sydney. Lock Box 41, King street, Post Office. gS22 „ BEWAREI BEWAREI! OF IMITATIONS. ASK FOB HOULT’S TONIC Herbal Beer. None Genuine except that bearing my label. Try It! Try It 11 It ia one of the Best Medicinal and Summer Tonics ever offered to the Public. Delivered la Ashburton at 2a per dozen. Bottles not retained will be charged for. T. HOULT, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, U 8



Sporting. AGING Q LUB SPRING~MEETING, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, November 25 and 26, 1886. President, E. G. Wright, ; Vice-Presi dent, J. Grigg ; Judge, Matthew Stitt Stewards, H. Friedlander, W. B. Den ehire, J. C. N. Grigg, R. Friedlander, W. C. Walker, Drs Ross and Leahy; ; Treasurer—G. C. Fooks; Clerk of the Scales, M. Friedlander ; Clerk of the Course, A. Hewson ; Handi cappere, F. Cotton, C. C. Fooks, M. Stitt and Dr Leahy. First race to start at 1 p.m. FIRST DAY. 1. County Hurdle Race, of 30 sovs; over six flights of Hurdles, about Bft Gin high ; nomination, 1 sov ; accep tance, 1 sov. Second horse to receive 6 sovs from the stake. mile. District horses only. 2. Welter Handicap, of 45 sovs ; nomi nation, 1 sov; acceptance, 14 sov; minimum weight, lOst. Second horse to receive 5 sovs from the stake. . For horses that have never won more than 25 sovs in one event on the flat. 2 miles. 3. Ashburton Cup Handicap, of 125 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance, 3 sovs. Second horse to receive 10 sovs from the stake. mile. 4 County Plate Handicap, of 40 sovs. nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance, 1 sov. Second horse to receive 5 sovs from the stake. mile. District horses only. 5. Post Stakes, of 15 sovs; catch weights; nomination, 1 sov, to be made to the Secretary immediately ■ after the County Plate is run. The winner to be sold by auction imme diately after the race for 15 sovs, any surplus to go to the funds of the Club. 1 mile. 6. Spring Handicap, of 50 sovs ; nomina tion, 1 sov ; acceptance, 14 sov. ij I mile. SECOND DAY. 1. Handicap Hurdle Race, of 50 sovs; over eight flights of hurdles, about 3ft 6in high ; nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance, 2 sov. Second horse to ( receive 5 sovs from the stake. 2 miles. 2. Racing Club Handicap, of 100 sovs; nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance 3 sovs. Second horse to receive 10 sovs from the stake 1} mile. t 3. Ladies’ Purse, of 25 sovs ; welter t ■weights for age. Gentlemen riders, t Entrance, 1 sovs. 14 mile. District t horses only. I 4. Totalisatok Stakes, of 15 sovs; j minimum weight, Bst; nomination, 1 sov, to bo made to the Secretary c immediately after the Ladies’ Purse is run. The winner to be aold imme- r diately after the race for 10 sovs, any i surplus to go to the funds of the 1 Club. 4 mile. _ c „ Flying Handicap, of 40 sovs ; nomina- \ tion, I sov ; acceptance, 1 sov. t Second horse to receive 5 sovs from r the stake, i mile. fc 6. Consolation Handicap, of 20 sovs ; r nomination, 1 sov, to be made to the s Secretary immediately after the Flying Handicap is run ; acceptance, t free, to bo notified to the Secretary a within 10 minutes of declaration of e weights. 1 mile. RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. No entry will be received except on p the condition that all disputes, claims, a and objections arising out of the racing I shall be decided by the Stewards, or whom they may appoint; their decision t on all points connected with carrying out t this programme to be final. 2. A district horse shall mean any horse that has been commonly resident In the district lying between the rivers Selwyn .. and Waitaki from July Ist 1886, and up t to the date cf the forthcoming meeting S and owned by a person who has resided in the said district during the same period, d 3. Five per cent will bo deducted from the gross of all moneys payable in accord- £ ance with this programme for expenses of 1 the course. 4. All nominations and acceptances go to the funds of the Club, NOMINATIONS. All nominations to be accompanied by fees, name, age and description of horse, and colors of rider, and In the hands of the Secretary (address —Ashburton) not ! than 9 p.m. on Monday November 1 1886. WEIGHTS. Weights for the first day’s handicaps will be declared on Monday November 15 1886. Weights for the second day’s ] handicaps will bo declared at 9 o’clock on the evening of the first day’s racing. ACCEPTANCES. Acceptances for the first day’s handl caps must be made to the Secretary not 1 later than 9 p.m. on Monday, November 22, 1886. Acceptances for the second 1 day’s handicaps at 9 o’clock on the even* ' ing of the first day’s racing. O. C. FOOKS, Secretary. N. B. —Until August 1, next, all com munications must be addressed to the Acting-Secretary, Mr S. Saunders. 7293 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 BACH BOTTLE BEARS A RED AND WHITE LABEL ■With My Name and Trade Mark on. None genuine without it, DAVIS’S TON IcThERBAL BEER Is acknowledged by the travelling pnbllo *o be the best Tonic Summer Drlnfc In New Zealand. NO CHEMICALS USED. Delivered In Ashburton at 2s per Dorm Bottles charged for tf not returned Families wa.ted on dally. DAVIS’S HERBAL B ER AND ICE DRINK Manufactory, Eabi Sxuut, Asa ß prior 1



Sporting. 3 ASHBURTON COUNTY HUNT CLUB. N N U A L STEEPLECHASES. To be held on the RACECOURSE, ASHBURTON, On WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1886. Patron, Hon J. McLean ; President, Mr I E. G. Wright; Vice-Presidents, Messrs f John Grigg, C. G. Hawdon, Drs Leahy ; and Ross ; Stewards. Messrs Bowyer, Denshire, Foots, J. C. N, Grigg, Mere wether, McOwen, Rutherford, Reid, Upton, and Dr Leahy; Judge, Mr Matthew Stitt; Starter, Dr Leahy ; Clerk of the Scales, Mr Davis ; Clerk of j the Course, Mr G. F. Scott ; Handi cappers, Messrs Cotton, Stitt, and Upton. The first race to start at 12.80 p.m. 1. Handicap Hurdle Back, of 15 sovs, over eight flights of hurdles, about Sft'Gin high; nomination, 10a; acceptance, ss. Open to district horses that have been regularly hunted with the Ashburton Hounds.' Two Miles. 2. Hunt Club Steeplechase Cup(handicap minimum weight 10st), of 30 eovs (trophy or cash ; nomination, 1 eov ; acceptances, 10s ; open to all qualified hunters ; amateur riders only. About three miles over fair hunting country. 3. Selling Hack Race, of 10 oovs ; post entry, 10s; no weight under 9st; the winner to be sold by auction immediately after the race, amount realised above 15 sovs to go to the funds of the Club. Three-quarter of a mile on the fiat. 4. Maiden Steeplechase Plate, of 15 sovs, for horses that have never won an advertised steeplechase ; weight for age ; entrance, 15s, Open to all district horses that have been regu | larly hunted with the Ashburton | Hounds. About two miles. 6. Hunter’s Flat Race Handicap, of 15 sovs ; minimum weight. lOst; nomi nation, 10a ; acceptance, ss. Open . to all qualified hunters. Horses before starting for this ace must qualify over a hurdle to the satis faction of the Stewards Two miles. 6. Consolation Handicap Steeplechase, ( of 10 sovs ; nomination, 10s; accept ance free. One and a half miles. RULES AND REGULATIONS. . No entry will be received except on the condition that all disputes, claims, and objections arising out of the racing . cl.all be decided by the Stewards, or whom they may appoint ; their decision on all points connected with carrying out this programme to be final. 2. Grand National Steeplechase Buies adhered to when applicable. 3 A district horse shall mean any orso that has been commonly resident in the Ashburton County from May 18, 1886, and up to the date of the forth coming meeting, and owned by a person who has resided in the said County during the same period.—A qualified hunter shall mean any horse that has been fairly hunted, at least threo times, with any recognised pack of hounds during the season 1886. 4. Five per cent, will be deducted from the gross of all moneys payable in accordance with this programme for expenses of the course; 5. All nominations and acceptances go to the funds of the Club. 6. An amateur rider shall be any person who has never ridden for hire, and who is a member of a recognised Hnnt Club. 7. Professional riders will be required to carry 71b extra, in all races to which they are admitted, except in Hack Race. 8. Nominations, accompanied by fees, age, description of horse, and 1 of rider, and a master of hounds’ cer tificate as to the qualification, must be in the hands of the Secretary not later than 9 p.m. on Saturday, August 7. 9. Weights will be declared on Thurs day, August 12. 10. Acceptances must be made to the Secretary not later than 9 p.m. on Tuesday. August 17. S SAUNDERS Seoretai V. Christchurch Advertisements. His Lordship’s HOTEL AND LARDER, LICHFIELD STREET, Christchurch. THE Propletor 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. 6 1 * /"COUNTRY VISITORS TO CHRIST CHURCH Will find the three O’a— Comfort ! Cheapness I! Convenience AT WALLACE’S Central Hotel, Corner of Gloucester and Colombo street, 10 677 A Nlghtmer Kept,



Business Notices. • NOTICE TO OWNERS OF DOGS. T HEREBY give Notice that all Dogf I found Interfering with Sheep on thu Estate will be destroyed, and the Ownen sned 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 success of this powder is extraordinary. It is perfectly clean in application. See the article yon purchase is KEATING’S n Imitations are noxious and ineffectual. Sold in tins, 6d, Is, and 2s 6d each, by all chemists. 1 2 WILHELM ZANDER has always on hand a good variety of BEST TOBACCO, Including—Williams’ Ruby Twist, Venus Navy Twist and Nailrod, High Admiral, Signet, Jnno, and other beat brands. IN CIGARETTES— Old Judge, Welcome, Vanity Fair, Opera Palls, 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 deaorintion kept in stock. Ladles and Gentlemen’s Hairdressing Saloons. Wilhelm Zander, TOBACCONIST AND HAIRDRESSER East street, Ashburton. Public Notices. O FARMERS The Ashburton Woollen Manufacturing Company, Limited, is a Cash Buyer of Wool Apply at the Factory. 11 40 TO FARMERS AND OTHERS ARK PURCHASERS op ’ Wheat 1 Oats Barley Bye Grass ; AND OTHER PRODUCE, \ FOR,WHICH WE ARB PREPARED | TO GIVE j HIGHEST MARKET VALUE. ' W oolpacks fFULL SIZE) Cornsacks TO ARRIVE Friedlander Bros. W. Fowke, BOOTMAKER, )EGS to inform his friends and the j public generally that be has started »sine»« on his own account. He hopes 1 strict attention to business and making good article, to secure a share of public ktronage. ... Addrees—BUßNETl 3 ..REST, 1 Mesnlw occupied by J Mceeb.



ONE box of Clark’s b 41 pills is war ranted to core all discharges from the is ariaary organs in either sex (acquired ot s constitutional), gravel and pains in tha back. Guaranteed tree from mercnryt Sold in boxes 4s 6d each, by all cnemista and patent medicine vendors. Sole prog prietors, The Lincoln and Midland Coon j ties Drug Co., Lincoln, England. Whole r sale of all the wholesale houses. » c B ' ~ I New Seed-Sower j For Sowing Grain, Grass, Turnip, > Mangold, etc., and the Turnip Sower baarranged, when u*aered,to sow Lncanr or other small seeds simultaneous y sowing of Ryegrass if desired. Ii is 1 only Sower In the Market that will sow with absolute regularity on either exces sively rough or very smooth land. It will sow any desired quantity of Grain e» Grass by simply changing one wheel. Corn Drills all Sizes. Jointed Pulverising Disc Barrows.— The Beat.—Over 500 in use. Improved Prize Chappcutxebs. —WltJ cast-steel moutbjjleces, when properl) handled, make no long straws, conae quently chaff requires no riddling. Th are in use largely all over New Sealan several of the large-sized machines beta lately fitted up at Christchurch. Improved Double and Treble Furrow Ploughs. —The beat, and consequent., the cheapest In the market. 3,4, and leaf harrows. Square linked chain bar rows- New design of tripod harrows, and 7 ilned field grubbers. Cam bring rollers, 20, 24, and 26 Inches diam. Plain cylinder field rollers. Horse gears for 1 2, S, and 4 horses. Best iroa-bark swingle-trees, Ropes and pully gear fot 4-horae yokes. Threshing machine fit tings Belting all sizes. Iron and brass castings of all kinds to order. Fencing standards cut and punched to any length and gnage. Drays made fi.jc best sea soned timber, with Gilpin axles. Grayk i patent standard for folding sheep. Winners, jf the Gold Medal at the Melbourne Exhibition for their Douel* Furrow Plough, vide Jurors’ Report:— “ Px,<ir - HB —ln ploughs there , ~;;e ex hlblt to which we wish to draw apecia attention as being the best, and that the Double Furrow of Reit and Gray. Dunedin, New Zealand, iittinish and* a strnction it is far superior to any ■-'the# Bakaia. The Now Zealand Loan Mesv»nl2 Agency Company are now representing a# in this district W -*r. f-R V TE. BULWORTB, Architecture . and Mechanical Draughtsman, and Building Contractor. Office:—Steam Boa Hive, Sash, Door, and Cabinet Factory- Wakanni Road, Ashburton. Workmanship Guaranteed at Low-st possible rates 11 3 A SHBURTON PERM a:- N T jA BUILDING & INVESTMENT SOCIETY. The above Society pays Interest at th rata of 4j per cent, par annum for Da. posits at Call, 5 pe* cent, per annum for three months, and cent, per annua If fixed for fs months or over. J WARD, Manager. Office:—Arcade Chamoeia, Burnet trea^ j||ORB VALUABLE THAN GOLD If a daily increasing demand r,i> 1 endless number of testimonials a?r criterion of the popularity of aiurcicl then Dr Low’s CUERRY PECTOR >1 one of the wonders cf the present cn lightened age. During the past winte 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 tainable, numbers of lives have been saved by Its timely nse. Always have bottle in the house. SolcUevery where la 6d and 2s fid per bottle. Wholesale agents, Kempthorne, Prosser and Co Christchurch, and at the proprietor, H Citron, Chemist, Akatoa. AahSarton Agent—Chas. Neate, Chemist. ATCHMAKERS ill EW ELLERS m u |%f | * I f. n iCHi '***' GH—GH Government Notice. fjfflt! PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE 1 OF NEW ZEALAND. Atention is directed to ibe prevision the Acta establishing this Office;', and c the advantages placed thereby within easy reach of every colonist. Subject to such provisions, the State offers to every per son , 1. About to make his for her Will t Codicil. • 2. —lntending to provide for Wife ac Children or others by deed of Settlement, 3. Settling Property by way of Map riago Settlement. 4. Desiring to renounce the Trusts Will, having been appointed Execute! Trustee under the same. 5. —Having acted as Trustee, Execu jo or Administrator, wishing to be relieved che burthen of Trustee, hip or Adminl ; ration, the option of using the State ma. thlnery, and gives an absolute gaaranta against loss of funds by fraud, peculation or dishonesty. Every Information may be from ALEXANDER LEAN Agent at Cbriatchmx Or from R, 0. HAMERTONj PvbUo Tiasta* I Wellington, i Utbtfiy.